Official NBA 2K16 Badges Guide

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We now have the official NBA 2K16 Badges Guide including the Personality and Signature Skills Badges into one list. Many badges now come from Connections and who you hang out with on your day off. Badges uniquely identify players in two ways: Personality and Skill. They affect how players react to various emotional situations, as well as how they perform in specific in-game scenarios.

Personality badges have one tier affecting hot & cold streaks, ambient animations, and facial expressions. Skill badges have three tiers: Bronze, Silver and Gold. They’re categorized as Outside Scoring, Inside Scoring, Athleticism, Playmaking, Rebounding and Defensive badges.  Once you earn the bronze version, you can then purchase the silver and gold upgrades with VC (note that the personality badges just have one tier to them).

NBA players can now have up to 77 badges and the skill badges they have are not limited to just one tier. Badges are earned in MyCareer based on how you play, who you hang out with, and how good your regular attributes are. Badges can also counter other badges. A Silver Post-Lockdown counters post-related badges like post stepback, post hook, post spin while a defender with Eraser counters inside scoring badges like posterizer.

Before you go out there racking up your badges you should be aware that Badges can be earned on any difficulty but you cannot earn badges if you simulate your games. Make sure you checkout our NBA 2K16 Tips & Guides and Subscribe to our Youtube for the latest NBA 2K16 news and tips!

Championship DNA

• Be the highest rated player OR earn the Finals MVP for a team that just won title

Alpha Dog

• Must be highest rated offensive player on the team
• Must play 60% of team’s minutes per game in a running 20 game window (cannot earn until 20 games are played)

Beta Dog

• Must be the 2nd highest rated offensive player on the team
• Must play 60% of team’s minutes per game in a running 20 game window (cannot earn until 20 games are played)

Prime Time

• Play better in games of significance than regular games
• Game Significance games are the following
• Must play 6 Game Significance games
• Must happen within the last 100 games

• Rivalry Games
• Power Teams
• Playoff Games
• Old Team (i.e. playing against your last team as well as the team you played most of your career with)

Cool and Collected

• Never go FROZEN on offense in a running 10 game window (cannot earn until 10 games are played)

Road Dog

• Play better on the road than at home
• Look at a running 15 game window (cannot earn until 15 games in)

Closer

• Shoot 50% or higher in at least 40 field goal attempts during the final 40% of the 4th quarter and all OTs, when the point differential is within 10 points
• Must have 40 FGA’s in this 4th quarter / OT time frame

Fierce Competitor

• Must take 50 field goal attempts and shoot 50% or better on those attempts when down 10 or more, all in a single season

Spark Plug

• Average 8 points per game or more while coming off the bench
• Look at a running 2 game window (cannot earn until 2 games in)

Enforcer

• Get 10 non-flagrant, hard fouls in a single season 

Mentor

• Reach Year 4

Heart and Soul

• Reach Year 3
• Must stay with the same team all 3 years

Floor General

• Raise Playmaking discipline to Level 18
• Must play 30 games in a season or career
• Must average 5 assist per game in career

Defensive Anchor

• Raise Defense discipline to Level 18
• Must play 30 games in a season or career

Hardened

• Play 20 games in a row while playing 80% of the teams minutes or more
• Stamina attribute must be 85

All-Time Great

• Divide field goal attempts by assists. If the ratio of FGA to Assists is higher than this, earn All-Time Great
• Look at a running 15 game window (cannot earn until 15 games in)
• Can lose this badge in place of Low Ego

• PG: 4 to 1 FGA to Assist ratio
• SG: 4.5 to 1 FGA to Assist ratio
• SF: 5 to 1 FGA to Assist ratio
• PF/C: 8 to 1 FGA to Assist ratio

Low Ego

• Divide field goal attempts by assists. If the ratio of FGA to Assists is lower than this, earn Low Ego
• Look at a running 15 game window (cannot earn until 15 games in)
• Can lose this badge in place of All-Time Great

• PG: 2 to 1 FGA to Assist ratio
• SG: 2.5 to 1 FGA to Assist ratio
• SF: 3 to 1 FGA to Assist ratio
• PF/C: 6 to 1 FGA to Assist ratio

Unfazed

• Get “Hot” for 4 straight gameplay minutes, 3 different times
• Must happen within the last 15 games

Volume Shooter

• Take 35 shots or more 8 times in a single season

Microwave

• Get “Hot” on offense in 5 consecutive games

Corner Specialist

• Make 25 corner three pointers in a single season
• Must shoot 40% in those last 25 made corner threes

Screen Outlet

• Set 100 screens in a single season

Deadeye

• Make 60 contested jumpers from 15 feet or further in a single season

Limitless Range

• Make 40 threes outside of 25 feet from the basket in a single season
• Must shoot 30% or higher in those last 30 long-distance makes

Bank is Open

• Make 30 banked-in jumpers in a single season
• Layups do not count

Tear Dropper

• Attempt 50 runners/floaters in a single season

Fade Ace

• Take 30 fadeaway jumpers in a single season

Shot Creator

• Take 150 of the following moving shots in a single season -> Pullups, Spin Shots, Hop Step Jumpers (which includes stepback jumpers)

Lob City Finisher

• Catch and finish 15 alley-oops in a single season

Posterizer

• Attempt 15 contact dunks in a single season
• There must be legitimate, somewhat heavy contact made on the dunk

Relentless Finisher

• Attempt 75 contact layups in a single season
• Strength attribute must be

• PG: 45
• SG: 50
• SF: 65
• PF/C: 75

Spin Lay-in

• Attempt 20 spin layups in a single season

Hop-Stepper

• Attempt 40 hop step layups in a single season

King of Euros

• Attempt 40 euro step layups in a single season

Acrobat

• Attempt 15 reverse and 4 change shot layups in a single season

Dream Like Up and Under

• Attempt 50 up and under shots (out of the post) in a single season

Post Spin Technician

• Spin or drive out of the post 100 times in a single season

Drop-stepper

• Dropstep out of the post 30 times in a single season

Post Hoperator

• Attempt 20 hop shots out of the post in a single season

Post Hook Specialist

• Attempt 75 hook shots out of the post in a single season

Post Stepback Pro

• Attempt 20 stepback shots out of the post in a single season

Killer Crossover

• Attempt 200 crossover or double crossovers (any combo) in a single season

Spin Kingpin

• Attempt 75 spin moves in a single season

Stepback Freeze

• Attempt 75 stepback moves in a single season

Behind the Back Pro

• Attempt 75 behind the back moves in a single season

Hesitation Stunner

• Attempt 75 hesitation moves in a single season

Master of In and Out

• Attempt 75 in and out moves in a single season

Pet Move Pro

• Attempt 200 size-ups in a single season

One Man Fastbreak

• Score on a fastbreak 50 times in a single season
• Speed, Ball Control and Defensive Rebound (or Steal) attributes must be as follows

• PG/SG = Passing Accuracy 75, Ball Control 80, Steal 75
• SF = Passing Accuracy 70, Ball Control 67, Defensive Rebound 75
• PF/C = Passing Accuracy 60, Ball Control 55, Defensive Rebound 85

Transition Finisher

• Score on a fastbreak 75 times in a single season

Flashy Passer

• Throw 50 flashy passes in a single season

Break Starter

• Get 250 defensive rebounds in a single season
• Passing Accuracy and Defensive Rebound attributes must be as follows

• PG/SG = Passing Accuracy 75, Defensive Rebound 75
• SF = Passing Accuracy 70, Defensive Rebound 75
• PF/C = Passing Accuracy 60, Defensive Rebound 85

Pick & Roll Maestro

• Call for 175 screens in a single season using the pick & roll mechanic

Lob City Passer

• Throw 50 alley-oops in a single season

Dimer

• Get 200 assists within the last 25 games played
• Unlike 2K15, however, you do not need to play 25 games before it unlocks

Hustle Points

• Score 30 times within 2.5 seconds of grabbing an offensive rebound in a single season
• Must be the rebounder

Scrapper

• Get 4 loose ball saves in a single season

Offensive Crasher

• Get 150 offensive rebounds in a single season

Defensive Crasher

• Get 200 defensive rebounds in a single season

Perimeter Lockdown Defender

• Raise Defense discipline to level 16
• Must play 30 games before earning

Gym Rat

• Going to practice and doing the drills moves you closer to getting this badge. It shows progress after each drill

Post Lockdown Defender

• Must be a SF, PF or C
• As a PF or C, raise Defense discipline to level 16
• As a SF, raise Defense discipline to level 18
• Must play 30 games before earning

Charge Card

• Draw 7 charges in a single season

Pick Dodger

• Must be a PG, SG or SF
• On-Ball Def IQ and Pick & Roll Def IQ attributes must be 80 or higher
• Must play 20 games

Interceptor

• Get 50 “tipped pass” teammate grade events in a single season

Pick Pocket

• Get 50 “poke ball loose” teammate grade events in a single season

Eraser

• Block 80 shots in a single season

Chase Down Artist

• Block 25 shots in a single season
• Speed, Vertical and Blocking Attributes must be

• PG/SG = Speed 80, Vertical 80, Block 65
• SF = Speed 65, Vertical 75, Block 70
• PF/C = Speed 58, Vertical 70, Block 75

Bruiser

• Height to Weight Ratio (metric height / weight in lbs) must be 0.905 or lower
• Must weigh at least 220 lbs
• Strength attribute must be
• Cannot earn until 10 games into the season

• PG: 45
• SG: 50
• SF: 65
• PF/C: 75

Brick Wall

• 100 “good screen” teammate events in a single season
• Strength attribute must be:

• PG: 45
• SG: 50
• SF: 65
• PF/C: 75

On Court Coach

• Raise Playmaking and either Inside or Outside Scoring discipline to level 20

CONNECTIONS

To earn each of these badges in MyCareer, the user needs to make a connection with one of the following players. For the either/or badges, once one path is chosen, the others will no longer be available (i.e. you cannot earn both Friendly and Reserved)

Friendly

• Giannis Antetokounmpo
• Chris Bosh
• Andre Drummond
• Tony Parker

Reserved

• Chris Paul
• James Harden

Legendary Work Ethic

• Al Jefferson
• Anthony Davis
• Tim Duncan
• Kawhi Leonard

Keep it Real

• Paul George
• Kevin Durant
• John Wall

Pat My Back

• Kevin Love
• Roy Hibbert
• Paul Pierce

Laid Back

• Jimmy Butler
• Marc Gasol
• Rudy Gobert
• Greg Monroe

Expressive

• DeMarcus Cousins
• Dwight Howard
• Russell Westbrook
• Allen Iverson

Unpredictable

• Carmelo Anthony
• Ty Lawson

Mind Games

• Chris Paul
• Kobe Bryant
• Gary Payton

Swagger

• DeAndre Jordan
• Shaquille O’Neal

Special thanks to Lob Mob for the Official NBA 2K16 Badges Guide.