NBA All-Star Weekend Skills Challenge

The NBA Skills Challenge, (Officially named The Taco Bell Skills Challenge) is a National Basketball Association (NBA) contest held on the Saturday before the annual All-Star Game as part of the All-Star Weekend. First held in 2003, it is a competition to test ball-handling, passing and shooting ability. In the current version of the contest, two participants race against each other on identical courses by first dribbling between five obstacles while running down the court. Next, the player must throw a pass into a net that does not touch the ground. Then, the players must dribble back the full length of the court for a lay up. Shortly after, the players must dribble back down the court and hit a three pointer from the top of the basketball key. The match ends when the first player hits the three pointer. Currently, the champion is decided via a single elimination tournament format, with a Guard and a Forward or Center guaranteed to face off in the final.

The current champion is Karl-Anthony Towns of the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Winners

†	Denotes players who are still active
Player(s) (#)	Denotes the number of times the player has won
Team(s) (#)	Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won

Season	Player(s)	Team(s)	Time
2002–03	Jason Kidd	New Jersey Nets	35.1 seconds
2003–04	Baron Davis	New Orleans Hornets	31.6 seconds
2004–05	Steve Nash	Phoenix Suns	25.8 seconds
2005–06	Dwyane Wade	Miami Heat	26.1 seconds
2006–07	Dwyane Wade (2)	Miami Heat (2)	26.4 seconds
2007–08	Deron Williams	Utah Jazz	25.5 seconds^[a]
2008–09	Derrick Rose	Chicago Bulls	35.3 seconds
2009–10	Steve Nash (2)	Phoenix Suns (2)	29.9 seconds
2010–11	Stephen Curry	Golden State Warriors	28.2 seconds
2011–12	Tony Parker	San Antonio Spurs	32.8 seconds
2012–13	Damian Lillard	Portland Trail Blazers	29.8 seconds
2013–14	Damian Lillard (2) Trey Burke	Portland Trail Blazers (2) Utah Jazz (2)	45.2 seconds
2014–15	Patrick Beverley	Houston Rockets	—
2015–16	Karl-Anthony Towns	Minnesota Timberwolves	—

All-time participants

Player (in bold text)	Indicates the winner of the contest
Player (#)	Denotes the number of times the player has been in the contest

Year	Players
2003	Jason Kidd, Stephon Marbury, Tony Parker, Gary Payton
2004	Earl Boykins, Baron Davis, Derek Fisher, Stephon Marbury (2)
2005	Gilbert Arenas, Earl Boykins (2), Steve Nash, Luke Ridnour
2006	LeBron James, Steve Nash (2), Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade
2007	Kobe Bryant, LeBron James (2), Chris Paul (2), Dwyane Wade (2)
2008	Jason Kidd (2), Chris Paul (3), Dwyane Wade (3), Deron Williams
2009	Devin Harris, Jameer Nelson^[b], Tony Parker (2), Derrick Rose, Mo Williams
2010	Brandon Jennings, Steve Nash (3), Derrick Rose^[c], Deron Williams (2), Russell Westbrook
2011	Stephen Curry, Chris Paul (4), Derrick Rose (2), John Wall, Russell Westbrook (2)
2012	Stephen Curry^[d] (2), Kyrie Irving, Tony Parker (3), Rajon Rondo, John Wall (2), Russell Westbrook (3), Deron Williams (3)
2013	Jrue Holiday, Brandon Knight, Damian Lillard, Jeremy Lin, Tony Parker (4), Jeff Teague
2014	DeMar DeRozan/Giannis Antetokounmpo, Michael Carter-Williams/Victor Oladipo, Reggie Jackson/Goran Dragić, Damian Lillard (2)/Trey Burke^[e]
2015	(Isaiah Thomas vs. John Wall (3)^[f], Patrick Beverley), (Michael Carter-Williams (2)^[g], Robert Covington^[g], Elfrid Payton vs. Jeff Teague (2)) vs. ((Trey Burke (2) vs. Brandon Knight (2)), (Jimmy Butler^[h], Dennis Schröder vs. Kyle Lowry))^[i]
2016	(Jordan Clarkson vs. C. J. McCollum, Isaiah Thomas (2) vs. Patrick Beverley (2)^[j], Emmanuel Mudiay) vs. (Draymond Green vs. Karl-Anthony Towns, DeMarcus Cousins vs. Anthony Davis)

^a The time is the all-time event record.^[1]
^b Jameer Nelson was injured and was replaced by Mo Williams.
^c Derrick Rose was injured and was replaced by Russell Westbrook.
^d Stephen Curry was injured and was replaced by Rajon Rondo.
^e For the 2013–14 season, the NBA All-Star Weekend Skills Challenge was revamped to have 4 teams of two players compete to a two-round time relay-style course.
^f John Wall was replaced by Patrick Beverley due to resting purposes.
^g Michael Carter-Williams was replaced with his teammate Robert Covington due to injuries. Covington would be replaced by Elfrid Payton due to resting purposes.
^h Jimmy Butler was replaced by Dennis Schröder due to a shoulder injury.
ⁱ Starting with the 2014–15 season, the NBA All-Star Weekend Skills Challenge was revamped to a best of 8 tournament where after 8 players competed in the first round, only 4 would go to the semi-final round and 2 would participate in the championship round.
^j Defending champion Patrick Beverley would be replaced by rookie Emmanuel Mudiay due to an ankle injury.