GETTING STARTED
Introduction
The NBA 2K Ratings API is programmatic access to player ratings from the NBA 2K video game series — data scraped from 2kratings.com and served through a clean REST interface. Basketball games, Discord bots, ratings analysis: one API key, JSON out.
WHAT'S IN THE DATA
Player attributes
40+ per player
Overall rating, positions, height, weight, archetype, and individual stats across shooting, finishing, playmaking, defense, and athleticism.
Badges
with tiers
Complete badge information: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Hall of Fame, Legend.
Team rosters
3 eras
Current NBA teams, classic teams, and all-time teams.
Player images
URLs
Headshot URLs for each player, plus team logos.
159MS AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME · INTELLIGENT CACHING · 99%+ UPTIME.
WHO IT'S FOR
Indie game developers building basketball or fantasy tools, Discord bot creators adding 2K stats commands, data analysts researching rating trends, and web developers building 2K-related sites. Every request authenticates with an API key and is rate limited to protect against abuse.
START HERE
The quickstart takes you from key to first response in under 5 minutes. Not ready to write code? Explore the data visually in the playground.