WNBA · New York Liberty · Updated Oct 20, 2026
Sabrina Ionescu First Basket Stats
How often Sabrina Ionescu scores the game's first basket for the New York Liberty, and how that compares with teammates. Built from every tracked WNBA game.
- Sabrina Ionescu has scored the game's first basket in 6 of 35 starts: 17.1% of the time.
- That is 20.7% of the first baskets the New York Liberty have scored.
- The New York Liberty score the first basket 58% of the time and win the opening tip 60% (50 games).
| Player | First baskets | Starts | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonquel JonesC | 9 | 48 | 18.8% |
| Sabrina IonescuG | 6 | 35 | 17.1% |
| Pauline AstierG | 5 | 44 | 11.4% |
| Breanna StewartF | 4 | 47 | 8.5% |
| Marine JohannesG | 2 | 18 | 11.1% |
More first basket stats
- New York Liberty first basket stats: the team's tip-off and scores-first rates, and its position split
- Sabrina Ionescu 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
Sabrina Ionescu first basket questions
Sabrina Ionescu has scored the game's first basket in 6 of 35 starts tracked, a rate of 17.1%.
Jonquel Jones (9 first baskets in 48 starts), Pauline Astier (5 first baskets in 44 starts), Breanna Stewart (4 first baskets in 47 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.