NBA · Denver Nuggets · Updated Oct 20, 2026
Nikola Jokic First Basket Stats
How often Nikola Jokic scores the game's first basket for the Denver Nuggets, and how that compares with teammates. Built from every tracked NBA game.
- Nikola Jokic has scored the game's first basket in 8 of 65 starts: 12.3% of the time.
- That is 17.8% of the first baskets the Denver Nuggets have scored.
- The Denver Nuggets score the first basket 54.9% of the time and win the opening tip 58.5% (82 games).
| Player | First baskets | Starts | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamal MurrayG | 17 | 75 | 22.7% |
| DeMar DeRozanG | 9 | 77 | 11.7% |
| Nikola JokicC | 8 | 65 | 12.3% |
| Cameron JohnsonF | 7 | 54 | 13% |
| Aaron GordonF | 3 | 33 | 9.1% |
More first basket stats
- Denver Nuggets first basket stats: the team's tip-off and scores-first rates, and its position split
- Nikola Jokic 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
Nikola Jokic first basket questions
Nikola Jokic has scored the game's first basket in 8 of 65 starts tracked, a rate of 12.3%.
Jamal Murray (17 first baskets in 75 starts), DeMar DeRozan (9 first baskets in 77 starts), Cameron Johnson (7 first baskets in 54 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.