most 20 points game in a quarter in nba history

32 players are tied for the most games with 20+ points in a quarter, with 1 game. The first three are Jamal Murray yesterday and on October 27, Jalen Brunson on Friday and Austin Reaves on Thursday and on April 3.

Interpreted as:
most 20 or more points game by a player in a quarter in NBA history
NAMEGPPTSQUARTERDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Jamal Murray
J. Murray
1
23
1Q
12/7/2025
DEN DEN
@
CHA CHA
12
1
2
0
0
10
13
76.9
1
3
33.3
2
2
100.0
82.9
0
1
0
0
0
2Jalen Brunson
J. Brunson
1
20
3Q
12/5/2025
NYK NYK
vs
UTA 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
3Austin Reaves
A. Reaves
1
22
3Q
12/4/2025
LAL LAL
@
TOR 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
4Tyrese Maxey
T. Maxey
1
20
3Q
12/2/2025
PHI PHI
vs
WAS 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
5Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
1
20
1Q
12/1/2025
LAL LAL
vs
PHX 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
6Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
1
20
1Q
11/30/2025
LAL LAL
vs
NOP 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
7Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
1
24
1Q
11/25/2025
LAL LAL
vs
LAC 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
8Anthony Black
A. Black
1
20
2Q
11/25/2025
ORL ORL
@
PHI 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
9Jett Howard
J. Howard
1
22
4Q
11/23/2025
ORL ORL
@
BOS 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
10James Harden
J. Harden
1
27
1Q
11/22/2025
LAC LAC
@
CHA 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
11Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
1
20
4Q
11/22/2025
DEN DEN
vs
SAC 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
12Moses Moody
M. Moody
1
21
1Q
11/16/2025
GSW GSW
@
NOP NOP
11
2
0
0
0
7
8
87.5
7
8
87.5
0
0
131.3
0
2
0
1
+17
13Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
1
25
1Q
11/12/2025
DEN DEN
@
LAC 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
14Stephen Curry
S. Curry
1
22
3Q
11/12/2025
GSW GSW
@
SAS 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
15Anthony Edwards
A. Edwards
1
21
3Q
11/10/2025
MIN MIN
@
UTA UTA
12
2
1
0
1
7
9
77.8
3
5
60.0
4
4
100.0
97.6
0
2
0
2
+15
16Kelly Oubre Jr.
K. Oubre Jr.
1
22
1Q
11/2/2025
PHI PHI
@
BKN BKN
12
0
0
1
0
9
12
75.0
2
5
40.0
2
2
100.0
85.4
0
0
0
0
+3
17Jamal Murray
J. Murray
1
23
3Q
10/27/2025
DEN DEN
@
MIN MIN
12
0
2
0
0
7
12
58.3
4
7
57.1
5
5
100.0
81.0
0
0
0
0
+18
18Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
1
23
1Q
10/24/2025
LAL LAL
vs
MIN MIN
11
2
1
0
0
8
12
66.7
4
7
57.1
3
5
60.0
81.0
0
2
1
2
-4
19Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
1
21
3Q
10/22/2025
CLE CLE
@
NYK NYK
10
1
2
1
1
9
14
64.3
2
6
33.3
1
1
100.0
72.7
0
1
0
1
+9
20Kyle Kuzma
K. Kuzma
1
22
1Q
4/13/2025
MIL MIL
vs
DET 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
21Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
1
21
1Q
4/6/2025
DEN DEN
vs
IND 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
22Austin Reaves
A. Reaves
1
20
4Q
4/3/2025
LAL LAL
vs
GSW GSW
12
0
1
1
0
7
11
63.6
6
9
66.7
0
0
90.9
0
0
0
4
+4
23DeMar DeRozan
D. DeRozan
1
20
4Q
4/2/2025
SAC SAC
@
WAS 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
24Norman Powell
N. Powell
1
20
2Q
3/30/2025
LAC LAC
@
CLE CLE
12
1
2
0
0
8
11
72.7
4
6
66.7
0
0
90.9
1
0
0
0
+8
25Anthony Edwards
A. Edwards
1
20
3Q
3/30/2025
MIN MIN
vs
DET 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

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39.7

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TEAMWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
23
1
.958
2
Lakers Lakers
17
6
.739
5.5
3
Nuggets Nuggets
17
6
.739
5.5
4
Rockets Rockets
15
6
.714
6.5
5
Spurs Spurs
15
7
.682
7.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
12/11
DEN DEN
@
SAC SAC
10:00 PM
Mon
12/15
HOU HOU
@
DEN DEN
9:30 PM
Thu
12/18
ORL ORL
@
DEN DEN
9:00 PM
Sat
12/20
HOU HOU
@
DEN DEN
5:00 PM
Mon
12/22
UTA UTA
@
DEN DEN
9:00 PM
Last Game
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115

Final

106

CHA Hornets

7 - 17

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WesternWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
23
1
.958
2
Lakers Lakers
17
6
.739
5.5
3
Nuggets Nuggets
17
6
.739
5.5
4
Rockets Rockets
15
6
.714
6.5
5
Spurs Spurs
15
7
.682
7.0
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
15
8
.652
7.5
EasternWLPCTGB
1
Pistons Pistons
19
5
.792
2
Knicks Knicks
16
7
.696
2.5
3
Celtics Celtics
15
9
.625
4.0
4
Raptors Raptors
15
10
.600
4.5
5
Magic Magic
14
10
.583
5.0
6
Heat Heat
14
10
.583
5.0

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sun
11/9
MIN MIN
@
UTA UTA
120-113
Sun
11/9
ATL ATL
@
LAC LAC
105-102
Mon
11/10
TOR TOR
@
BKN BKN
119-109
Mon
11/10
MEM MEM
@
NYK NYK
120-133
Mon
11/10
GSW GSW
@
OKC OKC
102-126

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/8
SAC SAC
@
IND IND
7:00 PM
Mon
12/8
PHX PHX
@
MIN MIN
7:30 PM
Mon
12/8
SAS SAS
@
NOP NOP
8:00 PM
Tue
12/9
MIA MIA
@
ORL ORL
6:00 PM
Tue
12/9
NYK NYK
@
TOR TOR
8:30 PM