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Every year when WWE 2K drops its ratings, the internet does what it does best: it collectively loses its mind. The WWE 2K26 SmackDown women’s division ratings are now officially out, and honey, they do not disappoint. Whether you’re celebrating, screaming at your screen, or quietly nodding in satisfaction, there is a lot to unpack from this year’s digital report cards. We are talking a 94-rated returnee who hasn’t even laced up her boots in nearly a year, a reigning champion who some argue deserves a full 90 but got stopped just short, and a queen who keeps proving that the number next to her name could never fully capture what she means to this business. WWE 2K26 hits shelves on March 13, 2026, and with the ratings reveal officially airing on ESPN2, it is time to break down every score on the SmackDown women’s board from number six all the way to the top.
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#6 — Nia Jax | Rating: 88
The Irresistible Force. Nia Jax’s WWE 2K26 rating of 88 is not just a number, it is a chronicle of a woman who has spent the last two years clawing her way back to the top of the mountain. After winning the Queen of the Ring in 2024 and parlaying that momentum into the WWE Women’s Championship at SummerSlam, Jax spent most of 2025 as the architect of chaos on SmackDown, constantly inserting herself into title pictures and tag team situations alike. As of early 2026, she has been teaming with NXT call-up Lash Legend as the Irresistible Forces, feuding with Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss over the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles.
Whether 2026 gives her another crack at gold will go a long way toward determining whether her WWE 2K27 rating climbs back into the 90s where her career peak arguably belongs.
#5 — Jade Cargill | Rating: 88
The current WWE Women’s Champion. Jade Cargill is sitting at 88 in WWE 2K26, and honestly, there is a passionate corner of the internet that thinks she deserved a 90. Having won the WWE Women’s Championship by defeating Tiffany Stratton at Saturday Night’s Main Event in November 2025 after a heel turn that set the SmackDown women’s division on fire, Cargill is currently the most dominant woman on the blue brand. The fact that she sits tied with Nia Jax rather than sitting alone at or above 90 is a point of contention the fandom has made loudly and clearly.
The current WWE Women’s Champion. Jade Cargill is sitting at 88 in WWE 2K26, and honestly, there is a passionate corner of the internet that thinks she deserved a 90. Having won the WWE Women’s Championship by defeating Tiffany Stratton at Saturday Night’s Main Event in November 2025 after a heel turn that set the SmackDown women’s division on fire, Cargill is currently the most dominant woman on the blue brand. The fact that she sits tied with Nia Jax rather than sitting alone at or above 90 is a point of contention the fandom has made loudly and clearly.
#4 — Bayley | Rating: 89
The Role Model gets her flowers, kind of. Bayley’s 89 rating in WWE 2K26 is simultaneously a recognition of her all-time legacy and, depending on who you ask, yet another quiet piece of disrespect toward one of the most important women in WWE history. As Bleacher Report noted when the ratings dropped, this rating continues a pattern of the game undervaluing someone whose cultural imprint on women’s wrestling is genuinely immeasurable. Bayley is the first WWE Women’s Grand Slam Champion. She holds the record-tied longest SmackDown Women’s Championship reign at 380 days. She helped build the foundation of what the women’s revolution became.
The silver lining here is that 89 is, objectively, a great rating. It places her ahead of legitimate competitors and signals that 2K and WWE still view her as an upper-echelon talent. She is a former WWE Women’s Champion, a two-time Royal Rumble participant with signature moments, and someone the crowd still reacts to with genuine emotional investment every single time her music hits. The 89 is not wrong. It just feels like it should be higher.
#3 — Tiffany Stratton | Rating: 91
Tiffy Time is officially rated time. A 91 for Tiffany Stratton in WWE 2K26 is one of the most well-earned upgrades on this entire list, and frankly, it represents the most dramatic real-world glow-up from any superstar in this year’s ratings cycle. In WWE 2K25, Stratton debuted in the franchise and was rated in the low-to-mid 80s as a rising NXT call-up. Now she is sitting at 91, a direct reflection of a career year that saw her win the Women’s Money in the Bank, turn on Nia Jax in one of the most electric cash-in moments SmackDown has seen in years, hold the WWE Women’s Championship for 302 days, and defend that title against everyone from Charlotte Flair to Jade Cargill to Nia Jax herself.
The 91 reflects a young woman who went from ‘promising newcomer’ to ‘legitimate main event player’ in a single calendar year. She is one of the most athletically gifted performers on the roster, a former gymnast whose Prettiest Moonsault Ever has become one of the signature finishing moves in all of WWE. At just 26 years old, Tiffany Stratton’s WWE 2K ratings story is only getting started. Buckle up, because the ceiling on this number is still nowhere in sight.
#2 — Charlotte Flair | Rating: 93
The Queen reclaims her throne, rated accordingly. Charlotte Flair at 93 in WWE 2K26 is a story of a comeback, a reinvention, and a rating that some think sells her short and others think is exactly right. Flair returned from a torn ACL, MCL, and meniscus injury at the 2025 Royal Rumble in dramatic fashion, winning the women’s Rumble for the second time in her career and becoming the first woman to win it more than once. She subsequently challenged Tiffany Stratton for the WWE Women’s Championship at WrestleMania 41, fell short, and then spent the rest of 2025 in arguably the most unexpected and beloved chapter of her career: an odd-couple tag team with Alexa Bliss, the Ring Queens.
The 14-time women’s world champion is still Charlotte Flair, which means even an 93 puts her among the elite. Her career in the WWE 2K franchise has always placed her at or near the top: she’s been a 92 in WWE 2K24 and WWE 2K25, and has never dipped below the upper 80s since becoming a legitimate main event star. She is beloved now in a way she wasn’t even two years ago, and that emotional resonance with the WWE Universe feels like it should translate to a higher rating. But numbers, like championships, come and go. What doesn’t go away is the legacy.
#1 — Bianca Belair | Rating: 94
The EST is the best, and the game knows it. Bianca Belair’s 94 overall rating in WWE 2K26 is the highest mark in the SmackDown women’s division and one of the highest scores for any active female superstar in the entire game. Let that sink in for a moment, because Belair has not competed in a single WWE match since WrestleMania 41 in April 2025, where she broke her knuckle in a critically lauded triple-threat match against Rhea Ripley and IYO SKY. She has been on the injured list ever since. And still, she rates 94. That is how much of a force she is in the landscape of WWE women’s wrestling.
As of early 2026, Belair has not returned to in-ring competition, though WWE sources confirmed she is expected to be part of WrestleMania 42 in Las Vegas in some capacity. With Jade Cargill now holding the WWE Women’s Championship as a heel and the history between the two former tag team partners, a potential WrestleMania showdown between them has been the most heavily speculated storyline in the SmackDown women’s division for months. Whether she is ready to compete remains to be seen, but the 94 in WWE 2K26 is the game’s way of saying what the entire WWE Universe already knows: when Bianca Belair is back, the division changes completely. The EST is rated as the best for a very good reason.
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