Jayson Tatum has put up the most points per game in the first quarter this season, with 12.3 per game.

Interpreted as:

NBA leaders in first quarter scoring this regular season

	NAME	PPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	12.3	2024-25	BOS	9	11.7	2.6	1.4	1.0	0.0	4.3	7.6	57.4	1.8	3.9	45.7	1.9	3.0	63.0	69.5	0.2	2.3	0.4	105	111	23	13	9	0	4	5	+62
2	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	10.4	2024-25	ORL	5	10.9	2.8	2.4	0.2	0.2	3.6	7.0	51.4	0.4	1.6	25.0	2.8	3.4	82.4	61.2	1.0	1.8	0.2	55	52	14	12	1	1	1	3	+5
3	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	9.8	2024-25	MIN	8	11.5	1.6	1.1	0.0	0.4	3.4	6.4	52.9	2.5	4.1	60.6	0.5	1.0	50.0	71.5	0.1	1.5	0.8	92	78	13	9	0	3	6	4	+16
4	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	9.4	2024-25	MIL	8	10.1	1.4	2.1	0.3	0.1	2.9	5.8	50.0	1.5	3.0	50.0	2.1	2.5	85.0	68.4	0.1	1.3	0.9	81	75	11	17	2	1	7	6	+3
5	Tyler Herro T. Herro	8.9	2024-25	MIA	7	9.4	1.1	1.0	0.1	0.1	3.3	4.9	67.6	1.7	2.7	63.2	0.6	0.9	66.7	84.6	0.0	1.1	0.7	66	62	8	7	1	1	5	2	+17
6	Anthony Davis A. Davis	8.9	2024-25	LAL	7	10.2	2.9	1.7	0.7	0.4	3.6	5.7	62.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.7	2.3	75.0	65.9	0.7	2.1	1.0	71	62	20	12	5	3	7	0	+14
7	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	8.1	2024-25	DAL	8	9.5	2.5	2.4	0.4	0.1	2.4	6.5	36.5	0.8	2.6	28.6	2.6	3.1	84.0	51.6	0.0	2.5	0.6	76	65	20	19	3	1	5	5	+5
8	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	7.7	2024-25	MIL	7	8.7	3.9	1.9	0.1	0.1	3.0	4.7	63.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.7	2.9	60.0	64.6	0.4	3.4	1.1	61	54	27	13	1	1	8	7	+23
9	Johnny Juzang J. Juzang	7.7	2024-25	UTA	3	6.3	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	2.0	2.7	75.0	1.3	2.0	66.7	2.3	2.3	100.0	103.8	0.0	0.7	0.3	19	23	2	2	1	1	1	2	-1
10	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	7.6	2024-25	CLE	9	8.2	1.1	1.6	0.3	0.0	2.9	5.3	54.2	1.2	2.7	45.8	0.6	0.7	83.3	67.1	0.0	1.1	0.9	74	68	10	14	3	0	8	3	+23
11	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	7.5	2024-25	DEN	8	8.8	3.4	3.5	0.6	0.4	2.8	4.5	61.1	0.6	0.9	71.4	1.4	1.6	84.6	71.9	0.9	2.5	1.0	71	60	27	28	5	3	8	2	-9
12	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	7.4	2024-25	PHI	7	10.4	0.9	1.6	0.3	0.1	2.6	6.4	40.0	1.1	3.4	33.3	1.1	1.1	100.0	53.6	0.0	0.9	0.7	73	52	6	11	2	1	5	5	+8
13	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	7.1	2024-25	NOP	9	8.7	2.0	1.6	0.2	0.1	3.0	6.2	48.2	0.7	2.0	33.3	0.4	0.6	80.0	55.0	0.3	1.7	0.4	79	64	18	14	2	1	4	4	+9
14	Immanuel Quickley I. Quickley	7.0	2024-25	TOR	1	7.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	66.7	1.0	1.0	100.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	90.2	0.0	1.0	1.0	7	7	1	2	1	0	1	1	+3
15	Jordan Poole J. Poole	6.8	2024-25	WAS	6	8.4	0.0	1.2	1.3	0.3	2.7	5.0	53.3	1.5	3.2	47.4	0.0	0.0		68.3	0.0	0.0	1.2	51	41	0	7	8	2	7	5	-15
16	Kevin Durant K. Durant	6.8	2024-25	PHX	8	10.0	1.8	0.8	0.3	0.0	2.8	4.9	56.4	0.6	1.6	38.5	0.6	1.0	62.5	63.5	0.0	1.8	1.5	80	54	14	6	2	0	12	2	-14
17	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	6.7	2024-25	NYK	7	8.7	2.9	0.7	0.0	0.3	2.6	4.7	54.5	0.9	1.3	66.7	0.7	1.0	71.4	65.1	0.3	2.6	0.7	61	47	20	5	0	2	5	4	-3
18	CJ McCollum	6.5	2024-25	NOP	4	9.0	1.3	1.0	1.0	0.3	2.8	5.3	52.4	1.0	2.8	36.4	0.0	0.0		61.9	0.3	1.0	0.8	36	26	5	4	4	1	3	0	-5
19	De'Andre Hunter D. Hunter	6.5	2024-25	ATL	2	7.7	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	4.5	55.6	1.0	1.5	66.7	0.5	0.5	100.0	68.9	0.5	2.5	0.0	15	13	6	0	0	0	0	3	+12
20	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	6.3	2024-25	IND	8	8.2	1.4	1.6	0.1	0.0	2.5	3.8	66.7	0.5	1.0	50.0	0.8	0.9	85.7	75.6	0.5	0.9	0.4	66	50	11	13	1	0	3	6	+22
21	Darius Garland D. Garland	6.2	2024-25	CLE	9	8.8	0.3	2.1	0.1	0.0	2.2	4.7	47.6	1.3	2.7	50.0	0.4	0.4	100.0	64.0	0.2	0.1	0.9	79	56	3	19	1	0	8	8	+10
22	Derrick White D. White	6.2	2024-25	BOS	9	8.1	1.3	1.0	0.2	0.1	2.0	3.8	52.9	1.2	2.4	50.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	73.8	0.2	1.1	0.2	73	56	12	9	2	1	2	3	+55
23	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	6.1	2024-25	NYK	7	10.3	0.9	1.3	0.1	0.0	2.6	5.7	45.0	0.6	1.4	40.0	0.4	0.9	50.0	50.4	0.0	0.9	0.4	72	43	6	9	1	0	3	2	-5
24	Ja Morant J. Morant	6.1	2024-25	MEM	8	7.8	1.9	2.5	0.3	0.0	2.0	4.4	45.7	0.4	1.3	30.0	1.8	1.8	100.0	59.5	0.1	1.8	1.6	62	49	15	20	2	0	13	7	+22
25	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	6.0	2024-25	OKC	8	9.0	1.5	2.3	0.5	0.1	2.0	5.1	39.0	0.4	2.3	16.7	1.6	1.8	92.9	50.9	0.0	1.5	1.1	72	48	12	18	4	1	9	4	+32