The Basketball Almanac · No. 24 · 2023-24

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Moses Malone

Houston Rockets · 1976-77–1994-95

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8 All-NBA12 All-Star2 All-Def

Scoring

88th

Efficiency

84th

Playmaking

38th

Rebounding

96th

Defense

81st

53

Career-high PTS

26

40-pt games

0

Triple-Dbls

1329

Games

Per Game

	Games		Field Goals			3-Pointers			Shooting	Free Throws			Rebounds			Playmaking					Scoring	Awards
Season	GP	MIN	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
2TM1976-77	82	28.8	4.7	8.7	.476	—	—	—	—	3.7	5.4	.693	1.6	1.6	12.9	1.1	0.7	1.8	—	2.9	13.2
HOU1977-78	59	35.0	7.0	13.1	.499	—	—	—	—	5.4	7.5	.718	2.6	3.0	15.0	0.5	0.7	1.0	1.0	2.9	19.4	AS
HOU1978-79	82	38.0	8.7	14.8	.531	—	—	—	—	7.3	9.9	.740	3.2	4.8	17.6	1.8	0.8	1.1	2.1	2.5	24.7	MVP NBA1 AS DEF2
HOU1979-80	82	37.3	9.5	17.0	.504	0.0	0.0	.000	.504	6.9	9.5	.719	2.9	2.8	14.5	1.8	0.8	1.2	1.6	2.3	25.8	NBA2 AS
HOU1980-81	80	38.9	10.1	18.3	.520	0.0	0.0	.500	.521	7.6	10.1	.757	3.1	4.2	14.7	1.8	1.0	1.9	2.3	2.7	27.8	NBA2 AS
HOU1981-82	81	39.4	11.7	21.8	.520	0.0	0.1	.000	.520	7.8	10.2	.762	3.9	4.0	14.7	1.8	0.9	1.5	1.6	2.5	31.1	MVP NBA1 AS
PHL1982-83	78	37.5	8.4	16.7	.501	0.0	0.0	—	.501	7.7	10.1	.761	4.4	7.2	15.3	1.3	0.8	2.0	2.3	2.6	24.5	MVP FMVP NBA1 AS DEF1
PHL1983-84	71	36.8	7.5	15.5	.483	0.0	0.1	.000	.483	7.7	10.2	.750	5.0	8.4	13.4	1.4	1.0	1.5	3.5	2.6	22.7	NBA2 AS
PHL1984-85	79	37.4	7.6	16.3	.469	0.0	0.0	.000	.469	9.3	11.5	.814	4.9	8.2	13.1	1.6	0.8	1.6	3.6	2.7	24.6	NBA1 AS
PHL1985-86	74	36.6	7.7	16.8	.458	0.0	0.0	.000	.458	8.3	10.6	.787	4.6	7.2	11.8	1.2	0.9	1.0	3.5	2.6	23.8	AS
WAS1986-87	73	33.9	8.2	18.0	.454	0.0	0.2	.000	.454	7.8	9.5	.823	4.7	6.6	11.3	1.7	0.8	1.3	2.8	1.9	24.1	NBA2 AS
WAS1987-88	79	34.1	6.7	13.8	.487	0.0	0.1	.286	.488	6.9	8.7	.788	4.7	6.5	11.2	1.4	0.7	0.9	3.2	2.0	20.3	AS
ATL1988-89	81	35.5	6.6	13.5	.491	0.0	0.1	.000	.491	6.9	8.8	.789	4.8	7.0	11.8	1.4	1.0	1.2	3.0	1.9	20.2	AS
ATL1989-90	81	33.8	6.4	13.3	.480	0.0	0.1	.111	.481	6.1	7.8	.781	4.5	5.5	10.0	1.6	0.6	1.0	2.9	2.0	18.9
ATL1990-91	82	23.3	3.4	7.3	.468	0.0	0.1	.000	.468	3.8	4.5	.831	3.3	4.8	8.1	0.8	0.4	0.9	1.7	1.6	10.6
MIL1991-92	82	30.6	5.4	11.3	.474	0.0	0.1	.375	.475	4.8	6.1	.786	3.9	5.2	9.1	1.1	0.9	0.8	1.8	1.7	15.6
MIL1992-93	11	9.5	1.2	3.8	.310	0.0	0.0	—	.310	2.2	2.8	.774	2.0	2.2	4.2	0.6	0.1	0.7	0.9	0.5	4.5
PHL1993-94	55	11.2	1.9	4.2	.440	0.0	0.0	.000	.440	1.6	2.1	.769	1.9	2.2	4.1	0.6	0.2	0.3	1.1	0.9	5.3
SAN1994-95	17	8.8	0.8	2.1	.371	0.1	0.1	.500	.386	1.3	1.9	.688	1.2	1.5	2.7	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.6	0.9	2.9
Career	1329	33.2	7.1	14.0	.490	0.0	0.1	.108	.487	6.4	8.3	.769	3.7	5.2	12.2	1.3	0.8	1.2	2.2	2.2	20.6
HOU6 yrs	464	36.4	8.7	15.8	.512	0.0	0.0	.100	.515	6.5	8.9	.736	2.9	3.4	15.0	1.5	0.8	1.4	1.5	2.6	24.0
BUF1 yrs	2	3.0	0.0	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	0.5	0.0
PHL5 yrs	357	33.1	6.9	14.5	.476	0.0	0.0	.000	.476	7.3	9.3	.780	4.3	6.9	12.0	1.3	0.8	1.3	2.9	2.4	21.0
WAS2 yrs	152	34.0	7.4	15.8	.469	0.0	0.1	.111	.469	7.3	9.1	.806	4.7	6.6	11.2	1.5	0.8	1.1	3.0	2.0	22.1
ATL3 yrs	244	30.8	5.5	11.4	.482	0.0	0.1	.036	.482	5.6	7.0	.795	4.2	5.8	10.0	1.3	0.6	1.1	2.5	1.8	16.5
MIL2 yrs	93	28.1	4.9	10.4	.467	0.0	0.1	.375	.468	4.5	5.8	.785	3.7	4.8	8.5	1.1	0.8	0.8	1.7	1.5	14.3
SAN1 yrs	17	8.8	0.8	2.1	.371	0.1	0.1	.500	.386	1.3	1.9	.688	1.2	1.5	2.7	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.6	0.9	2.9

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	Shooting				Usage			Rebound %			Value						Impact		Clutch
Season	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	USG%	AST%	TOV%	OREB%	DREB%	TRB%	PER	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP	PIE	On/Off	+/-	Clutch PTS	Clutch TS%
2TM1976-77	.537	—	—	.550	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
HOU1977-78	.559	—	—	.523	—	2.0	18.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
HOU1978-79	.597	—	—	.609	—	—	17.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
HOU1979-80	.561	.504	.002	.498	—	—	14.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
HOU1980-81	.584	.521	.002	.523	—	—	14.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
HOU1981-82	.577	.520	.003	.446	29.3	—	9.9	19.0	7.1	13.0	39.1	—	—	—	—	621.4	—	—	—	—
PHL1982-83	.578	.501	.000	.604	26.0	5.1	13.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
PHL1983-84	.566	.483	.004	.660	26.4	5.7	15.0	21.8	28.9	25.5	3.3	—	—	—	—	243.1	—	—	—	—
PHL1984-85	.577	.469	.002	.705	26.7	6.6	14.5	12.0	30.8	21.7	—	—	—	—	—	719.0	—	—	—	—
PHL1985-86	.553	.458	.001	.629	27.6	5.1	13.9	14.1	22.2	18.2	20.6	8.8	.156	-0.3	1.2	10.3	—	—	—	—
WAS1986-87	.544	.454	.008	.526	29.5	7.9	11.1	14.4	21.3	17.8	24.2	9.3	.181	2.8	3.0	11.6	—	—	—	—
WAS1987-88	.577	.488	.006	.632	25.3	6.5	15.2	15.4	21.4	18.4	21.0	9.0	.160	1.2	2.2	10.5	—	—	—	—
ATL1988-89	.581	.491	.011	.649	23.5	5.8	14.8	14.4	22.1	18.2	21.2	10.6	.176	1.2	2.4	10.8	—	—	—	—
ATL1989-90	.564	.481	.008	.586	24.5	7.1	14.6	15.0	19.5	17.2	20.3	7.5	.131	0.1	1.5	9.0	—	—	—	—
ATL1990-91	.570	.468	.012	.622	19.4	5.1	15.2	15.0	23.3	19.0	18.2	5.5	.139	-0.3	0.8	5.8	—	—	—	—
MIL1991-92	.556	.475	.009	.543	21.9	5.6	11.5	14.0	20.1	16.9	19.2	7.6	.145	0.0	1.3	8.2	—	—	—	—
MIL1992-93	.449	.310	.000	.738	26.3	9.2	15.2	21.5	28.1	24.5	18.8	0.1	.066	-0.6	0.0	2.2	—	—	—	—
PHL1993-94	.519	.440	.004	.504	23.8	9.2	17.2	18.4	21.2	19.8	17.6	1.0	.075	-1.6	0.1	2.6	—	—	—	—
SAN1994-95	.499	.386	.057	.914	18.0	5.8	18.3	16.7	19.8	18.3	12.0	0.3	.086	-2.8	-0.0	1.3	—	—	—	—
Career	.568	.487	.005	.577	25.2	—	13.9	14.8	21.4	18.1	21.1	59.6	.152	0.6	12.4	14.9	—	—	—	—

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