In recent years, players complaining about their NBA 2K ratings has become a summer tradition around the league. It’s less common for players to complain about their teammates’ ratings, which is what happened earlier this week. Jaren Jackson Jr. I was asked about ~ Nikola JokicIn the popular basketball video game, the OVR is 97.
Jaren Jackson Jr. and Trey Murphy React to Nikola Jokic’s NBA 2K25 Review 🤣
JJJ: “I got 3 MVPs, but I wish you gave me 97 points. I would be really upset.”
Murphy: “He doesn’t seem to care at all.”
(through @oldmanandthree)pic.twitter.com/bXqPa5FHxA
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) August 26, 2024
We were surprised to see Jokic’s rating drop by one point after his MVP season, so we decided to investigate if there was a pattern to NBA 2K’s underrating of the Serbian superstar.
Eventually, it turned out that such a claim was possible.
We compared players’ league standings based on their NBA 2K ratings to their rankings based on HoopsHype’s global ratings metric over the past 15 seasons to identify the biggest differences.
Of all players who have played in the league for at least five years, Nikola Jokic had the largest gap between his preseason NBA 2K rating and his actual global rating that year. More importantly, he has been underrated relative to his global rating for eight straight seasons.
All Star Demar DeRozan It came in second place, but it was far from a good ranking.
The research below reveals the 25 most underrated players in the game.
Average 2K Rank: 55.78
Average Global Rating: 15.44
NBA 2K/Global Rating Ratio: 3.61
Overrated Season: 0
The underrated season: 8
Average 2K Rank: 61.50
Average Global Rating: 29.21
NBA 2K/Global Rating Ratio: 2.11
Overrated Season: 2
The underrated season: 12
Average 2K Rank: 63.27
Average Global Rating: 30.91
NBA 2K/Global Rating Ratio: 2.05
Overrated Season: 4
The underrated season: 7
Average 2K Rank: 123.00
Average Global Rating: 67.50
NBA 2K/Global Rating Ratio: 1.82
Overrated Season: 1
The underrated season: 5
Average 2K Rank: 20.33
Average Global Rating: November 17th
NBA 2K/Global Rating Ratio: 1.82
Overrated Season: 0
The underrated season: 5
Average 2K Rank: 39.86
Average Global Rating: 22.29
NBA 2K/Global Rating Ratio: 1.79
Overrated Season: 3
Underrated Season: 3
Average 2K Rank: 114.00
Average Global Rating: 63.86
NBA 2K/Global Rating Ratio: 1.79
Overrated Season: 1
The underrated season: 6
Average 2K Rank: 37.67
Average Global Rating: 22.00
NBA 2K/Global Rating Ratio: 1.71
Overrated Season: 1
The underrated season: 5
Average 2K Rank: 123.25
Average Global Rating: 72.38
NBA 2K/Global Rating Ratio: 1.70
Overrated Season: 2
The underrated season: 6
Average 2K Rank: 145.50
Average Global Rating: 86.50
NBA 2K/Global Rating Ratio: 1.68
Overrated Season: 1
The underrated season: 5
Average 2K Rank: 158.00
Average Global Rating: 95.60
NBA 2K/Global Rating Ratio: 1.65
Overrated Season: 0
The underrated season: 5
Average 2K Rank: 103.25
Average Global Rating: 62.63
NBA 2K/Global Rating Ratio: 1.65
Overrated Season: 1
The underrated season: 7
Average 2K Rank: 81.00
Average Global Rating: 49.17
NBA 2K/Global Rating Ratio: 1.65
Overrated Season: 2
The underrated season: 4
Average 2K Rank: 32.43
Average Global Rating: 19.71
NBA 2K/Global Rating Ratio: 1.64
Overrated Season: 2
The underrated season: 5
Average 2K Rank: 103.71
Average Global Rating: 68.43
NBA 2K/Global Rating Ratio: 1.52
Overrated Season: 1
The underrated season: 6
Average 2K Rank: 21.93
Average Global Rating: 14.50
NBA 2K/Global Rating Ratio: 1.51
Overrated Season: 4
The underrated season: 9
Average 2K Rank: 259.14
Average Global Rating: 173.00
NBA 2K/Global Rating Ratio: 1.50
Overrated Season: 0
Underrated Season: 7
Average 2K Rank: 324.22
Average Global Rating: 218.56
NBA 2K/Global Rating Ratio: 1.48
Overrated Season: 0
The underrated season: 9
Average 2K Rank: 207.70
Average Global Rating: 142.20
NBA 2K/Global Rating Ratio: 1.46
Overrated Season: 3
The underrated season: 7
Average 2K Rank: 127.43
Average Global Rating: 87.86
NBA 2K/Global Rating Ratio: 1.45
Overrated Season: 3
The underrated season: 4
Average 2K Rank: 191.33
Average Global Rating: 132.17
NBA 2K/Global Rating Ratio: 1.45
Overrated Season: 2
The underrated season: 4
Average 2K Rank: 99.17
Average Global Rating: 68.58
NBA 2K/Global Rating Ratio: 1.45
Overrated Season: 4
The underrated season: 8
Average 2K Rank: 173.09
Average Global Rating: 120.45
NBA 2K/Global Rating Ratio: 1.44
Overrated Season: 3
The underrated season: 8
Average 2K Rank: 203.80
Average Global Rating: 143.40
NBA 2K/Global Rating Ratio: 1.42
Overrated Season: 1
The underrated season: 4
Average 2K Rank: 203.50
Average Global Rating: 143.40
NBA 2K/Global Rating Ratio: 1.42
Overrated Season: 3
The underrated season: 7
