player most points per game in 3q in nba history at least 500 games played

Stephen Curry has put up the most points per game in the third quarter and when playing 500+ games, 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	701	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	5,496	5,977	1,100	1,331	338	68	658	474	+1662
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	7.9	593	8.9	2.2	1.6	0.3	0.4	2.8	5.3	52.1	0.7	1.8	40.8	1.6	1.8	88.6	64.3	0.1	2.0	0.9	5,300	4,667	1,280	944	170	226	557	417	+1152
3	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
4	Devin Booker D. Booker	7.5	678	9.3	1.2	1.5	0.3	0.1	2.6	5.6	46.7	0.7	1.8	36.6	1.7	1.9	88.4	58.8	0.2	1.0	0.9	6,286	5,111	787	1,050	177	62	621	742	+263
5	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	7.5	786	7.4	2.9	1.4	0.3	0.4	2.7	4.8	56.1	0.2	0.7	29.3	1.9	2.7	71.5	62.8	0.5	2.3	0.9	5,792	5,898	2,242	1,090	233	278	724	773	+909
6	James Harden J. Harden	7.2	801	8.1	1.8	2.6	0.4	0.2	2.2	4.9	43.7	0.9	2.5	35.7	2.0	2.3	88.0	60.8	0.2	1.6	1.2	6,504	5,792	1,427	2,062	359	166	987	645	+794
7	Anthony Davis A. Davis	7.2	643	8.2	3.2	0.8	0.4	0.7	2.6	5.2	50.7	0.2	0.6	33.4	1.7	2.0	82.2	58.6	0.7	2.5	0.6	5,288	4,612	2,068	539	245	426	397	478	+68
8	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	6.9	557	7.3	1.9	1.0	0.5	0.2	2.4	4.8	51.1	0.6	1.4	40.6	1.5	1.7	86.4	62.6	0.3	1.6	0.5	4,054	3,849	1,045	531	293	102	301	311	+841
9	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	6.9	560	9.1	1.1	1.3	0.4	0.1	2.5	5.2	47.2	0.9	2.2	38.6	1.1	1.3	84.5	59.3	0.2	0.9	0.8	5,105	3,840	643	708	202	46	422	446	+702
10	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	6.6	827	8.2	1.3	1.4	0.3	0.1	2.3	4.9	47.6	0.2	0.6	33.8	1.7	2.0	85.5	56.8	0.2	1.1	0.6	6,803	5,461	1,062	1,125	278	71	485	649	+82
11	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
12	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
13	LeBron James L. James	6.4	725	7.3	1.9	2.1	0.3	0.2	2.4	4.7	50.8	0.6	1.6	36.8	1.0	1.4	71.8	59.9	0.3	1.7	1.0	5,301	4,643	1,394	1,492	233	155	702	421	+109
14	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	6.4	756	8.9	3.3	2.2	0.4	0.2	2.4	4.5	54.5	0.4	1.1	35.6	1.1	1.4	81.7	62.9	0.8	2.5	0.9	6,698	4,841	2,477	1,664	321	169	691	707	+935
15	Paul George P. George	6.4	624	8.1	1.8	1.2	0.5	0.1	2.1	4.8	43.7	0.9	2.2	38.8	1.3	1.5	85.8	57.9	0.2	1.6	0.8	5,078	3,975	1,119	733	288	71	503	515	+536
16	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
17	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	6.1	667	8.0	2.8	0.9	0.2	0.3	2.2	4.2	52.0	0.4	1.1	40.2	1.3	1.5	84.4	62.5	0.7	2.1	0.7	5,320	4,039	1,896	568	130	202	497	716	+336
18	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	6.0	689	8.1	1.7	1.5	0.5	0.1	2.0	4.0	49.9	0.2	0.7	35.1	1.8	2.1	84.8	61.2	0.5	1.2	0.5	5,589	4,132	1,137	1,021	371	99	367	365	+572
19	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	5.9	511	9.5	1.5	1.2	0.2	0.2	2.2	4.5	47.8	0.5	1.2	37.8	1.2	1.4	82.9	57.8	0.2	1.3	0.8	4,858	3,040	752	611	119	85	399	458	+7
20	Kemba Walker K. Walker	5.8	523	6.9	1.1	1.6	0.4	0.1	2.0	4.7	41.8	0.8	2.0	37.9	1.1	1.2	86.5	55.0	0.1	0.9	0.6	3,610	3,022	555	830	196	56	296	240	+384
21	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	5.6	815	6.9	2.1	2.2	0.4	0.1	2.0	4.7	42.8	0.4	1.3	30.1	1.2	1.5	76.5	51.8	0.4	1.7	1.1	5,661	4,550	1,712	1,809	348	80	875	724	+92
22	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	5.5	661	7.3	1.1	1.0	0.2	0.1	1.9	4.1	47.0	0.6	1.6	38.7	1.0	1.2	81.6	59.0	0.1	1.0	0.7	4,833	3,645	732	676	151	49	492	366	-479
23	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	5.5	539	8.8	0.9	1.6	0.4	0.1	2.1	4.4	46.7	0.4	1.2	30.9	1.0	1.4	75.0	55.1	0.2	0.8	0.7	4,758	2,967	504	874	206	60	373	422	-391
24	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	5.5	803	7.6	3.1	1.0	0.2	0.3	2.3	4.7	49.5	0.4	1.0	34.3	0.5	0.6	80.9	55.3	0.7	2.4	0.5	6,086	4,378	2,457	785	199	226	401	701	+97
25	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	5.4	607	8.4	1.4	0.7	0.3	0.1	2.0	4.1	48.8	0.5	1.4	37.8	0.9	1.2	75.5	58.8	0.3	1.1	0.6	5,113	3,293	848	430	155	48	381	456	+551