most first quarter points ever in the nba

James Harden has posted the most career points in the first quarter, with 5,757 points.

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most first quarter points by a player ever in the NBA

	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	5,757	738	8.0	7.8	1.9	2.8	0.5	0.2	2.4	5.2	45.6	0.9	2.3	38.9	2.1	2.5	86.8	61.9	0.3	1.6	1.2	5,897	1,372	2,037	351	116	919	449	+900
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	5,216	661	7.9	7.9	1.5	2.0	0.5	0.1	2.7	5.7	48.6	1.4	3.3	43.2	1.0	1.1	91.7	64.4	0.2	1.3	0.9	5,195	973	1,333	300	49	606	381	+853
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	5,022	754	7.0	6.7	2.9	1.4	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	5,249	2,158	1,093	239	245	590	525	+1016
6	Devin Booker D. Booker	4,817	636	9.7	7.6	1.3	1.7	0.3	0.1	2.9	5.8	49.0	0.7	1.9	38.5	1.1	1.3	86.1	59.0	0.2	1.1	0.9	6,185	823	1,065	165	43	602	422	+81
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	4,752	681	8.9	7.0	3.5	2.5	0.4	0.2	2.9	4.7	60.3	0.3	0.8	41.2	0.9	1.1	83.7	66.8	0.9	2.6	0.9	6,036	2,392	1,684	281	145	610	396	+1407
8	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	4,673	765	8.1	6.1	1.2	1.6	0.3	0.1	2.3	4.7	49.1	0.2	0.5	31.5	1.3	1.6	84.9	56.8	0.2	1.1	0.6	6,213	953	1,203	229	72	483	337	-120
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	4,529	573	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	65.3	0.1	1.8	0.9	5,023	1,135	953	145	203	533	257	+929
10	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	4,461	751	7.5	5.9	3.2	1.0	0.3	0.2	2.6	4.9	53.3	0.3	0.9	39.5	0.3	0.4	78.4	58.0	0.7	2.5	0.5	5,608	2,424	758	207	146	349	292	-251
11	Tobias Harris T. Harris	4,391	742	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	87.7	60.4	0.3	1.6	0.4	5,687	1,416	598	187	138	281	368	+800
12	LeBron James L. James	4,353	693	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	61.1	0.3	1.7	1.0	4,907	1,355	1,479	232	78	685	195	+404
13	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	4,343	731	6.9	5.9	2.2	2.5	0.4	0.1	2.3	4.7	47.4	0.3	0.9	36.7	1.1	1.5	75.2	55.1	0.4	1.8	1.1	5,015	1,579	1,847	313	58	829	387	+205
14	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	4,275	716	7.6	6.0	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.2	2.3	4.8	47.7	0.5	1.3	38.9	0.9	1.2	73.4	55.7	0.4	0.9	0.5	5,472	919	513	208	142	389	360	+313
15	Julius Randle J. Randle	4,233	649	8.8	6.5	2.7	1.2	0.2	0.1	2.5	5.1	48.5	0.5	1.5	36.9	1.0	1.3	77.3	57.3	0.5	2.3	0.8	5,679	1,767	770	122	61	506	430	+161
16	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	4,154	617	8.2	6.7	3.2	1.0	0.3	0.3	2.6	4.8	54.3	0.5	1.2	44.0	0.9	1.1	83.8	63.2	0.7	2.4	0.7	5,053	1,948	601	156	209	435	549	+648
17	Paul George P. George	4,053	583	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	87.1	59.6	0.2	1.6	0.8	4,793	1,068	704	325	68	474	397	+734
18	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	4,013	442	10.0	9.1	2.7	2.6	0.3	0.1	3.1	6.6	47.4	1.0	2.8	37.5	1.8	2.4	76.7	59.8	0.3	2.5	1.2	4,426	1,212	1,129	149	56	516	273	+587
19	Bradley Beal B. Beal	3,966	618	8.1	6.4	1.1	1.3	0.3	0.1	2.5	4.8	51.7	0.7	1.5	42.9	0.8	0.9	82.1	61.1	0.2	0.8	0.6	5,035	650	823	210	51	384	294	-8
20	CJ McCollum	3,939	646	7.6	6.1	1.0	1.1	0.2	0.1	2.4	4.8	49.9	0.9	2.0	44.6	0.5	0.6	81.5	60.8	0.2	0.8	0.4	4,926	626	696	156	83	272	266	+482
21	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	3,779	636	8.0	5.9	1.7	1.6	0.5	0.1	2.1	4.0	52.1	0.2	0.7	37.5	1.6	1.8	85.5	62.2	0.5	1.2	0.5	5,083	1,101	1,039	335	64	303	175	+1052
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	3,657	449	9.1	8.1	3.3	1.2	0.3	0.4	2.8	5.4	50.5	0.4	1.0	36.2	2.3	2.8	82.6	61.1	0.7	2.7	0.9	4,108	1,504	518	122	164	395	324	+1032
24	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	3,570	578	6.1	6.2	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.1	2.4	4.9	48.5	1.0	2.3	42.4	0.4	0.5	89.6	60.3	0.1	0.8	0.4	3,542	564	354	138	83	256	253	+421
25	Harrison Barnes H. Barnes	3,483	695	7.6	5.0	1.4	0.6	0.2	0.0	1.9	3.6	52.6	0.6	1.4	44.9	0.6	0.8	82.1	64.2	0.3	1.1	0.3	5,274	967	389	121	31	199	217	+57