most starter points per minute 2025-26 in first quarter

Luka Dončić has the most points per minute played by a player as a starter in the first quarter this season, with 1.53.

	NAME	PTS/MIN	PTS	MIN	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	1.53	33	22	2025-26	LAL	2	10.8	16.5	3.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	5.5	10.0	55.0	2.5	6.0	41.7	3.0	4.5	66.7	68.9	0.0	3.5	1.5	7	2	0	0	3	2	-10
2	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	1.17	30	26	2025-26	UTA	3	8.5	10.0	1.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.7	64.3	1.0	2.3	42.9	3.0	3.0	100.0	83.5	0.7	0.7	0.0	4	2	0	0	0	0	+22
3	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	1.16	32	28	2025-26	SAC	3	9.2	10.7	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	4.0	6.3	63.2	1.3	2.7	50.0	1.3	1.3	100.0	77.1	0.0	0.3	0.3	1	1	0	0	1	0	+2
4	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	1.11	30	27	2025-26	MIN	3	9.0	10.0	1.3	1.0	0.0	0.0	3.7	6.7	55.0	1.7	3.7	45.5	1.0	1.3	75.0	68.9	0.0	1.3	0.0	4	3	0	0	0	1	+10
5	Kevin Porter Jr. K. Porter Jr.	1.06	10	9	2025-26	MIL	1	9.4	10.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	5.0	60.0	2.0	3.0	66.7	2.0	2.0	100.0	85.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	2	1	0	0	0	+15
6	Kristaps Porziņģis K. Porziņģis	1.06	14	13	2025-26	ATL	2	6.6	7.0	2.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	4.0	50.0	1.0	1.5	66.7	2.0	2.0	100.0	71.7	0.5	2.0	0.0	5	0	0	2	0	0	+5
7	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	1.05	29	28	2025-26	MIA	3	9.2	9.7	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	2.3	5.3	43.8	1.7	2.7	62.5	3.3	3.7	90.9	69.6	0.3	2.0	1.3	7	1	1	0	4	0	+16
8	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	1.04	26	25	2025-26	MIL	3	8.4	8.7	3.7	1.7	0.0	0.3	3.7	4.7	78.6	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.3	2.0	66.7	78.1	0.3	3.3	0.3	11	5	0	1	1	3	+17
9	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	1.03	30	29	2025-26	CHA	3	9.7	10.0	3.3	2.0	0.7	0.0	3.7	7.0	52.4	1.7	3.3	50.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	67.2	1.0	2.3	1.0	10	6	2	0	3	0	-1
10	Norman Powell N. Powell	1.03	29	28	2025-26	MIA	3	9.4	9.7	2.3	1.3	0.0	0.0	3.3	5.7	58.8	1.7	2.7	62.5	1.3	1.3	100.0	77.3	0.7	1.7	0.0	7	4	0	0	0	2	+23
11	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	1.02	36	35	2025-26	OKC	4	8.8	9.0	2.5	0.5	0.5	0.3	3.3	4.3	76.5	1.3	2.0	62.5	1.3	1.3	100.0	93.8	0.5	2.0	0.5	10	2	2	1	2	0	+2
12	Ja Morant J. Morant	1	31	31	2025-26	MEM	4	7.8	7.8	2.0	2.8	0.0	0.0	2.8	4.8	57.9	0.3	1.0	25.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	68.8	0.3	1.8	1.0	8	11	0	0	4	3	-13
13	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	0.98	33	34	2025-26	ORL	4	8.4	8.3	1.5	0.3	0.5	0.0	3.3	4.8	68.4	0.8	1.0	75.0	1.0	1.8	57.1	74.7	0.3	1.3	0.5	6	1	2	0	2	2	+4
14	James Harden J. Harden	0.97	29	30	2025-26	LAC	3	9.9	9.7	1.0	2.7	0.3	0.0	3.0	4.3	69.2	1.3	2.3	57.1	2.3	2.3	100.0	90.2	0.0	1.0	0.7	3	8	1	0	2	1	+1
15	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	0.97	32	33	2025-26	BOS	4	8.2	8.0	2.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.5	66.7	1.3	1.8	71.4	0.8	1.5	50.0	77.5	0.0	2.0	0.5	8	5	0	0	2	2	+31
16	Nikola Jović N. Jović	0.97	8	8	2025-26	MIA	1	8.3	8.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	66.7	2.0	2.0	100.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	103.1	0.0	2.0	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	+6
17	Jalen Suggs J. Suggs	0.96	18	19	2025-26	ORL	3	6.2	6.0	1.7	1.7	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.3	85.7	1.3	1.7	80.0	0.7	0.7	100.0	114.2	0.3	1.3	1.3	5	5	0	0	4	5	+8
18	Sam Merrill S. Merrill	0.92	28	30	2025-26	CLE	4	7.6	7.0	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.0	2.3	3.3	69.2	2.0	3.0	66.7	0.5	0.5	100.0	100.9	0.5	0.0	0.3	2	3	0	0	1	4	+4
19	Aaron Gordon A. Gordon	0.91	22	24	2025-26	DEN	3	8.0	7.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.7	54.5	1.0	1.7	60.0	2.3	2.3	100.0	78.1	0.0	1.0	0.0	3	1	0	0	0	2	+18
20	VJ Edgecombe	0.91	28	31	2025-26	PHI	3	10.3	9.3	0.7	1.7	0.3	0.0	3.3	5.7	58.8	1.7	3.3	50.0	1.0	1.3	75.0	74.6	0.3	0.3	0.0	2	5	1	0	0	2	+10
21	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	0.91	33	36	2025-26	GSW	4	9.1	8.3	1.3	0.3	0.8	0.0	2.3	4.0	56.3	0.8	1.0	75.0	3.0	3.5	85.7	74.5	0.5	0.8	0.3	5	1	3	0	1	1	+7
22	Mike Conley M. Conley	0.9	6	7	2025-26	MIN	1	6.6	6.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.0	100.0	104.2	1.0	0.0	0.0	1	2	1	1	0	0	-4
23	Jalen Johnson J. Johnson	0.88	23	26	2025-26	ATL	3	8.7	7.7	1.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	2.7	4.3	61.5	0.0	0.3	0.0	2.3	2.7	87.5	69.6	0.0	1.3	1.0	4	3	1	0	3	3	0
24	Jordan Poole J. Poole	0.86	27	31	2025-26	NOP	3	10.4	9.0	0.7	2.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	5.0	60.0	1.7	3.0	55.6	1.3	1.3	100.0	80.5	0.0	0.7	0.3	2	6	0	0	1	3	+1
25	Julius Randle J. Randle	0.86	30	35	2025-26	MIN	4	8.7	7.5	1.5	1.8	0.3	0.0	3.0	4.5	66.7	1.3	2.3	55.6	0.3	0.5	50.0	79.4	0.0	1.5	0.5	6	7	1	0	2	2	-4