The annual All-Star Game was instituted in 1989 and has already evolved into different types of competition, more commonly in the following formats: Philippine national team vs. PBA All-Stars, Rookies, Sophomores & Juniors vs. Veterans, and North vs. South match-up. The manner by which players to the All-Star Game varied through the years. Currently, the two coaches tapped to lead the two All-Star teams were the ones who selected their players but since the mid-2000s the starting five are selected through fan voting and the reserves would now be the ones chosen by the head coaches of all the PBA teams. For the 2005-2006 season, fans from the host city or province were given the choice to select the sixth man of each team. After each game, an All-Star Most Valuable Player was chosen by writers covering the annual event. Vergel Meneses had clearly stamped his mark on this mid-year festivities as he remains to be the only four-time All-Star MVP awardee collecting the award in 1995, 1998, 2000 and 2003. In its entire history, four players have been named multiple winners of the All-Star MVP award namely, Meneses, Benjie Paras, Asi Taulava, and Jayjay Helterbrand. Asi Taulava currently holds the record number of All-Star Game appearances with 16.
Types
The league has adopted various formats for the All-Star Game:
Veterans vs. Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors : The Veteran team consists of players who have played in the league for four or more years. The RSJ team consists of players who have played in the league for less than four years.
North vs. South: The players' team is assigned according to their birthplaces, and in cases of players born outside the Philippines, on their parents' birth places. Players from Luzon play for the North All-Stars, while those from Visayas and Mindanao play for the South All-Stars.
Philippine men's national team vs PBA All-Stars: The Philippine team consist of PBA players from national pool with a naturalized player or a cadet player if any. The national team usually carries the name of its primary sponsor or its nickname.
Team A vs Team B: Two All-Star teams with no particular category are formed. This format was used in 1991 and 2003
All-Star Game results
This is a list of each All-Star Game, the venue at which it was played, and the Game MVP. Parenthesized numbers indicate multiple times that venue, city, or player has occurred as of that instance.
* MVP from losing team
** MVP was Import Player.
*** The two teams requested for an overtime period to be held.
