NBA · Cleveland Cavaliers · Updated Oct 20, 2026
James Harden First Basket Stats
How often James Harden scores the game's first basket for the Cleveland Cavaliers, and how that compares with teammates. Built from every tracked NBA game.
- James Harden has scored the game's first basket in 6 of 70 starts: 8.6% of the time.
- That is 11.8% of the first baskets the Cleveland Cavaliers have scored.
- The Cleveland Cavaliers score the first basket 62.2% of the time and win the opening tip 64.6% (82 games).
| Player | First baskets | Starts | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jarrett AllenC | 15 | 56 | 26.8% |
| Evan MobleyC | 12 | 63 | 19% |
| Donovan MitchellG | 8 | 70 | 11.4% |
| James HardenG | 6 | 70 | 8.6% |
| Jaylon TysonG | 3 | 42 | 7.1% |
More first basket stats
- Cleveland Cavaliers first basket stats: the team's tip-off and scores-first rates, and its position split
- James Harden 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
James Harden first basket questions
James Harden has scored the game's first basket in 6 of 70 starts tracked, a rate of 8.6%.
Jarrett Allen (15 first baskets in 56 starts), Evan Mobley (12 first baskets in 63 starts), Donovan Mitchell (8 first baskets in 70 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.