most career turnovers by a player in season openers

LeBron James has committed the most career turnovers in season openers with 85 turnovers.

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	NAME	TOV	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	85	22	37.2	25.0	8.1	6.2	1.0	1.0	9.2	18.3	50.1	1.6	4.9	33.3	5.0	7.0	71.2	58.4	1.3	6.8	3.9	819	549	178	137	23	21	59	+34
2	John Stockton J. Stockton	70	18	32.6	14.3	2.9	10.5	1.8	0.1	5.1	9.4	53.8	0.7	1.6	44.8	3.5	4.1	85.1	64.0	0.6	2.3	3.9	586	258	53	189	33	1	41	-11
3	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	60	16	31.6	19.1	7.6	7.7	0.9	0.4	6.8	15.4	43.9	0.8	2.9	28.3	4.8	6.3	77.0	52.8	1.9	5.7	3.8	506	306	122	123	14	7	40	+59
4	Steve Nash S. Nash	60	18	30.9	14.5	2.4	7.3	0.7	0.2	5.5	12.0	45.8	1.7	4.1	41.1	1.8	2.2	84.6	56.0	0.3	2.1	3.3	557	261	44	132	12	3	40	+15
5	Karl Malone K. Malone	59	19	36.4	24.4	8.8	3.9	1.5	0.9	8.8	16.6	52.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.8	9.1	75.0	59.1	2.6	6.2	3.1	691	463	167	75	28	17	65	+14
6	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	58	15	34.6	20.0	5.0	4.7	1.0	0.6	7.4	17.1	43.4	0.7	1.8	40.7	4.5	5.9	75.3	50.8	1.3	3.7	3.9	519	300	75	70	15	9	45	+42
7	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	58	21	34.2	16.7	10.6	4.0	1.2	2.0	7.0	14.0	50.3	0.1	0.5	30.0	2.4	3.4	71.8	53.8	1.7	8.9	2.8	719	350	222	85	25	43	55	+104
8	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	58	18	35.2	19.6	11.2	2.2	1.9	2.6	7.6	14.8	51.3	0.0	0.0		4.3	7.3	59.5	54.2	3.3	7.9	3.2	634	352	202	39	35	47	76	-23
9	Stephen Curry S. Curry	57	17	32.5	21.5	5.4	6.2	2.1	0.3	7.1	17.1	41.6	2.5	8.4	30.1	4.8	5.1	94.2	55.7	1.1	4.3	3.4	552	366	91	106	35	5	46	+76
10	James Harden J. Harden	56	16	33.6	23.9	5.7	8.5	1.2	0.4	6.9	16.1	43.2	2.6	7.6	33.9	7.5	8.4	89.6	60.6	1.1	4.6	3.5	538	383	91	136	19	7	38	-39
11	Kevin Durant K. Durant	56	17	36.8	25.2	7.4	3.2	1.4	1.1	8.7	19.7	44.2	1.4	4.6	29.1	6.4	7.9	81.3	54.3	0.7	6.7	3.3	626	428	126	54	23	18	47	+10
12	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	55	16	33.6	20.4	8.1	1.6	0.9	2.5	8.0	14.6	54.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.4	6.3	71.0	58.8	1.1	6.9	3.4	537	327	129	25	14	40	67	+10
13	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	52	15	37.5	26.5	5.9	3.8	1.9	0.9	8.8	20.9	42.2	0.7	2.3	28.6	8.2	9.8	83.7	52.6	1.1	4.8	3.5	563	397	88	57	29	14	40	+55
14	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	52	19	31.9	17.5	10.9	2.5	0.7	2.2	6.8	12.6	54.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.8	5.4	69.9	58.4	2.9	8.0	2.7	607	332	207	48	14	42	50	+121
15	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	52	14	34.8	22.2	7.6	6.1	1.8	0.9	8.4	16.1	52.4	0.6	2.1	31.0	4.7	5.7	82.5	59.8	2.6	5.1	3.7	487	311	107	85	25	12	49	+30
16	Gary Payton G. Payton	51	17	34.5	16.1	4.8	7.2	2.1	0.2	6.5	14.9	43.5	0.8	3.2	24.1	2.4	3.4	70.2	49.1	1.2	3.5	3.0	587	273	81	122	35	4	50	+23
17	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	49	10	37.3	18.9	4.7	8.2	2.4	0.2	5.8	16.6	34.9	0.7	2.6	26.9	6.6	8.5	77.6	46.5	1.2	3.5	4.9	373	189	47	82	24	2	43
18	Grant Hill G. Hill	48	16	33.6	19.2	6.1	3.8	0.9	0.4	7.3	14.4	50.6	0.3	1.3	25.0	4.3	5.8	73.9	56.5	1.2	4.9	3.0	537	307	98	61	14	7	38	+74
19	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	48	16	31.7	19.8	10.9	2.5	0.7	1.9	7.8	14.1	55.3	0.0	0.0		4.2	8.3	50.4	55.7	3.1	7.8	3.0	507	317	174	40	11	30	57	+116
20	Reggie Miller R. Miller	48	16	35.1	20.9	3.6	2.8	1.0	0.4	5.9	13.2	45.0	1.4	4.7	29.3	7.6	8.3	92.4	62.1	1.0	2.6	3.0	561	334	58	44	16	7	55	0
21	Kevin Willis K. Willis	48	19	28.5	13.4	8.7	1.3	0.3	0.5	5.2	11.3	46.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	3.0	4.5	66.3	50.6	2.9	5.7	2.5	542	255	165	24	6	10	52	+13
22	Ron Harper R. Harper	47	14	35.1	15.8	5.1	4.6	2.4	1.1	6.1	14.6	42.2	0.9	1.9	46.2	2.6	4.5	58.7	47.7	1.4	3.6	3.4	492	221	71	64	33	15	39	+22
23	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	46	18	36.6	12.1	6.8	9.9	2.8	0.2	4.4	10.3	43.0	0.8	2.8	28.0	2.4	3.3	73.3	51.3	1.4	5.4	2.6	659	218	123	178	51	3	44	+75
24	Vlade Divac V. Divac	46	15	30.8	10.7	7.9	2.9	1.1	1.8	4.1	9.6	42.4	0.0	0.4	0.0	2.6	3.8	68.4	47.6	2.8	5.1	3.1	462	161	118	44	16	27	52	+31
25	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	45	17	32.2	20.0	5.8	2.6	1.0	0.5	7.1	16.8	42.1	1.2	3.6	34.4	4.6	6.1	76.7	51.5	1.9	3.9	2.6	548	340	99	45	17	9	55	+12

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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