Weekly Digest

STATE OF THE LEAGUE

The NBA week of March 2 through March 8, 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
MIN MIN
Anthony Edwards
3 GP
+31.5
2
SAS SAS
Victor Wembanyama
4 GP
+31.2
3
LAC LAC
Kawhi Leonard
4 GP
+28.6
4
DEN DEN
Nikola Jokić
3 GP
+27.4
5
LAL LAL
Luka Dončić
4 GP
+23.8
6
HOU HOU
Amen Thompson
4 GP
+23.0
7
ATL ATL
Jalen Johnson
2 GP
+22.9
8
MIA MIA
Bam Adebayo
4 GP
+21.9
9
NYK NYK
Karl-Anthony Towns
4 GP
+20.0
10
DET DET
Jalen Duren
3 GP
+18.9

BIGGEST IMPROVERS

Week-over-week impact delta.

SAS
Victor Wembanyama
11.6 → 31.2
+19.6
MIN
Anthony Edwards
12.6 → 31.5
+19.0
WAS
Sharife Cooper
-8.5 → 9.8
+18.3
HOU
Amen Thompson
4.8 → 23.0
+18.2
CHI
Collin Sexton
-1.6 → 16.1
+17.8

BIGGEST DECLINERS

Sharpest week-over-week drop.

NYK
Mikal Bridges
18.6 → -3.6
-22.2
UTA
Elijah Harkless
6.8 → -12.1
-18.9
BOS
Neemias Queta
18.1 → 1.2
-16.9
MIN
Jaden McDaniels
13.7 → -1.8
-15.5
DAL
Naji Marshall
10.8 → -3.9
-14.6

BEST SINGLE-GAME IMPACTS

The five biggest individual performances by Net Impact this week.

1
MIN MIN
Anthony Edwards
41 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST · Mar 3
+47.0
2
SAS SAS
Victor Wembanyama
38 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST · Mar 5
+46.9
3
DEN DEN
Nikola Jokić
38 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST · Mar 6
+46.2
4
NYK NYK
OG Anunoby
34 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST · Mar 6
+46.2
5
LAL LAL
Luka Dončić
44 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST · Mar 6
+45.2