WNBA · Los Angeles Sparks · Updated Oct 20, 2026
Erica Wheeler First Basket Stats
How often Erica Wheeler scores the game's first basket for the Los Angeles Sparks, and how that compares with teammates. Built from every tracked WNBA game.
- Erica Wheeler has scored the game's first basket in 1 of 41 starts: 2.4% of the time.
- That is 5.3% of the first baskets the Los Angeles Sparks have scored.
- The Los Angeles Sparks score the first basket 43.2% of the time and win the opening tip 31.8% (44 games).
| Player | First baskets | Starts | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nneka OgwumikeF | 8 | 43 | 18.6% |
| Dearica HambyF | 5 | 42 | 11.9% |
| Rae BurrellG | 4 | 35 | 11.4% |
| Kelsey PlumG | 1 | 15 | 6.7% |
| Erica WheelerG | 1 | 41 | 2.4% |
More first basket stats
- Los Angeles Sparks first basket stats: the team's tip-off and scores-first rates, and its position split
- Erica Wheeler 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
Erica Wheeler first basket questions
Erica Wheeler has scored the game's first basket in 1 of 41 starts tracked, a rate of 2.4%.
Nneka Ogwumike (8 first baskets in 43 starts), Dearica Hamby (5 first baskets in 42 starts), Rae Burrell (4 first baskets in 35 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.