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NBA games · Jan 17, 2026
NBA · Regular season · Saturday, Jan 17, 2026

Best and worst NBA performances, Jan 17, 2026

19 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Jan 17, 2026, led by Anthony Edwards (season-high 55 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Jan 17
170ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
11ABOVE USUAL
8BELOW USUAL
2FEWER 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. 170 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

11 players · largest change first

Anthony EdwardsMIN @ SAS · 55 PTS · 19-of-33 FG · 40:06 MIN Usual 28.9 PTS in 34.9 MIN · Game Score 38.4 against a usual 21.1 Season-high 55 points (previous high 44)▲ 96Unusual · above usualSam HauserBOS @ ATL · 30 PTS · 10-of-21 FG · 30:18 MIN Usual 8.0 PTS in 22.7 MIN · Game Score 22.9 against a usual 6.2 Season-high 30 points (previous high 23)▲ 98Rare · above usualMore minutes than usualKyshawn GeorgeWAS @ DEN · 29 PTS · 10-of-20 FG · 31:54 MIN Usual 14.9 PTS in 31.2 MIN · Game Score 25.9 against a usual 11.0 2nd-best Game Score of the 32 games the source holds this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualKlay ThompsonDAL vs UTA · 23 PTS · 7-of-12 FG · 20:06 MIN Usual 11.7 PTS in 22.3 MIN · Game Score 20.1 against a usual 6.9 2nd-best Game Score of the 39 games the source holds this season▲ 97Unusual · above usualBrandon WilliamsDAL vs UTA · 22 PTS · 8-of-13 FG · 27:30 MIN Usual 11.9 PTS in 22.4 MIN · Game Score 22.0 against a usual 9.1 Best Game Score of the 36 games the source holds this season▲ 96Unusual · above usualDe'Anthony MeltonGSW vs CHA · 24 PTS · 8-of-16 FG · 21:30 MIN Usual 10.2 PTS in 20.7 MIN · Game Score 19.5 against a usual 7.2 Season-high 24 points (previous high 23)▲ 96Unusual · above usualEarly seasonDwight PowellDAL vs UTA · 10 PTS · 3-of-3 FG · 26:36 MIN Usual 2.8 PTS in 13.1 MIN · Game Score 15.8 against a usual 3.6 2nd-best Game Score of the 28 games the source holds this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualMax ChristieDAL vs UTA · 22 PTS · 7-of-13 FG · 25:48 MIN Usual 12.2 PTS in 28.9 MIN · Game Score 20.7 against a usual 9.2 3rd-best Game Score of the 38 games the source holds this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualBuddy HieldGSW vs CHA · 14 PTS · 5-of-8 FG · 17:42 MIN Usual 7.2 PTS in 16.8 MIN · Game Score 16.1 against a usual 5.0 2nd-best Game Score of 36 games this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualJoan BeringerMIN @ SAS · 10 PTS · 5-of-6 FG · 23:00 MIN Usual 2.7 PTS in 6.1 MIN · Game Score 12.7 against a usual 2.6 2nd-best Game Score of 17 games this season▲ 95Unusual · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonMaxi KleberLAL @ POR · 11 PTS · 4-of-8 FG · 20:42 MIN Usual 1.6 PTS in 11.0 MIN · Game Score 10.6 against a usual 1.2 Season-high 11 points (previous high 5)▲ 98Rare · above usualMore minutes than usualEarly seasonNew roleNew team
02

Below their usual

8 players · largest change first

Jalen JohnsonATL vs BOS · 12 PTS · 4-of-14 FG · 35:12 MIN Usual 23.1 PTS in 35.3 MIN · Game Score 5.9 against a usual 21.1 2nd-lowest Game Score of 40 games this season▼ 95Unusual · below usualDillon BrooksPHX @ NYK · 5 PTS · 2-of-13 FG · 29:00 MIN Usual 21.1 PTS in 30.7 MIN · Game Score -0.9 against a usual 12.1 Season-low 5 points (previous low 12)▼ 99Very rare · below usualTre JohnsonWAS @ DEN · 4 PTS · 1-of-10 FG · 30:42 MIN Usual 12.4 PTS in 24.3 MIN · Game Score -1.5 against a usual 8.3 Lowest Game Score of the 33 games the source holds this season▼ 98Rare · below usualVít KrejčíATL vs BOS · 3 PTS · 1-of-6 FG · 18:54 MIN Usual 10.0 PTS in 23.9 MIN · Game Score -1.1 against a usual 7.6 2nd-lowest Game Score of 40 games this season▼ 95Unusual · below usualMike ConleyMIN @ SAS · 0 PTS · 0-of-4 FG · 21:12 MIN Usual 5.1 PTS in 18.6 MIN · Game Score -2.3 against a usual 5.0 Matched the season low of 0 points▼ 98Rare · below usualLuguentz DortOKC @ MIA · 2 PTS · 1-of-5 FG · 21:54 MIN Usual 8.5 PTS in 26.9 MIN · Game Score -1.0 against a usual 6.0 2nd-lowest Game Score of the 32 games the source holds this season▼ 95Unusual · below usualGabe VincentLAL @ POR · 3 PTS · 1-of-6 FG · 22:54 MIN Usual 5.1 PTS in 20.1 MIN · Game Score -3.9 against a usual 3.0 2nd-lowest Game Score of 20 games this season▼ 98Rare · below usualEarly seasonJosh GreenCHA @ GSW · 0 PTS · 2 TOV · 15:06 MIN Usual 4.5 PTS · 0.4 TOV in 15.9 MIN · Game Score -2.2 against a usual 4.0 Lowest Game Score of 18 games this season▼ 98Rare · below usualEarly seasonNew role
03

Fewer minutes than usual

2 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: 3 with no last season, 4 with under 20 games last season, 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