Devin Booker Lands at No. 19 in NBA 2K — And It's Fair
2K slots Booker as the league's 19th-best player after a 26.1 PPG season. Our model has him at #31 overall — here's what that gap means for your draft.
Down year priced him cheap; the upside path back to top-10 is real.
- 2K ranks Booker 19th overall in the NBA
- Booker: 26.1 PPG, 6 AST in 64 games (2025-26)
- Our model has Booker #31 overall, #15 at guard
- Dillon Brooks the only other Sun in 2K's top 100 (No. 84)
- Green and Bridges missed the top 100 entirely
NBA 2K finished rolling out its top-100 player list, and Devin Booker landed at No. 19 overall. That slot arrives on the back of a 26.1 points, 6 assists, 3.9 rebounds season across 64 games in 2025-26 — solid production, but a clear step below the alpha-level standard Booker set on Phoenix's Finals team a few years back.
The number tracks with the argument that Booker is a genuine star without quite being a top-12 superstar. Skill takeover, game-swinging closing ability, the capacity to lift teammates — that ceiling still exists on his résumé. He just didn't reach it last year, and 2K's ratings appear built mostly on 2025-26 results with a light dusting of projection for the season ahead.
Phoenix's Depth Chart Tells Its Own Story
The rest of the Suns' representation in the top 100 is thin. Dillon Brooks was the only other Phoenix name to make the cut, checking in at No. 84 with an 82 overall — reasonable for a role wing who posted 20.2 points across 56 games last season. Miles Bridges (17.1 points, 5.8 boards in 77 games) and Jalen Green (17.8 points, 2.8 assists in an injury-shortened 32 games) didn't crack the list at all. That's a franchise leaning heavily on one name.
There's also a fun disconnect worth flagging: 2K reportedly whiffed on Booker's midrange rating, handing him an 86 there — the same mark it gave his three-point shot, which is not an elite trait. Getting the granular ratings wrong while nailing the overall placement is a strange combination, but the No. 19 tag genuinely feels defensible.
The Fantasy Fallout
For fantasy purposes, don't let the 2K conversation muddy your board. Our model has Booker at #31 overall (#15 among guards) off a 40 fantasy points per game line in 2025-26 — steady, mid-round value rather than a franchise cornerstone. His last five games ran +2.1 fantasy points above his season average, so the arrow's pointing the right way heading into the offseason chatter.
The play here is BUY LOW. A down year by his standards has softened Booker's price, and he owns a clear path back toward the top-10 conversation if the efficiency and win total climb. Around Phoenix, Green (+5.2 in his last five, #110 in our ranks) is the intriguing late-round dart given the health question mark, while Brooks and Bridges are matchup-dependent streamers at best. Target Booker at a discount and enjoy the ceiling.
