NBA RAPM and five-man lineups, 2025-26

Who had the best RAPM in the NBA in 2025-26?

Victor Wembanyama led at +7.82 net points per 100 possessions (+2.64 offense, +5.18 defense) over 3694 offensive possessions. Regularized adjusted plus-minus separates a player from the teammates and opponents he shared the floor with, so it is not a raw on-off number.

NBA RAPM leaders, 2025-26 — top 10 of 582 qualified players, net points per 100 possessions
#PlayerTeamOffenseDefenseNet
1Victor WembanyamaSAS+2.64+5.18+7.82
2Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderOKC+4.62+2.58+7.20
3Kawhi LeonardLAC+5.14+1.49+6.63
4Nikola JokićDEN+4.80+1.62+6.42
5Chet HolmgrenOKC+2.00+3.93+5.93
6Derrick WhiteBOS+2.46+3.36+5.82
7Dyson DanielsATL+3.21+2.20+5.40
8Neemias QuetaBOS+3.09+2.20+5.30
9Jalen SmithCHI+3.83+0.83+4.67
10Giannis AntetokounmpoMIL+4.12+0.41+4.53

Every player above the 2000-possession floor is ranked, over 6 seasons. The board also indexes five-man lineups against the sum of their parts; that residual describes a season rather than forecasting one, because it does not persist out of sample (r = 0.02, n = 321).

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