NBA The Run Trophy Guide: All 26 Trophies [PS5]

Q: How do you unlock the Street Legends trophies?

Three trophies connect directly to Street Legends: For the Streets (win a tournament with any Street Legend), Home Team Rules (win with a crew of 3 Street Legends), and Kool Bob Love (unlock Bobbito). The unlock rates tell the story here. Kool Bob Love sits at roughly 0.1%, and Home Team Rules is barely above that. Bobbito and the other Street Legends appear to require significant CRED investment or specific progression milestones to unlock. The smartest approach is to work toward For the Streets first, since it only requires one Street Legend on your crew. Once you have that, you have already made progress toward the harder Home Team Rules trophy.

NBA THE RUN launched on PS5 on June 9, 2026, and its trophy list is already splitting the player base into two camps: those who grabbed the easy bronze trophies and moved on, and the dedicated few grinding toward a platinum that currently sits at 0% completion across all tracked players. There are 26 trophies total, split across 10 bronze, 9 silver, 6 gold, and 1 platinum, and the gap between the easiest and hardest unlocks is enormous. This guide breaks down every trophy, what actually triggers it, and where to focus your time.

What trophies are in NBA The Run?

The full list covers a wide range of activities: ranking up, winning tournaments in different modes, unlocking specific Ballers, customizing your roster, and hitting some genuinely brutal progression milestones. The platinum, For All The Cookies, requires every other trophy, and given that several gold trophies sit at 0.00% unlock rate weeks after launch, it is a serious long-term commitment.

Here is the complete breakdown organized by difficulty tier:

Easy trophies (grab these first)

These are the trophies you will unlock naturally just by playing through the early game. Do not overthink them.

Welcome to The Run (Bronze): Reach Rank 1. This is essentially the tutorial trophy. Over 72% of players have it, and it was first unlocked within minutes of the game going live on June 9, 2026.
The Prodigy (Bronze): Unlock Shen Tong. Sitting at around 40-55% unlock rate depending on the tracker, this is one of the most common trophies in the game.
Tournament Champs (Bronze): Win a KO Squads tournament. Just under 40-55% of players have this one. Play with a squad, win once.
Street Gear (Bronze): Buy any item from The Shop. One purchase is all it takes. Around 36-56% of players have already done this.
Crushed It (Silver): Activate In The Zone 20 times. At roughly 20-24% unlock rate, this takes more games than the above but is not mechanically difficult.
Customize (Bronze): Update both the Badge and Banner in The Locker. Head to The Locker, change both, done. Around 15-30% of players have this.
Well Traveled (Silver): Get a win on every Court. Roughly 15-23% unlock rate. You need to actively seek out different courts rather than replaying favorites.

tip

Run through The Locker customization options immediately after your first session. The Customize and A New Fit trophies both require visiting that menu, so knock them out in one sitting.

Mid-tier trophies (require deliberate effort)

These trophies demand specific game modes or sustained play. They are not hard, but they will not come passively.

Flying Solo (Silver): Win a KO Solos tournament. About 13-22% of players have this. Solo play is harder than squad play by default, so expect to spend time here.
Besties 4 Ever (Silver): Win 5 tournaments with another player in KO Squads or KO Friends. Around 13-17% unlock rate. You need a consistent partner and five wins together.
Invite Only (Silver): Win a KO Friends Tournament. Roughly 6-17% of players have unlocked this. Requires setting up a Friends tournament specifically.
Win Streak (Silver): Win 3 consecutive tournaments. About 8-18% unlock rate. Three in a row with no losses between them.
A New Fit (Bronze): Assign an outfit to a Baller. Around 8-20% have this despite it sounding simple. You need to actually navigate the outfit assignment screen.
Sharpshooter (Gold): Unlock DJ. Only 11-13% of players have this, making it one of the rarer non-ultra trophies. Check the NBA The Run best players guide to understand which Ballers to prioritize unlocking.
For the Streets (Gold): Win a tournament with any of the Street Legends. Only 2-8% of players have managed this, which suggests Street Legends either require significant unlocking effort or are genuinely harder to win with.

Assign outfits in The Locker

warning

Do not ignore the Invite Only trophy early on. Setting up a KO Friends Tournament requires coordinating with another player, and the longer you wait, the harder it becomes to find active friends still playing the game.

Hard trophies (the real grind)

This is where the platinum separates serious players from everyone else. These trophies have unlock rates so low they are effectively at zero for most of the current player base.

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Legendary (Rank 50), Now I Am the Master (Mastery Rank 23), Money Bags (100,000 CRED), Full Roster, and All For One all sit at 0% completion across hundreds of tracked players. These are marathon trophies that require sustained play well beyond what most players put into a single game.

Rank 50 is a serious grind

How do you unlock the Street Legends trophies?

Three trophies connect directly to Street Legends: For the Streets (win a tournament with any Street Legend), Home Team Rules (win with a crew of 3 Street Legends), and Kool Bob Love (unlock Bobbito). The unlock rates tell the story here. Kool Bob Love sits at roughly 0.1%, and Home Team Rules is barely above that. Bobbito and the other Street Legends appear to require significant CRED investment or specific progression milestones to unlock.

The smartest approach is to work toward For the Streets first, since it only requires one Street Legend on your crew. Once you have that, you have already made progress toward the harder Home Team Rules trophy.

tip

Prioritize earning CRED through tournament wins rather than spending it on cosmetics early. The Money Bags trophy requires 100,000 CRED total earned, and unlocking Street Legends likely costs a significant portion of that.

What is the fastest path to platinum?

Given the current state of the trophy list, there is no fast path to platinum. The honest answer is that this game rewards sustained play over weeks or months. That said, here is the logical order to work through the list:

Play your first session normally and grab Welcome to The Run, The Prodigy, Tournament Champs, and Street Gear without trying.
Head to The Locker immediately for Customize and A New Fit.
Set up a KO Friends Tournament with a friend for Invite Only before your group stops playing.
Focus on KO Solos for Flying Solo and keep winning for Win Streak.
Seek out every available Court to knock out Well Traveled.
Begin saving CRED aggressively for Street Legend unlocks.
Work toward Bigger, Faster, Stronger by assigning all Advanced Dunk and Taunt Slots as you unlock them.
Accept that Legendary, Now I Am the Master, Money Bags, Full Roster, and All For One will take the longest and plan accordingly.

For deeper strategy on which Ballers to run during your tournament grind, the NBA The Run strategy guides cover roster decisions and tournament approaches in detail.

KO modes cover multiple trophies

Is the NBA The Run platinum worth chasing?

That depends entirely on how much you enjoy the game's core loop. The easy trophies are genuinely fun to unlock and come naturally. The hard trophies, especially the rank and mastery grind, require a real commitment. With 0 platinum achievers across all trackers as of mid-June 2026, nobody has proved it is even feasible at this point.

NBA THE RUN sits comfortably among sports games with trophy lists designed to separate casual players from completionists. If you are in it for the platinum, start early, play consistently, and do not blow your CRED on cosmetics before unlocking the characters you need.