most 20 point games on opening night in nba history by players

LeBron James has the most games in season openers with 20+ points, with 16 games.

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Regular season

	NAME	GP	PTS	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	16	452	37.4	28.3	8.5	5.9	1.3	1.1	10.4	19.8	52.7	2.1	5.5	37.5	5.3	7.5	70.8	61.1	1.5	7.0	3.7	599	136	95	20	17	59	43	+39
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	14	380	37.4	27.1	7.6	3.4	1.4	1.1	9.2	19.8	46.6	1.4	4.8	29.9	7.3	8.8	82.9	57.4	0.7	6.9	3.4	524	107	48	20	16	48	39	+32
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	14	399	38.4	28.5	9.6	4.0	1.5	1.0	10.4	18.4	56.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	7.8	10.4	75.2	62.0	3.1	6.5	3.1	538	134	56	21	14	44	48	+5
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	13	364	38.4	28.0	6.4	4.1	2.1	1.0	9.4	21.9	42.8	0.8	2.5	30.3	8.5	10.2	82.7	53.0	1.2	5.2	3.4	499	83	53	27	13	44	31	+58
5	Stephen Curry S. Curry	12	316	33.6	26.3	5.3	6.3	2.0	0.3	8.5	19.4	43.8	3.2	10.0	31.7	6.2	6.3	97.4	59.3	1.0	4.3	3.6	403	64	76	24	3	43	33	+25
6	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	12	333	38.5	27.8	8.4	4.3	1.3	0.4	9.2	19.2	47.8	1.8	4.6	38.2	7.7	10.8	71.3	58.1	0.8	7.6	2.8	462	101	51	15	5	34	35	+107
7	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	12	376	37.0	31.3	7.0	3.2	2.0	0.4	12.0	22.4	53.5	0.6	1.6	36.8	6.8	8.5	79.4	59.9	3.3	3.8	3.3	444	84	38	24	5	39	30
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	12	343	41.1	28.6	12.3	3.8			11.8	21.4	55.3	0.0	0.0		4.9	7.4	66.3	57.9			2.8	493	147	45			17	47
9	Anthony Davis A. Davis	11	325	36.9	29.5	12.7	2.5	2.0	2.7	10.4	22.4	46.3	0.5	1.9	23.8	8.4	10.4	80.7	54.9	3.7	9.0	1.8	406	140	27	22	30	20	29	-41
10	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	11	311	36.7	28.3	5.7	6.9	0.9	0.5	8.9	20.1	44.3	2.9	8.5	34.4	7.5	8.0	94.3	59.9	1.3	4.5	2.5	404	63	76	10	5	28	19	+77
11	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	11	288	38.4	26.2	9.1	2.6	0.8	1.2	9.1	18.5	49.0	2.0	4.3	46.8	6.0	6.6	90.4	61.0	0.9	8.2	2.4	422	100	29	9	13	26	30	+45
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	11	388	39.4	35.3	6.2	4.5	3.3	1.4	12.9	24.9	51.8	0.5	2.2	20.8	9.0	11.4	79.2	59.0	1.9	4.3	2.5	433	68	49	36	15	27	33	+3
13	Moses Malone M. Malone	11	300	39.5	27.3	14.9	1.1		1.7	9.3	17.3	53.7	0.0	0.0		8.7	11.5	75.6	61.0			3.5	434	164	12		19	38	29
14	Alex English A. English	11	296	34.5	26.9	6.8	2.7		1.2	11.5	20.2	57.2	0.0	0.0		3.8	5.1	75.0	60.0				379	75	30		13		31
15	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	10	296	33.5	29.6	13.3	5.9	0.9	1.3	11.4	20.6	55.3	0.9	3.2	28.1	5.9	9.6	61.5	59.6	1.9	11.4	4.1	335	133	59	9	13	41	45	+62
16	James Harden J. Harden	10	301	37.3	30.1	6.1	9.7	1.3	0.5	9.0	20.0	45.0	3.2	8.9	36.0	8.9	9.8	90.8	61.9	1.4	4.7	4.2	373	61	97	13	5	42	23	+1
17	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	10	239	35.0	23.9	5.0	5.2	1.1	0.6	8.8	18.6	47.3	0.9	2.0	45.0	5.4	6.9	78.3	55.2	1.2	3.8	3.6	350	50	52	11	6	36	31	+70
18	Ray Allen R. Allen	10	253	39.7	25.3	2.9	3.3	0.9	0.1	8.8	17.4	50.6	3.4	6.9	49.3	4.3	4.7	91.5	65.0	1.0	1.9	2.3	397	29	33	9	1	23	16	-8
19	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	10	269	38.0	26.9	12.2	2.0			10.6	20.4	52.0	0.0	0.0		5.7	8.3	68.7	55.9				380	122	20				36
20	Jerry West J. West	10	299		29.9			5.0	0.0	11.0						7.9	10.2	77.5		0.0	2.0					5	0
21	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	10	360	44.6	36.0	24.5	3.2			14.8	25.5	58.0				6.4	13.3	48.1	57.4				446	245	32				18
22	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	10	334		33.4					12.6						8.2	10.9	75.2
23	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	9	221	36.8	24.6	7.9	2.0	0.8	1.7	9.8	20.1	48.6	0.6	1.1	50.0	4.4	5.4	81.6	54.6	3.4	4.4	2.2	331	71	18	7	15	20	16	+25
24	Reggie Miller R. Miller	9	240	36.3	26.7	4.7	2.6	0.6	0.3	7.3	15.1	48.5	1.7	5.7	29.4	10.3	11.1	93.0	66.7	1.1	3.6	3.1	327	42	23	5	3	28	31	-6
25	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	9	284	40.1	31.6	12.4	4.3	1.2	1.2	10.6	17.0	62.1	0.3	1.2	27.3	10.1	14.0	72.2	68.1	5.7	6.8	3.4	361	112	39	11	11	31	23	-7

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More Cavaliers Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

27.9

Mitchell

RPG

9.0

Mobley

APG

5.7

Mitchell

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.2

6th

DRTG

115.1

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/22	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	BKN	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Mon 10/26	MIN	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 10/28	WAS	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Thu 10/29	CLE	@	ATL	7:00 PM

Last Game

Knicks

4 - 0

130

Final

Cavaliers

0 - 4

Mon 25 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0