Norm Nixon

guard · 1977-78 – 1988-89 · LAL, SDC, LAC · 826 games

Every comparison Norm Nixon leads among players since 1946-47: 60 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.

assists

set it13 games with 15+ assists in his first 350 gamesa record when he got there, 1st of 16 careers, past 2 · held from game 130 to 570 · broken by Magic Johnson, 41, Nov 18, 1984 · said 1 other way13games

assists · a season

set it65 straight games with 5+ assists in SDC's first 82 games of 1983-84a record when he got there, 1st of 884 player-seasons, past 46 · held from game 63 to 82 · broken by Isiah Thomas 1983-84, 82, Apr 14, 198465games

3-pointers made · a season

set it2 straight games with 5+ 3-pointers made in LAC's first 82 games of 1985-86a record when he got there, 1st of 1,108 player-seasons, past 1 · held from game 64 to 82 · broken by Larry Bird 1990-91, 3, Apr 21, 19912games

minutes · a season

set it79 games with 30+ minutes in SDC's first 82 games of 1983-84a record when he got there, 1st of 24 player-seasons, past 72 · held from game 71 to 82 · broken by Maurice Cheeks 1985-86, 81, Apr 13, 1986 · said 1 other way79games

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.