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Every NBA 2K Cover Athlete from the First NBA 2K to NBA 2K22

July 2, 2020

The first NBA 2K started in the 1999-00 season, on the Sega Dreamcast. Over time, it became a staple of basketball gaming and pop culture. For every iteration of the game, there was a cover athlete or cover athletes. Allen Iverson has appeared on the cover the most, being on the first five editions of the game.

Check out the photo gallery of every NBA 2K cover in 2K’s history:

NBA 2K22 Luka Doncic

NBA 2K22 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Dirk Nowitzki, Kevin Durant

NBA 2K22 Candace Parker

NBA 2K21 Damian Lillard

NBA 2K21 ‘Mamba Forever Edition’ Kobe Bryant

NBA 2K21 ‘Next Gen Edition’ Zion Williamson

NBA 2K20 Anthony Davis

NBA 2K20 ‘Legend Edition’ Dwyane Wade

NBA 2K19 Giannis Antentokounmpo

NBA 2K19 ’20th Anniversary Edition’ LeBron James

NBA 2K19 ‘Australia and New Zealand Edition’ Ben Simmons

2K18 Kyrie Irving

2K18 ‘Legend Edition Gold’ Shaquille O’Neal

2K17 Paul George

2K17 ‘Legend Edition’ Kobe Bryant

2K17 ‘Spain Edition’ Pau Gasol

2K17 ‘Italy Edition’ Danilo Gallinari

2K16 James Harden, Stephen Curry and Anthony Davis

2K16 ‘Special Edition’ Michael Jordan

2K16 ‘France Edition’ Tony Parker

2K16 ‘Germany Edition’ Dennis Schroeder

2K16 ‘Spain Edition’ Marc Gasol and Pau Gasol

2K15 Kevin Durant

2K14 LeBron James

2K13 Blake Griffin, Kevin Durant and Derrick Rose

2K12 Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan and Larry Bird

2K11 Michael Jordan

2K10 Kobe Bryant

2K9 Kevin Garnett

2K8 Chris Paul

2K7 Shaquille O’Neal

2K6 Shaquille O’Neal

2K5 Ben Wallace

ESPN NBA Basketball (2K4) Allen Iverson

2K3 Allen Iverson

2K2 Allen Iverson

2K1 Allen Iverson

2K Allen Iverson

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