How are awards decided?
Every award the box score decides has a window, and below its floor you never win it. The team selections (All-Star, All-League, All-Defensive, All-Rookie) name many players, so from the top of the window you always make the team, and in between the rest of the league decides that season. The trophies with one winner (MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Sixth Man, Most Improved and the five league leader titles) are races: the floor gets you in, your odds grow with your line up to the award's best at the top of the window, and each time you already won it in that league takes a quarter off them. A season also needs enough games: 75% of the schedule for MVP, 70% for the All-League Team and the league leader titles, 45% for the All-Star Game.
Most bars use impact, a per-game production score: points + 0.65 × rebounds + 0.8 × assists + 1.8 × steals and blocks. A season of 25 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists with 2 steals and blocks is an impact of about 39.
The windows are written in NBA numbers, and every other league scales them to what its own best players post: that is the first column below. The second column is the league's prestige. It multiplies the odds of every race outside the NBA, the chance of a team selection outside the NBA and the EuroLeague, and the chance of the honors a season line cannot settle (the Hustle Award, sportsmanship, Teammate of the Year, Social Justice Champion, the captaincy). For those last ones the chance also shrinks by 12% a year from age 33 (5% for an NBA player with talent 86+ and an MVP), and a captain's re-election ignores both.
An event can settle an award before the season ends. An MVP the event hands you is on the record whatever the window says, and an award it gives to someone else stays off it.
| League | Bar scale | Prestige |
|---|---|---|
| NBA | 100% | 1 |
| EuroLeague | 80% | 0.82 |
| China | 95% | 0.52 |
| European minor league | 74% | 0.42 |
| G League | 85% | 0.28 |
| NCAA | 78% | 0.2 |
| US high school | 74% | 0.08 |
Every award and what it takes
Each row gives where the award can be won and what it takes, in NBA numbers.
| Award | Where | What it takes |
|---|---|---|
| Most Valuable Player | Any league | A race from an impact of 40 in NBA numbers: 10% there, 40% from 50, halved by every MVP you already won. It also takes 75% of the games and a winning team (team quality of 0.5 or more). |
| Finals MVP | Leagues with playoffs | Win the title with an impact of 30 or more: a 65% chance, in any league with playoffs. |
| All-League Team | Any league | Automatic with an MVP. Otherwise an impact from 40 to 48 and 70% of the games played. |
| All-Star Selection | NBA only | Automatic with an All-League Team, or with 25 points a night. Otherwise an impact from 28 to 34. Either way, 45% of the games played. |
| All-Star Game MVP | NBA only | An All-Star selection and an impact of 34 or more: a 12% chance. |
| In-Season Cup MVP | NBA only | An impact of 32 or more: an 8% chance. |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Any league | A race from 3.6 steals plus blocks a game in NBA numbers: 6% there, 25% from 4.6, halved by every previous win. It also takes 70% of the games, 26 minutes a night and defense of 82 or more. |
| All-Defensive Team | Any league | Automatic with Defensive Player of the Year. Otherwise 3.4 to 4.4 steals plus blocks a game, 60% of the games, 22 minutes a night and defense of 80 or more. |
| Rookie of the Year | Any league | Your first season in that league, aged 21 or younger (or up to a year past your draft age), with 60% of the games: a race from an impact of 22, 15% there and 60% from 30. |
| All-Rookie Team | Any league | Every Rookie of the Year makes it, and so does any other rookie with half the games played and an impact of 14 or more. |
| Sixth Man of the Year | Any league | Started under 40% of your games, no star contract and 70% of the games: a race from an impact of 20, 10% there and 40% from 26, halved by every previous win. |
| Most Improved Player | Any league | Once per career, with an impact of 20 or more and 60% of the games: a race from a jump of 5 over your last season in the same league, 10% there and 40% from 9. |
| Clutch Player of the Year | Any league | 20 points a game or more in NBA numbers and leadership of 64 or more: a 10% chance. |
| Scoring Champion | Any league | A race from 29 points a game in NBA numbers: 4% there, 15% from 33, halved by every previous title. It also takes 70% of the games. |
| Assists Leader | Any league | A race from 9.5 assists a game in NBA numbers: 4% there, 15% from 11.5, halved by every previous title. It also takes 70% of the games. |
| Rebounding Leader | Any league | A race from 12.5 rebounds a game in NBA numbers: 4% there, 15% from 14.5, halved by every previous title. It also takes 70% of the games. |
| Blocks Leader | Any league | A race from 2.7 blocks a game in NBA numbers: 4% there, 15% from 3.5, halved by every previous title. It also takes 70% of the games. |
| Steals Leader | Any league | A race from 2 steals a game in NBA numbers: 4% there, 15% from 2.4, halved by every previous title. It also takes 70% of the games. |
| Hustle Award | Any league | Over 1.5 steals plus blocks and over 1.8 offensive rebounds a game: a 12% chance. |
| Sportsmanship Award | Any league | Reputation 70+, leadership 60+ and under 2.2 fouls a game: a 9% chance. |
| Teammate of the Year | Any league | Aged 27+, reputation 72+, morale 60+ and leadership 70+: a 9% chance. |
| Social Justice Champion | Any league | Reputation 68+, popularity 68+ and leadership 66+: a 3% chance. |
| Team Captain | Pro leagues | Aged 25+, leadership 72+ and at least one season already played in that league: a 22% chance. A captain keeps the armband 85% of the time. |
| Conference Champion | NCAA only | Your college team wins its conference tournament, with a chance that grows with team quality, capped at 60%. It guarantees a place in March Madness. |
| Olympic Gold Medal | National team | Win the Olympic final with your national team. |
| Olympic Silver Medal | National team | Finish second at the Olympics. |
| Olympic Bronze Medal | National team | Finish third at the Olympics. |
| World Champion | National team | Win the World Cup with your national team. |
| World Cup Silver Medal | National team | Finish second at the World Cup. |
| World Cup Bronze Medal | National team | Finish third at the World Cup. |
How do I win MVP?
MVP is a race. An impact of 40 in NBA numbers gets you into it with a 10% chance, and the chance grows with your line to 40% from 50, because another player can post a season too. Each MVP you already won takes a quarter off your odds at the next one, the season needs 75% of the games, and the voters read the standings, so your team must be winning. 30 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists with 3 steals and blocks is an impact of about 46. MVP exists in every league, with the window scaled to that league and the odds to its prestige.
The All-Star selection only exists in the NBA. It comes with any All-League Team or 25 points a night, and otherwise takes an impact from 28 to 34, always with 45% of the games played. Only an All-Star can be All-Star Game MVP.
How do you win a title?
Every league except high school ends with playoffs. Your team's quality blends your production in points, rebounds and assists (42%), the strength of your club (30%), a supporting cast drawn at random (15%) and the share of games you played (10%). Below 0.40 on that 0 to 1 scale (0.42 in college), your team misses the playoffs.
The NBA and college play four rounds to the title, every other league three. Each round is one check against an opponent drawn between 0.40 and 0.85: your chance is your quality divided by the sum of both, kept between 12% and 90% (28% and 74% in college, where one bad night ends a season).
In college, the conference tournament comes first: the better your team, the likelier the title, up to 60%. Winning it guarantees a place in the national tournament even when your team would have missed it.
A champion with an impact of 30 or more in NBA numbers is named Finals MVP 65% of the time, in any league with playoffs.
An event set in the postseason settles part of the run: after a game seven won, your team got past that series; after a final lost, it finished runner-up. The simulated playoffs then stay inside what the event told, and a postseason story only comes to a team good enough to be there.
National team medals
A World Cup summer and an Olympic summer each come around once every four seasons. Your federation calls you from age 18 if you play in the NBA or the EuroLeague with health of 35 or more; before 22, only a top-10 draft pick gets the call. A US player also needs an NBA club and, at some point in the career, an All-Star Selection, an All-League Team, an MVP, an All-Star Game MVP or a Finals MVP. The call also needs a selection score (talent, plus 0.3 × reputation, plus 10 in the NBA or 4 in the EuroLeague) that clears your country's twelfth-man bar; that score and your country's depth set your role, from twelfth man to team leader.
Saying yes carries a 7% chance of an injury that ends the summer without a medal. Otherwise Team USA wins Olympic gold 90% of the time and World Cup gold 70%. The other five nations start between 4% and 7% for Olympic gold and between 7% and 11% for World Cup gold, and a big role with talent above 78 raises those odds.
What do awards change?
At the end of the season, each headline award adds 3 popularity (12 at most) and 4 reputation (16 at most), and winning at least one adds a point of leadership. Medals are counted apart: the tournament itself moves your reputation and popularity the day it ends.
These awards are honors without that bonus: All-Rookie Team, All-Defensive Team, Team Captain, Conference Champion, Hustle Award, Sportsmanship Award, Teammate of the Year, and Social Justice Champion.
Every award also counts on the legacy ladder. An NBA MVP weighs 8 and a Finals MVP 5. A medal is scaled by passport: an Olympic gold weighs about 10 for most countries, more than an MVP, and 4.4 for a US player. An award won outside the NBA counts for less, from 65% in the EuroLeague down to 3% in high school.
Common questions
How do I win MVP in Bball Destiny?
Post an MVP line: an impact of 40 or more in NBA numbers (points, plus 0.65 per rebound, 0.8 per assist and 1.8 per steal or block), over 75% of the games, for a winning team. That puts you in the race, with 10% at the floor and up to 40% from 50, and each MVP you already won takes a quarter off it.
Can I be an All-Star outside the NBA?
No. The All-Star selection and the All-Star Game MVP only exist in the NBA. Most other awards, MVP included, can be won in any league, with bars scaled to that league.
How do I win a championship?
Make the playoffs, then win every round: four in the NBA and in college, three elsewhere. Your production weighs 42% of your team's quality and your club's strength 30%, so a star on a strong club goes furthest. High school has no playoffs.
Can I win Rookie of the Year if I am drafted at 22?
Yes. Your first season in a league counts as a rookie season up to age 21, or up to one year past the age you were drafted. With 60% of the games and an impact of 22 or more in NBA numbers you are in the race, up to 60% from 30.
Do awards won in college or in Europe count?
Yes. They count toward build unlocks and on the legacy ladder, at a reduced weight there: 65% in the EuroLeague, 20% in the European minor league, 8% in college.