Hall of Fame inductee Carmelo Anthony's NBA 2K ratings through the years

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Marco Wutz

Sep 11, 2025, 09:35 AM ET

2025 has been bully to erstwhile NBA prima Carmelo Anthony. After landing connected the cover of the NBA 2K26 Superstar Edition, his induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame became official connected Saturday, cementing the 10-time All-Star's bequest successful the athletics erstwhile and for all.

Anthony was a unit to beryllium reckoned with from the get-go erstwhile it came to his quality successful the hoops sim bid from 2K Games, debuting with 81 OVR for the 2003-04 play aft being drafted by the Denver Nuggets. A coagulated rookie twelvemonth saw him adhd six points to his full successful the pursuing game, though it would instrumentality different 2 seasons successful the 80s earlier helium yet cracked 90 OVR for the archetypal time.

The 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons marked the highest ratings of his vocation with 94 OVR successful the 2 games covering this period, earlier his last play with the Nuggets saw him autumn backmost to 88 OVR.

From the 2nd clip helium reached 87 OVR successful the 2006-07 play to his last play with the New York Knicks successful 2016-17, Anthony's OVR ne'er dropped beneath the precocious 80s, making him a remarkably accordant player, adjacent if helium failed to scope the aforesaid standing heights arsenic during those 2 years with 94 OVR.

Anthony's aboriginal years, successful which helium played 5 seasons connected 4 antithetic teams, saw his standing driblet to the lowest constituent successful his vocation astatine 76 OVR successful his archetypal play with the Portland Trail Blazers. He yet ended his vocation arsenic a subordinate astatine 78 OVR, conscionable 3 points beneath his rookie rating.

Out of his NBA 2K crippled appearances, Anthony managed six appearances with an OVR supra 90, 9 with an OVR supra 80, and 4 with an OVR successful the 70s.

Here's the implicit NBA 2K ratings past for Anthony: