most points on nba opening night all-time

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

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most points by a player on NBA opening night all-time

	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	549	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	178	137	23	21	85	59	+34
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	463	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	167	75	28	17	59	65	+14
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	431	14	38.2	30.8	5.9	4.5	3.2	1.4	11.3	23.2	48.6	0.4	1.9	18.5	7.9	10.0	78.6	55.7	1.8	4.1	2.6	535	82	63	45	19	37	41	-2
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	430	19	37.1	22.6	11.1	2.9			9.2	18.1	50.6	0.0	0.0		4.3	6.5	66.7	54.0			3.1	704	210	55			37	61
5	Kevin Durant K. Durant	428	17	36.8	25.2	7.4	3.2	1.4	1.1	8.7	19.7	44.2	1.4	4.6	29.1	6.4	7.9	81.3	54.3	0.7	6.7	3.3	626	126	54	23	18	56	47	+10
6	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	417	17	36.9	24.5	8.0	3.9	1.2	0.5	8.0	16.3	49.1	1.8	4.4	41.9	6.7	9.2	73.1	60.3	0.7	7.3	2.4	628	136	66	20	9	41	47	+98
7	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	412	14	36.7	29.4	6.7	2.9	1.8	0.4	11.2	22.1	50.8	0.7	1.9	37.0	6.3	7.9	79.3	57.6	3.1	3.6	3.2	514	94	40	25	6	45	35	+9
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	397	15	37.5	26.5	5.9	3.8	1.9	0.9	8.8	20.9	42.2	0.7	2.3	28.6	8.2	9.8	83.7	52.6	1.1	4.8	3.5	563	88	57	29	14	52	40	+55
9	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	393	13	43.1	30.2	23.5	3.8			12.4	21.2	58.3				5.5	12.3	44.4	56.7				560	305	50				22
10	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	388	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	156	50	15	17	33	53	+44
11	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	384	14		27.4					10.2						7.0	9.4	74.2
12	James Harden J. Harden	383	16	33.6	23.9	5.7	8.5	1.2	0.4	6.9	16.1	43.2	2.6	7.6	33.9	7.5	8.4	89.6	60.6	1.1	4.6	3.5	538	91	136	19	7	56	38	-39
13	Anthony Davis A. Davis	378	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	161	35	22	35	31	37	-90
14	Moses Malone M. Malone	378	18	33.6	21.0	11.8	1.2		1.7	7.1	13.6	52.5	0.0	0.0		6.8	8.8	76.7	60.2			2.6	604	212	22		30	44	41
15	Stephen Curry S. Curry	366	17	32.5	21.5	5.4	6.2	2.1	0.3	7.1	17.1	41.6	2.5	8.4	30.1	4.8	5.1	94.2	55.7	1.1	4.3	3.4	552	91	106	35	5	57	46	+76
16	Ray Allen R. Allen	356	17	37.2	20.9	2.8	2.9	1.0	0.1	7.0	14.5	48.2	2.7	5.6	48.4	4.2	4.8	87.8	62.9	0.8	2.1	2.1	633	48	50	17	2	35	33	+64
17	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	352	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	202	39	35	47	58	76	-23
18	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	352	13	35.9	27.1	7.2	1.8		0.3	8.6	16.8	51.4	0.0	0.2	0.0	9.8	12.5	78.5	60.7			2.9	467	94	23		4	35	44
19	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	350	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	222	85	25	43	58	55	+104
20	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	344	17	33.7	20.2	5.4	3.8	1.5	0.5	7.2	15.7	46.1	0.5	1.5	30.8	5.3	7.5	70.3	53.2	1.1	4.4	2.3	572	92	64	26	8	39	31	+67
21	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	340	17	32.2	20.0	5.8	2.6	1.0	0.5	7.1	16.8	42.1	1.2	3.6	34.4	4.6	6.1	76.7	51.5	1.9	3.9	2.6	548	99	45	17	9	45	55	+12
22	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	338	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	161	45	12	14	45	37	-22
23	Jerry West J. West	337	12		28.1			5.0	0.0	10.4						7.3	9.3	78.4		0.0	2.0					5	0
24	Reggie Miller R. Miller	334	16	35.1	20.9	3.6	2.8	1.0	0.4	5.9	13.2	45.0	1.4	4.7	29.3	7.6	8.3	92.4	62.1	1.0	2.6	3.0	561	58	44	16	7	48	55	0
25	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	332	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	207	48	14	42	52	50	+121

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Team Leaders

PPG

27.7

Mitchell

RPG

9.0

Mobley

APG

5.7

Mitchell

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.0

6th

DRTG

114.9

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	52	25	.675	4.5
3	Knicks	50	28	.641	7.0
4	Cavaliers	48	29	.623	8.5
5	Hawks	45	33	.577	12.0
6	Raptors	43	34	.558	13.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 4/5	IND	@	CLE	6:00 PM
Mon 4/6	CLE	@	MEM	8:00 PM
Wed 4/8	ATL	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Fri 4/10	CLE	@	ATL	7:00 PM
Sun 4/12	WAS	@	CLE	6:00 PM

Last Game

Cavaliers

48 - 29

118

Final

111

Warriors

36 - 41

Thu 2 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.9

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.9

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

9.1

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Daniels

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.8

Holmgren

1.8

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.6

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.4

Duren

67.8

Ayton

67.2

Jokić

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.1

120.7

120.0

119.5

119.4

119.0

DRtg Rankings

107.3

109.5

111.1

112.8

112.9

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.4

8.3

8.1

7.9

6.7

5.2

Tank Leaderboard

17-60

18-59

21-57

24-53

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

3,864.1

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,372.3

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,117

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,572.8

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.9

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.6

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.2

Maxey

37.3

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

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

49-29

46-30-1

45-32

44-34

43-35

Worst Record ATS

31-46

33-45

33-44

33-43-1

34-43

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - x	57	21	.731
2	Celtics - x	52	25	.675	4.5
3	Knicks - x	50	28	.641	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	48	29	.623	8.5
5	Hawks	45	33	.577	12.0
6	Raptors	43	34	.558	13.5
7	76ers	43	35	.551	14.0
8	Hornets	42	36	.538	15.0
9	Magic	41	36	.532	15.5
10	Heat	41	37	.526	16.0
11	Bucks - e	30	47	.390	26.5
12	Bulls - e	29	48	.377	27.5
13	Pacers - e	18	59	.234	38.5
14	Nets - e	18	59	.234	38.5
15	Wizards - e	17	60	.221	39.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - x	61	16	.792
2	Spurs - x	59	19	.756	2.5
3	Lakers - x	50	27	.649	11.0
4	Nuggets - x	50	28	.641	11.5
5	Rockets - x	48	29	.623	13.0
6	Timberwolves	46	31	.597	15.0
7	Suns	42	35	.545	19.0
8	Trail Blazers	40	38	.513	21.5
9	Clippers	39	38	.506	22.0
10	Warriors	36	41	.468	25.0
11	Grizzlies - e	25	52	.325	36.0
12	Pelicans - e	25	53	.321	36.5
13	Mavericks - e	24	53	.312	37.0
14	Kings - e	21	57	.269	40.5
15	Jazz - e	21	57	.269	40.5