highest scoring totals on opening day nba all time

LeBron James has scored the most career points in season openers, with 563 points.

	NAME	PTS	GP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
1	LeBron James L. James	563	23	853	187	144	24	22	207	416	49.8	36	111	32.4	113	159	71.1	57.9	30	157	86	63	+32	37.1	24.5	8.1	6.3	1.0	1.0	3.7
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	463	19	691	167	75	28	17	167	316	52.8	0	2	0.0	129	172	75.0	59.1	49	118	59	65	+14	36.4	24.4	8.8	3.9	1.5	0.9	3.1
3	Kevin Durant K. Durant	458	18	663	132	57	24	19	158	351	45.0	25	83	30.1	117	145	80.7	55.2	12	120	60	49	+22	36.8	25.4	7.3	3.2	1.3	1.1	3.3
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	431	14	535	82	63	45	19	158	325	48.6	5	27	18.5	110	140	78.6	55.7	25	57	37	41	-2	38.2	30.8	5.9	4.5	3.2	1.4	2.6
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	430	19	704	210	55			174	344	50.6	0	0		82	123	66.7	54.0			37	61		37.1	22.6	11.1	2.9			3.1
6	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	417	17	628	136	66	20	9	136	277	49.1	31	74	41.9	114	156	73.1	60.3	12	124	41	47	+98	36.9	24.5	8.0	3.9	1.2	0.5	2.4
7	Anthony Davis A. Davis	412	15	539	173	39	24	36	143	318	45.0	7	30	23.3	119	149	79.9	53.7	46	127	34	39	-84	35.9	27.5	11.5	2.6	1.6	2.4	2.3
8	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	412	14	514	94	40	25	6	157	309	50.8	10	27	37.0	88	111	79.3	57.6	43	51	45	35	+9	36.7	29.4	6.7	2.9	1.8	0.4	3.2
9	James Harden J. Harden	399	17	571	94	141	20	7	116	269	43.1	44	127	34.6	123	138	89.1	60.5	18	76	62	40	-56	33.6	23.5	5.5	8.3	1.2	0.4	3.6
10	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	397	15	563	88	57	29	14	132	313	42.2	10	35	28.6	123	147	83.7	52.6	16	72	52	40	+55	37.5	26.5	5.9	3.8	1.9	0.9	3.5
11	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	393	13	560	305	50			161	276	58.3				71	160	44.4	56.7				22		43.1	30.2	23.5	3.8
12	Stephen Curry S. Curry	389	18	573	93	107	37	5	128	306	41.8	45	150	30.0	88	93	94.6	56.1	19	74	59	48	+54	31.8	21.6	5.2	5.9	2.1	0.3	3.3
13	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	388	19	641	156	50	15	17	134	293	45.7	29	73	39.7	91	106	85.8	57.1	21	135	33	53	+44	33.7	20.4	8.2	2.6	0.8	0.9	1.7
14	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	384	14						143						98	132	74.2								27.4
15	Moses Malone M. Malone	378	18	604	212	22		30	128	244	52.5	0	0		122	159	76.7	60.2			44	41		33.6	21.0	11.8	1.2		1.7	2.6
16	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	357	18	601	94	64	26	8	128	276	46.4	8	27	29.6	93	134	69.4	53.3	19	75	44	34	+57	33.4	19.8	5.2	3.6	1.4	0.4	2.4
17	Ray Allen R. Allen	356	17	633	48	50	17	2	119	247	48.2	46	95	48.4	72	82	87.8	62.9	13	35	35	33	+64	37.2	20.9	2.8	2.9	1.0	0.1	2.1
18	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	355	14	491	72	94	13	6	112	255	43.9	41	117	35.0	90	96	93.8	59.7	15	57	31	24	+88	35.1	25.4	5.1	6.7	0.9	0.4	2.2
19	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	352	18	634	202	39	35	47	137	267	51.3	0	0		78	131	59.5	54.2	59	143	58	76	-23	35.2	19.6	11.2	2.2	1.9	2.6	3.2
20	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	352	13	467	94	23		4	112	218	51.4	0	2	0.0	128	163	78.5	60.7			35	44		35.9	27.1	7.2	1.8		0.3	2.9
21	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	350	21	719	222	85	25	43	148	294	50.3	3	10	30.0	51	71	71.8	53.8	35	187	58	55	+104	34.2	16.7	10.6	4.0	1.2	2.0	2.8
22	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	342	13	394	144	61	10	14	130	231	56.3	10	35	28.6	72	115	62.6	60.7	20	124	45	53	+52	30.3	26.3	11.1	4.7	0.8	1.1	3.5
23	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	340	17	548	99	45	17	9	120	285	42.1	21	61	34.4	79	103	76.7	51.5	33	66	45	55	+12	32.2	20.0	5.8	2.6	1.0	0.5	2.6
24	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	338	14	505	161	45	12	14	116	186	62.4	3	12	25.0	103	145	71.0	67.7	69	92	45	37	-22	36.1	24.1	11.5	3.2	0.9	1.0	3.2
25	Jerry West J. West	337	12				5	0	125						87	111	78.4		0	2					28.1			5.0	0.0

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More Cavaliers Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

22.8

Mitchell

RPG

8.3

Allen

APG

5.6

Harden

Team Rankings

ORTG

116.5

10th

DRTG

114.4

16th

NETRTG

2.1

12th

3P%

36.9

9th

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
4	Hawks	7	5	.583	3.0
5	Knicks	6	5	.545	3.5
6	Cavaliers	6	6	.500	4.0
7	Heat	5	6	.455	4.5
8	Raptors	5	7	.417	5.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 11/13	CLE	@	MIA	8:00 PM
Sat 11/14	DAL	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Mon 11/16	CHI	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 11/18	MEM	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Fri 11/20	IND	@	CLE	7:30 PM

Last Game

Cavaliers

6 - 6

115

Final

107

Knicks

6 - 5

Wed 11 Nov 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

38.6

Dončić

30.3

Wembanyama

29.7

Gilgeous-Alexander

RPG Leaders

13.5

Towns

13.3

Sabonis

12.6

Antetokounmpo

APG Leaders

9.0

Jokić

8.8

Young

8.5

Mitchell

SPG Leaders

3.0

Daniels

2.3

Dunn

2.2

Flagg

BPG Leaders

4.4

Wembanyama

2.4

Turner

2.2

Kessler

3PM Leaders

5.5

Dončić

4.3

Curry

4.1

Robinson

TS% Leaders

72.6

Gafford

71.9

Curry

71.3

Spencer

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.7

120.4

120.0

119.3

119.2

DRtg Rankings

104.8

107.6

107.9

108.6

108.8

109.0

NetRtg Rankings

13.3

11.7

11.2

9.2

8.0

7.9

Tank Leaderboard

1-11

1-10

1-9

2-8

3-8

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

FanDuel Points Leaders

759

Wembanyama

685.6

Dončić

583.3

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings Points Leaders

734.5

Wembanyama

723.3

Dončić

610.3

Antetokounmpo

USG% Leaders

40.1

Dončić

36.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

35.9

Wembanyama

MPG Leaders

37.4

Acuff

36.8

Wagner

36.4

Murray

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.11

Wembanyama

1.74

Dončić

1.62

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.04

Wembanyama

1.83

Dončić

1.70

Antetokounmpo

NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

11-1

9-3

9-4

8-4

7-4

Worst Record ATS

2-10

2-9

3-8

4-8

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Celtics	10	2	.833
2	76ers	10	3	.769	0.5
3	Pistons	8	3	.727	1.5
4	Hawks	7	5	.583	3.0
5	Knicks	6	5	.545	3.5
6	Cavaliers	6	6	.500	4.0
7	Heat	5	6	.455	4.5
8	Raptors	5	7	.417	5.0
9	Magic	4	7	.364	5.5
10	Hornets	4	8	.333	6.0
11	Pacers	4	8	.333	6.0
12	Wizards	4	9	.308	6.5
13	Nets	3	8	.273	6.5
14	Bulls	1	9	.100	8.0
15	Bucks	1	11	.083	9.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lakers	11	2	.846
2	Spurs	10	2	.833	0.5
3	Timberwolves	9	3	.750	1.5
4	Rockets	9	3	.750	1.5
5	Trail Blazers	8	3	.727	2.0
6	Warriors	8	4	.667	2.5
7	Thunder	8	4	.667	2.5
8	Grizzlies	7	4	.636	3.0
9	Nuggets	6	4	.600	3.5
10	Mavericks	7	5	.583	3.5
11	Suns	5	6	.455	5.0
12	Pelicans	4	8	.333	6.5
13	Clippers	2	8	.200	7.5
14	Kings	1	10	.091	9.0
15	Jazz	1	11	.083	9.5