Josh Giddey vs. Moses Malone Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Moses Malone and Josh Giddey, 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.

Josh Giddey played 5 years in the NBA, 14 less than Moses Malone, who played 19. Josh Giddey had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, 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
	Josh Giddey	Moses Malone
Season	2021-22	1976-77
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Buffalo Braves, Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Josh Giddey	54	31.5	12.5	1.8	6.0	7.8	6.4	0.9	0.4	3.2	1.6	5.2	12.4	.419	1.0	3.9	.263	1.0	1.5	.709
difference:	+28	+0.9	+0.7	+3.5	+1.7	+5.3	+5.3	+0.1	+1.8		-1.8	+0.5	+2.5	+.061				+2.7	+3.9	+.016
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		%
Josh Giddey	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Josh Giddey	Moses Malone
Season	2022-23	1977-78
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	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		%
Josh Giddey	76	31.2	16.6	1.9	5.9	7.9	6.2	0.8	0.4	2.8	1.9	7.1	14.7	.482	1.0	3.1	.325	1.4	1.9	.731
difference:	+17	+4.5	+2.8	+4.5	+2.7	+7.1	+5.7		+0.9	-0.9	-1.1	+0.1	+0.7	+.017				+4.0	+5.6	+.013
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 Josh Giddey nor Moses Malone played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Josh Giddey	Moses Malone
Season	2023-24	1978-79
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Josh Giddey	80	25.1	12.3	1.4	5.0	6.4	4.8	0.7	0.6	2.1	1.4	5.0	10.6	.475	1.0	3.0	.337	1.3	1.6	.806
difference:	+2	+16.2	+12.5	+5.8	+5.5	+11.2	+3.0	+0.3	+0.9	-1.9	-1.3	+3.7	+5.6	+.065				+6.0	+8.3	+.067
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		%
Josh Giddey	10	18.1	8.7	0.7	2.9	3.6	2.1	0.2	0.4	1.2	0.9	3.4	7.5	.453	1.2	3.4	.353	0.7	0.8	.875
difference:	+8	+20.9	+15.8	+11.8	+5.1	+16.9	+1.1	+0.3	+3.6	-2.8	-1.6	+5.6	+13.0	+.014				+5.8	+8.2	+.153
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
	Josh Giddey	Moses Malone
Season	2024-25	1979-80
Team	Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Josh Giddey	70	30.2	14.6	1.8	6.3	8.1	7.2	1.2	0.6	2.9	1.7	5.3	11.4	.465	1.5	4.0	.378	2.5	3.2	.781
difference:	+12	+8.1	+11.2	+5.2	+1.2	+6.4	+5.4	+0.2	+0.7	-0.8	-0.9	+4.2	+7.5	+.037	+1.5	+3.9	+.378	+4.4	+6.3	+.062
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		%
Josh Giddey	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Josh Giddey	Moses Malone
Season	2025-26	1980-81
Team	Chicago Bulls	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		%
Josh Giddey	3	31.3	19.3	1.0	7.7	8.7	6.3	0.7	0.7	3.7	2.3	6.3	14.7	.432	1.7	4.0	.417	5.0	7.0	.714
difference:	+77	+9.3	+8.5	+4.9	+1.1	+6.1	+4.5	+0.3	+1.2	-0.2	-0.5	+3.8	+4.6	+.090	+1.7	+4.0		+2.6	+3.1	+.043
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		%
Josh Giddey	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

Additional Years
* Moses Malone played 14 seasons more than Josh Giddey in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 19, from 1982 to 1995—Moses Malone played in 8 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 14 extra years over Josh Giddey, Moses Malone got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 2 Season MVP 3 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 4 Rebounds Leader 8 All-Star Game