NBA 2K25 Badges

Badges in NBA 2K25 enhance player skills in specific areas. They define your player's strengths and significantly impact court performance.

NBA 2K25 introduces significant changes to the badge system, featuring 40 Badges, including 15 new ones. This is a reduction from the previous year's total of 80 badges.

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Badge System in NBA 2K25 MyCareer

Understanding the new badge system is crucial for player development in MyCareer mode.

  • Badge Tiers: There are now only two badge tiers, with your player's height determining which tier your badges are in.
  • Badge Progression: Badges can still be progressed through gameplay and practice, but they do not regress when not used.
  • Max Badge Level: A new +1 Max Badge level can be applied to one Tier 1 badge and one Tier 2 badge.
  • Height-Based Tiers: Your player's height determines which tier each badge falls into, affecting strategy and build options.

The new system maintains badge progression while eliminating regression. Badge tiers are fixed based on player height, offering a more streamlined approach to player customization and specialization.

Key Features of the NBA 2K25 Badge System

Main Components of the New Badge System:

  • Height-Based Tiers: Your player's height determines which badges fall into Tier 1 and Tier 2.
  • Badge Progression: Badges can be improved through in-game actions and practice facility workouts, without the risk of regression.
  • +1 Max Badge Level: This new feature allows you to boost one Tier 1 badge and one Tier 2 badge beyond their normal maximum.
  • Strategic Badge Selection: With the new system, choosing badges becomes about both progression and strategic fit within your height-determined tiers.
  • Height Filtering: Players can filter out heights to see which badges are available in each tier for specific player builds.

The MyPLAYER Builder tool in-game can be used to preview available badges based on your player's height. This new system offers a balance between progression and strategic badge placement, enhancing player customization in both MyCareer and online game modes.

Badge Descriptions and Requirements

  • Click badge row to view Requirements
  • Click column headers to sort or filter
Showing 40 out of 40 badges
Badge Name Description
Deadeye
 Jump shots taken with a defender closing out receive less of a penalty from a shot contest
Limitless Range
 Extends the range from which a player can shoot three-pointers effectively from deep
Mini Marksman
 Elevates the likelihood of making shots over taller defenders.
Set Shot Specialist
 Boosts chances of knocking down stand-still jump shots.
Shifty Shooter
 Improves a player's ability to successfully make off-the-dribble, high-difficulty jump shots.
Aerial Wizard
 Increases the ability to finish an alley-oop from a teammate, or putback a finish off an offensive rebound
Float Game
 Improves a player's ability to make floaters
Hook Specialist
 Improves a player's ability to make post hooks
Layup Mixmaster
 Improves a player's ability to finish fancy or acrobatic layups successfully.
Paint Prodigy
 Improves a player's ability to quickly and efficiently score while going to work in the paint.
Physical Finisher
 Improves a player's ability to battle through contact and convert contact layups.
Post Fade Phenom
 Improves a player's ability to make post fades and hop shots
Post Powerhouse
 Strengthens a player's ability at backing down defenders and moving them with dropsteps.
Post-Up Poet
 Raises the chances of faking or getting by the defender, as well as scoring, when performing moves in the post.
Posterizer
 Increases the chances of throwing down a dunk on your defender
Rise Up
 Increases the likelihood of dunking or posterizing your opponent when standing in the painted area
Brick Wall
 Increases the effectiveness of screens and drains energy from opponents on physical contact
Slippery Off-Ball
 When attempting to get open off screens, the player more effectively navigates through traffic
Ankle Assassin
 Increases the ability to break down the defender or cross them up.
Bail Out
 Passing out of a jump shot or layup yields fewer errant passes than normal. Additionally, helps passing out of double teams
Break Starter
 After grabbing a defensive board, deep outlet passes made up the court are more accurate. Passes must be made quickly following the defensive rebound
Dimer
 When in the half-court, passes by Dimers to open shooters yield a shot percentage boost
Handles for Days
 A player takes less of an energy hit when performing consecutive dribble moves, allowing them to chain together combos quicker and for longer periods of time
Lightning Launch
 Speeds up launches when attacking from the perimeter.
Strong Handle
 Reduces the likelihood of being bothered by defenders when dribbling.
Unpluckable
 Defenders have a tougher time poking the ball free with their steal attempts
Versatile Visionary
 Improves a player's ability to thread and fit tight passes, including alley-oops, quickly and on time.
Challenger
 Improves the effectiveness of well-timed contests against perimeter shooters
Glove
 Increases the ability to successfully steal from ball-handlers, or strip layup attempts
Interceptor
 The frequency of successfully tipped or intercepted passes greatly increases
High-Flying Denier
 Boosts the speed and leaping ability of a defensive player in anticipation of a block attempt.
Immovable Enforcer
 Improves a defensive player's strength when defending ball handlers and finishers
Off-Ball Pest
 Makes players more difficult to get past when playing off-ball, as they can grab and hold their matchup.
On-Ball Menace
 Hounds and bodies up while defending on the perimeter.
Paint Patroller
 Increases a player's ability to block or contest shots at the rim.
Pick Dodger
 Improves a player's ability to navigate through and around screens while on defense. At the Hall of Fame level, can blow through screens in the park or blacktop
Post Lockdown
 Strengthens a player's ability to effectively defend moves in the post, with an increased chance at stripping the opponent
Boxout Beast
 Improves a player's ability to box out and fight for good rebounding position
Rebound Chaser
 Improves a player's ability to track down rebounds from farther distances than normal
Pogo Stick
 Allows players to quickly go back up for another jump upon landing. This could be after a rebound, block attempt, or even jumpshot