James Harden has scored the most points in the first quarter this season, with 244 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in first quarter leaders this regular season

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	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	244	2025-26	LAC	23	11.0	10.6	1.9	2.2	0.5	0.1	3.3	6.0	54.3	1.5	3.2	47.9	2.6	3.0	86.8	72.7	0.1	1.8	0.9	253	44	50	12	3	20	13	+21
2	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	233	2025-26	NYK	22	12.0	10.6	1.2	1.9	0.4	0.0	3.6	7.2	49.7	1.3	2.9	45.3	2.1	2.4	88.5	64.1	0.1	1.1	0.8	263	27	41	8	0	17	6	+96
3	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	233	2025-26	LAL	18	11.4	12.9	2.9	2.8	0.7	0.3	4.2	8.4	50.0	1.7	4.1	40.5	2.8	3.8	73.9	63.9	0.3	2.6	1.6	206	52	50	12	5	29	15	+3
4	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	199	2025-26	DEN	23	11.1	8.7	4.3	3.8	0.6	0.2	3.4	5.3	64.2	0.6	1.3	43.3	1.2	1.5	82.4	72.1	1.0	3.3	1.2	255	98	88	13	5	27	12	+103
5	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	194	2025-26	PHI	23	10.2	8.4	1.3	2.3	0.5	0.2	2.8	6.0	46.4	1.3	3.2	41.9	1.5	1.8	83.3	62.0	0.0	1.2	0.7	234	29	52	12	5	16	12	+25
6	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	188	2025-26	OKC	24	11.1	7.8	1.5	2.3	0.5	0.3	2.6	5.2	50.4	0.3	1.0	33.3	2.3	2.5	90.0	62.1	0.2	1.3	0.8	265	35	54	11	6	19	12	+84
7	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	178	2025-26	BOS	23	9.4	7.7	2.0	1.6	0.3	0.2	3.0	6.0	50.4	0.5	1.7	31.6	1.1	1.6	70.3	57.3	0.4	1.6	0.8	217	46	36	6	4	19	16	+56
8	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	174	2025-26	CLE	23	8.9	7.6	0.7	1.4	0.5	0.0	2.6	5.6	46.1	1.0	2.8	36.9	1.4	1.7	80.0	59.8	0.2	0.5	0.6	205	16	33	12	0	14	10	+71
9	Devin Booker D. Booker	165	2025-26	PHX	22	11.0	7.5	1.6	2.2	0.2	0.0	2.6	6.0	43.9	0.5	2.0	26.7	1.7	1.9	90.2	55.0	0.3	1.3	0.7	243	36	48	4	1	16	12	+31
10	Julius Randle J. Randle	160	2025-26	MIN	24	9.5	6.7	1.9	1.6	0.3	0.0	2.4	4.9	49.6	0.9	2.2	41.5	0.9	1.3	73.3	61.4	0.2	1.7	0.5	227	45	38	8	1	12	13	+21
11	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	158	2025-26	TOR	26	9.1	6.1	1.7	1.2	0.4	0.1	2.4	5.0	47.3	0.4	1.3	32.4	0.9	1.2	76.7	54.8	0.2	1.5	1.2	238	44	32	11	3	30	8	-19
12	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	155	2025-26	ORL	24	8.7	6.5	1.7	1.1	0.4	0.2	2.3	4.3	52.4	0.5	0.8	55.0	1.5	1.8	83.7	63.6	0.5	1.2	0.5	210	41	27	9	5	11	13	+26
13	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	154	2025-26	UTA	22	8.9	7.0	1.5	0.5	0.1	0.0	2.5	5.6	45.2	0.7	2.5	29.6	1.2	1.2	96.3	56.7	0.5	1.0	0.2	196	33	11	3	1	4	6	-26
14	Jamal Murray J. Murray	153	2025-26	DEN	22	9.2	7.0	1.5	1.3	0.4	0.0	2.7	5.1	52.2	0.9	2.0	43.2	0.7	0.7	100.0	63.7	0.2	1.3	0.6	202	32	29	8	0	13	4	+38
15	Kevin Durant K. Durant	153	2025-26	HOU	19	10.5	8.1	1.5	1.0	0.4	0.3	3.1	6.2	50.4	0.3	1.2	26.1	1.5	1.6	93.5	58.6	0.2	1.3	0.7	199	28	19	8	5	13	6	+31
16	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	152	2025-26	MIN	20	10.8	7.6	1.3	1.3	0.4	0.2	2.8	5.8	47.4	0.9	2.4	37.5	1.2	1.5	80.0	58.8	0.2	1.1	0.9	216	25	25	8	3	17	8	+18
17	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	148	2025-26	CLE	24	8.5	6.2	1.6	0.7	0.2	0.4	2.3	4.3	52.9	0.6	1.5	40.5	1.0	1.3	71.9	62.7	0.4	1.3	0.7	204	39	17	5	9	17	9	+7
18	Jalen Johnson J. Johnson	142	2025-26	ATL	22	8.7	6.5	3.0	1.9	0.4	0.0	2.4	4.0	59.8	0.6	1.2	48.1	1.1	1.4	80.6	70.5	0.3	2.6	1.0	192	65	41	9	0	22	10	+18
19	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	138	2025-26	SAC	22	9.1	6.3	0.7	0.7	0.1	0.0	2.4	4.2	56.5	0.9	1.8	48.7	0.7	0.7	93.8	69.7	0.0	0.7	0.8	200	16	15	3	1	18	9	-112
20	Norman Powell N. Powell	135	2025-26	MIA	20	8.4	6.8	1.2	0.7	0.3	0.1	2.3	4.6	50.5	1.2	2.3	50.0	1.0	1.2	87.0	66.8	0.2	1.1	0.3	168	24	13	6	1	5	10	+59
21	Michael Porter Jr. M. Porter Jr.	132	2025-26	BKN	19	8.5	6.9	2.1	0.9	0.3	0.1	2.7	5.5	50.0	1.1	2.3	47.7	0.4	0.6	63.6	60.6	0.3	1.8	0.5	162	40	18	5	1	9	9	+9
22	Deni Avdija D. Avdija	132	2025-26	POR	24	8.3	5.5	1.8	1.5	0.3	0.1	1.8	4.1	44.9	0.7	1.7	42.5	1.1	1.6	69.2	57.3	0.5	1.3	0.6	198	43	36	6	3	14	15	-26
23	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	131	2025-26	IND	23	8.7	5.7	1.4	1.1	0.5	0.0	2.1	4.5	46.2	0.5	1.3	38.7	1.0	1.6	63.9	54.7	0.2	1.3	0.4	200	33	25	12	0	10	10	+14
24	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	130	2025-26	CHA	24	9.7	5.4	1.7	1.3	0.2	0.2	1.9	4.1	46.5	0.8	2.0	40.4	0.8	0.9	90.5	60.1	0.3	1.4	0.3	233	40	32	4	4	6	5	-72
25	Keyonte George K. George	128	2025-26	UTA	23	9.0	5.6	1.4	2.2	0.2	0.1	2.0	4.6	43.4	0.7	2.1	34.7	0.8	0.9	95.0	55.7	0.1	1.3	0.8	207	33	51	5	3	18	13	-43