James Harden has put up the most career points in the first quarter, with 5,873 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player on a first 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	5,873	796	8.0	7.4	1.8	2.8	0.5	0.2	2.3	5.1	44.5	0.9	2.3	37.7	2.0	2.3	86.7	60.7	0.2	1.6	1.2	6,371	1,456	2,200	366	123	964	475	+756
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	5,164	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	5,049	795	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	69.1	60.0	0.5	2.3	0.8	5,403	2,224	1,147	245	255	613	560	+989
6	Devin Booker D. Booker	4,909	680	9.6	7.2	1.3	1.7	0.3	0.1	2.7	5.7	47.9	0.7	1.8	37.3	1.1	1.3	86.1	57.8	0.2	1.1	0.9	6,510	869	1,131	172	44	623	454	-25
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	4,856	756	8.6	6.4	3.4	2.4	0.4	0.2	2.6	4.4	59.2	0.3	0.8	40.7	0.9	1.0	83.7	65.8	0.8	2.6	0.9	6,539	2,604	1,850	304	161	667	450	+1411
8	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	4,717	823	8.1	5.7	1.2	1.6	0.3	0.1	2.2	4.5	47.9	0.2	0.5	31.1	1.3	1.5	84.5	55.6	0.2	1.1	0.6	6,653	1,002	1,297	240	75	507	364	-319
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	4,596	593	8.8	7.8	2.0	1.7	0.3	0.3	2.9	5.3	54.6	0.6	1.4	39.7	1.4	1.6	88.9	64.8	0.1	1.8	0.9	5,193	1,160	985	149	206	556	263	+868
10	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	4,493	803	7.4	5.6	3.2	1.0	0.3	0.2	2.5	4.8	51.8	0.3	0.9	38.4	0.3	0.4	78.6	56.5	0.7	2.5	0.5	5,977	2,548	804	215	150	371	321	-464
11	Tobias Harris T. Harris	4,398	821	7.5	5.4	1.8	0.8	0.2	0.2	2.1	4.3	48.7	0.6	1.4	40.1	0.6	0.7	87.5	57.8	0.3	1.6	0.4	6,178	1,518	642	201	146	312	408	+612
12	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	4,382	816	6.8	5.4	2.1	2.5	0.4	0.1	2.0	4.5	45.2	0.3	0.9	34.3	1.0	1.3	74.0	52.8	0.4	1.7	1.1	5,555	1,706	2,033	338	62	903	425	+91
13	LeBron James L. James	4,355	723	7.1	6.0	1.9	2.2	0.3	0.1	2.4	4.5	53.1	0.4	1.1	38.2	0.8	1.1	71.0	60.1	0.2	1.7	1.0	5,137	1,403	1,571	241	83	708	199	+311
14	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	4,315	782	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	5,898	980	544	225	160	420	398	+189
15	Julius Randle J. Randle	4,307	724	8.4	5.9	2.7	1.2	0.2	0.1	2.3	4.8	46.8	0.5	1.4	36.0	0.9	1.2	77.1	55.5	0.4	2.2	0.8	6,117	1,921	852	135	64	558	473	+90
16	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	4,200	662	8.1	6.3	3.1	0.9	0.2	0.3	2.5	4.7	53.0	0.5	1.2	42.6	0.9	1.1	83.8	61.8	0.7	2.4	0.7	5,347	2,034	628	162	216	461	592	+616
17	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	4,122	463	10.0	8.9	2.7	2.5	0.3	0.1	3.0	6.5	46.8	1.0	2.8	37.1	1.8	2.3	76.3	59.1	0.3	2.4	1.2	4,621	1,251	1,176	159	59	546	291	+522
18	Paul George P. George	4,073	625	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	5,098	1,128	751	349	70	510	427	+644
19	CJ McCollum	4,000	749	7.3	5.3	0.9	1.0	0.2	0.1	2.1	4.5	46.6	0.8	1.8	41.8	0.4	0.5	79.6	56.9	0.1	0.8	0.4	5,435	691	778	176	88	302	307	+298
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	3,827	696	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	60.2	0.5	1.2	0.5	5,497	1,187	1,135	357	71	334	199	+1027
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	3,659	458	9.1	8.0	3.3	1.1	0.3	0.4	2.7	5.4	50.0	0.3	1.0	35.6	2.2	2.7	82.4	60.5	0.7	2.7	0.9	4,167	1,520	525	125	167	399	333	+1014
24	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	3,608	654	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	3,962	608	390	153	94	281	286	+201
25	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	3,556	481	10.5	7.4	1.3	1.7	0.4	0.3	2.7	5.4	50.8	0.4	1.1	35.0	1.6	1.8	84.8	59.8	0.2	1.1	0.7	5,055	639	800	213	134	330	316	+144