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Jabari Walker

F · 6′7″ · Current team: Philadelphia 76ers

Regular season · Mar 4, 2026 · UTA 102 @ PHI 106 · Final

Jabari Walker: season-high 22 points vs Jazz (Mar 4, 2026)

ANSWER

22 PTS · 7-of-12 FG · 4-of-7 3P · 4-of-6 FT · 28:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 3.9 PTS · 3.2 FGA · 12.1 MIN, from 51 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 52 games this season: 20.1 against a usual 3.2 (+16.9)

Season-high 22 points (previous high 20, set on Mar 3, 2026)

SURPRISE SCORE
98Rare
above usual

No more than 2 in 100 games by players at this level finish this far above their usual.

For a player who plays every game, a game this far above the usual comes about once or twice a season.

How the score works

Why did Jabari Walker score 22 points?

In 28:06 against the Jazz on Mar 4, 2026, Jabari Walker scored 22 points: 7-of-12 from the field (58.3%), 4-of-7 from three (57.1%), 4-of-6 on free throws (66.7%). Before this game, Walker averaged 3.9 points on 3.2 shots in 12.1 minutes across 51 regular-season games. No earlier game this season reached 22 points. By Game Score it was the best of 52 games this season. Walker took 12 shots, 8.8 more than usual. The 58.3% from the field compares with a usual 41.8%. By shot type: threes 12 points (usual 1.3); two-pointers 6 points (usual 1.8); free throws 4 points (usual 0.8). Playing time was 28:06, against a usual 12.1 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 25.8, against a usual 9.7. Walker had 10 rebounds, against a usual 3.1. The 76ers won 106-102 at home against the Jazz. The box score records what changed, not why: it holds no injury, matchup or coaching information.

Generated from the box score and this season's game log. How the score works

01

What changed

Walker in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (51 games)Change
Minutes28:0612.1+16.0
Points223.9+18.1
Shots (FGA) · FG%12 · 58.3%3.2 · 41.8%+8.8 · +16.5
3PA · 3P%7 · 57.1%1.5 · 29.3%+5.5 · +27.8
FTA · FT%6 · 66.7%1.0 · 74.5%+5.0 · -7.8
Rebounds103.1+6.9
Assists20.5+1.5
Turnovers10.4+0.6
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 47 games24.014.6+9.4
Game Score per 36 minutes25.89.7+16.1
02

Points by shot type

Twos, threes and free throws: the changes add up to the points change

Points by shot type against the usual line
Shot typeThis gameUsual (51 games)Change
Threes12 (4-of-7)1.3 (0.4-of-1.5)+10.7
Twos6 (3-of-5)1.8 (0.9-of-1.7)+4.2
Free throws4 (4-of-6)0.8 (0.8-of-1.0)+3.2
Total223.9+18.1
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

20.1 against a usual 3.2 (+16.9)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+13.6
Rebounds+2.8
Assists+1.1
Steals and blocks+0.2
Turnovers and fouls-0.8
Total+16.9
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 52 games, oldest first, this game last: 5.2, -2.3, 0.2, 8.7, 1.7, -0.2, 1.9, 2.3, 0.2, 9.7, -0.5, 2.5, -0.7, 11.4, 1.9, 0.3, 5.5, 3.1, 8.9, 4.4, 14.5, 2, 3.4, 6.9, 1.1, 1.9, 3.1, 2, 3, -1.4, 2.9, 6.9, -1.1, 4.7, 2.6, 3.2, 4.5, -0.8, 7.3, -0.8, 7.8, 0, -0.8, 0.3, -0.8, 4, 9.4, -0.7, -0.8, -0.4, 17.3, 20.1

Best Game Score of 52 games this season.

Previous best: 17.3, set on Mar 3, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The 76ers won 106-102 at home against the Jazz.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 3, 2026, 1 day earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Jazz this season.
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What this page cannot tell you

The same on every performance page

Limits

Box scores record what happened, not why: no injuries or health, defensive assignments, matchups, coaching decisions or play-by-play.

METHOD

Game Score against the player's own usual line. How rare a gap is comes from NBA regular-season games of 2023-24 and 2024-25, checked on 2025-26.