Stephen Curry put up the most points in the third quarter in 2015-16, with 776 points.

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2016 third quarter highest avg points by a player

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Stephen Curry S. Curry	776	2015-16	GSW	78	9.9	1.6	1.9	0.8	0.1	3.4	6.8	50.5	1.6	3.6	43.9	1.6	1.7	91.7	66.3	0.2	1.3	1.2	122	146	63	4	91	50
2	James Harden J. Harden	687	2015-16	HOU	82	8.4	1.7	2.1	0.4	0.2	2.6	5.6	46.6	0.8	2.3	36.2	2.3	2.7	86.5	61.7	0.2	1.5	1.2	142	174	34	17	95	56
3	Paul George P. George	631	2015-16	IND	81	7.8	2.3	1.2	0.6	0.1	2.4	5.7	43.1	0.9	2.5	35.0	2.0	2.3	88.2	58.3	0.3	2.0	1.2	190	99	50	10	100	92
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	601	2015-16	OKC	71	8.5	2.4	1.6	0.3	0.3	2.9	5.8	49.9	0.9	2.3	38.8	1.8	2.1	87.2	63.4	0.2	2.2	1.2	172	111	21	24	83	44
5	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	575	2015-16	BOS	82	7.0	0.8	1.9	0.3	0.0	2.2	5.3	42.2	0.7	1.9	34.8	1.9	2.2	88.1	56.5	0.2	0.6	0.7	66	159	27	4	61	59
6	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	560	2015-16	TOR	78	7.2	1.3	1.0	0.4	0.1	2.6	5.5	46.7	0.2	0.7	28.3	1.8	2.2	83.6	55.4	0.3	1.1	0.7	102	80	32	6	57	68
7	LeBron James L. James	559	2015-16	CLE	76	7.4	1.9	1.6	0.4	0.1	2.8	5.3	52.7	0.5	1.4	37.4	1.2	1.6	72.8	60.6	0.4	1.6	1.0	146	124	29	10	73	49
8	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	551	2015-16	POR	74	7.4	1.0	2.1	0.3	0.2	2.4	5.8	42.1	1.1	2.6	42.7	1.4	1.6	89.9	57.1	0.1	0.9	0.9	73	159	24	13	66	50
9	Kemba Walker K. Walker	513	2015-16	CHA	80	6.4	1.3	1.6	0.5	0.2	2.1	5.0	42.0	0.8	1.9	43.6	1.4	1.7	80.6	55.6	0.2	1.1	0.6	104	130	42	14	48	35
10	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	497	2015-16	OKC	79	6.3	2.1	3.0	0.5	0.1	2.2	4.9	44.3	0.4	1.2	29.5	1.6	1.9	81.2	54.5	0.5	1.6	1.1	166	235	43	6	89	52
11	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	453	2015-16	SAS	72	6.3	1.8	0.7	0.6	0.2	2.2	4.2	53.0	0.5	1.2	47.0	1.3	1.5	87.6	64.7	0.3	1.5	0.5	130	51	46	13	34	42
12	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	443	2015-16	MIN	80	5.5	0.9	0.7	0.2	0.3	2.0	4.4	45.3	0.2	0.7	27.1	1.3	1.8	74.8	53.3	0.3	0.6	0.6	73	57	17	21	50	44
13	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	442	2015-16	GSW	80	5.5	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.1	2.0	4.4	46.6	0.9	2.0	43.5	0.6	0.7	88.5	59.3	0.1	0.9	0.6	80	45	22	9	51	36
14	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	438	2015-16	MIN	82	5.3	2.8	0.6	0.2	0.5	2.3	4.0	57.7	0.1	0.2	47.1	0.7	0.8	78.3	61.5	0.7	2.2	0.7	233	50	18	45	54	65
15	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	434	2015-16	SAC	64	6.8	3.1	0.9	0.4	0.4	2.3	5.3	42.8	0.3	0.8	34.0	1.9	2.8	70.1	51.8	0.6	2.5	1.2	197	55	23	23	76	65
16	CJ McCollum	420	2015-16	POR	80	5.3	0.8	1.1	0.4	0.1	2.1	4.6	46.3	0.6	1.5	38.5	0.4	0.6	77.8	54.6	0.1	0.6	0.7	61	89	31	5	55	57
17	Paul Millsap P. Millsap	418	2015-16	ATL	80	5.2	2.9	1.1	0.5	0.6	1.9	3.9	49.0	0.4	0.9	41.3	1.0	1.4	71.7	57.8	0.8	2.1	0.8	229	87	40	49	62	80
18	Gordon Hayward G. Hayward	415	2015-16	UTA	80	5.2	1.4	1.0	0.4	0.1	1.7	4.2	41.2	0.5	1.5	33.6	1.3	1.5	83.3	53.5	0.2	1.2	0.7	108	83	35	8	52	60
19	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	415	2015-16	DET	81	5.1	4.4	0.2	0.5	0.6	2.2	3.9	54.9	0.0	0.0	33.3	0.8	2.4	32.3	51.1	1.4	3.0	0.7	356	17	43	45	56	95
20	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	412	2015-16	BKN	72	5.7	2.0	0.5	0.3	0.4	2.2	4.3	51.4	0.0	0.0	50.0	1.3	1.6	78.4	56.9	0.7	1.3	0.7	141	35	18	32	48	65
21	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	410	2015-16	CHI	65	6.3	1.6	1.3	0.6	0.2	2.1	4.6	44.9	0.3	0.9	30.0	1.9	2.2	83.6	56.1	0.3	1.2	0.5	101	87	37	11	34	42
22	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	408	2015-16	NYK	71	5.7	2.3	1.1	0.2	0.2	2.1	4.9	43.3	0.5	1.5	35.0	1.0	1.2	81.9	52.6	0.4	1.9	0.8	161	80	16	15	54	62
23	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	407	2015-16	MIL	80	5.1	2.0	1.3	0.4	0.5	1.9	3.6	53.7	0.1	0.4	30.3	1.1	1.5	78.4	60.6	0.4	1.7	0.8	163	106	29	37	62	82
24	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	407	2015-16	SAS	73	5.6	2.7	0.6	0.2	0.3	2.2	4.3	52.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	1.3	83.2	57.2	0.9	1.8	0.5	194	41	12	19	34	50
25	Chris Paul C. Paul	401	2015-16	LAC	74	5.4	1.4	2.9	0.7	0.1	2.1	4.6	45.3	0.5	1.4	34.0	0.8	0.9	90.9	54.6	0.2	1.2	0.9	107	211	49	5	63	60