James Harden has posted the most career points in the first half, with 10,862 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player scored in a first half 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	10,862	783	14.4	13.9	3.2	4.7	0.8	0.3	4.2	9.4	44.4	1.6	4.4	37.1	3.9	4.5	87.1	61.1	0.4	2.8	2.3	11,284	2,521	3,696	649	233	1,762	977	+1535
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	9,520	786	13.3	12.1	5.2	2.8	0.6	0.6	4.6	8.4	55.4	0.3	1.0	26.8	2.5	3.7	67.8	60.3	1.0	4.3	1.6	10,468	4,115	2,224	465	465	1,225	1,190	+1627
3	LeBron James L. James	9,331	720	14.1	13.0	3.9	4.2	0.6	0.3	5.0	9.3	53.6	0.8	2.3	36.6	2.1	3.0	71.6	60.9	0.5	3.4	1.9	10,123	2,796	3,031	458	191	1,350	520	+1056
4	Stephen Curry S. Curry	9,146	693	13.3	13.2	2.5	3.4	0.7	0.1	4.5	9.5	47.4	2.3	5.5	41.5	1.9	2.1	91.8	63.3	0.3	2.2	1.6	9,221	1,746	2,362	519	99	1,102	738	+1489
5	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	9,085	736	13.9	12.3	2.3	3.8	0.5	0.2	4.0	9.0	44.8	1.5	4.0	37.5	2.8	3.1	91.0	59.7	0.3	2.0	1.5	10,245	1,663	2,795	362	111	1,128	622	+1133
6	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	8,897	807	14.7	11.0	2.3	2.7	0.5	0.2	4.0	8.4	48.0	0.3	0.9	30.3	2.7	3.2	84.8	56.3	0.3	2.0	1.1	11,828	1,849	2,214	424	141	926	796	+143
7	Anthony Davis A. Davis	8,708	659	13.8	13.2	5.4	1.5	0.7	1.2	5.1	9.5	53.7	0.2	0.7	26.4	2.8	3.6	78.6	59.7	1.3	4.1	1.2	9,122	3,582	1,019	475	777	775	771	+725
8	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	8,613	800	13.3	10.8	4.1	4.8	0.8	0.2	4.0	8.8	44.8	0.6	1.9	31.4	2.3	3.0	74.5	52.9	0.7	3.3	2.2	10,671	3,276	3,803	642	126	1,776	923	+413
9	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	8,284	746	14.6	11.1	5.7	4.0	0.6	0.4	4.4	7.6	57.9	0.5	1.4	37.3	1.8	2.2	84.4	65.1	1.4	4.3	1.5	10,877	4,243	2,951	479	269	1,111	964	+2292
10	Devin Booker D. Booker	8,064	670	15.7	12.0	2.1	2.7	0.4	0.1	4.3	9.2	47.4	1.0	2.8	36.3	2.3	2.6	87.7	58.3	0.3	1.8	1.6	10,538	1,395	1,838	279	82	1,050	933	+181
11	Kevin Durant K. Durant	8,012	583	14.8	13.7	3.5	2.8	0.4	0.6	5.0	9.3	53.8	1.0	2.5	39.7	2.8	3.2	88.4	64.5	0.3	3.3	1.6	8,630	2,051	1,640	262	352	950	535	+1376
12	CJ McCollum	7,698	744	14.0	10.3	1.9	2.0	0.5	0.2	4.0	8.8	45.3	1.4	3.4	40.3	1.0	1.2	80.9	55.4	0.3	1.6	0.9	10,403	1,417	1,498	345	176	685	720	+432
13	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	7,669	648	14.9	11.8	5.7	1.7	0.4	0.6	4.4	8.3	53.5	0.9	2.0	42.3	2.1	2.5	84.1	63.0	1.4	4.3	1.4	9,629	3,665	1,071	291	368	899	1,165	+1024
14	Tobias Harris T. Harris	7,665	815	13.9	9.4	3.3	1.4	0.4	0.3	3.7	7.5	49.1	0.8	2.2	38.7	1.2	1.4	85.8	58.0	0.5	2.8	0.7	11,308	2,679	1,158	360	246	601	848	+786
15	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	7,648	789	13.4	9.7	5.6	1.7	0.5	0.4	4.2	8.3	50.7	0.6	1.6	36.2	0.7	0.9	78.3	55.8	1.2	4.4	0.9	10,542	4,380	1,345	377	294	712	715	-749
16	Bradley Beal B. Beal	7,466	674	14.3	11.1	2.0	2.4	0.6	0.2	4.2	8.6	48.6	1.0	2.7	38.4	1.6	2.0	82.6	58.2	0.4	1.5	1.2	9,624	1,338	1,600	407	127	830	697	-275
17	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	7,368	769	13.2	9.6	2.2	1.2	0.5	0.3	3.6	8.0	45.5	0.8	2.1	36.3	1.6	2.1	73.3	53.8	0.6	1.6	0.9	10,147	1,728	940	391	250	729	801	+214
18	Julius Randle J. Randle	7,226	713	14.4	10.1	4.7	2.0	0.3	0.2	3.8	8.0	46.8	0.7	2.1	35.0	1.9	2.5	77.0	55.6	0.9	3.8	1.5	10,277	3,323	1,413	223	116	1,036	1,001	-262
19	Paul George P. George	7,099	622	14.9	11.4	3.1	2.1	0.9	0.2	4.1	9.0	45.1	1.5	3.8	40.1	1.8	2.1	86.1	57.7	0.4	2.7	1.5	9,283	1,928	1,320	571	135	916	859	+1202
20	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	7,071	598	13.7	11.8	2.2	3.0	0.6	0.2	4.5	9.1	49.5	1.2	3.0	41.2	1.6	1.8	88.7	59.8	0.4	1.7	1.2	8,174	1,300	1,774	380	133	711	643	+884
21	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	7,004	452	17.5	15.5	4.4	4.4	0.6	0.2	5.2	11.0	47.1	1.7	4.7	36.7	3.4	4.5	75.8	59.6	0.5	4.0	2.1	7,898	2,006	1,975	267	97	941	534	+819
22	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	6,880	585	17.2	11.8	3.8	2.0	0.5	0.3	4.2	9.2	45.9	1.4	3.7	36.6	2.0	2.4	83.1	57.6	0.4	3.4	1.2	10,038	2,220	1,175	319	196	675	628	+1765
23	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	6,863	681	13.9	10.1	3.0	2.8	0.9	0.2	3.3	6.9	48.4	0.4	1.1	33.6	3.0	3.5	85.6	59.6	1.0	2.0	0.9	9,461	2,025	1,906	606	125	598	423	+1425
24	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	6,834	639	12.2	10.7	1.9	1.2	0.4	0.3	4.0	8.8	46.2	1.7	4.2	41.1	0.9	1.0	87.5	58.1	0.3	1.7	0.9	7,768	1,232	784	274	177	556	593	+694
25	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	6,606	454	16.2	14.6	5.8	1.9	0.5	0.8	4.8	9.5	50.7	0.6	1.7	35.3	4.3	5.2	82.8	61.7	1.2	4.6	1.7	7,348	2,627	876	228	341	774	754	+1593