Shooting

Set Shot Specialist

Set Shot Specialist Badge Details

Every build should be targeting the Set Shot Specialist badge to some extent. It will help you convert stand-still at a much higher clip.

Tier Unlocks by Height

Height	Tier	Height	Tier
Height 5'9	Tier 1	Height 6'7	Tier 1
Height 5'10	Tier 1	Height 6'8	Tier 1
Height 5'11	Tier 1	Height 6'9	Tier 1
Height 6'	Tier 1	Height 6'10	Tier 1
Height 6'1	Tier 1	Height 6'11	Tier 1
Height 6'2	Tier 1	Height 7'	Tier 1
Height 6'3	Tier 1	Height 7'1	Tier 1
Height 6'4	Tier 1	Height 7'2	Tier 1
Height 6'5	Tier 1	Height 7'3	Tier 1
Height 6'6	Tier 1	Height 7'4	Tier —

NBA2k26 Shooting Badges

Set Shot Specialist

Boosts chances of knocking down stand-still jump shots.

Build Dependent

Gold+

If you can get to at least Gold through Legend even by using badge perks, you will feel some improvement in your shooting.

Set Shot Specialist Test Details

To test Set Shot Specialist, we took 200 shots for every 5 ms throughout the pure green window for each badge level. In total we took 14,000 shots. Each badge level was tested at a 93 3PT rating to account for the Max +1s and Max +2s.

Set Shot Specialist Test Results

Make % Increase compared to no badge (58% Avg Make Rate):

Legend (72% Avg Make Rate) = +14%
HoF (67% Avg Make Rate) = +9%
Gold (64% Avg Make Rate) = +6%
Silver (62% Avg Make Rate) = +4%
Bronze (60% Avg Make Rate) = +2%

Estimated Green Window:

Legend = 46 MS
HoF = 42 MS
Gold = 40 MS
Silver = 38 MS
Bronze = 37 MS
No badge = 36 MS

The lower levels (Bronze and Silver) seem underwhelming in terms of their boost in make percentage. However, they are still crucial if you plan on bumping them to Gold or HoF.

The Gold level is the start of the sweet spot in terms of value and effectiveness. There is also the potential to use a Max +2 to get to Legend.

The HoF level is extremely solid. You should clearly feel the impact.

Finally, the Legend level works as expected. Wide open shots at this level should feel like a layup. Even light contests might feel more like opens.

AttrAttribute	BrzBronze	SlvSilver	GldGold	HoF	LgdLegend
AttrAttribute Mid-Range Shot	BrzBronze 65	SlvSilver 78	GldGold 89	HoF 93	LgdLegend 98
AttrAttribute Three-Point Shot	BrzBronze 65	SlvSilver 78	GldGold 89	HoF 95	LgdLegend 98

How to Use the Badge Unlock Tool

If the first column of the row is green the attribute is REQUIRED to unlock the badge.
If the first column of the row is yellow then that category is one of multiple options to meet the requirement and there are alternative yellow rows you could choose to unlock this badge.