most field goal attempts in elimination games

LeBron James and Karl Malone are tied for the most career shot attempts in elimination games, with 697 attempts.

Interpreted as:

most field goal attempts by a player in elimination games

	NAME	FGA	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	697	29	44.5	33.1	10.3	7.5	1.8	0.9	11.9	49.5	2.1	5.9	35.7	7.2	10.0	72.0	58.2	1.9	8.4	3.9	1,289	959	299	217	52	27	112	66	+54
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	697	34	41.6	25.4	10.2	3.4	1.4	0.8	9.6	47.1	0.0	0.1	20.0	6.1	8.9	68.2	52.0	2.6	7.6	2.6	1,413	863	348	114	46	26	88	122	+29
3	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	594	32	39.8	24.0	11.5	3.0	1.5	2.9	9.8	52.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	4.5	6.5	69.1	56.0	3.0	8.5	2.8	1,275	767	368	95	49	94	89	123	-19
4	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	522	28	39.9	23.4	13.0	2.4	0.9	2.1	9.0	48.3	0.1	0.2	33.3	5.3	7.2	73.8	53.6	3.1	9.8	2.6	1,116	655	363	68	26	58	72	102	-45
5	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	506	26	41.8	27.4	10.7	2.5	0.9	1.0	9.3	47.8	1.2	3.4	36.0	7.5	8.3	90.3	59.2	1.7	9.0	1.8	1,088	712	279	65	24	27	46	82	+5
6	Gary Payton G. Payton	486	32	39.8	17.4	4.9	6.9	1.7	0.2	6.6	43.2	1.1	3.2	34.0	3.2	4.3	74.1	51.0	1.3	3.7	2.2	1,272	558	158	222	54	7	70	98	+10
7	Larry Bird L. Bird	475	24	42.8	23.3	10.7	6.1	1.8	1.1	8.8	44.2	0.3	1.3	22.6	5.5	6.1	90.5	51.9			3.2	1,027	560	256	147	42	26	76	64
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	468	23	41.4	25.3	12.2	3.8	1.1	2.4	10.5	51.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.4	6.0	73.7	55.2	3.3	8.3	3.8	953	583	281	87	22	48	61	93
9	Jerry West J. West	468	21	41.2	29.3	5.9	6.7			11.0	49.6				7.2	9.0	79.5	55.7				865	615	124	140				60
10	Julius Erving J. Erving	439	23	38.7	23.2	6.1	4.5			9.3	48.5	0.1	0.5	12.5	4.6	5.7	80.3	53.6			3.2	891	533	141	103			67	64
11	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	435	27	39.1	18.7	5.1	5.6	1.3	0.9	7.0	43.2	0.3	0.9	30.0	4.6	5.5	83.1	50.5			2.9	1,056	505	138	152	36	23	78	90
12	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	434	21		23.0	13.0	2.2			9.6	46.3	0.0	0.0		3.8	6.1	62.5	49.2					482	273	47				81
13	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	429	21	36.7	22.9	8.2	7.6	1.7	0.3	7.6	37.1	1.7	5.7	29.4	6.0	7.4	81.4	48.2	2.3	5.9	3.9	770	480	172	159	36	6	81	64	-45
14	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	413	26	38.7	20.0	7.1	5.3	1.8	0.8	6.8	42.9	0.9	3.0	30.8	5.4	6.9	78.3	52.7	2.2	4.9	2.8	1,005	519	185	137	46	22	74	93	-12
15	James Harden J. Harden	412	26	39.0	22.1	5.4	6.5	2.2	0.8	6.6	41.7	2.4	7.5	31.6	6.5	7.7	84.5	57.5	0.9	4.5	4.3	1,013	575	141	170	58	20	111	62	-96
16	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	410	21		20.7	8.0	4.4			7.8	40.0				5.1	6.5	78.1	46.2					435	168	93				73
17	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	409	18		25.5	12.6	4.9			10.0	44.0				5.5	6.7	82.5	49.7					459	227	89				55
18	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	400	26	41.6	22.7	13.8	4.2	1.5	0.9	7.9	51.3	0.5	1.8	26.1	6.5	8.8	73.4	58.9	4.2	9.6	2.8	1,082	590	359	108	38	23	74	86	-3
19	Reggie Miller R. Miller	398	25	38.0	22.5	3.1	2.2	1.1	0.3	7.7	48.2	2.3	5.9	39.5	4.8	5.5	87.7	61.4	0.5	2.6	1.6	949	563	77	56	27	8	41	55	+28
20	Rasheed Wallace R. Wallace	388	28	37.3	14.9	6.1	2.1	0.7	1.1	5.8	41.5	1.2	3.3	35.5	2.2	3.4	63.5	48.3	1.6	4.5	1.4	1,044	416	171	59	20	31	38	113	+46
21	Joe Johnson J. Johnson	386	27	37.4	15.1	3.9	3.4	0.8	0.1	5.8	40.7	1.3	4.3	30.8	2.1	2.6	81.4	48.8	0.8	3.1	1.8	1,009	407	105	93	22	2	49	48	-21
22	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	377	21	37.6	21.0	5.3	4.2	1.1	1.0	7.6	42.2	0.9	2.7	32.1	5.0	6.0	84.0	51.0	1.3	4.0	3.5	790	441	111	88	24	22	73	55	+14
23	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	375	14	45.4	29.8	3.4	5.6	1.8	0.1	10.7	40.0	1.9	4.9	37.7	6.5	7.8	83.5	49.3	0.9	2.5	2.7	635	417	47	78	25	2	38	32	-12
24	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	367	19	40.5	22.3	5.8	3.5	1.2	0.6	8.0	41.4	1.3	4.7	28.1	5.0	6.5	77.2	50.3	1.2	4.6	3.0	770	424	110	66	23	12	57	59	-69
25	Moses Malone M. Malone	364	23	41.0	21.0	14.9	2.0		1.8	7.3	46.4	0.1	0.1	50.0	6.3	8.0	77.8	54.2				943	483	342	45		41		63

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PPG

29.1

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RPG

8.8

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APG

6.9

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Team Rankings

ORTG

117.4

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DRTG

114.7

13th

NETRTG

2.7

10th

3P%

35.6

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2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
3	Celtics	30	18	.625	5.5
4	Raptors	29	21	.580	7.5
5	Cavaliers	29	21	.580	7.5
6	76ers	27	21	.563	8.5
7	Magic	25	22	.532	10.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 2/1	CLE	@	POR	9:00 PM
Wed 2/4	CLE	@	LAC	10:30 PM
Sat 2/7	CLE	@	SAC	10:00 PM
Mon 2/9	CLE	@	DEN	9:00 PM
Wed 2/11	WAS	@	CLE	7:00 PM

Last Game

Cavaliers

29 - 21

113

Final

126

Suns

30 - 19

Fri 30 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.7

Dončić

32.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.4

Edwards

RPG Leaders

11.8

Towns

11.3

Gobert

11.1

Wembanyama

APG Leaders

9.7

Cunningham

8.8

Dončić

8.1

Harden

SPG Leaders

2.1

Leonard

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Maxey

BPG Leaders

2.6

Wembanyama

2.1

Sarr

2.0

Holmgren

3PM Leaders

4.5

Curry

3.8

Porter

3.8

Mitchell

TS% Leaders

71.6

Jokić

69.5

Williams

67.9

Antetokounmpo

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.2

121.2

120.0

119.4

118.8

118.0

DRtg Rankings

107.2

109.8

112.2

112.5

112.7

112.9

NetRtg Rankings

12.2

6.8

6.6

6.2

5.5

5.1

Tank Leaderboard

12-38

13-38

12-35

13-36

13-34

15-34

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,386.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

2,328.1

Maxey

2,274.8

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,411.5

Dončić

2,409

Johnson

2,396.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

USG% Leaders

37.7

Dončić

36.5

Brown

33.3

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

39.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.8

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

1.41

Cunningham

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.71

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

1.47

Johnson

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

33-16

29-20

29-21

27-20-1

28-22

27-22

Worst Record ATS

19-31

19-28

19-27

20-27

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	35	12	.745
2	Knicks	30	18	.625	5.5
3	Celtics	30	18	.625	5.5
4	Raptors	29	21	.580	7.5
5	Cavaliers	29	21	.580	7.5
6	76ers	27	21	.563	8.5
7	Magic	25	22	.532	10.0
8	Heat	26	24	.520	10.5
9	Bulls	24	25	.490	12.0
10	Hawks	24	27	.471	13.0
11	Hornets	22	28	.440	14.5
12	Bucks	18	28	.391	16.5
13	Nets	13	34	.277	22.0
14	Pacers	13	36	.265	23.0
15	Wizards	12	35	.255	23.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	38	11	.776
2	Nuggets	33	16	.673	5.0
3	Spurs	32	16	.667	5.5
4	Rockets	30	17	.638	7.0
5	Timberwolves	31	19	.620	7.5
6	Lakers	29	18	.617	8.0
7	Suns	30	19	.612	8.0
8	Warriors	27	23	.540	11.5
9	Trail Blazers	23	26	.469	15.0
10	Clippers	22	25	.468	15.0
11	Mavericks	19	30	.388	19.0
12	Grizzlies	18	29	.383	19.0
13	Jazz	15	34	.306	23.0
14	Pelicans	13	38	.255	26.0
15	Kings	12	38	.240	26.5