games with the most points in first quarter

James Harden has played in 731 games in the first quarter in his career.

Interpreted as:

regular-season games with the most points by a player in first quarter

	NAME	GP	PTS	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	731	5,690	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	653	5,160	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	698	5,143	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	643	5,134	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	747	4,973	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	628	4,765	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	676	4,705	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	758	4,630	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	567	4,478	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	744	4,427	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	737	4,372	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	693	4,353	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	727	4,320	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	710	4,255	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	642	4,177	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	611	4,120	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	583	4,053	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	438	3,960	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	615	3,959	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	640	3,918	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	628	3,726	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	552	3,712	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	445	3,623	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	573	3,547	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	690	3,469	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