NBA · Regular season · Thursday, Dec 18, 2025
Best and worst NBA performances, Dec 18, 2025
22 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Dec 18, 2025, led by Luka Dončić (45 points).
Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Dec 18
212ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
14ABOVE USUAL
8BELOW USUAL
4FEWER MINUTES
about 11EXPECTED BY DESIGNPer list, above and below, on an ordinary night
How to read this
The Above and Below lists hold games further from the player's usual than at least 95 in 100 comparable games, so an ordinary night still fills both lists. 212 eligible games on this night, so about 11 would land in each list even on an ordinary night. Fewer minutes than usual shows minutes only, never a score. Each list runs from the largest Game Score change down. "Early season" marks a usual line built from fewer than 20 of the player's games this season. How the score works
01
Above their usual
14 players · largest change first
Luka DončićLAL @ UTA · 45 PTS · 14-of-28 FG · 39:36 MIN
Usual 34.5 PTS in 37.3 MIN · Game Score 46.9 against a usual 27.3
Best Game Score of 20 games this season▲ 98Rare · above usualTyler KolekNYK @ IND · 16 PTS · 7-of-10 FG · 26:12 MIN
Usual 3.6 PTS in 9.9 MIN · Game Score 21.8 against a usual 3.1
Season-high 16 points among the games the source holds (previous high 8)▲ 99Very rare · above usualMaxime RaynaudSAC @ POR · 29 PTS · 10-of-20 FG · 36:54 MIN
Usual 8.5 PTS in 18.5 MIN · Game Score 23.7 against a usual 6.6
Season-high 29 points (previous high 25)▲ 98Rare · above usualBrandon MillerCHA vs ATL · 26 PTS · 9-of-15 FG · 35:18 MIN
Usual 18.6 PTS in 30.2 MIN · Game Score 27.3 against a usual 11.1▲ 97Unusual · above usualJalen JohnsonATL @ CHA · 43 PTS · 16-of-27 FG · 39:30 MIN
Usual 22.8 PTS in 35.1 MIN · Game Score 37.0 against a usual 21.6
Season-high 43 points (previous high 41)▲ 95Unusual · above usualWendell Carter Jr.ORL @ DEN · 26 PTS · 11-of-15 FG · 28:36 MIN
Usual 11.7 PTS in 29.7 MIN · Game Score 24.7 against a usual 10.5
Season-high 26 points among the games the source holds (previous high 19)▲ 98Rare · above usualSaddiq BeyNOP vs HOU · 29 PTS · 11-of-18 FG · 34:18 MIN
Usual 14.2 PTS in 29.2 MIN · Game Score 25.6 against a usual 12.1
Season-high 29 points (previous high 25)▲ 95Unusual · above usualDeMar DeRozanSAC @ POR · 33 PTS · 10-of-16 FG · 34:48 MIN
Usual 17.7 PTS in 32.9 MIN · Game Score 27.5 against a usual 14.1
Matched the season high of 33 points▲ 95Unusual · above usualKel'el WareMIA @ BKN · 22 PTS · 8-of-11 FG · 30:18 MIN
Usual 11.1 PTS in 23.9 MIN · Game Score 25.0 against a usual 11.7
Matched the season high of 22 points▲ 95Unusual · above usualHerbert JonesNOP vs HOU · 18 PTS · 8 STL · 7-of-14 FG · 38:12 MIN
Usual 9.6 PTS · 1.4 STL in 28.7 MIN · Game Score 19.7 against a usual 6.8
Season-high 8 steals (previous high 4)▲ 95Unusual · above usualBobby Portis Jr.MIL vs TOR · 24 PTS · 9-of-16 FG · 39:30 MIN
Usual 11.9 PTS in 21.7 MIN · Game Score 20.9 against a usual 8.8
2nd-best Game Score of 28 games this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualCameron JohnsonDEN vs ORL · 19 PTS · 6-of-9 FG · 35:42 MIN
Usual 11.4 PTS in 30.7 MIN · Game Score 20.0 against a usual 8.4
2nd-best Game Score of 25 games this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualDylan HarperSAS vs WAS · 24 PTS · 9-of-13 FG · 22:36 MIN
Usual 13.4 PTS in 21.7 MIN · Game Score 21.5 against a usual 10.0▲ 95Unusual · above usualJalen PickettDEN vs ORL · 9 PTS · 7 AST · 3-of-7 FG · 23:54 MIN
Usual 2.6 PTS · 1.3 AST in 8.8 MIN · Game Score 11.5 against a usual 2.4▲ 95Unusual · above usual
02
Below their usual
8 players · largest change first
De'Aaron FoxSAS vs WAS · 6 PTS · 1-of-8 FG · 25:00 MIN
Usual 23.9 PTS in 33.1 MIN · Game Score 4.4 against a usual 18.0
Season-low 6 points among the games the source holds (previous low 13)▼ 97Unusual · below usualTobias HarrisDET @ DAL · 0 PTS · 0-of-5 FG · 18:12 MIN
Usual 14.4 PTS in 29.3 MIN · Game Score -1.0 against a usual 10.9
Season-low 0 points among the games the source holds (previous low 9)▼ 99Very rare · below usualBam AdebayoMIA @ BKN · 8 PTS · 4-of-13 FG · 31:06 MIN
Usual 19.2 PTS in 30.9 MIN · Game Score 4.4 against a usual 15.8
2nd-lowest Game Score of 21 games this season▼ 95Unusual · below usualHarrison BarnesSAS vs WAS · 2 PTS · 0-of-6 FG · 18:12 MIN
Usual 13.5 PTS in 31.1 MIN · Game Score -0.5 against a usual 10.7
Season-low 2 points among the games the source holds (previous low 4)▼ 96Unusual · below usualLuguentz DortOKC vs LAC · 0 PTS · 0-of-6 FG · 18:06 MIN
Usual 8.4 PTS in 28.7 MIN · Game Score -4.6 against a usual 6.3
Season-low 0 points among the games the source holds (previous low 3)▼ 99Very rare · below usualJabari Smith Jr.HOU @ NOP · 12 PTS · 5-of-18 FG · 44:06 MIN
Usual 15.4 PTS in 34.0 MIN · Game Score 2.0 against a usual 11.7
Lowest Game Score of 23 games this season▼ 97Unusual · below usualBilal CoulibalyWAS @ SAS · 3 PTS · 1-of-7 FG · 22:36 MIN
Usual 9.7 PTS in 28.6 MIN · Game Score -1.7 against a usual 7.6▼ 97Unusual · below usualKlay ThompsonDAL vs DET · 5 PTS · 2-of-8 FG · 19:18 MIN
Usual 11.1 PTS in 21.8 MIN · Game Score -0.9 against a usual 6.3
3rd-lowest Game Score of the 25 games the source holds this season▼ 95Unusual · below usual
03
Fewer minutes than usual
4 players · minutes only, no score
Duncan RobinsonDET @ DAL · the box score does not record why13:00MIN · usual 30.9Jonathan KumingaGSW @ PHX · the box score does not record why9:30MIN · usual 25.6Yves MissiNOP vs HOU · the box score does not record why6:24MIN · usual 18.8Ausar ThompsonDET @ DAL · the box score does not record why8:54MIN · usual 27.4
04
Not scored
Played, with no score shown
- 21 players with fewer than 10 games this season and no usable last season: 5 with no last season, 3 with under 20 games last season, 10 in a new role, 3 on a new team
- 1 player listed as playing, with no minutes recorded
Game Score against each 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. How the score works