best opening night win percentages since 2000

Since 1999-00, 23 teams are tied for the highest winning percentage in a season opener, winning 100.0 percent of the time. The first three are the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday and on October 22, 2025 and the Los Angeles Lakers and the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday.

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	TEAM	W%	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Timberwolves	1.000	10/21/2026	MIN	@	MIA	W 131-106	240	131	52	20	11	2	46	98	46.9	21	50	42.0	18	29	62.1	59.1	17	35	16	26
2	Lakers	1.000	10/21/2026	LAL	vs	GSW	W 127-105	240	127	43	28	11	5	46	81	56.8	11	28	39.3	24	27	88.9	68.4	10	33	18	25
3	Hawks	1.000	10/21/2026	ATL	@	ORL	W 132-125	240	132	42	28	9	3	44	90	48.9	14	36	38.9	30	36	83.3	62.4	11	31	17	30
4	Wizards	1.000	10/21/2026	WAS	vs	MIL	W 128-116	240	128	44	28	11	7	45	86	52.3	6	28	21.4	32	41	78.0	61.5	12	32	13	23
5	Raptors	1.000	10/21/2026	TOR	vs	CHI	W 135-92	240	135	51	31	15	6	44	98	44.9	10	31	32.3	37	46	80.4	57.1	16	35	11	29
6	Hornets	1.000	10/21/2026	CHA	@	BKN	W 110-103	240	110	44	26	9	4	41	93	44.1	15	48	31.3	13	15	86.7	55.2	15	29	21	23
7	Grizzlies	1.000	10/21/2026	MEM	vs	UTA	W 123-103	240	123	55	23	8	7	44	93	47.3	13	34	38.2	22	28	78.6	58.4	15	40	15	26
8	Pacers	1.000	10/21/2026	IND	@	NOP	W 123-120	240	123	43	29	9	4	47	90	52.2	9	30	30.0	20	29	69.0	59.8	9	34	13	26
9	Rockets	1.000	10/21/2026	HOU	vs	DAL	W 128-110	240	128	42	32	11	2	47	88	53.4	16	36	44.4	18	25	72.0	64.6	17	25	16	20
10	Trail Blazers	1.000	10/21/2026	POR	vs	PHX	W 124-83	240	124	56	32	12	1	45	94	47.9	19	47	40.4	15	18	83.3	60.8	16	40	17	18
11	Clippers	1.000	10/21/2026	LAC	vs	SAC	W 121-96	240	121	49	29	14	5	43	82	52.4	14	35	40.0	21	31	67.7	63.3	11	38	18	24
12	Pistons	1.000	10/20/2026	DET	vs	BOS	W 121-113	240	121	49	27	7	5	39	86	45.3	15	40	37.5	28	32	87.5	60.5	14	35	17	22
13	76ers	1.000	10/20/2026	PHI	@	NYK	W 106-100	240	106	45	28	8	10	37	89	41.6	11	40	27.5	21	27	77.8	52.5	6	39	12	23
14	Thunder	1.000	10/20/2026	OKC	@	SAS	W 116-104	240	116	47	24	8	10	43	95	45.3	14	31	45.2	16	20	80.0	55.9	10	37	14	22
15	Knicks	1.000	10/22/2025	NYK	vs	CLE	W 119-111	240	119	48	22	8	4	37	86	43.0	14	40	35.0	31	36	86.1	58.4	9	39	14	23
16	Spurs	1.000	10/22/2025	SAS	@	DAL	W 125-92	240	125	50	24	10	5	50	87	57.5	8	20	40.0	17	28	60.7	62.9	11	39	15	24
17	Hornets	1.000	10/22/2025	CHA	vs	BKN	W 136-117	240	136	50	33	5	5	48	90	53.3	17	36	47.2	23	33	69.7	65.1	14	36	17	25
18	Magic	1.000	10/22/2025	ORL	vs	MIA	W 125-121	240	125	46	23	8	7	42	90	46.7	12	30	40.0	29	35	82.9	59.3	9	37	15	20
19	Raptors	1.000	10/22/2025	TOR	@	ATL	W 138-118	240	138	54	36	10	4	54	95	56.8	6	25	24.0	24	29	82.8	64.0	12	42	19	31
20	76ers	1.000	10/22/2025	PHI	@	BOS	W 117-116	240	117	40	23	3	4	39	85	45.9	16	41	39.0	23	30	76.7	59.6	10	30	14	23
21	Grizzlies	1.000	10/22/2025	MEM	vs	NOP	W 128-122	240	128	39	20	5	12	41	80	51.2	11	37	29.7	35	43	81.4	64.7	6	33	17	29
22	Bulls	1.000	10/22/2025	CHI	vs	DET	W 115-111	240	115	50	29	6	8	39	87	44.8	11	30	36.7	26	32	81.3	56.9	12	38	18	23
23	Bucks	1.000	10/22/2025	MIL	vs	WAS	W 133-120	240	133	46	31	8	6	50	98	51.0	18	44	40.9	15	19	78.9	62.5	6	40	8	22
24	Jazz	1.000	10/22/2025	UTA	vs	LAC	W 129-108	240	129	46	38	11	6	48	87	55.2	17	44	38.6	16	20	80.0	67.3	13	33	13	21
25	Suns	1.000	10/22/2025	PHX	vs	SAC	W 120-116	240	120	51	23	7	7	45	95	47.4	10	34	29.4	20	28	71.4	55.9	18	33	16	25

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More Timberwolves Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

45.0

Edwards

RPG

15.0

Gobert

APG

6.0

Ball

Team Rankings

ORTG

124.0

6th

DRTG

100.3

6th

NETRTG

23.7

4th

3P%

42.0

2nd

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
5	Lakers	1	0	1.000	0.5
6	Grizzlies	1	0	1.000	0.5
7	Timberwolves	1	0	1.000	0.5
8	Nuggets	0	1	.000	1.5
9	Spurs	0	1	.000	1.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 10/23	MIN	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Sun 10/25	TOR	@	MIN	7:00 PM
Mon 10/26	MIN	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 10/28	GSW	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Fri 10/30	LAC	@	MIN	8:00 PM

Last Game

Timberwolves

1 - 0

131

Final

106

Heat

0 - 1

Wed 21 Oct 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

45.0

Edwards

45.0

Jerome

38.0

George

RPG Leaders

18.0

Sabonis

15.0

Zubac

15.0

Gobert

APG Leaders

13.0

Young

12.0

Haliburton

11.0

Tatum

SPG Leaders

5.0

Daniels

5.0

Diabaté

5.0

George

BPG Leaders

6.0

Wembanyama

6.0

Hayes

4.0

Holmgren

3PM Leaders

9.0

Edwards

7.0

George

6.0

Lillard

TS% Leaders

116.0

Clowney

103.6

Sabonis

100.7

Sasser

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

130.1

128.3

128.0

126.1

124.3

124.0

DRtg Rankings

84.7

85.9

94.6

95.9

96.8

100.3

NetRtg Rankings

42.4

39.6

24.6

23.7

22.2

19.6

Tank Leaderboard

0-1

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

FanDuel Points Leaders

104.9

Maxey

88.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

83.8

James

DraftKings Points Leaders

101.3

Maxey

85.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

83.8

James

USG% Leaders

40.5

Edwards

40.2

Dončić

40.0

Antetokounmpo

MPG Leaders

41.0

Banchero

40.5

Maxey

38.0

Young

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.02

Edwards

2.01

Jerome

1.95

George

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.18

Edwards

2.09

Jerome

1.96

George

NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

1-0

Worst Record ATS

0-1

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	76ers	2	0	1.000
2	Pistons	1	0	1.000	0.5
3	Hawks	1	0	1.000	0.5
4	Raptors	1	0	1.000	0.5
5	Wizards	1	0	1.000	0.5
6	Hornets	1	0	1.000	0.5
7	Pacers	1	0	1.000	0.5
8	Knicks	0	1	.000	1.5
9	Nets	0	1	.000	1.5
10	Magic	0	1	.000	1.5
11	Celtics	0	1	.000	1.5
12	Cavaliers	0	1	.000	1.5
13	Bucks	0	1	.000	1.5
14	Bulls	0	1	.000	1.5
15	Heat	0	1	.000	1.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	2	0	1.000
2	Clippers	1	0	1.000	0.5
3	Rockets	1	0	1.000	0.5
4	Trail Blazers	1	0	1.000	0.5
5	Lakers	1	0	1.000	0.5
6	Grizzlies	1	0	1.000	0.5
7	Timberwolves	1	0	1.000	0.5
8	Nuggets	0	1	.000	1.5
9	Spurs	0	1	.000	1.5
10	Mavericks	0	1	.000	1.5
11	Jazz	0	1	.000	1.5
12	Warriors	0	1	.000	1.5
13	Kings	0	1	.000	1.5
14	Suns	0	1	.000	1.5
15	Pelicans	0	1	.000	1.5

NBA 2026-27 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	113-121
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	106-100
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	116-104
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	132-125
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	116-128

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 10/23	CHI	@	MIL	4:00 PM
Fri 10/23	NYK	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Fri 10/23	ATL	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Fri 10/23	TOR	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Fri 10/23	MIN	@	ORL	7:00 PM

Since 1999-00, 23 teams are tied for the highest winning percentage in a season opener, winning 100.0 percent of the time. The first three are the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday and on October 22, 2025 and the Los Angeles Lakers and the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday.

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45.0

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6.0

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

45.0

45.0

38.0

18.0

15.0

15.0

13.0

12.0

11.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

6.0

6.0

4.0

9.0

7.0

6.0

116.0

103.6

100.7

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

104.9

88.1

83.8

101.3

85.5

83.8

40.5

40.2

40.0

41.0

40.5

38.0

2.02

2.01

1.95

2.18

2.09

1.96

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Scores

Schedule