most points in a first quarter nba history

James Harden has put up the most career points in the first quarter, with 5,862 points.

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most points by a player in a first quarter NBA history

	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	5,862	795	8.0	7.4	1.8	2.8	0.5	0.2	2.2	5.1	44.5	0.9	2.3	37.7	2.0	2.3	86.6	60.7	0.2	1.6	1.2	6,359	1,452	2,196	366	123	963	475	+755
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	5,255	704	7.8	7.5	1.5	2.0	0.4	0.1	2.6	5.5	47.3	1.3	3.2	41.9	0.9	1.0	91.6	62.9	0.2	1.3	0.9	5,514	1,031	1,431	311	57	640	411	+825
3	Anthony Davis A. Davis	5,164	661	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	5,486	2,172	651	289	490	444	377	+333
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	5,049	795	6.8	6.4	2.8	1.4	0.3	0.3	2.5	4.5	55.2	0.2	0.6	28.6	1.2	1.7	69.1	60.0	0.5	2.3	0.8	5,403	2,224	1,147	245	255	613	560	+989
6	Devin Booker D. Booker	4,888	678	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	57.7	0.2	1.1	0.9	6,486	865	1,127	171	44	621	453	-43
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	4,850	755	8.6	6.4	3.4	2.4	0.4	0.2	2.6	4.4	59.2	0.3	0.8	40.6	0.9	1.0	83.7	65.8	0.8	2.6	0.9	6,530	2,600	1,847	303	161	666	449	+1404
8	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	4,706	821	8.1	5.7	1.2	1.6	0.3	0.1	2.2	4.5	47.9	0.2	0.5	31.1	1.3	1.5	84.5	55.6	0.2	1.1	0.6	6,634	1,001	1,297	239	75	507	363	-288
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	4,596	593	8.8	7.8	2.0	1.7	0.3	0.3	2.9	5.3	54.6	0.6	1.4	39.7	1.4	1.6	88.9	64.8	0.1	1.8	0.9	5,193	1,160	985	149	206	556	263	+868
10	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	4,493	803	7.4	5.6	3.2	1.0	0.3	0.2	2.5	4.8	51.8	0.3	0.9	38.4	0.3	0.4	78.6	56.5	0.7	2.5	0.5	5,977	2,548	804	215	150	371	321	-464
11	Tobias Harris T. Harris	4,393	819	7.5	5.4	1.9	0.8	0.2	0.2	2.1	4.4	48.7	0.6	1.4	40.1	0.6	0.7	87.5	57.8	0.3	1.6	0.4	6,166	1,516	641	201	145	312	408	+601
12	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	4,377	814	6.8	5.4	2.1	2.5	0.4	0.1	2.0	4.5	45.2	0.3	0.9	34.3	1.0	1.3	74.0	52.8	0.4	1.7	1.1	5,543	1,702	2,032	338	62	898	423	+113
13	LeBron James L. James	4,355	722	7.1	6.0	1.9	2.2	0.3	0.1	2.4	4.5	53.1	0.4	1.1	38.2	0.8	1.1	71.0	60.1	0.2	1.7	1.0	5,130	1,403	1,570	241	83	708	199	+319
14	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	4,313	781	7.5	5.5	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.2	2.1	4.7	45.7	0.5	1.2	36.9	0.8	1.1	72.7	53.5	0.3	0.9	0.5	5,890	979	544	225	159	419	398	+187
15	Julius Randle J. Randle	4,300	722	8.4	6.0	2.7	1.2	0.2	0.1	2.3	4.8	46.8	0.5	1.4	36.0	0.9	1.2	77.3	55.6	0.4	2.2	0.8	6,097	1,918	852	133	64	557	473	+94
16	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	4,190	660	8.1	6.3	3.1	1.0	0.2	0.3	2.5	4.7	53.0	0.5	1.2	42.6	0.9	1.1	83.8	61.8	0.7	2.4	0.7	5,332	2,029	627	162	216	461	592	+614
17	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	4,098	462	10.0	8.9	2.7	2.5	0.3	0.1	3.0	6.5	46.8	1.0	2.7	36.9	1.8	2.4	76.3	59.0	0.3	2.4	1.2	4,609	1,250	1,173	159	58	545	290	+523
18	Paul George P. George	4,073	625	8.2	6.5	1.8	1.2	0.6	0.1	2.4	5.2	45.5	0.9	2.1	41.2	0.9	1.1	86.9	57.7	0.2	1.6	0.8	5,098	1,128	751	349	70	510	427	+644
19	CJ McCollum	3,988	748	7.3	5.3	0.9	1.0	0.2	0.1	2.1	4.5	46.5	0.8	1.8	41.6	0.4	0.5	79.6	56.8	0.1	0.8	0.4	5,427	690	778	176	88	302	307	+277
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	3,814	694	7.9	5.5	1.7	1.6	0.5	0.1	1.9	3.8	50.0	0.2	0.7	35.0	1.4	1.7	85.4	60.2	0.5	1.2	0.5	5,479	1,183	1,132	357	71	334	199	+1029
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	3,659	458	9.1	8.0	3.3	1.1	0.3	0.4	2.7	5.4	50.0	0.3	1.0	35.6	2.2	2.7	82.4	60.5	0.7	2.7	0.9	4,167	1,520	525	125	167	399	333	+1014
24	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	3,603	653	6.1	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	57.3	0.1	0.8	0.4	3,957	607	390	152	94	281	286	+200
25	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	3,550	480	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	84.8	59.8	0.2	1.1	0.7	5,043	637	796	213	134	329	316	+137