Caleb Martin vs. Norm Nixon Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Norm Nixon and Caleb Martin, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Caleb Martin played 5 years in the NBA, 5 less than Norm Nixon, who played 10. Caleb Martin had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Norm Nixon had his rookie season in 1977-78. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Caleb Martin	Norm Nixon
Season	2019-20	1977-78
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caleb Martin	18	17.6	6.2	0.6	1.6	2.1	1.3	0.7	0.4	0.8	1.8	2.1	4.7	.440	1.1	2.1	.541	0.9	1.2	.810
Norm Nixon	81	34.3	13.7	0.5	2.4	3.0	6.8	1.7	0.1	3.1	3.2	6.1	12.3	.497	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	.714
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caleb Martin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norm Nixon	3	30.7	8.0	1.3	1.7	3.0	5.3	1.3	0.3	1.7	4.3	3.7	8.0	.458	-	-	-	0.7	1.0	.667

Season 3
	Caleb Martin	Norm Nixon
Season	2021-22	1979-80
Team	Miami Heat	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caleb Martin	60	22.9	9.2	1.2	2.7	3.8	1.1	1.0	0.5	0.9	1.7	3.5	6.8	.507	1.1	2.6	.413	1.2	1.6	.763
Norm Nixon	82	39.3	17.6	0.6	2.2	2.8	7.8	1.8	0.2	3.5	2.9	7.6	14.7	.516	0.0	0.1	.125	2.4	3.1	.779
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caleb Martin	17	12.3	4.5	0.7	1.5	2.2	0.3	0.6	0.1	0.6	1.0	1.9	4.7	.400	0.6	1.9	.303	0.1	0.4	.333
Norm Nixon	16	40.5	16.9	0.8	2.7	3.5	7.8	2.0	0.2	3.1	3.7	7.1	14.9	.477	0.1	0.3	.200	2.6	3.2	.804

Season 5
	Caleb Martin	Norm Nixon
Season	2023-24	1981-82
Team	Miami Heat	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caleb Martin	64	27.4	10.0	1.2	3.2	4.4	2.2	0.7	0.5	1.2	2.0	3.8	8.7	.431	1.3	3.6	.349	1.2	1.5	.778
Norm Nixon	82	36.9	17.6	0.5	1.7	2.1	8.0	1.6	0.1	2.9	3.2	7.7	15.5	.493	0.0	0.1	.250	2.2	2.7	.808
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caleb Martin	5	35.2	11.6	1.0	2.6	3.6	1.4	0.6	0.0	0.6	2.8	4.2	9.0	.467	2.2	5.0	.440	1.0	1.0	1.000
Norm Nixon	14	39.2	20.4	0.9	2.1	3.1	8.1	1.6	0.1	2.4	3.1	8.6	18.1	.478	0.1	0.2	.333	3.1	4.1	.754

Season 8
	Caleb Martin	Norm Nixon
Season	-	1984-85
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caleb Martin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norm Nixon	81	35.7	17.2	0.7	2.0	2.7	8.8	1.2	0.0	3.4	2.2	7.4	15.8	.465	0.4	1.2	.333	2.1	2.7	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caleb Martin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norm Nixon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Norm Nixon didn't play in 1986-87 and 1987-88.