James Harden has put up the most career points in the first quarter, with 5,884 points.

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NBA highest first quarter scoring by a player

	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	5,884	749	8.0	7.9	1.9	2.8	0.5	0.2	2.4	5.2	45.7	0.9	2.4	39.0	2.1	2.5	86.8	62.1	0.3	1.6	1.2	6,027	1,397	2,065	353	118	930	456	+906
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	5,261	669	7.9	7.9	1.5	2.0	0.4	0.1	2.7	5.6	48.6	1.4	3.3	43.1	1.0	1.1	91.6	64.4	0.2	1.3	0.9	5,264	982	1,346	301	49	612	387	+847
3	Anthony Davis A. Davis	5,166	649	8.3	8.0	3.3	1.0	0.4	0.7	3.2	5.9	53.2	0.1	0.4	28.0	1.5	2.0	78.2	58.6	0.8	2.5	0.7	5,415	2,133	639	286	484	434	371	+350
4	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	5,143	698	8.4	7.4	1.3	2.4	0.3	0.1	2.5	5.3	47.0	1.0	2.4	41.0	1.3	1.5	89.9	61.3	0.2	1.2	0.9	5,886	926	1,650	199	63	600	309	+774
5	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	5,055	760	7.0	6.7	2.9	1.5	0.3	0.3	2.6	4.7	56.0	0.2	0.6	29.3	1.2	1.8	69.5	60.8	0.5	2.4	0.8	5,295	2,172	1,106	240	245	597	529	+1031
6	Devin Booker D. Booker	4,917	648	9.8	7.6	1.3	1.7	0.3	0.1	2.9	5.9	48.9	0.7	1.9	38.0	1.2	1.3	86.2	58.9	0.2	1.1	0.9	6,322	842	1,088	167	44	610	429	+122
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	4,862	693	8.9	7.0	3.5	2.5	0.4	0.2	2.9	4.7	60.4	0.3	0.8	41.6	0.9	1.1	83.7	67.0	0.9	2.7	0.9	6,172	2,446	1,729	288	147	628	403	+1455
8	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	4,719	776	8.1	6.1	1.2	1.6	0.3	0.1	2.3	4.7	49.2	0.2	0.5	31.9	1.3	1.6	85.0	56.9	0.2	1.1	0.6	6,298	960	1,210	232	72	485	341	-201
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	4,596	581	8.8	7.9	2.0	1.7	0.3	0.4	2.9	5.3	55.1	0.6	1.4	40.2	1.5	1.6	89.0	65.2	0.1	1.8	0.9	5,109	1,146	962	148	204	541	259	+939
10	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	4,493	759	7.5	5.9	3.2	1.0	0.3	0.2	2.6	4.9	53.2	0.3	0.9	39.5	0.3	0.4	78.6	57.9	0.7	2.5	0.5	5,669	2,439	763	207	147	352	296	-286
11	Tobias Harris T. Harris	4,403	745	7.7	5.9	1.9	0.8	0.3	0.2	2.3	4.6	51.0	0.6	1.4	42.3	0.6	0.7	87.5	60.4	0.3	1.6	0.4	5,704	1,419	598	187	138	281	369	+821
12	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	4,387	741	6.9	5.9	2.2	2.5	0.4	0.1	2.2	4.7	47.5	0.3	0.9	36.8	1.1	1.4	75.2	55.2	0.4	1.8	1.1	5,085	1,594	1,867	316	58	835	391	+159
13	LeBron James L. James	4,357	695	7.1	6.3	2.0	2.1	0.3	0.1	2.5	4.6	54.1	0.4	1.1	39.2	0.8	1.2	71.0	61.0	0.3	1.7	1.0	4,922	1,356	1,483	234	78	685	196	+411
14	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	4,315	725	7.7	6.0	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.2	2.3	4.8	47.6	0.5	1.3	38.9	0.9	1.2	73.4	55.7	0.4	0.9	0.5	5,551	930	519	209	147	392	367	+350
15	Julius Randle J. Randle	4,307	659	8.8	6.5	2.7	1.2	0.2	0.1	2.5	5.1	48.5	0.6	1.5	37.1	1.0	1.3	77.3	57.4	0.4	2.3	0.8	5,774	1,786	780	125	62	510	436	+206
16	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	4,204	626	8.2	6.7	3.2	1.0	0.2	0.3	2.6	4.8	54.2	0.5	1.2	43.8	0.9	1.1	83.9	63.1	0.7	2.4	0.7	5,127	1,974	608	156	209	436	552	+649
17	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	4,132	452	10.0	9.1	2.7	2.6	0.3	0.1	3.1	6.6	47.4	1.1	2.8	37.6	1.8	2.4	76.6	59.8	0.3	2.4	1.2	4,542	1,234	1,162	158	59	531	283	+583
18	Paul George P. George	4,080	587	8.2	7.0	1.8	1.2	0.6	0.1	2.5	5.3	47.2	0.9	2.2	42.7	1.0	1.2	87.0	59.7	0.2	1.6	0.8	4,819	1,073	706	327	69	475	399	+732
19	CJ McCollum	4,005	654	7.6	6.1	1.0	1.1	0.2	0.1	2.4	4.8	50.0	0.9	2.0	44.9	0.5	0.6	81.7	61.0	0.2	0.8	0.4	4,993	635	702	157	83	275	271	+474
20	Bradley Beal B. Beal	3,970	620	8.1	6.4	1.1	1.3	0.3	0.1	2.5	4.8	51.6	0.7	1.5	42.8	0.8	0.9	82.1	61.0	0.2	0.8	0.6	5,050	651	825	210	51	385	295	-17
21	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	3,827	646	8.0	5.9	1.7	1.6	0.5	0.1	2.1	4.0	52.2	0.2	0.7	37.8	1.5	1.8	85.6	62.3	0.5	1.2	0.5	5,173	1,113	1,054	338	65	308	176	+1040
22	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	3,712	552	7.8	6.7	1.2	1.7	0.4	0.1	2.6	5.1	51.6	0.7	1.7	44.0	0.7	0.8	89.5	61.7	0.2	1.0	0.6	4,281	658	935	200	70	329	289	+641
23	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	3,659	450	9.1	8.1	3.3	1.2	0.3	0.4	2.7	5.4	50.5	0.4	1.0	36.1	2.3	2.8	82.6	61.0	0.7	2.7	0.9	4,114	1,504	519	122	164	395	325	+1035
24	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	3,609	587	6.1	6.1	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.1	2.4	4.9	48.4	1.0	2.4	42.4	0.4	0.5	89.7	60.3	0.1	0.8	0.4	3,588	571	358	140	83	259	255	+427
25	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	3,560	462	10.6	7.7	1.4	1.7	0.4	0.3	2.8	5.5	51.5	0.4	1.1	36.3	1.6	1.9	84.8	60.5	0.2	1.2	0.7	4,915	629	779	205	133	323	302	+184