Weekly Digest

STATE OF THE LEAGUE

The NBA week of January 26 through February 1, 2026 — top performers, biggest movers, and the single best impact games of the week.

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TOP PERFORMERS

Highest average Net Impact this week (minimum 2 games played).

1
DAL DAL
Cooper Flagg
2 GP
+38.3
2
DEN DEN
Nikola Jokić
2 GP
+29.9
3
LAL LAL
Luka Dončić
4 GP
+26.8
4
NOP NOP
Saddiq Bey
4 GP
+26.0
5
PHI PHI
Joel Embiid
3 GP
+25.9
6
DET DET
Jalen Duren
4 GP
+22.7
7
BKN BKN
Michael Porter Jr.
3 GP
+22.3
8
ORL ORL
Paolo Banchero
4 GP
+22.3
9
CLE CLE
Jarrett Allen
4 GP
+22.3
10
OKC OKC
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
4 GP
+21.7

BIGGEST IMPROVERS

Week-over-week impact delta.

DAL
Cooper Flagg
9.1 → 38.3
+29.2
DET
Cade Cunningham
-0.4 → 19.7
+20.1
PHX
Dillon Brooks
1.5 → 21.6
+20.1
DEN
Tim Hardaway Jr.
-5.2 → 9.3
+14.5
DET
Tobias Harris
-1.2 → 13.2
+14.4

BIGGEST DECLINERS

Sharpest week-over-week drop.

GSW
Buddy Hield
19.5 → -5.0
-24.6
OKC
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
42.5 → 21.7
-20.9
TOR
Sandro Mamukelashvili
17.1 → -0.1
-17.2
POR
Deni Avdija
15.4 → -1.5
-16.8
MIA
Simone Fontecchio
9.7 → -7.1
-16.8

BEST SINGLE-GAME IMPACTS

The five biggest individual performances by Net Impact this week.

1
CLE CLE
Jarrett Allen
40 PTS · 17 REB · 5 AST · Feb 1
+59.5
2
DEN DEN
Nikola Jokić
31 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST · Jan 30
+49.6
3
DAL DAL
Cooper Flagg
49 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST · Jan 29
+47.8
4
PHX PHX
Dillon Brooks
40 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST · Jan 29
+42.4
5
LAL LAL
Deandre Ayton
28 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST · Jan 30
+41.9