NBA Player Grades — Season Leaderboard

Showing 2025-26's final grades. 2026-27 grades start after opening night and take over here once players have played 10 games.

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Nikola Jokic

Denver Nuggets · C

99.9+6.5

Jalen Duren

Detroit Pistons · C

97.9+2.9

Chet Holmgren

Oklahoma City Thunder · C

95.7+2.5

#	Player	Team	Games	Per game	Per 100	Grade
1	Nikola JokicC · DEN	Nuggets	65	+6.5	+9.0	99.9
2	Jalen DurenC · DET	Pistons	70	+2.9	+3.4	97.9
3	Chet HolmgrenC · OKC	Thunder	69	+2.5	+2.6	95.7
4	Jarrett AllenC · CLE	Cavaliers	56	+2.3	+3.4	93.8
5	Karl-Anthony TownsC · NY	Knicks	76	+2.2	+1.6	93.4
6	Evan MobleyC · CLE	Cavaliers	65	+2.1	+1.6	92.2
7	Neemias QuetaC · BOS	Celtics	76	+1.9	+1.7	90.8
8	Bam AdebayoC · MIA	Heat	73	+1.7	+0.5	90.0
9	Rudy GobertC · MIN	Timberwolves	76	+1.7	+0.5	89.2
10	Mark WilliamsC · PHX	Suns	60	+1.7	+2.5	89.0
11	Kel'el WareC · MIA	Heat	77	+1.6	+1.3	87.6
12	Alperen SengunC · HOU	Rockets	72	+1.5	+0.2	85.8
13	Jay HuffC · IND	Pacers	82	+1.5	+1.0	85.4
14	Jaxson HayesC · LAL	Lakers	66	+1.5	+2.5	85.0
15	Nikola VucevicC · BOS	Celtics	64	+1.5	+0.9	84.9
16	Luke KornetC · SA	Spurs	69	+1.4	+1.6	84.5
17	Deandre AytonC · LAL	Lakers	72	+1.4	+0.6	83.5
18	Robert Williams IIIC · POR	Trail Blazers	59	+1.4	+3.0	82.7
19	Nic ClaxtonC · BKN	Nets	69	+1.3	+0.5	81.1
20	Jakob PoeltlC · TOR	Raptors	46	+1.2	+2.0	80.1
21	Donovan ClinganC · POR	Trail Blazers	77	+1.2	−0.1	78.7
22	Naz ReidC · MIN	Timberwolves	77	+1.1	−0.1	76.5
23	Myles TurnerC · MIL	Bucks	71	+1.1	+0.0	76.3
24	Goga BitadzeC · ORL	Magic	64	+1.1	+2.0	75.9
25	Joel EmbiidC · PHI	76ers	38	+1.1	+1.2	75.3
26	Isaiah HartensteinC · OKC	Thunder	47	+1.1	+1.4	75.1
27	Mitchell RobinsonC · NY	Knicks	61	+1.1	+1.4	74.8
28	Wendell Carter Jr.C · ORL	Magic	78	+1.0	−0.6	73.0
29	Ryan KalkbrennerC · CHA	Hornets	69	+1.0	+0.4	72.4
30	Day'Ron SharpeC · BKN	Nets	62	+0.9	+0.8	69.6
31	Ivica ZubacC · IND	Pacers	48	+0.9	+0.1	68.4
32	Kristaps PorzingisC · GS	Warriors	32	+0.8	+2.0	68.0
33	Maxime RaynaudC · SAC	Kings	74	+0.8	−0.7	66.0
34	Brook LopezC · LAC	Clippers	75	+0.7	−0.6	62.3
35	Luka GarzaC · BOS	Celtics	69	+0.6	+0.1	61.7
36	Al HorfordC · GS	Warriors	45	+0.6	+0.3	61.3
37	Jonas ValanciunasC · DEN	Nuggets	65	+0.6	+0.5	61.1
38	Thomas BryantC · CLE	Cavaliers	60	+0.6	+1.0	60.1
39	Micah PotterC · IND	Pacers	47	+0.6	+0.1	57.9
40	Isaiah StewartC · DET	Pistons	58	+0.6	−0.6	57.5
41	Jusuf NurkicC · UTAH	Jazz	41	+0.5	−0.4	56.7
42	Jock LandaleC · ATL	Hawks	68	+0.5	−0.9	56.5
43	Derik QueenC · NO	Pelicans	81	+0.5	−1.3	55.0
44	Oscar TshiebweC · UTAH	Jazz	27	+0.4	+0.9	51.8
45	Branden CarlsonC · OKC	Thunder	42	+0.4	+0.7	51.4
46	Quinten PostC · GS	Warriors	67	+0.4	−1.0	50.8
47	Moritz WagnerC · ORL	Magic	36	+0.3	+0.7	48.8
48	Alex SarrC · WSH	Wizards	48	+0.3	−1.4	48.0
49	Adem BonaC · PHI	76ers	71	+0.3	−1.3	46.8
50	Clint CapelaC · HOU	Rockets	75	+0.2	−1.4	41.5

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How NBA grades work

An NBA grade measures how many points a player adds per 100 possessions compared with a league-average player. Each box-score stat is valued in points: shooting is judged against what an average shooter would score on the same shots against the same defense, and assists, turnovers, rebounds, steals, blocks and fouls each count for or against him. The values were fit to RAPM, a lineup-based impact measure, on the 2020-21 to 2022-23 seasons.

Season grades count how much a player plays as well as how well: they rank the points he adds per game over a replacement-level player, against this season's players with 10+ games. A great bench player in 12 minutes a night adds less than a very good starter in 34, and grades him that way. His points per 100 possessions, the rate underneath, is shown beside it. Early in the season each player starts from last season's rate, which gives way as his minutes build up.
Game grades count minutes: they measure points added over a replacement-level player in that game, ranked against every game of 12+ minutes last season, so a 90 means the same on any night.
Defense is the weak spot. The box score sees steals, blocks and rebounds, not the defender who keeps his man in front of him.

We tested the grade on three seasons it never saw, before launch. It predicted a player's value the following season far better than Game Score, but it did no better than Game Score at predicting game results, which was the test we set it to pass. We're publishing it anyway and saying so here. How NFL grades work →