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Moses Malone

“Mo”

Career (regular season)

GP
1,329
PTS
20.6
REB
12.2
AST
1.4

Personal details

Position
Center
Height and weight
2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) · 98 kg (216 lb)
Country
United States
School / club
Petersburg HS (VA)
Draft
1976
NBA career
1976-1994 · 19 seasons

Stats

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Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1976-77 BUF 2 0 1 0 6 0 0 — — — —
1976-77 HOU 80 1,083 1,071 89 2,500 67 181 — 48.0 — 69.3
1976-77 TOT 82 1,083 1,072 89 2,506 67 181 — 48.0 — 69.3
1977-78 HOU 59 1,144 886 31 2,107 48 76 220 49.9 — 71.8
1978-79 HOU 82 2,031 1,444 147 3,390 79 119 326 54.0 — 73.9
1979-80 HOU 82 2,119 1,190 147 3,140 80 107 300 50.2 0.0 71.9
1980-81 HOU 80 2,222 1,180 141 3,245 83 150 308 52.2 33.3 75.7
1981-82 HOU 81 2,520 1,188 142 3,398 76 125 294 51.9 0.0 76.2
1982-83 PHI 78 1,908 1,194 101 2,922 89 157 264 50.1 0.0 76.1
1983-84 PHI 71 1,609 950 96 2,613 71 110 250 48.3 0.0 75.0
1984-85 PHI 79 1,941 1,031 130 2,957 67 123 286 46.9 0.0 81.5
1985-86 PHI 74 1,759 872 90 2,706 67 71 261 45.8 0.0 78.7
1986-87 WAS 73 1,760 824 120 2,488 59 92 202 45.4 0.0 82.4
1987-88 WAS 79 1,607 884 112 2,692 59 72 249 48.7 28.6 78.8
1988-89 ATL 81 1,637 956 112 2,878 79 100 245 49.1 0.0 78.9
1989-90 ATL 81 1,528 812 130 2,735 47 84 232 48.0 11.1 78.1
1990-91 ATL 82 869 667 68 1,912 30 74 137 46.8 0.0 83.1
1991-92 MIL 82 1,279 744 93 2,511 74 64 150 47.4 37.5 78.6
1992-93 MIL 11 50 46 7 104 1 8 10 31.0 — 77.4
1993-94 PHI 55 294 226 34 618 11 17 59 44.0 0.0 76.9
1994-95 SAS 17 49 46 6 149 2 3 11 37.1 50.0 68.8
Career 1,329 27,409 16,212 1,796 45,071 1,089 1,733 3,804 49.1 10.0 76.9

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1976-77 HOU 12 225 203 7 518 13 21 — 50.0 — 69.2
1978-79 HOU 2 49 41 2 78 1 8 8 43.9 — 72.2
1979-80 HOU 7 181 97 7 275 4 16 22 53.6 0.0 76.7
1980-81 HOU 21 562 305 35 955 13 34 59 47.9 0.0 71.2
1981-82 HOU 3 72 51 10 136 2 2 6 43.3 — 93.3
1982-83 PHI 13 338 206 20 524 19 25 40 53.6 0.0 71.7
1983-84 PHI 5 107 69 7 212 3 11 21 45.8 — 96.9
1984-85 PHI 13 262 138 24 505 17 22 23 42.5 0.0 79.6
1986-87 WAS 3 62 38 5 114 0 3 8 44.7 — 95.2
1987-88 WAS 5 93 56 7 198 3 4 15 46.2 0.0 82.5
1988-89 ATL 5 105 60 9 197 7 4 11 50.0 100.0 78.4
1990-91 ATL 5 21 31 3 84 2 1 2 20.0 — 92.9
Career 94 2,077 1,295 136 3,796 84 151 215 47.9 14.3 76.2

TOT: season total across all the teams he played for.

Awards and titles

  • Hall of Fame: 2001 (as a player)
  • NBA champion: 1982-83
  • Most Valuable Player (3): 1978-79, 1981-82, 1982-83
  • Finals MVP: 1982-83
  • All-NBA First Team (4): 1978-79, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1984-85
  • All-NBA Second Team (4): 1979-80, 1980-81, 1983-84, 1986-87
  • All-Defensive First Team: 1982-83
  • All-Defensive Second Team: 1978-79
  • 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996): 1996-97
  • Rebounding leader (6): 1978-79, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85
  • All-Star (11): 1978, 1979 (starter), 1980 (starter), 1981, 1982, 1983 (starter), 1985 (starter), 1986 (starter), 1987 (starter), 1988 (starter), 1989 (starter)

Retired number

  • Houston Rockets: No. 24 (1976-1982 with the team)
  • Philadelphia 76ers: No. 2 (1982-1986 with the team)
    He played for the franchise again in 1993-94 season. His number has not been used since then but it was not officially retired until 2019

Draft

  • 1974: round 3 · ABA draft · Utah Stars · Petersburg HS (VA)
  • 1976 · Portland Trail Blazers · St. Louis ($350000)

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