The Hussey Board · 2025–26 · Regular season only

2025–26 NBA Player Rankings

Impact Rate ranks how effective each player was while on the court. Higher is better.

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Top 10

Data through 2026-07-14. Each note explains what drove the rank.

Rank Player Why this rankImpact Rate Season Value

Nikola JokićDEN · CLeague-best box production, 67.0% true shooting, and a 50.3% assist rate kept Jokić at #1; his lineup evidence agreed.100.0per minute100thpercentile #2

Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderOKC · PGA 33.4% usage rate, 66.5% true shooting, and low turnovers built the #3 box prior; lineup results lifted Gilgeous-Alexander to #2.99.6per minute100thpercentile #3

Kawhi LeonardLAC · SFLeonard paired a 33.5% usage rate with 62.9% true shooting and a 2.9% steal rate; positive lineup context moved him from a #6 box prior into the top three.98.6per minute99thpercentile #4

Giannis AntetokounmpoMIL · PFA 37.0% usage rate with 65.8% true shooting produced the #2 box prior. Playing 36 games held his Season Value to #15.98.3per minute96thpercentile #5

Victor WembanyamaSAS · CA 9.4% block rate and 21.2% rebound rate made Wembanyama's interior impact singular; #4 box and lineup grades settled at #5 after the role adjustment.98.2per minute99thpercentile #6

Luka DončićLAL · PGDončić carried a 38.1% usage rate and 40.5% assist rate. His 2,289 minutes pushed Season Value to #3 even with a #6 per-minute rank.98.2per minute99thpercentile #7

Stephen CurryGSW · PGAt age 37, Curry paired a 32.5% usage rate with 63.7% true shooting while taking 60.6% of his shots from three. Forty-three games held Season Value to #25.97.8per minute94thpercentile #8

Jimmy ButlerGSW · SFButler combined 64.6% true shooting with a 62.1% free-throw rate and low turnovers. Playing 38 games held Season Value to #34.97.5per minute92ndpercentile #9

Donovan MitchellCLE · SGMitchell's scoring built a #11 box prior, while positive lineup context lifted him to #9; 2,342 minutes pushed Season Value to #7.97.1per minute98thpercentile #10

Tyrese MaxeyPHI · PGSeventy games, 2,661 minutes, and a 9.2% turnover rate made Maxey's top-10 impact unusually durable; Season Value reached #6.96.8per minute99thpercentile

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NBA history

Peak-weighted all-time top 10

Regular-season Career Composite · lower is better.

Kareem Abdul-JabbarPeak-weighted score 1.03 #2

Michael JordanPeak-weighted score 1.07 #3

Wilt ChamberlainPeak-weighted score 1.10 #4

LeBron JamesPeak-weighted score 1.17 #5

Jerry WestPeak-weighted score 1.68 #6

Kevin GarnettPeak-weighted score 1.77 #7

David RobinsonPeak-weighted score 1.87 #8

Larry BirdPeak-weighted score 1.97 #9

Nikola JokićPeak-weighted score 2.00 #10

Magic JohnsonPeak-weighted score 2.06

Preseason power ranking

Top 10 teams for 2026–27

League average is 50 · rosters as of Jul 26, 2026.

#1Oklahoma City ThunderOKCLikely rank #1–#7Team Rating 72.4
#2Boston CelticsBOSLikely rank #2–#13Team Rating 63.8
#3San Antonio SpursSASLikely rank #2–#14Team Rating 62.0
#4New York KnicksNYKLikely rank #3–#16Team Rating 60.2
#5Detroit PistonsDETLikely rank #3–#16Team Rating 59.0
#6Houston RocketsHOULikely rank #3–#17Team Rating 59.0
#7Cleveland CavaliersCLELikely rank #4–#19Team Rating 57.3
#8Denver NuggetsDENLikely rank #6–#21Team Rating 56.7
#9Miami HeatMIALikely rank #4–#19Team Rating 56.2
#10Minnesota TimberwolvesMINLikely rank #4–#20Team Rating 55.1

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What the numbers mean

Impact while playing. Value across the season.

hussEyquation is an NBA player-impact system developed by Michael Hussey. Impact Rate combines individual production with lineup evidence where it is available. Season Value adds regular-season workload.

The archive covers 25,093 player-seasons and 4,811 careers from 1950–51 through 2025–26.

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