NBA 2K26 Ratings Update: Wembanyama Rises, Adebayo Rewarded for Historic Night

Victor Wembanyama's mid-March NBA 2K26 ratings update made it official: the San Antonio Spurs center now sits at 97 OVR, up three points from where he opened the season at 94. That climb puts him alongside Nikola Jokic among the true elites in the game, and it reflects a season in which Wembanyama has done things on both ends of the floor that no player his size has any business doing. "The alien is undeniable," as one outlet put it. "That three-point climb across a single season tells you everything about the kind of year he's having."

Bam Adebayo's bump to 89 OVR (+1) carries its own backstory. His March 10 performance against the Washington Wizards, an 83-point game, stands as the second-highest single-game scoring total in NBA history behind only Wilt Chamberlain's 100, a particularly staggering figure given that Adebayo's previous career high was 41. "That performance alone justified a bump, and 2K delivered," as GameDaily noted, adding that Adebayo has been playing some of the best basketball of his career beyond that single night.

Jalen Johnson's arrival at 90 OVR came off his 13th triple-double of the season logged in mid-March, a sustained breakout for the Atlanta forward that the ratings finally caught up to.

Among the wider field of risers, Ryan Kalkbrenner led the entire update in raw point gain, jumping eight full points to 78 OVR. Cedric Coward matched that +8 swing, landing at 80 OVR, while V.J. Edgecombe climbed five points to 81 OVR. Tyrese Maxey moved to 89 OVR (+3), Austin Reaves reached 88 OVR (+3), and Keyonte George shot up four points to 82 OVR. Stephon Castle, thriving in San Antonio alongside Wembanyama, earned a two-point bump to 84 OVR. Luka Doncic also factored prominently in this cycle, moving to 97 OVR (+2).

Not everyone moved in the right direction. Cameron Johnson took one of the sharpest falls in the update, dropping four points to 79 OVR as his shooting consistency faded. Ace Bailey slid four points to 73 OVR. Klay Thompson's ongoing struggles translated directly into his 2K card, dropping three points to 76 OVR in what represents one of his steepest in-game declines in years. Bradley Beal fell to 77 OVR (-3) with injuries limiting his impact for the Clippers, while Derrick White, Anfernee Simons, and Josh Hart each dropped three points as well, with Hart landing at 78 OVR after a rough offensive stretch for New York.

Wembanyama at 97 OVR is the clearest signal yet that 2K's ratings engine has caught up to what the Spurs center has been doing all season.