For the so-far brief entirety of 2026, Lakers superstar Luka Dončić had posted the highest score week-to-week. Until we reached the end of January. Scoring seems to be on an upswing with a few 80+ point performances this past week. We hadn’t seen that in over a month. We also saw the return of Nuggets center Nikola Jokić, so it’s only a matter of time before he gets his name back in this article. We’ll be waiting patiently for a vintage ceiling triple-double from Joker.
In the meantime, let’s go over the Yahoo High Score perfect lineup from Week 15.
Week 15 High Score Perfect Lineup.
(Taylor Wilhelm)
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Luka Dončić, guard: We were one slate away from Luka topping this lineup for the fourth straight week. Instead, he came up two points short but did manage his highest fantasy point total since Dec. 18. With NHL legend Alex Ovechkin in attendance, Dončić dropped a 37-point triple-double with 11 rebounds, 13 assists and 3 steals in a blowout win over the Wizards in D.C. on Friday. Luka should have another opportunity to make this lineup with the Lakers facing the Nets, Sixers and Warriors in Week 16.
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, guard: Volume scorers like Shai aren’t always the top options for High Score. But when the Thunder guard takes the time to dish it out, he generally reaches a ceiling. SGA combined the two in a win over the Nuggets on Sunday with 34 points and 13 assists, plus 5 rebounds and 3 stocks to get into the No. 2 slot at guard. Gilgeous-Alexander has scored 30+ points in six of the past eight games. The reigning MVP and Finals MVP has some work to do to win his second straight scoring title by overtaking the guy above him in this story.
Jarrett Allen, frontcourt: This is the man who dethroned Dončić from another week on top. Allen made easy work of an inexperienced Trail Blazers frontcourt on Sunday, scoring a career-high 40 points with 17 rebounds, 5 assists and 6 stocks to throw up 85 fantasy points as our high scorer of the week.
Jalen Johnson, frontcourt: January was a down month for Johnson, at least based on what we had grown accustomed to seeing from the budding star in ATL. His average scoring dropped by nearly 5.0 points from December to January, when he posted 21.3 points per game over 15 games. This is surprising given the Hawks dealt PG Trae Young to the Wizards in early January. But Johnson was able to end the month on a high note with a 33-point triple-double, plus 14+ rebounds in four of the past six games.
Victor Wembanyama, frontcourt: Injuries have made it a very tough fantasy season for Wemby managers who invested so highly in the phenom. The Spurs big missed time earlier in the campaign and was eased back into action. Wembanyama is still on a minutes restriction of sorts, averaging 27.7 minutes per game in the month of January. That has given him a much lower floor while limiting his ceiling, which got all the way up to 80 points at the start of the season. Still, he showed what he can do even in limited minutes, with 28 points, 16 rebounds and 7 stocks in a win over Houston last week.
Alex Sarr, utility: Sarr makes his first appearance in the perfect lineup and has been benefitting (like Johnson) from the Young trade. Not because Young has lifted the Wizards offense up, but because the point guard hasn’t been able to stay on the court. He’s sidelined until after the All-Star break, which has opened up more opportunity for Sarr. The young forward was able to post 8 stocks to go with 29 points and 12 rebounds to get over the 70-point mark last week.
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