most points by a player through 3 quarters in a game

James Harden and Klay Thompson are tied for the most points in a game through the third quarter, with 60 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player through 3 quarters in a regular-season game

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	James Harden J. Harden	60	11/30/2019	HOU	vs	ATL	31	3	8	3	1	16	24	66.7	8	14	57.1	20	23	87.0	87.9	0	3	5	4	+50
2	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	60	12/5/2016	GSW	vs	IND	29	2	1	0	0	21	33	63.6	8	14	57.1	10	11	90.9	79.3	0	2	0	0	+35
3	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	59	1/22/2024	PHI	vs	SAS	31	15	4	0	1	21	35	60.0	1	2	50.0	16	17	94.1	69.4	9	6	1	2	+8
4	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	58	1/22/2024	MIN	vs	CHA	29	7	2	0	0	19	25	76.0	10	12	83.3	10	14	71.4	93.1	3	4	6	1	+18
5	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	57	1/26/2024	DAL	@	ATL	33	8	5	1	0	20	26	76.9	7	11	63.6	10	10	100.0	93.8	0	8	4	0	+15
6	Bradley Beal B. Beal	57	1/6/2021	WAS	@	PHI	30	6	4	1	0	19	29	65.5	7	8	87.5	12	13	92.3	82.1	4	2	3	2	-4
7	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	56	3/14/2022	MIN	@	SAS	32	14	3	1	0	18	28	64.3	6	9	66.7	14	14	100.0	82.0	1	13	5	6	+20
8	James Harden J. Harden	54	11/5/2017	HOU	vs	UTA	31	2	13	1	0	18	21	85.7	7	7	100.0	11	12	91.7	102.7	0	2	5	3	+28
9	Devin Booker D. Booker	52	1/26/2024	PHX	@	IND	30	3	4	1	1	17	26	65.4	6	9	66.7	12	13	92.3	82.0	0	3	4	1	+9
10	Devin Booker D. Booker	52	1/19/2024	PHX	@	NOP	32	4	4	0	0	18	28	64.3	6	10	60.0	10	10	100.0	80.2	1	3	1	1	+14
11	Julius Randle J. Randle	52	3/20/2023	NYK	vs	MIN	29	1	1	0	0	17	24	70.8	8	12	66.7	10	12	83.3	88.8	0	1	3	4	+4
12	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	52	10/29/2018	GSW	@	CHI	27	4	0	2	0	18	29	62.1	14	24	58.3	2	2	100.0	87.0	0	4	2	2	+30
13	Devin Booker D. Booker	51	11/30/2022	PHX	vs	CHI	31	4	6	1	0	20	25	80.0	6	7	85.7	5	6	83.3	92.3	0	4	2	3	+23
14	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	51	3/15/2022	BKN	@	ORL	31	5	4	4	0	17	27	63.0	7	10	70.0	10	11	90.9	80.1	2	3	1	2	+25
15	Stephen Curry S. Curry	51	10/24/2018	GSW	vs	WAS	32	4	3	0	1	15	24	62.5	11	16	68.8	10	10	100.0	89.8	0	4	2	1	+18
16	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	50	2/26/2023	POR	vs	HOU	29	4	5	0	0	16	26	61.5	9	15	60.0	9	9	100.0	83.4	1	3	0	1	+12
17	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	50	1/25/2023	POR	vs	UTA	30	6	8	2	0	18	24	75.0	9	13	69.2	5	6	83.3	93.8	0	6	2	1	+13
18	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	50	2/9/2018	POR	@	SAC	29	1	6	3	0	16	26	61.5	8	13	61.5	10	10	100.0	82.2	0	1	2	2	+18
19	CJ McCollum	50	1/31/2018	POR	vs	CHI	29	5	2	1	0	18	25	72.0	6	9	66.7	8	8	100.0	87.7	1	4	3	1	+28
20	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	50	1/23/2015	GSW	vs	SAC		1	4	3	2	16	22	72.7	11	14	78.6	7	8	87.5	98.0	0	1	4	3
21	Stephen Curry S. Curry	49	5/8/2021	GSW	vs	OKC	29	5	2	1	0	14	26	53.8	11	21	52.4	10	10	100.0	80.6	0	5	1	3	+31
22	James Harden J. Harden	49	1/23/2019	HOU	@	NYK	31	12	3	3	0	14	29	48.3	5	15	33.3	16	19	84.2	65.6	6	6	4	5	+21
23	Devin Booker D. Booker	48	4/1/2024	PHX	@	NOP	31	2	8	0	1	17	25	68.0	8	15	53.3	6	7	85.7	85.5	0	2	2	3	+13
24	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	48	11/6/2023	PHI	vs	WAS	31	11	6	1	1	17	25	68.0	0	2	0.0	14	14	100.0	77.0	2	9	1	3	+14
25	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	48	1/23/2022	BOS	@	WAS	29	10	6	0	0	17	25	68.0	9	13	69.2	5	5	100.0	88.2	2	8	1	1	+26