most 25 point games on opening night in nba history

LeBron James has the most games in season openers with 25+ points, with 13 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	13	387	38.9	29.8	8.9	6.1	1.3	1.2	10.8	20.2	53.6	2.2	5.5	40.3	5.8	8.0	73.1	62.7	1.5	7.4	4.0	505	116	79	17	16	52	36	+33
2	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
3	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	11	353	37.2	32.1	6.5	3.3	1.9	0.5	12.1	22.9	52.8	0.6	1.7	36.8	7.3	9.2	79.2	59.5	3.1	3.5	3.1	409	72	36	21	5	34	25
4	Karl Malone K. Malone	10	318	39.7	31.8	10.2	4.2	1.6	1.2	12.2	20.6	59.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	7.4	10.1	73.3	63.5	3.6	6.6	3.3	397	102	42	16	12	33	35	+27
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	10	303	41.9	30.3	13.0	3.6			12.5	22.5	55.6	0.0	0.0		5.3	8.2	64.6	58.0			2.8	419	130	36			11	38
6	Kevin Durant K. Durant	9	270	37.7	30.0	7.6	3.3	1.7	1.2	10.1	21.4	47.2	1.6	5.3	29.2	8.2	10.2	80.4	57.8	0.7	6.9	3.3	339	68	30	15	11	30	23	-7
7	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	9	264	38.7	29.3	8.7	4.6	1.3	0.4	10.0	20.8	48.1	1.8	4.8	37.2	7.6	11.4	66.0	56.8	0.9	7.8	3.2	348	78	41	12	4	29	25	+111
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	9	272	41.0	30.2	7.1	4.7	2.4	1.4	9.9	24.1	41.0	0.7	1.9	35.3	9.8	12.1	80.7	51.3	1.6	5.6	4.0	369	64	42	22	13	36	23	+30
9	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	9	337	44.6	37.4	25.4	3.2			15.3	26.2	58.5				6.8	14.1	48.0	57.7				401	229	29				14
10	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	9	313		34.8					13.2						8.3	11.3	73.5
11	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	8	252	33.0	31.5	13.5	6.0	0.8	1.0	11.9	21.1	56.2	1.0	3.3	30.8	6.8	10.3	65.9	61.4	1.9	11.6	4.1	264	108	48	6	8	33	37	+62
12	Anthony Davis A. Davis	8	262	38.3	32.8	13.5	3.3	2.3	3.1	11.6	24.0	48.4	0.4	2.1	17.6	9.1	11.9	76.8	56.0	3.4	10.1	2.0	306	108	26	18	25	16	21	+5
13	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	8	231	41.2	28.9	3.4	8.0	2.4	0.0	9.6	21.8	44.3	1.8	4.9	35.9	7.9	10.3	76.8	55.0	0.8	2.6	3.6	330	27	64	19	0	29	18	+31
14	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	8	263	40.1	32.9	12.6	4.6	1.4	1.4	11.3	17.6	63.8	0.4	1.3	30.0	10.0	14.1	70.8	68.9	6.1	6.5	3.4	321	101	37	11	11	27	18	-7
15	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	8	275	39.1	34.4	7.0	2.4		0.0	11.5	20.1	57.1	0.0	0.3	0.0	11.4	14.8	77.1	64.6			3.6	313	56	19		0	29	31
16	Jerry West J. West	8	259		32.4			5.0	0.0	11.9						8.6	11.3	76.7		0.0	2.0					5	0
17	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	7	213	37.1	30.4	6.0	5.7	1.3	0.4	10.6	19.4	54.4	0.7	2.0	35.7	8.6	11.7	73.2	61.9	1.0	5.0	2.3	259	42	40	9	3	16	12	+57
18	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	7	227	36.6	32.4	6.4	5.0	0.6	0.7	10.0	20.1	49.6	4.1	9.3	44.6	8.3	8.9	93.5	67.4	1.6	4.9	1.9	256	45	35	4	5	13	12	+47
19	James Harden J. Harden	7	238	38.4	34.0	6.3	11.1	1.3	0.1	10.1	21.0	48.3	3.6	9.0	39.7	10.1	11.3	89.9	65.5	1.3	5.0	4.3	269	44	78	9	1	30	17	+32
20	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	7	194	35.0	27.7	8.9	6.0	2.1	0.6	10.6	18.7	56.5	1.0	2.7	36.8	5.6	6.9	81.3	63.8	2.7	6.1	3.4	245	62	42	15	4	24	21	+12
21	Moses Malone M. Malone	7	216	40.1	30.9	15.6	0.9	0.6	2.0	10.6	19.7	53.6	0.0	0.0		9.7	12.4	78.2	61.3			3.3	281	109	6	4	14	23	19
22	Hal Greer H. Greer	7	216		30.9					11.3	22.6	50.0				8.3	9.6	86.6	57.6
23	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	6	205	36.3	34.2	10.2	6.8	1.3	0.3	12.0	24.2	49.7	2.5	9.5	26.3	7.7	9.7	79.3	60.1	0.8	9.3	3.7	218	61	41	8	2	22	14	-23
24	Paul George P. George	6	169	37.2	28.2	6.0	4.5	1.8	0.2	10.2	19.7	51.7	4.7	9.3	50.0	3.2	3.8	82.6	66.0	0.2	5.8	3.3	223	36	27	11	1	20	14	+74
25	Stephen Curry S. Curry	6	183	34.8	30.5	5.0	6.5	1.3	0.3	10.2	20.3	50.0	4.0	10.7	37.5	6.2	6.3	97.4	66.0	1.0	4.0	3.3	209	30	39	8	2	20	16	+33

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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