James Harden scored the most points in the first quarter in 2018-19, with 750 points.

Interpreted as:

most 1st quarter points by a player 2019

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	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	750	2018-19	HOU	76	10.1	9.9	1.8	2.3	0.6	0.2	3.1	6.9	44.7	1.3	3.2	39.0	2.4	2.9	84.5	60.4	0.3	1.5	1.4	769	139	172	43	14	108	76	+189
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	673	2018-19	GSW	78	11.2	8.6	1.9	1.9	0.3	0.5	3.3	5.8	56.8	0.5	1.3	36.6	1.6	1.8	87.9	65.6	0.1	1.8	1.0	875	151	152	22	36	77	49	+193
3	Bradley Beal B. Beal	577	2018-19	WAS	79	10.8	7.3	1.3	1.8	0.4	0.1	2.9	5.7	51.0	0.6	1.7	33.1	1.0	1.2	81.9	59.1	0.3	1.1	0.7	854	106	145	35	7	56	49	-108
4	Paul George P. George	557	2018-19	OKC	76	10.4	7.3	2.2	1.2	0.7	0.1	2.5	6.0	42.5	0.9	2.5	34.4	1.4	1.8	79.1	54.3	0.5	1.7	0.9	790	168	88	53	8	69	74	+24
5	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	553	2018-19	POR	76	11.0	7.3	1.5	2.7	0.4	0.2	2.6	5.3	49.4	1.0	2.3	41.2	1.1	1.2	92.1	62.5	0.3	1.3	0.9	839	116	206	28	12	65	43	+198
6	Tobias Harris T. Harris	547	2018-19	TOT	75	10.0	7.3	2.4	0.9	0.3	0.1	3.0	5.5	54.4	0.8	1.7	47.6	0.5	0.6	83.0	63.2	0.3	2.1	0.5	750	178	65	19	4	37	61	+49
7	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	522	2018-19	ORL	79	9.6	6.6	3.8	1.3	0.4	0.3	2.9	5.5	53.6	0.4	0.8	46.7	0.4	0.5	78.0	58.1	0.9	2.9	0.6	756	299	105	33	25	45	31	+152
8	Buddy Hield B. Hield	520	2018-19	SAC	75	9.2	6.9	1.6	0.9	0.2	0.1	2.7	5.4	50.0	1.1	2.3	47.4	0.4	0.4	93.5	61.7	0.4	1.2	0.5	687	121	71	14	8	40	39	-44
9	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	512	2018-19	DET	72	10.2	7.1	2.1	1.8	0.2	0.1	2.4	5.3	46.0	0.8	2.1	38.4	1.4	1.9	75.0	57.8	0.5	1.7	0.8	735	152	133	16	4	55	41	+30
10	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	511	2018-19	DEN	75	9.3	6.8	3.2	2.5	0.4	0.3	2.8	4.9	56.7	0.4	1.0	37.5	0.9	1.1	85.0	63.5	0.9	2.3	0.9	698	240	186	30	20	67	44	+112
11	Stephen Curry S. Curry	511	2018-19	GSW	64	10.2	8.0	1.4	1.6	0.5	0.1	2.8	5.7	49.2	1.5	3.2	46.8	0.9	0.9	91.7	65.1	0.2	1.2	0.8	654	88	105	30	9	54	51	+230
12	Devin Booker D. Booker	509	2018-19	PHX	62	10.9	8.2	1.1	2.0	0.3	0.0	3.0	6.1	49.5	0.7	2.0	37.4	1.4	1.7	86.4	60.1	0.1	1.0	1.4	674	68	123	20	2	86	45	-77
13	Kemba Walker K. Walker	507	2018-19	CHA	80	9.6	6.3	1.1	2.2	0.4	0.1	2.4	5.4	43.6	0.7	2.2	33.1	0.9	1.1	85.1	54.0	0.1	1.0	0.8	765	84	173	29	8	60	33	-25
14	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	489	2018-19	MIN	74	9.1	6.6	3.7	1.1	0.3	0.6	2.5	4.8	53.4	0.6	1.1	49.4	1.0	1.1	85.7	62.9	0.9	2.8	0.7	673	272	78	19	41	55	81	+44
15	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	487	2018-19	SAS	77	9.0	6.3	2.3	0.7	0.1	0.3	2.7	5.3	51.1	0.0	0.2	21.4	0.8	1.0	83.1	54.7	0.7	1.6	0.4	696	178	57	8	23	30	44	+62
16	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	476	2018-19	PHI	64	8.4	7.4	3.7	1.0	0.2	0.4	2.6	5.0	51.9	0.3	0.9	31.0	1.9	2.5	77.0	60.6	0.7	2.9	0.8	537	234	62	14	24	54	45	+155
17	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	473	2018-19	BOS	65	10.4	7.3	1.8	2.1	0.5	0.1	3.0	5.6	52.9	0.9	2.0	45.0	0.4	0.5	87.9	62.3	0.2	1.5	0.7	675	114	137	35	7	46	41	+147
18	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	466	2018-19	GSW	73	8.5	6.4	1.1	0.5	0.3	0.1	2.6	4.9	52.6	0.9	2.1	41.7	0.3	0.5	75.8	62.4	0.1	0.9	0.4	624	77	36	22	9	30	46	+124
19	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	456	2018-19	MIN	70	10.7	6.5	1.4	0.9	0.3	0.2	2.6	5.7	44.5	0.5	1.5	32.4	0.9	1.2	77.8	52.1	0.4	1.1	0.6	751	100	65	19	11	39	46	-1
20	D'Angelo Russell D. Russell	452	2018-19	BKN	76	8.2	5.9	1.3	2.1	0.4	0.1	2.4	5.5	43.9	0.8	2.3	36.3	0.3	0.4	73.3	52.3	0.2	1.0	1.0	621	96	159	29	4	77	37	+21
21	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	436	2018-19	MIL	71	8.1	6.1	2.9	1.3	0.3	0.2	2.4	4.2	56.7	0.1	0.6	18.2	1.3	1.6	78.3	62.5	0.4	2.5	0.9	575	209	90	21	17	63	66	+119
22	Anthony Davis A. Davis	433	2018-19	NOP	55	10.0	7.9	3.2	1.2	0.5	0.8	3.1	5.7	53.7	0.2	0.5	42.3	1.5	2.0	76.4	59.6	0.8	2.5	0.7	551	178	64	26	46	37	32	-76
23	Bojan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	431	2018-19	IND	76	8.7	5.7	0.9	0.5	0.2	0.0	2.2	3.7	58.7	0.5	0.9	56.5	0.8	1.0	81.6	68.5	0.1	0.8	0.4	660	70	40	17	0	33	29	-20
24	CJ McCollum	430	2018-19	POR	67	9.1	6.4	1.0	0.7	0.2	0.2	2.6	5.3	49.1	0.7	1.9	37.8	0.5	0.6	85.7	58.0	0.1	0.9	0.3	609	69	49	15	12	19	32	+141
25	Danilo Gallinari D. Gallinari	429	2018-19	LAC	66	8.6	6.5	1.7	0.9	0.2	0.1	2.0	3.9	52.5	0.8	1.6	51.0	1.6	1.8	90.6	69.5	0.2	1.5	0.3	566	112	58	13	9	23	36	+83