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NBA games · Jan 7, 2026
NBA · Regular season · Wednesday, Jan 7, 2026

Best and worst NBA performances, Jan 7, 2026

11 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Jan 7, 2026, led by Isaiah Stewart (31 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Jan 7
220ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
6ABOVE USUAL
5BELOW USUAL
6FEWER 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. 220 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

6 players · largest change first

02

Below their usual

5 players · largest change first

03

Fewer minutes than usual

6 players · minutes only, no score

04

Not scored

Played, with no score shown

  • 8 players with fewer than 10 games this season and no usable last season: 4 with no last season, 2 with under 20 games last season, 1 in a new role, 1 on a new team
METHOD

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