Weekly Digest

STATE OF THE LEAGUE

The NBA week of February 16 through February 22, 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
DEN DEN
Nikola Jokić
3 GP
+34.5
2
DET DET
Cade Cunningham
2 GP
+27.3
3
ORL ORL
Desmond Bane
3 GP
+26.8
4
HOU HOU
Kevin Durant
2 GP
+24.3
5
PHI PHI
Tyrese Maxey
3 GP
+22.9
6
LAL LAL
Luka Dončić
2 GP
+22.7
7
NOP NOP
Zion Williamson
2 GP
+22.1
8
MIN MIN
Anthony Edwards
2 GP
+21.9
9
CLE CLE
Jarrett Allen
3 GP
+21.8
10
NYK NYK
Karl-Anthony Towns
3 GP
+21.3

BIGGEST IMPROVERS

Week-over-week impact delta.

DAL
Khris Middleton
-2.8 → 14.5
+17.3
LAL
Austin Reaves
1.4 → 18.5
+17.0
DEN
Nikola Jokić
17.9 → 34.5
+16.6
HOU
Kevin Durant
10.1 → 24.3
+14.2
NOP
Zion Williamson
8.7 → 22.1
+13.4

BIGGEST DECLINERS

Sharpest week-over-week drop.

MIN
Julius Randle
23.3 → -3.7
-27.0
MIN
Jaden McDaniels
15.4 → -6.8
-22.3
MIL
AJ Green
6.2 → -15.3
-21.5
DAL
Naji Marshall
18.2 → -0.3
-18.5
LAL
Marcus Smart
3.8 → -12.2
-16.0

BEST SINGLE-GAME IMPACTS

The five biggest individual performances by Net Impact this week.

1
DEN DEN
Nikola Jokić
35 PTS · 20 REB · 12 AST · Feb 22
+49.7
2
DEN DEN
Nikola Jokić
32 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST · Feb 20
+45.9
3
CHA CHA
LaMelo Ball
37 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST · Feb 22
+38.2
4
DET DET
Cade Cunningham
42 PTS · 8 REB · 13 AST · Feb 19
+37.4
5
CLE CLE
Jarrett Allen
26 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST · Feb 20
+36.4