2K published its full launch ratings list in one drop alongside the Game Reveal. Gilgeous-Alexander, Wembanyama and Jokić share the top spot at 97; LeBron holds 91 in year 24; Cooper Flagg debuts at 87.
2K broke its own habit on 18 August. For what the outgoing game actually delivered, see our NBA 2K26 year in review. Instead of drip-feeding ratings reveals across two weeks of social posts, the full NBA 2K27 Top 100 arrived at once on the official site, hours after the Preseason Breakdown stream. The whole list, dated as published, lives on our ratings page; what follows is what it says.
A three-way tie at 97
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Victor Wembanyama and Nikola Jokić share the top rating. A tie at the summit is 2K declining to answer the league’s biggest argument, which is probably wise in August. Luka Dončić, Jalen Brunson and Giannis Antetokounmpo sit one point back at 96.
The 90 club stops at 21 players
The cutoff falls exactly at Tyrese Haliburton and Anthony Davis, both 90. Everyone else in the league opens the season a two-digit gap from the top, and seven of the 21 sit at 93 or 92, which is where the first in-season movement is most likely.
LeBron: 91 in year 24
Sixteenth overall, level with Jaylen Brown, Joel Embiid and Devin Booker. No player has carried a 90-plus rating into a twenty-fourth season, because no player has had one.
Flagg debuts at 87
That ties the rookie with James Harden, Trae Young and Kyrie Irving, and places him above Damian Lillard at 86 and Jimmy Butler at 85. It is a projection rather than a record, and it is the rating most likely to move first in either direction.
The list will move, and we will date the moves
2K states the OVRs fluctuate with real performance through the 2026-27 season, so the launch list is a snapshot. Every future change on our ratings page will show what moved, when, and from what. One note in that spirit: 2K’s own page currently misspells Darius Garland’s name at sixty-fourth; our transcription corrects it.
The launch list is one input into the buying decision, and for Deluxe and Ultra buyers the real date is now 26 August, when nine days of early access begin. The editions and their deadlines are the other input, and both are on the hub, with the full comparison on the editions page.