WNBA · Phoenix Mercury · Updated Oct 20, 2026
Alyssa Thomas First Basket Stats
How often Alyssa Thomas scores the game's first basket for the Phoenix Mercury, and how that compares with teammates. Built from every tracked WNBA game.
- Alyssa Thomas has scored the game's first basket in 6 of 42 starts: 14.3% of the time.
- That is 35.3% of the first baskets the Phoenix Mercury have scored.
- The Phoenix Mercury score the first basket 38.6% of the time and win the opening tip 50% (44 games).
| Player | First baskets | Starts | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alyssa ThomasF | 6 | 42 | 14.3% |
| DeWanna BonnerF | 3 | 26 | 11.5% |
| Kahleah CopperG | 3 | 40 | 7.5% |
| Jovana NogicG | 2 | 7 | 28.6% |
| Noemie BrochantF | 2 | 33 | 6.1% |
More first basket stats
- Phoenix Mercury first basket stats: the team's tip-off and scores-first rates, and its position split
- Alyssa Thomas in FirstIQ: the full profile, game by game
- WNBA 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
Alyssa Thomas first basket questions
Alyssa Thomas has scored the game's first basket in 6 of 42 starts tracked, a rate of 14.3%.
DeWanna Bonner (3 first baskets in 26 starts), Kahleah Copper (3 first baskets in 40 starts), Jovana Nogic (2 first baskets in 7 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.