In NBA 2K26, Teammate Grade and MyPOINTS are key systems that track and reward your MyPLAYER’s on-court performance. Positive and negative basketball actions affect your teammate grade and amount of MyPOINTS you can earn. This guide breaks down tips, actions, and strategies to maximize both for faster progression.
NBA 2K26 Teammate Grade
Whether you’re playing MyCAREER, Rec/Pro-Am, City, or another MyPLAYER mode, getting an A+ Teammate Grade just comes down to playing smart basketball, being effective on the court in a variety of ways, and maximizing positive players while minimizing negative plays. Every positive or negative basketball action impacts your overall teammate grade.
Tips to Improve Your Teammate Grade
- Focus on all-around play, not just scoring
- Stack positive plays (e.g., tipped pass, leading to a steal and transition dunk)
- Run pick and roll
- Avoid turnovers
- Set longer quarters (up to 12 min) for more grading chances.
Positive Actions
- Offense: Made shot/FT, good shot selection/release, score off assist, draw foul, assist, pass leading to score/foul/assist, ball movement, spacing, screens, win jump ball, posterize.
- Defense: Multiple stops, steal, block, contest, tipped pass, draw charge, hustle, double team, forced turnover.
- Rebounding: offensive and defensive rebounds, successful boxout, rebound own miss, 2nd chance points.
Negative Actions
- Offense: Bad shot selection, turnover, hold ball too long, bad FT, shooting slump, ignored/excessive call for pass.
- Defense: Leave assignment, bad steal/block attempt, bad transition D, breakdown, dunked on, excessive fouls.
NBA 2K26 MyPOINTS
MyPOINTS in NBA 2K26 are progression points that you can earn for your MyPLAYER based on how well you perform in a game. Earning MyPOINTS goes towards leveling up your MyPLAYER’s attributes to 99 overall.
Tips to Maximize Your MyPOINTS
- Play on a higher difficulty like Hall of Fame to increase MyPOINTS. The difficulty modifiers are Rookie 30%, Semi-Pro 60%, Pro 100%, All-Star 120%, Superstar 140%, and HOF 160%.
- Efficiency matters, such as a shooting a high field goal percentage
- Unlock the MyPOINTS Accelerator (see below)
Positive Actions
- Best actions: alley-oop dunks/assists, attack assists, pick & roll assists, blocks
- Finishing: Contact/acrobatic layups, poster dunks, alley-oops, runners/floaters
- Shooting: FTs, moving midrange, standstill 3s
- Playmaking: Alley-oop/attack/pick & roll assists, bodyup wins, relay/regular assists
- Defense: Steals, blocks, rebounds, bodyup losses forced, well-defended plays
- Bonus: Game won
MyPOINTS Accelerator
The MyPOINTS ACCELERATOR speeds up progression by adding a 10% bonus to the MyPOINTS you earn in MyCAREER. MyPOINTS are a form of in-game experience points that help your MyPLAYER increase their maximum overall rating and unlock new attribute upgrades.
To unlock the MyPOINTS Accelerator, complete the ‘Out of Bounds’ MYCAREER storyline by having your MyPLAYER progress from a high school prospect to the NBA Draft.
