James Harden has posted the most career points through the third quarter, with 16,482 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player through 3 quarters all-time

	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	16,482	780	22.4	21.1	5.0	7.3	1.3	0.5	6.3	14.3	44.3	2.5	6.9	36.7	6.0	6.8	87.3	61.1	0.6	4.4	3.5	17,490	3,905	5,666	1,000	392	2,706	1,601	+2376
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	15,241	783	20.5	19.5	8.0	4.2	0.9	0.9	7.3	13.1	55.6	0.5	1.7	27.7	4.4	6.3	69.4	61.2	1.5	6.6	2.5	16,084	6,294	3,277	697	737	1,932	1,951	+2496
3	Stephen Curry S. Curry	14,937	690	21.1	21.6	4.1	5.3	1.2	0.2	7.3	15.3	47.6	3.7	8.8	42.4	3.3	3.6	91.6	64.0	0.5	3.6	2.5	14,531	2,819	3,671	846	162	1,744	1,198	+3148
4	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	14,811	736	22.5	20.1	3.5	5.8	0.8	0.3	6.5	14.6	44.6	2.6	6.7	37.9	4.5	5.0	90.9	59.9	0.5	3.0	2.3	16,562	2,575	4,263	594	184	1,718	1,056	+1290
5	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	14,201	804	22.8	17.7	3.6	4.1	0.9	0.3	6.4	13.4	47.8	0.5	1.5	31.6	4.4	5.2	85.1	56.4	0.5	3.1	1.7	18,363	2,884	3,302	686	209	1,404	1,429	+206
6	LeBron James L. James	13,936	720	21.3	19.4	5.8	6.3	1.0	0.5	7.4	14.1	52.7	1.4	3.9	36.7	3.1	4.3	71.7	60.6	0.8	5.0	2.8	15,354	4,182	4,512	691	345	2,046	936	+1169
7	Anthony Davis A. Davis	13,232	657	21.8	20.1	8.5	2.4	1.1	1.8	7.6	14.5	52.6	0.4	1.3	29.6	4.5	5.6	79.8	59.3	2.0	6.5	1.8	14,290	5,609	1,551	712	1,196	1,165	1,238	+825
8	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	13,065	797	20.2	16.4	6.2	7.0	1.2	0.3	6.0	13.6	44.2	1.0	3.1	30.8	3.4	4.6	75.2	52.6	1.2	5.0	3.3	16,122	4,933	5,559	979	202	2,624	1,634	+499
9	Devin Booker D. Booker	12,960	670	24.7	19.3	3.2	4.2	0.7	0.2	6.9	14.6	47.1	1.7	4.6	36.4	3.9	4.4	88.0	58.4	0.5	2.7	2.4	16,530	2,147	2,838	447	143	1,631	1,654	+459
10	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	12,892	744	23.2	17.3	8.9	6.1	1.1	0.6	6.8	12.0	56.5	0.9	2.4	36.4	2.9	3.5	83.2	64.1	2.1	6.7	2.4	17,273	6,607	4,524	789	426	1,771	1,647	+3110
11	Kevin Durant K. Durant	12,524	581	23.5	21.6	5.7	4.4	0.7	1.0	7.7	14.6	53.2	1.7	4.3	40.4	4.3	4.9	88.5	64.5	0.4	5.3	2.6	13,681	3,301	2,558	422	572	1,482	936	+2474
12	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	11,913	787	20.9	15.1	8.6	2.7	0.7	0.7	6.5	12.9	50.3	0.9	2.6	35.2	1.2	1.5	79.4	55.6	1.9	6.7	1.4	16,434	6,769	2,107	572	518	1,095	1,395	-662
13	Bradley Beal B. Beal	11,600	672	22.4	17.3	3.1	3.6	0.9	0.3	6.5	13.4	48.1	1.7	4.4	38.6	2.6	3.2	83.5	58.3	0.6	2.4	1.9	15,029	2,053	2,442	613	231	1,304	1,193	-188
14	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	11,545	645	22.8	17.9	8.5	2.5	0.6	0.9	6.6	12.5	53.1	1.3	3.1	41.5	3.3	3.9	84.0	62.8	2.1	6.4	2.1	14,704	5,469	1,615	418	563	1,366	1,846	+1294
15	CJ McCollum	11,515	743	21.2	15.5	2.8	3.0	0.7	0.3	6.0	13.1	45.6	2.0	5.1	39.9	1.5	1.9	80.3	55.7	0.5	2.4	1.4	15,724	2,092	2,252	534	248	1,043	1,180	+268
16	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	11,262	766	20.6	14.7	3.4	1.9	0.8	0.5	5.5	12.2	45.3	1.2	3.3	36.8	2.5	3.3	73.5	53.9	1.0	2.5	1.5	15,756	2,640	1,433	595	415	1,119	1,314	+439
17	Tobias Harris T. Harris	11,125	812	21.3	13.7	4.9	2.2	0.7	0.5	5.3	11.1	48.1	1.2	3.4	36.8	1.8	2.1	84.4	56.9	0.7	4.2	1.2	17,257	3,995	1,753	568	368	937	1,313	+565
18	Paul George P. George	11,055	622	23.0	17.8	4.9	3.3	1.4	0.3	6.2	13.8	44.7	2.4	6.0	39.7	3.1	3.6	86.1	57.8	0.6	4.3	2.3	14,307	3,039	2,048	856	204	1,418	1,373	+1759
19	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	10,930	598	21.3	18.3	3.3	4.4	1.0	0.4	6.9	14.2	48.6	2.0	4.9	41.1	2.5	2.8	89.1	59.3	0.6	2.6	1.8	12,738	1,947	2,660	601	212	1,103	1,067	+1430
20	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	10,850	678	21.9	16.0	4.6	4.3	1.4	0.3	5.3	10.9	48.9	0.6	1.8	34.0	4.8	5.6	85.4	60.1	1.4	3.2	1.4	14,837	3,128	2,896	962	224	956	780	+1963
21	Julius Randle J. Randle	10,735	710	22.6	15.1	7.1	3.1	0.5	0.3	5.5	11.9	46.5	1.0	3.0	33.6	3.0	3.9	76.4	55.3	1.4	5.7	2.3	16,050	5,073	2,227	366	204	1,608	1,773	-369
22	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	10,701	585	26.6	18.3	5.7	3.1	0.8	0.5	6.5	14.0	46.2	2.2	5.8	37.2	3.2	3.8	84.0	58.4	0.6	5.1	1.8	15,589	3,355	1,793	495	295	1,057	1,089	+2855
23	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	10,506	450	27.7	23.3	6.9	6.8	1.0	0.4	7.9	16.8	47.0	2.5	7.1	35.7	5.1	6.7	75.6	59.3	0.8	6.1	3.3	12,448	3,102	3,042	452	163	1,499	896	+1097
24	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	10,160	636	18.2	16.0	2.8	1.9	0.6	0.4	6.0	13.0	46.3	2.7	6.4	42.0	1.3	1.5	87.0	58.6	0.4	2.4	1.3	11,560	1,778	1,190	402	244	824	867	+1507
25	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	10,127	545	20.1	18.6	5.2	2.9	1.4	0.5	6.8	13.5	50.4	1.6	3.8	41.1	3.4	4.0	86.7	61.1	0.9	4.3	1.5	10,954	2,821	1,599	781	288	810	736	+2111