James Harden has scored the most career points in the first quarter, with 5,719 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in the 1st quarter ever

	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	5,719	782	8.0	7.3	1.8	2.8	0.5	0.2	2.2	5.0	44.3	0.9	2.3	37.5	2.0	2.3	86.7	60.4	0.2	1.6	1.2	6,218	1,424	2,172	363	121	953	466	+760
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	5,190	694	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	62.9	0.2	1.3	0.9	5,427	1,021	1,412	309	57	635	405	+809
3	Anthony Davis A. Davis	5,160	660	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	5,479	2,168	651	288	490	442	377	+336
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	4,999	785	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	60.1	0.5	2.3	0.8	5,323	2,205	1,125	243	252	602	554	+951
6	Devin Booker D. Booker	4,787	665	9.5	7.2	1.3	1.6	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	6,344	845	1,097	168	43	615	448	-90
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	4,724	742	8.6	6.4	3.4	2.4	0.4	0.2	2.6	4.4	59.1	0.3	0.8	40.2	0.9	1.0	83.7	65.6	0.8	2.6	0.9	6,382	2,539	1,796	295	158	649	443	+1326
8	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	4,648	807	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	55.4	0.2	1.1	0.6	6,528	993	1,286	236	75	504	358	-211
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	4,503	582	8.7	7.7	2.0	1.7	0.2	0.3	2.9	5.3	54.6	0.6	1.4	40.0	1.4	1.6	88.7	64.8	0.1	1.8	0.9	5,077	1,145	976	145	203	546	260	+846
10	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	4,443	790	7.4	5.6	3.2	1.0	0.3	0.2	2.5	4.8	51.9	0.3	0.8	38.5	0.3	0.4	78.3	56.5	0.7	2.5	0.5	5,876	2,520	796	214	148	365	315	-423
11	Tobias Harris T. Harris	4,382	816	7.5	5.4	1.9	0.8	0.2	0.2	2.1	4.4	48.8	0.6	1.4	40.3	0.6	0.6	87.5	57.9	0.3	1.6	0.4	6,143	1,515	641	200	145	311	407	+599
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	4,320	800	6.8	5.4	2.1	2.5	0.4	0.1	2.0	4.5	45.2	0.3	0.9	34.1	1.0	1.4	74.1	52.7	0.4	1.7	1.1	5,442	1,683	2,002	333	62	890	419	+165
14	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	4,261	769	7.5	5.5	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.2	2.1	4.7	45.7	0.5	1.2	37.0	0.8	1.1	72.8	53.5	0.3	0.9	0.5	5,784	964	532	224	153	413	387	+166
15	Julius Randle J. Randle	4,207	710	8.4	5.9	2.7	1.2	0.2	0.1	2.3	4.8	46.8	0.5	1.4	35.8	0.9	1.2	77.1	55.4	0.4	2.2	0.8	5,978	1,893	831	129	63	550	464	+47
16	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	4,135	648	8.1	6.4	3.1	1.0	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	5,238	1,991	616	161	214	454	588	+607
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	3,925	735	7.2	5.3	0.9	1.0	0.2	0.1	2.1	4.5	46.6	0.8	1.8	41.6	0.4	0.5	79.2	56.8	0.1	0.8	0.4	5,324	676	767	175	88	295	301	+293
21	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	3,759	682	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	5,372	1,170	1,114	352	69	328	198	+1030
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	3,632	454	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	82.4	60.5	0.7	2.7	0.9	4,142	1,518	520	125	164	398	331	+998
24	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	3,559	640	6.1	5.6	0.9	0.6	0.2	0.1	2.1	4.7	46.0	0.9	2.2	39.8	0.4	0.4	89.6	57.4	0.1	0.8	0.4	3,891	597	384	150	93	276	282	+207
25	Harrison Barnes H. Barnes	3,477	837	7.4	4.2	1.3	0.5	0.2	0.0	1.6	3.2	47.8	0.5	1.3	40.2	0.5	0.7	80.7	58.8	0.3	1.1	0.3	6,171	1,113	451	148	36	231	247	-356