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NBA games · Jan 9, 2026
NBA · Regular season · Friday, Jan 9, 2026

Best and worst NBA performances, Jan 9, 2026

14 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Jan 9, 2026, led by Kenrich Williams (21 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Jan 9
179ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
6ABOVE USUAL
8BELOW USUAL
4FEWER MINUTES
about 9EXPECTED 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. 179 eligible games on this night, so about 9 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

8 players · largest change first

Christian BraunDEN vs ATL · 0 PTS · 0-of-5 FG · 24:48 MIN Usual 11.3 PTS in 30.2 MIN · Game Score -4.0 against a usual 9.7▼ 99Very rare · below usualEarly seasonDeandre AytonLAL vs MIL · 4 PTS · 2-of-6 FG · 23:36 MIN Usual 14.2 PTS in 29.5 MIN · Game Score 1.1 against a usual 12.9 Lowest Game Score of 32 games this season▼ 95Unusual · below usualIvica ZubacLAC @ BKN · 5 PTS · 1-of-5 FG · 24:54 MIN Usual 15.3 PTS in 31.6 MIN · Game Score 3.1 against a usual 14.7 Lowest Game Score of 32 games this season▼ 95Unusual · below usualVít KrejčíATL @ DEN · 0 PTS · 0-of-8 FG · 27:18 MIN Usual 10.5 PTS in 24.1 MIN · Game Score -2.7 against a usual 8.0 Matched the season low of 0 points▼ 98Rare · below usualCollin GillespiePHX vs NYK · 6 PTS · 2-of-8 FG · 28:00 MIN Usual 13.6 PTS in 28.0 MIN · Game Score 2.2 against a usual 12.2 2nd-lowest Game Score of 38 games this season▼ 96Unusual · below usualKhris MiddletonWAS vs NOP · 4 PTS · 2-of-5 FG · 20:54 MIN Usual 10.0 PTS in 24.5 MIN · Game Score -0.6 against a usual 7.8 Lowest Game Score of the 24 games the source holds this season▼ 97Unusual · below usualIsaiah JoeOKC @ MEM · 3 PTS · 0-of-6 FG · 15:36 MIN Usual 9.9 PTS in 20.0 MIN · Game Score -0.7 against a usual 7.5 3rd-lowest Game Score of the 30 games the source holds this season▼ 95Unusual · below usualTyler KolekNYK @ PHX · 2 PTS · 1-of-4 FG · 10:12 MIN Usual 5.2 PTS in 13.4 MIN · Game Score -2.5 against a usual 4.4 2nd-lowest Game Score of the 33 games the source holds this season▼ 95Unusual · below usual
03

Fewer minutes than usual

4 players · minutes only, no score

04

Not scored

Played, with no score shown

  • 6 players with fewer than 10 games this season and no usable last season: 2 with no last season, 1 with under 20 games last season, 1 in a new role, 2 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