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Moses Malone
Moses Malone stats, teams and career impact
#120 all-timeCareer averages · 20.6 PPG · 12.2 RPG · 1.4 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded
- Position
- Center
- Final NBA team
- San Antonio Spurs
- Height / weight
- 6 ft 10 in (208 cm) · 215 lb (98 kg)
- Born
- March 23, 1955
- Died
- September 13, 2015 (60 yrs old)
- NBA seasons
- 19 seasons · 1976–77 to 1994–95
Career summaryMoses Malone was a center who played 19 NBA seasons, from 1976–77 through 1994–95.
- Career PPG
- 20.6
- Career RPG
- 12.2
- Career APG
- 1.4
- #6 in 1981–82
- #120 all-time
Best-Season Impact Rank
Career Impact Rank
Peak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded
Career overview
Why Moses Malone ranks #120 all time
Moses Malone ranks #120 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #11.7. His full-career value ranks #62, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high.
450+ minutes required per season
1,329 games · Career Value Rank #62
NBA honors12× All-Star · 3× MVP · 8× All-NBA · 2× All-DefenseContext only; honors are not model inputs.
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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources
Full team history
- Teams
- Buffalo Braves, Houston Rockets, Philadelphia 76ers, Washington Bullets, Atlanta Hawks, Milwaukee Bucks, and San Antonio Spurs
Career shooting
NBA regular season- Field goal
- 49.1%FG%
- Three-point
- 10.0%3P%
- Free throw
- 76.9%FT%
1,329 career games · 45,071 minutes
Sources and updateConventional stats and measurements: Basketball Reference, accessed Sep 13, 2026. hussEyquation ranking data through 2025–26. Life dates: Wikidata; conflicting dates checked against Basketball Reference, accessed Sep 17, 2026.
Traditional box score
Moses Malone stats by season
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| 1994–95 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 0.4 | -6.85 | SAS | 17 | 0 | 8.8 | 37.1% | 50.0% | 68.8% | — | -14.2 |
| 1993–94 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 0.6 | -1.76 | PHI | 55 | 0 | 11.2 | 44.0% | 0.0% | 76.9% | #200 | 2.9 |
| 1992–93 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 0.6 | -6.78 | MIL | 11 | 0 | 9.5 | 31.0% | — | 77.4% | — | -10.0 |
| 1991–92 | 15.6 | 9.1 | 1.1 | +0.56 | MIL | 82 | 77 | 30.6 | 47.4% | 37.5% | 78.6% | #92 | 127.9 |
| 1990–91 | 10.6 | 8.1 | 0.8 | -0.49 | ATL | 82 | 15 | 23.3 | 46.8% | 0.0% | 83.1% | #136 | 59.3 |
| 1989–90 | 18.9 | 10.0 | 1.6 | -0.45 | ATL | 81 | 81 | 33.8 | 48.0% | 11.1% | 78.1% | #132 | 84.5 |
| 1988–89 | 20.2 | 11.8 | 1.4 | +1.53 | ATL | 81 | 80 | 35.5 | 49.1% | 0.0% | 78.9% | #49 | 208.2 |
| 1987–88 | 20.3 | 11.2 | 1.4 | +1.58 | WSB | 79 | 78 | 34.1 | 48.7% | 28.6% | 78.8% | #40 | 196.9 |
| 1986–87 | 24.1 | 11.3 | 1.6 | +3.86 | WSB | 73 | 70 | 34.1 | 45.4% | 0.0% | 82.4% | #17 | 304.5 |
| 1985–86 | 23.8 | 11.8 | 1.2 | -0.15 | PHI | 74 | 74 | 36.6 | 45.8% | 0.0% | 78.7% | #115 | 105.0 |
| 1984–85 | 24.6 | 13.1 | 1.6 | +1.08 | PHI | 79 | 79 | 37.4 | 46.9% | 0.0% | 81.5% | #50 | 191.3 |
| 1983–84 | 22.7 | 13.4 | 1.4 | +1.32 | PHI | 71 | 71 | 36.8 | 48.3% | 0.0% | 75.0% | #48 | 180.2 |
| 1982–83 | 24.5 | 15.3 | 1.3 | +3.24 | PHI | 78 | 78 | 37.5 | 50.1% | 0.0% | 76.1% | #16 | 327.3 |
| 1981–82 | 31.1 | 14.7 | 1.8 | +5.06 | HOU | 81 | 81 | 42.0 | 51.9% | 0.0% | 76.2% | #6 | 485.9 |
| 1980–81 | 27.8 | 14.8 | 1.8 | +3.62 | HOU | 80 | 0 | 40.6 | 52.2% | 33.3% | 75.7% | #13 | 381.9 |
| 1979–80 | 25.8 | 14.5 | 1.8 | +2.01 | HOU | 82 | 82 | 38.3 | 50.2% | 0.0% | 71.9% | #38 | 265.2 |
| 1978–79 | 24.8 | 17.6 | 1.8 | +2.37 | HOU | 82 | 82 | 41.3 | 54.0% | — | 73.9% | #23 | 320.4 |
| 1977–78 | 19.4 | 15.0 | 0.5 | +0.31 | HOU | 59 | 0 | 35.7 | 49.9% | — | 71.8% | #78 | 102.7 |
| 1976–77 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 1.1 | +0.93 | BUF/HOU | 82 | 0 | 30.6 | 48.0% | — | 69.3% | #62 | 154.8 |
| Career | 20.6 | 12.2 | 1.4 | — | ATL/BUF/HOU/MIL/PHI/SAS/WSB | 1329 | — | 33.9 | 49.1% | 10.0% | 76.9% | — | — |
Source: Basketball Reference regular-season totals, accessed Sep 13, 2026.
Film evidence
Moses Malone highlights
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Peak-season retrospective
Moses Malone's dominant 1983 season
The 1983 feature shows Malone's relentless offensive rebounding, interior force and workload during a championship and MVP season.
What these measures mean
- Era-centered box impact
- Estimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average.
- Impact Rate Rank
- The player's place among qualified players in one season.
- Value contribution / Season Value
- Completed seasons use a fixed-baseline contribution to Career Value. The live season instead uses Season Value, combining that season's impact with workload.
- Career Impact Rank
- An all-time rank weighted toward the player's best three, five, and ten seasons.
16.3 composite · lower is better
15.0 average league finish
3,474 total value
Career standing
How Moses Malone ranks all time
These are league placements, not raw scores. Each season is judged against that season's qualified player pool.
Best in the league
Elite finishes
Upper-tier finishes
Tie-breaker across top-ten seasons
Career Composite Score16.3
Best 3, Best 5, and Best 10 average league finishes receive 50%, 30%, and 20% window weights. Missing seasons receive a replacement finish just below the player's typical qualified field. Lower is better.
- Best 3 effective weight
- 74%
- Missing-season finish
- 255.0
- Qualified seasons
- 17
- All-time rank
- #120
Strongest seasons
Every season
Moses Malone advanced stats by season
Era-centered box impact supports comparisons through time. Impact Rate and its rank compare players only within that season.
More advanced statsAge, minutes, impact, rank, value and data coverage
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| 1994–95Historical Defense Estimate | SAS | 39 | 17 | 149 | -6.85 | — | — | -14.2 | — | Limited |
| 1993–94Historical Defense Estimate | PHI | 38 | 55 | 618 | -1.76 | 31.6 | #200 | 2.9 | 29th | Standard |
| 1992–93Historical Defense Estimate | MIL | 37 | 11 | 104 | -6.78 | — | — | -10.0 | — | Limited |
| 1991–92Historical Defense Estimate | MIL | 36 | 82 | 2,511 | +0.56 | 68.5 | #92 | 127.9 | 75th | Broad |
| 1990–91Historical Defense Estimate | ATL | 35 | 82 | 1,912 | -0.49 | 53.6 | #136 | 59.3 | 58th | Broad |
| 1989–90Historical Defense Estimate | ATL | 34 | 81 | 2,735 | -0.45 | 54.4 | #132 | 84.5 | 65th | Broad |
| 1988–89Historical Defense Estimate | ATL | 33 | 81 | 2,878 | +1.53 | 81.7 | #49 | 208.2 | 87th | Broad |
| 1987–88Historical Defense Estimate | WSB | 32 | 79 | 2,692 | +1.58 | 84.4 | #40 | 196.9 | 86th | Broad |
| 1986–87Historical Defense Estimate | WSB | 31 | 73 | 2,488 | +3.86 | 93.8 | #17 | 304.5 | 93rd | Broad |
| 1985–86Historical Defense Estimate | PHI | 30 | 74 | 2,706 | -0.15 | 55.1 | #115 | 105.0 | 68th | Broad |
| 1984–85Historical Defense Estimate | PHI | 29 | 79 | 2,957 | +1.08 | 80.6 | #50 | 191.3 | 86th | Broad |
| 1983–84Historical Defense Estimate | PHI | 28 | 71 | 2,613 | +1.32 | 81.0 | #48 | 180.2 | 85th | Broad |
| 1982–83Historical Defense Estimate | PHI | 27 | 78 | 2,922 | +3.24 | 94.1 | #16 | 327.3 | 96th | Broad |
| 1981–82Historical Defense Estimate | HOU | 26 | 81 | 3,398 | +5.06 | 98.0 | #6 | 485.9 | 99th | Broad |
| 1980–81Historical Defense Estimate | HOU | 25 | 80 | 3,245 | +3.62 | 95.2 | #13 | 381.9 | 98th | Broad |
| 1979–80Historical Defense Estimate | HOU | 24 | 82 | 3,140 | +2.01 | 84.0 | #38 | 265.2 | 92nd | Broad |
| 1978–79Historical Defense Estimate | HOU | 23 | 82 | 3,390 | +2.37 | 90.3 | #23 | 320.4 | 96th | Broad |
| 1977–78Historical Defense Estimate | HOU | 22 | 59 | 2,107 | +0.31 | 67.4 | #78 | 102.7 | 68th | Broad |
| 1976–77Historical Defense Estimate | BUF/HOU | 21 | 82 | 2,506 | +0.93 | 74.9 | #62 | 154.8 | 80th | Broad |
Career movement
Moses Malone's career impact by season
Peak +5.06 in 1981–82 · 19 seasons · 45,071 minutes
The same historical box-score model is used for every season, making the career shape comparable through time. The vertical scale adapts to this player's range and always includes zero.
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Moses MaloneDwight Howard
| NBA season | Moses Malone | Dwight Howard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0.9 | 0.4 |
| 2 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| 3 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 2.0 | 1.9 |
| 5 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 6 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
| 7 | 3.2 | 4.2 |
| 8 | 1.3 | 4.1 |
| 9 | 1.1 | 0.7 |
| 10 | -0.1 | 0.8 |
| 11 | 3.9 | -0.0 |
| 12 | 1.6 | 0.5 |
| 13 | 1.5 | 2.2 |
| 14 | -0.5 | 0.5 |
| 15 | -0.5 | -4.3 |
| 16 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| 17 | -6.8 | -2.2 |
| 18 | -1.8 | -0.0 |
| 19 | -6.9 | Did not play |
NBA season number
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