highest points in 1 quarter 1 game all-time

James Harden has scored the most career points in the first quarter, with 5,792 points.

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highest points by a player in 1 quarter 1 game all-time

	NAME	PTS	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	5,792	790	8.0	7.3	1.8	2.8	0.5	0.2	2.2	5.0	44.4	0.9	2.3	37.7	2.0	2.3	86.7	60.6	0.2	1.6	1.2	6,300	1,445	2,186	366	122	959	471	+763
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	5,238	701	7.8	7.5	1.5	2.0	0.4	0.1	2.6	5.5	47.3	1.3	3.2	41.9	0.9	1.0	91.7	62.9	0.2	1.3	0.9	5,486	1,029	1,422	311	57	639	410	+819
3	Anthony Davis A. Davis	5,164	661	8.3	7.8	3.3	1.0	0.4	0.7	3.1	5.9	52.7	0.1	0.4	27.4	1.5	1.9	78.2	58.1	0.8	2.5	0.7	5,486	2,172	651	289	490	444	377	+333
4	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	5,143	736	8.4	7.0	1.3	2.4	0.3	0.1	2.4	5.3	45.4	0.9	2.4	39.5	1.3	1.4	89.8	59.4	0.2	1.2	0.9	6,204	984	1,743	209	69	635	330	+667
5	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	5,038	794	6.8	6.3	2.8	1.4	0.3	0.3	2.5	4.5	55.1	0.2	0.6	28.6	1.2	1.7	69.1	60.0	0.5	2.3	0.8	5,396	2,221	1,143	244	255	612	559	+979
6	Devin Booker D. Booker	4,863	674	9.6	7.2	1.3	1.7	0.3	0.1	2.7	5.7	48.0	0.7	1.8	37.5	1.1	1.3	86.2	57.8	0.2	1.1	0.9	6,440	859	1,117	171	43	618	450	-49
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	4,826	751	8.6	6.4	3.4	2.4	0.4	0.2	2.6	4.4	59.4	0.3	0.8	40.7	0.9	1.0	84.0	65.9	0.8	2.6	0.9	6,483	2,579	1,833	300	160	658	448	+1389
8	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	4,693	817	8.1	5.7	1.2	1.6	0.3	0.1	2.2	4.5	47.9	0.2	0.5	31.1	1.3	1.5	84.4	55.5	0.2	1.1	0.6	6,605	998	1,295	238	75	506	360	-266
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	4,578	590	8.7	7.8	2.0	1.7	0.2	0.3	2.9	5.3	54.7	0.6	1.4	39.9	1.4	1.6	88.8	64.8	0.1	1.8	0.9	5,161	1,155	983	147	205	552	263	+880
10	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	4,473	798	7.4	5.6	3.2	1.0	0.3	0.2	2.5	4.8	51.9	0.3	0.9	38.6	0.3	0.4	78.4	56.5	0.7	2.5	0.5	5,939	2,535	800	215	149	370	319	-448
11	Tobias Harris T. Harris	4,391	818	7.5	5.4	1.9	0.8	0.2	0.2	2.1	4.4	48.7	0.6	1.4	40.1	0.6	0.7	87.7	57.8	0.3	1.6	0.4	6,161	1,516	641	201	145	312	408	+594
12	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	4,368	810	6.8	5.4	2.1	2.5	0.4	0.1	2.0	4.5	45.3	0.3	0.9	34.6	1.0	1.3	74.1	52.8	0.4	1.7	1.1	5,513	1,694	2,019	335	62	895	421	+135
13	LeBron James L. James	4,353	720	7.1	6.0	1.9	2.2	0.3	0.1	2.4	4.5	53.1	0.4	1.1	38.3	0.8	1.1	71.0	60.1	0.2	1.7	1.0	5,116	1,402	1,567	240	83	707	199	+335
14	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	4,306	779	7.5	5.5	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.2	2.1	4.7	45.7	0.5	1.2	36.9	0.8	1.1	72.7	53.6	0.3	0.9	0.5	5,872	975	544	225	158	419	395	+168
15	Julius Randle J. Randle	4,277	719	8.4	5.9	2.7	1.2	0.2	0.1	2.3	4.8	46.8	0.5	1.4	36.0	0.9	1.2	77.2	55.5	0.4	2.2	0.8	6,068	1,912	851	132	64	556	472	+87
16	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	4,188	657	8.1	6.4	3.1	0.9	0.2	0.3	2.5	4.7	53.2	0.5	1.2	42.9	0.9	1.1	84.0	62.0	0.7	2.4	0.7	5,307	2,019	624	162	215	459	590	+621
17	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	4,076	460	10.0	8.9	2.7	2.5	0.3	0.1	3.0	6.5	46.8	1.0	2.7	37.1	1.8	2.3	76.3	59.0	0.3	2.4	1.2	4,585	1,248	1,168	156	58	539	289	+530
18	Paul George P. George	4,053	622	8.2	6.5	1.8	1.2	0.6	0.1	2.4	5.2	45.5	0.9	2.1	41.2	0.9	1.1	86.9	57.7	0.2	1.6	0.8	5,081	1,123	749	348	69	509	425	+652
19	CJ McCollum	3,981	744	7.3	5.4	0.9	1.0	0.2	0.1	2.1	4.5	46.6	0.8	1.8	41.7	0.4	0.5	79.6	56.9	0.1	0.8	0.4	5,398	687	772	175	88	300	305	+283
20	Bradley Beal B. Beal	3,970	677	7.9	5.9	1.0	1.3	0.3	0.1	2.3	4.6	49.4	0.6	1.5	40.5	0.7	0.9	81.8	58.7	0.2	0.8	0.6	5,382	694	892	222	57	417	315	-83
21	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	3,796	691	7.9	5.5	1.7	1.6	0.5	0.1	1.9	3.8	50.0	0.2	0.7	34.9	1.4	1.7	85.3	60.1	0.5	1.2	0.5	5,453	1,181	1,125	356	71	330	198	+1018
22	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	3,712	598	7.5	6.2	1.2	1.7	0.3	0.1	2.4	4.9	49.8	0.7	1.6	42.6	0.7	0.8	89.3	59.7	0.2	1.0	0.6	4,510	696	988	209	77	359	313	+635
23	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	3,659	458	9.1	8.0	3.3	1.1	0.3	0.4	2.7	5.4	50.0	0.3	1.0	35.6	2.2	2.7	82.4	60.5	0.7	2.7	0.9	4,167	1,520	525	125	167	399	333	+1014
24	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	3,591	648	6.1	5.5	0.9	0.6	0.2	0.1	2.1	4.6	46.0	0.9	2.3	39.9	0.4	0.4	89.7	57.4	0.1	0.8	0.4	3,929	605	389	151	93	281	285	+210
25	Harrison Barnes H. Barnes	3,512	845	7.4	4.2	1.3	0.5	0.2	0.0	1.6	3.2	47.9	0.5	1.3	40.5	0.5	0.7	80.8	58.9	0.3	1.1	0.3	6,230	1,124	456	152	36	234	250	-337