NBA 2K11 was the first title in the series that Nba 2k22 Mt featured retired players as the cover. It was Michael Jordan in 2010. Jordan was back as the cover athlete of NBA 2K12 with limited edition Magic Johnson covers and Larry Bird covers. NBA 2K13 marks the first time that multiple players are featured on the same page, including Blake Griffin, Kevin Durant and Derrick Rose appearing together.

NBA 2K14 was the first cover with LeBron James. NBA 2K15 featured Kevin Durant. NBA 2K16 featured three covers featuring the superstars James Harden and Stephen Curry.

NBA games have been extremely loved over the years because a lot of basketball fans love them. There were times when people weren't willing to attend a game. It is often difficult to schedule basketball matches and this has been particularly apparent in recent months. Thankfully, the NBA 2K video games allow any fan to play basketball anytime they wish, since it attempts to recreate the actual experience as accurately as possible.

With so many of them having been released over the years, it's only natural there are some 2K NBA games that are more successful than others. In this light this list contains all the NBA games released in the last twenty years listed from the worst to most popular based on Metacritic ratings. When it comes to basketball games, few can match 2K Sports' NBA 2K series. It's been a major factor in the sport for over twenty years and is at the heart of a lot of new innovations in basketball games.

It does have a darker aspect, however, with aggressive microtransactions that have damaged the series' reputation in recent times, while being a factor in some of the lowest Metacritic user ratings of all time. The trend began in the twenty-tens. But if recent NBA 2K games are any clue, that this trend will continue into 2k22 mt buy the future.