James Harden has the most points in the first quarter this season, with 183 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in the first quarter NBA 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	183	2025-26	LAC	17	10.7	10.8	2.1	2.1	0.2	0.1	3.3	6.0	54.9	1.5	3.2	45.5	2.7	3.1	88.5	73.3	0.2	1.9	0.8	182	35	36	4	2	13	10	-3
2	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	162	2025-26	LAL	13	11.2	12.5	2.7	2.8	0.8	0.2	3.9	8.3	47.2	1.5	4.2	37.0	3.1	4.2	72.7	61.3	0.4	2.3	1.7	146	35	37	11	3	22	12	-13
3	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	151	2025-26	DEN	17	11.1	8.9	4.4	3.9	0.7	0.2	3.5	5.2	66.3	0.6	1.3	50.0	1.3	1.5	84.6	75.2	0.9	3.5	1.2	189	75	66	12	4	21	10	+105
4	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	149	2025-26	OKC	18	10.7	8.3	1.5	2.2	0.5	0.3	2.7	5.4	50.0	0.4	1.2	31.8	2.4	2.8	88.0	62.1	0.2	1.3	0.7	193	27	39	9	5	12	10	+51
5	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	146	2025-26	PHI	17	10.0	8.6	0.9	2.4	0.4	0.2	2.7	5.9	46.0	1.5	3.4	45.6	1.6	2.1	80.0	63.3	0.1	0.9	0.7	171	16	40	7	3	12	10	-18
6	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	144	2025-26	NYK	14	11.9	10.3	1.6	1.4	0.3	0.0	3.6	7.5	47.6	1.4	3.3	41.3	1.8	1.9	96.2	61.8	0.1	1.4	0.9	167	22	19	4	0	12	4	+21
7	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	134	2025-26	BOS	18	9.1	7.4	1.6	1.4	0.2	0.2	2.9	6.0	49.1	0.4	1.7	26.7	1.1	1.6	71.4	55.7	0.2	1.3	0.7	164	28	26	3	3	12	11	+27
8	Devin Booker D. Booker	132	2025-26	PHX	18	11.1	7.3	1.6	2.2	0.2	0.1	2.7	6.1	44.5	0.4	1.8	24.2	1.4	1.7	86.7	53.6	0.4	1.2	0.8	199	28	40	3	1	15	10	+13
9	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	130	2025-26	CLE	17	8.9	7.6	0.6	1.5	0.6	0.0	2.5	5.4	47.3	1.1	3.0	37.3	1.5	1.8	80.6	62.1	0.1	0.5	0.6	151	10	26	11	0	10	8	+62
10	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	128	2025-26	UTA	17	8.7	7.5	1.4	0.5	0.2	0.1	2.7	5.6	47.9	0.9	2.6	34.1	1.2	1.2	100.0	60.8	0.5	0.9	0.1	148	23	9	3	1	2	6	+16
11	Julius Randle J. Randle	127	2025-26	MIN	17	9.6	7.5	2.0	1.6	0.3	0.1	2.7	5.1	53.5	1.1	2.3	46.2	1.0	1.2	81.0	66.7	0.1	1.9	0.6	163	34	28	5	1	10	11	+44
12	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	122	2025-26	ORL	19	8.7	6.4	1.7	1.1	0.3	0.2	2.1	4.2	50.6	0.5	1.0	52.6	1.7	2.1	82.1	63.4	0.6	1.2	0.4	165	33	20	5	4	8	12	+34
13	Kevin Durant K. Durant	118	2025-26	HOU	14	10.5	8.4	1.4	0.7	0.4	0.3	3.1	6.1	51.2	0.3	1.2	23.5	1.9	1.9	96.3	60.3	0.2	1.2	0.8	147	20	10	5	4	11	4	+22
14	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	113	2025-26	CHA	17	10.1	6.6	1.8	1.5	0.2	0.2	2.3	4.6	49.4	1.1	2.3	46.2	1.0	1.1	89.5	64.7	0.4	1.5	0.2	171	31	26	4	3	4	3	-33
15	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	111	2025-26	CLE	18	8.6	6.2	1.3	0.7	0.2	0.3	2.2	4.1	54.1	0.7	1.5	44.4	1.1	1.6	67.9	64.3	0.4	0.9	0.8	155	24	12	4	6	15	7	+12
16	Jalen Johnson J. Johnson	109	2025-26	ATL	17	8.7	6.4	2.6	1.8	0.4	0.0	2.3	3.9	59.1	0.5	1.2	45.0	1.3	1.6	81.5	70.0	0.2	2.4	0.9	147	45	30	7	0	15	9	-6
17	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	106	2025-26	IND	16	9.3	6.6	1.8	1.3	0.6	0.0	2.4	5.2	47.0	0.7	1.7	40.7	1.1	1.6	65.4	56.1	0.3	1.5	0.6	149	28	20	9	0	10	5	-8
18	Norman Powell N. Powell	105	2025-26	MIA	14	8.3	7.5	1.1	0.6	0.1	0.0	2.6	4.8	53.7	1.4	2.6	54.1	0.9	1.1	86.7	71.3	0.1	1.0	0.1	116	16	9	2	0	1	5	+52
19	Keyonte George K. George	105	2025-26	UTA	17	8.9	6.2	1.3	2.6	0.3	0.1	2.2	4.6	48.7	0.9	2.4	40.0	0.8	0.8	92.9	62.4	0.1	1.2	0.7	152	22	45	5	1	12	9	+20
20	Michael Porter Jr. M. Porter Jr.	103	2025-26	BKN	16	8.5	6.4	2.0	1.1	0.2	0.0	2.6	5.0	51.3	1.1	2.1	50.0	0.3	0.5	50.0	61.7	0.3	1.7	0.5	136	32	17	3	0	8	7	+4
21	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	100	2025-26	SAC	16	9.2	6.3	0.6	0.8	0.1	0.0	2.4	4.0	59.4	0.9	2.0	46.9	0.6	0.6	100.0	73.6	0.0	0.6	0.8	147	10	12	2	0	13	7	-85
22	Deni Avdija D. Avdija	100	2025-26	POR	18	8.2	5.6	1.5	1.2	0.2	0.1	1.9	4.3	43.6	0.8	1.8	45.5	0.9	1.4	68.0	56.2	0.5	1.0	0.5	148	27	22	4	2	9	11	-18
23	Stephen Curry S. Curry	99	2025-26	GSW	15	8.7	6.6	1.2	1.6	0.4	0.0	2.3	4.7	48.6	1.3	3.0	44.4	0.7	0.8	91.7	65.8	0.1	1.1	0.5	130	18	24	6	0	8	6	+19
24	Jerami Grant J. Grant	95	2025-26	POR	17	7.2	5.6	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.1	1.6	3.4	49.1	0.7	1.4	50.0	1.6	1.8	87.1	67.2	0.2	0.6	0.4	122	14	8	3	1	7	7	-26
25	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	95	2025-26	MIN	13	10.1	7.3	1.3	1.3	0.5	0.2	2.6	6.2	42.5	1.1	3.1	35.0	1.0	1.2	81.3	54.6	0.2	1.2	0.4	132	17	17	7	2	5	5	+41