Aug 1, 2025; Dallas, Texas, USA; Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) during the game between the Dallas Wings and the Indiana Fever at the American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images Jerome Miron-Imagn Images

Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese NBA 2K Ratings Have WNBA Fans At Odds

Originally posted on Women's Fastbreak on SI
By Grant Young | Last updated Aug 15, 2025 2:17 PM ET

On July 9, NBA 2K (which is the world's most popular professional basketball video game) revealed that Chicago Sky superstar Angel Reese was going to be the cover star for the game's WNBA edition cover.

While many were stoked to see Reese earn this honor, others felt like it should have been Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark who took that spot. Of course, Clark and Reese fans always seem to be at odds with each other over something. But most agreed that it was cool to see Reese grace the cover of such a prestigious game.

Seeing this cover also brought a lot of excitement about the game's release, which is scheduled to take place globally on September 5. And ahead of this release date, NBA 2K's X account released a graphic showing the player ratings for the top 10 WNBA players.

NBA 2K26 WNBA Player Rating Reactions

The top-rated WNBA 2K26 player is Napheesa Collier, who is 98 overall. Both A'ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart are 97 overall while Caitlin Clark is the only player who clocks in at 96 overall.

From there, Phoenix Mercury standout Alyssa Thomas is 95 overall, New York Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu is 93 overall, and then a trio of three players — Seattle Storm's Nneka Ogwumike, Mercury wing Satou Sabally, and Liberty center Jonquel Jones — were all 92 overall.

Rounding out the top 10 was Angel Reese, who was given a 90 overall rating.

At the top of their game

The highest-rated WNBA hoopers in #NBA2K26 pic.twitter.com/ExQynWVyFP
— NBA 2K (@NBA2K) August 15, 2025

WNBA Fans Can't Agree on Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese NBA 2K Ratings

These ratings have since gone viral, and fans are debating about whether many of these ratings — most specifically that of Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese — are warranted.

"96 overall with 13 games played and 8 of them were dog****," one X user wrote, which is a reference to Clark's injury-riddled 2025 season with the Fever.

"Y’all got Clark just one point behind Stewie and A’ja. What are we doing here," another fan added.