most points in the 1st quarter in a g ame by a player

James Harden has dropped the most career points by a guard in the first quarter, with 5,690 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	5,690	779	7.9	7.3	1.8	2.8	0.5	0.2	2.2	5.0	44.2	0.8	2.3	37.5	2.0	2.3	86.6	60.3	0.2	1.6	1.2	6,188	1,421	2,164	362	121	951	465	+759
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	5,160	690	7.8	7.5	1.5	2.0	0.4	0.1	2.6	5.5	47.3	1.3	3.2	41.7	0.9	1.0	91.6	62.8	0.2	1.3	0.9	5,392	1,016	1,407	305	57	633	405	+804
3	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
4	Devin Booker D. Booker	4,765	661	9.5	7.2	1.3	1.6	0.3	0.1	2.7	5.7	48.0	0.7	1.8	37.6	1.1	1.3	86.0	57.9	0.2	1.1	0.9	6,299	838	1,088	168	43	608	444	-63
5	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	4,320	797	6.8	5.4	2.1	2.5	0.4	0.1	2.1	4.5	45.3	0.3	0.9	34.1	1.0	1.4	74.3	52.8	0.4	1.8	1.1	5,429	1,680	1,998	333	61	888	419	+149
6	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	3,960	450	9.9	8.8	2.7	2.5	0.3	0.1	3.0	6.4	46.8	1.0	2.7	37.1	1.8	2.3	76.5	59.0	0.3	2.4	1.2	4,475	1,216	1,139	148	56	524	279	+535
7	Bradley Beal B. Beal	3,959	671	8.0	5.9	1.0	1.3	0.3	0.1	2.3	4.6	49.5	0.6	1.5	40.6	0.7	0.9	81.8	58.8	0.2	0.8	0.6	5,339	690	890	222	57	413	313	-56
8	CJ McCollum	3,918	732	7.2	5.4	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	5,300	675	765	175	88	293	300	+317
9	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	3,760	643	7.7	5.8	1.2	1.5	0.3	0.1	2.2	4.7	46.6	0.2	0.6	29.2	1.3	1.5	84.5	54.3	0.2	1.1	0.6	4,942	787	971	191	62	411	275	-172
10	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
11	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	3,448	606	6.1	5.7	0.9	0.6	0.2	0.1	2.2	4.7	46.2	0.9	2.3	40.0	0.4	0.4	89.5	57.6	0.1	0.8	0.4	3,669	567	368	143	90	271	274	+249
12	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	3,401	462	10.5	7.4	1.3	1.6	0.4	0.3	2.7	5.4	50.8	0.4	1.1	35.2	1.5	1.8	84.6	59.7	0.2	1.1	0.7	4,850	610	757	204	129	317	306	+86
13	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	3,370	539	9.1	6.3	1.1	1.3	0.4	0.1	2.3	5.0	46.1	0.9	2.2	40.1	0.8	0.9	85.6	58.0	0.1	0.9	0.7	4,929	587	706	228	50	377	295	+717
14	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	3,092	626	7.4	4.9	1.1	1.2	0.3	0.1	1.9	4.0	46.9	0.6	1.5	38.7	0.6	0.8	84.6	57.4	0.1	1.0	0.6	4,627	688	728	161	57	382	252	-337
15	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	3,078	703	7.8	4.4	1.2	1.8	0.4	0.1	1.8	3.8	47.3	0.5	1.3	35.5	0.4	0.4	81.2	55.5	0.3	1.0	0.7	5,471	865	1,297	267	104	474	297	+851
16	D'Angelo Russell D. Russell	2,930	629	7.0	4.7	0.9	1.6	0.3	0.1	1.8	4.1	43.0	0.7	1.8	37.0	0.5	0.6	79.8	53.7	0.1	0.8	0.8	4,425	587	1,029	201	58	475	281	-152
17	Trae Young T. Young	2,878	483	9.2	6.0	0.9	2.9	0.3	0.0	2.0	4.7	43.3	0.7	1.9	35.6	1.2	1.4	87.7	55.9	0.2	0.7	1.1	4,458	435	1,380	141	19	540	168	-207
18	Buddy Hield B. Hield	2,842	705	7.4	4.0	1.1	0.8	0.2	0.1	1.5	3.4	44.5	0.8	1.9	40.6	0.2	0.2	84.2	57.0	0.2	1.0	0.4	5,233	800	552	155	55	311	314	-508
19	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope K. Caldwell-Pope	2,788	826	6.8	3.4	0.8	0.7	0.3	0.1	1.3	2.8	45.2	0.5	1.3	37.4	0.4	0.4	84.7	56.1	0.2	0.7	0.3	5,577	699	542	285	62	262	301	+207
20	Kemba Walker K. Walker	2,718	526	6.6	5.2	0.9	1.7	0.3	0.1	1.9	4.4	43.4	0.7	1.8	38.7	0.7	0.8	84.3	54.7	0.1	0.8	0.6	3,447	492	868	181	52	304	161	+21
21	Jordan Clarkson J. Clarkson	2,628	736	4.8	3.6	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.0	1.4	3.2	42.5	0.4	1.4	32.8	0.4	0.5	79.8	51.8	0.1	0.6	0.4	3,557	541	507	123	26	316	267	-381
22	Dennis Schröder D. Schröder	2,623	790	6.0	3.3	0.7	1.3	0.2	0.0	1.3	3.0	42.9	0.3	0.9	32.6	0.4	0.5	81.5	51.0	0.1	0.6	0.6	4,737	586	1,000	160	36	461	342	-241
23	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	2,586	531	8.7	4.9	1.1	1.7	0.4	0.1	1.9	4.0	45.9	0.5	1.3	34.4	0.7	1.0	72.5	54.4	0.2	0.9	0.7	4,621	568	885	212	57	386	284	-268
24	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	2,470	381	10.1	6.5	1.4	1.3	0.4	0.2	2.4	5.3	45.1	0.8	2.2	36.7	0.9	1.2	79.1	56.2	0.2	1.2	0.8	3,835	522	486	140	70	286	193	+269
25	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	2,463	663	6.7	3.7	1.2	1.9	0.4	0.1	1.3	2.9	43.5	0.6	1.6	37.2	0.6	0.7	83.5	57.9	0.2	1.1	0.7	4,455	814	1,271	246	47	436	335	+598