who scored in the most first quarter points this year

James Harden has scored the most points in the first quarter this season, with 244 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	244	2025-26	LAC	23	11.0	10.6	1.9	2.2	0.5	0.1	3.3	6.0	54.3	1.5	3.2	47.9	2.6	3.0	86.8	72.7	0.1	1.8	0.9	253	44	50	12	3	20	13	+21
2	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	222	2025-26	LAL	17	11.4	13.1	2.9	2.9	0.7	0.3	4.2	8.4	50.7	1.6	4.1	40.6	2.9	3.9	75.8	64.9	0.4	2.5	1.6	194	49	49	12	5	28	14	+12
3	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	213	2025-26	NYK	21	11.9	10.1	1.2	1.9	0.4	0.0	3.4	7.1	48.0	1.2	2.8	43.1	2.1	2.3	89.8	62.1	0.1	1.1	0.8	251	26	39	8	0	17	5	+100
4	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	199	2025-26	DEN	22	11.2	9.0	4.3	3.7	0.5	0.2	3.6	5.6	64.2	0.6	1.4	43.3	1.3	1.5	82.4	72.1	1.0	3.3	1.2	246	95	81	11	5	26	10	+95
5	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	194	2025-26	PHI	23	10.2	8.4	1.3	2.3	0.5	0.2	2.8	6.0	46.4	1.3	3.2	41.9	1.5	1.8	83.3	62.0	0.0	1.2	0.7	234	29	52	12	5	16	12	+25
6	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	179	2025-26	OKC	23	11.0	7.8	1.5	2.2	0.5	0.2	2.6	5.2	50.0	0.3	1.0	33.3	2.2	2.5	89.5	61.7	0.2	1.3	0.7	253	35	51	11	5	17	12	+69
7	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	178	2025-26	BOS	23	9.4	7.7	2.0	1.6	0.3	0.2	3.0	6.0	50.4	0.5	1.7	31.6	1.1	1.6	70.3	57.3	0.4	1.6	0.8	217	46	36	6	4	19	16	+56
8	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	174	2025-26	CLE	23	8.9	7.6	0.7	1.4	0.5	0.0	2.6	5.6	46.1	1.0	2.8	36.9	1.4	1.7	80.0	59.8	0.2	0.5	0.6	205	16	33	12	0	14	10	+71
9	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
10	Julius Randle J. Randle	159	2025-26	MIN	22	9.4	7.2	2.0	1.5	0.3	0.0	2.6	5.1	51.3	1.0	2.3	44.0	1.0	1.3	75.0	63.4	0.2	1.9	0.5	207	45	33	6	1	11	12	+30
11	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	155	2025-26	ORL	24	8.7	6.5	1.7	1.1	0.4	0.2	2.3	4.3	52.4	0.5	0.8	55.0	1.5	1.8	83.7	63.6	0.5	1.2	0.5	210	41	27	9	5	11	13	+26
12	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
13	Jamal Murray J. Murray	153	2025-26	DEN	22	9.2	7.0	1.5	1.3	0.4	0.0	2.7	5.1	52.2	0.9	2.0	43.2	0.7	0.7	100.0	63.7	0.2	1.3	0.6	202	32	29	8	0	13	4	+38
14	Kevin Durant K. Durant	153	2025-26	HOU	19	10.5	8.1	1.5	1.0	0.4	0.3	3.1	6.2	50.4	0.3	1.2	26.1	1.5	1.6	93.5	58.6	0.2	1.3	0.7	199	28	19	8	5	13	6	+31
15	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	148	2025-26	CLE	24	8.5	6.2	1.6	0.7	0.2	0.4	2.3	4.3	52.9	0.6	1.5	40.5	1.0	1.3	71.9	62.7	0.4	1.3	0.7	204	39	17	5	9	17	9	+7
16	Jalen Johnson J. Johnson	142	2025-26	ATL	21	8.7	6.8	3.0	1.8	0.4	0.0	2.5	4.0	62.7	0.6	1.2	52.0	1.2	1.5	80.6	73.5	0.3	2.7	1.0	184	63	38	9	0	20	8	+39
17	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	141	2025-26	TOR	24	9.0	5.9	1.6	1.2	0.4	0.1	2.3	5.1	45.9	0.4	1.3	31.3	0.8	1.0	79.2	53.2	0.3	1.4	1.1	216	39	28	9	3	27	8	-26
18	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	140	2025-26	MIN	17	10.9	8.2	1.3	1.2	0.3	0.2	2.9	5.9	49.5	1.1	2.5	42.9	1.3	1.6	78.6	61.8	0.1	1.2	0.9	184	22	21	5	3	16	6	+16
19	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	134	2025-26	SAC	18	9.5	7.4	0.8	0.8	0.2	0.1	2.8	4.7	59.5	1.1	2.0	52.8	0.8	0.9	93.8	73.6	0.1	0.7	0.8	170	14	14	3	1	14	6	-77
20	Michael Porter Jr. M. Porter Jr.	132	2025-26	BKN	19	8.5	6.9	2.1	0.9	0.3	0.1	2.7	5.5	50.0	1.1	2.3	47.7	0.4	0.6	63.6	60.6	0.3	1.8	0.5	162	40	18	5	1	9	9	+9
21	Deni Avdija D. Avdija	132	2025-26	POR	23	8.2	5.7	1.8	1.5	0.3	0.1	1.9	4.0	47.3	0.7	1.7	44.7	1.2	1.7	69.2	59.9	0.5	1.3	0.6	188	41	34	6	3	14	14	-19
22	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	130	2025-26	CHA	19	10.2	6.8	1.7	1.7	0.2	0.2	2.4	4.6	52.9	1.0	2.1	47.5	1.0	1.1	90.5	67.5	0.3	1.4	0.3	194	33	32	4	4	6	3	-29
23	Keyonte George K. George	128	2025-26	UTA	20	9.4	6.4	1.5	2.3	0.3	0.2	2.3	4.9	47.4	0.9	2.3	37.8	1.0	1.0	95.0	60.5	0.1	1.4	0.6	187	29	46	5	3	12	10	-18
24	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	127	2025-26	IND	20	9.1	6.4	1.6	1.1	0.5	0.0	2.4	4.8	49.0	0.6	1.5	41.4	1.1	1.7	61.8	57.2	0.2	1.4	0.5	182	31	22	10	0	10	8	+6
25	Norman Powell N. Powell	127	2025-26	MIA	18	8.4	7.1	1.2	0.7	0.2	0.1	2.4	4.5	53.1	1.2	2.3	50.0	1.1	1.3	87.0	69.7	0.2	1.1	0.3	151	22	12	4	1	5	9	+51