NBA 2K26 player ratings have started being revealed, showing projected roster standings in the game. The highest-rated Heat player is Bam Adebayo at 88 overall and 30th in the game. Tyler Herro is rated 86 and placed 42nd overall after earning his first All-Star selection. Miami's roster lacks a single true superstar and leans on a young core expected to function better collectively than by individual star power. Norman Powell was a key addition at 84 overall and 58th, coming off a season averaging 21.8 points per game and 41% from three. Andrew Wiggins is outside the top 100 despite scoring north of 18 points last season.
Truth - Miami doesn't have a true superstar The highest-rated player for the Heat is Bam Adebayo, rated 88 overall and the 30th highest-rated player in the game. Tyler Herro did get a bump this year, but despite being an All-Star for the first time, he comes in 42nd overall with an 86 rating. As we here at All U Can Heat have written all offseason, this tracks with the roster Miami has built for the 2025-26 campaign, where the Heat are hoping that a young core of players can gel and be stronger as a unit than what their individual quality might indicate.
Truth - Don't sleep on Norman Powell The one roster addition of significance the Heat did make was the addition of Norman Powell from the Los Angeles Clippers. Powell is the only other Heat player to be in the top 100, coming in at 58th overall with an 84 rating. That's higher than Orlando's newcomer Desmond Bane, of whom the Magic paid a fortune to get. Powell is coming off a career season with the Clippers, where he averaged 21.8 points per game while shooting 41% from three.
Lie - Andrew Wiggins is declining Andrew Wiggins is not in the top 100 for this year's game, but some of the guys who made it ahead of him are noticeable. Wiggins never morphed into a true superstar in the NBA, but he has been a steady hand for a decade, and last year was no exception. After a down year in 2023-24, Wiggins was still north of 18 points a game last year. And when he was traded from Golden State to Miami as part of the Jimmy Butler deal, his production actually went up over the 17 games he played with the Heat.
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