LeBron James has dropped the most career points by a player as a starter, with 43,404 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in NBA starter debuts

	NAME	PTS	GP	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	43,404	1,620	37.6	26.8	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.8	19.4	50.7	1.6	4.7	34.9	5.5	7.4	73.7	59.0	1.1	6.3	3.5	60,978	12,084	12,008	2,416	1,184	5,641	2,858	+7477
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	36,865	1,471	37.2	25.1	10.2	3.6	1.4	0.8	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	57.7	2.4	7.7	3.1	54,718	14,933	5,234	2,078	1,142	4,505	4,557	+3010
3	Kevin Durant K. Durant	32,539	1,198	36.7	27.2	6.9	4.4	1.0	1.1	9.4	18.6	50.3	2.0	5.1	39.1	6.4	7.3	88.2	62.1	0.7	6.2	3.2	44,009	8,235	5,266	1,232	1,341	3,789	2,273	+5029
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	31,897	1,198	38.0	26.6	5.6	5.0	1.5	0.5	9.3	20.8	44.9	1.4	4.3	32.8	6.6	7.8	83.9	55.0	1.1	4.4	3.1	45,545	6,675	6,016	1,827	581	3,741	3,072	+3847
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	31,741	1,039	38.7	30.5	6.3	5.3	2.4	0.8	11.5	23.2	49.8	0.6	1.7	32.7	6.9	8.3	83.6	57.0	1.6	4.7	2.8	40,216	6,565	5,546	2,463	874	2,868	2,719	+1407
6	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	31,203	1,460	34.6	21.4	7.8	2.5	0.8	0.9	7.6	16.0	47.2	1.3	3.5	38.4	4.9	5.6	87.9	57.8	1.0	6.8	1.7	50,542	11,349	3,614	1,194	1,259	2,459	3,503	+6658
7	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28,414	1,197	34.8	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	9.4	16.1	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.8	58.6	3.5	7.4	2.7	41,672	13,007	3,011	737	2,719	3,287	4,116	+4831
8	James Harden J. Harden	26,611	1,007	36.5	26.4	6.0	8.3	1.6	0.6	7.8	17.8	43.8	3.1	8.4	36.3	7.8	9.0	86.5	60.8	0.8	5.3	4.1	36,799	6,083	8,348	1,565	624	4,166	2,460	+3941
9	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	26,599	1,252	34.7	21.2	4.3	4.1	1.0	0.3	7.6	16.2	47.0	0.5	1.8	30.2	5.5	6.5	84.4	55.8	0.7	3.6	2.0	43,387	5,404	5,178	1,246	414	2,469	2,786	-375
10	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	26,482	1,186	36.4	22.3	11.3	2.5	1.8	3.2	8.9	17.4	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.8	4.5	6.3	71.4	55.4	3.3	8.0	3.0	43,188	13,452	3,012	2,116	3,747	3,602	4,268	+429
11	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	26,452	1,389	34.1	19.0	10.8	3.0	0.7	2.2	7.4	14.6	50.6	0.0	0.1	17.9	4.2	6.1	69.7	55.1	2.8	8.1	2.4	47,304	15,067	4,223	1,025	3,019	3,377	3,301	+8896
12	Stephen Curry S. Curry	26,435	1,061	34.1	24.9	4.7	6.3	1.5	0.3	8.5	18.0	47.1	4.0	9.5	42.2	4.0	4.4	91.2	62.6	0.6	4.0	3.1	36,170	4,956	6,727	1,596	280	3,298	2,372	+6241
13	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	26,428	1,120	35.7	23.6	6.5	2.9	1.0	0.5	8.5	18.9	44.8	1.3	3.7	34.9	5.4	6.7	81.2	54.1	1.7	4.8	2.6	39,995	7,292	3,254	1,135	556	2,931	3,223	+1692
14	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	26,075	1,285	35.0	20.3	5.7	3.6	1.3	0.6	6.7	14.9	44.6	1.6	4.4	36.9	5.3	6.6	80.6	56.9	0.8	4.9	2.7	44,976	7,375	4,647	1,733	732	3,480	3,546	+3399
15	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	25,839	1,425	34.9	18.1	10.2	3.8	1.3	1.4	7.3	14.7	49.8	0.1	0.4	27.2	3.4	4.3	79.0	54.7	2.2	8.0	2.2	49,698	14,523	5,402	1,828	2,003	3,136	3,494	+4913
16	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	25,713	995	36.7	25.8	6.9	2.6			9.7	20.9	46.3	0.7			5.8	7.2	81.4	53.7				36,522	6,845	2,584				1,965	-246
17	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	25,065	1,133	34.3	22.1	7.3	8.3	1.6	0.3	8.0	18.1	44.1	1.2	3.8	31.0	5.0	6.5	77.7	52.9	1.6	5.6	4.1	38,890	8,234	9,433	1,859	346	4,592	2,957	+2693
18	Reggie Miller R. Miller	24,446	1,304	35.1	18.7	3.1	3.1	1.1	0.2	6.1	12.9	47.0	1.9	4.8	39.6	4.7	5.2	89.0	61.5	0.6	2.5	1.8	45,762	3,995	4,010	1,449	279	2,304	2,570	+2015
19	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	24,445	1,122	35.4	21.8	10.1	1.9	1.0	2.5	8.5	16.9	50.5	0.0	0.1	15.3	4.7	6.4	74.0	55.4	2.4	7.7	3.1	39,762	11,363	2,185	1,119	2,852	3,472	3,914	+464
20	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	24,160	901	41.3	26.8	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.2	9.3	21.9	42.5	1.2	3.7	31.2	7.0	9.0	78.2	51.8	0.8	2.9	3.6	37,232	3,359	5,555	1,967	162	3,232	1,753	+875
21	Ray Allen R. Allen	22,943	1,149	36.9	20.0	4.2	3.6	1.2	0.2	7.0	15.4	45.3	2.4	5.9	40.0	3.6	4.1	89.4	58.0	1.0	3.2	2.2	42,437	4,866	4,087	1,330	221	2,519	2,620	+3209
22	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	22,913	1,012	37.2	22.6	11.8	4.0	1.6	0.8	8.0	14.8	54.2	0.5	1.9	26.9	6.0	8.2	73.5	61.3	4.0	7.8	3.2	37,664	11,975	4,065	1,597	845	3,227	3,083	+535
23	Chris Paul C. Paul	22,693	1,314	34.0	17.3	4.4	9.3	2.0	0.2	6.1	13.0	47.0	1.4	3.7	37.1	3.7	4.2	87.1	58.2	0.6	3.8	2.3	44,628	5,827	12,237	2,672	221	3,041	3,113	+5991
24	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	22,598	900	36.2	25.1	4.3	6.7	1.0	0.3	8.1	18.4	43.9	3.1	8.4	37.1	5.8	6.5	89.9	59.0	0.6	3.7	2.8	32,610	3,845	6,069	874	267	2,541	1,708	+2415
25	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	21,255	909	35.4	23.4	4.8	5.7	1.6	0.9	8.5	17.5	48.4	0.5	1.7	28.8	5.9	7.7	76.9	55.9	1.3	3.6	3.3	32,219	4,385	5,139	1,486	800	3,003	2,073	+2805

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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