NBA DFS · Monday, October 26, 2026

NBA DFS picks for Monday, October 26, 2026

This slate locked Mon 7:00 PM ET. These are the picks StatWarrior published before lock, kept unchanged. The Actual column is each player's DraftKings fantasy points from the official box scores.

DraftKings · Main slate · 7 games.

How these picks scored

  • Top values: 4 of 10 met or beat their projection; they averaged 51.6 DraftKings points against 57.0 projected.
  • Highest projections: 3 of 8 met or beat their projection; they averaged 49.1 DraftKings points against 58.9 projected.

One day is a small sample; the track record grades every slate over the last 30 days.

Top values (points per $1K)

Best projected points per $1,000 of salary, as published before lock
PlayerSalaryProjValueActual
Jayson Tatum
SF/PF · BOS vs CHI
$9,50063.16.64x42.3
Devin Booker
PG/SG · PHX vs OKC
$8,60056.36.55x16.0
Cooper Flagg
PG/SF · DAL vs MIA
$8,80057.16.49x69.0
Donovan Mitchell
SG · CLE vs MIN
$8,50055.06.48x49.8
Jalen Johnson
PF · ATL vs HOU
$9,40060.46.43x44.8
Tyrese Haliburton
PG · IND vs MIL
$8,30052.86.36x48.5
Anthony Edwards
SG · MIN vs CLE
$9,30058.76.31x66.5
Alperen Sengun
PF/C · HOU vs ATL
$8,40052.76.27x65.3
Giannis Antetokounmpo
PF · MIA vs DAL
$9,90060.86.14x68.0
Anthony Davis
PF · WAS vs CHA
$8,70053.06.09x46.5

Highest projections

Highest projected points on the slate, as published before lock
PlayerSalaryProjCeilingActual
Jayson Tatum
SF/PF · BOS vs CHI
$9,50063.1103.842.3
Giannis Antetokounmpo
PF · MIA vs DAL
$9,90060.8100.168.0
Jalen Johnson
PF · ATL vs HOU
$9,40060.499.644.8
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
PG · OKC vs PHX
$9,80059.598.236.8
Anthony Edwards
SG · MIN vs CLE
$9,30058.796.866.5
Cooper Flagg
PG/SF · DAL vs MIA
$8,80057.194.469.0
Devin Booker
PG/SG · PHX vs OKC
$8,60056.393.116.0
Donovan Mitchell
SG · CLE vs MIN
$8,50055.091.149.8

Stack ideas

Teams whose top players projected the most points together
TeamProjectionImplied team total
CLE vs MIN145.5118.8
BOS vs CHI137.1123.6
HOU vs ATL135.3117.1
MIA vs DAL132.6123.8
MIN vs CLE132.1115.5

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