Rudy Gobert, Victor Wembanyama headline 2023-24 Kia NBA All-Defensive teams

Victor Wembanyama is the 1st rookie to be selected to the All-Defensive First Team while Rudy Gobert received unanimous selection.

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Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert, the 2023-24 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year, has been unanimously selected to the 2023-24 Kia NBA All-Defensive First Team.  Gobert received First Team votes on all 99 ballots from a global panel of sportswriters and broadcasters, earning First Team honors for the seventh time.

Joining Gobert on the 2023-24 Kia NBA All-Defensive First Team are San Antonio Spurs forward-center Victor Wembanyama, Miami Heat center-forward Bam Adebayo, New Orleans Pelicans forward-guard Herb Jones and Los Angeles Lakers forward-center Anthony Davis.

The 2023-24 Kia NBA All-Defensive First Team:

▪️ Bam Adebayo of @MiamiHEAT▪️ Anthony Davis of @Lakers ▪️ Rudy Gobert of @Timberwolves ▪️ Herb Jones of @PelicansNBA ▪️ Victor Wembanyama of @spurs pic.twitter.com/Ye6oB0T5VV

— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) May 21, 2024

Wembanyama is the first rookie to be selected to the Kia NBA All-Defensive First Team (which has been named annually since the 1968-69 season).  Adebayo has earned First Team honors for the first time after being a Second Team member in each of the previous four seasons.  Jones makes his Kia NBA All-Defensive Team debut.  For Davis, this is his third time on the First Team to go with two Second Team selections.

The 2023-24 Kia NBA All-Defensive Second Team consists of Chicago Bulls guard Alex Caruso, Orlando Magic guard Jalen Suggs, Boston Celtics guards Derrick White and Jrue Holiday, and Minnesota forward Jaden McDaniels.

The 2023-24 Kia NBA All-Defensive Second Team:

▪️ Alex Caruso of @chicagobulls▪️ Jrue Holiday of @celtics ▪️ Jaden McDaniels of @Timberwolves ▪️ Jalen Suggs of @OrlandoMagic▪️ Derrick White of @celtics pic.twitter.com/IdaekqTeHs

— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) May 21, 2024

This marks the second Kia NBA All-Defensive Team selection for both Caruso and White and the sixth for Holiday.  Suggs and McDaniels are first-time honorees.

The media voting panel selected five players for the Kia NBA All-Defensive First Team and five players for the Kia NBA All-Defensive Second Team at any position.  Players received two points for each First Team vote and one point for each Second Team vote.

The complete voting results for the 2023-24 Kia NBA All-Defensive Team are below:

The complete voting results for the 2023-24 Kia NBA All-Defensive Team: pic.twitter.com/k3FODNJ0YU

— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) May 21, 2024