who has the most points in the nba in the first quarter this year

James Harden has dropped the most points in the first quarter this season, with 222 points.

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	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	222	2025-26	LAC	21	10.9	10.6	1.9	2.3	0.4	0.1	3.2	6.0	52.8	1.5	3.2	47.1	2.7	3.0	87.5	71.5	0.1	1.8	1.0	229	40	48	9	3	20	12	+6
2	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	212	2025-26	LAL	16	11.4	13.3	2.8	2.8	0.8	0.3	4.3	8.4	51.5	1.7	4.2	40.3	2.9	3.9	75.8	65.7	0.4	2.4	1.6	182	44	45	12	4	26	14	+12
3	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	197	2025-26	NYK	20	11.9	9.9	1.3	1.7	0.4	0.0	3.4	7.1	47.2	1.2	2.8	42.9	2.0	2.1	92.9	61.4	0.2	1.2	0.8	239	26	34	8	0	16	5	+96
4	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	191	2025-26	DEN	21	11.1	9.1	4.4	3.9	0.6	0.2	3.6	5.2	68.2	0.6	1.2	50.0	1.3	1.6	84.8	76.7	1.0	3.4	1.2	232	93	81	12	5	25	11	+121
5	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	178	2025-26	PHI	21	10.1	8.5	1.1	2.2	0.4	0.2	2.8	6.0	45.7	1.4	3.3	42.0	1.6	1.9	82.5	61.5	0.0	1.1	0.7	212	24	47	9	4	14	11	+15
6	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	171	2025-26	BOS	22	9.5	7.8	2.0	1.5	0.3	0.1	3.0	6.1	49.6	0.5	1.7	29.7	1.2	1.7	70.3	56.5	0.4	1.6	0.9	209	43	34	6	3	19	16	+46
7	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	171	2025-26	OKC	22	11.0	7.8	1.5	2.2	0.5	0.2	2.6	5.3	49.1	0.4	1.1	33.3	2.2	2.5	89.1	61.0	0.2	1.3	0.7	241	33	48	11	5	15	11	+69
8	Devin Booker D. Booker	165	2025-26	PHX	22	11.0	7.5	1.6	2.2	0.2	0.0	2.6	6.0	43.9	0.5	2.0	26.7	1.7	1.9	90.2	55.0	0.3	1.3	0.7	243	36	48	4	1	16	12	+31
9	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	163	2025-26	CLE	21	8.9	7.8	0.8	1.5	0.5	0.0	2.6	5.6	47.0	1.1	2.9	37.7	1.4	1.8	81.1	61.1	0.2	0.6	0.6	187	16	32	11	0	12	9	+62
10	Julius Randle J. Randle	155	2025-26	MIN	22	9.5	7.0	2.0	1.6	0.4	0.0	2.5	5.0	50.5	1.0	2.3	44.0	1.0	1.3	75.0	62.8	0.2	1.9	0.5	210	45	35	8	1	11	12	+36
11	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	154	2025-26	UTA	22	8.9	7.0	1.5	0.5	0.1	0.0	2.5	5.6	45.2	0.7	2.5	29.6	1.2	1.2	96.3	56.7	0.5	1.0	0.2	196	33	11	3	1	4	6	-26
12	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	148	2025-26	ORL	23	8.8	6.4	1.7	1.1	0.3	0.2	2.2	4.3	51.5	0.4	0.8	52.6	1.6	1.9	83.7	62.8	0.5	1.1	0.5	203	38	26	8	5	11	13	+22
13	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	138	2025-26	CLE	22	8.6	6.3	1.5	0.7	0.2	0.3	2.3	4.3	52.6	0.7	1.6	41.7	1.0	1.5	71.9	63.3	0.4	1.1	0.7	190	34	16	5	7	15	9	+17
14	Kevin Durant K. Durant	136	2025-26	HOU	17	10.5	8.0	1.6	1.0	0.5	0.3	3.1	6.1	50.0	0.3	1.2	23.8	1.6	1.7	93.1	58.2	0.2	1.4	0.7	178	27	17	8	5	12	6	+33
15	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	134	2025-26	MIN	18	10.7	7.4	1.3	1.2	0.4	0.1	2.7	5.8	45.7	1.0	2.6	38.3	1.1	1.4	76.9	57.5	0.2	1.1	0.8	192	23	22	7	2	14	7	+36
16	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	129	2025-26	TOR	23	9.0	5.6	1.6	1.3	0.4	0.1	2.2	4.9	45.1	0.3	1.3	26.7	0.8	1.0	79.2	52.2	0.3	1.3	1.0	207	36	30	9	3	23	8	-17
17	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	127	2025-26	IND	21	9.0	6.0	1.5	1.1	0.5	0.0	2.2	4.7	48.0	0.6	1.4	40.0	1.0	1.6	61.8	56.2	0.2	1.3	0.5	189	32	24	11	0	10	8	+13
18	Jalen Johnson J. Johnson	126	2025-26	ATL	20	8.7	6.3	2.9	1.6	0.4	0.0	2.3	3.9	57.7	0.6	1.2	45.8	1.3	1.6	80.6	68.7	0.4	2.6	1.0	174	58	32	8	0	19	10	-2
19	Keyonte George K. George	124	2025-26	UTA	22	8.9	5.6	1.4	2.3	0.2	0.1	2.0	4.6	43.6	0.8	2.2	35.4	0.9	0.9	95.0	56.5	0.1	1.3	0.8	195	30	50	5	2	18	13	-18
20	Jamal Murray J. Murray	123	2025-26	DEN	20	9.0	6.2	1.5	1.4	0.4	0.0	2.3	4.7	48.9	0.9	2.0	42.5	0.7	0.7	100.0	61.4	0.2	1.4	0.6	180	30	27	8	0	12	4	+54
21	Norman Powell N. Powell	123	2025-26	MIA	18	8.4	6.8	1.1	0.7	0.3	0.1	2.3	4.5	50.6	1.2	2.3	50.0	1.1	1.3	87.0	67.5	0.1	1.0	0.3	151	20	13	5	1	5	8	+51
22	Michael Porter Jr. M. Porter Jr.	123	2025-26	BKN	18	8.5	6.8	2.1	1.0	0.2	0.1	2.7	5.3	50.0	1.1	2.3	48.8	0.4	0.6	63.6	61.0	0.3	1.7	0.4	153	37	18	3	1	8	9	0
23	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	122	2025-26	CHA	22	9.8	5.5	1.6	1.3	0.2	0.2	2.0	4.1	47.3	0.9	2.0	43.2	0.8	0.9	89.5	61.4	0.3	1.4	0.3	215	36	29	4	4	6	5	-66
24	Deni Avdija D. Avdija	118	2025-26	POR	22	8.2	5.4	1.8	1.5	0.2	0.1	1.8	4.1	43.3	0.7	1.6	41.7	1.1	1.5	73.5	56.2	0.5	1.4	0.5	181	40	33	5	2	12	14	-10
25	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	116	2025-26	SAC	20	8.9	5.8	0.6	0.8	0.2	0.1	2.3	4.0	57.0	0.8	1.8	45.7	0.5	0.6	90.9	69.2	0.1	0.6	0.9	178	12	15	3	1	17	8	-108