James Harden has the most career points in the second quarter, with 5,234 points.

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most points by a player scored in 2nd quarter NBA

	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	5,234	795	6.5	6.6	1.4	1.9	0.4	0.1	1.9	4.4	44.5	0.8	2.1	36.7	1.9	2.2	87.7	61.9	0.2	1.2	1.0	5,176	1,108	1,547	290	112	817	515	+765
2	LeBron James L. James	5,002	722	7.0	6.9	1.9	2.0	0.3	0.2	2.6	4.8	54.1	0.4	1.2	35.2	1.3	1.8	72.0	61.7	0.3	1.7	0.9	5,035	1,400	1,472	219	109	647	323	+734
3	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	4,601	789	6.6	5.8	2.5	1.4	0.3	0.3	2.2	3.9	55.7	0.1	0.5	24.3	1.4	2.1	66.7	60.6	0.5	2.0	0.8	5,222	1,935	1,110	225	216	632	646	+636
4	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	4,347	815	6.6	5.3	2.0	2.2	0.4	0.1	1.9	4.3	44.4	0.3	1.0	29.0	1.2	1.7	74.6	53.1	0.4	1.6	1.1	5,349	1,617	1,827	313	64	903	516	+201
5	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	4,325	822	6.6	5.3	1.1	1.1	0.2	0.1	1.9	3.9	48.3	0.1	0.4	30.2	1.4	1.6	85.3	57.3	0.2	0.9	0.5	5,426	872	940	190	67	429	449	+319
6	Stephen Curry S. Curry	4,052	704	5.5	5.8	1.0	1.4	0.3	0.1	1.9	4.0	47.4	0.9	2.3	41.1	1.0	1.1	91.9	64.0	0.1	0.9	0.7	3,899	734	960	214	45	480	342	+692
7	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	3,942	736	5.5	5.4	0.9	1.4	0.2	0.1	1.6	3.7	43.9	0.6	1.6	34.6	1.5	1.7	92.0	60.1	0.1	0.8	0.7	4,041	679	1,052	153	42	493	292	+466
8	CJ McCollum	3,849	745	7.0	5.2	1.0	1.0	0.2	0.1	2.0	4.5	44.2	0.6	1.7	39.0	0.6	0.7	82.2	54.2	0.2	0.8	0.5	5,188	752	743	174	88	395	431	+90
9	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	3,653	747	6.2	4.9	2.3	1.6	0.3	0.1	1.8	3.3	56.4	0.2	0.6	34.1	1.0	1.2	85.0	64.8	0.6	1.7	0.6	4,597	1,736	1,192	187	111	472	531	+968
10	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	3,619	658	6.9	5.5	2.6	0.7	0.2	0.2	2.0	3.7	53.9	0.4	0.9	41.2	1.2	1.4	84.4	64.1	0.7	1.9	0.7	4,516	1,712	472	136	156	449	590	+452
11	Kevin Durant K. Durant	3,576	593	6.2	6.0	1.6	1.1	0.2	0.3	2.1	4.0	52.5	0.4	1.1	39.6	1.4	1.5	88.1	64.0	0.1	1.4	0.7	3,650	925	671	118	150	411	285	+556
12	Anthony Davis A. Davis	3,563	642	5.7	5.5	2.2	0.6	0.3	0.4	2.0	3.7	55.4	0.1	0.3	25.5	1.4	1.7	79.1	62.2	0.6	1.6	0.5	3,661	1,421	369	187	288	333	395	+388
13	Bradley Beal B. Beal	3,513	668	6.4	5.3	1.0	1.1	0.3	0.1	1.9	4.1	47.4	0.4	1.2	35.7	1.0	1.2	83.1	57.5	0.2	0.7	0.6	4,296	647	714	187	70	417	387	-181
14	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	3,488	583	8.2	6.0	1.8	0.9	0.2	0.2	2.1	4.5	46.0	0.7	1.9	37.1	1.1	1.4	83.2	58.5	0.2	1.6	0.6	4,800	1,060	527	143	94	344	321	+660
15	Jordan Clarkson J. Clarkson	3,476	762	6.5	4.6	1.0	0.9	0.3	0.1	1.7	3.9	44.6	0.5	1.5	34.5	0.6	0.7	84.5	54.5	0.2	0.8	0.5	4,949	767	651	208	40	413	377	+35
16	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	3,427	663	6.3	5.2	1.0	1.0	0.2	0.1	1.9	3.8	49.3	0.6	1.3	42.4	0.8	1.0	83.2	60.6	0.1	0.9	0.7	4,167	652	664	143	40	474	407	+45
17	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	3,359	594	6.2	5.7	1.0	1.3	0.3	0.1	2.1	4.3	49.2	0.5	1.4	39.6	0.9	1.0	88.3	60.0	0.2	0.8	0.6	3,664	604	786	171	56	352	330	+249
18	Devin Booker D. Booker	3,356	680	6.4	4.9	0.8	1.1	0.2	0.1	1.7	3.6	46.2	0.4	1.1	34.0	1.3	1.4	89.1	58.7	0.1	0.7	0.7	4,321	568	771	115	41	451	498	+289
19	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	3,327	653	6.1	5.1	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.1	1.9	4.1	46.1	0.8	2.0	42.4	0.5	0.6	85.9	58.7	0.1	0.8	0.4	3,980	647	407	125	85	283	313	+475
20	Tobias Harris T. Harris	3,320	819	6.4	4.1	1.4	0.6	0.2	0.1	1.6	3.1	49.6	0.3	0.8	36.0	0.6	0.8	84.6	58.3	0.2	1.2	0.4	5,211	1,173	523	160	102	292	448	+194
21	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	3,258	797	6.0	4.1	2.4	0.7	0.2	0.2	1.7	3.5	49.0	0.3	0.8	33.5	0.4	0.5	78.1	54.9	0.5	1.9	0.4	4,777	1,893	565	168	147	350	403	-336
22	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	3,188	693	6.1	4.6	1.3	1.2	0.4	0.1	1.4	3.1	46.7	0.1	0.5	31.7	1.6	1.8	86.0	59.2	0.5	0.8	0.4	4,215	883	808	260	56	276	230	+442
23	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	3,161	777	5.7	4.1	1.0	0.5	0.2	0.1	1.5	3.3	45.3	0.3	0.9	35.0	0.8	1.0	73.7	54.3	0.3	0.7	0.4	4,464	778	416	169	98	324	417	+31
24	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	3,147	553	5.6	5.7	1.5	0.9	0.4	0.2	2.0	4.1	50.1	0.5	1.1	41.5	1.1	1.3	87.6	61.2	0.3	1.3	0.5	3,122	851	474	240	96	261	238	+684
25	Julius Randle J. Randle	3,118	726	6.1	4.3	2.0	0.8	0.1	0.1	1.5	3.2	47.2	0.2	0.7	33.7	1.0	1.3	77.2	56.3	0.5	1.6	0.7	4,422	1,463	608	100	54	497	546	-262