{"id":90680,"date":"2024-08-16T07:00:45","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T11:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=90680"},"modified":"2024-08-16T01:02:43","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T05:02:43","slug":"nba-2k25-releases-ratings-for-top-5-wnba-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/08\/16\/nba-2k25-releases-ratings-for-top-5-wnba-players\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA 2K25 Releases Ratings for Top 5 WNBA Players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The release of NBA 2K25 is just around the corner, and the official ratings for the best players in the WNBA have been released. This marks the sixth consecutive year that the WNBA will be featured on 2K25.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here are the five <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NBA2K\/status\/1824113828725965244\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">highest-rated<\/a> WNBA players on NBA 2K25. Spoiler alert: all five of these women just won gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n<h2>NBA 2K25 Releases Ratings for Top 5 WNBA Players<\/h2>\n<h3>5. Brittney Griner, Phoenix Mercury<\/h3>\n<p><strong>NBA 2K25 Rating:<\/strong> 94<\/p>\n<p><strong>NBA 2K24 Rating:<\/strong> 90<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/wnba\/players\/g\/grinebr01w.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brittney Griner<\/a> is among the most recognizable athletes in the WNBA, dating back to her collegiate dominance at the University of Baylor in the early 2010s.<\/p>\n<p>The six-time All-Star and 2014 WNBA champion infamously endured an entire year in a Russian prison, and returned to play in admirable fashion in 2023. The 6-foot-9 center is averaging 18.6 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks for the Phoenix Mercury in 2024.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WNBA Fun Fact: Phoenix Mercury (<a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhoenixMercury?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@PhoenixMercury<\/a> ) center Brittney Griner (<a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brittneygriner?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@brittneygriner<\/a> ) has been great for the Mercury since coming back from injury on 6\/7, averaging the following since her return:<\/p>\n<p>19.3 PPG<br \/>\n7.6 RPG<br \/>\n1.6 BPG<br \/>\n57.3% FG shooting<\/p>\n<p>The Mercury have gone 5-2 in\u2026 <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wCb36VwcYm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/wCb36VwcYm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 E.K. Johnson (@CoalitionHoops) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoalitionHoops\/status\/1807394003232374983?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>4. Alyssa Thomas, Connecticut Sun<\/h3>\n<p><strong>NBA 2K25 Rating:<\/strong> 95<\/p>\n<p><strong>NBA 2K24 Rating:<\/strong> 87<\/p>\n<p>The Connecticut Sun&#8217;s <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/wnba\/players\/t\/thomaal01w.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alyssa Thomas<\/a> is averaging a near triple-double this season: 11.4 points, 7.6 assists, and 9.2 rebounds. These numbers have helped her rating soar from 87 overall in NBA 2K24 to 95 overall in 2K25.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas is truly an all-around superstar, evidenced by her 2022-23 EuroLeague Defensive Player of the Year award during her time with USK Praha.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">AT has been off to a \ud83d\udd25 start<\/p>\n<p>Alyssa Thomas averaged a near triple-double and led the Connecticut Sun to a 2-0 record en route to earning Eastern Conference Player of the Week Honors.<a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WelcometotheW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WelcometotheW<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WWabinUZv3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/WWabinUZv3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WNBA (@WNBA) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WNBA\/status\/1792960063801294853?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>3. Napheesa Collier, Minnesota Lynx<\/h3>\n<p><strong>NBA 2K25 Rating:<\/strong> 95<\/p>\n<p><strong>NBA 2K24 Rating:<\/strong> 89<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/wnba\/players\/c\/collina01w.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Napheesa Collier<\/a> and the Minnesota Lynx are in the midst of a memorable season. Boasting the third best record in the WNBA and the best record in the Western Conference, the Lynx <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/06\/28\/major-upset-wnba-commissioners-cup\/\" target=\"_self\">captured the WNBA Commissioner&#8217;s Cup<\/a> on June 25. Collier was named MVP, pouring in 21 points, six rebounds, three assists, and three steals in the deciding game against the New York Liberty.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Napheesa Collier has gotten better each and every year since entering the league.<\/p>\n<p>Collier is currently averaging career highs in points, rebounds, steals, and blocks, and as a result, the Minnesota Lynx have established themselves as one of the best teams in the WNBA.<\/p>\n<p>Collier\u2026 <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zEGJhG35QE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/zEGJhG35QE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Posther Hoops (@postherhoops) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/postherhoops\/status\/1794405567596732578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>2. Breanna Stewart, New York Liberty<\/h3>\n<p><strong>NBA 2K25 Rating:<\/strong> 97<\/p>\n<p><strong>NBA 2K24 Rating:<\/strong> 96<\/p>\n<p>Despite her statistical regression in 2024, there are still few players that can match <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/wnba\/players\/s\/stewabr01w.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Breanna Stewart<\/a>&#8216;s output. The 29-year-old is averaging 19.3 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 assists per game for the Liberty in 2024, who hold the best record in the league.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Breanna Stewart as the Liberty beat Atlanta to go 16-3, best in the W:<\/p>\n<p>22 points<br \/>\n12 rebounds<\/p>\n<p>Fastest to 5000 career points in league history <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VvFgWBAObw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/VvFgWBAObw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New York Basketball (@NBA_NewYork) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA_NewYork\/status\/1807500754262864331?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>1. A&#8217;ja Wilson<\/h3>\n<p>The title of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/05\/15\/aja-wilson-opens-up-about-being-in-goat-conversation\/\" target=\"_self\">best player in women&#8217;s basketball<\/a> belongs to <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/wnba\/players\/w\/wilsoa01w.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A&#8217;ja Wilson<\/a>, and it doesn&#8217;t look like she&#8217;s going to relinquish it anytime soon. The Las Vegas Aces phenom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/wnba\/years\/2024.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">leads the league<\/a> in scoring, rebounding, blocks, win shares, and PER.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh off of an Olympic gold medal, 2024 could prove to be a memorable year for Wilson. The 28-year-old is the current odds-on MVP favorite, and the Aces look primed to win their third successive championship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NBA 2K25 Rating:<\/strong> 99<\/p>\n<p><strong>NBA 2K24 Rating:<\/strong> 98<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A\u2019ja Wilson remains our top WNBA player heading into Week 6:<\/p>\n<p>Only WNBA player averaging 25+ points<br \/>\nOnly WNBA player to score 20 or more points in each game<br \/>\nOnly WNBA player averaging 20+ points on 50% shooting<br \/>\nOnly WNBA player leading in two main statistical categories<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udccf <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vA846UcATd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/vA846UcATd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 I talk hoops \ud83c\udfc0 (@trendyhoopstars) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trendyhoopstars\/status\/1803040333472936251?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The release of NBA 2K25 is just around the corner, and the official ratings for the best players in the WNBA have been released. This marks the sixth consecutive year that the WNBA will be featured on 2K25.\u00a0 Here are the five highest-rated WNBA players on NBA 2K25. Spoiler alert: all five of these women [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4773,"featured_media":77535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,2,3],"tags":[49184,1631,3153,3734,1632],"class_list":["post-90680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-featured","category-news","tag-2024-olympics","tag-aja-wilson","tag-breanna-stewart","tag-nba-2k","tag-wnba"],"modified_by":"Eamon Cassels, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4773"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}