most rebounds by a player in season openers ever

Kevin Garnett has grabbed the most career rebounds in season openers, with 222 boards.

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	NAME	REB	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	222	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	85	25	43	58	55	+104
2	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	207	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	48	14	42	52	50	+121
3	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	202	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	39	35	47	58	76	-23
4	Dwight Howard D. Howard	197	16	29.2	14.1	12.3	1.4	0.9	2.4	5.1	9.0	56.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.9	7.9	48.8	56.5	3.4	8.9	2.5	467	226	23	14	38	40	49	+80
5	LeBron James L. James	178	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	137	23	21	85	59	+34
6	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	174	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	40	11	30	48	57	+116
7	Karl Malone K. Malone	167	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	75	28	17	59	65	+14
8	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	165	14	31.3	15.2	11.8	2.4	1.1	1.2	6.1	13.1	46.2	0.8	2.3	34.4	2.3	3.1	72.7	52.4	2.9	8.9	2.0	438	213	33	16	17	28	29	-40
9	Kevin Willis K. Willis	165	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	24	6	10	48	52	+13
10	Buck Williams B. Williams	163	15	32.9	13.5	10.9	1.5	0.9	0.8	5.4	9.3	58.3	0.0	0.0		2.7	4.6	59.4	59.9	4.5	6.4	2.6	493	203	22	14	12	39	56	0
11	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	162	13	32.5	12.5	12.5	0.8	0.5	1.4	4.9	7.5	65.3	0.0	0.0		2.7	3.8	70.0	67.9	3.4	9.1	2.1	423	163	11	6	18	27	41	+17
12	Anthony Davis A. Davis	161	14	36.1	27.0	11.5	2.5	1.6	2.5	9.4	21.3	44.3	0.4	1.9	22.2	7.7	9.6	80.0	52.9	3.1	8.4	2.2	505	378	35	22	35	31	37	-90
13	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	161	14	36.1	24.1	11.5	3.2	0.9	1.0	8.3	13.3	62.4	0.2	0.9	25.0	7.4	10.4	71.0	67.7	4.9	6.6	3.2	505	338	45	12	14	45	37	-22
14	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	159	16	29.0	10.4	9.9	1.1	0.3	2.6	3.6	7.5	47.5	0.0	0.0		3.3	4.8	69.7	54.4	3.8	6.2	2.0	463	167	18	4	42	32	39	+16
15	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	159	16	31.3	8.4	9.9	2.5	0.9	0.3	3.1	7.3	41.9	0.0	0.0		2.3	3.1	75.5	48.7	2.5	7.4	2.0	501	135	40	14	4	32	48	-24
16	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	156	19	33.7	20.4	8.2	2.6	0.8	0.9	7.1	15.4	45.7	1.5	3.8	39.7	4.8	5.6	85.8	57.1	1.1	7.1	1.7	641	388	50	15	17	33	53	+44
17	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	155	14	23.4	12.0	11.1	1.6	1.1	1.0	4.9	9.6	50.7	0.1	0.5	14.3	2.2	3.3	67.4	54.5	3.7	7.4	2.1	328	168	22	15	14	30	50	+29
18	Marcus Camby M. Camby	146	13	27.3	8.4	11.2	2.2	1.1	2.6	3.3	8.2	40.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.8	2.5	69.7	44.8	3.4	7.8	1.3	355	109	28	14	34	17	35	+12
19	Robert Parish R. Parish	146	15	30.1	15.0	9.7	1.2	0.5	1.7	6.1	10.8	56.8	0.0	0.0		2.7	3.5	78.8	60.9	3.0	6.7	2.7	451	225	18	8	26	41	55	+4
20	Moses Malone M. Malone	145	12	32.3	20.3	12.1	1.1		1.4	6.1	12.4	49.0	0.0	0.0		8.1	10.1	80.2	60.1	4.9	7.2	2.3	388	243	13		17	28	23
21	Jonas Valančiūnas J. Valančiūnas	141	14	25.5	14.5	10.1	1.4	0.4	0.8	5.6	11.1	50.3	0.4	1.0	35.7	3.0	3.7	80.8	57.1	3.4	6.7	1.2	357	203	19	5	11	17	41	+31
22	Shawn Marion S. Marion	140	16	33.3	13.4	8.8	2.1	1.6	1.6	5.8	12.3	46.7	0.4	1.8	20.7	1.6	2.2	71.4	50.6	2.1	6.6	1.9	533	215	33	26	26	31	43	-60
23	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	138	12	30.3	25.6	11.5	5.0	0.8	1.2	9.8	17.7	55.2	0.8	2.8	30.3	5.3	8.4	62.4	59.9	1.6	9.9	3.5	364	307	60	9	14	42	48	+63
24	Kevin Love K. Love	138	13	29.7	16.0	10.6	2.8	0.5	0.3	4.8	11.9	40.0	1.5	4.2	37.0	4.9	6.2	79.0	54.6	2.6	8.0	1.9	386	208	36	6	4	25	34	+33
25	Zach Randolph Z. Randolph	138	16	28.8	14.1	8.6	1.1	0.8	0.3	5.3	12.4	42.4	0.1	0.3	20.0	3.6	5.1	70.4	48.4	3.1	5.5	2.0	461	226	18	13	5	32	29	-79

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Team Leaders

PPG

28.8

Edwards

RPG

11.5

Gobert

APG

5.0

Randle

Team Rankings

ORTG

116.8

12th

DRTG

113.5

8th

NETRTG

3.3

10th

3P%

37.0

6th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
4	Lakers	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers	42	40	.512	22.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	MIN	@	MIA	7:30 PM
Fri 10/23	MIN	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Sun 10/25	TOR	@	MIN	7:00 PM
Mon 10/26	MIN	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 10/28	GSW	@	MIN	8:00 PM

Last Game

Spurs

4 - 2

139

Final

109

Timberwolves

2 - 4

Fri 15 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

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 3/30	PHX	@	MEM	131-105
Mon 3/30	CHI	@	SAS	114-129
Mon 3/30	MIN	@	DAL	124-94
Mon 3/30	CLE	@	UTA	122-113
Mon 3/30	DET	@	OKC	110-114

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	7:00 PM

Kevin Garnett has grabbed the most career rebounds in season openers, with 222 boards.

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28.8

11.5

5.0

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

33.5

31.1

28.8

12.9

11.9

11.6

10.7

9.9

8.3

2.0

2.0

1.9

3.1

1.9

1.9

4.0

3.8

3.4

68.8

67.6

67.4

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

4,039.7

3,694

3,474

4,298.5

3,909.3

3,685.5

38.0

36.1

33.4

38.0

37.4

36.4

1.78

1.61

1.52

1.90

1.71

1.52

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