NBA 2K22 MyTEAM will let you begin with a guaranteed Emerald Player Card in the form of a Starter Card. These Starter Cards are also Evolution Cards, so from their 80 OVR you can upgrade them to Sapphire 85 OVR, and eventually to Ruby 88 OVR. Some people end up putting way too much thought into which Starter Card they should get. But there's no reason for you to experience this decision paralysis. In fact, you can eventually get all five NBA 2K22 Starter Cards, anyway. Here's how you do it:

How to get all NBA 2K22 Starter Cards

  1. Evolve your current NBA 2K22 Starter Card to Sapphire 85 OVR by scoring with them a total of 6 points cumulatively across different games.
  2. Go to MyTEAM > Player Evolution
  3. Find your Starter Card, and then choose a path of Evolution
  4. Complete the listed tasks to evolve your card to Ruby 88 OVR
  5. Evolve your Starter to Ruby 88 OVR

Once you successfully evolve your Starter Card to Ruby 88 OVR, a Lifetime Agenda will be completed. Its reward is a card of your choice from among the remaining Starter Cards. Rinse and repeat the steps above until you get all five MyTEAM Starter Cards.

Ranking the 5 Starter Cards: Which is the best NBA 2K22 Starter Card?

Among the five, you might still want to choose carefully among them. In our opinion, we value these Starter Cards in the following order:

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  1. Jayson Tatum
  2. Donovan Mitchell
  3. Dion Williamson
  4. Trae Young
  5. Nikola Jokic

This is based on our own experience playing with these cards. Jayson Tatum performs really well in our Domination Games, while we had a hard time completing Trae Young's and Nikola Jokic's respective Evolution Requirements. You may also start with Donovan Mitchell or Dion Williamson if you want, but our money's completely behind Tatum.