The Hussey Board · 2025–26 · Regular season only

2025–26 NBA Player Rankings

The Board ranks per-minute impact. It starts with each player's individual production, then checks how his lineups actually performed.

Full season · final · Ranking frozen July 21, 2026 · NBA statistics through July 14, 2026 · Snapshot 2026-final-v1 · Model bounded-hybrid-v1-2026-07-21

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Top 25

“Why this rank” shows whether individual statistics or the results of the player's lineups changed the answer. Teammates and opponents are accounted for in the lineup step.

#1Nikola JokićDEN · C · 65 games · 2,265 minutesLeague-best box production, 67.0% true shooting, and a 50.3% assist rate kept Jokić at #1; his lineup evidence agreed.100.0likely #1–#17100thpercentile #2Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderOKC · PG · 68 games · 2,259 minutesA 33.4% usage rate, 66.5% true shooting, and low turnovers built the #3 box prior; lineup results lifted Gilgeous-Alexander to #2.99.6likely #1–#44100thpercentile #3Kawhi LeonardLAC · SF · 65 games · 2,085 minutesLeonard 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.98.6likely #2–#8799thpercentile #4Giannis AntetokounmpoMIL · PF · 36 games · 1,039 minutesA 37.0% usage rate with 65.8% true shooting produced the #2 box prior. Playing 36 games held his Season Value to #15.98.3likely #3–#5296thpercentile #5Victor WembanyamaSAS · C · 64 games · 1,866 minutesA 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.98.2likely #2–#7399thpercentile #6Luka DončićLAL · PG · 64 games · 2,289 minutesDončić 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.98.2likely #2–#11199thpercentile #7Stephen CurryGSW · PG · 43 games · 1,329 minutesAt 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 #24.97.8likely #4–#15594thpercentile #8Jimmy ButlerGSW · SF · 38 games · 1,182 minutesButler combined 64.6% true shooting with a 62.1% free-throw rate and low turnovers. Playing 38 games held Season Value to #34.97.5likely #4–#16192ndpercentile #9Donovan MitchellCLE · SG · 70 games · 2,342 minutesMitchell's scoring built a #11 box prior, while positive lineup context lifted him to #9; 2,342 minutes pushed Season Value to #7.97.1likely #5–#17998thpercentile #10Tyrese MaxeyPHI · PG · 70 games · 2,661 minutesSeventy games, 2,661 minutes, and a 9.2% turnover rate made Maxey's top-10 impact unusually durable; Season Value reached #6.96.8likely #6–#20299thpercentile #11Cade CunninghamDET · PG · 64 games · 2,172 minutesCunningham's 45.2% assist rate drove the creation case, and positive lineup evidence lifted his #13 box prior to #11.96.4likely #6–#20098thpercentile #12Joel EmbiidPHI · C · 38 games · 1,201 minutesEmbiid's 33.5% usage rate and 60.5% true shooting sustained a top-10 box prior, but lineup context and a 38-game season left him #12 in rate and #43 in value.96.0likely #6–#19989thpercentile #13Jayson TatumBOS · PF · 16 games · 522 minutesLineup evidence lifted Tatum from a #26 box prior to #16, and he finished #15 after the role adjustment. A 16-game season left his total value at #127.95.1likely #8–#23168thpercentile #14Jamal MurrayDEN · PG · 75 games · 2,652 minutesMurray combined 62.2% true shooting, a 31.1% assist rate, and low turnovers; lineup evidence lifted him from #24 to #17, and he finished #16 while 75 games produced #9 Season Value.95.0likely #8–#23098thpercentile #15Lauri MarkkanenUTA · PF · 42 games · 1,443 minutesMarkkanen paired 60.8% true shooting with a 6.4% turnover rate under a heavy scoring load. Lineup evidence lifted his #30 box prior to #18, and he finished #17.94.6likely #8–#23190thpercentile #16Chet HolmgrenOKC · PF · 69 games · 1,997 minutesHolmgren's 65.3% true shooting, 16.7% rebound rate, and 6.4% block rate translated far better in lineup results, lifting a #49 box prior to #13 before he finished #14 after the role adjustment.94.5likely #10–#22295thpercentile #17Kevin DurantHOU · SF · 78 games · 2,840 minutesDurant combined 64.1% true shooting with 78 games and 2,840 minutes. That workload turned the #18 Impact Rate into #8 Season Value.94.2likely #9–#23198thpercentile #18LaMelo BallCHO · PG · 72 games · 2,017 minutesBall's 42.6% assist rate carried the creation load, and lineup evidence lifted his #27 box prior to #14 before a smaller role lowered his final rank to #19.94.1likely #11–#22495thpercentile #19Derrick WhiteBOS · SG · 77 games · 2,625 minutesWhite's lineup impact was the story: it lifted a #65 box prior to #15, and he finished #13 after the role adjustment. Seventy-seven games and 2,625 minutes pushed Season Value to #10.93.9likely #9–#23997thpercentile #20Alperen ŞengünHOU · C · 72 games · 2,398 minutesŞengün paired a 28.9% assist rate with a 14.8% rebound rate from center. Seventy-two games turned the #20 Impact Rate into #17 Season Value.93.2likely #9–#24196thpercentile #21Michael Porter Jr.BRK · SF · 52 games · 1,689 minutesPorter paired a 30.5% usage rate with 59.5% true shooting, but weaker lineup results pulled a #15 box prior down to #22.92.8likely #10–#23891stpercentile #22Scottie BarnesTOR · PF · 80 games · 2,681 minutesBarnes supplied playmaking and defensive activity across 80 games; 2,681 minutes lifted a #22 Impact Rate to #12 Season Value.92.1likely #10–#24597thpercentile #23Karl-Anthony TownsNYK · C · 75 games · 2,322 minutesTowns paired 61.9% true shooting with a 21.4% rebound rate, while strong lineup evidence lifted a #53 box prior to #25 before he finished #23 and #18 in Season Value.91.7likely #10–#24996thpercentile #24Collin GillespiePHO · PG · 80 games · 2,282 minutesGillespie's lineup evidence lifted a #51 box prior to #23 before he finished #24 after the role adjustment. Playing all 80 games produced #19 Season Value.91.3likely #12–#24796thpercentile #25Anthony EdwardsMIN · SG · 61 games · 2,137 minutesEdwards combined a 31.5% usage rate with 61.7% true shooting, but weaker lineup results pulled his #21 box prior to #28 before the final adjustment.91.0likely #10–#24795thpercentile

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How to read it

Impact per minute, value across the season

Impact Rate answers who played best while on the court. Season Value adds workload; the percentile shows how a player's total regular-season contribution compares with everyone on this Board.

The likely-rank range shows model uncertainty. A wider range means the exact order is less certain, even when the central estimate is high.

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