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NBA games · Jan 20, 2026
NBA · Regular season · Tuesday, Jan 20, 2026

Best and worst NBA performances, Jan 20, 2026

12 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Jan 20, 2026, led by Immanuel Quickley (season-high 40 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Jan 20
124ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
5ABOVE USUAL
7BELOW USUAL
2FEWER MINUTES
about 6EXPECTED 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. 124 eligible games on this night, so about 6 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. How the score works

01

Above their usual

5 players · largest change first

02

Below their usual

7 players · largest change first

Victor WembanyamaSAS @ HOU · 14 PTS · 5-of-21 FG · 29:42 MIN Usual 24.9 PTS in 29.0 MIN · Game Score 5.1 against a usual 21.2 2nd-lowest Game Score of the 29 games the source holds this season▼ 96Unusual · below usualTyrese MaxeyPHI vs PHX · 20 PTS · 7-of-25 FG · 42:42 MIN Usual 30.2 PTS in 39.4 MIN · Game Score 10.9 against a usual 24.1 Tied for the 3rd-lowest Game Score of 40 games this season▼ 95Unusual · below usualDillon BrooksPHX @ PHI · 6 PTS · 2-of-13 FG · 30:18 MIN Usual 20.9 PTS in 30.8 MIN · Game Score -0.8 against a usual 12.0 2nd-lowest Game Score of 38 games this season▼ 99Very rare · below usualDennis SchröderSAC vs MIA · 4 PTS · 2-of-7 FG · 19:12 MIN Usual 12.7 PTS in 26.8 MIN · Game Score -1.5 against a usual 10.3 2nd-lowest Game Score of 34 games this season▼ 96Unusual · below usualIn limited minutesMark WilliamsPHX @ PHI · 4 PTS · 2-of-3 FG · 18:12 MIN Usual 12.4 PTS in 24.1 MIN · Game Score 1.6 against a usual 13.2 2nd-lowest Game Score of 39 games this season▼ 96Unusual · below usualWill RichardGSW vs TOR · 0 PTS · 0-of-4 FG · 23:18 MIN Usual 7.3 PTS in 19.2 MIN · Game Score -2.9 against a usual 6.3 Matched the season low of 0 points▼ 97Unusual · below usualBrook LopezLAC @ CHI · 0 PTS · 0-of-3 FG · 14:00 MIN Usual 6.4 PTS in 17.1 MIN · Game Score -3.1 against a usual 4.3 Matched the season low of 0 points▼ 98Rare · below usual
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, 3 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