Finishing Badges

NBA 2K23’s finishing badges empower players to expand their arsenal of moves and enhance their effectiveness when attacking the rim. By equipping finishing badges, players can improve their post game, utilizing fakes, drop steps, post spins, and a wide array of layup and posterizing dunk animations. Additionally, finishing badges elevate slashing abilities, granting better contact finishing, alley-oop finishes, hop steps, euro-steps, and other impressive maneuvers.

Aerial Wizard– Mastering alley-oops and putbacks is the ultimate show of basketball finesse and sheer dominance on the court!

Acrobat– Turning players into layup maestros who effortlessly convert the most challenging shots with finesse and flair!

Backdown Punisher– With this skill, players become unstoppable forces in the paint, overpowering and outmuscling their opponents to create easy scoring opportunities at will!

Bully– Dominating the court like Giannis and LeBron, this player fearlessly bulldozes through traffic to finish strong with authority!

Dream Shake– With this skill, defenders are left biting on fakes in the post, increasing the chances of success for the offensive player!

Dropstepper– A game-changer for players, this skill enhances the effective use of dropsteps in the post!

Fast Twitch– This skill turbocharges a player’s ability to execute standing layups or dunks before the defense even has a chance to contest!

Fearless Finisher– Unleash the power of this skill to boost contact layups and keep fatigue at bay!

Giant Slayer– Rise above taller defenders with this skill, heightening the effectiveness of your layups!

Limitless Takeoff– With this skill, players gain the advantage of starting their dunk or layup gather from a longer distance, giving them a unique edge when attacking the basket!

Masher: With this skill, players gain the upper hand in finishing inside layups over defenders with ease!

Post Spin Technician– Boosts the effectiveness of post spins or drives, making them highly potent offensive moves!

Posterizer: With this skill, you’re more likely to posterize your opponent and leave the crowd in awe!

Pro Touch: For those with impeccable layup timing or aiming, this skill provides an extra edge to excel on the court!

Rise Up: With this skill, the likelihood of dunking the ball when standing in the painted area is greatly heightened!

Slithery Finisher– This skill simplifies gathering through traffic, skillfully avoiding collisions and strips with ease!

Shooting Badges

In NBA 2K23, shooting badges have the potential to transform an average role player into a star who can take charge and decide the game. These badges impact a player’s performance in various ways, such as improving their shot-making ability from all areas of the court, lessening the impact of defender’s close-outs and contests, enhancing off-ball movement to get open, creating space, and boosting clutch shooting while trailing or in critical moments of the game.

Agent 3– This skill empowers players to confidently nail difficult 3-point shots off the dribble

Amped– This skill lessens the shooting attribute penalties when fatigued and on the move before taking a shot, allowing for more consistent shooting performance!

Blinders– With this skill, players become less bothered by peripheral defenders when shooting jumpers.

Catch and Shoot– This skill significantly boosts the chance of hitting a three-pointer right after catching the ball, turning players into deadly sharpshooters.

Claymore– This skill ramps up a spot-up shooter’s ability to knock down catch-and-shoot jumpers the longer they remain stationary before releasing the shot.

Clutch Shooter– This skill enhances the ability to confidently knock down shots in clutch moments, making players true clutch performers.

Comeback Kid– With this skill, players exhibit an improved ability to shoot perimeter jumpers when trailing in a game

Corner Specialist– This skill gives a powerful boost to shots taken in the corner

Deadeye– Players with this skill face less of a penalty from a shot contest when taking jump shots with a defender closing out, giving them a better chance of converting under pressure

Middy Magician– This skill elevates a player’s ability to confidently sink difficult shots off the dribble from mid-range, making them a true mid-range maestro.

Green Machine– With this skill, players receive an increased bonus for consecutive excellent releases, rewarding their consistent shooting accuracy and turning them into sharpshooters

Guard Up– This skill turns an outside shooter into a lethal threat, punishing opponents who fail to get a hand in their face

Limitless Range– This skill empowers shooters to be highly effective with any shot attempt from deep 3-point range, transforming them into long-range snipers

Slippery Off-Ball– This skill strengthens a player’s ability to cleverly get open off the ball, making them a constant scoring threat on the court

Space Creator– This skill elevates a player’s prowess in hitting stepback jumpers and hop shots, while also causing defenders to stumble more often

Volume Shooter– Boosts shot percentages as shot attempts accrue throughout the game

Playmaking Badges

NBA 2K23’s playmaking badges offer a substantial boost to passing, dribbling, and ball control, benefiting not only the player but also their teammates. These badges enhance the accuracy of specific passes, increase the player’s speed with the ball, unlock better animations for passing and dribbling, and provide teammates with attribute boosts triggered by passes or simply by being on the court.

Ankle Breaker– This skill increases the likelihood of freezing or dropping a defender during dribble moves, leaving them bewildered and opening up scoring opportunities.

Bail Out– This skill increases the chances of successfully completing a pass from mid-air, turning players into masters of mid-air dishing and creating highlight-reel plays.

Break Starter– This skill enhances a player’s ability to make highly effective outlet passes after grabbing a rebound, initiating fast breaks with precision and speed.

Clamp Breaker– This skill serves as a counter to Clamps, giving ball handlers the upper hand in 1-on-1 body bump confrontations, enabling them to break free with finesse and power.

Dimer– With this skill, players can boost the shot percentage for their open teammates on jump shots after catching a pass, turning them into playmaking wizards on the court.

Floor General– With this skill, teammates receive an offensive attribute bonus whenever the player is in the game.

Handles for Days– This skill reduces the amount of energy lost when performing dribble moves, allowing players to maintain their stamina and keep defenders on their toes.

Hyperdrive– With this skill, players can perform moving dribble moves at an accelerated speed as they attack down the court.

Killer Combos– This skill significantly enhances a dribbler’s effectiveness with size-up dribble moves.

Mismatch Expert– With this badge, smaller guards gain the upper hand and can confidently break down taller defenders when mismatched 1-on-1.

Needle Threader– This skill increases the likelihood that tough passes can successfully get by the defense, leading to more daring and accurate passes even in tight situations.

Post Playmaker– With this skill, receivers receive a shot boost when passing out of the post, increasing their shooting accuracy and turning them into lethal threats on the perimeter.

Quick First Step– This skill enables ball handlers to unleash quicker and more effective launches when driving out of triple threat or after a size-up.

Special Delivery– With this skill, both the passer and receiver experience a significant boost in takeover progress off a flashy pass assist.

Unpluckable– With this skill, players experience a reduced likelihood of getting stripped by the defender, adding an extra layer of ball security and making them more difficult to stop on offense.

Vice Grip– This skill enhances ball security immediately after securing a rebound, catching the ball, or picking it up, ensuring players maintain possession and avoid costly turnovers.

Defense/Rebounding Badges

In NBA 2K23, the defense/rebounding badges provide a significant boost to perimeter defense, interior defense, rebounding, stealing, and blocking ability. These badges unlock better shot contest, steal, and block animations, as well as improved rebounding animations. Additionally, they increase player speed when jumping and going for loose balls, making defenders and rebounders more dominant on the court.

Anchor-A must-have badge for defensive giants, this skill elevates the ability to block and contest shots in the paint

Ankle Braces-This skill decreases the chances of getting crossed over, making defenders more difficult to break down

Boxout Beast– This skill empowers rebounders to win boxout battles on both offensive and defensive rebounding situations, giving them the upper hand on the boards and creating second-chance opportunities

Brick Wall– With this skill, players experience increased effectiveness in setting screens, and on physical contact, they can drain energy from opponents, making them more dominant and imposing on the court

Challenger– This skill enhances the effectiveness of perimeter shot contests, making defenders more formidable and disruptive when contesting outside shots

Chase Down Artist– With this skill, players experience a significant boost in speed and leaping ability when chasing down offensive players, enabling them to anticipate block attempts and become unstoppable shot-blockers in transition

Clamps– With this skill, defenders receive a significant boost in their ability to stay in front of ball handlers on the perimeter, making them lockdown defenders and minimizing the opponent’s offensive threats

Glove– Named after the legendary defender Gary Payton, this skill helps you become a master of stripping players as they gather for shots and poking the ball free from ball handlers

Interceptor– This skill increases the chances of getting steals in passing lanes, turning players into disruptive defensive forces, intercepting passes with precision and anticipation

Menace– With this skill, while diligently guarding and staying in front of the opponent, their attributes will drop due to the pressure of good defense being played, making them less effective and allowing defenders to assert their dominance on the court

Off-Ball Pest– This skill enhances a player’s ability to bump and harass the offense off the ball, making them a pesky and disruptive defender, constantly throwing the offense off balance

Pick Dodger– Improves a player’s ability to navigate through screens effectively on defense

Pogo Stick– With this skill, players can swiftly recover and go back up for another jump upon landing, giving them an advantage in securing rebounds, contesting shots, and executing second-chance opportunities

Post Lockdown– This skill enhances the defender’s ability to effectively defend post moves and backdowns, making them a formidable presence in the paint and limiting the offensive player’s options

Rebound Chaser– With this skill, players improve their ability to track down rebounds from much farther distances than normal, making them relentless rebounders and giving their team more second-chance opportunities

Work Horse– With the “Pat Bev” badge, players get a significant boost in their ability to hustle down 50/50 balls and play hard-nosed defense without getting tired, emulating the tenacious play of Patrick Beverley