most points dropped in the first quarter

James Harden has put up the most career points in the first quarter, with 5,940 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player dropped in the first quarter

	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	5,940	803	8.0	7.4	1.8	2.8	0.5	0.2	2.3	5.1	44.6	0.9	2.3	37.9	2.0	2.3	86.6	60.7	0.2	1.6	1.2	6,453	1,465	2,218	375	124	973	478	+780
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	5,277	708	7.8	7.5	1.5	2.0	0.4	0.1	2.6	5.5	47.4	1.3	3.2	41.9	0.9	1.0	91.6	62.9	0.2	1.3	0.9	5,545	1,035	1,432	311	58	643	413	+827
3	Anthony Davis A. Davis	5,186	667	8.3	7.8	3.3	1.0	0.4	0.7	3.1	5.9	52.7	0.1	0.4	27.4	1.5	1.9	78.2	58.1	0.8	2.5	0.7	5,526	2,186	656	291	492	448	377	+316
4	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	5,143	736	8.4	7.0	1.3	2.4	0.3	0.1	2.4	5.3	45.4	0.9	2.4	39.5	1.3	1.4	89.8	59.4	0.2	1.2	0.9	6,204	984	1,743	209	69	635	330	+667
5	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	5,072	799	6.8	6.3	2.8	1.4	0.3	0.3	2.5	4.5	55.2	0.2	0.6	28.5	1.2	1.7	69.2	60.1	0.5	2.3	0.8	5,426	2,234	1,154	247	255	616	563	+994
6	Devin Booker D. Booker	4,935	684	9.6	7.2	1.3	1.7	0.3	0.1	2.7	5.7	47.9	0.7	1.8	37.2	1.1	1.3	86.1	57.8	0.2	1.1	0.9	6,549	874	1,136	173	44	625	456	-36
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	4,920	763	8.7	6.4	3.4	2.5	0.4	0.2	2.6	4.4	59.3	0.3	0.8	40.5	0.9	1.0	83.7	65.8	0.8	2.6	0.9	6,617	2,631	1,873	306	162	674	453	+1424
8	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	4,738	830	8.1	5.7	1.2	1.6	0.3	0.1	2.2	4.5	48.0	0.2	0.5	31.1	1.2	1.5	84.5	55.6	0.2	1.1	0.6	6,705	1,006	1,302	242	76	509	366	-327
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	4,634	599	8.8	7.7	1.9	1.7	0.3	0.3	2.9	5.3	54.6	0.6	1.4	39.8	1.4	1.6	88.8	64.6	0.1	1.8	0.9	5,254	1,168	995	152	207	559	265	+879
10	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	4,525	811	7.4	5.6	3.2	1.0	0.3	0.2	2.5	4.8	51.8	0.3	0.9	38.5	0.3	0.4	78.6	56.5	0.7	2.5	0.5	6,040	2,565	813	217	150	374	323	-456
11	Tobias Harris T. Harris	4,418	827	7.5	5.3	1.8	0.8	0.2	0.2	2.1	4.3	48.7	0.6	1.4	40.0	0.6	0.7	87.4	57.7	0.3	1.6	0.4	6,224	1,529	644	201	146	315	411	+616
12	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	4,409	823	6.8	5.4	2.1	2.5	0.4	0.1	2.0	4.5	45.2	0.3	0.9	34.4	1.0	1.3	74.0	52.8	0.3	1.7	1.1	5,608	1,716	2,051	341	62	909	428	+79
13	LeBron James L. James	4,375	729	7.1	6.0	1.9	2.2	0.3	0.1	2.4	4.5	53.1	0.4	1.1	38.0	0.8	1.1	70.9	60.0	0.2	1.7	1.0	5,188	1,408	1,581	242	84	715	203	+319
14	Julius Randle J. Randle	4,353	732	8.5	5.9	2.6	1.2	0.2	0.1	2.3	4.8	46.7	0.5	1.4	35.8	0.9	1.2	77.0	55.5	0.4	2.2	0.8	6,188	1,938	863	138	64	560	475	+65
15	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	4,344	788	7.5	5.5	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.2	2.1	4.7	45.6	0.5	1.2	36.9	0.8	1.1	72.9	53.5	0.3	0.9	0.5	5,946	989	550	227	162	422	400	+202
16	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	4,237	669	8.1	6.3	3.1	0.9	0.2	0.3	2.5	4.7	52.9	0.5	1.2	42.4	0.9	1.1	84.0	61.8	0.7	2.4	0.7	5,402	2,054	635	163	216	462	598	+666
17	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	4,203	469	10.0	9.0	2.7	2.5	0.3	0.1	3.1	6.5	46.9	1.0	2.8	37.2	1.8	2.4	76.4	59.3	0.3	2.4	1.2	4,691	1,268	1,192	160	61	554	294	+536
18	Paul George P. George	4,110	632	8.2	6.5	1.8	1.2	0.6	0.1	2.3	5.2	45.4	0.9	2.1	41.3	0.9	1.1	86.9	57.7	0.2	1.6	0.8	5,157	1,138	756	352	70	512	428	+662
19	CJ McCollum	4,041	756	7.3	5.3	0.9	1.0	0.2	0.1	2.1	4.5	46.6	0.8	1.8	41.7	0.4	0.5	79.6	56.9	0.1	0.8	0.4	5,498	695	785	177	88	306	310	+266
20	Bradley Beal B. Beal	3,970	677	7.9	5.9	1.0	1.3	0.3	0.1	2.3	4.6	49.4	0.6	1.5	40.5	0.7	0.9	81.8	58.7	0.2	0.8	0.6	5,382	694	892	222	57	417	315	-83
21	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	3,843	701	7.9	5.5	1.7	1.6	0.5	0.1	1.9	3.8	50.1	0.2	0.7	35.2	1.4	1.7	85.4	60.2	0.5	1.2	0.5	5,539	1,197	1,141	360	71	337	201	+1025
22	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	3,712	598	7.5	6.2	1.2	1.7	0.3	0.1	2.4	4.9	49.8	0.7	1.6	42.6	0.7	0.8	89.3	59.7	0.2	1.0	0.6	4,510	696	988	209	77	359	313	+635
23	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	3,684	463	9.1	8.0	3.3	1.1	0.3	0.4	2.7	5.4	49.8	0.3	1.0	35.2	2.2	2.7	82.5	60.4	0.7	2.7	0.9	4,208	1,530	530	126	168	404	335	+1029
24	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	3,628	660	6.0	5.5	0.9	0.6	0.2	0.1	2.1	4.6	45.9	0.9	2.3	39.8	0.4	0.4	89.7	57.4	0.1	0.8	0.4	3,992	613	391	153	95	282	289	+208
25	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	3,599	487	10.5	7.4	1.3	1.7	0.4	0.3	2.7	5.4	50.8	0.4	1.1	35.0	1.6	1.8	84.9	59.8	0.2	1.1	0.7	5,127	647	812	215	135	337	319	+181