James Harden has posted the most career points through the second quarter, with 10,882 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player ever through second 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	10,882	784	14.4	13.9	3.2	4.7	0.8	0.3	4.2	9.4	44.4	1.6	4.4	37.1	3.9	4.5	87.1	61.1	0.4	2.8	2.2	11,304	2,524	3,696	651	233	1,763	978	+1545
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	9,534	787	13.3	12.1	5.2	2.8	0.6	0.6	4.7	8.4	55.4	0.3	1.0	26.7	2.5	3.7	67.8	60.3	1.0	4.3	1.6	10,484	4,117	2,225	465	465	1,227	1,191	+1619
3	LeBron James L. James	9,331	720	14.1	13.0	3.9	4.2	0.6	0.3	5.0	9.3	53.6	0.8	2.3	36.6	2.1	3.0	71.6	60.9	0.5	3.4	1.9	10,123	2,796	3,031	458	191	1,350	520	+1056
4	Stephen Curry S. Curry	9,164	695	13.3	13.2	2.5	3.4	0.7	0.1	4.5	9.5	47.4	2.3	5.5	41.4	1.9	2.1	91.8	63.3	0.3	2.2	1.6	9,252	1,749	2,368	519	99	1,104	740	+1500
5	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	9,085	736	13.9	12.3	2.3	3.8	0.5	0.2	4.0	9.0	44.8	1.5	4.0	37.5	2.8	3.1	91.0	59.7	0.3	2.0	1.5	10,245	1,663	2,795	362	111	1,128	622	+1133
6	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	8,916	809	14.7	11.0	2.3	2.7	0.5	0.2	4.0	8.4	48.0	0.3	0.9	30.3	2.7	3.2	84.8	56.3	0.3	2.0	1.1	11,861	1,854	2,219	424	141	927	798	+149
7	Anthony Davis A. Davis	8,727	661	13.8	13.2	5.4	1.5	0.7	1.2	5.1	9.5	53.7	0.2	0.7	26.6	2.8	3.6	78.6	59.7	1.3	4.1	1.2	9,146	3,593	1,020	476	778	777	772	+721
8	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	8,633	802	13.3	10.8	4.1	4.7	0.8	0.2	4.0	8.8	44.9	0.6	1.9	31.5	2.3	3.0	74.5	53.0	0.7	3.3	2.2	10,700	3,279	3,807	644	126	1,779	928	+422
9	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	8,312	748	14.6	11.1	5.7	4.0	0.6	0.4	4.4	7.6	58.0	0.5	1.4	37.3	1.8	2.2	84.4	65.2	1.4	4.3	1.5	10,910	4,256	2,962	481	269	1,114	968	+2289
10	Devin Booker D. Booker	8,077	672	15.7	12.0	2.1	2.7	0.4	0.1	4.3	9.2	47.3	1.0	2.8	36.3	2.3	2.6	87.6	58.2	0.3	1.8	1.6	10,571	1,401	1,846	279	83	1,051	935	+180
11	Kevin Durant K. Durant	8,038	585	14.8	13.7	3.5	2.8	0.4	0.6	5.0	9.3	53.7	1.0	2.5	39.6	2.8	3.2	88.4	64.4	0.3	3.3	1.6	8,664	2,056	1,642	262	353	951	538	+1380
12	CJ McCollum	7,709	745	14.0	10.3	1.9	2.0	0.5	0.2	4.0	8.8	45.3	1.4	3.4	40.3	1.0	1.2	81.0	55.4	0.3	1.6	0.9	10,419	1,418	1,501	345	176	685	722	+443
13	Tobias Harris T. Harris	7,688	817	13.9	9.4	3.3	1.4	0.4	0.3	3.7	7.5	49.1	0.8	2.2	38.6	1.2	1.4	85.9	58.0	0.5	2.8	0.7	11,337	2,681	1,160	361	246	603	853	+774
14	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	7,673	649	14.9	11.8	5.7	1.7	0.4	0.6	4.4	8.3	53.5	0.9	2.0	42.3	2.1	2.5	84.1	63.0	1.4	4.3	1.4	9,645	3,669	1,071	292	369	899	1,166	+1039
15	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	7,659	791	13.4	9.7	5.6	1.7	0.5	0.4	4.2	8.3	50.7	0.6	1.6	36.2	0.7	0.9	78.4	55.8	1.2	4.4	0.9	10,575	4,392	1,352	379	294	713	716	-743
16	Bradley Beal B. Beal	7,466	674	14.3	11.1	2.0	2.4	0.6	0.2	4.2	8.6	48.6	1.0	2.7	38.4	1.6	2.0	82.6	58.2	0.4	1.5	1.2	9,624	1,338	1,600	407	127	830	697	-275
17	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	7,379	770	13.2	9.6	2.2	1.2	0.5	0.3	3.6	8.0	45.5	0.8	2.1	36.3	1.6	2.1	73.3	53.9	0.6	1.6	0.9	10,163	1,730	942	392	251	730	802	+221
18	Julius Randle J. Randle	7,263	715	14.4	10.2	4.7	2.0	0.3	0.2	3.8	8.0	46.9	0.7	2.1	35.1	1.9	2.5	77.0	55.7	0.9	3.8	1.5	10,313	3,328	1,418	225	117	1,038	1,003	-261
19	Paul George P. George	7,099	622	14.9	11.4	3.1	2.1	0.9	0.2	4.1	9.0	45.1	1.5	3.8	40.1	1.8	2.1	86.1	57.7	0.4	2.7	1.5	9,283	1,928	1,320	571	135	916	859	+1202
20	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	7,071	598	13.7	11.8	2.2	3.0	0.6	0.2	4.5	9.1	49.5	1.2	3.0	41.2	1.6	1.8	88.7	59.8	0.4	1.7	1.2	8,174	1,300	1,774	380	133	711	643	+884
21	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	7,004	452	17.5	15.5	4.4	4.4	0.6	0.2	5.2	11.0	47.1	1.7	4.7	36.7	3.4	4.5	75.8	59.6	0.5	4.0	2.1	7,898	2,006	1,975	267	97	941	534	+819
22	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	6,886	683	13.9	10.1	3.0	2.8	0.9	0.2	3.3	6.9	48.5	0.4	1.1	33.8	3.0	3.5	85.6	59.6	1.0	2.0	0.9	9,497	2,031	1,908	606	125	602	423	+1426
23	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	6,880	585	17.2	11.8	3.8	2.0	0.5	0.3	4.2	9.2	45.9	1.4	3.7	36.6	2.0	2.4	83.1	57.6	0.4	3.4	1.2	10,038	2,220	1,175	319	196	675	628	+1765
24	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	6,842	641	12.2	10.7	1.9	1.2	0.4	0.3	4.0	8.8	46.1	1.7	4.2	41.1	0.9	1.0	87.5	58.0	0.3	1.7	0.9	7,796	1,236	786	274	177	557	593	+691
25	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	6,624	455	16.2	14.6	5.8	1.9	0.5	0.8	4.8	9.5	50.8	0.6	1.7	35.4	4.3	5.2	82.8	61.7	1.2	4.6	1.7	7,360	2,628	879	228	342	776	757	+1605