Moses Malone

center · 1976-77 – 1994-95 · BUF, HOU, PHI, WSB, ATL, MIL, SAS · 1,423 games

Every comparison Moses Malone leads among players since 1946-47: 96 claims in 13 families, the best first. A row leads its field now, or set a record that was later broken. Each links to its board.

points

set it526 straight games with 10+ points in his first 700 gamesa record when he got there, 1st of 139 careers, past 508 · held from game 660 to 1070 · broken by Michael Jordan, 610, Dec 6, 1995526games

free throws made

set it7 games with 20+ free throws made in his first 900 gamesa record when he got there, 1st of 44 careers, past 4 · held from game 800 to 1070 · broken by James Harden, 9, Dec 4, 2021 · said 1 other way7games

double-doubles · a season

leads58 games with a double-double in PHI's first 60 games of 1982-831st of 9,963 player-seasons, next 56 · leads from game 35 to 68 · said 1 other way58games

free throws made · a season

leads8 straight games with 10+ free throws made in PHI's first 30 games of 1984-85one of 2, of 11,559 player-seasons · leads from game 22 to 378games

free throw attempts

leads33 games with 20+ free throw attempts in his first 1,250 games1st of 38 careers, next 21 · leads from game 1210 to 132033games

rebounds · a season

leads2 straight games with 25+ rebounds in HOU's first 20 games of 1980-81one of 3, of 10,992 player-seasons · leads from game 7 to 242games

offensive rebounds · a season

leads16 games with 5+ offensive rebounds in PHI's first 20 games of 1983-84one of 2, of 9,383 player-seasons · leads from game 6 to 20 (1 gap)16games

points + rebounds + assists · a season

set it11 games with 60+ points + rebounds + assists in HOU's first 75 games of 1981-82a record when he got there, 1st of 624 player-seasons, past 10 · held from game 71 to 76 · broken by Russell Westbrook 2016-17, 19, Mar 31, 201711games

minutes · a season

set it40 straight games with 30+ minutes in PHI's first 40 games of 1984-85a record when he got there, 1st of 315 player-seasons, past 38 · held from game 34 to 48 · said 1 other way40games

wins · a season

set it56 wins through PHI's first 65 games of 1982-83a record when he got there, 1st of 2,134 player-seasons, past 55 wins · held from game 64 to 66 · broken by Michael Jordan 1995-96, 58 wins, Mar 18, 199656wins

free throw attempts · a season

leads2 games with 20+ free throw attempts in WSB's first 10 games of 1987-88one of 4, of 11,844 player-seasons · leads from game 4 to 102games

defensive rebounds · a season

set it7 games with 10+ defensive rebounds in PHI's first 10 games of 1983-84a record when he got there, 1st of 101 player-seasons, past 2 · held from the start to 20 · broken by Shaquille O'Neal 1992-93, 8, Nov 27, 1992 · said 1 other way7games

steals + blocks · a season

set it5 games with 5+ steals + blocks in PHI's first 8 games of 1983-84a record when he got there, 1st of 128 player-seasons, past 3 · held from game 7 to 14 · broken by Hakeem Olajuwon 1986-87, 7, Nov 18, 1986 · said 1 other way5games

A lead is an interval: the stretch of N where he is first, worded at one N inside it. "One of 4" is a tie for first. A record "when he got there" was first among the careers that had reached that point by then. Fields are careers that began in 1946-47 or later, or player-seasons where he played the window (started half the team’s games or averaged 15 minutes). The method is in the board's notes.