NBA 2K Guía y cronología
NBA 2K approaches basketball from several seats: on the court, inside a player's career and in charge of a team's future. Its annual simulation games refresh the sport through changing rosters and systems. Mobile and Apple Arcade versions offer parallel ways to play, rather than chapters in a continuing story.
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Timeline guide
Choosing an NBA 2K Era or Edition
There is no story order you need to complete. Choose the NBA 2K edition whose basketball era and platform interest you; Annual Mainline and Mobile and Arcade offer different routes.
- Entries
- 30
- Released
- 30
- Span
- 1999-2026
A career story belongs to its particular game. Finishing every earlier NBA 2K is not a prerequisite for beginning another edition.
Overview & recommendation
NBA 2K can put you in control of a player on the court, a career or a team's future. Each yearly game presents its own basketball experience, with changing rosters and systems rather than a chapter that requires last year's ending.
The mainline releases offer a history of the annual simulation. Mobile and Apple Arcade versions run alongside that history with their own formats. If you are browsing older games, choose a basketball period or an edition you want to explore; the original NBA 2K is the beginning of the series, rather than compulsory preparation.
Browse Annual Mainline in Release order to compare the series across basketball eras. Choose Mobile and Arcade when that format is what you want. Begin with the edition that interests you instead of treating the entire annual list as a campaign.
Mainline Basketball and Parallel Editions Annual simulation, mobile and Apple Arcade
These groups separate the yearly simulation line from its mobile and Arcade relatives. They describe ways to play basketball, rather than competing canons or branches of a continuing protagonist's story.
Annual Mainline (28 entries)
The yearly NBA simulation line, including its early ESPN-branded entries. Browse by basketball era or release history rather than playing every edition as a connected story.
Mobile and Arcade (2 entries)
NBA 2K Mobile and Apple Arcade editions provide parallel formats. They do not need to be inserted between mainline annual releases.
NBA 2K Is a Choice of Edition 30 entries
Play an edition for its basketball experience or individual career mode. Moving to another year is a new choice of game, not a required step toward resolving the previous edition's plot.
- 1NBA 2KGame · 1999
- 2NBA 2K1Game · 2000
- 3NBA 2K2Game · 2001
- 4NBA 2K3Game · 2002
- 5ESPN NBA BasketballGame · 2003
- 6ESPN NBA 2K5Game · 2004
- 7NBA 2K6Game · 2005
- 8NBA 2K7Game · 2006
- 9NBA 2K8Game · 2007
- 10NBA 2K9Game · 2008
- 11NBA 2K10Game · 2009
- 12NBA 2K11Game · 2010
- 13NBA 2K12Game · 2011
- 14NBA 2K13Game · 2012
- 15NBA 2K14Game · 2013
- 16NBA 2K15Game · 2014
- 17NBA 2K16Game · 2015
- 18NBA 2K17Game · 2016
- 19NBA 2K18Game · 2017
- 20NBA 2K MobileGame · 2018
- 21NBA 2K19Game · 2018
- 22NBA 2K20Game · 2019
- 23NBA 2K21Game · 2020
- 24NBA 2K22Game · 2021
- 25NBA 2K23Game · 2022
- 26NBA 2K24Game · 2023
- 27NBA 2K25Game · 2024
- 28NBA 2K26Game · 2025
- 29NBA 2K26 Arcade EditionGame · 2025
- 30NBA 2K27Game · Aug 26, 2026
Basketball Eras Rather Than Story Chronology 30 entries
The year in an NBA 2K title identifies an edition. It does not place every mode, historical matchup or career scene at a single moment in one fictional timeline.
- 11999NBA 2KGame · 1999
- 22000NBA 2K1Game · 2000
- 32001NBA 2K2Game · 2001
- 42002NBA 2K3Game · 2002
- 52003ESPN NBA BasketballGame · 2003
- 62004ESPN NBA 2K5Game · 2004
- 72005NBA 2K6Game · 2005
- 82006NBA 2K7Game · 2006
- 92007NBA 2K8Game · 2007
- 102008NBA 2K9Game · 2008
- 112009NBA 2K10Game · 2009
- 122010NBA 2K11Game · 2010
- 132011NBA 2K12Game · 2011
- 142012NBA 2K13Game · 2012
- 152013NBA 2K14Game · 2013
- 162014NBA 2K15Game · 2014
- 172015NBA 2K16Game · 2015
- 182016NBA 2K17Game · 2016
- 192017NBA 2K18Game · 2017
- 202018NBA 2K19Game · 2018
- 212018NBA 2K MobileGame · 2018
- 222019NBA 2K20Game · 2019
- 232020NBA 2K21Game · 2020
- 242021NBA 2K22Game · 2021
- 252022NBA 2K23Game · 2022
- 262023NBA 2K24Game · 2023
- 272024NBA 2K25Game · 2024
- 28September 5, 2025NBA 2K26Game · 2025
- 292025NBA 2K26 Arcade EditionGame · 2025
- 302027 EditionNBA 2K27Game · Aug 26, 2026
NBA 2K's Annual History 30 entries
Release order traces the original NBA 2K through the ESPN-branded releases and later numbered editions. The mobile and Arcade group can be explored alongside that history without playing them between mainline games.
- 1NBA 2KGame · 1999
- 2NBA 2K1Game · 2000
- 3NBA 2K2Game · 2001
- 4NBA 2K3Game · 2002
- 5ESPN NBA BasketballGame · 2003
- 6ESPN NBA 2K5Game · 2004
- 7NBA 2K6Game · 2005
- 8NBA 2K7Game · 2006
- 9NBA 2K8Game · 2007
- 10NBA 2K9Game · 2008
- 11NBA 2K10Game · 2009
- 12NBA 2K11Game · 2010
- 13NBA 2K12Game · 2011
- 14NBA 2K13Game · 2012
- 15NBA 2K14Game · 2013
- 16NBA 2K15Game · 2014
- 17NBA 2K16Game · 2015
- 18NBA 2K17Game · 2016
- 19NBA 2K18Game · 2017
- 20NBA 2K MobileGame · 2018
- 21NBA 2K19Game · 2018
- 22NBA 2K20Game · 2019
- 23NBA 2K21Game · 2020
- 24NBA 2K22Game · 2021
- 25NBA 2K23Game · 2022
- 26NBA 2K24Game · 2023
- 27NBA 2K25Game · 2024
- 28NBA 2K26 Arcade EditionGame · 2025
- 29NBA 2K26Game · 2025
- 30NBA 2K27Game · Aug 26, 2026
Frequently asked questions 5 answers
Do NBA 2K career stories continue from year to year?
Treat each edition's career as part of that game, rather than assuming you must finish the previous annual release to understand it. There is no franchise-wide campaign requiring every edition.
Is an Arcade edition the next game after the same numbered mainline release?
It is a parallel edition in a different format. The shared annual number does not make it a story sequel to the mainline game.
How many NBA 2K games are there?
There are 30 NBA 2K games released between 1999 and 2026.
What is the chronological order of NBA 2K?
In chronological (in-universe) order, NBA 2K begins with NBA 2K (1999) and ends with NBA 2K27. The full chronological list of 30 games is above.
What is the release order of NBA 2K?
By release date, NBA 2K starts with NBA 2K (1999). The most recent release is NBA 2K27 (2026).
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