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I am bored and no tasks to do at work right now. This topic may have been covered and I Apologize if this is a repeat topic.

I have not played any NBA game in over a decade. But do these rating resonate with you all ?




https://www.2kratings.com/lists/top-100-highest-nba-2k-ratings





TOP 30 Players


1. Nikola JokicNBA All-Star24BadgesNikola Jokic
Serbia C | 6'11" | DEN
98

2. Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderNBA All-Star25BadgesShai Gilgeous-Alexander
Canada PG / SG | 6'6" | OKC
98

3. Giannis AntetokounmpoNBA All-Star31BadgesGiannis Antetokounmpo
Greece Nigeria PF / C | 6'11" | MIL
97

4. Luka Doncic24BadgesLuka Doncic
Slovenia PG / SG | 6'7" | LAL
95

5. Anthony EdwardsNBA All-Star25BadgesAnthony Edwards
United States SG / SF | 6'4" | MIN
95

6. Stephen CurryNBA All-Star21BadgesStephen Curry
United States PG / SG | 6'2" | GSW
94

7. LeBron JamesNBA All-Star26BadgesLeBron James
United States PF / PG | 6'9" | LAL
94

8. Jayson TatumNBA All-Star28BadgesJayson Tatum
United States PF / SF | 6'8" | BOS
94

9. Victor WembanyamaNBA All-Star22BadgesVictor Wembanyama
France C / PF | 7'4" | SAS
94

10. Kevin DurantNBA All-Star19BadgesKevin Durant
United States PF / SF | 6'11" | HOU
93


11. Donovan MitchellNBA All-Star19BadgesDonovan Mitchell
United States SG / PG | 6'3" | CLE
93

12. Anthony DavisNBA All-Star22BadgesAnthony Davis
United States C / PF | 6'10" | DAL
93

13. Jalen BrunsonNBA All-Star19BadgesJalen Brunson
United States PG | 6'2" | NYK
93

14. Tyrese Haliburton15BadgesTyrese Haliburton
United States PG / SG | 6'5" | IND
93

15. Kawhi Leonard21BadgesKawhi Leonard
United States PF / SF | 6'7" | LAC
92

16. Cade CunninghamNBA All-Star18BadgesCade Cunningham
United States PG / SG | 6'6" | DET
92

17. Joel Embiid24BadgesJoel Embiid
Cameroon United States C | 7'0" | PHI
92

18. Karl-Anthony TownsNBA All-Star18BadgesKarl-Anthony Towns
Dominican Republic United States PF / C | 7'0" | NYK
92

19. Ja Morant19BadgesJa Morant
United States PG | 6'2" | MEM
91

20. Devin Booker20BadgesDevin Booker
United States PG / SG | 6'6" | PHX
91

21. Jalen WilliamsNBA All-Star16BadgesJalen Williams
United States PF / SF | 6'5" | OKC
90

22. Jaylen BrownNBA All-Star21BadgesJaylen Brown
United States SF / SG | 6'6" | BOS
90

23. Trae YoungNBA All-Star16BadgesTrae Young
United States PG | 6'1" | ATL
90

24. Kyrie IrvingNBA All-Star18BadgesKyrie Irving
United States Australia SG / PG | 6'2" | DAL
90

25. Paolo Banchero20BadgesPaolo Banchero
United States Italy PF / SF | 6'10" | ORL
89

26. Evan MobleyNBA All-Star21BadgesEvan Mobley
United States PF / C | 6'11" | CLE
89

27. Pascal SiakamNBA All-Star21BadgesPascal Siakam
Cameroon PF / C | 6'8" | IND
89

28. James HardenNBA All-Star16BadgesJames Harden
United States PG / SG | 6'5" | LAC
89

29. Jaren Jackson Jr.NBA All-Star17BadgesJaren Jackson Jr.
United States C / PF | 6'10" | MEM
89

30. Bam Adebayo24BadgesBam Adebayo
United States C | 6'9" | MIA

2K rating has never meant anything, but ever since they came out with the "intangibles" stat it's completely useless.

It's an invisible stat that you can't control unless you go into edit mode on a player. It adds an artificial boost to that overall rating number. This is so they can make micro adjustments to overalls without actually changing the players real attributes. It does nothing. Most likely to make auto-rotations work when they want to force a specific starting lineup, to appease salty players/fans who want a better ratings for x player, or to perhaps push their own ranking narrative. Most likely though, it's there to cover the holes in their rating logic.

Badges also are arbitrarily decided opon by the devs too, and they as well effect that overall. Defensive badges will also weigh heavier than offensive most of the time.

TL;DR thinking the ratings are anything more than a system made for a video game is a waste of brain power. But I do love watching people argue themselves stupid over them.

I don’t understand the infatuation with Anthony Edwards. He’s a very good player, but I don’t think he’s meaningfully better than most of those guys in the 20’s.

It feels like he’s being memed into the top 5 because the media is desperate for a great American player.

edwards definitely overrated in 2k

zero rings wrote:I don’t understand the infatuation with Anthony Edwards. He’s a very good player, but I don’t think he’s meaningfully better than most of those guys in the 20’s.

It feels like he’s being memed into the top 5 because the media is desperate for a great American player.

ANT .395 3-point shooter with 10.3 attempts per game!

Curry is the only better 3-point-shooter, but ANT is probably better at off-the-dribble threes...

ANT didn't shoot well in this year's playoffs, only .354 downtown (and 8.7 attempts), but in last year's playoffs ANT shot .400 (and 7.2 attempts), and even back in 2022 playoffs ANT shot .404 downtown (and 9.5 attempts).

bonita_the_frog wrote:

zero rings wrote:I don’t understand the infatuation with Anthony Edwards. He’s a very good player, but I don’t think he’s meaningfully better than most of those guys in the 20’s.

It feels like he’s being memed into the top 5 because the media is desperate for a great American player.

ANT .395 3-point shooter with 10.3 attempts per game!

Curry is the only better 3-point-shooter, but ANT is probably better at off-the-dribble threes...

ANT didn't shoot well in this year's playoffs, only .354 downtown (and 8.7 attempts), but in last year's playoffs ANT shot .400 (and 7.2 attempts), and even back in 2022 playoffs ANT shot .404 downtown (and 9.5 attempts).

Last years Ant got clapped by Luka. Overrated.

zero rings wrote:I don’t understand the infatuation with Anthony Edwards. He’s a very good player, but I don’t think he’s meaningfully better than most of those guys in the 20’s.

It feels like he’s being memed into the top 5 because the media is desperate for a great American player.

Well, he was still 23 last time he played a playoff game and just based on his age 20-23 seasons, he already has better career playoff averages than Shaq, Kobe, Kareem, Dirk, Duncan, Wade, and KG. I agree he's been a little meh in the regular season, but he's so consistently gone nuts in the playoffs that you have to give him credit.

mfletcher4177 wrote:

bonita_the_frog wrote:

zero rings wrote:I don’t understand the infatuation with Anthony Edwards. He’s a very good player, but I don’t think he’s meaningfully better than most of those guys in the 20’s.

It feels like he’s being memed into the top 5 because the media is desperate for a great American player.

ANT .395 3-point shooter with 10.3 attempts per game!

Curry is the only better 3-point-shooter, but ANT is probably better at off-the-dribble threes...

ANT didn't shoot well in this year's playoffs, only .354 downtown (and 8.7 attempts), but in last year's playoffs ANT shot .400 (and 7.2 attempts), and even back in 2022 playoffs ANT shot .404 downtown (and 9.5 attempts).

Last years Ant got clapped by Luka. Overrated.

Please tell me this is a troll.

Going off the box score, they had identical game scores for the series, but the one who doesn't play defense had a +/- of -24 for the series and the one who does play defense had a +/- of -40.

Going off this list, I'd say:

Most overrated: Bron, Ja, Booker, Trae, Kyrie, Paolo

Most underrated: Wemby, JW, Chet, Butler, Franz, Mobley,

DaGawd wrote:edwards definitely overrated in 2k

Anthony Edwards has a Thee-Point Shot rating of 87, and in the 2024-25 season he shot .395 and 10.3 attempts per game
https://www.2kratings.com/anthony-edwards

Steph Curry has a Three-Point Shot rating of 99, and in the 2024-25 season he shot .397 and 11.2 attempts per game
https://www.2kratings.com/stephen-curry

Overrated on 2k26 rating

Lebron
Ant Edwards
Chet Holmgren

Underrated on 2k26 rating

Paolo Banchero
Joel Embiid

Ratings are ridicolous in those games.
I mean I absolutely Agree Jokic is the Best player, but is he perfect?
His defense is under suspicious, he is not very athletic... But his iq and skills are out of this world.
98 or 99 ratings means their are perfect in every single way of measurement. And there any player who is god in defense, offense, shooting, stealing, blocking, rebounding, with perfect stamina, speed, jump and so on.



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The problem is too many ratings are inflated, which pressures the ratings at the top to be higher.

I think once the players started caring and getting on the 2k team, who wanted to be liked, the average rating skyrocketed.

I miss the old NBA Live days when the ratings had a scale of 0-100, not 60-100. For example, a 65 overall was a solid player then. Now it's bottom of the barrel.

Getting a 90 was almost unheard of. Now Pascal Siakams are getting them.

2k has been garbage truck juice since 2k11.

I don’t play video games, but Im mildly interested in the ratings. It’s like another stat.

bonita_the_frog wrote:

DaGawd wrote:edwards definitely overrated in 2k

Anthony Edwards has a Thee-Point Shot rating of 87, and in the 2024-25 season he shot .395 and 10.3 attempts per game
https://www.2kratings.com/anthony-edwards

Steph Curry has a Three-Point Shot rating of 99, and in the 2024-25 season he shot .397 and 11.2 attempts per game
https://www.2kratings.com/stephen-curry

I think Curry has done enough to earn a 99 overall 3 point rating, no? Plus his three point attempts are more difficult on average.

Iwasawitness wrote:

bonita_the_frog wrote:

DaGawd wrote:edwards definitely overrated in 2k

Anthony Edwards has a Thee-Point Shot rating of 87, and in the 2024-25 season he shot .395 and 10.3 attempts per game
https://www.2kratings.com/anthony-edwards

Steph Curry has a Three-Point Shot rating of 99, and in the 2024-25 season he shot .397 and 11.2 attempts per game
https://www.2kratings.com/stephen-curry

I think Curry has done enough to earn a 99 overall 3 point rating, no? Plus his three point attempts are more difficult on average.

Edwards is known for shooting 3s off-the-dribble more than anyone, while Curry is known for running off screens.
Not that its relevant, because I never said Curry didn't deserve 99... I'm just supplying the facts.
But good luck finding a reason why Edwards deserves only 87 for Three-Point Shooting, he deserves 95+.

bonita_the_frog wrote:

DaGawd wrote:edwards definitely overrated in 2k

Anthony Edwards has a Thee-Point Shot rating of 87, and in the 2024-25 season he shot .395 and 10.3 attempts per game
https://www.2kratings.com/anthony-edwards

Steph Curry has a Three-Point Shot rating of 99, and in the 2024-25 season he shot .397 and 11.2 attempts per game
https://www.2kratings.com/stephen-curry

Edwards should b a 85 and curry a 95, those feel too high for both too I would rather have a more realistic feel but it’s just a game too

I haven’t played a normal game tho just my player, but it run smooth and shooting is easy I was shooting like 80% from 3 in 10 games only taken open shots in my career and my player only have a 75 3 rating so far.. they are saying they gon have to update it

Ito wrote:

bonita_the_frog wrote:

DaGawd wrote:edwards definitely overrated in 2k

Anthony Edwards has a Thee-Point Shot rating of 87, and in the 2024-25 season he shot .395 and 10.3 attempts per game
https://www.2kratings.com/anthony-edwards

Steph Curry has a Three-Point Shot rating of 99, and in the 2024-25 season he shot .397 and 11.2 attempts per game
https://www.2kratings.com/stephen-curry

Edwards should b a 85 and curry a 95, those feel too high for both too I would rather have a more realistic feel but it’s just a game too

I haven’t played a normal game tho just my player, but it run smooth and shooting is easy I was shooting like 80% from 3 in 10 games only taken open shots in my career and my player only have a 75 3 rating so far.. they are saying they gon have to update it

Last season Edwards was statistically almost identical to Curry in 3s.
And Edwards doesn't need screens to get his shots up...
The only reason 2K gives Curry a WAY higher rating is by ignoring the 2024-25 season.