De'Andre Hunter vs. Moses Malone Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Moses Malone and De'Andre Hunter, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

De'Andre Hunter played 7 years in the NBA, 12 less than Moses Malone, who played 19. De'Andre Hunter had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Moses Malone had his rookie season in 1976-77. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Season 2
	De'Andre Hunter	Moses Malone
Season	2020-21	1977-78
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals	Did not play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Andre Hunter	23	29.5	15.0	0.7	4.0	4.8	1.9	0.8	0.5	1.3	2.6	5.2	10.8	.484	1.3	4.1	.326	3.2	3.7	.859
difference:	+36	+6.2	+4.4	+5.7	+4.6	+10.2	+1.4		+0.8	-2.4	-0.4	+1.8	+3.2	+.015				+2.2	+3.8	+.141
Moses Malone	59	35.7	19.4	6.4	8.6	15.0	0.5	0.8	1.3	3.7	3.0	7.0	14.0	.499	-	-	-	5.4	7.5	.718
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Andre Hunter	5	30.4	10.8	0.4	3.6	4.0	0.6	0.2	0.6	1.4	2.2	3.6	9.0	.400	1.2	3.2	.375	2.4	3.2	.750
Moses Malone	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	De'Andre Hunter	Moses Malone
Season	2021-22	1978-79
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Andre Hunter	53	29.8	13.4	0.5	2.8	3.3	1.3	0.7	0.4	1.3	2.9	4.8	10.8	.442	1.4	3.7	.379	2.4	3.1	.765
difference:	+29	+11.5	+11.4	+6.7	+7.7	+14.3	+0.5	+0.3	+1.1	-2.7	-0.2	+3.9	+5.4	+.098				+4.9	+6.8	+.026
Moses Malone	82	41.3	24.8	7.2	10.5	17.6	1.8	1.0	1.5	4.0	2.7	8.7	16.2	.540	-	-	-	7.3	9.9	.739
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Andre Hunter	5	35.0	21.2	0.4	3.4	3.8	0.6	0.8	0.2	2.2	4.0	7.8	14.0	.557	2.4	5.2	.462	3.2	4.0	.800
difference:	+3	+4.0	+3.3	+12.1	+4.6	+16.7	+0.4	+0.3	+3.8	-1.8	-1.5	+1.2	+6.5	+.118				+3.3	+5.0	+.078
Moses Malone	2	39.0	24.5	12.5	8.0	20.5	1.0	0.5	4.0	4.0	2.5	9.0	20.5	.439	-	-	-	6.5	9.0	.722

Season 4
	De'Andre Hunter	Moses Malone
Season	2022-23	1979-80
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost East Conf Semis

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Andre Hunter	67	31.7	15.4	0.7	3.6	4.2	1.4	0.5	0.3	1.2	3.0	5.7	12.3	.461	1.5	4.3	.350	2.6	3.1	.826
difference:	+15	+6.6	+10.4	+6.3	+3.9	+10.3	+0.4	+0.5	+1.0	-2.5	-0.4	+3.8	+6.6	+.041	+1.5	+4.2	+.350	+4.3	+6.4	+.107
Moses Malone	82	38.3	25.8	7.0	7.5	14.5	1.8	1.0	1.3	3.7	2.6	9.5	18.9	.502	0.0	0.1	.000	6.9	9.5	.719
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Andre Hunter	6	37.3	16.7	1.2	4.5	5.7	1.2	0.7	0.3	1.5	3.3	6.5	14.2	.459	2.3	6.3	.368	1.3	1.7	.800
difference:	+1	+2.0	+9.2	+4.8	+3.4	+8.2	+0.2	+0.1	+2.0	-1.6	-0.7	+4.1	+5.5	+.077	+2.3	+6.2	+.368	+3.4	+4.4	+.033
Moses Malone	7	39.3	25.9	6.0	7.9	13.9	1.0	0.6	2.3	3.1	2.6	10.6	19.7	.536	0.0	0.1	.000	4.7	6.1	.767

Season 5
	De'Andre Hunter	Moses Malone
Season	2023-24	1980-81
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	Rockets Lost NBA Finals

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Andre Hunter	57	29.5	15.6	0.5	3.4	3.9	1.5	0.7	0.3	1.5	2.6	5.3	11.6	.459	2.1	5.3	.385	2.9	3.4	.847
difference:	+23	+11.1	+12.2	+5.4	+5.4	+10.9	+0.3	+0.3	+1.6	-2.4	-0.2	+4.8	+7.7	+.063	+2.1	+5.3		+4.7	+6.7	+.090
Moses Malone	80	40.6	27.8	5.9	8.8	14.8	1.8	1.0	1.9	3.9	2.8	10.1	19.3	.522	0.0	0.0	-	7.6	10.1	.757
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Andre Hunter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Moses Malone	21	45.5	26.8	6.0	8.6	14.5	1.7	0.6	1.6	2.8	2.6	9.9	20.6	.479	0.0	0.1	.000	7.0	9.9	.712

Season 6
	De'Andre Hunter	Moses Malone
Season	2024-25	1981-82
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Andre Hunter	64	27.2	17.0	0.7	3.3	4.0	1.4	0.8	0.2	1.3	2.4	5.6	11.9	.470	2.5	6.1	.405	3.4	4.0	.846
difference:	+17	+14.8	+14.1	+6.2	+4.5	+10.7	+0.4	+0.1	+1.3	-2.3	-0.2	+6.1	+10.6	+.049	+2.5	+6.0	+.405	+4.4	+6.2	+.084
Moses Malone	81	42.0	31.1	6.9	7.8	14.7	1.8	0.9	1.5	3.6	2.6	11.7	22.5	.519	0.0	0.1	.000	7.8	10.2	.762
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Andre Hunter	8	23.1	11.0	0.8	2.9	3.6	1.0	0.5	0.1	0.9	2.1	3.4	7.9	.429	1.5	3.3	.462	2.8	3.3	.846
difference:	+5	+22.2	+13.0	+8.5	+4.8	+13.4	+2.3	+0.2	+0.6	-1.1	-0.6	+6.3	+14.4	+.004	+1.5	+3.3		+1.9	+1.7	+.087
Moses Malone	3	45.3	24.0	9.3	7.7	17.0	3.3	0.7	0.7	2.0	2.7	9.7	22.3	.433	0.0	0.0	-	4.7	5.0	.933

Season 7
	De'Andre Hunter	Moses Malone
Season	2025-26	1982-83
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play (season in progress)	NBA Champion

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Andre Hunter	30	27.8	14.7	0.7	3.6	4.2	2.1	0.7	0.2	1.5	2.7	4.9	11.6	.425	1.8	5.8	.314	3.0	3.5	.856
difference:	+48	+9.7	+9.8	+5.0	+6.0	+11.1	+0.8	+0.4	+1.8	-1.9	-0.1	+3.5	+5.1	+.076	+1.8	+5.8		+4.7	+6.6	+.095
Moses Malone	78	37.5	24.5	5.7	9.6	15.3	1.3	1.1	2.0	3.4	2.6	8.4	16.7	.501	0.0	0.0	-	7.7	10.1	.761
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Andre Hunter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Moses Malone	13	40.3	26.0	5.4	10.5	15.8	1.5	1.5	1.9	3.1	3.1	9.7	18.1	.536	0.0	0.1	.000	6.6	9.2	.717

Additional Years
* Moses Malone played 12 seasons more than De'Andre Hunter in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 19, from 1984 to 1995—Moses Malone played in 6 Playoffs. In those 12 extra years over De'Andre Hunter, Moses Malone got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 2 Rebounds Leader 6 All-Star Game