James Harden has the most career points in the first quarter, with 5,732 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in first quarter 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	5,732	783	8.0	7.3	1.8	2.8	0.5	0.2	2.2	5.0	44.3	0.8	2.3	37.5	2.0	2.3	86.7	60.5	0.2	1.6	1.2	6,230	1,426	2,172	364	121	953	467	+752
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	5,197	695	7.8	7.5	1.5	2.0	0.4	0.1	2.6	5.5	47.3	1.3	3.2	41.8	0.9	1.0	91.6	62.8	0.2	1.3	0.9	5,436	1,021	1,415	309	57	636	405	+825
3	Anthony Davis A. Davis	5,160	660	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	5,479	2,168	651	288	490	442	377	+336
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	5,003	786	6.8	6.4	2.8	1.4	0.3	0.3	2.5	4.5	55.2	0.2	0.6	28.6	1.2	1.7	69.2	60.0	0.5	2.3	0.8	5,332	2,206	1,126	243	252	604	555	+951
6	Devin Booker D. Booker	4,787	665	9.5	7.2	1.3	1.6	0.3	0.1	2.7	5.7	47.9	0.7	1.8	37.6	1.1	1.3	86.0	57.8	0.2	1.1	0.9	6,344	845	1,097	168	43	615	448	-90
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	4,724	742	8.6	6.4	3.4	2.4	0.4	0.2	2.6	4.4	59.1	0.3	0.8	40.2	0.9	1.0	83.7	65.6	0.8	2.6	0.9	6,382	2,539	1,796	295	158	649	443	+1327
8	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	4,655	808	8.1	5.8	1.2	1.6	0.3	0.1	2.2	4.5	47.8	0.2	0.5	30.7	1.3	1.5	84.3	55.5	0.2	1.1	0.6	6,536	993	1,288	236	75	504	359	-201
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	4,503	582	8.7	7.7	2.0	1.7	0.2	0.3	2.9	5.3	54.6	0.6	1.4	40.0	1.4	1.6	88.7	64.8	0.1	1.8	0.9	5,077	1,145	976	145	203	546	260	+846
10	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	4,443	790	7.4	5.6	3.2	1.0	0.3	0.2	2.5	4.8	51.9	0.3	0.8	38.5	0.3	0.4	78.3	56.5	0.7	2.5	0.5	5,876	2,520	796	214	148	365	315	-423
11	Tobias Harris T. Harris	4,382	816	7.5	5.4	1.9	0.8	0.2	0.2	2.1	4.4	48.8	0.6	1.4	40.3	0.6	0.6	87.5	57.9	0.3	1.6	0.4	6,143	1,515	641	200	145	311	407	+599
12	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
13	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	4,329	801	6.8	5.4	2.1	2.5	0.4	0.1	2.0	4.5	45.3	0.3	0.9	34.4	1.0	1.4	74.1	52.8	0.4	1.7	1.1	5,449	1,685	2,003	333	62	890	419	+166
14	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	4,263	770	7.5	5.5	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.2	2.1	4.7	45.6	0.5	1.2	37.0	0.8	1.1	72.9	53.5	0.3	0.9	0.5	5,792	965	534	224	154	413	388	+163
15	Julius Randle J. Randle	4,207	710	8.4	5.9	2.7	1.2	0.2	0.1	2.3	4.8	46.8	0.5	1.4	35.8	0.9	1.2	77.1	55.4	0.4	2.2	0.8	5,978	1,893	831	129	63	550	464	+47
16	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	4,135	649	8.1	6.4	3.1	0.9	0.2	0.3	2.5	4.7	53.2	0.5	1.2	42.7	0.9	1.1	83.8	62.0	0.7	2.4	0.7	5,244	1,993	616	161	215	454	588	+615
17	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
18	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	3,993	452	9.9	8.8	2.7	2.5	0.3	0.1	3.0	6.5	46.9	1.0	2.7	37.1	1.8	2.3	76.4	59.1	0.3	2.4	1.2	4,497	1,223	1,141	148	56	527	281	+525
19	Bradley Beal B. Beal	3,964	673	8.0	5.9	1.0	1.3	0.3	0.1	2.3	4.6	49.5	0.6	1.5	40.7	0.7	0.9	81.8	58.8	0.2	0.8	0.6	5,352	692	890	222	57	415	314	-72
20	CJ McCollum	3,932	736	7.2	5.3	0.9	1.0	0.2	0.1	2.1	4.5	46.6	0.8	1.8	41.6	0.4	0.5	79.3	56.8	0.1	0.8	0.4	5,332	676	769	175	88	295	302	+296
21	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	3,764	683	7.9	5.5	1.7	1.6	0.5	0.1	1.9	3.8	50.0	0.2	0.7	35.1	1.4	1.7	85.2	60.1	0.5	1.2	0.5	5,381	1,170	1,115	352	69	328	198	+1029
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	3,640	455	9.1	8.0	3.3	1.1	0.3	0.4	2.7	5.4	50.0	0.3	1.0	35.5	2.2	2.7	82.3	60.5	0.7	2.7	0.9	4,148	1,519	522	125	165	398	332	+1003
24	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	3,559	640	6.1	5.6	0.9	0.6	0.2	0.1	2.1	4.7	46.0	0.9	2.2	39.8	0.4	0.4	89.6	57.4	0.1	0.8	0.4	3,891	597	384	150	93	276	282	+207
25	Harrison Barnes H. Barnes	3,477	837	7.4	4.2	1.3	0.5	0.2	0.0	1.6	3.2	47.8	0.5	1.3	40.2	0.5	0.7	80.7	58.8	0.3	1.1	0.3	6,171	1,113	451	148	36	231	247	-356