NBA · Boston Celtics · Updated Oct 20, 2026
Payton Pritchard First Basket Stats
How often Payton Pritchard scores the game's first basket for the Boston Celtics, and how that compares with teammates. Built from every tracked NBA game.
- Payton Pritchard has scored the game's first basket in 3 of 50 starts: 6% of the time.
- That is 7% of the first baskets the Boston Celtics have scored.
- The Boston Celtics score the first basket 52.4% of the time and win the opening tip 42.7% (82 games).
| Player | First baskets | Starts | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neemias QuetaC | 13 | 75 | 17.3% |
| Paul GeorgeF | 7 | 37 | 18.9% |
| Derrick WhiteG | 7 | 77 | 9.1% |
| Sam HauserF | 5 | 49 | 10.2% |
| Payton PritchardG | 3 | 50 | 6% |
More first basket stats
- Boston Celtics first basket stats: the team's tip-off and scores-first rates, and its position split
- Payton Pritchard 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
Payton Pritchard first basket questions
Payton Pritchard has scored the game's first basket in 3 of 50 starts tracked, a rate of 6%.
Neemias Queta (13 first baskets in 75 starts), Paul George (7 first baskets in 37 starts), Derrick White (7 first baskets in 77 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.