most playoff games played by number 1 pick before age of 23

LeBron James and Magic Johnson are tied for the most games by a #1 overall pick younger than 23 in the playoffs, with 33 games.

	NAME	GP	Age	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	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	33	22	45.4	27.3	8.1	7.1	1.6	0.6	9.5	21.4	44.2	1.3	4.2	30.4	7.1	9.5	74.8	53.4	1.5	6.6	4.0	1,497	901	266	235	52	19	131	84	+22
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	33	22	40.8	17.8	11.1	9.2	2.9	0.4	6.2	12.3	50.6	0.1	0.4	16.7	5.3	6.6	79.9	58.5			3.6	1,347	587	367	302	97	12	120	111
3	Derrick Rose D. Rose	28	22	42.0	25.2	4.6	7.3	1.1	0.6	9.5	22.2	42.7	1.0	4.0	24.3	5.3	6.5	82.3	50.4	1.3	3.4	3.8	1,175	706	130	204	30	16	107	66	-4
4	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	27	22	39.8	27.8	6.0	5.5	1.5	1.0	9.7	20.3	47.6	3.1	8.0	39.1	5.3	6.5	82.3	60.0	0.9	5.1	2.8	1,074	750	162	148	40	26	75	72	+34
5	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	22	22	34.1	23.8	10.9	2.7	1.0	3.5	8.0	16.5	48.5	1.8	5.2	34.2	6.0	7.1	84.7	60.6	2.5	8.4	2.7	750	524	239	59	21	78	59	55	+196
6	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	22	22	36.4	15.8	11.8	1.1	0.8	1.1	7.0	10.6	65.8	0.0	0.0		1.8	2.4	73.6	67.4	3.0	8.8	1.3	801	347	260	25	18	24	28	63	+82
7	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	22	22	35.9	15.0	8.1	6.8	1.5	0.9	6.0	11.0	55.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.9	4.5	65.3	58.1	1.8	6.3	3.5	790	330	178	149	32	20	76	79	+16
8	Dwight Howard D. Howard	14	22	42.1	17.9	15.5	1.1	0.7	2.7	6.8	11.9	57.2	0.0	0.0		4.3	8.3	51.7	57.6	5.4	10.1	3.5	589	250	217	16	10	38	49	51	-9
9	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	12	22	38.3	28.0	8.5	4.1	0.9	0.7	10.2	22.8	44.7	2.3	5.6	41.8	5.3	7.5	71.1	53.7	2.2	6.3	3.9	459	336	102	49	11	8	47	32	-16
10	Andrea Bargnani A. Bargnani	11	22	25.9	8.9	2.8	0.7	0.8	0.5	3.2	7.7	41.2	1.0	3.0	33.3	1.5	1.9	81.0	52.0	0.4	2.5	0.8	285	98	31	8	9	6	9	31	-77
11	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	9	21	41.6	20.7	9.0	1.9	0.6	2.6	8.1	15.6	52.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.4	6.7	66.7	55.9	2.2	6.8	2.8	374	186	81	17	5	23	25	24	+16
12	Markelle Fultz M. Fultz	8	21	21.2	8.1	1.8	3.9	0.9	0.4	3.1	8.4	37.3	0.8	2.0	37.5	1.1	1.4	81.8	45.2	0.0	1.8	1.8	170	65	14	31	7	3	14	24	-62
13	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	7	22	44.0	36.3	16.7	4.7			14.3	24.1	59.2				7.7	10.9	71.1	62.7				308	254	117	33				20
14	Greg Oden G. Oden	6	21	16.0	5.0	4.3	0.0	0.3	0.8	1.8	3.5	52.4	0.0	0.0		1.3	2.0	66.7	57.1	1.8	2.5	1.3	96	30	26	0	2	5	8	27	+9
15	David Thompson D. Thompson	6	22	39.5	24.7	5.2	4.0	1.5	0.7	9.3	20.2	46.3				6.0	8.8	67.9	51.3	2.2	3.0		237	148	31	24	9	4		22
16	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	5	22	33.9	15.2	13.4	2.2	0.4	1.0	5.6	12.0	46.7	0.6	2.2	27.3	3.4	4.6	73.9	54.2	3.0	10.4	2.4	170	76	67	11	2	5	12	14	-43
17	Andrew Bogut A. Bogut	5	21	34.4	8.6	6.2	3.4	0.6	0.0	4.0	9.2	43.5	0.0	0.0		0.6	1.6	37.5	43.4	1.8	4.4	1.6	172	43	31	17	3	0	8	21	-35
18	Brad Daugherty B. Daugherty	5	22	40.8	15.8	9.2	3.2	0.4	1.4	5.8	12.6	46.0	0.0	0.0		4.2	6.2	67.7	51.5	2.0	7.2	3.2	204	79	46	16	2	7	16	11
19	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	5	22	37.4	21.2	13.0	1.4	1.4	2.6	8.4	17.6	47.7	0.0	0.0		4.4	9.2	47.8	49.0	6.6	6.4	2.2	187	106	65	7	7	13	11	22
20	Anthony Davis A. Davis	4	21	42.9	31.5	11.0	2.0	1.3	3.0	11.8	21.8	54.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	8.0	9.0	88.9	61.3	2.3	8.8	3.3	172	126	44	8	5	12	13	12	-20
21	Cazzie Russell C. Russell	4	22	22.3	15.5	4.8	2.8			6.5	16.5	39.4				2.5	3.3	76.9	43.2				89	62	19	11				16
22	Zaccharie Risacher Z. Risacher	3	20	7.6	3.7	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	4.7	35.7	0.3	1.7	20.0	0.0	0.0		39.3	1.3	1.7	0.0	23	11	9	0	0	0	0	2	-2
23	Chris Webber C. Webber	3	20	36.3	15.7	8.7	9.0	1.0	3.0	7.3	13.3	55.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	1.0	3.3	30.0	52.9	4.3	4.3	3.0	109	47	26	27	3	9	9	11
24	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	3	21	42.0	20.7	13.3	2.3	0.7	3.0	7.7	15.0	51.1	0.0	0.0		5.3	11.3	47.1	51.7	5.7	7.7	3.3	126	62	40	7	2	9	10	13

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More Cavaliers Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

24.8

Mitchell

RPG

10.0

Mobley

APG

6.8

Harden

Team Rankings

ORTG

114.2

10th

DRTG

112.3

17th

NETRTG

1.9

14th

3P%

36.7

11th

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
3	Raptors	3	1	.750	0.5
4	Celtics	3	1	.750	0.5
5	Cavaliers	3	1	.750	0.5
6	Hornets	3	2	.600	1.0
7	Hawks	2	3	.400	2.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/29	CLE	@	ATL	8:00 PM
Sat 10/31	CLE	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Mon 11/2	OKC	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 11/4	CLE	@	OKC	8:00 PM
Fri 11/6	PHI	@	CLE	7:30 PM

Last Game

Wizards

2 - 3

111

Final

121

Cavaliers

3 - 1

Wed 28 Oct 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

36.0

Dončić

33.3

Edwards

29.8

Jerome

RPG Leaders

16.5

Sabonis

13.8

Towns

12.2

Gobert

APG Leaders

10.4

Young

9.5

Haliburton

9.0

Jokić

SPG Leaders

3.4

Daniels

2.8

Williamson

2.8

Flagg

BPG Leaders

3.8

Wembanyama

2.6

Turner

2.4

Kessler

3PM Leaders

5.3

Dončić

4.5

Edwards

4.3

Camara

TS% Leaders

91.1

Camara

78.8

Carter

77.3

Williams

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

128.7

123.3

118.0

117.6

117.5

DRtg Rankings

98.2

103.4

103.5

106.2

106.3

107.5

NetRtg Rankings

18.6

14.4

14.2

12.1

9.8

9.6

Tank Leaderboard

0-4

1-4

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

FanDuel Points Leaders

284.4

Wembanyama

247.7

Antetokounmpo

240.6

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

275.3

Wembanyama

259.5

Antetokounmpo

246

Johnson

USG% Leaders

40.2

Dončić

37.9

Edwards

35.5

Miller

MPG Leaders

38.5

Murray

37.6

Maxey

37.3

Jokić

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.77

Wembanyama

1.65

Flagg

1.58

Dončić

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.71

Wembanyama

1.70

Dončić

1.64

Antetokounmpo

NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

4-0

5-0

4-1

3-1

Worst Record ATS

0-3

1-4

1-3

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	4	1	.800
2	76ers	4	1	.800
3	Raptors	3	1	.750	0.5
4	Celtics	3	1	.750	0.5
5	Cavaliers	3	1	.750	0.5
6	Hornets	3	2	.600	1.0
7	Hawks	2	3	.400	2.0
8	Knicks	2	3	.400	2.0
9	Wizards	2	3	.400	2.0
10	Pacers	2	3	.400	2.0
11	Magic	1	3	.250	2.5
12	Bulls	1	4	.200	3.0
13	Bucks	1	4	.200	3.0
14	Heat	1	4	.200	3.0
15	Nets	0	4	.000	3.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Rockets	5	0	1.000
2	Grizzlies	4	0	1.000	0.5
3	Trail Blazers	3	0	1.000	1.0
4	Lakers	4	1	.800	1.0
5	Thunder	4	1	.800	1.0
6	Spurs	3	2	.600	2.0
7	Mavericks	3	2	.600	2.0
8	Timberwolves	3	2	.600	2.0
9	Nuggets	2	2	.500	2.5
10	Warriors	2	3	.400	3.0
11	Suns	1	2	.333	3.0
12	Clippers	1	3	.250	3.5
13	Jazz	1	4	.200	4.0
14	Pelicans	0	4	.000	4.5
15	Kings	0	4	.000	4.5