NBA · Atlanta Hawks · Updated Oct 20, 2026
Onyeka Okongwu First Basket Stats
How often Onyeka Okongwu scores the game's first basket for the Atlanta Hawks, and how that compares with teammates. Built from every tracked NBA game.
- Onyeka Okongwu has scored the game's first basket in 8 of 63 starts: 12.7% of the time.
- That is 19.5% of the first baskets the Atlanta Hawks have scored.
- The Atlanta Hawks score the first basket 50% of the time and win the opening tip 50% (82 games).
| Player | First baskets | Starts | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| CJ McCollumG | 8 | 60 | 13.3% |
| Onyeka OkongwuF | 8 | 63 | 12.7% |
| Luguentz DortG | 8 | 69 | 11.6% |
| Nickeil Alexander-WalkerG | 7 | 71 | 9.9% |
| Jalen JohnsonF | 5 | 72 | 6.9% |
More first basket stats
- Atlanta Hawks first basket stats: the team's tip-off and scores-first rates, and its position split
- Onyeka Okongwu 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
Onyeka Okongwu first basket questions
Onyeka Okongwu has scored the game's first basket in 8 of 63 starts tracked, a rate of 12.7%.
CJ McCollum (8 first baskets in 60 starts), Luguentz Dort (8 first baskets in 69 starts), Nickeil Alexander-Walker (7 first baskets in 71 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.