Dereck Lively II vs. Moses Malone Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Moses Malone and Dereck Lively II, 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.

Dereck Lively II played 2 years in the NBA, 17 less than Moses Malone, who played 19. Dereck Lively II had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, 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.

Rookie Season
	Dereck Lively II	Moses Malone
Season	2023-24	1976-77
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Buffalo Braves, Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	Rockets Lost East Conf Finals

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dereck Lively II	55	23.5	8.8	2.5	4.4	6.9	1.1	0.7	1.4	0.9	2.6	4.0	5.4	.747	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.5	.506
difference:	+27	+7.1	+4.4	+2.8	+3.3	+6.2		+0.1	+0.8		-0.8	+0.7	+4.5	+.267				+3.0	+3.9	+.187
Moses Malone	82	30.6	13.2	5.3	7.7	13.1	1.1	0.8	2.2	-	3.4	4.7	9.9	.480	-	-	-	3.7	5.4	.693
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dereck Lively II	21	22.0	7.9	2.7	4.7	7.4	1.3	0.4	1.0	1.0	2.3	3.0	4.5	.674	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.9	.590
difference:	+9	+21.2	+10.9	+4.3	+5.2	+9.5	+0.7	+0.7	+0.8		-1.2	+3.8	+9.0	+.174				+3.6	+4.7	+.102
Moses Malone	12	43.2	18.8	7.0	9.9	16.9	0.6	1.1	1.8	-	3.5	6.8	13.5	.500	-	-	-	5.3	7.6	.692

Season 2
	Dereck Lively II	Moses Malone
Season	2024-25	1977-78
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dereck Lively II	36	23.1	8.7	2.9	4.6	7.5	2.4	0.6	1.6	1.1	2.8	3.7	5.3	.702	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.630
difference:	+23	+12.6	+10.7	+3.5	+4.0	+7.5	+1.9	+0.2	+0.3	-2.6	-0.2	+3.3	+8.7	+.203				+4.1	+5.5	+.088
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
* Neiher Dereck Lively II nor Moses Malone played in the postseason in their season 2

Additional Years
* Moses Malone played 17 seasons more than Dereck Lively II in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 19, from 1979 to 1995—Moses Malone played in 11 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 17 extra years over Dereck Lively II, Moses Malone got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 3 Season MVP 4 All-NBA First Team 4 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 6 Rebounds Leader 11 All-Star Game