James Harden has put up the most career points in the first quarter, with 5,873 points.

Interpreted as:

most first quarter points by a player ever

	NAME	PTS	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	5,873	748	8.0	7.9	1.9	2.8	0.5	0.2	2.4	5.2	45.7	0.9	2.4	38.9	2.1	2.5	86.8	62.0	0.3	1.6	1.2	6,015	1,395	2,061	351	118	928	455	+895
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	5,261	669	7.9	7.9	1.5	2.0	0.4	0.1	2.7	5.6	48.6	1.4	3.3	43.1	1.0	1.1	91.6	64.4	0.2	1.3	0.9	5,264	982	1,346	301	49	612	387	+847
3	Anthony Davis A. Davis	5,164	648	8.3	8.0	3.3	1.0	0.4	0.7	3.2	5.9	53.2	0.1	0.4	28.0	1.5	2.0	78.2	58.6	0.8	2.5	0.7	5,410	2,131	638	286	483	434	371	+351
4	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	5,143	698	8.4	7.4	1.3	2.4	0.3	0.1	2.5	5.3	47.0	1.0	2.4	41.0	1.3	1.5	89.9	61.3	0.2	1.2	0.9	5,886	926	1,650	199	63	600	309	+774
5	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	5,049	759	7.0	6.7	2.9	1.5	0.3	0.3	2.6	4.7	56.0	0.2	0.6	29.3	1.2	1.8	69.5	60.8	0.5	2.4	0.8	5,289	2,167	1,103	240	245	596	527	+1029
6	Devin Booker D. Booker	4,909	647	9.8	7.6	1.3	1.7	0.3	0.1	2.9	5.9	48.9	0.7	1.9	38.1	1.1	1.3	86.1	58.9	0.2	1.1	0.9	6,310	840	1,088	167	44	609	428	+122
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	4,856	692	8.9	7.0	3.5	2.5	0.4	0.2	2.9	4.7	60.4	0.3	0.8	41.6	0.9	1.1	83.7	67.0	0.9	2.7	0.9	6,160	2,444	1,725	288	147	627	402	+1463
8	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	4,717	775	8.1	6.1	1.2	1.6	0.3	0.1	2.3	4.7	49.2	0.2	0.5	31.9	1.3	1.6	85.0	56.9	0.2	1.1	0.6	6,292	959	1,209	232	72	485	341	-206
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	4,596	581	8.8	7.9	2.0	1.7	0.3	0.4	2.9	5.3	55.1	0.6	1.4	40.2	1.5	1.6	89.0	65.2	0.1	1.8	0.9	5,109	1,146	962	148	204	541	259	+939
10	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	4,493	759	7.5	5.9	3.2	1.0	0.3	0.2	2.6	4.9	53.2	0.3	0.9	39.5	0.3	0.4	78.6	57.9	0.7	2.5	0.5	5,669	2,439	763	207	147	352	296	-286
11	Tobias Harris T. Harris	4,398	744	7.7	5.9	1.9	0.8	0.3	0.2	2.3	4.6	51.0	0.6	1.4	42.3	0.6	0.7	87.5	60.4	0.3	1.6	0.4	5,698	1,417	598	187	138	281	368	+812
12	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	4,382	740	6.9	5.9	2.2	2.5	0.4	0.1	2.2	4.7	47.5	0.3	0.9	36.8	1.1	1.4	75.2	55.2	0.4	1.8	1.1	5,079	1,594	1,865	316	58	835	391	+159
13	LeBron James L. James	4,355	694	7.1	6.3	2.0	2.1	0.3	0.1	2.5	4.6	54.1	0.4	1.1	39.2	0.8	1.2	71.0	61.0	0.3	1.7	1.0	4,913	1,355	1,480	233	78	685	195	+402
14	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	4,315	725	7.7	6.0	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.2	2.3	4.8	47.6	0.5	1.3	38.9	0.9	1.2	73.4	55.7	0.4	0.9	0.5	5,551	930	519	209	147	392	367	+350
15	Julius Randle J. Randle	4,307	659	8.8	6.5	2.7	1.2	0.2	0.1	2.5	5.1	48.5	0.6	1.5	37.1	1.0	1.3	77.3	57.4	0.4	2.3	0.8	5,774	1,786	780	125	62	510	436	+206
16	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	4,200	625	8.2	6.7	3.2	1.0	0.2	0.3	2.6	4.8	54.3	0.5	1.2	43.8	0.9	1.1	83.8	63.2	0.7	2.4	0.7	5,118	1,972	608	156	209	436	550	+656
17	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	4,122	451	10.0	9.1	2.7	2.6	0.4	0.1	3.1	6.6	47.4	1.1	2.8	37.6	1.8	2.4	76.6	59.8	0.3	2.5	1.2	4,530	1,233	1,159	158	59	530	281	+577
18	Paul George P. George	4,073	586	8.2	7.0	1.8	1.2	0.6	0.1	2.5	5.3	47.1	0.9	2.2	42.7	1.0	1.2	87.0	59.6	0.2	1.6	0.8	4,810	1,073	706	326	69	475	399	+726
19	CJ McCollum	4,000	653	7.6	6.1	1.0	1.1	0.2	0.1	2.4	4.8	50.0	0.9	2.0	44.9	0.5	0.6	81.7	61.0	0.2	0.8	0.4	4,985	634	702	157	83	275	270	+476
20	Bradley Beal B. Beal	3,970	620	8.1	6.4	1.1	1.3	0.3	0.1	2.5	4.8	51.6	0.7	1.5	42.8	0.8	0.9	82.1	61.0	0.2	0.8	0.6	5,050	651	825	210	51	385	295	-17
21	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	3,827	646	8.0	5.9	1.7	1.6	0.5	0.1	2.1	4.0	52.2	0.2	0.7	37.8	1.5	1.8	85.6	62.3	0.5	1.2	0.5	5,173	1,113	1,054	338	65	308	176	+1040
22	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	3,712	552	7.8	6.7	1.2	1.7	0.4	0.1	2.6	5.1	51.6	0.7	1.7	44.0	0.7	0.8	89.5	61.7	0.2	1.0	0.6	4,281	658	935	200	70	329	289	+641
23	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	3,659	450	9.1	8.1	3.3	1.2	0.3	0.4	2.7	5.4	50.5	0.4	1.0	36.1	2.3	2.8	82.6	61.0	0.7	2.7	0.9	4,114	1,504	519	122	164	395	325	+1035
24	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	3,608	586	6.1	6.2	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.1	2.4	4.9	48.4	1.0	2.4	42.5	0.4	0.5	89.7	60.3	0.1	0.8	0.4	3,584	571	357	140	83	259	255	+428
25	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	3,556	461	10.6	7.7	1.4	1.7	0.4	0.3	2.8	5.5	51.6	0.4	1.1	36.3	1.6	1.9	84.8	60.6	0.2	1.2	0.7	4,903	628	777	205	133	323	302	+184