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Joel Embiid

Philadelphia 76ers · C · 99 OVR · Mid-Paint-Scoring Cleaner

96%match

How close a legal MyPLAYER build gets to Joel Embiid’s real 2K26 ratings. Nobody reaches 100 — caps, the 99 OVR ceiling and the body you have to pick each take something. A lower number is not a worse build; it is a player the game has more trouble expressing.

The build

7'0" · 280 lb · 7'5" wingspan

Finishing
Close Shot
94/99
Driving Layup
87/90
Driving Dunk
80/87
Standing Dunk
85/99
Post Control
96/99
Shooting
Mid-Range Shot
83/83
Three-Point Shot
79/80
Free Throw
85/92
Playmaking
Pass Accuracy
75/99
Ball Handle
57/68
Speed With Ball
51/51
Defense
Interior Defense
84/99
Perimeter Defense
61/61
Steal
39/68
Block
73/99
Rebounding
Offensive Rebound
65/99
Defensive Rebound
90/99
Physicals
Speed
59/62
Agility
47/47
Strength
96/99
Vertical
60/79

Badges earned · 21

HALL OF FAME · 5
Brick WallFloat GameHook SpecialistPost PowerhousePost-Up Poet
GOLD · 5
Aerial WizardBoxout BeastPaint ProdigyPost Fade PhenomUnpluckable
SILVER · 7
Bail OutOff-Ball PestPhysical FinisherPost LockdownRebound ChaserSet Shot SpecialistVersatile Visionary
BRONZE · 4
DeadeyeDimerHigh-Flying DenierRise Up

The walls

What the game will not give anyone Embiid’s size. These are hard caps, not choices: no attribute point and no cap breaker passes them at this body.

  • Mid-Range Shot — wanted 91, the body caps it at 83.
  • Agility — wanted 59, the body caps it at 47.
  • Perimeter Defense — wanted 68, the body caps it at 61.
  • Speed With Ball — wanted 57, the body caps it at 51.

Separately, the 99 OVR ceiling ran out before Speed — those are budget, not walls, and a different allocation could buy them back.

The cap breaker plan

93% on day one, before a single cap breaker — rising to 96% once all 6 are spent. That second number is a ceiling, not a starting point.

  1. Speed With Ball tier 1 · 34 → 45
  2. Speed With Ball tier 2 · 45 → 51
  3. Agility tier 1 · 41 → 47
  4. Speed tier 1 · 47 → 51
  5. Speed tier 2 · 51 → 55
  6. Speed tier 3 · 55 → 59

Converted from his 2K26 ratings, roster as of 2026-07-31 — methodology.

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