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NBA games · Jan 22, 2026
NBA · Regular season · Thursday, Jan 22, 2026

Best and worst NBA performances, Jan 22, 2026

12 NBA players finished far above or below their usual on Jan 22, 2026, led by Peyton Watson (season-high 35 points).

Showing: Regular seasonUsual: each player's games before Jan 22
147ELIGIBLEScored, with 12+ usual minutes or 20+ played
5ABOVE USUAL
7BELOW USUAL
2FEWER MINUTES
about 7EXPECTED 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. 147 eligible games on this night, so about 7 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

Anthony BlackORL vs CHA · 4 PTS · 1-of-11 FG · 27:36 MIN Usual 15.8 PTS in 30.1 MIN · Game Score -3.6 against a usual 11.7 Lowest Game Score of the 40 games the source holds this season▼ 98Rare · below usualTim Hardaway Jr.DEN @ WAS · 2 PTS · 1-of-8 FG · 19:42 MIN Usual 13.9 PTS in 27.4 MIN · Game Score -3.7 against a usual 10.0 Season-low 2 points (previous low 4)▼ 99Very rare · below usualIn limited minutesJaime Jaquez Jr.MIA @ POR · 4 PTS · 1-of-7 FG · 25:48 MIN Usual 15.6 PTS in 28.8 MIN · Game Score 1.1 against a usual 12.7 Matched the season low of 4 points▼ 95Unusual · below usualHarrison BarnesSAS @ UTA · 2 PTS · 1-of-5 FG · 21:54 MIN Usual 11.0 PTS in 28.4 MIN · Game Score -1.1 against a usual 8.5 Matched the season low of 2 points among the games the source holds▼ 95Unusual · below usualIsaiah CollierUTA vs SAS · 7 PTS · 6 TOV · 3-of-8 FG · 20:06 MIN Usual 8.9 PTS · 2.2 TOV in 23.3 MIN · Game Score -0.5 against a usual 8.7 Lowest Game Score of 37 games this season▼ 96Unusual · below usualJase RichardsonORL vs CHA · 2 PTS · 1-of-5 FG · 23:30 MIN Usual 5.7 PTS in 11.9 MIN · Game Score -1.9 against a usual 4.3 Lowest Game Score of the 28 games the source holds this season▼ 95Unusual · below usualNicolas BatumLAC vs LAL · 0 PTS · 0-of-3 FG · 16:42 MIN Usual 4.7 PTS in 20.2 MIN · Game Score -0.8 against a usual 3.9 Matched the season low of 0 points▼ 95Unusual · below usual
03

Fewer minutes than usual

2 players · minutes only, no score

04

Not scored

Played, with no score shown

  • 3 players with fewer than 10 games this season and no usable last season: 1 with no last season, 1 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