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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.
Source snapshot dated Jul 14, 2026. Each note explains what drove the rank.
Impact Rate is a 0–100 score. Higher is better. Season Value adds how much the player played and is shown here as a percentile.
Rank ? Player ? Why this rank Impact Rate ? Season Value ?
#1 Nikola Jokić DEN · C League-best box production, 67.0% true shooting, and a 50.3% assist rate kept Jokić at #1; his lineup evidence agreed. 100.0 0–100 score 100th percentile #2 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC · PG A 33.4% usage rate, 66.5% true shooting, and low turnovers built the #3 box prior; lineup results lifted Gilgeous-Alexander to #2. 99.6 0–100 score 100th percentile #3 Kawhi Leonard LAC · SF Leonard paired a 33.5% usage rate with 62.9% true shooting and a 2.9% steal rate; positive lineup context improved his #6 box prior to #5, and he finished #3 after the role adjustment. 98.6 0–100 score 99th percentile #4 Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL · PF A 37.0% usage rate with 65.8% true shooting produced the #2 box prior. Playing 36 games held his Season Value to #15. 98.3 0–100 score 96th percentile #5 Victor Wembanyama SAS · C A 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. 98.2 0–100 score 99th percentile #6 Luka Dončić LAL · PG Dončić 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. 98.2 0–100 score 99th percentile #7 Stephen Curry GSW · PG At 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 #24. 97.8 0–100 score 94th percentile #8 Jimmy Butler GSW · SF Butler combined 64.6% true shooting with a 62.1% free-throw rate and low turnovers. Playing 38 games held Season Value to #34. 97.5 0–100 score 92nd percentile #9 Donovan Mitchell CLE · SG Mitchell's scoring built a #11 box prior, while positive lineup context lifted him to #9; 2,342 minutes pushed Season Value to #7. 97.1 0–100 score 98th percentile #10 Tyrese Maxey PHI · PG Seventy games, 2,661 minutes, and a 9.2% turnover rate made Maxey's top-10 impact unusually durable; Season Value reached #6. 96.8 0–100 score 99th percentile More rankings
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#1 OKC Oklahoma City Thunder OKC 68% core rank range #1–#3Team Rating 72.9#2 SAS San Antonio Spurs SAS 68% core rank range #1–#8Team Rating 63.5#3 DEN Denver Nuggets DEN 68% core rank range #1–#11Team Rating 62.0#4 TOR Toronto Raptors TOR 68% core rank range #1–#12Team Rating 60.5#5 BOS Boston Celtics BOS 68% core rank range #2–#14Team Rating 60.5#6 HOU Houston Rockets HOU 68% core rank range #2–#14Team Rating 59.9#7 DET Detroit Pistons DET 68% core rank range #3–#16Team Rating 58.6#8 CLE Cleveland Cavaliers CLE 68% core rank range #2–#12Team Rating 58.5#9 NYK New York Knicks NYK 68% core rank range #3–#14Team Rating 56.9#10 PHI Philadelphia 76ers PHI 68% core rank range #5–#21Team Rating 54.2View all 30 team power rankings → NBA history All-Time Rankings → Research preview Player Forecasts → Roster strength Team Rankings → Full archive Every Season → Season archive
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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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Kareem Abdul-JabbarCareer Composite 1.02 · lower is better#2
Michael JordanCareer Composite 1.04 · lower is better#3
Wilt ChamberlainCareer Composite 1.06 · lower is better#4
LeBron JamesCareer Composite 1.10 · lower is better#5
Kevin GarnettCareer Composite 1.50 · lower is better#6
David RobinsonCareer Composite 1.54 · lower is better#7
Jerry WestCareer Composite 1.57 · lower is better#8
Nikola JokićCareer Composite 1.60 · lower is better#9
Larry BirdCareer Composite 1.60 · lower is better#10
Bob PettitCareer Composite 1.86 · lower is better