most points in one quarter by a player in nba history

James Harden has scored the most career points in the first quarter, with 5,732 points.

	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	5,732	783	8.0	7.3	1.8	2.8	0.5	0.2	2.2	5.0	44.3	0.8	2.3	37.5	2.0	2.3	86.7	60.5	0.2	1.6	1.2	6,230	1,426	2,172	364	121	953	467	+752
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	5,200	696	7.8	7.5	1.5	2.0	0.4	0.1	2.6	5.5	47.3	1.3	3.2	41.8	0.9	1.0	91.7	62.8	0.2	1.3	0.9	5,444	1,023	1,417	309	57	637	405	+822
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	5,003	786	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	69.2	60.0	0.5	2.3	0.8	5,332	2,206	1,126	243	252	604	555	+951
6	Devin Booker D. Booker	4,790	666	9.5	7.2	1.3	1.7	0.3	0.1	2.7	5.7	47.9	0.7	1.8	37.6	1.1	1.3	86.0	57.8	0.2	1.1	0.9	6,354	846	1,099	168	43	615	448	-84
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	4,735	743	8.6	6.4	3.4	2.4	0.4	0.2	2.6	4.4	59.2	0.3	0.8	40.3	0.9	1.0	83.7	65.6	0.8	2.6	0.9	6,394	2,544	1,801	296	158	650	443	+1336
8	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	4,659	809	8.1	5.8	1.2	1.6	0.3	0.1	2.2	4.5	47.8	0.2	0.5	30.7	1.3	1.5	84.3	55.5	0.2	1.1	0.6	6,545	995	1,289	236	75	505	359	-208
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	4,509	583	8.7	7.7	2.0	1.7	0.2	0.3	2.9	5.3	54.6	0.6	1.4	39.9	1.4	1.6	88.7	64.8	0.1	1.8	0.9	5,086	1,146	976	145	203	546	260	+851
10	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	4,446	791	7.4	5.6	3.2	1.0	0.3	0.2	2.5	4.8	51.9	0.3	0.8	38.6	0.3	0.4	78.3	56.5	0.7	2.5	0.5	5,883	2,524	798	215	148	365	315	-412
11	Tobias Harris T. Harris	4,389	817	7.5	5.4	1.9	0.8	0.2	0.2	2.1	4.4	48.7	0.6	1.4	40.2	0.6	0.7	87.6	57.8	0.3	1.6	0.4	6,152	1,515	641	201	145	312	408	+595
12	LeBron James L. James	4,353	720	7.1	6.0	1.9	2.2	0.3	0.1	2.4	4.5	53.1	0.4	1.1	38.3	0.8	1.1	71.0	60.1	0.2	1.7	1.0	5,116	1,402	1,567	240	83	707	199	+335
13	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	4,334	802	6.8	5.4	2.1	2.5	0.4	0.1	2.0	4.5	45.3	0.3	0.9	34.4	1.0	1.4	74.1	52.8	0.4	1.7	1.1	5,458	1,685	2,005	334	62	891	420	+169
14	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	4,267	771	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	72.7	53.5	0.3	0.9	0.5	5,800	965	536	224	154	414	388	+163
15	Julius Randle J. Randle	4,220	711	8.4	5.9	2.7	1.2	0.2	0.1	2.3	4.8	46.8	0.5	1.4	35.9	0.9	1.2	77.2	55.4	0.4	2.2	0.8	5,988	1,894	833	130	63	550	465	+52
16	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	4,135	649	8.1	6.4	3.1	0.9	0.2	0.3	2.5	4.7	53.2	0.5	1.2	42.7	0.9	1.1	83.8	62.0	0.7	2.4	0.7	5,244	1,993	616	161	215	454	588	+615
17	Paul George P. George	4,053	622	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	5,081	1,123	749	348	69	509	425	+652
18	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	3,993	452	9.9	8.8	2.7	2.5	0.3	0.1	3.0	6.5	46.9	1.0	2.7	37.1	1.8	2.3	76.4	59.1	0.3	2.4	1.2	4,497	1,223	1,141	148	56	527	281	+525
19	Bradley Beal B. Beal	3,964	673	8.0	5.9	1.0	1.3	0.3	0.1	2.3	4.6	49.5	0.6	1.5	40.7	0.7	0.9	81.8	58.8	0.2	0.8	0.6	5,352	692	890	222	57	415	314	-72
20	CJ McCollum	3,934	737	7.2	5.3	0.9	1.0	0.2	0.1	2.1	4.5	46.5	0.8	1.8	41.5	0.4	0.5	79.4	56.8	0.1	0.8	0.4	5,340	678	769	175	88	295	302	+295
21	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	3,770	684	7.9	5.5	1.7	1.6	0.5	0.1	1.9	3.8	50.0	0.2	0.7	35.1	1.4	1.7	85.2	60.1	0.5	1.2	0.5	5,389	1,171	1,115	352	69	328	198	+1026
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	3,640	455	9.1	8.0	3.3	1.1	0.3	0.4	2.7	5.4	50.0	0.3	1.0	35.5	2.2	2.7	82.3	60.5	0.7	2.7	0.9	4,148	1,519	522	125	165	398	332	+1003
24	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	3,559	641	6.1	5.6	0.9	0.6	0.2	0.1	2.1	4.7	45.9	0.9	2.2	39.8	0.4	0.4	89.6	57.3	0.1	0.8	0.4	3,896	597	384	150	93	277	282	+201
25	Harrison Barnes H. Barnes	3,480	838	7.4	4.2	1.3	0.5	0.2	0.0	1.6	3.2	47.8	0.5	1.3	40.3	0.5	0.7	80.7	58.8	0.3	1.1	0.3	6,177	1,113	452	149	36	231	248	-357