nba leaders in third quarter scoring in history

Stephen Curry has scored the most career points per game in the third quarter, with 8.5 per game.

	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	Stephen Curry S. Curry	8.5	699	7.8	1.6	1.9	0.5	0.1	2.8	5.9	48.2	1.5	3.3	43.7	1.4	1.5	91.4	65.0	0.2	1.4	0.9	5,478	5,959	1,098	1,330	338	67	656	473	+1664
2	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	8.0	457	10.3	2.5	2.4	0.4	0.2	2.7	5.8	46.8	0.8	2.5	33.4	1.7	2.3	75.6	58.6	0.3	2.2	1.3	4,719	3,662	1,137	1,104	190	70	576	373	+277
3	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	7.9	478	10.4	1.6	1.6	0.5	0.2	2.8	5.6	49.8	0.5	1.3	36.2	1.8	2.1	87.8	60.5	0.3	1.3	0.8	4,974	3,765	768	786	241	117	374	378	+518
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	7.9	588	8.9	2.2	1.6	0.3	0.4	2.8	5.3	52.2	0.7	1.8	40.9	1.6	1.8	88.5	64.4	0.1	2.0	0.9	5,243	4,630	1,274	934	168	224	550	415	+1129
5	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	7.8	735	8.6	1.2	2.0	0.3	0.1	2.5	5.6	44.3	1.1	2.8	38.5	1.7	1.9	90.6	60.1	0.2	1.1	0.8	6,317	5,726	912	1,468	232	73	590	434	+156
6	Devin Booker D. Booker	7.5	674	9.3	1.2	1.5	0.3	0.1	2.6	5.6	46.8	0.7	1.8	36.8	1.6	1.9	88.3	58.9	0.2	1.0	0.9	6,238	5,086	779	1,043	176	62	616	737	+291
7	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	7.5	451	8.9	3.0	1.1	0.2	0.5	2.5	4.9	51.4	0.3	1.0	34.3	2.1	2.6	84.0	62.5	0.6	2.5	1.0	4,025	3,394	1,364	480	98	216	438	466	+482
8	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	7.5	783	7.4	2.9	1.4	0.3	0.4	2.7	4.8	56.1	0.2	0.7	29.3	1.9	2.6	71.5	62.7	0.5	2.3	0.9	5,770	5,877	2,236	1,087	233	277	720	770	+904
9	James Harden J. Harden	7.2	794	8.1	1.8	2.6	0.4	0.2	2.2	4.9	43.8	0.9	2.5	35.9	2.0	2.3	87.9	60.9	0.2	1.6	1.2	6,431	5,748	1,419	2,043	357	164	974	636	+830
10	Anthony Davis A. Davis	7.2	638	8.2	3.2	0.8	0.4	0.7	2.6	5.2	50.6	0.2	0.6	33.3	1.7	2.0	82.2	58.6	0.7	2.5	0.6	5,257	4,588	2,061	536	243	423	396	477	+77
11	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	7.1	389	10.0	1.6	1.3	0.4	0.2	2.5	5.5	44.8	0.9	2.3	39.1	1.2	1.5	80.7	57.2	0.2	1.4	0.8	3,903	2,764	630	491	155	68	325	265	+409
12	Ja Morant J. Morant	7.0	315	9.5	1.3	2.3	0.3	0.1	2.5	5.2	48.7	0.4	1.3	31.2	1.6	2.0	77.6	57.8	0.2	1.0	1.0	2,998	2,209	399	716	96	24	307	175	+457
13	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	6.9	550	7.3	1.9	1.0	0.5	0.2	2.4	4.8	51.2	0.6	1.4	40.8	1.5	1.7	86.3	62.8	0.3	1.6	0.5	4,005	3,809	1,033	528	292	101	299	310	+862
14	Trae Young T. Young	6.9	485	9.2	0.9	2.6	0.3	0.0	2.2	5.0	45.1	0.7	2.0	36.5	1.7	1.9	87.1	59.2	0.2	0.7	1.1	4,441	3,332	425	1,275	142	19	554	319	-65
15	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	6.9	554	9.1	1.1	1.3	0.4	0.1	2.5	5.2	47.2	0.9	2.2	38.8	1.1	1.3	84.3	59.4	0.2	0.9	0.7	5,052	3,805	635	700	200	45	412	441	+706
16	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	6.6	820	8.2	1.3	1.4	0.3	0.1	2.4	4.9	47.6	0.2	0.6	33.5	1.7	2.0	85.4	56.8	0.2	1.1	0.6	6,733	5,420	1,057	1,116	274	70	483	643	+49
17	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	6.6	583	9.5	1.9	1.1	0.3	0.2	2.3	4.9	46.9	0.8	2.1	38.4	1.2	1.4	85.5	59.9	0.2	1.7	0.7	5,551	3,821	1,135	618	176	99	382	461	+1090
18	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	6.5	591	7.7	1.1	1.5	0.4	0.1	2.4	5.2	46.9	0.8	1.9	41.0	0.9	1.0	89.8	58.2	0.2	0.9	0.7	4,564	3,859	647	886	221	79	392	424	+546
19	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	6.5	209	10.2	2.1	1.3	0.2	0.2	2.2	5.1	43.7	0.5	1.4	34.8	1.5	2.2	71.8	53.8	0.3	1.8	0.9	2,141	1,352	439	281	37	34	190	145	-130
20	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	6.4	220	9.4	1.4	2.0	0.3	0.2	2.4	5.2	46.7	0.5	1.6	33.7	1.0	1.2	87.2	56.0	0.2	1.2	1.1	2,077	1,414	313	443	69	53	246	197	-193
21	LeBron James L. James	6.4	719	7.3	1.9	2.1	0.3	0.2	2.4	4.7	50.8	0.6	1.6	36.9	1.0	1.4	71.7	59.9	0.3	1.7	1.0	5,247	4,612	1,387	1,484	233	154	696	417	+108
22	Paul George P. George	6.4	619	8.2	1.8	1.2	0.5	0.1	2.1	4.8	43.8	0.9	2.2	38.8	1.3	1.5	85.8	58.0	0.2	1.6	0.8	5,045	3,964	1,116	731	286	71	502	514	+559
23	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	6.4	750	8.8	3.3	2.2	0.4	0.2	2.4	4.5	54.5	0.4	1.1	35.6	1.1	1.4	81.4	62.8	0.8	2.5	0.9	6,626	4,787	2,456	1,641	319	166	682	703	+922
24	Bradley Beal B. Beal	6.3	664	8.2	1.1	1.3	0.3	0.2	2.3	4.9	47.2	0.7	1.8	39.1	1.0	1.2	84.9	58.4	0.2	0.9	0.7	5,472	4,166	717	846	207	104	479	504	+53
25	Jalen Green J. Green	6.3	304	9.7	1.2	1.0	0.3	0.1	2.2	4.9	44.0	0.8	2.2	37.4	1.1	1.4	78.4	56.5	0.2	1.1	0.7	2,962	1,900	376	302	77	18	209	172	-60