JotaKelmer slams NBA 2K26 ratings, says overlooked errors make no sense

JotaKelmer is putting NBA 2K26’s live ratings under a microscope, and this time the complaint is not just creator noise. The modder and roster builder, whose YouTube bio identifies him as a creator of NBA 2K draft classes and rosters for next gen, blasted the latest ratings as “making no sense” after sharing a screenshot of overlooked errors.

That lands because 2K has made player ratings a moving target all season. Its official ratings page says updates and analysis will run through the 2025-2026 NBA regular season, while the Top 100 list says the rankings are based on NBA 2K25 standings and will keep changing as the season progresses. In other words, 2K has built NBA 2K26 to behave like a live roster file, not a frozen launch-day database.

The current ratings content shows how aggressive that update cycle already is. Cooper Flagg and Alperen Şengün were both featured at 88 OVR, while recent ratings-update posts have pushed names like Jalen Duren, Brandon Miller, Keyonte George, Kawhi Leonard, Kon Knueppel and Bennedict Mathurin into the conversation. One March 2026 update had Duren at 88 OVR, up 1. A January 2026 update listed Leonard at 94 OVR, up 2, George at 86 OVR, up 3, and Miller at 84 OVR, up 3. The official Top 100 also put Victor Wembanyama, Jayson Tatum, LeBron James and Stephen Curry at 94 OVR, with Kevin Durant at 93.

That is exactly why JotaKelmer’s gripe matters to players who live inside MyNBA, custom draft classes and online roster builds. A missed attribute or an inflated overall does not stay cosmetic for long. It changes sim results, trade logic, lineup strength and the feel of head-to-head matchups, especially when users are trying to model the real NBA as closely as possible.

There is also a bigger credibility issue here. 2K’s patch-notes page for NBA 2K26 has been active since September 4, 2025, and the ratings pipeline has been just as public. Even external tracking can drift fast, with 2KDB showing Kon Knueppel at 72 OVR at one point, a reminder of how quickly community data and official ratings can pull apart.

For now, the smart money says this is less a one-off rant than another push for a ratings adjustment, and if 2K does not tighten the details, community-made roster fixes will keep looking more trustworthy than the default file.