The debate over NBA 2K player ratings has grown so intense that it almost rivals reactions to the game’s release. This year is no exception, as Denver Nuggets Center Nikola Jokić and Oklahoma City Thunder Guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander sit at the top as the highest-rated players in the game with an

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The best players in NBA 2K26 have been revealed. Has Nikola Jokic kept the top spot, or will Shai Gilgeous-Alexander displace him?

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The three-time NBA MVP is a seven-time All-Star, who won championship and Finals MVP in 2023. Jokić also led the Serbian national team to a silver Olympic medal in 2016 and a bronze in Paris last summer. That said, according to DeMarcus Cousins, an all-time great NBA center in his own right, Jokic “don’t give a f--k about” basketball.

Nuggets center Nikola Jokic drew strong praise from his Serbian teammate and current Clippers guard Bogdan Bogdanovic.