NBA 2K26 tops PS5 most-played charts ahead of LEGO Batman
NBA 2K26 is still drawing more PS5 players than a brand-new LEGO Batman launch, a sign the annual hoops grind is holding its base.
NBA 2K26 is still the PS5 game people are actually launching. On Sony Interactive Entertainment’s new Welcome Hub widget, which surfaces the top ten most played games in a country with total weekly player numbers, 2K26 sat No. 1 ahead of LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, a fresh release that had just arrived on PlayStation 5.
That matters because this is not a downloads-only snapshot. It is a read on active player habits, and right now those habits still tilt toward a basketball game that launched on PS5 and PS4 on September 5, 2025. Superstar and Leave No Doubt owners got early access on August 29 and 30, 2025, and the game never really let go of the PS5 chart conversation after that. PlayStation’s September 2025 download rankings already had NBA 2K26 leading the US and Canada PS5 chart, and Sony’s 2025 year-end numbers later put it back on top as the most-downloaded PS5 game in the US and Canada for the full year.
The gap over LEGO Batman also tells the story from the other side. LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is a brand-new open-world action-adventure from Warner Bros. Games, TT Games, DC and The LEGO Group. Its Deluxe Edition early access began May 19, 2026, and the Standard Edition went worldwide on May 22, 2026, priced at $69.99 for Standard and $89.99 for Deluxe on PlayStation Store. Even with a 4.92 rating from about 5.2K ratings, it is still chasing a sports title that has had months to build routine, locker-room gravity and daily return traffic.
NBA 2K26 has also had the kind of design hooks that keep a player base sticky. PlayStation highlights that the game brings NBA and WNBA players together for the first time in MyTEAM, a crossover that gives the mode a fresh angle beyond the usual annual roster update. That kind of feature matters in a live-service sports ecosystem, where the chart winner is often the game with the strongest habit loop, not just the biggest launch week.
The bigger signal is the state of PlayStation’s sports audience. Sony’s January 2026 year-end rankings said sports games topped the US, Canada and Europe PS5 download charts, with NBA 2K26 and EA Sports FC 26 taking the top spots in their respective regions. For now, the PS5 most-played chart says the same thing in a more direct way: even with a major new launch in the lane, NBA 2K26 is still the game holding the floor.
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