WNBA · Connecticut Sun · Updated Oct 20, 2026
Brittney Griner First Basket Stats
How often Brittney Griner scores the game's first basket for the Connecticut Sun, and how that compares with teammates. Built from every tracked WNBA game.
- Brittney Griner has scored the game's first basket in 3 of 18 starts: 16.7% of the time.
- That is 14.3% of the first baskets the Connecticut Sun have scored.
- The Connecticut Sun score the first basket 47.7% of the time and win the opening tip 72.7% (44 games).
| Player | First baskets | Starts | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leila LacanG | 4 | 30 | 13.3% |
| Aneesah MorrowF | 3 | 10 | 30% |
| Brittney GrinerC | 3 | 18 | 16.7% |
| Olivia Nelson-OdodaC | 3 | 23 | 13% |
| Diamond MillerF | 3 | 43 | 7% |
More first basket stats
- Connecticut Sun first basket stats: the team's tip-off and scores-first rates, and its position split
- Brittney Griner 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
Brittney Griner first basket questions
Brittney Griner has scored the game's first basket in 3 of 18 starts tracked, a rate of 16.7%.
Leila Lacan (4 first baskets in 30 starts), Aneesah Morrow (3 first baskets in 10 starts), Olivia Nelson-Ododa (3 first baskets in 23 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.