Victor Wembanyama's 119-point fantasy night puts him first on our 9-cat board

The second-best fantasy line in the NBA on Wednesday was Nikola Jokić's triple-double against Toronto, worth 78 points under ESPN's standard scoring, and Victor Wembanyama finished 41 points ahead of it. His 119 came from career highs of 52 points and 24 rebounds, plus eight blocks, in San Antonio's 112-111 win over Dallas, the Spurs' sixth straight. The Associated Press recap on ESPN reports that his 29 points, 15 rebounds and five blocks before halftime made him the first player since the play-by-play era began in 1996-97 with at least 25, 10 and five in a half.

This morning he is first on our 9-cat board, one place ahead of Jokić, and second on our points board under ESPN's scoring, past Luka Dončić, with a projection of 63.8 fantasy points a game against Jokić's 64.9. The analysts' consensus has him second in both formats. Sixteen days earlier we wrote about the opener in which he went 1-of-13, and the useful thing about Wednesday is what it shares with that night, because he made one of his eight threes and the rest of his line carried him anyway.

Every player in this story is on the fantasy basketball rankings and the 2026-27 projections, and the NBA depth charts show where each one stands in his team’s rotation tonight.