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NBA 2K23: Badges, Takeovers & Requirements

Badges unlocked by reaching an attribute rating for each tier, with height limits starting in 2K24.

Everything for 2K23

• NBA 2K23 badge requirements (full tables) →
• NBA 2K23 animation requirements →
• How Takeover worked in 2K23 →
• Printable 2K23 badge cheat sheet →
• NBA 2K23 trivia quiz →
• Easiest and hardest Hall of Fame badges in 2K23 →

New badges in 2K23

Aerial Wizard, Agent 3, Amped, Anchor, Boxout Beast, Bully, Challenger, Clamp Breaker, Claymore, Comeback Kid, Glove, Guard Up, Killer Combos, Masher, Middy Magician, Slithery, Vice Grip, Work Horse

Badges that left after 2K23

Amped, Bully, Clamp Breaker, Clutch Shooter, Floor General, Limitless Takeoff, Menace, Mismatch Expert, Quick First Step, Vice Grip, Volume Shooter

Lowest Hall of Fame requirements in 2K23

1. Off-Ball Pest · 65
2. Comeback Kid · 70
3. Slippery Off-Ball · 70
4. Giant Slayer · 77
5. Pro Touch · 78
6. Volume Shooter · 78
7. Clutch Shooter · 79
8. Post Spin Technician · 80

All 64 badges

• Acrobat
• Aerial Wizard
• Agent 3
• Amped
• Anchor
• Ankle Braces
• Ankle Breaker
• Backdown Punisher
• Bail Out
• Blinders
• Boxout Beast
• Break Starter
• Brick Wall
• Bully
• Catch and Shoot
• Challenger
• Chase Down Artist
• Clamp Breaker
• Clamps
• Claymore
• Clutch Shooter
• Comeback Kid
• Corner Specialist
• Deadeye
• Dimer
• Dream Shake
• Dropstepper
• Fast Twitch
• Fearless Finisher
• Floor General
• Giant Slayer
• Glove
• Green Machine
• Guard Up
• Handles for Days
• Hyperdrive
• Interceptor
• Killer Combos
• Limitless Range
• Limitless Takeoff
• Masher
• Menace
• Middy Magician
• Mismatch Expert
• Needle Threader
• Off-Ball Pest
• Pick Dodger
• Pogo Stick
• Post Lockdown
• Post Playmaker
• Post Spin Technician
• Posterizer
• Pro Touch
• Quick First Step
• Rebound Chaser
• Rise Up
• Slippery Off-Ball
• Slithery
• Space Creator
• Special Delivery
• Unpluckable
• Vice Grip
• Volume Shooter
• Work Horse