NBA · New York Knicks · Updated Oct 20, 2026
Jalen Brunson First Basket Stats
How often Jalen Brunson scores the game's first basket for the New York Knicks, and how that compares with teammates. Built from every tracked NBA game.
- Jalen Brunson has scored the game's first basket in 15 of 74 starts: 20.3% of the time.
- That is 28.3% of the first baskets the New York Knicks have scored.
- The New York Knicks score the first basket 63.9% of the time and win the opening tip 50.6% (83 games).
| Player | First baskets | Starts | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen BrunsonG | 15 | 74 | 20.3% |
| Karl-Anthony TownsC | 10 | 75 | 13.3% |
| Mikal BridgesG | 7 | 82 | 8.5% |
| Josh HartG | 6 | 52 | 11.5% |
| OG AnunobyF | 6 | 67 | 9% |
More first basket stats
- New York Knicks first basket stats: the team's tip-off and scores-first rates, and its position split
- Jalen Brunson 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
Jalen Brunson first basket questions
Jalen Brunson has scored the game's first basket in 15 of 74 starts tracked, a rate of 20.3%.
Karl-Anthony Towns (10 first baskets in 75 starts), Mikal Bridges (7 first baskets in 82 starts), Josh Hart (6 first baskets in 52 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.