Top 3 NBA 2K23 Best Shooter Builds Next & Current Gen: Pure Shooter, 2 Way Shooter & Sharpshooting Build

There is a lot of variety to the builds around the shooting guard position, follow us to look through the top 3 best NBA 2K23 shooter/shooting builds for next gen and current gen, covering a pure shooter, 2-way mid-range shooter, and sharpshooting build with details. 

Top 3 NBA 2K23 Best Shooter Builds Next & Current Gen - Best Shooting Guard Build in 2K23

Below we’ll go over three shooting guard builds in NBA 2K23 for current-gen or next-gen consoles, with position, body settings, attributes at max potential, best takeovers, and badges for each shooter build. 

1. NBA 2K23 Pure Shooter Build Next Gen - Best Shooting Build in 2K23

This is a pure shooter build created on the SG position, this will be good for any team, you can always use a 99 three-ball build. You can use it to do a lot of things, but mostly focused on shooting abilities, physicals are also an important part, not too much dunking, but you are gonna have to get open on this build and work on the moves. It is going to be absolutely overpowered with the right takeovers, make sure to have shooting takeovers.

Position and Body Settings

- Position: Shooting Guard (SG)

- Height: 6’5”

- Weight: 175 lbs

- Wingspan: 6’5”

Attributes

- Finishing: Close Shot 55, Driving Layup 67, Driving Dunk 25, Standing Dunk 25, Post Control 25

- Shooting: Mid-Range Shot 83, Three-Point Shot 99, Free Throw 75

- Playmaking: Pass Accuracy 75, Ball Handle 80, Speed With Ball 62

- Defense/Rebounding: Interior Defense 65, Perimeter Defense 80, Steal 85, Block 25, Offensive Rebound 25, Defensive Rebound 52

- Physicals: Speed 80, Acceleration 85, Strength 50, Vertical 53, Stamina 90

Takeovers

- Primary: Limitless Range

- Secondary: Anklebreaking Shots

Badges

- Shooting: Volume Shooter (Silver), Claymore (Gold), Catch & Shoot (HOF), Green Machine (HOF), Limitless Range (HOF), Deadeye (Bronze), Agent 3 (Core)

- Playmaking: Vice Grip (Gold), Ball Out (Bronze), Quick First Step (Silver), Unpluckable (Silver)

- Defensive: Baxout Beast (Bronze), Off-Ball Pest (Gold), Menace (Silver), Pick Dodger (Silver), Glove (Bronze), Interceptor (Core)

2. NBA 2K23 2-Way Mid-Range Shooter Build - All Around Kobe Bryant Build in 2K23

If you want to make a dominant Kobe Bryan build in NBA 2K23, this 2-way mid-range shooter is an all-around demigod in the game. Kobe was a pure slasher and shooter. For attributes, we’ll get the driving dunk to an 86 to unlock the Slithery and Posterizer, we also get some of the best dunk packages and pro contact dunks.

Position and Body Settings

- Position: Shooting Guard (SG)

- Height: 6’7”

- Weight: 212 lbs

- Wingspan: 7’0”

Attributes

- Finishing: Close Shot 70, Driving Layup 80, Driving Dunk 86, Standing Dunk 36, Post Control 72

- Shooting: Mid-Range Shot 84, Three-Point Shot 79, Free Throw 73

- Playmaking: Pass Accuracy 70, Ball Handle 86, Speed With Ball 80

- Defense/Rebounding: Interior Defense 60, Perimeter Defense 92, Steal 78, Block 75, Offensive Rebound 25, Defensive Rebound 66

- Physicals: Speed 82, Acceleration 80, Strength 60, Vertical 75, Stamina 92

Takeovers

- Primary: Easy Blowbys

- Secondary: Anklebreaking Shots

Badges

- Finishing: Acrobat (Silver), Backdown Punisher (Silver), Giant Slayer (Gold), Fearless Finisher (Silver), Posterizer (Silver), Limitless Takeoff (Core)

- Shooting: Amped (Gold), Guard Up (Gold), Middy Magician (HOF), Corner Specialist (Gold), Space Creator (HOF), Blinders (Core)

- Playmaking: Ankle Breaker (Gold), Hyperdrive (Gold), Quick First Step (Gold), Killer Combos (Bronze), Unpluckable (Core)

- Defensive: Ankle Braces (Gold), Anchor (Bronze), Menace (Gold), Clamps (Gold), Challenger (Core)

3. NBA 2K23 2 Way Sharpshooting Build Current & Next Gen - Best Shot Creator Build in 2K23

Moving on to the sharpshooting shot creator build, the position we choose is shooting guard, you can also go with point guard or small forward. For the attributes, go 80 on your driving layup to get that Zach Levine layup package, you can get two dominant animations in the game with that, then 80 on a driving dunk to get those quick drops, these two things are what you really want, but a build like this is not gonna be necessarily trying to get the basket all the time, you are going to be trying to three hunt with this. If you have to go to the basket, you are gonna get some really good animations. 

Position and Body Settings

- Position: Shooting Guard

- Height: 6’8”

- Weight: 191 lbs

- Wingspan: 7’1”

Attributes

- Finishing: Close Shot 62, Driving Layup 80, Driving Dunk 80, Standing Dunk 35, Post Control 25

- Shooting: Mid-Range Shot 90, Three-Point Shot 89, Free Throw 85

- Playmaking: Pass Accuracy 76, Ball Handle 89, Speed With Ball 75

- Defense/Rebounding: Interior Defense 55, Perimeter Defense 87, Steal 85, Block 70, Offensive Rebound 25, Defensive Rebound 70

- Physicals: Speed 75, Acceleration 80, Strength 37, Vertical 60, Stamina 90

Takeovers

- Primary: Limitless Range

- Secondary: Perimeter Badge Drop

Badges

- Finishing: Rise Up (Bronze), Post Spin Technician (Bronze), Backdown Punisher (Bronze), Acrobat (Silver), Aerial Wizard (Bronze), Fearless Finisher (Silver)

- Shooting: Space Creator (Silver), Amped (HOF), Volume Shooter (HOF), Agent 3 (Gold), Green Machine (HOF), Blinders (Core), Limitless Range (Silver)

- Playmaking: Hyperdrive (Gold), Ankle Breaker (HOF), Quick First Step (HOF), Handles For Days (Silver), Unpluckable (Core)

- Defensive: Chase Down Artist (Bronze), Interceptor (Bronze), Glove (Silver), Rebound Chaser (Bronze), Clamps (Core)