James Harden has posted the most career points, with 21,634 points.

Interpreted as:

most 20 points by a player in a quarter all times

	NAME	PTS	QTRS	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	21,634	3,185	803	28.6	26.9	6.4	8.8	1.6	0.7	7.9	18.2	43.7	3.2	8.9	36.1	7.8	9.1	86.7	60.8	0.8	5.6	4.3	22,979	5,124	7,064	1,251	540	3,441	2,241	+2748
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	20,505	3,149	800	26.8	25.6	10.5	5.3	1.1	1.3	9.4	16.9	55.7	0.6	2.3	28.2	6.1	8.9	69.2	61.5	2.0	8.5	3.2	21,445	8,364	4,243	918	1,018	2,521	2,827	+3461
3	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	19,341	2,941	736	28.2	26.3	4.5	6.9	1.0	0.3	8.4	19.0	44.1	3.3	8.8	36.9	6.3	6.9	90.5	59.6	0.6	3.9	2.9	20,768	3,300	5,080	737	225	2,106	1,433	+1702
4	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	19,301	3,313	827	29.2	23.3	4.7	5.0	1.0	0.3	8.3	17.4	47.8	0.6	1.9	31.3	6.1	7.1	85.2	56.8	0.7	4.0	2.1	24,188	3,866	4,106	862	279	1,749	1,975	+377
5	LeBron James L. James	19,127	2,895	727	28.3	26.3	7.8	8.0	1.2	0.7	9.9	19.1	51.8	2.0	5.5	35.6	4.5	6.3	72.0	60.1	1.1	6.7	3.7	20,589	5,677	5,848	906	478	2,689	1,400	+1687
6	Stephen Curry S. Curry	19,018	2,749	706	25.7	26.9	5.0	6.2	1.4	0.3	9.0	19.0	47.3	4.6	10.9	41.8	4.4	4.8	91.7	63.8	0.6	4.3	3.1	18,147	3,500	4,357	1,020	201	2,169	1,510	+3594
7	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	17,680	3,255	820	26.4	21.6	8.1	8.6	1.5	0.3	7.8	17.7	44.1	1.3	4.3	30.7	4.6	6.1	74.7	52.8	1.6	6.5	4.1	21,689	6,660	7,040	1,267	277	3,356	2,440	+713
8	Devin Booker D. Booker	17,002	2,721	696	31.0	24.4	4.0	5.3	0.9	0.3	8.5	18.4	46.4	2.1	6.0	35.3	5.3	6.1	87.3	58.1	0.6	3.4	3.0	21,606	2,813	3,669	596	198	2,117	2,318	+431
9	Anthony Davis A. Davis	16,913	2,594	667	27.5	25.4	11.0	2.8	1.3	2.3	9.5	18.1	52.3	0.6	1.9	29.8	5.9	7.4	79.5	59.4	2.6	8.4	2.1	18,341	7,324	1,873	881	1,532	1,392	1,640	+1116
10	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	16,881	2,975	768	28.9	22.0	11.0	7.3	1.3	0.7	8.4	15.0	56.1	1.1	3.1	36.2	4.0	4.8	82.5	64.1	2.7	8.3	2.9	22,212	8,423	5,635	981	554	2,257	2,274	+4007
11	Kevin Durant K. Durant	16,200	2,368	600	29.4	27.0	6.9	5.2	0.9	1.3	9.6	18.3	52.4	2.2	5.6	39.9	5.7	6.4	88.3	64.0	0.5	6.5	3.1	17,631	4,167	3,090	511	758	1,848	1,319	+2889
12	CJ McCollum	15,622	2,995	769	28.0	20.3	3.8	4.0	0.9	0.4	7.7	17.1	45.3	2.6	6.6	39.7	2.2	2.8	80.1	55.6	0.7	3.1	1.9	21,567	2,885	3,054	707	332	1,427	1,775	+461
13	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	15,374	2,678	667	29.9	23.0	11.1	3.2	0.8	1.2	8.4	16.1	52.2	1.7	4.4	39.8	4.5	5.3	83.9	62.4	2.8	8.3	2.7	19,960	7,397	2,113	541	786	1,802	2,667	+1556
14	Bradley Beal B. Beal	15,277	2,680	678	28.7	22.5	4.1	4.5	1.1	0.4	8.3	17.5	47.2	2.2	5.9	37.3	3.8	4.6	82.5	57.7	0.9	3.2	2.6	19,468	2,765	3,062	764	292	1,729	1,706	-48
15	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	14,966	3,179	809	26.4	18.5	10.6	3.2	0.9	0.9	7.8	15.8	49.6	1.2	3.3	35.0	1.7	2.2	78.2	55.3	2.4	8.2	1.8	21,327	8,589	2,608	697	693	1,423	2,083	-744
16	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	14,686	2,356	598	27.3	24.6	4.2	5.5	1.3	0.5	9.1	18.8	48.1	2.6	6.6	39.7	3.8	4.2	89.6	59.3	0.8	3.3	2.3	16,339	2,507	3,307	771	273	1,401	1,421	+1824
17	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	14,615	2,740	700	27.5	20.9	5.8	5.1	1.7	0.4	6.8	14.1	47.9	0.8	2.5	33.5	6.5	7.7	85.1	59.7	1.8	4.0	1.8	19,224	4,054	3,573	1,217	312	1,251	1,129	+2083
18	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	14,521	3,133	787	26.2	18.5	4.5	2.3	1.0	0.7	6.9	15.2	45.0	1.5	4.2	35.7	3.2	4.4	72.5	53.6	1.3	3.2	1.9	20,652	3,530	1,818	764	541	1,467	1,814	+218
19	Paul George P. George	14,422	2,503	630	29.4	22.9	6.3	4.1	1.7	0.4	7.8	17.6	44.3	3.0	7.7	38.9	4.3	5.0	86.1	57.9	0.8	5.5	2.8	18,518	3,984	2,562	1,088	267	1,789	1,880	+2180
20	Tobias Harris T. Harris	14,105	3,250	826	27.2	17.1	6.3	2.6	0.8	0.6	6.5	13.6	48.0	1.5	4.1	37.3	2.5	2.9	84.5	57.3	1.0	5.4	1.4	22,484	5,229	2,154	689	468	1,185	1,806	+1201
21	Julius Randle J. Randle	14,045	2,892	733	28.8	19.2	9.1	3.9	0.7	0.4	6.9	14.7	47.2	1.2	3.6	33.5	4.1	5.4	75.7	56.2	2.0	7.1	2.8	21,097	6,661	2,845	509	289	2,057	2,575	-51
22	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	14,028	2,650	674	26.5	20.8	4.1	3.9	0.9	0.3	7.4	15.8	47.0	2.4	6.0	39.1	3.6	4.3	83.4	58.8	0.4	3.6	2.6	17,890	2,731	2,643	587	187	1,770	1,528	-1183
23	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	14,022	2,231	562	33.7	25.0	4.3	4.7	1.4	0.3	8.8	19.6	45.1	3.0	8.3	36.7	4.2	5.0	84.0	57.2	0.8	3.5	2.7	18,933	2,435	2,656	772	180	1,525	1,479	+2740
24	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	13,784	2,337	585	34.3	23.6	7.3	3.8	1.1	0.7	8.2	17.8	45.9	2.6	7.1	37.0	4.5	5.4	84.0	58.3	0.9	6.5	2.4	20,053	4,293	2,243	640	384	1,389	1,472	+3585
25	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	13,473	1,840	467	34.8	28.9	8.6	8.3	1.2	0.5	9.7	20.8	46.8	3.1	8.8	34.9	6.3	8.4	75.4	58.9	0.9	7.7	4.0	16,260	4,038	3,854	582	214	1,851	1,250	+1310