By the Numbers: Christmas Day in the NBA

All-Time Team Records

OVERALL HOME ROAD Team Games W L Pct W L W L First Last Atlanta 20 9 11 .450 4 1 5 10 1950 1989 Boston 25 10 15 .400 1 0 9 15 1948 2008 Charlotte 0 - - - - - - - - - Chicago 14 9 5 .643 7 0 2 5 1966 1997 Cleveland 9 5 4 .556 5 0 0 4 1970 2008 Dallas 2 2 0 1.000 - - 2 0 2003 2008 Denver 2 1 1 .500 1 0 0 1 1979 1994 Detroit 32 10 22 .313 6 2 4 20 1948 2005 Golden State 20 8 12 .400 5 3 3 9 1948 1984 Houston 6 2 4 .333 1 0 1 4 1967 2003 Indiana 4 2 2 .500 2 1 0 1 1981 2004 L.A. Clippers 8 2 6 .250 1 2 1 4 1970 1992 L.A. Lakers 35 20 15 .571 12 6 8 9 1949 2008 Memphis 0 - - - - - - - - - Miami 5 3 2 .600 2 0 1 2 1997 2007 Milwaukee 4 2 2 .500 0 1 2 1 1968 1977 Minnesota 0 - - - - - - - - - New Jersey 7 4 3 .571 1 0 3 3 1979 2002 New Orleans 1 0 1 .000 - - 0 1 2008 2008 New York 44 20 24 .455 19 18 1 6 1947 2001 Oklahoma City1 11 0 11 .000 0 2 0 9 1967 1997 Orlando 6 4 2 0.667 4 0 0 2 1993 2008 Philadelphia 29 16 13 .552 9 4 7 9 1949 2001 Phoenix 17 11 6 .647 10 5 1 1 1968 2008 Portland 15 13 2 .867 12 2 1 0 1971 2008 Sacramento 29 18 11 .621 15 9 3 2 1948 2003 San Antonio 7 4 3 .571 - - 4 3 1977 2008 Toronto 1 0 1 .000 - - 0 1 2001 2001 Utah 6 4 2 .667 4 2 - - 1975 1997 Washington 21 14 7 .667 10 5 4 2 1961 2008 Anderson Packers* 1 0 1 .000 - - 0 1 1949 1949 Baltimore Bullets* 6 3 3 .500 1 1 2 2 1947 1953 Chicago Stags* 2 1 1 .500 - - 1 1 1946 1949 Denver Nuggets* 1 0 1 .000 0 1 - - 1949 1949 Indianapolis Olympians* 3 0 3 .000 - - 0 3 1949 1952 Providence Steamrollers* 2 0 2 .000 0 1 0 1 1946 1948 Sheboygan Redskins* 1 1 0 1.000 - - 1 0 1949 1949 St. Louis Bombers* 3 0 3 .000 0 2 0 1 1946 1949 Washington Capitols* 4 3 1 .750 1 0 2 1 1946 1950 Waterloo Hawks* 1 1 0 1.000 1 0 - - 1949 1949 TOTALS - 202 202 .500 134 68 68 134 - -

1Record was compiled as the Seattle SuperSonics *Franchise no longer exists

Christmas Day in the NBA stats, all-time leaders:

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All-Time Leaders

Scorers

Player Points Player PPG Oscar Robertson 377 Tracy McGrady 43.3 Kobe Bryant 269 Jerry West 32.2 Shaquille O'Neal 259 Wilt Chamberlain 31.7 Dolph Schayes 239 George Gervin 31.5 Walt Bellamy 237 Oscar Robertson 31.4 Dick Van Arsdale 232 Rick Barry 31.0 Richie Guerin 232 Dirk Nowitzki 30.5 Bob Cousy 223 Sean Elliott 30.0 Earl Monroe 204 Hakeem Olajuwon 28.5 Walt Frazier 204 Michael Jordan 28.3 Jerry West 193 Bernard King 28.0 Hal Greer 192 Billy Cunningham 28.0 Bill Sharman 190 Dwyane Wade 27.3 Wilt Chamberlain 190 Paul Arizin 27.2 Dick Barnett 187 Sidney Wicks 26.7 Wayne Embry 174 Moses Malone 26.7 Willis Reed 174 Walt Bellamy 26.3 Jack Twyman 171 Bob Pettit 25.8 Michael Jordan 170 Richie Guerin 25.8 Vern Mikkelsen 169 LeBron James 25.7 - - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 25.7

All-Time Leaders

Rebounders

Player Rebounds Player RPG Bill Russell 176 Wilt Chamberlain 25.3 Wes Unseld 163 Bill Russell 22.0 Wilt Chamberlain 152 Maurice Stokes 20.5 Shaquille O'Neal 147 Jerry Lucas 19.1 Dolph Schayes 144 Wes Unseld 18.1 Wayne Embry 136 Nate Thurmond 17.0 Jerry Lucas 134 Greg Smith 16.5 Walt Bellamy 130 Moses Malone 16.3 Willis Reed 126 Willis Reed 15.8 Johnny Green 107 Bob Pettit 15.0 Dave DeBusschere 101 Gus Johnson 14.8 Oscar Robertson 100 Walt Bellamy 14.4 Vern Mikkelsen 98 Arnie Risen 13.7 Willie Naulls 96 David Robinson 13.7 Bailey Howell 96 Neil Johnston 13.6 Arnie Risen 96 Wayne Embry 13.6 Johnny Kerr 94 Joe Strawder 13.5 Elvin Hayes 92 Shaquille O'Neal 13.4 Bob Pettit 90 Dennis Rodman 13.3 Gus Johnson 89 Elvin Hayes 13.1 Larry Foust 89 - -

All-Time Leaders

Assists

Player Assists Player APG Oscar Robertson 145 Oscar Robertson 12.1 Guy Rodgers 71 Nate Archibald 10.8 Walt Frazier 69 Jason Kidd 10.5 Bob Cousy 67 Guy Rodgers 10.1 Dick McGuire 65 Jerry Fleishman 10.0 Kobe Bryant 60 Isiah Thomas 9.7 Dick Van Arsdale 55 Avery Johnson 9.7 Nate Archibald 54 Magic Johnson 9.0 Slater Martin 53 Norm Van Lier 9.0 John Havlicek 50 Mark Jackson 8.5 Richie Guerin 49 Dwyane Wade 8.5 Earl Monroe 47 Steve Nash 8.5 Carl Braun 47 Andrew Toney 8.5 Bill Bradley 46 LeBron James 8.0 Lenny Wilkens 45 Maurice Cheeks 7.8 Norm Van Lier 45 Spud Webb 7.5 Bill Sharman 43 Lenny Wilkens 7.5 Dolph Schayes 43 Penny Hardaway 7.5 Jerry West 42 Nick Van Exel 7.5 Rory Sparrow 42 Darnell Valentine 7.3

All-Time Leaders

Blocks

Player Blocks Player BPG Shaquille O'Neal 24 Jermaine O'Neal 4.50 Elvin Hayes 22 Mark Eaton 4.00 Spencer Haywood 13 Elvin Hayes 3.14 Tree Rollins 13 Otto Moore 3.00 Patrick Ewing 11 Terry Tyler 3.00 Scottie Pippen 11 Moses Malone 2.67 Marvin Webster 11 Rick Mahorn 2.67 George T. Johnson 10 Alonzo Mourning 2.67 Bob McAdoo 9 Tree Rollins 2.60 Darryl Dawkins 9 George T. Johnson 2.50 Jermaine O'Neal 9 Elmore Smith 2.50 Julius Erving 8 Amar'e Stoudemire 2.50 Mark Eaton 8 Hakeem Olajuwon 2.50 Alonzo Mourning 8 Larry Smith 2.33 Moses Malone 8 Darryl Dawkins 2.25 Rick Mahorn 8 Shaquille O'Neal 2.18 Michael Jordan 8 Spencer Haywood 2.17 Mike Gminski 8 Bob Lanier 2.00 Wes Unseld 8 Marques Johnson 2.00 Robert Parish 7 Zydrunas Ilgauskas 2.00 Horace Grant 7 Mike Green 2.00 Larry Smith 7 Bill Bridges 2.00 Lamar Odom 7 James Donaldson 2.00 Lonnie Shelton 7 Howard Porter 2.00 - - Bill Walton 2.00 - - Joe Meriweather 2.00 - - Dave Cowens 2.00 - - Richard Washington 2.00 - - Harvey Catchings 2.00

All-Time Leaders

Steals

Player Steals Player SPG Scottie Pippen 24 Doug Christie 4.00 Michael Jordan 17 John Shumate 3.50 Micheal Ray Richardson 17 Tony Parker 3.50 Dennis Johnson 14 Eddie Jones 3.50 Randy Smith 13 Scottie Pippen 3.43 Bob McAdoo 12 Micheal Ray Richardson 3.40 Robert Horry 11 Magic Johnson 3.00 Elvin Hayes 11 Pete Maravich 3.00 Walt Frazier 11 Michael Jordan 2.83 Kobe Bryant 11 Gary Payton 2.75 George McGinnis 11 Isiah Thomas 2.67 Ray Williams 11 Charlie Scott 2.67 Maurice Cheeks 11 Randy Smith 2.60 Gary Payton 11 Dirk Nowitzki 2.50 Paul Westphal 10 Fat Lever 2.50 Derek Fisher 10 Jason Kidd 2.50 Greg Ballard 10 Nate Archibald 2.50 Kevin Porter 10 Paul Westphal 2.50 Julius Erving 9 Jo Jo White 2.50 Patrick Ewing 9 Darrell Armstrong 2.50 Clyde Drexler 9 Neal Walk 2.50

All-Time Leaders

3-Pointers and Games Played

Player 3PM Player G Steve Nash 10 Dolph Schayes 13 Scottie Pippen 10 Earl Monroe 13 Kobe Bryant 9 Dick Van Arsdale 12 Lamar Odom 7 Oscar Robertson 12 Derek Fisher 7 Johnny Green 12 Robert Horry 7 Walt Frazier 11 Eddie Jones 7 Dick Barnett 11 Tracy McGrady 7 Bill Cartwright 11 Antoine Walker 7 Bob Cousy 11 Chucky Atkins 7 Carl Braun 11 Chauncey Billups 6 Kobe Bryant 11 Reggie Miller 6 Shaquille O'Neal 11 Charles Barkley 6 Bill Bradley 10 Daniel Gibson 6 Vern Mikkelsen 10 Michael Finley 6 Bill Sharman 10 Delonte West 5 Phil Jackson 10 Mike James 5 Dick McGuire 10 Lindsey Hunter 5 Slater Martin 10 Rick Fox 5 Wayne Embry 10 Nick Anderson 5 Dave DeBusschere 10 Toni Kukoc 5 - - Paul Pierce 5 - -

Active Leaders

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Active Leaders

Scoring

Player Points Player PPG Kobe Bryant 269 Tracy McGrady 43.3 Shaquille O'Neal 259 Dirk Nowitzki 30.5 Tracy McGrady 130 Dwyane Wade 27.3 Dwyane Wade 109 LeBron James 25.7 LeBron James 77 Antawn Jamison 25.0 Tim Duncan 71 Kobe Bryant 24.5 Grant Hill 67 Tim Duncan 23.7 Rasheed Wallace 63 Shaquille O'Neal 23.5 Lamar Odom 63 Paul Pierce 23.5 Dirk Nowitzki 61 Tony Parker 23.0 Richard Hamilton 58 Amar'e Stoudemire 22.0 Derek Fisher 57 Rasheed Wallace 21.0 Steve Nash 56 Brandon Roy 19.5 Michael Finley 52 Richard Hamilton 19.3 Antawn Jamison 50 Mike Bibby 18.5 Chauncey Billups 50 Grant Hill 16.8 Paul Pierce 47 Chauncey Billups 16.7 Tony Parker 46 Lamar Odom 15.8 Amar'e Stoudemire 44 Drew Gooden 15.0 Andrew Bynum 39 Steve Nash 14.0 Brandon Roy 39 Jermaine O'Neal 14.0 - - Anderson Varejao 14.0

Active Leaders

Rebounding

Player Rebounds Player RPG Shaquille O'Neal 147 Shaquille O'Neal 13.4 Kobe Bryant 69 Jeff Foster 12.5 Ben Wallace 48 Tim Duncan 12.3 Lamar Odom 48 Ben Wallace 12.0 Udonis Haslem 40 Lamar Odom 12.0 Tim Duncan 37 Antonio McDyess 10.5 Grant Hill 29 Joel Przybilla 10.5 Jeff Foster 25 Udonis Haslem 10.0 Kurt Thomas 25 Anderson Varejao 10.0 Tracy McGrady 23 Amar'e Stoudemire 9.5 Andrew Bynum 22 Dirk Nowitzki 9.5 Joel Przybilla 21 Drew Gooden 9.5 Antonio McDyess 21 Paul Pierce 8.0 Anderson Varejao 20 Tracy McGrady 7.7 Rasheed Wallace 20 Jermaine O'Neal 7.5 Amar'e Stoudemire 19 Jason Kidd 7.5 Drew Gooden 19 Antawn Jamison 7.5 Dirk Nowitzki 19 Andrew Bynum 7.3 Zydrunas Ilgauskas 19 Grant Hill 7.3 Carlos Boozer 19 Rasheed Wallace 6.7

Active Leaders

Assists

Player Assists Player APG Kobe Bryant 60 Jason Kidd 10.5 Steve Nash 34 Steve Nash 8.5 Dwyane Wade 34 Dwyane Wade 8.5 Shaquille O'Neal 32 LeBron James 8.0 LeBron James 24 Chauncey Billups 7.0 Derek Fisher 24 Tony Parker 6.0 Jason Kidd 21 Chucky Atkins 5.5 Chauncey Billups 21 Kobe Bryant 5.5 Lamar Odom 14 Steve Blake 5.0 Tracy McGrady 13 Brandon Roy 5.0 Jamaal Tinsley 13 Tracy McGrady 4.3 Tony Parker 12 Jason Williams 3.7 Rajon Rondo 12 Lamar Odom 3.5 Jason Williams 11 Delonte West 3.5 Earl Watson 11 Mike Bibby 3.5 Michael Finley 11 Dirk Nowitzki 3.5 Chucky Atkins 11 Derek Fisher 3.4 Caron Butler 10 Anthony Johnson 3.0 Steve Blake 10 Richard Hamilton 3.0 Brandon Roy 10 Jordan Farmar 3.0 - - Trevor Ariza 3.0 - - Leandro Barbosa 3.0 - - Hedo Turkoglu 3.0

Active Leaders

Blocks

Player Blocks Player BPG Shaquille O'Neal 24 Jermaine O'Neal 4.50 Jermaine O'Neal 9 Amar'e Stoudemire 2.50 Lamar Odom 7 Shaquille O'Neal 2.18 Zydrunas Ilgauskas 6 Zydrunas Ilgauskas 2.00 Tony Battie 5 Lamar Odom 1.75 Dwyane Wade 5 Tony Battie 1.67 Amar'e Stoudemire 5 Dirk Nowitzki 1.50 Andrew Bynum 4 Drew Gooden 1.50 Ben Wallace 4 Andrew Bynum 1.33 Devean George 4 Rasheed Wallace 1.33 Rasheed Wallace 4 Dwyane Wade 1.25 Brian Skinner 3 Ben Wallace 1.00 Michael Finley 3 Josh Howard 1.00 Brian Cook 3 Tracy McGrady 1.00 Gerald Wallace 3 Antawn Jamison 1.00 Tracy McGrady 3 LeBron James 1.00 LeBron James 3 Dorell Wright 1.00 Dwight Howard 3 Ronny Turiaf 1.00 Drew Gooden 3 Devean George 0.80 Pau Gasol 3 Brian Cook 0.75 Tyson Chandler 3 - - Kobe Bryant 3 - - Dirk Nowitzki 3 - -

Active Leaders

Steals

Player Steals Player SPG Kobe Bryant 11 Tony Parker 3.50 Derek Fisher 10 Jason Kidd 2.50 Dwyane Wade 7 Dirk Nowitzki 2.50 Tony Parker 7 Travis Outlaw 2.00 Tracy McGrady 6 LeBron James 2.00 LeBron James 6 Tracy McGrady 2.00 Lamar Odom 6 Dwyane Wade 1.75 Dirk Nowitzki 5 Mike Bibby 1.50 Steve Nash 5 Raja Bell 1.50 Jason Kidd 5 Lamar Odom 1.50 Shaquille O'Neal 4 Trevor Ariza 1.50 Travis Outlaw 4 Delonte West 1.50 Tim Duncan 4 Steve Blake 1.50 Devean George 4 Derek Fisher 1.43 Larry Hughes 4 Tim Duncan 1.33 Grant Hill 4 Jason Williams 1.33 Michael Finley 4 Steve Nash 1.25 Jason Williams 4 Ben Wallace 1.00 Ben Wallace 4 Antawn Jamison 1.00 Lindsey Hunter 3 Anthony Johnson 1.00 Raja Bell 3 Keith Bogans 1.00 Delonte West 3 Kwame Brown 1.00 Mike Bibby 3 Daniel Gibson 1.00 Chauncey Billups 3 Al Harrington 1.00 Chris Wilcox 3 Drew Gooden 1.00 Anthony Johnson 3 Kobe Bryant 1.00 Vince Carter 3 Grant Hill 1.00 Trevor Ariza 3 Darius Songaila 1.00 Steve Blake 3 James Jones 1.00 - - Paul Pierce 1.00 - - Lindsey Hunter 1.00 - - Amar'e Stoudemire 1.00 - - Brian Scalabrine 1.00 - - Chauncey Billups 1.00

Individual Performances

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Performances

Points

Year Player Team Opponent Points 1984 Bernard King New York vs. New Jersey 60 1961 Wilt Chamberlain Philadelphia at New York 59 1966 Rick Barry San Francisco at Cincinnati 50 1963 Jerry West Los Angeles at New York 47 2002 Tracy McGrady Orlando vs. Detroit 46

Performances

Rebounds

Year Player Team Opponent Rebounds 1961 Wilt Chamberlain Philadelphia at New York 36 1965 Bill Russell Boston at Baltimore 34 1959 Wilt Chamberlain Philadelphia vs. Syracuse 34 1958 Bill Russell Boston at New York 33 1964 Bill Russell Boston vs. Detroit 31

Performances

Assists

Year Player Team Opponent Assists 1972 Nate Archibald Kansas City-Omaha vs. Milwaukee 18 1966 Guy Rodgers Chicago at New York 18 1961 Oscar Robertson Cincinnati vs. Los Angeles 17 1975 Nate Archibald Kansas City at Phoenix 16 1965 Oscar Robertson Cincinnati vs. San Francisco 16 1963 Oscar Robertson Cincinnati vs. St. Louis 16 1960 Oscar Robertson Cincinnati vs. Detroit 16

Performances

Blocks

Year Player Team Opponent Blocks 1980 Elvin Hayes Washington vs. New Jersey 7 1980 Larry Smith Golden State at Portland 6 1979 Terry Tyler Detroit at Cleveland 6 2004 Jermaine O'Neal Indiana vs. Detroit 5 1999 Shaquille O'Neal L.A. Lakers vs. San Antonio 5 1986 Moses Malone Washington at Philadelphia 5 1982 Mark Eaton Utah vs. Phoenix 5 1982 Tree Rollins Atlanta at Washington 5 1977 Tree Rollins Atlanta at Washington 5 1976 Elvin Hayes Washington vs. Cleveland 5 1973 Elmore Smith Los Angeles at Phoenix 5

Performances

3-Pointers and Games Played

Player 3PM Player G Steve Nash 10 Kobe Bryant 11 Kobe Bryant 9 Shaquille O'Neal 11 Chucky Atkins 7 Derek Fisher 7 Tracy McGrady 7 Devean George 5 Lamar Odom 7 Michael Finley 5 Derek Fisher 7 Luke Walton 5 Michael Finley 6 Steve Nash 4 Daniel Gibson 6 Dwyane Wade 4 Chauncey Billups 6 Ben Wallace 4 Delonte West 5 Lamar Odom 4 Paul Pierce 5 Kurt Thomas 4 Mike James 5 Udonis Haslem 4 Lindsey Hunter 5 Grant Hill 4 Mike Miller 4 Sasha Vujacic 4 LeBron James 4 Brian Cook 4 Devean George 4 Jason Kapono 3 Mo Williams 4 James Posey 3 Morris Peterson 4 Vladimir Radmanovic 3 Raja Bell 4 Tracy McGrady 3 Dirk Nowitzki 4 Tim Duncan 3 Jameer Nelson 4 Lindsey Hunter 3 Hedo Turkoglu 4 Richard Hamilton 3 - - Tony Battie 3 - - Jason Williams 3 - - LeBron James 3 - - Andrew Bynum 3 - - Rasheed Wallace 3 - - Anthony Johnson 3 - - Zydrunas Ilgauskas 3 - - Chauncey Billups 3