NBA · Orlando Magic · Updated Oct 20, 2026
Wendell Carter Jr. First Basket Stats
How often Wendell Carter Jr. scores the game's first basket for the Orlando Magic, and how that compares with teammates. Built from every tracked NBA game.
- Wendell Carter Jr. has scored the game's first basket in 12 of 78 starts: 15.4% of the time.
- That is 25.5% of the first baskets the Orlando Magic have scored.
- The Orlando Magic score the first basket 57.3% of the time and win the opening tip 73.2% (82 games).
| Player | First baskets | Starts | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wendell Carter Jr.C | 12 | 78 | 15.4% |
| Jalen SuggsG | 9 | 56 | 16.1% |
| Desmond BaneG | 9 | 82 | 11% |
| Paolo BancheroF | 8 | 72 | 11.1% |
| Franz WagnerF | 4 | 32 | 12.5% |
More first basket stats
- Orlando Magic first basket stats: the team's tip-off and scores-first rates, and its position split
- Wendell Carter Jr. 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
Wendell Carter Jr. first basket questions
Wendell Carter Jr. has scored the game's first basket in 12 of 78 starts tracked, a rate of 15.4%.
Jalen Suggs (9 first baskets in 56 starts), Desmond Bane (9 first baskets in 82 starts), Paolo Banchero (8 first baskets in 72 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.