Your build,
by the numbers.

The short version

• A jump shot is five choices: a base, a first release, a second release, a blend between the two releases, and one of five release speeds. There are 884 bases and 884 releases, one of each for every player in the game plus three defaults.
• It gets one overall grade out of 90. Four parts add up to it: release height (up to 15 points), release speed (up to 15), timing (up to 30) and defense immunity (up to 30).
• The overall grade is the requirement. You can equip a jump shot if your Mid-Range or your Three-Point is at least its overall grade, now or at your build's maximum.
• The base sets timing, the releases set immunity. Every base carries a timing number from 30 to 100 and every release an immunity number from 30 to 100, all listed here.
• Timing and immunity are 60 of the 90 points. Height and speed, the other 30, are measured from the animation as the shot plays, so no jump shot has a number for them to list.
• The best on paper: nine bases have a timing number of 100 and thirteen releases an immunity number of 100. Any of those bases with any two of those releases earns all 60 timing and immunity points.
• Release speed trades timing for speed. The timing number is divided by 0.94 on very slow up to 1.06 on very quick.
• Badges act in four places: the shot rating, the defense, the chance on certain shots, and, for Quick Trigger, how much a quick shot's speed varies. Every shooting badge level adds about 4 points of shot rating, and badges together can add at most +0.3.
• Badge levels unlock at set attributes, the same in every mode. Set and Fire needs 60, 78, 89 and 97 Three-Point.
• Synergy badges trigger by use count. In the Park most badges switch on their linked badge after 1 or 2 uses; in Rec and NBA games it's usually 2 to 5; Pro-Am has none set.
• Takeover fills with good basketball. An assist is worth +15, a made three +12 and a bad shot −10. In the built-in tuning, a shooting Takeover doesn't grow the jump-shot window.
• Build to the thresholds. 89 Three-Point with Gold Set and Fire has a wider window on set threes than a bare 99.

How to use this

The creator shows you a grade, but not why. With the numbers in this document you can build a jumper for online play: steady against Park and Rec randomness, hard to bother when you're contested, and equipped as early as your ratings allow.

• Start from a base with a timing number of 100. Timing is worth up to 30 of the 90 points, and it's also how steady your shot's speed is from attempt to attempt (on the court). Nine bases have 100; they're listed below.
• Pair two releases with an immunity number of 100. Immunity shrinks every contest on your shot, which is what gets you through Park and Rec defense. Any blend between two 100s stays at 100.
• Love a release with a lower number? Put a 100 release second and blend toward it (the best blends).
• Use the blend to equip sooner. Each point of immunity you give up lowers the requirement by 0.3, so a new build can take a strong jumper into the Park before its Mid-Range or Three-Point gets all the way there.
• Think twice about quick speeds. They get the ball out faster against closeouts, but they lower your timing part and make your speed vary more (the release speed setting).

And for your badges:

• Build to the thresholds. One attribute point that reaches a badge level is worth far more than the points around it (Getting each level, the best Three-Point rating).
• Match the shooting badges to how you score. Set and Fire and Static Middy only help set shots; Arc Cadence and Smooth Operator only help shots on the move (the shot bands).
• Don't over-stack rating badges. Everything badges add to one shot's rating stops at +0.3. Past that, more rating badges on the same shot add nothing.
• Know when Deadeye works. It cuts late closeouts, not a defender who's already smothering your three. Against those, a high-immunity release helps more (Deadeye).
• Build your synergies for your main mode. The Park needs 1 or 2 uses for most badges, Rec 2 to 5, and Pro-Am has no counts at all (the table).
• Fill Takeover with good basketball. Assists and made threes are worth the most, and most Park games add a quarter to every good play (the meter).

What a jump shot is made of

The creator stores five things for a jump shot, and copies the same five onto your player when you equip it.

The creator doesn't look the grades up in a list. It builds a pretend shot from your five choices and runs it through the same timing code the game uses on the court, then reads the grades off that shot. It does the same to place the visual cue.

How a jump shot is graded

The creator scores four parts, each from 30 to 100, and adds them up with weights into one overall grade. That overall grade is the number that matters: it's the Mid-Range or Three-Point you need to equip the jump shot.

t = your blend ÷ 100       // the code always blends from the release with more weight

height = the release height, from the animation
         30 at about 6'5" (196.6 cm), up to 100 at about 9'1" (275.8 cm)
speed  = time from the start of the shot to the release,
         ÷ (the base's speed factor × release_speed_scale)
         100 at 0.477 s or quicker, down to 30 at 0.85 s
timing = (the base's timing number + timing_tier_bonus)
         ÷ release_speed_scale, kept between 30 and 100
immune = release 1's immunity, blended toward release 2's by t
         + immunity_tier_bonus

overall = 0.15 × height + 0.15 × speed + 0.30 × timing + 0.30 × immune

The point budget

The weights add up to 90%, not 100%, so the overall grade tops out at 90 and bottoms out at 27 (every part at 30). When this document says a base has 100 timing, it means its timing number is 100, the top of its 30-to-100 scale, which adds the full 30 points.

What it takes to equip one

need = overall grade of this base, releases, blend and speed
can equip now      if your Mid-Range now ≥ need  or  your Three-Point now ≥ need
can equip later    if either rating's maximum for your build reaches it
otherwise locked

The release speed setting

The timing part is the base's timing number divided by the scale. Going from normal to very quick costs an average base about 4.3 timing, which is about 1.3 points of overall grade, before the speed part's gain. A base already at 100 loses nothing on slow or very slow, because the part can't go past 100. The same five numbers also set how fast the shot plays on the court: 0.94 of normal speed on very slow, 1.06 on very quick. So a quick setting gets the ball out faster against closeouts, at the cost of a lower timing part and a speed that varies more.

Every player also has a timing tier and an immunity tier (normal, strong or very strong) that can add a bonus to those parts. In the built-in tuning every tier bonus is 0. The creator doesn't set the tiers; they come with the player's own data.

The numbers behind every base and release

Each base's timing number and each release's immunity number are stored with its animation, one record for each base and each release. The grading code reads the timing number from the base's record and the immunity number from each release's.

• A player's two numbers go together. Across all players, base timing and release immunity line up strongly (a correlation of 0.85). Players with a steady base usually have a hard-to-bother release too.
• The floor of 30 isn't only for non-shooters. Sixty bases sit at 30, including Anthony Davis, Deandre Ayton, Clint Capela and Chauncey Billups, and the releases at 30 include Caitlin Clark's. A 30 looks like a value that wasn't tuned rather than a judgment of the player.
• The defaults are average or worse. Default small: timing 60, immunity 53. Default swing: 49 and 62. Default big: 46 and 72.
• One base is missing. Diana Taurasi's base has no timing number on Patch 2; her release scores 81.
• There are 39 generic WNBA jump shots, numbered in the list. WNBA jump shot 1 has the best of their bases at 99 timing.

The top bases and releases

Bases by timing

Releases by defense immunity

Players at 95 or better on both

Because the base and the releases are separate choices, any base can go with any release. These players are the ones whose own base and release both score 95 or more.

Names as the game's list spells them, with spacing and capital letters restored where it was clear. Apostrophes and hyphens aren't in the list, so a few names read slightly off (for example Alexanderwalker).

The best blends

The blend is a straight line between the two releases' immunity numbers, so there's no hidden sweet spot in the middle. The best blend for immunity is simply as far toward the higher release as you're willing to go. That makes the answer depend on the pair:

• Two 100 releases: any blend. Pair any two of the 13 releases at 100 (Bennett Stirtz, Breanna Stewart, Cameron Reddish, Candace Parker, Chelsea Gray, EJ Liddell, Jarrett Allen, Khem Birch, Larry Nance Jr., Lauren Betts, Ryan Dunn, Scottie Barnes and Seth Curry) and every blend from 0 to 100% gives 100 immunity. That's 78 pairs, so you can pick the blend purely for how the release looks and feels.
• A favorite release with a lower number: blend toward a 100. Put the 100 release second and slide the blend toward it. The table below shows how far you need to go.
• Two releases under 100: lean toward the higher one. A 50/50 blend of a 96 and a 90 is 93; 80% toward the 96 is 94.8.

Every point of immunity is worth 0.3 of the overall grade, which is also the rating you need to equip it. Blending a 100 release halfway with an 80 costs 10 immunity points, so the jump shot grades 3 points lower and needs 3 less Mid-Range or Three-Point. The blend is how you trade a little immunity for a jump shot you can equip sooner.

What your jump shot does on the court

The grades aren't just a creator score. Two of them feed straight into every shot you take online.

• Timing is steadiness. The game turns your timing part into a steadiness score from 30 to 100 that sets how much your shot's speed varies from attempt to attempt; a quicker release speed lowers it. A base with 100 timing gives the steadiest jumper, so the moment you have to release moves least. That variation is off in the built-in tuning and 2K's servers can switch it on online. Steadiness always sets how much stamina slows you: a tired shooter drops to 0.95 speed on a 100-timing base and 0.8 on a low one (how your jump shot speeds up and slows down).
• Immunity cuts every contest. 100 immunity multiplies the defense on your shot by 0.8, and 35 by 1.2. That defense sets your starting chance and, online, how a contested shot plays out (see The defense).
• A higher grade can mean more anti-cheat randomness. If 2K switches on the random jump-shot speed online, its effect grows on jump shots that need more, from a minimum at a requirement of 60 to full strength at 95. In the built-in tuning it's switched off. See Fair play.
• Your window doesn't depend on the jump shot. The Excellent window comes from the game style (Superstar online, Hall of Fame in competitive games) and the look, not from the grades. See The timing window.

Where badges plug into a shot

// 1. Shot rating (step 1 of a shot)
rating += min(sum of active badge rating boosts, badge_boost_limit)
rating += min(takeover shooting boost, takeover_boost_limit)

// 2. Defense (step 2)
contest += sum of every active badge's defense change
contest  = at least 0

// 3. Chance on certain shots (step 1)
chance  += badge chance bonus for this shot, by level

// 4. Shot speed, Quick Trigger only
on a quick shot start: the random part of the shot's speed
                       is drawn from only quick_trigger_share[level] of its range

Badge levels: Bronze to Legend, and one more

2K27 has 70 badges. Every value a badge has is stored as a list with one number per level. Each list also has a second copy, used when the badge is boosted; in the built-in tuning most boosted lists match the normal ones.

top_level[badge] = Legend                     // every badge with levels
                 = Bronze                     // the 14 personality badges: on or off
// When the game sets up your badges
level = min(saved level, top_level + 1)       // the extra slot only above Legend
// During play, two bonuses can raise it
level = max(saved level + player_bonus,
            saved level + team_bonus)
level = at most top_level                     // never past Legend this way

value = normal_list[level]                    // or boosted_list[level]

The 70 badges

• Shooting: Deadeye, Limitless Range, Mini Marksman, Set and Fire, Arc Cadence, Static Middy, Smooth Operator, Quick Trigger.
• Post scoring: Hook Specialist, Post Fade Phenom, Post Powerhouse, Post Spin Catalyst.
• Finishing: Float Game, Posterizer, Rise Up, Aerial Wizard, Layup Mixmaster, Paint Prodigy, Physical Finisher, Ghost Stepper.
• Playmaking: Bail Out, Break Starter, Dimer, Versatile Visionary, Handles for Days, Unpluckable, Ankle Assassin, Lightning Launch, Strong Handle, Pace, Slippery Off-Ball.
• Defense: Post Lockdown, Challenger, Off-Ball Pest, Pick Dodger, Glove, Interceptor, Pogo Stick, Brick Wall, Immovable Enforcer, High-Flying Denier, Paint Patroller, Wall Up, Seatbelt, Ankle Braces.
• Rebounding: Crasher, Possession Closer, Sync Snatcher, Boxout Boss.
• Speed and stamina: Flash and Work Horse.
• The rest: Work Ethic, Marketability, Breaker, Bruiser.
• Personality, on or off: Low Friendliness, High Friendliness, Small Ego, Big Ego, Negatively Motivated, Positively Motivated, Expressive, Unpredictable, Laid Back, Big Market Player, Fair Weather Player, Tax Avoider, Alpha Dog, Enforcer.

The groups are ours.

Every badge's values

These are the badge values in the built-in tuning on Patch 2, each with what the setting changes. Ratings and chances are on a 0-to-1 scale, so +0.04 is about 4 rating points or 4 points of chance. A multiplier below 1 makes the thing smaller.

Shooting

Mini Marksman needs the shooter to be at least 3 inches shorter than the defender. When Deadeye applies is in Deadeye and the shot bands. All badge rating boosts on one shot together stop at +0.3; Takeover's shooting boost has its own limit of +0.15.

Finishing

Post scoring

Post Powerhouse and Post Spin Catalyst's boosted lists are larger: +0.08 at Bronze up to +0.22 at Legend.

Playmaking

Ankle Assassin and Lightning Launch also make defenders react up to 1.7 times as often on big moves. Lightning Launch lists a chance bonus too, but its time window after the reaction is set to 0, so it never applies.

Defense

Rebounding, speed and stamina

Crasher and Possession Closer's boosted lists are larger: +6 at Bronze up to +18 at Legend. Badges not listed here either have no values in the built-in tuning or have settings without a clear effect on play. Online, 2K's servers can set any of these differently.

Getting each badge level

Each badge level needs one or two attributes at a minimum, joined by "or" (either one is enough) or "and" (both). Your height decides whether you can have the badge at all.

height_step = your height in inches − 63            // 31 steps, 5'3" to 7'9"
top   = max_level[NBA or WNBA][height_step][badge]  // 0: you can't have it
level = 0
for each level from Bronze up to top:
    if every requirement for that level is met:  level = that level
    else: stop
// a level with no requirements counts as met

Two numbers are in the same order as the attributes. Heights cover the builder's 5'9" to 7'4" range. Unpluckable's Hall of Fame asks for 100 Post Control, which no build can reach, so only 97 Ball Handle gets it there. Legend has no attribute minimum of its own: its list is empty, and the game treats an empty list as met. WNBA careers have their own list. What a level does in a game is in Every badge's values; what it does to your shooting is in the best Three-Point rating.

Tokens and slots

upgrade cost  = tokens[badge] per level, by your height
token every badge_xp_needed[n] XP                // a list of 60 steps
badge XP from: game events, team practice drills, Gatorade gym workouts
badge XP × category_scale × difficulty_scale × quarter_length_scale
         × teammate_grade_scale[where you played]
         × (win_scale or loss_scale)[where you played]
         × foul_out_scale × accelerator_scale[category]

default slots: a total, split across categories between a min and a max
plus flex slots, extra slots and the special slots

Deadeye and the shot bands

Most shooting badges are a plain rating or chance bonus (the values). Two things need more explaining: when Deadeye applies, and which shots count as set, moving, mid-range or deep.

Deadeye

for mid-range and long-range shots, each with its own settings:
    if defense at the start of the shot ≤ max_start_defense
       and the defender is within max_distance and the angle range:
        release defense ×= deadeye_multiplier[level]
        // the difference is added to the badge defense total
    shown on screen: at least min_shown_defense

Set shots, moving shots and the four distance bands

close         = a two, close_start ≤ d ≤ close_end
mid           = a two, d ≥ mid_start
shallow_three = beyond the buffered arc, d ≤ shallow_end
deep_three    = beyond the buffered arc, deep_start ≤ d ≤ deep_end

set_shot = a jump shot the badges count
           and (standing still long enough  or  right after a catch)

Set and Fire:     set_shot      and shallow three
Static Middy:     set_shot      and mid-range
Arc Cadence:      not set_shot  and shallow three
Smooth Operator:  not set_shot  and mid-range

close            0 to 10 ft
mid-range        10 ft to the arc
shallow three    the arc to 29.5 ft
deep three       27 to 40 ft          // overlaps shallow from 27 to 29.5 ft
the arc          moved out 0.5 ft for these tests

Arc Cadence and Smooth Operator can also make defenders react on certain moves, up to 3 times as often on the biggest moves. In the built-in tuning, the chance bonus for shooting right after that reaction is 0.

Synergy badges

MyCAREER can switch on a badge partway through a game. Players call these synergy badges. It works through special badge slots, and it's earned by using a badge, not by scoring.

each time one of your badges does its job:
    uses[badge] += 1                           // a per-possession limit can cap this

if uses[badge] ≥ needed[badge][where you're playing]:
    linked = the badge tied to it in one of your special slots
    if linked isn't already on:
        switch linked on for the rest of this game

// special slots: four seasonal, two crew, one rep, one build slot
// "where you're playing" is one of 206 places and modes
// NBA games use their own list, by difficulty

How many uses each badge needs

There's a number for every one of the 53 badges that can be linked, in every place you can play. The 206 places fall into six groups that share the same numbers.

• Smaller games need fewer uses. Most badges need 2 to 5 uses in NBA games and Rec, but only 1 or 2 in 3v3, 2v2 and the street courts.
• Park 5v5 uses the 3v3 counts, not Rec's, so it's far easier to trigger there than in Rec.
• Some badges are always one use: Aerial Wizard, Glove, High-Flying Denier, Posterizer and Strong Handle, in every mode.
• Some take the most work: Flash needs 7 uses in Rec, Versatile Visionary 6, and Bruiser is the outlier at 30 in NBA games and Rec.
• 1v1 flips some of them. Handles for Days and Lightning Launch need more in 1v1 than in 3v3, while Dimer, Crasher, Boxout Boss and Possession Closer need just 1.
• WNBA careers use the same NBA-game counts. Their City table only fills in the two practice drills.

For the places with no counts, the count reads as zero, so this table alone doesn't say whether boosts trigger there at all. The per-possession limit is 0 for every badge, so it doesn't appear to cap anything. The 14 personality badges, Work Ethic and Marketability can't be linked. The special slots' names mark the seasonal and crew slots "+1" and the rep and build slots "+2"; what that changes isn't covered here.

Takeover

2K27's Takeover has six disciplines: finishing, shooting, playmaking, defense, rebounding and physicals. The game's list of special abilities groups Shot Artist, Calibrated and Zip Code with shooting, and Inside Touch, Detonator and Airspace with finishing. Perks (accelerator, longevity, overdrive) change how fast the meter fills, how long it lasts and how much it boosts.

// Window: multiply in every active ability's window scale for this shot type
takeover_scale = product of ability_window_scale[ability][shot type]
if takeover_scale > 1:  skip the Excellent check

// Timing bonus, added per grade, two levels each
jump shots:  bonus += shooting_timing_buff[grade][level]
layups:      bonus += finishing_timing_buff[grade][level]

// Defense, multiplied per active ability, two levels each
defense ×= ability_defense_scale[ability][level]

// Rating
rating  += shooting ability boost, up to its own limit
rating  += attribute boosts per Takeover state, and per overdrive perk

jump-shot and layup window scale     × 1     // no growth, no skipped check
a layup ability's window             × 1.5
a second finishing ability's window  × 1.2
per-grade timing bonuses             all 0
a shooting ability's range boost     + 8 ft
Takeover's shooting rating boost     at most + 0.15

• The shooting timing buff has its own rules. Its settings include how soon after getting open the shot has to come (3 s), how long the shooter can have been standing still (0.5 s), and an extra energy drain while it's on.
• Other Takeover effects reach shots too. A second-chance shot multiplier (× 1.2), a dunk chance multiplier, and a setting that can make a dunk certain when no defender with a Takeover is guarding it (off for every ability).
• 2K19 and 2K20 were simpler. Takeover multiplied the window by exactly 1.5 for jump shots and 2 for layups and skipped the defense check.

How the Takeover meter fills and drains

2K27's Takeover meter has six states rather than an on/off switch. Being hot and being cold each change your ratings, and Takeover itself is the top state.

points += event_points[play]
        × play_multiplier[how it happened]      // e.g. a flashy pass, a dunk's style
        × diminishing_returns[stat](how many so far)
        × quarter_length_scale                  // short games fill faster
        × who_scale                             // your MyPLAYER, AI teammates, everyone else

a bad shot (a miss on a poor chance) can drop a whole state, if the tuning allows it,
    unless it's within a set immunity time of reaching that state
the meter drains by what the game is doing (live play, inbound, free throw, tip-off)
cooldowns at: timeouts, quarter ends, halftime, injury stops, replay reviews

What each play is worth

a bad shot              outside under 20–25%, mid-range under 30–35%, inside under 35–45%
                        // between the two numbers the penalty is partial
a bad free throw        when the chance was 10 to 40 points below normal
made free throw         × 1.5      a blocked shot, for the blocker   × 1.5
repeating a stat        full value at first, × 0.8 and then × 0.2 as the count climbs
short quarters          1 min × 2.5,  3 min × 1.5,  6 min and up × 1
untimed games           good plays × 1.25
dropping a whole state  switched off for every play
the fill-faster perk    × 1.25

Perks, team boosts and limits

• Three perks: one fills faster, one lasts longer (per ability), and one raises the rating boost in each state.
• Three team boosts: a team fill-rate boost, a team resistance boost, and a head start in points. The team boost only works up to a set state.
• Ranks D to S are part of MyCAREER's Takeover progression, with rewards per level.
• Shootaround is capped. Points earned before tip-off stop at a set limit.
• Some abilities have extra rules. Shot Artist checks how far the matchup is and whether the shot is too well defended. Glue and Rim Guardian defenders can cancel a shot effect within 1.2 meters and 100°. Hydration Hero changes fatigue.

Skill boosts and drinks

MyCAREER's skill boosts are items from its store, for layups and dunks, jump shots, ball handling and passing, steals, blocks, rebounding and the gym, plus three kinds of Gatorade drink. They can be used in NBA games, Pro-Am and Park games. Each boost has a basic and a boosted set of values; what picks the boosted one isn't covered here.

All boosts together keep a shot's chance multiplier between 0.5 and 1.1. Each game's result report says whether boosts were free in that game and whether drinks were used up.

MyCAREER buddy skills

MyCAREER gives you a My Buddy with skills that switch on timed effects. One effect type multiplies your timing window, and its values are set in the code.

game_mode_scale = 1                          // every mode except MyCAREER
in MyCAREER, when the shooter is your own MyPLAYER:
    for each active buddy skill effect (up to six):
        if it's a timing window effect:
            game_mode_scale = max(game_mode_scale, its size)
// timing window effects: 21 entries in three groups of seven
//   ×1.5, ×2.5, ×4

What Three-Point rating gives you the most Excellent releases?

The Excellent window grows with the look (How a shot works, step 3), and the look grows with your rating, so the question is how fast it climbs and where it stops paying. Here's a plain catch-and-shoot three in the Park and team-up presets, on the Superstar window of the regular styles:

1. 61 is the floor. Under a normal contest a three's look reaches 20% at 61 Three-Point, at the arc. Below that, the bonus cap keeps even an Excellent under 100% (step 5), so a green can miss.
2. From there to 99, every point is worth the same. On a contested three each point adds about a third of a point of look and 0.007 frames (0.12 ms) of window each side, with no plateau along the way. A 99 has a window about 16% wider than an 85's. If your releases spread much wider than the window, as most people's do, that's about 16% more greens: around 35 for every 30.
3. That's why "85 is the same as 99" tests look right. Both looks clear 20%, so a green goes in for both and anything else misses for both. And 30 greens against 35 is lost in the noise over a few dozen shots. Step back and the gap shows: a catch-and-shoot three stays above 20% to about 34.4 feet for an 85 and 36.7 for a 99 in regular games, and 28.5 against 30.4 in competitive ones (how deep a three can go).
4. Wide open, points past 85 are worth less. An open three from an 85 passes a 40% look, where the window line gets flatter, so each point above 85 adds about two thirds as much window as the points below it.
5. Rating buys contest. The last column is the heaviest defense, on the game's 0-to-1 scale, at which an Excellent is still a sure make. A normal contest starts at 0.2 and a heavy one is 0.9, so the higher your rating, the more of a contest you can green through.
6. Badge levels count more than rating points. Each level of a shooting badge adds 3 to 4 points of shot rating, and the levels unlock at set Three-Point ratings (Getting each badge level). That changes the answer (below).
7. 90 equips anything. A jump shot's overall grade is the Mid-Range or Three-Point it needs, and no grade is above 90 (How a jump shot is graded).

Set and Fire unlocks at 60, 78, 89 and 97 Three-Point, and Arc Cadence, the matching badge for threes on the move, at 70, 86, 91 and 98 (up to 6'11"). One more point at a threshold raises the shot rating by 4 or 5, because the badge level comes with it.

Here's the same contested three with the highest level each rating unlocks:

• 89 beats a bare 99. With Gold Set and Fire, an 89 has a shot rating of 100 on set threes.
• The thresholds are where to stop. For set threes: 78, 89 and 97. For threes on the move: 86, 91 and 98. A point past a threshold is worth 1; the point that reaches one is worth 4 or 5.
• 97 to 99 buys little for a set shooter. Two points add about 0.2 ms each side. Spend them elsewhere unless you need 98 for Arc Cadence or 99 for Hall of Fame Deadeye, Limitless Range or Quick Trigger.
• Legend adds 4 more (shot rating 118 at 99) with no rating of its own to reach.

So: 61 is the floor, every point helps on a contested three, and the best places to stop are the badge thresholds, 89 or 97 for set threes. If you have to stop somewhere lower, 85 is where open threes stop paying in full. The badge requirements don't depend on the mode. The table assumes you have the badge at the top level your rating allows. The windows come from the look-to-window line in How a shot works, with your three's shot rating taken as your Three-Point. The green counts assume your releases spread much wider than the window. Hall of Fame windows are 7.5% smaller across the board, with the same shape. 2K's servers can change any of these numbers online.

2K20's badges, for comparison

Each 2K20 badge has a value for no badge, Bronze, Silver, Gold and Hall of Fame, and a second row for when the badge is boosted.

2K20's timing badges worked on the penalty and the multiplier: Flexible Release and Consistent Finisher softened a bad release, and Green Machine and Pro Touch raised a good one. 2K27's shooting badges work on rating, defense and chance. None of them scales the window directly; the window effects moved to Takeover (which, in the built-in tuning, only grows the layup window) and, in MyCAREER, to buddy skills.

Every jump shot

All 884 entries, sorted by name. The same list is available as a CSV file.