Stephen Curry has posted the most career points in the third quarter, with 5,977 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player scored in the third 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	Stephen Curry S. Curry	5,977	701	7.8	8.5	1.6	1.9	0.5	0.1	2.8	5.9	48.2	1.5	3.3	43.7	1.4	1.5	91.4	65.0	0.2	1.4	0.9	5,496	1,100	1,331	338	68	658	474	+1662
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	5,877	783	7.4	7.5	2.9	1.4	0.3	0.4	2.7	4.8	56.1	0.2	0.7	29.3	1.9	2.6	71.5	62.7	0.5	2.3	0.9	5,770	2,236	1,087	233	277	720	770	+904
3	James Harden J. Harden	5,759	795	8.1	7.2	1.8	2.6	0.5	0.2	2.2	4.9	43.8	0.9	2.5	35.9	2.0	2.3	87.9	60.9	0.2	1.6	1.2	6,443	1,420	2,046	359	164	978	638	+828
4	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	5,726	735	8.6	7.8	1.2	2.0	0.3	0.1	2.5	5.6	44.3	1.1	2.8	38.5	1.7	1.9	90.6	60.1	0.2	1.1	0.8	6,317	912	1,468	232	73	590	434	+156
5	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	5,430	822	8.2	6.6	1.3	1.4	0.3	0.1	2.4	4.9	47.6	0.2	0.6	33.5	1.7	2.0	85.5	56.8	0.2	1.1	0.6	6,751	1,058	1,119	275	70	484	644	+66
6	Devin Booker D. Booker	5,096	676	9.3	7.5	1.2	1.5	0.3	0.1	2.6	5.6	46.7	0.7	1.8	36.7	1.7	1.9	88.3	58.8	0.2	1.0	0.9	6,262	783	1,046	176	62	618	739	+279
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	4,787	750	8.8	6.4	3.3	2.2	0.4	0.2	2.4	4.5	54.5	0.4	1.1	35.6	1.1	1.4	81.4	62.8	0.8	2.5	0.9	6,626	2,456	1,641	319	166	682	703	+922
8	Kevin Durant K. Durant	4,630	588	8.9	7.9	2.2	1.6	0.3	0.4	2.8	5.3	52.2	0.7	1.8	40.9	1.6	1.8	88.5	64.4	0.1	2.0	0.9	5,243	1,274	934	168	224	550	415	+1129
9	LeBron James L. James	4,621	720	7.3	6.4	1.9	2.1	0.3	0.2	2.4	4.8	50.9	0.6	1.6	36.8	1.0	1.4	71.7	59.9	0.3	1.7	1.0	5,256	1,387	1,485	233	154	697	418	+112
10	Anthony Davis A. Davis	4,588	638	8.2	7.2	3.2	0.8	0.4	0.7	2.6	5.2	50.6	0.2	0.6	33.3	1.7	2.0	82.2	58.6	0.7	2.5	0.6	5,257	2,061	536	243	423	396	477	+77
11	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	4,534	810	6.9	5.6	2.1	2.2	0.4	0.1	2.0	4.7	42.8	0.4	1.3	30.2	1.2	1.5	76.7	51.9	0.4	1.7	1.1	5,620	1,702	1,796	342	79	870	722	+91
12	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	4,359	797	7.6	5.5	3.1	1.0	0.2	0.3	2.3	4.7	49.4	0.4	1.0	34.4	0.5	0.6	80.9	55.3	0.7	2.4	0.5	6,046	2,441	782	196	226	398	694	+100
13	Bradley Beal B. Beal	4,166	664	8.2	6.3	1.1	1.3	0.3	0.2	2.3	4.9	47.2	0.7	1.8	39.1	1.0	1.2	84.9	58.4	0.2	0.9	0.7	5,472	717	846	207	104	479	504	+53
14	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	4,119	687	8.1	6.0	1.6	1.5	0.5	0.1	2.0	4.0	49.8	0.2	0.7	35.1	1.8	2.1	84.9	61.2	0.5	1.2	0.5	5,570	1,133	1,018	370	99	365	365	+574
15	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	4,006	661	8.0	6.1	2.8	0.9	0.2	0.3	2.2	4.2	52.1	0.4	1.1	39.9	1.3	1.5	84.3	62.5	0.7	2.1	0.7	5,269	1,880	562	130	202	492	708	+324
16	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	3,986	780	7.4	5.1	1.2	0.7	0.3	0.2	1.9	4.2	45.1	0.4	1.2	37.6	0.9	1.2	73.6	54.0	0.3	0.9	0.5	5,795	938	507	211	171	399	530	+219
17	Paul George P. George	3,964	619	8.2	6.4	1.8	1.2	0.5	0.1	2.1	4.8	43.8	0.9	2.2	38.8	1.3	1.5	85.8	58.0	0.2	1.6	0.8	5,045	1,116	731	286	71	502	514	+559
18	CJ McCollum	3,915	738	7.5	5.3	0.9	1.1	0.3	0.1	2.0	4.4	46.0	0.7	1.8	39.1	0.6	0.7	79.4	56.3	0.2	0.8	0.5	5,505	697	777	194	73	366	472	-138
19	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	3,859	591	7.7	6.5	1.1	1.5	0.4	0.1	2.4	5.2	46.9	0.8	1.9	41.0	0.9	1.0	89.8	58.2	0.2	0.9	0.7	4,564	647	886	221	79	392	424	+546
20	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	3,821	583	9.5	6.6	1.9	1.1	0.3	0.2	2.3	4.9	46.9	0.8	2.1	38.4	1.2	1.4	85.5	59.9	0.2	1.7	0.7	5,551	1,135	618	176	99	382	461	+1090
21	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	3,813	551	7.3	6.9	1.9	1.0	0.5	0.2	2.4	4.8	51.2	0.6	1.4	40.7	1.5	1.7	86.3	62.7	0.3	1.6	0.5	4,012	1,035	528	292	101	299	310	+866
22	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	3,805	554	9.1	6.9	1.1	1.3	0.4	0.1	2.5	5.2	47.2	0.9	2.2	38.8	1.1	1.3	84.3	59.4	0.2	0.9	0.7	5,052	635	700	200	45	412	441	+706
23	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	3,775	479	10.4	7.9	1.6	1.6	0.5	0.2	2.8	5.6	49.8	0.5	1.3	36.2	1.8	2.1	87.8	60.5	0.3	1.3	0.8	4,986	769	788	243	117	374	380	+515
24	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	3,669	458	10.3	8.0	2.5	2.4	0.4	0.2	2.7	5.8	46.7	0.8	2.5	33.5	1.7	2.3	75.5	58.6	0.3	2.2	1.3	4,731	1,142	1,109	191	70	576	374	+279
25	Julius Randle J. Randle	3,659	719	8.3	5.1	2.5	1.2	0.2	0.1	1.8	4.0	45.9	0.3	1.0	30.6	1.1	1.5	75.6	54.8	0.5	2.0	0.8	5,999	1,799	848	150	89	595	791	-102