Nae'Qwan Tomlin has averaged the most career points per game in the third quarter, with 9.0 per game.

Interpreted as:

most career points per game by a player in the third quarter

	NAME	PPG	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Nae'Qwan Tomlin N. Tomlin	9.0	1	8.3	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	75.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	2.0	3.0	66.7	84.6	1.0	1.0	0.0	8	9	2	0	0	1	0	2	+11
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	8.5	685	7.8	1.6	1.9	0.5	0.1	2.8	5.9	48.1	1.5	3.3	43.9	1.4	1.5	91.3	65.0	0.2	1.4	0.9	5,359	5,836	1,077	1,316	332	63	644	461	+1648
3	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	8.0	445	10.3	2.5	2.4	0.4	0.2	2.7	5.8	46.9	0.8	2.5	33.7	1.7	2.3	75.3	58.7	0.3	2.2	1.3	4,586	3,556	1,107	1,073	186	67	563	364	+280
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	7.9	574	8.9	2.2	1.6	0.3	0.4	2.8	5.4	52.3	0.8	1.8	41.3	1.6	1.8	88.7	64.5	0.1	2.0	0.9	5,088	4,541	1,258	919	161	221	533	404	+1094
5	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	7.8	735	8.6	1.2	2.0	0.3	0.1	2.5	5.6	44.3	1.1	2.8	38.5	1.7	1.9	90.6	60.1	0.2	1.1	0.8	6,317	5,726	912	1,468	232	73	590	434	+156
6	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	7.7	460	10.4	1.6	1.6	0.5	0.2	2.7	5.5	49.4	0.5	1.3	35.1	1.8	2.1	87.5	59.9	0.3	1.3	0.8	4,761	3,551	736	740	229	112	359	371	+382
7	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	7.6	445	9.0	3.0	1.1	0.2	0.5	2.5	4.9	51.5	0.3	1.0	34.7	2.2	2.6	84.1	62.6	0.6	2.5	1.0	3,986	3,364	1,351	476	95	213	431	460	+512
8	Devin Booker D. Booker	7.5	657	9.2	1.2	1.5	0.3	0.1	2.6	5.6	46.6	0.7	1.8	36.6	1.6	1.9	88.3	58.6	0.2	1.0	0.9	6,048	4,931	761	1,009	168	61	591	723	+249
9	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	7.5	771	7.3	2.9	1.4	0.3	0.4	2.7	4.8	56.0	0.2	0.7	28.9	1.9	2.6	71.7	62.7	0.5	2.3	0.9	5,659	5,764	2,200	1,063	232	274	712	765	+886
10	James Harden J. Harden	7.3	778	8.0	1.8	2.6	0.5	0.2	2.2	4.9	44.0	0.9	2.5	36.2	2.0	2.3	87.8	61.1	0.2	1.6	1.2	6,258	5,667	1,390	1,987	352	159	948	628	+828
11	Anthony Davis A. Davis	7.2	634	8.2	3.2	0.8	0.4	0.7	2.6	5.2	50.6	0.2	0.6	33.2	1.7	2.1	82.1	58.6	0.7	2.5	0.6	5,221	4,562	2,050	535	240	420	394	475	+96
12	Ja Morant J. Morant	7.1	304	9.6	1.3	2.3	0.3	0.1	2.5	5.2	49.4	0.4	1.3	31.9	1.6	2.0	77.1	58.4	0.3	1.0	1.0	2,911	2,148	390	699	91	23	299	171	+462
13	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	7.0	378	10.0	1.6	1.3	0.4	0.2	2.4	5.5	44.6	0.9	2.3	39.0	1.2	1.5	80.0	56.8	0.2	1.4	0.8	3,782	2,641	611	483	148	64	318	257	+399
14	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	6.9	543	7.3	1.9	1.0	0.5	0.2	2.4	4.8	51.2	0.6	1.4	40.5	1.5	1.7	86.3	62.8	0.3	1.6	0.5	3,940	3,757	1,019	526	287	99	296	305	+865
15	Trae Young T. Young	6.9	481	9.2	0.9	2.6	0.3	0.0	2.2	5.0	45.1	0.7	2.0	36.6	1.7	1.9	87.1	59.3	0.2	0.7	1.1	4,403	3,313	424	1,266	140	19	551	316	-36
16	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	6.8	537	9.1	1.1	1.3	0.4	0.1	2.4	5.2	46.8	0.8	2.2	38.5	1.1	1.3	84.2	58.8	0.2	0.9	0.7	4,902	3,628	607	675	193	42	397	426	+603
17	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	6.7	803	8.2	1.3	1.4	0.3	0.1	2.4	5.0	47.6	0.2	0.6	33.7	1.7	2.0	85.4	56.7	0.2	1.1	0.6	6,588	5,342	1,045	1,099	266	69	480	633	+80
18	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	6.6	583	9.5	1.9	1.1	0.3	0.2	2.3	4.9	46.9	0.8	2.1	38.4	1.2	1.4	85.5	59.9	0.2	1.7	0.7	5,551	3,821	1,135	618	176	99	382	461	+1090
19	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	6.5	591	7.7	1.1	1.5	0.4	0.1	2.4	5.2	46.9	0.8	1.9	41.0	0.9	1.0	89.8	58.2	0.2	0.9	0.7	4,564	3,859	647	886	221	79	392	424	+546
20	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	6.5	198	10.3	2.0	1.4	0.2	0.2	2.2	5.1	43.7	0.5	1.5	35.2	1.5	2.1	71.0	53.6	0.3	1.7	0.9	2,033	1,282	404	273	35	30	180	138	-120
21	LeBron James L. James	6.4	717	7.3	1.9	2.1	0.3	0.2	2.4	4.8	50.8	0.6	1.6	36.9	1.0	1.4	71.7	59.9	0.3	1.7	1.0	5,231	4,605	1,386	1,481	233	154	696	416	+113
22	Paul George P. George	6.4	616	8.2	1.8	1.2	0.5	0.1	2.1	4.9	43.8	0.9	2.2	38.8	1.3	1.5	86.1	58.1	0.2	1.6	0.8	5,024	3,956	1,111	728	285	69	502	514	+557
23	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	6.3	206	9.4	1.4	2.0	0.3	0.2	2.4	5.1	47.0	0.5	1.6	34.6	0.9	1.1	88.6	56.3	0.2	1.2	1.1	1,942	1,303	291	415	64	49	228	181	-219
24	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	6.3	733	8.8	3.2	2.2	0.4	0.2	2.4	4.5	54.1	0.4	1.1	35.3	1.1	1.4	81.2	62.4	0.8	2.5	0.9	6,430	4,626	2,378	1,589	313	158	663	686	+845
25	Bradley Beal B. Beal	6.3	658	8.3	1.1	1.3	0.3	0.2	2.3	4.9	47.2	0.7	1.8	39.0	1.0	1.2	84.9	58.3	0.2	0.9	0.7	5,433	4,141	717	843	207	104	476	500	+73