Among players who will play in the 2025-26 season, both Amen Thompson and Alperen Sengun both received top-40 spots in NBA 2K’s latest player rankings.
The 2025-26 Houston Rockets have one clear top-tier player in Kevin Durant, but could they have as many as three?
In NBA 2K’s latest rankings of the league’s top 100 players for its upcoming NBA 2K26 video game, both Alperen Sengun and Amen Thompson check in with overall ratings of “87.” As part of an annual offseason exercise conducted by developers of the popular video-game franchise, players are rated in various categories on a scale rising as high as 100, and that determines their skills in the game.
While both have the same overall ratings, NBA 2K lists Sengun as the No. 34 player in the league, while Thompson is at No. 41. To this point, player rankings from No. 100 to No. 31 have been revealed, with No. 30 to No. 1 still to be released over the coming days. Durant will almost certainly be among those on that ranking.
However, it’s worth noting one player ahead of both Thompson and Sengun is Portland’s Damian Lillard (No. 32) — who is expected to miss all of next season while recovering from an Achilles injury. The same should be the case with Indiana’s Tyrese Haliburton and Boston’s Jayson Tatum, who suffered the same injury in the 2025 playoffs. Each appears likely to be placed on that top-30 list.
So, among those who will actually play this season, both Thompson and Sengun are among the top-40 players. And in Sengun’s case, he’s knocking on the door of a top-30 placement, if you exclude players with season-ending injuries.
Ultimately, it’s one arbitrary and largely inconsequential data set based on outside opinions. But, it does reflect the optimism that Houston has regarding the high-end upside of its 2025-26 roster — and it’s not solely based on Durant.