Gamers complaining about their NBA 2K scores has been a summer season custom within the league over latest years. Much less widespread is to have gamers griping about their friends’ scores, which is what occurred earlier this week when Jaren Jackson Jr. was requested about Nikola Jokic‘s 97 OVR within the well-liked basketball online game.
Jaren Jackson Jr. and Trey Murphy react to Nikola Jokic’s NBA 2K25 ranking 🤣
JJJ: “I want I had 3 MVPs and also you give me a 97. I would low key be mad.”
Murphy: “I don’t suppose he cares in any respect.”
(through @OldManAndThree)pic.twitter.com/bXqPa5FHxA
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) August 26, 2024
It was stunning to us as effectively to see Jokic’s ranking drop a degree after an MVP season, so we determined to research if there’s a sample there with NBA 2K undervaluing the Serbian famous person.
Seems, you can also make a case there’s.
We went and in contrast gamers’ league rating by way of NBA 2K ranking to their rating in HoopsHype’s International Score metric for the previous 15 seasons, figuring out the most important disparities.
Amongst gamers with a minimum of 5 years within the league, Nikola Jokic had the most important disparity between his preseason NBA 2K ranking and his precise International Score for that yr. Much more telling: He was underrated relative to his International Score eight seasons in a row.
All-Star DeMar DeRozan got here second on the record, however a distant one.
You possibly can examine the 25 most underrated gamers within the sport per our analysis under:
Common 2K rating: 55.78
Common International Score rating: 15.44
NBA 2K/International Score ratio: 3.61
Seasons overrated: 0
Seasons underrated: 8
Common 2K rating: 61.50
Common International Score rating: 29.21
NBA 2K/International Score ratio: 2.11
Seasons overrated: 2
Seasons underrated: 12
Common 2K rating: 63.27
Common International Score rating: 30.91
NBA 2K/International Score ratio: 2.05
Seasons overrated: 4
Seasons underrated: 7
Common 2K rating: 123.00
Common International Score rating: 67.50
NBA 2K/International Score ratio: 1.82
Seasons overrated: 1
Seasons underrated: 5
Common 2K rating: 20.33
Common International Score rating: 11.17
NBA 2K/International Score ratio: 1.82
Seasons overrated: 0
Seasons underrated: 5
Common 2K rating: 39.86
Common International Score rating: 22.29
NBA 2K/International Score ratio: 1.79
Seasons overrated: 3
Seasons underrated: 3
Common 2K rating: 114.00
Common International Score rating: 63.86
NBA 2K/International Score ratio: 1.79
Seasons overrated: 1
Seasons underrated: 6
Common 2K rating: 37.67
Common International Score rating: 22.00
NBA 2K/International Score ratio: 1.71
Seasons overrated: 1
Seasons underrated: 5
Common 2K rating: 123.25
Common International Score rating: 72.38
NBA 2K/International Score ratio: 1.70
Seasons overrated: 2
Seasons underrated: 6
Common 2K rating: 145.50
Common International Score rating: 86.50
NBA 2K/International Score ratio: 1.68
Seasons overrated: 1
Seasons underrated: 5
Common 2K rating: 158.00
Common International Score rating: 95.60
NBA 2K/International Score ratio: 1.65
Seasons overrated: 0
Seasons underrated: 5
Common 2K rating: 103.25
Common International Score rating: 62.63
NBA 2K/International Score ratio: 1.65
Seasons overrated: 1
Seasons underrated: 7
Common 2K rating: 81.00
Common International Score rating: 49.17
NBA 2K/International Score ratio: 1.65
Seasons overrated: 2
Seasons underrated: 4
Common 2K rating: 32.43
Common International Score rating: 19.71
NBA 2K/International Score ratio: 1.64
Seasons overrated: 2
Seasons underrated: 5
Common 2K rating: 103.71
Common International Score rating: 68.43
NBA 2K/International Score ratio: 1.52
Seasons overrated: 1
Seasons underrated: 6
Common 2K rating: 21.93
Common International Score rating: 14.50
NBA 2K/International Score ratio: 1.51
Seasons overrated: 4
Seasons underrated: 9
Common 2K rating: 259.14
Common International Score rating: 173.00
NBA 2K/International Score ratio: 1.50
Seasons overrated: 0
Seasons underrated: 7
Common 2K rating: 324.22
Common International Score rating: 218.56
NBA 2K/International Score ratio: 1.48
Seasons overrated: 0
Seasons underrated: 9
Common 2K rating: 207.70
Common International Score rating: 142.20
NBA 2K/International Score ratio: 1.46
Seasons overrated: 3
Seasons underrated: 7
Common 2K rating: 127.43
Common International Score rating: 87.86
NBA 2K/International Score ratio: 1.45
Seasons overrated: 3
Seasons underrated: 4
Common 2K rating: 191.33
Common International Score rating: 132.17
NBA 2K/International Score ratio: 1.45
Seasons overrated: 2
Seasons underrated: 4
Common 2K rating: 99.17
Common International Score rating: 68.58
NBA 2K/International Score ratio: 1.45
Seasons overrated: 4
Seasons underrated: 8
Common 2K rating: 173.09
Common International Score rating: 120.45
NBA 2K/International Score ratio: 1.44
Seasons overrated: 3
Seasons underrated: 8
Common 2K rating: 203.80
Common International Score rating: 143.40
NBA 2K/International Score ratio: 1.42
Seasons overrated: 1
Seasons underrated: 4
Common 2K rating: 203.50
Common International Score rating: 143.40
NBA 2K/International Score ratio: 1.42
Seasons overrated: 3
Seasons underrated: 7
