NBA · Washington Wizards · Updated Oct 20, 2026
Deandre Ayton First Basket Stats
How often Deandre Ayton scores the game's first basket for the Washington Wizards, and how that compares with teammates. Built from every tracked NBA game.
- Deandre Ayton has scored the game's first basket in 8 of 72 starts: 11.1% of the time.
- That is 26.7% of the first baskets the Washington Wizards have scored.
- The Washington Wizards score the first basket 36.6% of the time and win the opening tip 34.2% (82 games).
| Player | First baskets | Starts | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deandre AytonC | 8 | 72 | 11.1% |
| Alex SarrC | 6 | 48 | 12.5% |
| Bilal CoulibalyG | 6 | 56 | 10.7% |
| Khris MiddletonF | 5 | 50 | 10% |
| Bub CarringtonG | 4 | 48 | 8.3% |
More first basket stats
- Washington Wizards first basket stats: the team's tip-off and scores-first rates, and its position split
- Deandre Ayton in FirstIQ: the full profile, game by game
- NBA first basket stats by player: every player, ranked
- How to bet first basket: the tip, the team and the player, step by step
- First basket picks today: the model's pick for every game today, one of them free
Deandre Ayton first basket questions
Deandre Ayton has scored the game's first basket in 8 of 72 starts tracked, a rate of 11.1%.
Alex Sarr (6 first baskets in 48 starts), Bilal Coulibaly (6 first baskets in 56 starts), Khris Middleton (5 first baskets in 50 starts). The table on this page has each of them.
From every tracked game: the game's first scoring play, made free throws included, the team that won the opening tip, and which side was at home. A game the tip winner or the home side was not recorded for is left out of that one figure, and each figure says how many games it is out of.
The stats are rebuilt as games are played; the date at the top is when this page was last updated.
On the first basket picks page: the model's pick for every game today, one of them free, with every finished game graded.