NBA 2K24 Best Dribble Move Animations Ranking

NBA 2K24 Best Dribble Move Animations Ranking

9/14/2023 6:55:54 PM

Discover the NBA 2K24 Best Dribble Moves Tier List and level up your gameplay with top-tier dribble moves that will leave your opponents amazed!

NBA 2K24 Dribble Moves Tier List: Best Dribble Style Animations Ranking

Dribble styles could be the make or break to make your build feel sluggish or explosive, so in this guide, we're going to go ahead and test each dribble style and then grade them in a tier list to help you pick which one to use. Now we'll be grading each dribble move based on their explosiveness. So for each dribble style, we'll be showcasing their same hand speed boost which is Turbo running towards your ball hand, and we'll also see the dribble styles cross launch and all across launch is Turbo running towards your off-ball hand.

1. Kobe Bryant (S Tier)

You have to be under 6'10 with an 88 speed with the ball, you don't see his dribble style too often because the 88 speed will ball requirement, but he has a really explosive cross launch animation that will help you beat Defenders. Even his speed boost to the ball hand is really solid. And with that being said, he can speed boost both directions so we're going to go ahead and throw him in the S tier.

2. Kyrie Irving (S Tier)

To use this small guard animation, you have to be under 6'5" and you need a 90s speed with ball. But this dribble move doesn't have any weaknesses, you can speed boost with the cross launch running towards the off ball hand, and you can speed boost going towards the ball hand. So this is a dribble move you're not limited going to one direction. We think this is ultimately the best dribble move that we have so far for Season 1, so we're going to go ahead and throw in the S tier.

3. Magic Johnson (A Tier)

This is a popular dribble style in NBA 2K24 now. This is the cross launch that we see a lot in online play, it gives you a lot of explosiveness but towards the off-ball hand. It's kind of like you're running in mud, so you're going very fast one way but really slow the other way. Now having only a 75 speed with ball requirement and one of the fastest cross launches in the game right now, we're going to go ahead and put them in the A tier. He would be S tier but he does have some weaknesses.

4. Zach Levine (A Tier)

Again you have to be under 6'10 and again a 75 speed with ball requirement. Now his cross launch is a little bit of a wide angle and you don't want too wide of an angle because that gives the defender more time to catch up or cut you off. But it's still not a bad cross launch and it speed boost going to the same side ball hand is solid. Now for the requirement and really not having a weakness other than the wide angle on the cross launch, we're going to go ahead and put them in the A tier.

5. Steve Nash (B Tier)

You have to be under 6'5 and only an 83 speed with ball requirement which is also the requirement for Gold Speed Booster. Now he actually has a very solid cross launch animation which gives him a good burst of speed, and running to the ball hand is very usable. So we think people who went with the 83 Speed with Ball on a small guard to get that Gold Speed Booster threshold, this could be a solid option for you. That being said we still don't think it's a top dribble style in the game now, we're going to go ahead and throw them into a high B tier.

6. LeBron James (B Tier)

You have to be under 6'10 and need at least a 75 Speed with Ball. His speed boost towards the ball hand gives him a wider angle than most Dribble Styles, his cross launch is very solid but nothing special. With a low requirement, this could be a go-to with a 75's fuel ball build that being said we're going to go ahead and throw them in the B tier.

7. Kevin Durant (B Tier)

There is no height requirement, all you need is at least a 75 speed with ball. The first initial cross launch animation is really fast but it is shortly lived - you start the animation fast but you quickly slow down. On top of that, his same hand speed boost is relatively slow, so we're going to go ahead and put him in the B tier. But don't count this dribble style out, if you are taller or you just put your attributes somewhere else in the build and you only have a 75 steel ball, Kevin Durant is still a solid option.

8. Damien Lillard (B Tier)

This is another small guard dribble move, you can get at least a 90 speed with ball and have to be under 6'5. Damien Lillard has a bad cross launch animation but running to the same side ball hand is really solid. Nothing too special, we don't think it should take a 90 speed with ball to unlock him, because his competitor Kyrie Irving is also at a 90s speed with ball and still a solid dribble style, but we would ultimately pick Kyrie Irving over this.

9. Seimone Augustus (B Tier)

You have to be under 6'10 but you only need a 40 speed with ball to unlock this. Now she has a solid cross launch animation just the same as Steve Nash, but her speed boost to the ball hand is very slow. It's that running in mud animation that Magic Johnson gets. We don't want to throw her in the C tier here because she's only a 40s speed with ball requirement and she still has that good cross launch animation, so a very solid pick for builds like lockdowns and back ends with that lowest fuel ball rating. That being said we're going to go ahead and throw her in the low B tier.

10. Arike Ogunbowale (B Tier)

You have another 40 speed with ball requirement and this one gets a very good cross launch animation and her speed boost to running towards the ball hand isn't the running and mud animation, it's also not solid either it's kind of in between. Nonetheless, we're going to throw her in a low B too.

11. Gabby Williams (B Tier)

She has that John Morant animation for the cross launch which isn't that good, but she does have a solid speed boost running towards the ball hand. She doesn't have a running in mud animation, so you really can't go wrong, you also only need a 40 speed with ball to unlock this, so again we're gonna throw her down in the B tier.

12. John Stockton (C Tier)

This is another small guard animation, you have to be under 6'5, but you only need a 75 speed with ball to unlock this. Now he has an awful cross launch animation that very slows you down, and his same hand speed boost isn't that fast either having a competitor like Magic Johnson dribble style at the 75 steel ball threshold is tough. So we're going to go ahead and throw him in the C Tier.

13. John Moraine (C Tier)

You need an 85 speed with ball and have to be under 6'10. Now his cross launch isn't the worst but it's definitely not fast, and running to the same side ball hand - it's kind of like you're running in mud. It's the same animation as Magic Johnson. With having an 85 speed with ball threshold, we think that some at the 75 steel ball threshold are a lot better. We're going to throw him in the C Tier here just above James Harden.

14. James Harden (C Tier)

You have to be under 6'10 and at least a 75 Speed with Ball. Every time you cross launch, it makes you Freeze and stop ultimately slowing yourself down. He's also really slow going towards the same ball hand, so as of right now Season 1, this is one of the worst dribble moves to use, we're going to go ahead and throw him in the C tier.

15. Chelsea Gray (C Tier)

Another dribble style has 40 speed with ball requirement and you have to be under 6'10. Her cross launch is very shortly lived and, her speed boost to the ball hand gets that slow running in mud animation. So there is no animation out of this double style, we're going to go ahead and throw her in the C Tier.

So this is the tier list for all the dribble styles for NBA 2K24 season 1, we hope this guide helps you all out, whenever you are picking your animations for your MyPlayer builds.