Moses Malone 
#40 C | 6-10, 266lbs | Rockets | Experience: 6 years
Born: 3/23/1955 (26) | College: None

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
 Potential: - - - - - - - - - - - -          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1980  1981  1982  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987 
 Value: $527,976  $555,952  $583,929  $611,905  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 3                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1980 NBA HOU 82 82 37.6 29.7 6.1 9.4 2.1 2.9 0.73 0.8 1.8 2.2 .568 .795 .000  
 1979 NBA HOU 82 82 37.9 30.1 5.6 8.3 2.0 2.6 0.77 0.5 1.7 2.2 .567 .783 .000  
 1978 NBA HOU 82 0 41.3 24.8 7.2 10.5 1.8 4.0 0.45 1.0 1.5 2.7 .540 .739 .000  
 1977 NBA HOU 59 0 35.7 19.4 6.4 8.6 0.5 3.7 0.14 0.8 1.3 3.0 .499 .718 .000  
 1976 NBA BUF 82 0 30.6 13.2 5.3 7.7 1.1 0.0 89.00 0.8 2.2 3.4 .480 .693 .000  
 1975 NBA STL 43 0 27.2 14.3 3.6 6.0 1.3 3.3 0.41 0.6 0.7 2.6 .512 .612 .000  
 1974 NBA UTS 83 0 38.6 18.8 5.5 9.1 1.0 3.9 0.26 1.0 1.5 3.5 .571 .635 .000  
 Career     513 164 36.2 22.1 5.8 8.7 1.5 2.8 0.51 0.8 1.6 2.8 .543 .733 .000  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1980 NBA HOU 10.5 18.6 .568 8.6 10.8 .795 8.7 13.0 .671 1.8 5.5 .326 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1979 NBA HOU 10.7 18.8 .567 8.8 11.2 .783 8.7 12.6 .685 2.0 6.2 .326 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1978 NBA HOU 8.7 16.2 .540 7.3 9.9 .739 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1977 NBA HOU 7.0 14.0 .499 5.4 7.5 .718 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1976 NBA BUF 4.7 9.9 .480 3.7 5.4 .693 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1975 NBA STL 5.8 11.4 .512 2.6 4.3 .612 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1974 NBA UTS 7.1 12.5 .571 4.5 7.1 .635 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     8.0 14.7 .543 6.1 8.3 .733 2.8 4.1 .678 0.6 1.9 .326 0.0 0.0 .000  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1980 82 82 3082 865 1524 703 884 0 1 2433 498 1266 170 65 234 65 147 177 958 
 1979 82 82 3105 875 1544 718 917 0 1 2468 460 1140 167 39 217 39 136 180 527 
 1978 82 0 3390 716 1325 599 811 0 0 2031 587 1444 147 79 326 79 119 223 0 
 1977 59 0 2107 413 828 318 443 0 0 1144 380 886 31 48 220 48 76 179 0 
 1976 82 0 2506 389 810 305 440 0 0 1083 437 1072 89 67 0 67 181 275 0 
 1975 43 0 1168 251 490 112 183 0 2 614 155 413 58 25 140 25 28 113 0 
 1974 83 0 3205 591 1035 375 591 0 1 1557 456 1209 82 85 320 85 128 288 0 
 Career 513 164 18563 4100 7556 3130 4269 0 5 11330 2973 7430 744 408 1457 408 815 1435 1485 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1980 NBA HOU .636 1.60 7.3 10.1 29.6 19.8 30.4 25.1 38.3 1275.2 42.5 11.7 113.2 97.4  
 1979 NBA HOU .634 1.60 7.2 9.3 29.0 17.9 27.0 22.4 35.5 1152.3 38.4 6.4 110.9 102.7  
 1978 NBA HOU .604 1.53 6.8 15.1 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1977 NBA HOU .559 1.38 2.4 17.3 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1976 NBA BUF .540 1.34 8.1 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1975 NBA STL .538 1.25 7.5 18.2 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 1974 NBA UTS .601 1.50 4.8 18.9 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .600 1.50 6.4 12.5 9.8 18.8 28.7 23.7 37.8 2427.5 80.9 2.9 112.0 100.1  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1980 NBA HOU 16 16 40.8 28.0 5.5 10.9 2.8 3.4 0.81 0.9 2.0 1.8 .551 .720 .000  
 1979 NBA HOU 9 9 39.4 30.7 5.8 7.2 2.3 3.3 0.70 0.9 1.8 2.0 .529 .734 .000  
 Career     25 25 40.3 29.0 5.6 9.6 2.6 3.4 0.77 0.9 1.9 1.9 .542 .724 .000  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1980 NBA HOU 10.1 18.3 .551 7.9 10.9 .720 8.8 12.5 .700 1.3 5.6 .233 0.0 0.1 .000  
 1979 NBA HOU 12.1 22.9 .529 6.4 8.8 .734 10.2 15.8 .648 1.9 7.1 .266 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     10.8 19.9 .542 7.4 10.2 .724 9.3 13.7 .678 1.5 6.2 .247 0.0 0.1 .000  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1980 16 16 653 161 292 126 175 0 2 448 88 263 44 14 54 14 32 29 104 
 1979 9 9 355 109 206 58 79 0 0 276 52 117 21 8 30 8 16 18 -15 
 Career 25 25 1008 270 498 184 254 0 2 724 140 380 65 22 84 22 48 47 89 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1980 NBA HOU .607 1.53 9.4 11.6 29.6 17.0 32.3 24.9 24.0 130.9 4.4 6.5 111.6 103.7  
 1979 NBA HOU .573 1.34 7.2 10.3 32.3 17.5 22.5 20.0 22.7 64.0 2.1 -1.7 104.4 106.2  
 Career     .593 1.45 8.6 11.1 11.4 17.2 28.9 23.1 23.6 194.9 6.5 3.6 109.1 104.6  

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 43 12 24 6 3 6 7 18 31 20 22 0 1  
 Playoff 47 11 24 6 3 6 7 20 32 18 23 0 1  
 Career 51 15 24 7 3 6 8 20 32 21 27 0 1  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/21 SLS W 40 13 22 11 17 0 0 37 6 15 4 1 1 3 4 11
 10/22 DEN L 40 11 16 12 14 0 0 34 3 12 1 7 2 2 3 -5
 10/24 POR W 35 8 22 7 14 0 0 23 7 17 0 2 1 1 0 15
 10/26 KCK W 39 8 19 13 20 0 0 29 7 10 4 1 3 1 1 12
 10/27 PHX L 40 8 15 5 10 0 1 21 2 14 1 2 0 0 0 -11
 10/30 CLE L 37 11 23 8 10 0 0 30 9 15 2 3 1 0 2 -5
 11/6 SAS W 31 7 12 12 13 0 0 26 1 10 1 2 2 0 1 22
 11/7 POR W 41 13 21 4 7 0 0 30 9 24 2 3 0 1 1 9
 11/10 DEN W 42 12 18 3 9 0 0 27 6 22 1 7 1 3 2 0
 11/13 POR W 41 12 20 6 6 0 0 30 6 17 1 5 1 2 3 5
 11/14 SEA W 41 10 18 13 15 0 0 33 3 7 4 1 0 1 2 13
 11/16 DAL L 43 12 19 11 13 0 0 35 10 16 4 5 3 3 4 -6
 11/18 SDC L 39 7 12 11 15 0 0 25 9 20 0 1 0 2 3 -7
 11/19 DEN W 41 10 17 15 17 0 0 35 4 15 1 1 0 3 3 3
 11/21 SDC W 37 11 20 8 14 0 0 30 5 18 2 2 1 3 1 23
 11/22 DEN W 33 9 20 17 18 0 0 35 4 15 2 0 0 1 3 20
 11/26 NJN W 37 8 18 11 14 0 0 27 2 13 1 1 0 1 1 17
 11/27 LAL W 20 8 14 1 1 0 0 17 5 11 1 5 0 2 6 18
 12/1 WAS W 40 12 21 8 10 0 0 32 7 15 0 5 0 1 1 6
 12/2 DEN W 29 13 15 5 6 0 0 31 4 11 1 4 0 4 3 26
 12/6 DAL W 42 16 22 11 14 0 0 43 8 19 2 2 0 0 2 17
 12/7 DAL W 30 9 13 8 12 0 0 26 4 11 1 3 0 1 2 22
 12/10 DAL W 32 8 18 4 6 0 0 20 2 8 2 4 1 4 2 24
 12/11 NJN W 41 10 17 8 10 0 0 28 4 16 3 2 2 4 1 8
 12/13 KCK L 41 7 17 0 0 0 0 14 5 11 4 2 0 4 1 2
 12/15 SEA W 40 11 18 8 12 0 0 30 9 17 6 2 1 1 1 24
 12/17 SEA W 29 9 20 4 5 0 0 22 5 14 2 4 0 1 2 24
 12/18 SLS W 33 11 14 4 5 0 0 26 8 13 1 3 2 2 2 19
 12/22 PHX W 29 8 14 20 22 0 0 36 4 16 3 2 0 2 1 39
 12/24 KCK L 43 10 29 9 12 0 0 29 10 21 1 2 0 2 0 -10
 12/26 SAS L 40 9 15 6 8 0 0 24 6 12 0 4 0 1 1 7
 12/28 SEA W 31 10 19 9 10 0 0 29 5 12 2 2 0 0 2 17
 12/29 KCK W 40 14 23 6 6 0 0 34 8 18 4 3 1 1 1 9
 12/31 DET W 46 13 23 11 16 0 0 37 11 18 5 2 3 6 1 -5
 1/2 SLS W 44 17 27 7 8 0 0 41 4 17 1 1 0 4 3 10
 1/4 WAS W 42 10 20 5 6 0 0 25 7 15 0 6 2 2 2 8
 1/6 DEN W 34 11 13 8 11 0 0 30 5 16 0 3 0 2 4 -2
 1/7 KCK W 30 8 18 12 13 0 0 28 2 15 2 0 1 2 0 22
 1/10 NYK L 38 11 19 9 15 0 0 31 4 15 3 6 0 2 3 -17
 1/12 SAS W 33 10 13 8 12 0 0 28 6 17 0 0 0 0 1 20
 1/14 MIL L 42 14 31 14 14 0 0 42 7 15 4 1 2 0 4 1
 1/16 SDC W 38 10 25 13 16 0 0 33 5 13 2 4 0 1 6 8
 1/18 BOS W 30 7 14 7 10 0 0 21 7 15 2 5 1 1 2 17
 1/19 LAL W 41 14 18 5 7 0 1 33 3 14 5 3 1 0 1 9
 1/22 DEN W 41 11 15 16 19 0 0 38 7 17 0 4 1 2 2 24
 1/23 POR W 44 11 21 4 6 0 0 26 6 18 3 4 1 4 4 14
 1/25 CLE L 33 10 14 8 8 0 0 28 9 21 1 6 0 1 3 6
 1/27 PHX W 36 8 14 18 22 0 0 34 6 15 1 2 1 3 1 30
 1/30 MIA W 40 14 25 10 14 0 0 38 8 18 1 4 1 1 1 19
 1/31 SAS L 40 8 13 6 12 0 0 22 5 13 2 4 1 0 2 -8
 2/4 ATL W 30 10 12 7 7 0 0 27 5 17 0 2 3 1 1 24
 2/5 SEA L 39 11 23 6 6 0 0 28 11 21 2 1 1 1 4 2
 2/8 EAS L 26 9 12 4 4 0 0 22 3 3 4 1 1 1 1 20
 2/10 IND L 44 14 30 12 16 0 0 40 8 16 4 1 0 1 0 -4
 2/11 PHX W 39 10 25 8 8 0 0 28 8 20 0 2 0 2 3 21
 2/13 PHI L 42 8 20 6 8 0 0 22 6 13 2 3 1 1 2 -3
 2/14 DAL W 30 10 19 9 10 0 0 29 7 12 2 3 3 0 2 34
 2/16 DAL W 38 10 15 7 11 0 0 27 3 12 1 3 1 1 3 4
 2/17 POR W 31 6 14 4 6 0 0 16 4 14 2 6 0 3 2 27
 2/21 SAS W 41 18 26 3 3 0 0 39 9 22 4 4 1 3 3 13
 2/22 PHX L 42 10 15 14 18 0 0 34 6 14 4 3 2 0 5 3
 2/26 CHI W 41 12 19 10 12 0 0 34 9 20 4 2 0 3 3 9
 2/27 NYK W 41 13 19 10 11 0 0 36 5 12 5 3 3 2 2 15
 3/2 POR W 43 8 16 10 12 0 0 26 5 19 3 3 1 4 2 16
 3/3 SDC W 43 14 25 8 15 0 0 36 10 19 1 1 1 2 3 14
 3/7 CHI W 35 11 21 5 7 0 0 27 12 19 2 2 1 1 3 23
 3/8 PHX L 42 13 19 9 11 0 0 35 8 20 4 5 2 0 3 7
 3/12 IND L 42 13 22 12 18 0 0 38 4 13 1 1 1 5 1 -10
 3/13 GSW W 36 13 17 17 18 0 0 43 7 14 0 1 0 2 0 26
 3/17 CLE W 33 5 14 11 14 0 0 21 7 17 3 3 0 4 2 4
 3/19 PHI L 41 14 26 3 3 0 0 31 6 13 1 6 2 2 4 -15
 3/22 LAL L 41 6 16 4 5 0 0 16 5 17 1 3 1 2 3 6
 3/23 GSW W 42 8 20 7 10 0 0 23 2 19 1 4 0 1 2 23
 3/25 BOS W 33 10 19 12 12 0 0 32 5 7 2 1 1 1 2 14
 3/27 MIA W 36 7 12 6 10 0 0 20 4 12 2 5 2 1 3 23
 3/29 SAS W 34 13 17 9 10 0 0 35 5 15 0 0 0 1 1 33
 3/31 ATL W 24 11 13 4 4 0 0 26 5 8 0 4 2 1 2 18
 4/1 SLS W 36 10 14 18 19 0 0 38 5 12 3 3 2 2 2 23
 4/5 KCK W 29 8 13 7 12 0 0 23 5 18 2 3 0 2 2 25
 4/6 LAL W 39 8 17 8 8 0 0 24 3 8 3 2 0 1 5 4
 4/9 KCK W 41 12 18 6 10 0 0 30 6 15 3 4 0 1 1 13
 4/10 SLS W 44 5 15 9 10 0 0 19 2 11 5 5 0 1 2 -3
 4/12 MIL W 42 11 24 7 7 0 0 29 12 21 1 3 0 3 0 13
 4/14 SLS L 45 9 24 3 4 0 0 21 6 15 4 0 0 3 1 -5
 4/16 LAL L 41 14 22 7 8 0 0 35 9 21 3 4 0 2 2 -10
 4/17 GSW W 29 13 17 10 17 0 0 36 7 11 6 1 0 0 2 17
 4/20 SLS W 40 15 21 5 7 0 0 35 7 20 2 2 0 4 4 9
 4/21 DET W 36 11 22 13 14 0 0 35 7 19 1 3 1 1 1 30
 4/23 GSW W 39 8 16 14 14 0 0 30 8 16 2 0 3 1 2 8
 5/1 DEN W 33 18 26 11 19 0 0 47 7 17 1 2 1 1 1 26
 5/2 DEN W 29 9 12 8 14 0 0 26 3 16 1 1 1 2 1 23
 5/4 DEN W 44 10 19 10 15 0 0 30 7 19 2 1 0 0 2 8
 5/5 DEN L 44 6 14 14 21 0 0 26 6 16 3 4 0 2 2 -2
 5/7 DEN W 41 7 17 6 10 0 0 20 2 14 1 6 2 1 1 8
 5/13 LAL L 39 6 12 4 4 0 0 16 3 12 1 7 1 6 1 -23
 5/14 LAL W 42 11 19 8 8 0 0 30 3 16 3 3 1 2 2 12
 5/16 LAL W 52 17 25 4 5 0 0 38 8 17 3 2 3 2 5 4
 5/17 LAL W 40 16 24 5 5 0 0 37 8 17 1 3 0 4 1 10
 5/19 LAL W 34 9 13 3 4 0 1 21 3 16 5 6 3 2 1 30
 5/25 BOS W 48 12 25 18 21 0 1 42 11 24 3 2 1 1 1 8
 5/26 BOS W 41 7 20 12 15 0 0 26 6 19 4 1 0 2 3 14
 5/28 BOS W 42 14 22 8 13 0 0 36 4 17 6 6 1 2 1 4
 5/29 BOS L 41 4 11 8 12 0 0 16 7 13 3 3 0 2 2 -12
 5/30 BOS L 41 8 18 2 4 0 0 18 5 12 2 2 0 2 1 -10
 6/1 BOS W 42 7 15 5 5 0 0 19 5 18 5 5 0 1 4 4

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 118
 Total Player of the Week: 20
 Total Player of the Month: 6
 Total All-Star Appearances: 2
 Total All-League First Team: 2
 Total Playoff MVP: 1
 Total Most Valuable Player: 2
 Total Championships: 1
 Total Rebounds Leader: 2
 1979 NBA All-Star
 1979 NBA Most Valuable Player
 1979 NBA All-League First Team
 1979 NBA Rebounds Leader
 1980 NBA All-Star
 1980 NBA Most Valuable Player
 1980 NBA All-League First Team
 1980 NBA Rebounds Leader
 1980 NBA Playoff MVP
 1980 National Basketball Association Champion

 Transactions
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