{"id":87900,"date":"2025-08-22T16:28:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T16:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/87900\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T16:28:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T16:28:06","slug":"nba-2k26-reveals-top-20-rated-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/87900\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA 2K26 reveals top 20 rated players"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the past week, 2K Games has been slowly revealing the top 100 rated players in NBA 2K26, and we finally have an answer as to who made it to No. 1 — and it’s exactly who you’d expect. Denver Nuggets<\/a> superstar Nikola Jokic<\/a> is the top-rated player, with an OVR rating of 98.<\/p>\n

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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a> of the Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> — who is also the game’s cover star — comes in second on the podium, with an identical OVR rating of 98, while Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> power forward Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a> rounds out the top three with an OVR of 97.<\/p>\n

Here are the top 20 rated players in NBA 2K26 at launch:<\/p>\n

Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets: 98 OVR <\/p>\n

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City Thunder: 98 OVR <\/p>\n

Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks: 97 OVR <\/p>\n

Luka Doncic<\/a>, Los Angeles Lakers<\/a>: 95 OVR<\/p>\n

Anthony Edwards<\/a>, Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a>: 95 OVR <\/p>\n

Stephen Curry<\/a>, Golden State Warriors<\/a>: 94 OVR <\/p>\n

LeBron James<\/a>, Los Angeles Lakers: 94 OVR<\/p>\n

Jayson Tatum<\/a>, Boston Celtics<\/a>: 94 OVR <\/p>\n

Victor Wembanyama<\/a>, San Antonio Spurs<\/a>: 94 OVR<\/p>\n

Kevin Durant<\/a>, Houston Rockets<\/a><\/p>\n

Donovan Mitchell<\/a>, Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a>: 93 OVR <\/p>\n

Anthony Davis<\/a>, Dallas Mavericks<\/a>: 93 OVR <\/p>\n

Jalen Brunson<\/a>, New York Knicks<\/a>: 93 OVR <\/p>\n

Tyrese Haliburton<\/a>, Indiana Pacers<\/a>: 93 OVR <\/p>\n

Kawhi Leonard<\/a>, LA Clippers<\/a>: 92 OVR <\/p>\n

Cade Cunningham<\/a>, Detroit Pistons<\/a>: 92 OVR <\/p>\n

Joel Embiid<\/a>, Philadelphia 76ers<\/a>: 92 OVR <\/p>\n

Karl-Anthony Towns<\/a>, New York Knicks: 92 OVR <\/p>\n

Ja Morant<\/a>, Memphis Grizzlies<\/a>: 91 OVR<\/p>\n

Devin Booker<\/a>, Phoenix Suns<\/a>: 91 OVR <\/p>\n

The full top 100 list can be found on the NBA 2K26 Ratings website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

NBA 2K26 will be released on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC and Nintendo on Sept. 5, 2025, with special edition purchasers getting up to seven days early access.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Over the past week, 2K Games has been slowly revealing the top 100 rated players in NBA 2K26,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87901,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-87900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}