James Harden has scored the most career points in the first quarter, with 5,940 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player scored in the first quarter

	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	5,940	803	8.0	7.4	1.8	2.8	0.5	0.2	2.3	5.1	44.6	0.9	2.3	37.9	2.0	2.3	86.6	60.7	0.2	1.6	1.2	6,453	1,465	2,218	375	124	973	478	+780
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	5,271	707	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	62.9	0.2	1.3	0.9	5,538	1,035	1,432	311	57	643	413	+828
3	Anthony Davis A. Davis	5,186	667	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	5,526	2,186	656	291	492	448	377	+316
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	5,072	799	6.8	6.3	2.8	1.4	0.3	0.3	2.5	4.5	55.2	0.2	0.6	28.5	1.2	1.7	69.2	60.1	0.5	2.3	0.8	5,426	2,234	1,154	247	255	616	563	+994
6	Devin Booker D. Booker	4,930	683	9.6	7.2	1.3	1.7	0.3	0.1	2.7	5.7	47.9	0.7	1.8	37.2	1.1	1.3	86.2	57.8	0.2	1.1	0.9	6,542	874	1,136	172	44	624	456	-32
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	4,920	763	8.7	6.4	3.4	2.5	0.4	0.2	2.6	4.4	59.3	0.3	0.8	40.5	0.9	1.0	83.7	65.8	0.8	2.6	0.9	6,617	2,631	1,873	306	162	674	453	+1424
8	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	4,732	829	8.1	5.7	1.2	1.6	0.3	0.1	2.1	4.5	48.0	0.2	0.5	31.1	1.2	1.5	84.5	55.6	0.2	1.1	0.6	6,696	1,005	1,302	242	75	509	366	-330
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	4,634	599	8.8	7.7	1.9	1.7	0.3	0.3	2.9	5.3	54.6	0.6	1.4	39.8	1.4	1.6	88.8	64.6	0.1	1.8	0.9	5,254	1,168	995	152	207	559	265	+879
10	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	4,523	810	7.4	5.6	3.2	1.0	0.3	0.2	2.5	4.8	51.9	0.3	0.9	38.6	0.3	0.4	78.6	56.6	0.7	2.5	0.5	6,031	2,560	812	217	150	374	323	-462
11	Tobias Harris T. Harris	4,418	827	7.5	5.3	1.8	0.8	0.2	0.2	2.1	4.3	48.7	0.6	1.4	40.0	0.6	0.7	87.4	57.7	0.3	1.6	0.4	6,224	1,529	644	201	146	315	411	+616
12	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	4,407	822	6.8	5.4	2.1	2.5	0.4	0.1	2.0	4.5	45.2	0.3	0.9	34.4	1.0	1.3	74.0	52.8	0.4	1.7	1.1	5,599	1,715	2,049	340	62	907	427	+76
13	LeBron James L. James	4,371	728	7.1	6.0	1.9	2.2	0.3	0.1	2.4	4.5	53.1	0.4	1.1	38.0	0.8	1.1	71.0	60.0	0.2	1.7	1.0	5,178	1,408	1,580	242	83	710	202	+317
14	Julius Randle J. Randle	4,346	731	8.5	5.9	2.6	1.2	0.2	0.1	2.3	4.8	46.7	0.5	1.4	35.9	0.9	1.2	77.2	55.5	0.4	2.2	0.8	6,178	1,936	862	136	64	560	475	+71
15	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	4,344	788	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	72.9	53.5	0.3	0.9	0.5	5,946	989	550	227	162	422	400	+202
16	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	4,231	668	8.1	6.3	3.1	0.9	0.2	0.3	2.5	4.7	52.9	0.5	1.2	42.4	0.9	1.1	84.0	61.8	0.7	2.4	0.7	5,395	2,053	634	163	216	462	597	+664
17	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	4,193	468	10.0	9.0	2.7	2.5	0.3	0.1	3.1	6.5	47.0	1.0	2.8	37.3	1.8	2.4	76.3	59.3	0.3	2.4	1.2	4,681	1,268	1,189	160	61	553	294	+538
18	Paul George P. George	4,102	631	8.2	6.5	1.8	1.2	0.6	0.1	2.3	5.2	45.5	0.9	2.1	41.2	0.9	1.1	86.9	57.7	0.2	1.6	0.8	5,148	1,138	755	352	70	512	428	+665
19	CJ McCollum	4,035	755	7.3	5.3	0.9	1.0	0.2	0.1	2.1	4.5	46.6	0.8	1.8	41.7	0.4	0.5	79.6	56.9	0.1	0.8	0.4	5,489	694	784	177	88	306	310	+266
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	3,841	700	7.9	5.5	1.7	1.6	0.5	0.1	1.9	3.8	50.1	0.2	0.7	35.2	1.4	1.7	85.4	60.2	0.5	1.2	0.5	5,529	1,196	1,141	358	71	336	200	+1031
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	3,677	462	9.1	8.0	3.3	1.1	0.3	0.4	2.7	5.4	49.9	0.3	1.0	35.3	2.2	2.7	82.5	60.4	0.6	2.7	0.9	4,198	1,525	530	126	167	403	334	+1033
24	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	3,628	660	6.0	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	57.4	0.1	0.8	0.4	3,992	613	391	153	95	282	289	+208
25	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	3,589	486	10.5	7.4	1.3	1.7	0.4	0.3	2.7	5.4	50.8	0.4	1.1	35.1	1.6	1.8	84.9	59.8	0.2	1.1	0.7	5,115	645	811	215	135	336	318	+170