WNBA · Updated Oct 19, 2026
Indiana Fever First Basket Stats
How often the Indiana Fever win the opening tip and score the game's first basket, who scores it for them, and from which position. Built from every tracked WNBA game.
- The Indiana Fever win the opening tip 63.8% of the time (47 games).
- The Indiana Fever score the game's first basket 59.6% of the time (47 games).
- When the Indiana Fever win the tip, they score the first basket 73.3% of the time (30 games).
- At home, the Indiana Fever score the first basket 43.5% of the time (23 games); on the road, 75% (24 games).
- Guards score 53.6% of first baskets for the Indiana Fever, centers 25% and forwards 21.4% (28 games).
- Aliyah Boston and Kelsey Mitchell lead the Indiana Fever with 7 first baskets each.
| Player | First baskets | Starts | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aliyah BostonC | 7 | 43 | 16.3% |
| Kelsey MitchellG | 7 | 47 | 14.9% |
| Caitlin ClarkG | 4 | 43 | 9.3% |
| Makayla TimpsonF | 3 | 17 | 17.6% |
| Lexie HullG | 3 | 44 | 6.8% |
| Position | First baskets | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Guards | 15 | 53.6% |
| Centers | 7 | 25% |
| Forwards | 6 | 21.4% |
More first basket stats
- NBA and WNBA first basket stats: the league leaders, every team, and how often the tip winner scores first
- Indiana Fever in FirstIQ: the team page, with its games, roster and first basket rates by player
- First basket picks today: the model's pick for every game today, one of them free
Indiana Fever first basket questions
The Indiana Fever have scored the game's first basket in 59.6% of their tracked games (47 games).
When they win the opening tip, they score first 73.3% of the time (30 games).
The Indiana Fever have won the opening tip in 63.8% of their tracked games (47 games). The team that wins the tip gets the first possession, which is why a first basket pick starts with the jump ball.
Aliyah Boston, with 7 first baskets in 43 starts, followed by Kelsey Mitchell (7) and Caitlin Clark (4). The table on this page has each player's first baskets, starts and rate.
On the first basket picks page: the model's pick for every game today, one of them free, with every finished game graded.