8 players are tied for the most quarters in a game with 20+ points, 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 a NBA regular-season game

	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	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	1	20	12/5/2025	NYK	vs	UTA	12	2	0	0	0	6	10	60.0	4	6	66.7	4	4	100.0	85.0	0	2	0	1	+17
14	Austin Reaves A. Reaves	1	22	12/4/2025	LAL	@	TOR	12	0	2	0	0	5	6	83.3	3	4	75.0	9	11	81.8	101.5	0	0	1	1	-7
15	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	1	20	12/2/2025	PHI	vs	WAS	12	1	1	2	0	7	13	53.8	3	4	75.0	3	3	100.0	69.8	0	1	0	2	+12
16	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	1	20	12/1/2025	LAL	vs	PHX	12	2	1	0	0	8	11	72.7	2	5	40.0	2	2	100.0	84.2	0	2	2	0	0
17	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	1	20	11/30/2025	LAL	vs	NOP	12	6	4	1	1	6	9	66.7	3	5	60.0	5	5	100.0	89.3	1	5	1	0	+19
18	Anthony Black A. Black	1	20	11/25/2025	ORL	@	PHI	11	0	0	1	0	8	9	88.9	3	3	100.0	1	1	100.0	105.9	0	0	0	0	+25
19	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	1	24	11/25/2025	LAL	vs	LAC	12	1	3	0	1	9	14	64.3	5	8	62.5	1	2	50.0	80.6	0	1	1	1	-1
20	Jett Howard J. Howard	1	22	11/23/2025	ORL	@	BOS	12	4	1	0	0	8	13	61.5	3	5	60.0	3	3	100.0	76.8	2	2	0	0	+12
21	James Harden J. Harden	1	27	11/22/2025	LAC	@	CHA	12	0	1	0	0	9	12	75.0	5	7	71.4	4	6	66.7	92.2	0	0	1	1	+8
22	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	1	20	11/22/2025	DEN	vs	SAC	8	1	1	0	0	7	9	77.8	3	4	75.0	3	3	100.0	96.9	1	0	0	1	+1
23	Moses Moody M. Moody	1	21	11/16/2025	GSW	@	NOP	11	2	0	0	0	7	8	87.5	7	8	87.5	0	0		131.3	0	2	0	1	+17
24	Stephen Curry S. Curry	1	22	11/12/2025	GSW	@	SAS	9	0	0	0	0	5	7	71.4	3	5	60.0	9	9	100.0	100.4	0	0	0	0	+8
25	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	1	25	11/12/2025	DEN	@	LAC	12	5	1	0	1	8	11	72.7	2	3	66.7	7	7	100.0	88.8	1	4	0	0	+4