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All 40 badges in NBA 2K26 and what each one does. Badges come in five tiers — Bronze, Silver, Gold, Hall of Fame, and Legend — and the effect gets stronger at each tier.
Increases the ability to finish an alley-oop from a teammate, or a putback finish off an offensive rebound.
Improves a player's ability to make floaters.
Improves a player's ability to make post hooks.
Improves a player's ability to finish fancy or acrobatic layups successfully.
Improves a player's ability to quickly and efficiently score while going to work in the paint.
Improves a player's ability to battle through contact and convert contact layups.
Improves a player's ability to make post fades and hop shots.
Strengthens a player's ability at backing down defenders and moving them with dropsteps.
Raises the chances of faking out defenders and making shots when performing post moves.
Increases the chances of throwing down a dunk on your defender.
Increases the likelihood of dunking or posterizing your opponent when standing in the painted area.
Reduces the impact of a defender who is closing out.
Extends the range from which a player can shoot three-pointers effectively from deep.
Improves a player's ability to successfully make high difficulty jump shots.
Boosts chances of knocking down stand-still jump shots.
Improves a player's ability to successfully make off-the-dribble, high difficulty jump shots.
Increases the ability to break down the defender or cross them up.
Increases the chances of successfully completing a pass from mid-air.
Improves a player's ability to make effective outlet passes after grabbing a rebound.
Boosts the shot percentage for open teammates on jump shots after catching a pass.
Reduces the amount of energy lost when performing dribble moves.
Gives straight line drive to the rim.
Strengthens the player's ability to get open off the ball.
Reduces the likelihood of being bothered by defenders when dribbling.
Reduces the chances of getting stripped by the defender.
Allows for high-risk, creative passes, and alley-oop's to be made more successfully.
Improves a player's ability to box out and fight for good rebounding position.
Increases effectiveness of screens and drains energy from opponents on physical contact.
Improves effectiveness of well-timed contests against perimeter shooters.
Increases the ability to successfully steal from ball-handlers, or strip layup attempts.
Raises the chances of getting a chase down block when moving at a high speed.
Improves a defensive player's strength when defending ball handlers and finishers who are coming straight at them.
Increases chances at getting steals in passing lanes.
Improves a player's ability to bump and harass the offense off the ball.
Improves a defensive player's strength when defending ball handlers and finishers.
Increases a player's ability to block or contest shots at the rim.
Improves a player's ability to navigate through and around screens while on defense.
Allows players to quickly recover and go back up for another jump upon landing. This could be after a rebound, block attempt, or even jumpshot.
Strengthens a player's ability to effectively defend moves in the post, with an increased chance at stripping the opponent.
Improves a player's ability to track down rebounds from farther distances than normal.
Badge effects are the in-game descriptions from NBA 2K26. See takeovers →