PBA Mythical Team
The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Mythical Team is an honor given annually to the best players in each of the five basketball positions: point guard, shooting guard, small forward, power forward and center. A Second Mythical Team was institutionalized in 1984. This honor is given during the PBA's Leo Awards.[1]
Starting from the 2020 PBA season, each Mythical Team consists of two backcourt (guards) and three frontcourt (forwards or centers or both) players.[2] Previously, each Mythical Team would have two guards, two forwards, and a center.
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Selections
[edit]| ^ | Denotes players who are still active in the PBA |
| * | Elected to the PBA Hall of Fame |
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been selected |
| Player (in bold text) |
Indicates the player who won the PBA Most Valuable Player in the same season |
Most selections
[edit]The following table only lists players with at least five total selections.
| * | Denotes players inducted to the PBA Hall of Fame |
| ^ | Denotes players who are still active |
| Player | Total | First Team |
Second Team |
MVP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramon Fernandez* | 16 | 13 | 3 | 4 |
| Arwind Santos | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| June Mar Fajardo^ | 11 | 10 | 1 | 9 |
| Alvin Patrimonio* | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 |
| Atoy Co* | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Philip Cezar* | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Bogs Adornado* | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| Allan Caidic* | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Robert Jaworski* | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Benjie Paras* | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Jayson Castro^ | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Asi Taulava | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Jerry Codiñera | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Johnny Abarrientos | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Kelly Williams^ | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Nelson Asaytono | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Ricardo Brown* | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Calvin Abueva^ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Japeth Aguilar^ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Jojo Lastimosa | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Sonny Thoss | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Abet Guidaben* | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| CJ Perez^ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Willie Miller | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Mark Caguioa | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Jeffrey Cariaso | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Danny Ildefonso | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Olsen Racela | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Fajardo primarily plays as center, while de Ocampo primarily plays as forward
- ^ The 2020 season only had one conference. The award was named as "Elite Five" for this season.
- ^ Fajardo primarily plays as center, while Abueva primarily plays as forward
- ^ Fajardo primarily plays as center, while Perkins primarily plays as forward
- ^ Oftana primarily plays as forward while Arana primarily plays as center
References
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