Weekly Digest

STATE OF THE LEAGUE

The NBA week of April 27 through May 3, 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
NYK NYK
OG Anunoby
2 GP
+30.2
2
PHI PHI
Tyrese Maxey
3 GP
+26.6
3
NYK NYK
Jalen Brunson
2 GP
+25.7
4
PHI PHI
Joel Embiid
3 GP
+20.6
5
DET DET
Cade Cunningham
4 GP
+19.8
6
NYK NYK
Karl-Anthony Towns
2 GP
+18.6
7
LAL LAL
Deandre Ayton
2 GP
+18.2
8
DET DET
Tobias Harris
4 GP
+16.8
9
ORL ORL
Paolo Banchero
4 GP
+16.7
10
DEN DEN
Nikola Jokić
2 GP
+16.2

BIGGEST IMPROVERS

Week-over-week impact delta.

NYK
Jalen Brunson
4.9 → 25.7
+20.8
NYK
Mikal Bridges
-6.7 → 12.2
+18.8
TOR
Ja'Kobe Walter
-6.4 → 10.8
+17.1
LAL
LeBron James
-1.8 → 14.3
+16.1
DEN
Cameron Johnson
-1.6 → 14.3
+16.0

BIGGEST DECLINERS

Sharpest week-over-week drop.

ATL
CJ McCollum
11.9 → -7.1
-19.0
LAL
Marcus Smart
14.6 → -3.3
-17.9
TOR
Collin Murray-Boyles
18.6 → 1.6
-17.0
LAL
Luke Kennard
7.6 → -7.3
-15.0
HOU
Reed Sheppard
14.0 → 0.9
-13.1

BEST SINGLE-GAME IMPACTS

The five biggest individual performances by Net Impact this week.

1
NYK NYK
OG Anunoby
29 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST · Apr 30
+39.1
2
NYK NYK
Jalen Brunson
39 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST · Apr 28
+35.5
3
DET DET
Tobias Harris
30 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST · May 3
+35.3
4
MIN MIN
Jaden McDaniels
32 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST · May 1
+32.9
5
DET DET
Cade Cunningham
45 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST · Apr 29
+32.5