Utah Jazz wing Ace Bailey named to NBA All-Rookie Second Team
May 20, 2026, 5:46 PM | Updated: May 21, 2026, 11:18 am
Utah Jazz guard Ace Bailey (19) laughs before an NBA game between the Utah Jazz and the Memphis Grizzlies at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Friday, April 10, 2026. (Photo courtesy of Rio Giancarlo, Deseret News)
(Photo courtesy of Rio Giancarlo, Deseret News)
After a great first year in the NBA, Utah Jazz rookie Ace Bailey was named to the All-Rookie Second-Team on Wednesday.
Bailey played in 72 games with 61 starts in his first campaign, averaging 13.8 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 1.8 assists on 44.3/34.4/75 shooting splits.
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The Jazz coaching staff and front office were very calculated with how they brought him along in the season. By the end of the year, his role was increased both by design and as a result of a lengthy injury report.
Over the final 20 games of the season, Bailey averaged 18.7 points per game.
Ace Bailey has 𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐃 🤩♠️
from showstopping dunks to huge blocks and everything in between, Ace’s rookie year let everyone know he’s all gas, no brakes 💪#TakeNote | @AiriousB pic.twitter.com/d5ogEu6XvJ
— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) April 27, 2026
2025-2026 NBA All-Rookie Teams
First Team
Cooper Flagg, Dallas Mavericks
Kon Knueppel, Charlotte Hornets
VJ Edgecombe, Philadelphia 76ers
Dylan Harper, San Antonio Spurs
Cedric Coward, Memphis Grizzlies
The 2025-26 Kia NBA All-Rookie First Team:
▪️Cedric Coward, @memgrizz
▪️VJ Edgecombe, @sixers
▪️Cooper Flagg, @dallasmavs
▪️Dylan Harper, @spurs
▪️Kon Knueppel, @hornets pic.twitter.com/O0LvrUuaXS— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) May 20, 2026
Second Team
Maxime Raynaud, Sacramento Kings
Collin Murray-Boyles, Toronto Raptors
Derik Queen, New Orleans Pelicans
Jeremiah Fears, New Orleans Pelicans
Ace Bailey, Utah Jazz
The 2025-26 Kia NBA All-Rookie Second Team:
▪️Ace Bailey, @utahjazz
▪️Jeremiah Fears, @PelicansNBA
▪️Collin Murray-Boyles, @Raptors
▪️Derik Queen, @PelicansNBA
▪️Maxime Raynaud, @SacramentoKings pic.twitter.com/PdN1jNs90J— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) May 20, 2026
Utah Jazz Rookie Award History
Including Bailey, 13 players have cracked the NBA’s All-Rookie teams as members of the Utah Jazz.
Most recently, Keyonte George made the second team in 2024, and Walker Kessler made the first team in 2023.
Donovan Mitchell was a first-team selection in 2018, Trey Burke was named to the All-Rookie First Team in 2014, Derrick Favors earned second-team honors in 2011, Paul Millsap was a second-team member in 2007, Deron Williams earned first-team honors in 2006, while Andrei Kirilenko was selected to the first team in 2002.
Prior to the turn of the century, Blue Edwards was a second-team member in 1990, Karl Malone was a first-team member in 1986, Thurl Bailey earned first-team honors in 1984, while Darrell Griffith was the first Jazzman to earn All-Rookie honors on the 1981 All-Rookie First Team.
Griffith remains the only Jazz player to earn the NBA Rookie of the Year.
