34-year-old LeBron James is entering his 17th NBA season with an NBA2K overall rating of 97! That rating puts him right at the top, alongside 28-year-old NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard and a point above 24-year-old NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo!
Here’s the rest of the top 20 in NBA2K20 so you can really see how crazy it is that the L.A. King with 56,284 minutes (10,049 in the playoffs) on his resume is still King of 2K.
1) LeBron James – 97
2) Kawhi Leonard – 97
3) Giannis Antetokounmpo – 96
4) Kevin Durant – 96
5) James Harden – 96
6) Steph Curry – 95
7) Anthony Davis – 94
8 ) Paul George – 93
9) Damian Lillard – 92
10) Joel Embiid – 91
11) Kyrie Irving – 91
12) Nikola Jokic – 90
13) Russell Westbrook – 90
14) Klay Thompson – 89
15) Karl-Anthony Towns – 89
16) Jimmy Butler – 88
17) Kemba Walker – 88
18) Donovan Mitchell – 88
19) Rudy Gobert – 88
20) Blake Griffin – 88
THROUGH THE YEARS
I still remember his video game debut way back in 2004, when the game was known as ESPN NBA Basketball (Allen Iverson was on the cover) and he was just 78. If you think 78 was too low for the straight outta high school No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft, he was a 69 in NBA Live 2004! Then again, Vince Carter was on the cover of the game and only had an 86. Here are a few more from Live and I’ll be honest, I prefer this over making everyone in the league 70+ with every All-Star in the 90s:
- Kobe & KG – 97
- Shaq & T-Mac: 92
- Kidd – 89
- Iverson – 86
- Peja – 73
- Manu & Bibby – 67
- Melo – 63
- Reggie Miller – 61
- Horace Grant – 49
To celebrate his progression in video games and the evolution of video game graphics, here’s an amusing video showcasing LeBron from 2K4 to 2K18 followed by a video showing him in the NBA (Still a)Live franchise.
- 2004 – 78
- 2005 – 88
- 2006 – 97
- 2007 – 98
- 2008 – 97
- 2009 – 98
- 2010 – 96
- 2011 – 97
- 2012 – 98
- 2013 – 98
- 2014 – 99
- 2015 – 98
- 2016 – 94
- 2017 – 96
- 2018 – 97
- 2019 – 98
- 2020 – 97
And I can’t forget NBA Jam in 2010!
FROM THE FUTURE (2025)
LeBron posted this on his IG STORY