Weekly Digest

STATE OF THE LEAGUE

The NBA week of April 20 through April 26, 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
OKC OKC
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
2 GP
+36.7
2
TOR TOR
Scottie Barnes
2 GP
+22.7
3
TOR TOR
RJ Barrett
2 GP
+21.2
4
HOU HOU
Alperen Sengun
3 GP
+20.7
5
NYK NYK
Karl-Anthony Towns
3 GP
+19.0
6
TOR TOR
Collin Murray-Boyles
2 GP
+18.6
7
DEN DEN
Nikola Jokić
2 GP
+18.3
8
DET DET
Tobias Harris
2 GP
+18.1
9
PHI PHI
Tyrese Maxey
3 GP
+17.8
10
NYK NYK
OG Anunoby
3 GP
+17.8

BIGGEST IMPROVERS

Week-over-week impact delta.

PHX
Dillon Brooks
2.7 → 17.0
+14.3
PHI
VJ Edgecombe
3.8 → 14.8
+11.1
POR
Jrue Holiday
-0.7 → 10.0
+10.7
PHI
Tyrese Maxey
10.3 → 17.8
+7.5
PHX
Collin Gillespie
-3.6 → 3.3
+6.8

BIGGEST DECLINERS

Sharpest week-over-week drop.

POR
Deni Avdija
23.8 → 0.2
-23.6
PHX
Jalen Green
16.6 → 5.1
-11.5
PHI
Kelly Oubre Jr.
2.1 → -5.4
-7.5
ORL
Wendell Carter Jr.
15.7 → 9.2
-6.6
PHX
Devin Booker
7.6 → 3.7
-3.9

BEST SINGLE-GAME IMPACTS

The five biggest individual performances by Net Impact this week.

1
BOS BOS
Jayson Tatum
25 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST · Apr 24
0.0
2
HOU HOU
Amen Thompson
26 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST · Apr 25
0.0
3
PHI PHI
Paul George
18 PTS · 0 REB · 5 AST · Apr 24
0.0
4
PHI PHI
Kelly Oubre Jr.
17 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST · Apr 24
0.0
5
HOU HOU
Reed Sheppard
17 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST · Apr 25
0.0