• Tracking Legends in EA Basketball

    Legends and former standouts were once found in basketball video games as unlockables via cheat code or as worthwhile free agents worth considering in Dynasty Mode. In today's gaming landscape they have become a key part of Ultimate Team modes for numerous EA SPORTS games and are the rarest of the rare; the most prized possession possible in NBA Live Ultimate Team.

    Taking a look back at previous EA SPORTS basketball titles (NBA JAM and NBA JAM: On Fire Edition) shows that the company added many legends for NBA Live 14, but also that there were numerous that were not retained. Players may be dropped or not renewed for various reasons: cost, exclusivity with competitor NBA 2K (Ex: Michael Jordan), perceived lack of value for the player, et al. However with NBA Live 15 & NBA Live 16, many legends returned - along with some new ones. (Keep in mind that the NBA Live 16 legends will continue to be added & revealed throughout the year; 94 is not the final count.)

    Continue on to see the full list of legends included in recent EA SPORTS NBA titles and let us know what legends you would like to see added in the future.


    Legend NBA Jam (2010- 40) NBA Jam: OFE (2011- 47) NBA Live 14 (2013- 51) NBA Live 15 (2014- 88) NBA Live 16 (2015- 94*) NBA Live Mobile (2016-XX)
    Kenny Anderson X
    X
    X X
    Nick Anderson
    X
    X
    Nate Archibald
    X
    X X
    Rick Barry X X X
    Elgin Baylor
    X
    X X X
    Dave Bing
    X
    X X X
    Larry Bird
    X
    X
    X
    X X
    Otis Birdsong
    X
    X X
    Muggsy Bogues
    X
    X X
    Manute Bol
    X
    X X
    Dee Brown X X
    Tom Chambers X X X
    Wilt Chamberlain
    X
    X X X
    Bob Cousy
    X
    X X
    Brad Daugherty
    X
    X
    Darryl Dawkins
    X
    X X
    Vlade Divac X X
    Clyde Drexler
    X
    X
    X
    X X
    Joe Dumars X X
    Sean Elliott X X
    Alex English
    X
    X X
    Julius Erving
    X
    X
    X
    X X
    Patrick Ewing
    X
    X
    X
    X X
    Steve Francis X
    Walt Frazier
    X
    X X
    World B. Free X X
    George Gervin
    X
    X
    X
    X X
    Horace Grant X X
    A.C. Green X X
    Penny Hardaway X X
    Tim Hardaway
    X
    X X
    John Havlicek
    X
    X X X
    Hersey Hawkins X X
    Elvin Hayes X X
    Jeff Hornacek X X X
    Robert Horry X X X
    Allen Iverson
    X
    X
    X X X
    Mark Jackson X X X
    Kevin Johnson
    X
    X
    X X
    Larry Johnson
    X
    X
    X X X
    Magic Johnson
    X
    X
    X
    X X
    Shawn Kemp
    X
    X
    X X
    Jason Kidd X X
    Bernard King
    X
    X X
    Toni Kukoc X X X
    Bill Laimbeer
    X
    X
    X X
    Bob Lanier X
    Reggie Lewis X X
    Dan Majerle
    X
    X
    Karl Malone
    X
    X
    X
    X X
    Moses Malone
    X
    X X
    Danny Manning
    X
    X
    Pete Maravich
    X
    X X X
    Jamal Mashburn
    X
    X X
    Bob McAdoo X
    Tracy McGrady X
    Kevin McHale
    X
    X
    X
    X X
    George Mikan
    X
    X X
    Yao Ming X X X
    Earl Monroe
    X
    X X
    Alonzo Mourning
    X
    X
    X X X
    Chris Mullin
    X
    X
    X
    X X X
    Dikembe Mutombo
    X
    X
    X X
    Larry Nance X X
    Steve Nash X
    Charles Oakley X X
    Hakeem Olajuwon
    X
    X
    X
    X X
    Shaquille O'Neal
    X
    X
    X X
    Robert Parish
    X
    X X
    Gary Payton
    X
    X
    X X
    Chuck Person
    X
    X
    X X
    Drazen Petrovic
    X
    X
    X
    X X
    Bob Pettit
    X
    X X
    Scottie Pippen
    X
    X
    X X
    Marc Price
    X
    X
    X
    X X
    Kurt Rambis X X
    Willis Reed
    X
    X X
    Bryant Reeves
    X
    X
    Glen Rice
    X
    X
    X
    X X X
    Michael Ray Richardson
    X
    X X
    Mitch Richmond
    X
    X
    X X
    Oscar Robertson
    X
    X X
    David Robinson
    X
    X
    X
    X X
    Dennis Rodman
    X
    X
    X
    X X
    Jalen Rose X X
    Bill Russell
    X
    X X
    Dolph Schayes
    X
    X X
    Detlef Schrempf
    X
    X
    Rony Seikaly
    X
    X
    X
    Scott Skiles
    X
    X
    Kenny Smith
    X
    X
    Rik Smits
    X
    X X
    John Starks
    X
    X
    X X
    John Stockton
    X
    X
    X
    X X
    Isaiah Thomas
    X
    X
    X
    X X
    David Thompson
    X
    X X
    Wes Unseld
    X
    X X
    Bill Walton
    X
    X
    X X
    Spud Webb
    X
    X
    X X X
    Chris Webber X
    Jerry West
    X
    X X X
    Dominique Wilkins
    X
    X
    X
    X X
    Lenny Wilkens
    X
    X X
    James Worthy
    X
    X
    X
    X X

    Roster information courtesy: Kotaku, Giant Bomb, and EA SPORTS.