most career game 1 points

LeBron James has dropped the most career points in game ones, with 1,471 points.

Interpreted as:
most career game 1 points by a player
NAMEPTSGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
1,471
57
40.3
25.8
8.9
7.1
1.5
1.1
9.7
19.3
50.0
1.3
4.2
30.3
5.2
7.1
73.6
57.6
1.6
7.3
3.4
2,298
508
405
85
61
195
110
+97
2Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1,258
37
41.2
34.0
6.4
5.6
2.1
0.8
12.7
25.5
49.7
0.8
2.3
33.7
7.8
9.1
85.5
57.5
1.4
5.1
2.9
1,523
238
206
79
30
108
114
+68
3Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
1,167
44
38.2
26.5
12.0
2.6
0.7
2.5
10.4
18.7
55.7
0.0
0.0
5.8
10.8
53.5
56.7
4.5
7.6
3.3
1,680
529
114
32
108
145
154
+123
4Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
1,113
48
37.7
23.2
11.5
3.3
0.8
2.3
9.1
17.2
53.0
0.0
0.1
25.0
4.9
7.4
66.9
56.7
3.2
8.3
2.5
1,809
551
158
40
109
122
123
+377
5Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
1,111
49
35.0
22.7
9.7
2.8
0.9
2.4
9.4
17.0
55.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.9
5.2
75.1
58.8
2.3
1,713
477
138
36
99
83
150
6Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
1,108
43
38.0
25.8
4.6
4.3
1.2
0.8
9.2
21.0
43.8
0.9
3.2
28.5
6.4
7.8
82.2
52.6
0.9
3.7
2.6
1,636
198
187
50
36
111
126
+112
7Kevin Durant
K. Durant
924
32
38.8
28.9
8.1
4.0
0.8
1.4
10.0
20.9
47.8
1.8
5.1
34.1
7.2
8.3
87.1
58.9
0.8
7.3
3.0
1,242
260
129
27
45
95
79
+129
8Karl Malone
K. Malone
885
38
40.1
23.3
10.6
3.0
1.6
0.7
8.8
19.3
45.6
0.1
0.2
33.3
5.6
7.8
72.0
51.2
2.4
8.2
3.1
1,524
402
113
60
25
118
110
+64
9Tony Parker
T. Parker
780
42
35.2
18.6
3.2
5.8
1.1
0.0
7.4
15.8
46.6
0.5
1.4
37.3
3.3
4.3
76.7
52.4
0.6
2.6
2.5
1,478
133
244
46
1
107
71
+303
10James Harden
J. Harden
769
33
33.3
23.3
4.5
6.4
1.4
0.4
7.4
16.7
44.4
3.1
7.6
40.1
5.4
6.1
88.1
60.0
0.7
3.8
3.2
1,098
149
211
47
12
104
97
+18
11Scottie Pippen
S. Pippen
759
43
39.3
17.7
7.3
5.1
1.9
1.1
6.4
14.4
44.3
1.0
3.2
32.1
3.9
5.0
78.4
53.2
1.7
5.5
2.4
1,692
312
220
80
48
103
137
+52
12Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
744
40
37.4
18.6
7.0
12.8
2.2
0.2
6.6
12.9
51.0
0.3
0.9
31.4
5.2
6.3
82.1
59.3
3.2
1,497
280
510
89
9
128
108
13Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
743
29
39.1
25.6
11.0
3.2
2.0
3.3
10.3
18.7
55.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.9
6.8
72.2
59.1
3.4
7.6
3.2
1,135
319
94
58
96
92
119
-11
14Stephen Curry
S. Curry
742
28
36.7
26.5
5.8
5.5
1.6
0.2
9.4
19.2
48.8
4.5
10.0
45.2
3.3
3.7
87.5
63.7
0.8
5.0
3.4
1,026
161
155
45
5
96
71
+213
15Larry Bird
L. Bird
722
30
40.7
24.1
10.1
7.3
9.1
18.8
48.7
0.5
1.5
33.3
5.3
5.9
89.8
56.3
1,221
302
219
71
16Jerry West
J. West
721
26
27.7
5.0
9.5
22.7
42.0
8.7
10.7
80.9
50.5
130
80
17John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
717
31
23.1
6.3
5.0
9.4
19.3
48.4
4.4
5.1
87.3
53.7
195
155
88
18Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
694
27
39.9
25.7
10.4
2.0
1.0
1.1
8.5
18.2
46.8
0.7
2.3
31.7
7.9
8.6
91.8
58.5
1.9
8.6
2.7
1,077
281
54
27
31
72
70
-130
19Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
684
29
47.6
23.6
25.0
4.0
9.6
18.5
51.6
4.5
9.8
45.6
51.6
1,381
724
117
74
20Dwyane Wade
D. Wade
680
32
36.6
21.3
4.2
5.0
1.6
0.9
8.3
17.2
48.1
0.3
1.4
23.9
4.4
5.8
76.2
53.9
1.1
3.1
3.2
1,172
134
161
51
28
102
84
+25
21Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
662
25
26.5
10.4
5.7
7.7
73.6
81
22James Worthy
J. Worthy
646
30
35.2
21.5
4.9
3.8
1.3
0.6
9.1
16.8
54.3
0.0
0.4
0.0
3.3
4.3
76.6
57.5
1.5
3.4
2.1
1,055
146
113
40
18
64
63
23Kevin McHale
K. McHale
634
32
32.7
19.8
6.9
1.4
7.7
12.8
60.5
0.0
0.1
0.0
4.4
5.4
81.4
65.5
1,047
220
46
102
24Julius Erving
J. Erving
620
28
36.9
22.1
7.6
4.0
8.6
18.2
47.3
0.0
0.4
0.0
4.9
6.4
76.7
52.6
1,034
214
112
70
25Robert Parish
R. Parish
606
36
33.6
16.8
9.8
1.3
7.2
12.9
55.7
0.0
0.0
2.4
3.4
72.7
58.5
1,209
354
46
105

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Team Leaders

PPG

23.1

Mitchell

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RPG

8.6

Mobley

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APG

6.3

Harden

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Team Rankings

ORTG

119.2

6th

DRTG

115.1

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
2
56
26
.683
4.0
3
53
29
.646
7.0
4
Cavaliers Cavaliers
52
30
.634
8.0
5
46
36
.561
14.0
6
46
36
.561
14.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
5/7
@
7:00 PM
Sat
5/9
@
3:00 PM
Mon
5/11
@
8:00 PM
Wed
5/13
@
1:00 PM
Fri
5/15
@
1:00 PM
Last Game
CLE Cavaliers

0 - 1

101

Final

111

DET Pistons

1 - 0

Tue 5 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
60
22
.732
2
56
26
.683
4.0
3
53
29
.646
7.0
4
52
30
.634
8.0
5
46
36
.561
14.0
6
Hawks Hawks - x
46
36
.561
14.0
7
76ers 76ers - x
45
37
.549
15.0
8
Magic Magic - x
45
37
.549
15.0
9
44
38
.537
16.0
10
43
39
.524
17.0
11
Bucks Bucks - e
32
50
.390
28.0
12
Bulls Bulls - e
31
51
.378
29.0
13
Nets Nets - e
20
62
.244
40.0
14
19
63
.232
41.0
15
17
65
.207
43.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
64
18
.780
2
Spurs Spurs - x
62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
7
Suns Suns - x
45
37
.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
11
26
56
.317
38.0
12
26
56
.317
38.0
13
25
57
.305
39.0
14
Kings Kings - e
22
60
.268
42.0
15
Jazz Jazz - e
22
60
.268
42.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
3/25
@
94-119
Thu
3/26
@
108-129
Thu
3/26
@
103-114
Thu
3/26
@
117-121
Fri
3/27
@
114-113

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
5/7
@
7:00 PM
Thu
5/7
@
9:30 PM
Fri
5/8
@
7:00 PM
Fri
5/8
@
9:30 PM
Sat
5/9
@
3:00 PM