which players have the highest first quarter points per minute

Josh Smith has the most career points per minute played in the first quarter, with 143.53.

NAMEPTS/MINPTSMINGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Josh Smith
J. Smith
143.53
366
3
134
0.0
2.7
1.4
0.8
0.3
0.3
1.1
2.6
42.3
0.2
0.6
29.3
0.3
0.5
61.1
47.7
0.4
1.0
0.5
186
112
36
44
72
62
-8
2Jordan Hill
J. Hill
48.87
360
7
131
0.1
2.7
1.8
0.4
0.2
0.2
1.3
2.7
46.4
0.0
0.0
33.3
0.2
0.3
75.0
48.1
0.6
1.2
0.4
240
58
23
24
49
60
+6
3Larry Sanders
L. Sanders
47.65
81
2
28
0.1
2.9
2.0
0.3
0.4
0.6
1.4
2.5
55.1
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.3
55.6
55.5
0.9
1.1
0.6
55
9
10
16
16
26
-2
4Markel Brown
M. Brown
30.78
118
4
58
0.1
2.0
1.0
0.3
0.3
0.1
0.7
1.9
37.6
0.2
0.7
34.2
0.4
0.4
92.0
49.2
0.2
0.9
0.3
60
19
20
6
20
34
+7
5Ronnie Price
R. Price
21.92
137
6
81
0.1
1.7
0.5
1.0
0.4
0.1
0.6
1.6
37.5
0.3
0.9
35.1
0.2
0.3
68.2
49.8
0.1
0.4
0.3
39
77
33
5
26
43
-3
6Norris Cole
N. Cole
14.69
236
16
111
0.1
2.1
0.7
1.0
0.2
0.0
0.9
2.4
38.7
0.2
0.5
30.5
0.1
0.2
69.6
43.5
0.0
0.7
0.4
80
114
27
1
43
50
-1
7Tiago Splitter
T. Splitter
13.22
191
14
89
0.2
2.1
1.4
0.4
0.2
0.2
0.9
1.6
54.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.5
72.9
58.5
0.5
1.0
0.3
128
39
18
17
24
41
-1
8Greivis Vasquez
G. Vasquez
13.07
151
12
92
0.1
1.6
0.5
0.7
0.1
0.0
0.7
1.7
40.0
0.3
0.8
31.1
0.0
0.1
50.0
47.6
0.0
0.5
0.3
49
67
11
2
31
36
-1
9Jared Sullinger
J. Sullinger
11.35
403
36
139
0.3
2.9
2.2
0.8
0.4
0.2
1.3
3.1
42.5
0.1
0.5
26.4
0.1
0.2
69.0
45.7
0.6
1.7
0.4
312
107
49
25
51
64
+3
10Alonzo Gee
A. Gee
10.32
97
9
75
0.1
1.3
0.8
0.4
0.3
0.0
0.5
1.2
46.1
0.1
0.4
25.9
0.1
0.2
61.5
51.2
0.2
0.6
0.2
61
29
22
2
15
47
+1
11Jimmer Fredette
J. Fredette
8.91
15
2
18
0.1
0.8
0.3
0.3
0.1
0.0
0.3
0.8
42.9
0.1
0.3
16.7
0.1
0.1
100.0
50.4
0.0
0.3
0.2
6
5
1
0
4
7
-3
12Chris Andersen
C. Andersen
8.49
137
16
71
0.2
1.9
1.6
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.8
1.3
57.9
0.1
0.1
100.0
0.3
0.5
65.7
62.0
0.5
1.1
0.2
111
11
8
12
15
31
+5
13Mike Miller
M. Miller
8.21
39
5
39
0.1
1.0
0.9
0.6
0.1
0.1
0.4
0.9
37.8
0.3
0.7
39.3
0.0
0.0
52.7
0.1
0.8
0.2
34
22
3
2
7
24
-2
14Jordan Farmar
J. Farmar
7.74
40
5
30
0.2
1.3
0.3
0.4
0.2
0.0
0.5
1.3
41.0
0.2
0.7
33.3
0.0
0.1
50.0
50.2
0.0
0.2
0.3
8
11
5
0
8
10
+2
15Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
7.28
421
58
147
0.4
2.9
1.1
0.5
0.2
0.1
1.0
2.4
41.9
0.4
1.2
35.2
0.4
0.5
86.7
54.8
0.1
1.0
0.3
166
77
26
12
47
69
+12
16Adreian Payne
A. Payne
7.25
98
14
57
0.2
1.7
1.5
0.3
0.1
0.1
0.8
2.0
38.3
0.1
0.2
21.4
0.1
0.2
50.0
40.4
0.4
1.1
0.4
86
18
8
7
22
40
-18
17Ryan Kelly
R. Kelly
7.09
109
15
60
0.3
1.8
0.8
0.6
0.2
0.2
0.6
2.0
30.8
0.3
0.9
28.8
0.4
0.5
78.6
42.1
0.1
0.7
0.2
50
34
9
10
11
30
-12
18Anderson Varejao
A. Varejao
6.96
153
22
55
0.4
2.8
1.4
0.4
0.2
0.2
1.2
1.8
63.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.7
65.8
65.0
0.4
1.0
0.3
79
23
10
9
16
27
-20
19David West
D. West
6.68
417
62
161
0.4
2.6
1.6
0.7
0.2
0.2
1.2
2.3
50.4
0.0
0.0
33.3
0.2
0.3
71.2
52.4
0.3
1.3
0.4
253
118
27
29
68
89
+42
20Nick Collison
N. Collison
5.64
103
18
93
0.2
1.1
0.9
0.3
0.1
0.1
0.4
0.8
53.3
0.0
0.1
33.3
0.2
0.3
83.3
60.2
0.3
0.6
0.1
84
27
8
9
8
54
+1
21Brandon Bass
B. Bass
5.41
346
64
162
0.4
2.1
1.2
0.3
0.1
0.0
0.9
1.9
48.8
0.0
0.1
30.0
0.3
0.4
79.0
52.7
0.4
0.8
0.2
193
48
20
8
36
42
-22
22Vander Blue
V. Blue
4.62
7
2
2
0.8
3.5
0.5
0.5
0.0
0.0
1.5
3.0
50.0
0.5
2.0
25.0
0.0
0.0
58.3
0.0
0.5
0.0
1
1
0
0
0
1
+1
23Alan Anderson
A. Anderson
4.6
156
34
90
0.4
1.7
0.4
0.2
0.1
0.0
0.6
1.3
48.3
0.3
0.8
38.6
0.1
0.2
86.7
61.6
0.0
0.4
0.1
37
22
7
0
10
39
-14
24Donatas Motiejunas
D. Motiejunas
4.46
384
86
124
0.7
3.1
1.3
0.5
0.2
0.1
1.3
2.5
50.8
0.2
0.6
37.8
0.3
0.5
63.2
56.5
0.4
0.9
0.3
163
66
23
15
39
82
+5
25Luis Scola
L. Scola
4.26
395
93
164
0.6
2.4
1.5
0.3
0.2
0.1
1.0
2.4
43.7
0.2
0.5
31.5
0.2
0.2
65.8
48.4
0.4
1.1
0.3
246
50
35
17
52
88
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Knicks Knicks - x
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