The 2002 NBA All-Star Game will feature a record five international players including the first-ever Canadian, Steve Nash of the Dallas Mavericks. Thomas Meschery, a son of Russian immigrants, who was born in Manchuria, China, became the first international player to play in an All-Star Game in 1963.
|
Country | Player
| Team |
| PHILADELPHIA - 2002 |
| Canada | Steve Nash | Dallas Mavericks
|
| Congo (Zaire) | Dikembe
Mutombo | Atlanta Hawks
|
| Germany | Dirk Nowitzki | Dallas Mavericks
|
| U.S. Virgin Islands
| Tim Duncan | San Antonio Spurs |
| Yugoslavia
| Predrag Stojakovic | Sacramento Kings |
| WASHINGTON D.C. - 2001 |
| Congo (Zaire) | Dikembe
Mutombo | Atlanta Hawks
|
| U.S. Virgin Islands
| Tim Duncan | San Antonio Spurs |
| Yugoslavia
| Vlade Divac | Sacramento Kings |
| GOLDEN STATE - 2000 |
| Congo (Zaire) | Dikembe
Mutombo | Atlanta Hawks
|
| U.S. Virgin Islands
| Tim Duncan | San Antonio Spurs |
| NEW YORK - 1998 |
| Congo (Zaire) | Dikembe
Mutombo | Atlanta Hawks
|
| Holland
| Rik Smits | Indiana Pacers |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | Tim Duncan | San Antonio Spurs |
| CLEVELAND - 1997 |
| Congo (Zaire) | Dikembe
Mutombo | Atlanta Hawks
|
| Germany
| Detlef Schrempf | Seattle Supersonics |
| Jamaica |
Patrick Ewing | New York Knicks
|
Nigeria | Hakeem Olajuwon | Houston Rockets |
| SAN ANTONIO - 1996 |
| Congo (Zaire) | Dikembe
Mutombo | Denver Nuggets
|
| Jamaica
| Patrick Ewing | New York Knicks |
Nigeria |
Hakeem Olajuwon | Houston Rockets
|
| PHOENIX - 1995 |
| Congo (Zaire) | Dikembe
Mutombo | Denver Nuggets
|
| Germany
| Detlef Schrempf | Seattle Supersonics |
| Jamaica |
Patrick Ewing | New York Knicks
|
Nigeria | Hakeem Olajuwon | Houston Rockets |
| MINNEAPOLIS - 1994 |
| Jamaica | Patrick Ewing
| New York Knicks
|
Nigeria | Hakeem Olajuwon | Houston Rockets |
| SALT LAKE CITY - 1993 |
| Germany |
Detlef Schrempf | Indiana Pacers
|
| Jamaica
| Patrick Ewing | New York Knicks |
Nigeria |
Hakeem Olajuwon | Houston Rockets
|
| ORLANDO - 1992 |
| Congo (Zaire) | Dikembe
Mutombo | Denver Nuggets
|
| Jamaica
| Patrick Ewing | New York Knicks |
Nigeria |
Hakeem Olajuwon | Houston Rockets
|
| CHARLOTTE - 1991 |
| Jamaica | Patrick Ewing
| New York Knicks
|
| MIAMI - 1990 |
| Jamaica | Patrick Ewing
| New York Knicks
|
| Nigeria | Hakeem Olajuwon
| Houston Rockets
|
| Panama | Rolando Blackman | Dallas Mavericks |
| HOUSTON - 1989 |
| Jamaica | Patrick Ewing
| New York Knicks
|
| Nigeria | Hakeem Olajuwon
| Houston Rockets
|
| CHICAGO - 1988 |
| Jamaica | Patrick Ewing
| New York Knicks
|
| Nigeria | Hakeem Olajuwon
| Houston Rockets
|
| SEATTLE - 1987 |
| Nigeria | Hakeem Olajuwon
| Houston Rockets
|
| Panama | Rolando Blackman | Dallas Mavericks |
| DALLAS - 1986 |
| Jamaica | Patrick Ewing
| New York Knicks
|
| Nigeria | Hakeem Olajuwon
| Houston Rockets
|
| Panama | Rolando Blackman | Dallas Mavericks |
| INDIANAPOLIS - 1985 |
| Nigeria | Hakeem Olajuwon
| Houston Rockets
|
| Panama | Rolando Blackman | Dallas Mavericks |
