most 20 point quarters by a player in one game including playoffs

9 players are tied for the most quarters with 20+ points in a regular-season or postseason game, with 2 quarters. The first three are Joel Embiid on January 22, 2024 and on January 19, 2022, Karl-Anthony Towns on January 22, 2024 and Devin Booker on January 19, 2024 and on March 24, 2017.

Interpreted as:

most 20 or more point quarters by a player in one game including playoffs

	NAME	QTRS	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	2	49	1/22/2024	PHI	vs	SAS	24	11	4	0	0	18	27	66.7	1	2	50.0	12	13	92.3	74.9	7	4	1	2	+10
2	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	2	44	1/22/2024	MIN	vs	CHA	21	5	2	0	0	14	17	82.4	8	9	88.9	8	12	66.7	98.7	1	4	5	0	+10
3	Devin Booker D. Booker	2	45	1/19/2024	PHX	@	NOP	24	3	3	0	0	16	21	76.2	6	7	85.7	7	7	100.0	93.4	1	2	0	1	+16
4	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	2	43	4/24/2023	MIA	vs	MIL	20	4	2	0	0	15	18	83.3	3	4	75.0	10	13	76.9	90.6	1	3	1	0	+11
5	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	2	46	2/26/2023	POR	vs	HOU	19	3	2	0	0	14	23	60.9	9	13	69.2	9	9	100.0	85.3	0	3	2	1	+20
6	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	2	43	1/19/2022	PHI	vs	ORL	23	10	2	1	2	16	20	80.0	1	3	33.3	10	11	90.9	86.6	0	10	1	1	+24
7	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2	46	5/8/2021	GSW	vs	OKC	24	5	2	1	0	13	22	59.1	10	18	55.6	10	10	100.0	87.1	0	5	1	3	+26
8	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2	43	10/24/2018	GSW	vs	WAS	24	2	2	0	0	13	21	61.9	10	14	71.4	7	7	100.0	89.3	0	2	1	1	+18
9	James Harden J. Harden	2	46	11/5/2017	HOU	vs	UTA	24	2	10	1	0	16	17	94.1	6	6	100.0	8	9	88.9	109.7	0	2	3	1	+23
10	Devin Booker D. Booker	2	51	3/24/2017	PHX	@	BOS	24	4	5	3	1	14	26	53.8	3	9	33.3	20	21	95.2	72.4	1	3	3	2	+13
11	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	2	43	12/5/2016	GSW	vs	IND	20	2	1	0	0	13	21	61.9	7	12	58.3	10	11	90.9	83.2	0	2	0	0	+27
12	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2	41	4/13/2016	GSW	vs	MEM		4	4	2	0	13	19	68.4	9	15	60.0	6	6	100.0	94.7	1	3	1	1
13	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	2	42	4/12/2015	OKC	@	IND		5	4	1	0	16	27	59.3	4	11	36.4	6	9	66.7	67.8	1	4	2	3
14	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	1	20	5/25/2025	NYK	@	IND	11	8	1	0	0	6	9	66.7	3	4	75.0	5	6	83.3	85.9	0	8	2	1	+14
15	Aaron Nesmith A. Nesmith	1	20	5/21/2025	IND	@	NYK	9	1	0	0	0	6	7	85.7	6	7	85.7	2	2	100.0	126.9	0	1	0	1	+5
16	Kyle Kuzma K. Kuzma	1	22	4/13/2025	MIL	vs	DET	12	2	2	0	0	8	10	80.0	5	7	71.4	1	1	100.0	105.4	0	2	1	0	+18
17	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	1	21	4/6/2025	DEN	vs	IND	12	4	3	1	0	9	15	60.0	2	6	33.3	1	2	50.0	66.1	1	3	1	0	+9
18	Austin Reaves A. Reaves	1	20	4/3/2025	LAL	vs	GSW	12	0	1	1	0	7	11	63.6	6	9	66.7	0	0		90.9	0	0	0	4	+4
19	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	1	20	4/2/2025	SAC	@	WAS	12	4	1	0	0	6	12	50.0	1	3	33.3	7	10	70.0	61.0	2	2	0	1	+9
20	Norman Powell N. Powell	1	20	3/30/2025	LAC	@	CLE	12	1	2	0	0	8	11	72.7	4	6	66.7	0	0		90.9	1	0	0	0	+8
21	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	1	20	3/30/2025	MIN	vs	DET	12	4	1	0	0	7	11	63.6	4	7	57.1	2	2	100.0	84.2	0	4	1	1	+15
22	Kevin Porter Jr. K. Porter Jr.	1	20	3/30/2025	MIL	vs	ATL	10	3	1	1	0	5	7	71.4	2	2	100.0	8	8	100.0	95.1	1	2	2	2	+7
23	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	1	22	3/28/2025	CLE	@	DET	11	3	1	0	0	6	8	75.0	3	4	75.0	7	9	77.8	92.0	1	2	0	3	+5
24	OG Anunoby	1	20	3/28/2025	NYK	@	MIL	12	1	1	1	0	6	10	60.0	2	4	50.0	6	6	100.0	79.1	0	1	0	1	+1
25	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	1	20	3/22/2025	NYK	vs	WAS	8	1	0	2	0	8	10	80.0	4	4	100.0	0	0		100.0	1	0	2	0	+11