most points through 3 quarters in one game last 5 years

Between June 6, 2020 and June 6, 2025, Joel Embiid has posted the most points in a game through the third quarter, with 59 points against the Spurs on January 22, 2024.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player through 3 quarters in one regular-season game last 5 years

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	59	1/22/2024	PHI	vs	SAS	31	15	4	0	1	21	35	60.0	1	2	50.0	16	17	94.1	69.4	9	6	1	2	+8
2	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	58	1/22/2024	MIN	vs	CHA	29	7	2	0	0	19	25	76.0	10	12	83.3	10	14	71.4	93.1	3	4	6	1	+18
3	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	57	1/26/2024	DAL	@	ATL	33	8	5	1	0	20	26	76.9	7	11	63.6	10	10	100.0	93.8	0	8	4	0	+15
4	Bradley Beal B. Beal	57	1/6/2021	WAS	@	PHI	30	6	4	1	0	19	29	65.5	7	8	87.5	12	13	92.3	82.1	4	2	3	2	-4
5	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	56	3/14/2022	MIN	@	SAS	32	14	3	1	0	18	28	64.3	6	9	66.7	14	14	100.0	82.0	1	13	5	6	+20
6	Devin Booker D. Booker	52	1/26/2024	PHX	@	IND	30	3	4	1	1	17	26	65.4	6	9	66.7	12	13	92.3	82.0	0	3	4	1	+9
7	Devin Booker D. Booker	52	1/19/2024	PHX	@	NOP	32	4	4	0	0	18	28	64.3	6	10	60.0	10	10	100.0	80.2	1	3	1	1	+14
8	Julius Randle J. Randle	52	3/20/2023	NYK	vs	MIN	29	1	1	0	0	17	24	70.8	8	12	66.7	10	12	83.3	88.8	0	1	3	4	+4
9	Devin Booker D. Booker	51	11/30/2022	PHX	vs	CHI	31	4	6	1	0	20	25	80.0	6	7	85.7	5	6	83.3	92.3	0	4	2	3	+23
10	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	51	3/15/2022	BKN	@	ORL	31	5	4	4	0	17	27	63.0	7	10	70.0	10	11	90.9	80.1	2	3	1	2	+25
11	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	50	2/26/2023	POR	vs	HOU	29	4	5	0	0	16	26	61.5	9	15	60.0	9	9	100.0	83.4	1	3	0	1	+12
12	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	50	1/25/2023	POR	vs	UTA	30	6	8	2	0	18	24	75.0	9	13	69.2	5	6	83.3	93.8	0	6	2	1	+13
13	Stephen Curry S. Curry	49	5/8/2021	GSW	vs	OKC	29	5	2	1	0	14	26	53.8	11	21	52.4	10	10	100.0	80.6	0	5	1	3	+31
14	Devin Booker D. Booker	48	4/1/2024	PHX	@	NOP	31	2	8	0	1	17	25	68.0	8	15	53.3	6	7	85.7	85.5	0	2	2	3	+13
15	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	48	11/6/2023	PHI	vs	WAS	31	11	6	1	1	17	25	68.0	0	2	0.0	14	14	100.0	77.0	2	9	1	3	+14
16	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	48	1/23/2022	BOS	@	WAS	29	10	6	0	0	17	25	68.0	9	13	69.2	5	5	100.0	88.2	2	8	1	1	+26
17	Stephen Curry S. Curry	48	4/12/2021	GSW	vs	DEN	29	4	4	0	0	14	21	66.7	10	16	62.5	10	10	100.0	94.5	0	4	2	3	+22
18	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	47	12/7/2024	DEN	@	WAS	31	13	7	1	0	19	33	57.6	2	4	50.0	7	9	77.8	63.6	7	6	4	4	-7
19	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	47	3/31/2024	DAL	@	HOU	30	12	6	0	0	18	28	64.3	9	15	60.0	2	5	40.0	77.8	0	12	4	1	+18
20	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	47	1/19/2022	PHI	vs	ORL	26	12	2	1	2	17	23	73.9	1	4	25.0	12	13	92.3	81.8	1	11	2	4	+21
21	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	46	2/5/2025	OKC	vs	PHX	31	6	5	1	1	16	26	61.5	3	6	50.0	11	12	91.7	73.5	1	5	1	3	+38
22	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	46	11/9/2023	MIL	@	IND		10	2	0	0	15	19	78.9	0	1	0.0	16	17	94.1	86.9	2	8	6	3	+5
23	Stephen Curry S. Curry	46	2/6/2021	GSW	@	DAL	31	2	4	1	0	15	24	62.5	10	17	58.8	6	6	100.0	86.3	0	2	3	3	+1
24	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	46	2/2/2021	TOR	@	ORL	32	3	2	2	3	14	18	77.8	11	13	84.6	7	7	100.0	109.1	0	3	1	2	+16
25	Stephen Curry S. Curry	45	4/1/2025	GSW	@	MEM	29	7	8	5	1	14	23	60.9	11	15	73.3	6	6	100.0	87.8	1	6	2	2	+10