nba players who have scored the most points in the first 3 minutes of the game this season

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokić and James Harden scored 55 points.

	NAME	PTS	MIN	DATE	TM		OPP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	55	45	10/23/2025	OKC	@	IND	8	5	2	1	15	31	48.4	2	7	28.6	23	26	88.5	64.8	0	8	2	4	+9
2	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	55	34	11/12/2025	DEN	@	LAC	12	6	1	1	18	23	78.3	5	6	83.3	14	16	87.5	91.5	2	10	2	1	+28
3	James Harden J. Harden	55	35	11/22/2025	LAC	@	CHA	3	7	1	0	17	26	65.4	10	16	62.5	11	14	78.6	85.5	1	2	2	1	+22
4	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	54	47	11/20/2025	PHI	@	MIL	5	9	3	3	18	30	60.0	6	15	40.0	12	14	85.7	74.7	0	5	5	3	+18
5	Austin Reaves A. Reaves	51	39	10/26/2025	LAL	@	SAC	11	9	2	0	12	22	54.5	6	10	60.0	21	22	95.5	80.5	1	10	2	1	+22
6	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	51	45	10/27/2025	UTA	vs	PHX	14	3	0	0	14	32	43.8	6	13	46.2	17	17	100.0	64.6	5	9	1	2	+26
7	Aaron Gordon A. Gordon	50	39	10/23/2025	DEN	@	GSW	8	2	0	1	17	21	81.0	10	11	90.9	6	6	100.0	105.8	0	8	2	1	-1
8	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	49	35	10/24/2025	LAL	vs	MIN	11	8	0	0	14	23	60.9	5	12	41.7	16	19	84.2	78.1	1	10	3	4	+18
9	Stephen Curry S. Curry	49	36	11/14/2025	GSW	@	SAS	4	2	2	0	16	26	61.5	9	17	52.9	8	8	100.0	83.0	0	4	3	2	+9
10	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	47	46	11/16/2025	UTA	vs	CHI	7	2	2	2	15	33	45.5	6	17	35.3	11	13	84.6	60.7	2	5	1	3	+4
11	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	46	35	11/5/2025	CLE	vs	PHI	4	8	1	0	15	21	71.4	6	11	54.5	10	10	100.0	90.6	0	4	2	0	+17
12	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	46	45	11/10/2025	DET	vs	WAS	12	11	5	2	14	45	31.1	2	11	18.2	16	18	88.9	43.5	5	7	2	4	+10
13	Stephen Curry S. Curry	46	34	11/12/2025	GSW	@	SAS	5	5	2	0	13	25	52.0	5	16	31.3	15	16	93.8	71.8	0	5	1	2	+5
14	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	44	39	10/31/2025	LAL	@	MEM	12	6	0	0	14	27	51.9	6	15	40.0	10	13	76.9	67.2	1	11	5	3	-2
15	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	44	37	11/22/2025	DEN	vs	SAC	13	7	0	0	16	28	57.1	3	6	50.0	9	10	90.0	67.9	7	6	2	4	+2
16	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	43	41	10/21/2025	LAL	vs	GSW	12	9	2	1	17	27	63.0	2	10	20.0	7	10	70.0	68.5	0	12	3	1	-8
17	Jamal Murray J. Murray	43	37	10/27/2025	DEN	@	MIN	6	3	0	0	16	29	55.2	5	9	55.6	6	7	85.7	67.0	0	6	2	2	+30
18	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	43	42	10/27/2025	PHI	vs	ORL	4	8	1	0	15	32	46.9	4	11	36.4	9	10	90.0	59.1	0	4	1	1	+14
19	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	43	40	11/24/2025	MIN	@	SAC	7	4	3	1	16	29	55.2	5	11	45.5	6	8	75.0	66.1	1	6	3	1	-12
20	Stephen Curry S. Curry	42	37	10/23/2025	GSW	vs	DEN	6	7	3	1	14	25	56.0	6	12	50.0	8	8	100.0	73.6	0	6	2	1	+15
21	CJ McCollum	42	43	11/10/2025	WAS	@	DET	6	4	1	0	14	25	56.0	5	10	50.0	9	11	81.8	70.4	1	5	4	3	+9
22	Grayson Allen G. Allen	42	28	11/10/2025	PHX	vs	NOP	2	4	3	0	12	17	70.6	10	15	66.7	8	10	80.0	98.1	1	1	1	0	+22
23	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	41	39	10/22/2025	MIN	@	POR	7	1	0	1	14	28	50.0	5	10	50.0	8	8	100.0	65.0	1	6	4	4	+9
24	Cam Thomas C. Thomas	41	32	10/26/2025	BKN	@	SAS	2	0	0	0	11	25	44.0	5	12	41.7	14	14	100.0	65.8	0	2	3	0	-7
25	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	41	35	10/26/2025	BOS	@	DET	6	4	0	0	12	25	48.0	5	9	55.6	12	15	80.0	64.9	2	4	4	3	-1