LeBron James has dropped the most career points when starting 1+ game, with 42,601 points.

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first or more NBA start most points by a player

	NAME	PTS	GS	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	42,601	1,579	1,581	37.7	26.9	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.5	50.6	1.6	4.7	34.9	5.5	7.5	73.7	59.0	1.1	6.3	3.5	59,675	11,837	11,716	2,366	1,161	5,519	2,810	+7369
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	36,928	1,471	1,476	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	57.7	2.4	7.7	3.1	54,852	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	33,643	1,198	1,346	36.1	25.0	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	8.7	19.5	44.7	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.2	7.4	83.7	55.0	1.1	4.1	3.0	48,637	7,047	6,306	1,944	640	4,010	3,353	+4153
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32,292	1,039	1,072	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	11.4	22.9	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	56.9	1.6	4.7	2.7	41,011	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
5	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	31,560	1,460	1,522	33.8	20.7	7.5	2.4	0.8	0.8	7.3	15.6	47.1	1.3	3.4	38.0	4.8	5.4	87.9	57.7	1.0	6.6	1.6	51,368	11,489	3,651	1,210	1,281	2,494	3,601	+6541
6	Kevin Durant K. Durant	31,435	1,153	1,156	36.7	27.2	6.9	4.4	1.0	1.1	9.4	18.7	50.3	2.0	5.0	39.0	6.5	7.3	88.2	62.1	0.7	6.3	3.2	42,432	8,003	5,054	1,195	1,307	3,654	2,208	+4989
7	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28,596	1,197	1,207	34.7	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	9.4	16.1	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.7	58.6	3.5	7.4	2.7	41,918	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887
8	James Harden J. Harden	28,582	972	1,186	34.8	24.1	5.6	7.2	1.5	0.6	7.1	16.2	43.9	2.8	7.6	36.3	7.1	8.2	86.2	60.8	0.8	4.8	3.7	41,253	6,641	8,594	1,759	667	4,388	2,924	+4617
9	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	28,289	1,120	1,260	34.5	22.5	6.2	2.7	1.0	0.5	8.0	18.0	44.7	1.4	3.9	35.5	5.0	6.2	81.4	54.3	1.6	4.6	2.4	43,514	7,808	3,422	1,223	644	3,052	3,543	+1528
10	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	26,946	1,186	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.3	3.3	7.8	3.0	44,222	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
11	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	26,756	1,107	1,275	33.2	21.0	7.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	7.6	17.2	43.8	1.1	3.7	30.7	4.8	6.2	77.1	52.6	1.6	5.4	3.9	42,275	8,925	10,183	2,008	413	4,955	3,256	+2756
12	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	26,668	995	1,074	35.5	24.8	6.7	2.5	1.3	0.6	9.3	20.1	46.1	0.7	2.1	31.9	5.6	6.9	81.1	53.6	2.7	3.9	2.5	38,113	7,169	2,677	1,378	642	2,669	2,061	-392
13	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	26,496	1,389	1,392	34.0	19.0	10.8	3.0	0.7	2.2	7.4	14.6	50.6	0.0	0.1	17.9	4.2	6.1	69.6	55.1	2.8	8.1	2.4	47,368	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	3,381	3,304	+8910
14	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	26,397	1,285	1,343	34.2	19.7	5.6	3.5	1.3	0.6	6.5	14.5	44.5	1.6	4.3	36.8	5.2	6.4	80.6	56.8	0.8	4.8	2.6	45,880	7,527	4,708	1,752	745	3,532	3,643	+3345
15	Stephen Curry S. Curry	26,219	1,049	1,055	34.0	24.9	4.7	6.3	1.5	0.3	8.5	17.9	47.1	4.0	9.4	42.2	4.0	4.3	91.2	62.6	0.6	4.0	3.1	35,907	4,930	6,675	1,588	279	3,271	2,370	+6254
16	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	26,071	1,425	1,462	34.5	17.8	10.0	3.7	1.3	1.4	7.2	14.5	49.7	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	54.6	2.2	7.8	2.2	50,418	14,662	5,445	1,859	2,037	3,179	3,561	+4913
17	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	25,996	1,213	1,225	34.7	21.2	4.4	4.1	1.0	0.3	7.6	16.2	47.0	0.5	1.7	30.3	5.5	6.5	84.3	55.7	0.7	3.7	2.0	42,488	5,336	5,012	1,225	403	2,421	2,737	-109
18	Vince Carter V. Carter	25,728	982	1,541	30.1	16.7	4.3	3.1	1.0	0.6	6.0	13.8	43.5	1.5	4.0	37.1	3.1	3.9	79.8	53.6	1.1	3.2	1.7	46,367	6,606	4,714	1,530	888	2,590	3,995	+1817
19	Reggie Miller R. Miller	25,279	1,304	1,389	34.3	18.2	3.0	3.0	1.1	0.2	5.9	12.6	47.1	1.8	4.7	39.5	4.5	5.1	88.8	61.4	0.6	2.4	1.7	47,619	4,182	4,141	1,505	299	2,409	2,730	+2015
20	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	24,815	1,122	1,183	34.3	21.0	9.8	1.9	1.0	2.4	8.2	16.3	50.4	0.0	0.1	15.2	4.6	6.2	74.0	55.3	2.3	7.5	3.0	40,594	11,607	2,215	1,136	2,894	3,537	4,034	+412
21	Ray Allen R. Allen	24,505	1,149	1,300	35.6	18.9	4.1	3.4	1.1	0.2	6.6	14.6	45.2	2.3	5.7	40.0	3.4	3.8	89.4	58.0	0.9	3.1	2.1	46,344	5,272	4,361	1,451	244	2,709	2,858	+3491
22	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	24,368	901	914	41.1	26.7	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.2	9.3	21.8	42.5	1.2	3.7	31.3	7.0	8.9	78.0	51.8	0.8	2.9	3.6	37,584	3,394	5,624	1,983	164	3,262	1,777	+799
23	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	23,757	1,012	1,073	36.7	22.1	11.7	3.9	1.5	0.8	7.9	14.5	54.1	0.5	1.9	26.6	5.9	8.1	73.5	61.2	4.0	7.7	3.1	39,330	12,546	4,215	1,648	888	3,376	3,287	+532
24	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	23,165	909	1,054	33.9	22.0	4.7	5.4	1.5	0.8	8.0	16.7	48.0	0.5	1.8	29.3	5.4	7.1	76.5	55.4	1.2	3.5	3.2	35,773	4,933	5,701	1,620	885	3,326	2,328	+2827
25	Chris Paul C. Paul	23,058	1,314	1,370	33.5	16.8	4.4	9.2	2.0	0.2	6.0	12.7	46.9	1.4	3.7	37.0	3.5	4.1	87.0	58.0	0.6	3.8	2.3	45,836	6,006	12,552	2,728	222	3,109	3,208	+6029

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RPG

8.6

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117.7

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DRTG

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2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
5	76ers	21	15	.583	6.0
6	Magic	22	18	.550	7.0
7	Cavaliers	22	18	.550	7.0
8	Heat	20	18	.526	8.0
9	Hawks	19	21	.475	10.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 1/12	UTA	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 1/14	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Fri 1/16	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Mon 1/19	OKC	@	CLE	2:30 PM
Wed 1/21	CLE	@	CHA	7:00 PM

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Final

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PPG Leaders

33.3

Dončić

31.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

30.7

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.2

Jokić

11.5

Towns

11.3

Gobert

APG Leaders

11.0

Jokić

9.7

Cunningham

9.0

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.3

Leonard

2.1

Wallace

2.0

Daniels

BPG Leaders

2.3

Sarr

2.2

Huff

2.1

Stewart

3PM Leaders

4.8

Curry

3.9

Mitchell

3.7

Maxey

TS% Leaders

71.3

Jokić

70.1

Williams

70.1

Gobert

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

123.6

122.6

121.2

121.1

119.7

118.6

DRtg Rankings

106.8

110.5

112.1

112.2

113.0

113.3

NetRtg Rankings

12.9

7.9

7.0

6.6

5.6

5.3

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8-31

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9-32

10-27

11-25

13-25

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FanDuel Points Leaders

2,035.3

Jokić

1,897

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,810.3

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,165.8

Jokić

1,915.8

Johnson

1,904.3

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USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.2

Brown

33.2

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

39.6

Maxey

36.7

Thompson

36.5

Dončić

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.84

Jokić

1.59

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.96

Jokić

1.68

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

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22-13-1

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22-17

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Worst Record ATS

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17-22

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	28	10	.737
2	Knicks	24	14	.632	4.0
3	Celtics	24	14	.632	4.0
4	Raptors	23	16	.590	5.5
5	76ers	21	15	.583	6.0
6	Magic	22	18	.550	7.0
7	Cavaliers	22	18	.550	7.0
8	Heat	20	18	.526	8.0
9	Hawks	19	21	.475	10.0
10	Bulls	18	20	.474	10.0
11	Bucks	17	21	.447	11.0
12	Hornets	14	25	.359	14.5
13	Nets	11	25	.306	16.0
14	Wizards	10	27	.270	17.5
15	Pacers	8	31	.205	20.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	32	7	.821
2	Spurs	27	11	.711	4.5
3	Nuggets	25	13	.658	6.5
4	Timberwolves	25	14	.641	7.0
5	Lakers	23	13	.639	7.5
6	Rockets	22	13	.629	8.0
7	Suns	23	15	.605	8.5
8	Warriors	21	18	.538	11.0
9	Trail Blazers	19	20	.487	13.0
10	Grizzlies	17	22	.436	15.0
11	Clippers	15	23	.395	16.5
12	Mavericks	14	25	.359	18.0
13	Jazz	13	25	.342	18.5
14	Pelicans	9	32	.220	24.0
15	Kings	8	30	.211	23.5