Too High? Too Low? React to NBA 2K25’s Top 10 Player Rankings | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats & Rumors

Jokic appears to be in a three-way tie for 2K’s top spot with Luka and Giannis, but the game itself stated that he tops the list. Clutch Points’ Tomer Azarly suggested that the distinction can be found in the individual attributes that led to that 97.

Identifying the best player, at least at this point, shouldn’t be that complicated.

Over the past four years, Jokic has been the NBA’s best player with relative comfort. In that span, he has three MVPs, one Finals MVP and a 13.0 box plus/minus that is about as far removed from Giannis’ second-place 9.4 as Giannis has surpassed 10th place.

In those four regular and postseason games, he averaged 26.6 points, 12.3 rebounds, 8.6 assists, 1.3 steals and 0.8 blocks while making 62.9 percent of his two-pointers and 36.5 percent of his long-range shots.

His Denver Nuggets have outscored their opponents with him by 2,229 points in those 341 games, which also gives him the highest plus-minus.

Much of that impact obviously comes from an unparalleled combination of scoring, scoring ability and game management, but even Jokić’s defense is harder to break down.

He’s a dominant defensive rebounder who has a knack for making big plays and getting into the passing lanes at the right times. He’s also huge. That alone can clog the floor for opponents.

Simply put, Jokic is the best player in the world. And his 2K rating should reflect that a little more clearly.

Verdict: Too low (just give him a whole point ahead of second place, please).