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Moses Malone

Moses Malone

1976–1994

Also in ABA

Career 1,329 G · 27,409 PTS · 20.6 PPG · 12.2 RPG · 1.4 APG

Seasons leading the NBA
24
68 Top-5 finishes
10 Title seasons
6 Categories led
1982 Best season

Spanning 1976–1989, peaking at 5 titles in 1982.

Clubs 20,000 Point Club 15,000 Rebound Club 2,000 Point Seasons ×4 30 Points Per Game Seasons
Led in Offensive Rebounds for 7 straight seasons (1976–1982) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1951

Among league leaders

  • 8th League titles 24
  • 9th Top-5 finishes 68

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Offensive Rebounds 8 1st 7 yrs (1976–1982) 1976-1977 437 1977-1978 380 1978-1979 587 1979-1980 573 1980-1981 474 1981-1982 558 1982-1983 445 1989-1990 364 1983-1984 #2 1984-1985 #3 1985-1986 #3 1987-1988 #2 1988-1989 #2
Rebounds per Game 6 1st 5 yrs (1980–1984) 1978-1979 17.6 1980-1981 14.8 1981-1982 14.7 1982-1983 15.3 1983-1984 13.4 1984-1985 13.1 1976-1977 #3 1977-1978 #2 1979-1980 #2
Total Rebounds 5 1st 3 yrs (1980–1982) 1978-1979 1,444 1980-1981 1,180 1981-1982 1,188 1982-1983 1,194 1984-1985 1,031 1976-1977 #2 1979-1980 #2 1983-1984 #3
Free Throws Made 2 1st — 1982-1983 600 1984-1985 737 1978-1979 #2 1979-1980 #2 1980-1981 #2 1981-1982 #2 1983-1984 #2 1985-1986 #2 1986-1987 #3
Defensive Rebounds 2 1st — 1978-1979 857 1982-1983 749 1980-1981 #2
Turnovers 1 1st — 1980-1981 308 1978-1979 #3 1981-1982 #3
Field Goals Made — #2 — 1981-1982 #2
Total Points — #2 — 1978-1979 #3 1979-1980 #2 1980-1981 #2 1981-1982 #2
Points per Game — #2 — 1980-1981 #2 1981-1982 #2

Title Seasons

10 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1989-1990 1 OREB 364
1984-1985 3 RPG 13.1 REB 1,031 FTM 737
1983-1984 1 RPG 13.4
1982-1983 5 RPG 15.3 REB 1,194 OREB 445 FTM 600 DREB 749
1981-1982 3 RPG 14.7 REB 1,188 OREB 558
1980-1981 4 RPG 14.8 REB 1,180 TOV 308 OREB 474
1979-1980 1 OREB 573
1978-1979 4 RPG 17.6 REB 1,444 OREB 587 DREB 857
1977-1978 1 OREB 380
1976-1977 1 OREB 437

Season Averages

  led the league   19 seasons
Year Team GP MPG PTS PPG REB RPG AST APG STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1976-1977 HOU 82 30.6 1,083 13.2 1,072 13.1 89 1.1 67 181 — 48.0% — 69.3%
1977-1978 HOU 59 35.7 1,144 19.4 886 15.0 31 0.5 48 76 220 49.9% — 71.8%
1978-1979 HOU 82 41.3 2,031 24.8 1,444 17.6 147 1.8 79 119 326 54.0% — 73.9%
1979-1980 HOU 82 38.3 2,119 25.8 1,190 14.5 147 1.8 80 107 300 50.2% 0.0% 71.9%
1980-1981 HOU 80 40.6 2,222 27.8 1,180 14.8 141 1.8 83 150 308 52.2% 33.3% 75.7%
1981-1982 HOU 81 42.0 2,520 31.1 1,188 14.7 142 1.8 76 125 294 51.9% 0.0% 76.2%
1982-1983 PHL 78 37.5 1,908 24.5 1,194 15.3 101 1.3 89 157 264 50.1% 0.0% 76.1%
1983-1984 PHL 71 36.8 1,609 22.7 950 13.4 96 1.4 71 110 250 48.3% 0.0% 75.0%
1984-1985 PHL 79 37.4 1,941 24.6 1,031 13.1 130 1.6 67 123 286 46.9% 0.0% 81.5%
1985-1986 PHL 74 36.6 1,759 23.8 872 11.8 90 1.2 67 71 261 45.8% 0.0% 78.7%
1986-1987 WAS 73 34.1 1,760 24.1 824 11.3 120 1.6 59 92 202 45.4% 0.0% 82.4%
1987-1988 WAS 79 34.1 1,607 20.3 884 11.2 112 1.4 59 72 249 48.7% 28.6% 78.8%
1988-1989 ATL 81 35.5 1,637 20.2 956 11.8 112 1.4 79 100 245 49.1% 0.0% 78.9%
1989-1990 ATL 81 33.8 1,528 18.9 812 10.0 130 1.6 47 84 232 48.0% 11.1% 78.1%
1990-1991 ATL 82 23.3 869 10.6 667 8.1 68 0.8 30 74 137 46.8% 0.0% 83.1%
1991-1992 MIL 82 30.6 1,279 15.6 744 9.1 93 1.1 74 64 150 47.4% 37.5% 78.6%
1992-1993 MIL 11 9.5 50 4.5 46 4.2 7 0.6 1 8 10 31.0% — 77.4%
1993-1994 PHL 55 11.2 294 5.3 226 4.1 34 0.6 11 17 59 44.0% 0.0% 76.9%
1994-1995 SAN 17 8.8 49 2.9 46 2.7 6 0.4 2 3 11 37.1% 50.0% 68.8%
Career — 1,329 33.9 27,409 20.6 16,212 12.2 1,796 1.4 1,089 1,733 3,804 49.1% 10.0% 76.9%