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	47.6%	—	—	—	—	3.7	5.4	69.3%	1.6	1.6	12.9	1.1	0.7	1.8	—	2.9	13.2
1977-78	59	35.0	7	13.1	49.9%	—	—	—	—	5.4	7.5	71.8%	2.6	3.0	15.0	0.5	0.7	1	1	2.9	19.4	AS
1978-79	82	38.0	8.7	14.8	53.1%	—	—	—	—	7.3	9.9	74.0%	3.2	4.8	17.6	1.8	0.8	1.1	2.1	2.5	24.7	MVP NBA1 AS DEF2
1979-80	82	37.3	9.5	17.0	50.4%	0	0.0	0.0%	50.4%	6.9	9.5	71.9%	2.9	2.8	14.5	1.8	0.8	1.2	1.6	2.3	25.8	NBA2 AS
1980-81	80	38.9	10.1	18.3	52.0%	0.0	0.0	50.0%	52.1%	7.6	10.1	75.7%	3.1	4.2	14.7	1.8	1.0	1.9	2.3	2.7	27.8	NBA2 AS
1981-82	81	39.4	11.7	21.8	52.0%	0	0.1	0.0%	52.0%	7.8	10.2	76.2%	3.9	4.0	14.7	1.8	0.9	1.5	1.6	2.5	31.1	MVP NBA1 AS
1982-83	78	37.5	8.4	16.7	50.1%	0	0	—	50.1%	7.7	10.1	76.1%	4.4	7.2	15.3	1.3	0.8	2.0	2.3	2.6	24.5	MVP FMVP NBA1 AS DEF1
1983-84	71	36.8	7.5	15.5	48.3%	0	0.1	0.0%	48.3%	7.7	10.2	75.0%	5.0	8.4	13.4	1.4	1	1.5	3.5	2.6	22.7	NBA2 AS
1984-85	79	37.4	7.6	16.3	46.9%	0	0.0	0.0%	46.9%	9.3	11.5	81.4%	4.9	8.2	13.1	1.6	0.8	1.6	3.6	2.7	24.6	NBA1 AS
1985-86	74	36.6	7.7	16.8	45.8%	0	0.0	0.0%	45.8%	8.3	10.6	78.7%	4.6	7.2	11.8	1.2	0.9	1.0	3.5	2.6	23.8	AS
1986-87	73	33.9	8.2	18.0	45.4%	0	0.2	0.0%	45.4%	7.8	9.5	82.3%	4.7	6.6	11.3	1.7	0.8	1.3	2.8	1.9	24.1	NBA2 AS
1987-88	79	34.1	6.7	13.8	48.7%	0.0	0.1	28.6%	48.8%	6.9	8.7	78.8%	4.7	6.5	11.2	1.4	0.7	0.9	3.2	2.0	20.3	AS
1988-89	81	35.5	6.6	13.5	49.1%	0	0.1	0.0%	49.1%	6.9	8.8	78.9%	4.8	7.0	11.8	1.4	1.0	1.2	3.0	1.9	20.2	AS
1989-90	81	33.8	6.4	13.3	48.0%	0.0	0.1	11.1%	48.1%	6.1	7.8	78.1%	4.5	5.5	10.0	1.6	0.6	1.0	2.9	2.0	18.9
1990-91	82	23.3	3.4	7.3	46.8%	0	0.1	0.0%	46.8%	3.8	4.5	83.1%	3.3	4.8	8.1	0.8	0.4	0.9	1.7	1.6	10.6
1991-92	82	30.6	5.4	11.3	47.4%	0.0	0.1	37.5%	47.5%	4.8	6.1	78.6%	3.9	5.2	9.1	1.1	0.9	0.8	1.8	1.7	15.6
1992-93	11	9.5	1.2	3.8	31.0%	0	0	—	31.0%	2.2	2.8	77.4%	2	2.2	4.2	0.6	0.1	0.7	0.9	0.5	4.5
1993-94	55	11.2	1.9	4.2	44.0%	0	0.0	0.0%	44.0%	1.6	2.1	76.9%	1.9	2.2	4.1	0.6	0.2	0.3	1.1	0.9	5.3
1994-95	17	8.8	0.8	2.1	37.1%	0.1	0.1	50.0%	38.6%	1.3	1.9	68.8%	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	49.0%	0.0	0.1	10.8%	48.7%	6.4	8.3	76.9%	3.7	5.2	12.2	1.3	0.8	1.2	2.2	2.2	20.6
1 yrs	2	3	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	0	0.5	0.5	0	0	0	—	0.5	0
6 yrs	464	36.4	8.7	15.8	51.2%	0.0	0.0	10.0%	51.5%	6.5	8.9	73.6%	2.9	3.4	15.0	1.5	0.8	1.4	1.5	2.6	24.0
5 yrs	357	33.1	6.9	14.5	47.6%	0	0.0	0.0%	47.6%	7.3	9.3	78.0%	4.3	6.9	12.0	1.3	0.8	1.3	2.9	2.4	21.0
2 yrs	152	34	7.4	15.8	46.9%	0.0	0.1	11.1%	46.9%	7.3	9.1	80.6%	4.7	6.6	11.2	1.5	0.8	1.1	3.0	2.0	22.1
3 yrs	244	30.8	5.5	11.4	48.2%	0.0	0.1	3.6%	48.2%	5.6	7.0	79.5%	4.2	5.8	10.0	1.3	0.6	1.1	2.5	1.8	16.5
2 yrs	93	28.1	4.9	10.4	46.7%	0.0	0.1	37.5%	46.8%	4.5	5.8	78.5%	3.7	4.8	8.5	1.1	0.8	0.8	1.7	1.5	14.3
1 yrs	17	8.8	0.8	2.1	37.1%	0.1	0.1	50.0%	38.6%	1.3	1.9	68.8%	1.2	1.5	2.7	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.6	0.9	2.9

Advanced

	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	53.7%	—	—	0.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1977-78	55.9%	—	—	0.5	—	2.0%	18.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1978-79	59.7%	—	—	0.6	—	—	17.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1979-80	56.1%	50.4%	0.0	0.5	—	—	14.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1980-81	58.4%	52.1%	0.0	0.5	—	—	14.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1981-82	57.7%	52.0%	0.0	0.4	29.3%	—	9.9%	19.0%	7.1%	13.0%	39.1	—	—	—	—	621.4%	—	—	—	—
1982-83	57.8%	50.1%	0	0.6	26.0%	5.1%	13.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1983-84	56.6%	48.3%	0.0	0.7	26.4%	5.7%	15.0%	21.8%	28.9%	25.5%	3.3	—	—	—	—	243.1%	—	—	—	—
1984-85	57.7%	46.9%	0.0	0.7	26.7%	6.6%	14.5%	12.0%	30.8%	21.7%	—	—	—	—	—	719.0%	—	—	—	—
1985-86	55.3%	45.8%	0.0	0.6	27.6%	5.1%	13.9%	14.1%	22.2%	18.2%	20.6	8.8	0.2	-0.3	1.2	10.3%	—	—	—	—
1986-87	54.4%	45.4%	0.0	0.5	29.5%	7.9%	11.1%	14.4%	21.3%	17.8%	24.2	9.3	0.2	2.8	3.0	11.6%	—	—	—	—
1987-88	57.7%	48.8%	0.0	0.6	25.3%	6.5%	15.2%	15.4%	21.4%	18.4%	21.0	9.0	0.2	1.2	2.2	10.5%	—	—	—	—
1988-89	58.1%	49.1%	0.0	0.6	23.5%	5.8%	14.8%	14.4%	22.1%	18.2%	21.2	10.6	0.2	1.2	2.4	10.8%	—	—	—	—
1989-90	56.4%	48.1%	0.0	0.6	24.5%	7.1%	14.6%	15.0%	19.5%	17.2%	20.3	7.5	0.1	0.1	1.5	9.0%	—	—	—	—
1990-91	57.0%	46.8%	0.0	0.6	19.4%	5.1%	15.2%	15.0%	23.3%	19.0%	18.2	5.5	0.1	-0.3	0.8	5.8%	—	—	—	—
1991-92	55.6%	47.5%	0.0	0.5	21.9%	5.6%	11.5%	14.0%	20.1%	16.9%	19.2	7.6	0.1	0.0	1.3	8.2%	—	—	—	—
1992-93	44.9%	31.0%	0	0.7	26.3%	9.2%	15.2%	21.5%	28.1%	24.5%	18.8	0.1	0.1	-0.6	0.0	2.2%	—	—	—	—
1993-94	51.9%	44.0%	0.0	0.5	23.8%	9.2%	17.2%	18.4%	21.2%	19.8%	17.6	1.0	0.1	-1.6	0.1	2.6%	—	—	—	—
1994-95	49.9%	38.6%	0.1	0.9	18.0%	5.8%	18.3%	16.7%	19.8%	18.3%	12.0	0.3	0.1	-2.8	-0.0	1.3%	—	—	—	—
Career	56.8%	48.7%	0.0	0.6	25.2%	—	13.9%	14.8%	21.4%	18.1%	21.1	59.6	0.2	0.6	12.4	14.9%	—	—	—	—

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