most points through 3 quarters of an nba game

Nikola Jokić put up the most points in a game through the third quarter this season, with 47 points against the Wizards on December 7.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player through 3 quarters of an NBA regular-season game this season

	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	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
2	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
3	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
4	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	45	3/3/2025	OKC	vs	HOU	29	4	7	1	1	16	25	64.0	5	8	62.5	8	8	100.0	78.9	1	3	2	1	+11
5	Jamal Murray J. Murray	45	2/12/2025	DEN	vs	POR	30	3	4	2	0	15	24	62.5	7	14	50.0	8	9	88.9	80.5	2	1	0	2	+31
6	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	44	4/10/2025	MIN	@	MEM	31	3	3	1	1	13	17	76.5	7	9	77.8	11	13	84.6	96.8	1	2	4	2	+21
7	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	44	1/4/2025	MIN	@	DET	32	1	1	0	0	13	23	56.5	9	12	75.0	9	10	90.0	80.3	0	1	4	1	-4
8	Stephen Curry S. Curry	43	2/27/2025	GSW	@	ORL	27	2	3	2	0	13	19	68.4	9	13	69.2	8	8	100.0	95.5	0	2	3	0	+21
9	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	43	1/29/2025	OKC	@	GSW	29	3	4	0	0	12	22	54.5	2	5	40.0	17	19	89.5	70.8	0	3	3	3	+8
10	James Harden J. Harden	43	11/27/2024	LAC	@	WAS	32	4	7	3	0	13	22	59.1	7	11	63.6	10	11	90.9	80.1	1	3	4	0	+25
11	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	43	11/13/2024	SAS	vs	WAS	23	5	2	1	2	16	24	66.7	8	14	57.1	3	5	60.0	82.1	1	4	1	2	+12
12	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	41	3/16/2025	MIN	vs	UTA	31	2	2	1	0	16	27	59.3	5	14	35.7	4	6	66.7	69.2	0	2	1	1	+31
13	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	41	1/28/2025	PHI	vs	LAL	33	3	2	2	0	14	24	58.3	4	11	36.4	9	9	100.0	73.3	0	3	0	3	+20
14	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	41	1/22/2025	OKC	vs	UTA	30	7	5	1	1	13	26	50.0	2	7	28.6	13	14	92.9	63.7	2	5	3	2	+1
15	James Harden J. Harden	41	12/16/2024	LAC	vs	UTA	31	1	6	1	1	11	17	64.7	7	11	63.6	12	14	85.7	88.5	0	1	4	2	+27
16	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	41	12/15/2024	DAL	@	GSW	27	10	10	2	1	14	17	82.4	6	9	66.7	7	8	87.5	99.9	2	8	2	1	+15
17	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	41	12/8/2024	DEN	@	ATL	31	11	7	2	0	14	24	58.3	3	5	60.0	10	12	83.3	70.0	2	9	3	2	+22
18	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	41	10/28/2024	ORL	vs	IND	32	10	9	1	2	13	23	56.5	3	9	33.3	12	15	80.0	69.3	4	6	4	4	-9
19	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	40	2/28/2025	BOS	vs	CLE	32	12	8	0	2	16	29	55.2	4	11	36.4	4	5	80.0	64.1	2	10	2	3	+9
20	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	40	2/10/2025	DEN	vs	POR	31	7	8	3	1	15	22	68.2	2	7	28.6	8	8	100.0	78.4	1	6	5	2	+22
21	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	40	1/16/2025	OKC	vs	CLE	29	3	8	2	0	17	26	65.4	1	5	20.0	5	5	100.0	70.9	0	3	2	1	+32
22	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	39	4/11/2025	LAL	vs	HOU	31	8	7	1	0	13	19	68.4	5	9	55.6	8	14	57.1	77.5	0	8	4	1	+15
23	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	39	2/12/2025	NYK	vs	ATL	30	6	3	1	0	12	21	57.1	6	8	75.0	9	11	81.8	75.5	0	6	5	3	+9
24	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	39	2/5/2025	MIN	vs	CHI	31	7	3	1	1	12	23	52.2	6	14	42.9	9	9	100.0	72.3	2	5	3	2	+9
25	Trey Murphy III T. Murphy III	39	2/3/2025	NOP	@	DEN	29	2	3	2	1	13	19	68.4	8	11	72.7	5	5	100.0	92.0	1	1	0	1	-7