Before 2025-26, Luka Dončić had the most points per game through the third quarter, with 23.3 per game.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player through 3 quarters average this season

	NAME	PPG	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	23.3	450	27.7	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	10,506	3,102	3,042	452	163	1,499	896	+1097
2	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	22.0	452	25.0	8.8	3.0	0.7	1.2	7.3	14.4	51.0	0.9	2.7	35.0	6.4	7.7	83.2	62.0	1.7	7.0	2.7	11,308	9,950	3,973	1,348	322	554	1,202	1,214	+2105
3	Stephen Curry S. Curry	21.6	690	21.1	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	14,937	2,819	3,671	846	162	1,744	1,198	+3148
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	21.6	581	23.5	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	12,524	3,301	2,558	422	572	1,482	936	+2474
5	James Harden J. Harden	21.1	780	22.4	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	16,482	3,905	5,666	1,000	392	2,706	1,601	+2376
6	Anthony Davis A. Davis	20.1	657	21.8	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	13,232	5,609	1,551	712	1,196	1,165	1,238	+825
7	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	20.1	736	22.5	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	14,811	2,575	4,263	594	184	1,718	1,056	+1290
8	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	19.9	462	26.8	3.8	4.3	1.2	0.7	7.1	14.1	50.3	1.1	3.1	35.7	4.6	5.3	86.9	60.6	0.6	3.2	1.9	12,366	9,214	1,759	1,971	554	307	888	908	+786
9	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	19.5	783	20.5	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	15,241	6,294	3,277	697	737	1,932	1,951	+2496
10	LeBron James L. James	19.4	720	21.3	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	13,936	4,182	4,512	691	345	2,046	936	+1169
11	Devin Booker D. Booker	19.3	670	24.7	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	12,960	2,147	2,838	447	143	1,631	1,654	+459
12	Nae'Qwan Tomlin N. Tomlin	19.0	1	27.6	6.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	7.0	14.0	50.0	2.0	5.0	40.0	3.0	4.0	75.0	60.3	2.0	4.0	0.0	28	19	6	2	0	1	0	3	+29
13	Trae Young T. Young	18.8	484	26.3	2.6	7.9	0.8	0.1	6.1	13.8	43.9	2.0	5.5	36.0	4.7	5.3	87.7	58.1	0.5	2.2	3.3	12,706	9,093	1,269	3,805	405	53	1,597	702	-150
14	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	18.6	545	20.1	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	10,127	2,821	1,599	781	288	810	736	+2111
15	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	18.4	539	26.1	3.2	3.7	1.1	0.2	6.7	14.6	45.7	2.4	6.3	38.2	2.7	3.2	84.6	57.6	0.6	2.7	2.1	14,043	9,939	1,742	1,996	580	131	1,115	1,028	+1785
16	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	18.4	381	27.3	4.1	3.4	1.0	0.5	6.5	14.6	44.5	2.2	6.1	36.9	3.1	3.8	80.6	56.3	0.6	3.5	2.3	10,403	6,992	1,560	1,300	398	181	861	657	+750
17	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	18.3	214	23.8	5.1	3.4	0.8	0.5	7.2	12.2	58.9	0.1	0.3	31.9	3.9	5.6	68.7	62.5	1.8	3.4	2.2	5,085	3,922	1,099	717	164	106	464	415	+343
18	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	18.3	585	26.6	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	10,701	3,355	1,793	495	295	1,057	1,089	+2855
19	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	18.3	598	21.3	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	10,930	1,947	2,660	601	212	1,103	1,067	+1430
20	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	17.9	645	22.8	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	11,545	5,469	1,615	418	563	1,366	1,846	+1294
21	Paul George P. George	17.8	622	23.0	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	11,055	3,039	2,048	856	204	1,418	1,373	+1759
22	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	17.7	198	27.6	5.8	3.9	0.7	0.4	6.2	13.9	44.7	1.2	3.6	33.3	4.1	5.7	71.9	54.0	0.9	4.9	2.4	5,457	3,506	1,143	774	136	88	479	365	-236
23	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	17.7	804	22.8	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	14,201	2,884	3,302	686	209	1,404	1,429	+206
24	Ja Morant J. Morant	17.4	307	25.0	3.7	6.1	0.8	0.2	6.4	13.5	47.2	1.1	3.4	32.7	3.5	4.6	77.1	56.1	0.7	3.0	2.7	7,665	5,346	1,140	1,866	247	66	817	411	+793
25	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	17.3	744	23.2	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	12,892	6,607	4,524	789	426	1,771	1,647	+3110