game with most first quarter points in history

James Harden has put up the most career points in the first quarter, with 5,690 points.

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game with most first quarter points by a player in history

	NAME	PTS	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	James Harden J. Harden	5,690	731	8.0	7.8	1.9	2.8	0.5	0.2	2.4	5.2	45.4	0.9	2.3	38.7	2.1	2.5	86.7	61.7	0.3	1.6	1.3	5,832	1,360	2,025	347	116	915	445	+898
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	5,160	653	7.8	7.9	1.5	2.0	0.5	0.1	2.8	5.7	48.6	1.4	3.3	43.1	1.0	1.1	91.6	64.4	0.2	1.3	0.9	5,126	964	1,321	295	49	602	380	+823
3	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	5,143	698	8.4	7.4	1.3	2.4	0.3	0.1	2.5	5.3	47.0	1.0	2.4	41.0	1.3	1.5	89.9	61.3	0.2	1.2	0.9	5,886	926	1,650	199	63	600	309	+774
4	Anthony Davis A. Davis	5,134	643	8.3	8.0	3.3	1.0	0.4	0.7	3.2	6.0	53.2	0.1	0.4	28.3	1.5	2.0	78.1	58.6	0.8	2.5	0.7	5,366	2,114	635	284	482	430	367	+349
5	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	4,973	747	6.9	6.7	2.9	1.4	0.3	0.3	2.6	4.7	55.9	0.2	0.6	29.4	1.2	1.8	69.5	60.8	0.5	2.4	0.8	5,192	2,138	1,081	238	243	585	520	+976
6	Devin Booker D. Booker	4,765	628	9.7	7.6	1.3	1.7	0.3	0.1	2.9	5.8	49.1	0.7	1.9	38.4	1.1	1.3	86.0	59.1	0.2	1.1	0.9	6,099	809	1,045	163	43	594	418	+84
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	4,705	676	8.8	7.0	3.5	2.5	0.4	0.2	2.8	4.7	60.2	0.3	0.8	41.3	0.9	1.1	83.7	66.7	0.9	2.6	0.9	5,980	2,372	1,666	278	143	607	394	+1365
8	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	4,630	758	8.1	6.1	1.2	1.6	0.3	0.1	2.3	4.7	48.9	0.2	0.5	31.5	1.3	1.6	84.9	56.6	0.2	1.1	0.6	6,153	946	1,195	227	72	480	335	-108
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	4,478	567	8.8	7.9	2.0	1.7	0.3	0.4	2.9	5.3	55.2	0.6	1.4	40.5	1.5	1.6	88.8	65.4	0.1	1.8	0.9	4,962	1,126	952	143	200	530	255	+917
10	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	4,427	744	7.5	6.0	3.2	1.0	0.3	0.2	2.6	5.0	53.2	0.3	0.9	39.4	0.3	0.4	78.2	57.9	0.7	2.5	0.5	5,551	2,403	753	205	145	346	291	-246
11	Tobias Harris T. Harris	4,372	737	7.7	5.9	1.9	0.8	0.3	0.2	2.3	4.6	51.2	0.6	1.4	42.5	0.6	0.7	87.5	60.5	0.3	1.6	0.4	5,642	1,410	598	186	137	278	364	+838
12	LeBron James L. James	4,353	693	7.1	6.3	2.0	2.1	0.3	0.1	2.5	4.6	54.1	0.4	1.1	39.2	0.8	1.2	71.0	61.1	0.3	1.7	1.0	4,907	1,355	1,479	232	78	685	195	+404
13	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	4,320	727	6.9	5.9	2.2	2.5	0.4	0.1	2.3	4.7	47.4	0.3	0.9	36.5	1.1	1.5	75.2	55.1	0.4	1.8	1.1	4,985	1,575	1,841	312	58	827	386	+213
14	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	4,255	710	7.6	6.0	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.2	2.3	4.9	47.7	0.5	1.3	39.1	0.9	1.2	73.8	55.7	0.4	0.9	0.5	5,423	910	505	207	139	385	354	+328
15	Julius Randle J. Randle	4,177	642	8.7	6.5	2.7	1.2	0.2	0.1	2.5	5.1	48.4	0.5	1.5	36.6	1.0	1.3	77.4	57.1	0.5	2.3	0.8	5,612	1,752	755	120	61	501	425	+167
16	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	4,120	611	8.2	6.7	3.2	1.0	0.3	0.3	2.6	4.8	54.4	0.5	1.2	43.8	0.9	1.1	84.0	63.3	0.7	2.4	0.7	5,010	1,928	592	155	207	429	545	+654
17	Paul George P. George	4,053	583	8.2	7.0	1.8	1.2	0.6	0.1	2.5	5.3	47.1	0.9	2.2	42.7	1.0	1.2	87.1	59.6	0.2	1.6	0.8	4,793	1,068	704	325	68	474	397	+734
18	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	3,960	438	10.0	9.0	2.7	2.6	0.3	0.1	3.1	6.5	47.4	1.0	2.8	37.6	1.8	2.3	76.8	59.7	0.3	2.5	1.2	4,385	1,198	1,122	147	56	508	269	+590
19	Bradley Beal B. Beal	3,959	615	8.2	6.4	1.1	1.3	0.3	0.1	2.5	4.9	51.7	0.7	1.5	42.9	0.8	0.9	82.1	61.2	0.2	0.8	0.6	5,015	648	823	210	51	381	293	+5
20	CJ McCollum	3,918	640	7.6	6.1	1.0	1.1	0.2	0.1	2.4	4.8	50.0	0.9	2.0	44.7	0.5	0.6	81.3	60.8	0.2	0.8	0.4	4,878	621	693	156	83	270	265	+495
21	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	3,726	628	8.0	5.9	1.7	1.6	0.5	0.1	2.1	4.0	52.0	0.2	0.7	37.2	1.5	1.8	85.4	62.1	0.5	1.2	0.5	5,011	1,091	1,032	330	63	301	174	+1036
22	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	3,712	552	7.8	6.7	1.2	1.7	0.4	0.1	2.6	5.1	51.6	0.7	1.7	44.0	0.7	0.8	89.5	61.7	0.2	1.0	0.6	4,281	658	935	200	70	329	289	+641
23	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	3,623	445	9.2	8.1	3.4	1.2	0.3	0.4	2.8	5.5	50.5	0.3	1.0	35.7	2.3	2.8	82.5	61.0	0.7	2.7	0.9	4,082	1,501	512	121	161	393	323	+1012
24	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	3,547	573	6.1	6.2	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.1	2.4	4.9	48.4	1.0	2.4	42.3	0.4	0.5	89.6	60.2	0.1	0.8	0.4	3,515	557	350	137	83	254	251	+423
25	Harrison Barnes H. Barnes	3,469	690	7.6	5.0	1.4	0.6	0.2	0.0	1.9	3.6	52.6	0.6	1.4	44.8	0.6	0.8	82.1	64.1	0.3	1.1	0.3	5,241	962	383	120	31	194	216	+54