Larry Nance

forward · 1981-82 – 1993-94 · PHX, CLE · 988 games

Every comparison Larry Nance leads among players since 1946-47: 59 claims in 4 families, the best first. A row leads its field now, or set a record that was later broken. Each links to its board.

steals + blocks · a season

set it16 games with 5+ steals + blocks in PHX's first 50 games of 1983-84a record when he got there, 1st of 92 player-seasons, past 11 · held from game 48 to 62 (1 gap) · broken by Mark Eaton 1983-84, 22, Feb 12, 198416games

blocks · a season

set it30 games with 3+ blocks in PHX's first 80 games of 1983-84a record when he got there, 1st of 41 player-seasons, past 21 · held from game 80 to 81 · broken by Mark Eaton 1983-84, 61, Apr 10, 198430games

minutes · a season

set it4 straight games with 40+ minutes in PHX's first 5 games of 1984-85a record when he got there, 1st of 259 player-seasons, past 3 · held from game 4 to 7 · broken by Latrell Sprewell 1993-94, 5, Nov 13, 1993 · said 2 other ways4games

offensive rebounds · a season

set it15 games with 5+ offensive rebounds in PHX's first 77 games of 1983-84a record when he got there, 1st of 21 player-seasons, past 14 · held from game 73 to 77 (1 gap) · broken by Jeff Ruland 1983-84, 21, Apr 3, 198415games

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.