most points in one quarter in nba history

James Harden has the most career points in the first quarter, with 5,934 points.

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most points by a player in one quarter in 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	5,934	802	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	60.8	0.2	1.6	1.2	6,441	1,465	2,214	374	124	971	478	+780
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	5,261	706	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	91.6	62.8	0.2	1.3	0.9	5,530	1,034	1,432	311	57	643	412	+827
3	Anthony Davis A. Davis	5,186	666	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	5,519	2,184	655	290	492	447	377	+318
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	4,930	683	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	86.2	57.8	0.2	1.1	0.9	6,542	874	1,136	172	44	624	456	-32
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	4,904	762	8.7	6.4	3.4	2.5	0.4	0.2	2.6	4.4	59.2	0.3	0.8	40.4	0.9	1.0	83.6	65.7	0.8	2.6	0.9	6,605	2,627	1,872	305	162	673	452	+1409
8	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	4,727	828	8.1	5.7	1.2	1.6	0.3	0.1	2.1	4.5	48.0	0.2	0.5	31.0	1.3	1.5	84.5	55.6	0.2	1.1	0.6	6,687	1,005	1,302	241	75	509	365	-320
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	4,631	598	8.8	7.7	2.0	1.7	0.3	0.3	2.9	5.3	54.6	0.6	1.4	39.7	1.4	1.6	88.8	64.7	0.1	1.8	0.9	5,245	1,168	994	152	207	558	265	+877
10	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	4,516	809	7.4	5.6	3.2	1.0	0.3	0.2	2.5	4.8	51.9	0.3	0.9	38.5	0.3	0.4	78.6	56.5	0.7	2.5	0.5	6,024	2,560	811	217	150	374	323	-463
11	Tobias Harris T. Harris	4,416	826	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	57.8	0.3	1.6	0.4	6,215	1,528	644	201	146	315	411	+614
12	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	4,401	821	6.8	5.4	2.1	2.5	0.4	0.1	2.0	4.5	45.3	0.3	0.9	34.5	1.0	1.3	74.0	52.8	0.4	1.7	1.1	5,592	1,713	2,048	340	62	907	427	+82
13	LeBron James L. James	4,365	727	7.1	6.0	1.9	2.2	0.3	0.1	2.4	4.5	53.1	0.4	1.1	38.1	0.8	1.1	71.0	60.0	0.2	1.7	1.0	5,171	1,406	1,579	242	83	708	201	+325
14	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	4,339	787	7.5	5.5	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.2	2.1	4.7	45.6	0.5	1.2	36.8	0.8	1.1	72.9	53.5	0.3	0.9	0.5	5,937	988	549	227	161	422	399	+191
15	Julius Randle J. Randle	4,337	730	8.5	5.9	2.6	1.2	0.2	0.1	2.3	4.8	46.7	0.5	1.4	35.9	0.9	1.2	77.1	55.5	0.4	2.2	0.8	6,171	1,932	862	136	64	560	475	+72
16	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	4,228	667	8.1	6.3	3.1	1.0	0.2	0.3	2.5	4.7	52.9	0.5	1.2	42.4	0.9	1.1	84.0	61.7	0.7	2.4	0.7	5,390	2,052	634	163	216	461	595	+666
17	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	4,182	467	10.0	9.0	2.7	2.5	0.3	0.1	3.1	6.5	47.0	1.0	2.8	37.3	1.8	2.4	76.4	59.3	0.3	2.4	1.2	4,669	1,265	1,188	160	61	552	293	+547
18	Paul George P. George	4,094	630	8.2	6.5	1.8	1.2	0.6	0.1	2.3	5.2	45.4	0.9	2.1	41.1	0.9	1.1	86.9	57.6	0.2	1.6	0.8	5,139	1,135	753	352	70	511	428	+660
19	CJ McCollum	4,030	754	7.3	5.3	0.9	1.0	0.2	0.1	2.1	4.5	46.5	0.8	1.8	41.7	0.4	0.5	79.6	56.9	0.1	0.8	0.4	5,479	693	783	177	88	306	310	+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	3,837	699	7.9	5.5	1.7	1.6	0.5	0.1	1.9	3.8	50.1	0.2	0.7	35.3	1.4	1.7	85.4	60.3	0.5	1.2	0.5	5,519	1,193	1,139	358	71	335	199	+1037
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	3,673	461	9.1	8.0	3.3	1.1	0.3	0.4	2.7	5.4	49.9	0.3	1.0	35.3	2.2	2.7	82.5	60.4	0.6	2.7	0.9	4,189	1,524	528	126	167	402	333	+1028
24	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	3,622	659	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	3,989	612	391	153	95	281	289	+205
25	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	3,580	485	10.5	7.4	1.3	1.7	0.4	0.3	2.7	5.4	50.7	0.4	1.1	35.1	1.6	1.8	84.9	59.8	0.2	1.1	0.7	5,103	645	808	215	134	334	318	+155