most all-time total points in a season openers ever

LeBron James has dropped the most career points in season openers, with 549 points.

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	NAME	PTS	GP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
1	LeBron James L. James	549	22	819	178	137	23	21	202	403	50.1	36	108	33.3	109	153	71.2	58.4	29	149	85	59	+34	37.2	25.0	8.1	6.2	1.0	1.0	3.9
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	463	19	691	167	75	28	17	167	316	52.8	0	2	0.0	129	172	75.0	59.1	49	118	59	65	+14	36.4	24.4	8.8	3.9	1.5	0.9	3.1
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	431	14	535	82	63	45	19	158	325	48.6	5	27	18.5	110	140	78.6	55.7	25	57	37	41	-2	38.2	30.8	5.9	4.5	3.2	1.4	2.6
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	430	19	704	210	55			174	344	50.6	0	0		82	123	66.7	54.0			37	61		37.1	22.6	11.1	2.9			3.1
5	Kevin Durant K. Durant	428	17	626	126	54	23	18	148	335	44.2	23	79	29.1	109	134	81.3	54.3	12	114	56	47	+10	36.8	25.2	7.4	3.2	1.4	1.1	3.3
6	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	417	17	628	136	66	20	9	136	277	49.1	31	74	41.9	114	156	73.1	60.3	12	124	41	47	+98	36.9	24.5	8.0	3.9	1.2	0.5	2.4
7	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	412	14	514	94	40	25	6	157	309	50.8	10	27	37.0	88	111	79.3	57.6	43	51	45	35	+9	36.7	29.4	6.7	2.9	1.8	0.4	3.2
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	397	15	563	88	57	29	14	132	313	42.2	10	35	28.6	123	147	83.7	52.6	16	72	52	40	+55	37.5	26.5	5.9	3.8	1.9	0.9	3.5
9	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	393	13	560	305	50			161	276	58.3				71	160	44.4	56.7				22		43.1	30.2	23.5	3.8
10	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	388	19	641	156	50	15	17	134	293	45.7	29	73	39.7	91	106	85.8	57.1	21	135	33	53	+44	33.7	20.4	8.2	2.6	0.8	0.9	1.7
11	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	384	14						143						98	132	74.2								27.4
12	James Harden J. Harden	383	16	538	91	136	19	7	111	257	43.2	41	121	33.9	120	134	89.6	60.6	18	73	56	38	-39	33.6	23.9	5.7	8.5	1.2	0.4	3.5
13	Anthony Davis A. Davis	378	14	505	161	35	22	35	132	298	44.3	6	27	22.2	108	135	80.0	52.9	43	118	31	37	-90	36.1	27.0	11.5	2.5	1.6	2.5	2.2
14	Moses Malone M. Malone	378	18	604	212	22		30	128	244	52.5	0	0		122	159	76.7	60.2			44	41		33.6	21.0	11.8	1.2		1.7	2.6
15	Stephen Curry S. Curry	366	17	552	91	106	35	5	121	291	41.6	43	143	30.1	81	86	94.2	55.7	18	73	57	46	+76	32.5	21.5	5.4	6.2	2.1	0.3	3.4
16	Ray Allen R. Allen	356	17	633	48	50	17	2	119	247	48.2	46	95	48.4	72	82	87.8	62.9	13	35	35	33	+64	37.2	20.9	2.8	2.9	1.0	0.1	2.1
17	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	352	18	634	202	39	35	47	137	267	51.3	0	0		78	131	59.5	54.2	59	143	58	76	-23	35.2	19.6	11.2	2.2	1.9	2.6	3.2
18	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	352	13	467	94	23		4	112	218	51.4	0	2	0.0	128	163	78.5	60.7			35	44		35.9	27.1	7.2	1.8		0.3	2.9
19	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	350	21	719	222	85	25	43	148	294	50.3	3	10	30.0	51	71	71.8	53.8	35	187	58	55	+104	34.2	16.7	10.6	4.0	1.2	2.0	2.8
20	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	344	17	572	92	64	26	8	123	267	46.1	8	26	30.8	90	128	70.3	53.2	18	74	39	31	+67	33.7	20.2	5.4	3.8	1.5	0.5	2.3
21	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	340	17	548	99	45	17	9	120	285	42.1	21	61	34.4	79	103	76.7	51.5	33	66	45	55	+12	32.2	20.0	5.8	2.6	1.0	0.5	2.6
22	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	338	14	505	161	45	12	14	116	186	62.4	3	12	25.0	103	145	71.0	67.7	69	92	45	37	-22	36.1	24.1	11.5	3.2	0.9	1.0	3.2
23	Jerry West J. West	337	12				5	0	125						87	111	78.4		0	2					28.1			5.0	0.0
24	Reggie Miller R. Miller	334	16	561	58	44	16	7	95	211	45.0	22	75	29.3	122	132	92.4	62.1	16	42	48	55	0	35.1	20.9	3.6	2.8	1.0	0.4	3.0
25	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	332	19	607	207	48	14	42	130	239	54.4	0	2	0.0	72	103	69.9	58.4	55	152	52	50	+121	31.9	17.5	10.9	2.5	0.7	2.2	2.7

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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