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Bryan Kalbrosky

What are the highest scoring NBA All-Star games in league history?

The 2024 NBA All-Star Game set the record for the highest combined scoring total at halftime in All-Star Game history.

During the first half, the Eastern Conference scored 104 points while the West scored 89. For comparison, that means the East scored more points in one half than they did in the entire game in four consecutive years between 1953 and 1956.

How does this massive scoring performance between the two teams at the All-Star Game compare to other high marks in league history, though? Of course, the final score (211-186) took the pole position.

After returning to the old format of East vs. West and removing the Elam ending, all records broke. This wasn’t exactly a surprise considering even before 2024, nine of the highest-scoring NBA All-Star Games had occurred within the last 10 seasons.

Here are the updated highest-scoring totals that the NBA has ever seen in an All-Star Game:

1
2024 - Indiana

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FINAL: West 186, East 211

TOTAL SCORE: 397

2
2017 - New Orleans

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FINAL: West 192, East 182

TOTAL SCORE: 374

3
2016 - Toronto

Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports

FINAL: West 196, East 173

TOTAL SCORE: 369

4
2023 - Utah

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

FINAL: LeBron 175, Giannis 184

TOTAL SCORE: 359

5
2019 - Charlotte

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FINAL: LeBron 178, Giannis 164

TOTAL SCORE: 342

6
2022 - Cleveland

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FINAL: LeBron 163, Durant 160

TOTAL SCORE: 323

7
2015 - New York

Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports

FINAL: West 163, East 158

TOTAL SCORE: 321

8
2021 - Atlanta

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports

FINAL: LeBron 170, Durant 150

TOTAL SCORE: 320

9
2014 - New Orleans

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FINAL: West 155, East 163

TOTAL SCORE: 318

10
2020 - Chicago

Dennis Wierzbicki-USA TODAY Sports

FINAL: LeBron 157, Giannis 155

TOTAL SCORE: 312

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