NBA · Memphis Grizzlies · Updated Oct 26, 2026
Zach Edey First Basket Stats
How often Zach Edey scores the game's first basket for the Memphis Grizzlies, and how that compares with teammates. Built from every tracked NBA game.
- Zach Edey has scored the game's first basket in 2 of 13 starts: 15.4% of the time.
- That is 5.4% of the first baskets the Memphis Grizzlies have scored.
- The Memphis Grizzlies score the first basket 43.5% of the time and win the opening tip 38.8% (85 games).
| Player | First baskets | Starts | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quinten PostC | 6 | 35 | 17.1% |
| Jerami GrantF | 5 | 38 | 13.2% |
| Jaylen WellsF | 5 | 72 | 6.9% |
| Cedric CowardF | 4 | 49 | 8.2% |
| Zach EdeyC | 2 | 13 | 15.4% |
More first basket stats
- Memphis Grizzlies first basket stats: the team's tip-off and scores-first rates, and its position split
- Zach Edey 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
Zach Edey first basket questions
Zach Edey has scored the game's first basket in 2 of 13 starts tracked, a rate of 15.4%.
Quinten Post (6 first baskets in 35 starts), Jerami Grant (5 first baskets in 38 starts), Jaylen Wells (5 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.