Kareem Abdul-Jabbar vs. Moses Malone Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Moses Malone and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 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.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played 20 years in the NBA, 1 more than Moses Malone, who played 19. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the first of his seasons in 1969-70, 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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Moses Malone
Season	1969-70	1976-77
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Buffalo Braves, Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Div 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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	82	43.1	28.8	-	-	14.5	4.1	-	-	-	3.5	11.4	22.1	.518	-	-	-	5.9	9.1	.653
difference:		+12.5	+15.6			+1.4	+3.0				-0.1	+6.7	+12.2	+.038				+2.2	+3.7	+.040
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	10	43.5	35.2	-	-	16.8	4.1	-	-	-	2.5	13.9	24.5	.567	-	-	-	7.4	10.1	.733
difference:	+2	+0.3	+16.4			+0.1	+3.5				-1.0	+7.1	+11.0	+.067				+2.1	+2.5	+.041
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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Moses Malone
Season	1970-71	1977-78
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	82	40.1	31.7	-	-	16.0	3.3	-	-	-	3.2	13.0	22.5	.577	-	-	-	5.7	8.3	.690
difference:	+23	+4.4	+12.3			+1.0	+2.8				-0.2	+6.0	+8.5	+.078				+0.3	+0.8	+.028
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	14	41.2	26.6	-	-	17.0	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	10.9	21.1	.515	-	-	-	4.9	7.2	.673
Moses Malone	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Moses Malone
Season	1971-72	1978-79
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	81	44.2	34.8	-	-	16.6	4.6	-	-	-	2.9	14.3	24.9	.574	-	-	-	6.2	9.0	.689
difference:	+1	+2.9	+10.0			+1.0	+2.8				-0.2	+5.6	+8.7	+.034				+1.1	+0.9	+.050
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	11	46.4	28.7	-	-	18.2	5.1	-	-	-	3.2	12.6	28.9	.437	-	-	-	3.5	4.9	.704
difference:	+9	+7.4	+4.2			+2.3	+4.1				-0.7	+3.6	+8.4	+.002				+3.0	+4.1	+.018
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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Moses Malone
Season	1972-73	1979-80
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	76	42.8	30.2	-	-	16.1	5.0	-	-	-	2.7	12.9	23.3	.554	-	-	-	4.3	6.1	.713
difference:	+6	+4.5	+4.4			+1.6	+3.2				-0.1	+3.4	+4.4	+.052				+2.6	+3.4	+.006
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	6	46.0	22.8	-	-	16.2	2.8	-	-	-	4.3	9.8	23.0	.428	-	-	-	3.2	5.8	.543
difference:	+1	+6.7	+3.1			+2.3	+1.8				-1.7	+0.8	+3.3	+.108				+1.5	+0.3	+.224
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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Moses Malone
Season	1973-74	1980-81
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	81	43.8	27.0	3.5	11.0	14.5	4.8	1.4	3.5	-	2.9	11.7	21.7	.539	-	-	-	3.6	5.2	.702
difference:	+1	+3.2	+0.8	+2.4	+2.2	+0.3	+3.0	+0.4	+1.6		-0.1	+1.6	+2.4	+.017				+4.0	+4.9	+.055
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	16	47.4	32.2	4.2	11.6	15.8	4.9	1.3	2.4	-	2.6	14.0	25.1	.557	-	-	-	4.2	5.7	.736
difference:	+5	+1.9	+5.4	+1.8	+3.0	+1.3	+3.2	+0.7	+0.8			+4.1	+4.5	+.078				+2.8	+4.2	+.024
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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Moses Malone
Season	1974-75	1981-82
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	65	42.3	30.0	3.0	11.0	14.0	4.1	1.0	3.3	-	3.2	12.5	24.4	.513	-	-	-	5.0	6.6	.763
difference:	+16	+0.3	+1.1	+3.9	+3.2	+0.7	+2.3	+0.1	+1.8		-0.6	+0.8	+1.9	+.006				+2.8	+3.6	+.001
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Moses Malone
Season	1975-76	1982-83
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	Season MVP	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	Rebounds Leader
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	82	41.2	27.7	3.3	13.5	16.9	5.0	1.5	4.1	-	3.6	11.1	21.1	.529	-	-	-	5.5	7.8	.703
difference:	+4	+3.7	+3.2	+2.4	+3.9	+1.6	+3.7	+0.4	+2.1		-1.0	+2.7	+4.4	+.028				+2.2	+2.3	+.058
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	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

Season 8
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Moses Malone
Season	1976-77	1983-84
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	82	36.8	26.2	3.2	10.0	13.3	3.9	1.2	3.2	-	3.2	10.8	18.7	.579	-	-	-	4.6	6.5	.701
difference:	+11		+3.5	+1.8	+1.6	+0.1	+2.5	+0.2	+1.7		-0.6	+3.3	+3.2	+.096				+3.1	+3.7	+.049
Moses Malone	71	36.8	22.7	5.0	8.4	13.4	1.4	1.0	1.5	3.5	2.6	7.5	15.5	.483	0.0	0.1	.000	7.7	10.2	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	11	42.5	34.6	4.6	13.1	17.7	4.1	1.7	3.5	-	3.8	13.4	22.0	.607	-	-	-	7.9	10.9	.725
difference:	+6	+0.1	+13.2	+0.6	+3.3	+3.9	+2.7	+1.1	+1.3		-0.8	+5.8	+5.4	+.149				+1.7	+4.5	+.244
Moses Malone	5	42.4	21.4	4.0	9.8	13.8	1.4	0.6	2.2	4.2	3.0	7.6	16.6	.458	0.0	0.0	-	6.2	6.4	.969

Season 9
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Moses Malone
Season	1977-78	1984-85
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Conf Finals

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	62	36.5	25.8	3.0	9.9	12.9	4.3	1.7	3.0	3.4	2.9	10.7	19.4	.550	-	-	-	4.4	5.6	.783
difference:	+17	+0.9	+1.2	+1.9	+1.7	+0.2	+2.7	+0.9	+1.4	-0.2	-0.2	+3.1	+3.1	+.081				+4.9	+5.8	+.032
Moses Malone	79	37.4	24.6	4.9	8.2	13.1	1.6	0.8	1.6	3.6	2.7	7.6	16.3	.469	0.0	0.0	-	9.3	11.4	.815
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	3	44.7	27.0	4.7	9.0	13.7	3.7	0.7	4.0	4.7	4.7	12.7	24.3	.521	-	-	-	1.7	3.0	.556
difference:	+10	+5.9	+6.8	+1.9	+1.2	+3.1	+1.9	+0.6	+2.3	-2.9	-1.7	+5.8	+8.0	+.096				+4.6	+4.9	+.240
Moses Malone	13	38.8	20.2	2.8	7.8	10.6	1.8	1.3	1.7	1.8	3.0	6.9	16.3	.425	0.0	0.1	.000	6.3	7.9	.796

Season 10
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Moses Malone
Season	1978-79	1985-86
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	80	39.5	23.8	2.6	10.2	12.8	5.4	1.0	4.0	3.5	2.9	9.7	16.8	.577	-	-	-	4.4	5.9	.736
difference:	+6	+2.9		+2.0	+3.0	+1.0	+4.2	+0.1	+3.0		-0.3	+2.0		+.119				+3.9	+4.7	+.051
Moses Malone	74	36.6	23.8	4.6	7.2	11.8	1.2	0.9	1.0	3.5	2.6	7.7	16.8	.458	0.0	0.0	-	8.3	10.6	.787
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	8	45.9	28.5	2.3	10.4	12.6	4.8	1.0	4.1	3.6	3.3	11.0	19.0	.579	-	-	-	6.5	7.8	.839
Moses Malone	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Moses Malone
Season	1979-80	1986-87
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	82	38.3	24.8	2.3	8.5	10.8	4.5	1.0	3.4	3.6	2.6	10.2	16.9	.604	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	5.8	.765
difference:	+9	+4.2	+0.7	+2.4	+1.9	+0.5	+2.9	+0.2	+2.1	-0.8	-0.7	+2.0	+1.1	+.150		+0.2		+3.4	+3.7	+.059
Moses Malone	73	34.1	24.1	4.7	6.6	11.3	1.6	0.8	1.3	2.8	1.9	8.2	18.0	.454	0.0	0.2	.000	7.8	9.5	.824
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	15	41.2	31.9	3.4	8.7	12.1	3.1	1.1	3.9	3.7	3.4	13.2	23.1	.572	0.0	0.0	-	5.5	7.0	.790
difference:	+12	+3.2	+11.2	+1.6	+1.0	+0.6	+1.4	+1.1	+2.9	-1.0	-1.7	+6.2	+7.4	+.125				+1.2		+.162
Moses Malone	3	38.0	20.7	5.0	7.7	12.7	1.7	0.0	1.0	2.7	1.7	7.0	15.7	.447	0.0	0.0	-	6.7	7.0	.952

Season 12
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Moses Malone
Season	1980-81	1987-88
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	80	37.2	26.2	2.5	7.8	10.3	3.4	0.7	2.9	3.1	3.1	10.5	18.2	.574	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	6.9	.766
difference:	+1	+3.1	+5.9	+2.2	+1.3	+0.9	+2.0		+2.0	-0.1	-1.1	+3.8	+4.4	+.087		+0.1		+1.6	+1.8	+.022
Moses Malone	79	34.1	20.3	4.7	6.5	11.2	1.4	0.7	0.9	3.2	2.0	6.7	13.8	.487	0.0	0.1	.286	6.9	8.7	.788
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	3	44.7	26.7	4.3	12.3	16.7	4.0	1.0	2.7	3.7	4.7	10.0	21.7	.462	0.0	0.0	-	6.7	9.3	.714
difference:	+2	+5.1	+8.1	+0.1	+5.5	+5.5	+2.6	+0.4	+1.9	-0.7	-2.9	+4.0	+8.7			+0.2		+0.1	+1.3	+.111
Moses Malone	5	39.6	18.6	4.4	6.8	11.2	1.4	0.6	0.8	3.0	1.8	6.0	13.0	.462	0.0	0.2	.000	6.6	8.0	.825

Season 13
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Moses Malone
Season	1981-82	1988-89
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	76	35.2	23.9	2.3	6.4	8.7	3.0	0.8	2.7	3.0	2.9	9.9	17.1	.579	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	5.8	.706
difference:	+5	+0.3	+3.7	+2.5	+0.6	+3.1	+1.6	+0.2	+1.5		-1.0	+3.3	+3.6	+.088		+0.1		+2.8	+3.0	+.083
Moses Malone	81	35.5	20.2	4.8	7.0	11.8	1.4	1.0	1.2	3.0	1.9	6.6	13.5	.491	0.0	0.1	.000	6.9	8.8	.789
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	14	35.2	20.4	2.4	6.1	8.5	3.6	1.0	3.2	2.9	3.2	8.2	15.8	.520	0.0	0.0	-	3.9	6.2	.632
difference:	+9	+4.2	+0.6	+3.0	+0.5	+3.5	+1.8	+0.4	+2.4	-0.7	-2.2	+1.8	+3.0	+.020	+0.2	+0.2		+4.1	+4.0	+.152
Moses Malone	5	39.4	21.0	5.4	6.6	12.0	1.8	1.4	0.8	2.2	1.0	6.4	12.8	.500	0.2	0.2	1.000	8.0	10.2	.784

Season 14
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Moses Malone
Season	1982-83	1989-90
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	79	32.3	21.8	2.1	5.4	7.5	2.5	0.8	2.2	2.5	2.8	9.1	15.5	.588	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	4.7	.749
difference:	+2	+1.5	+2.9	+2.4	+0.1	+2.5	+0.9	+0.2	+1.2	-0.4	-0.8	+2.7	+2.2	+.108		+0.1		+2.6	+3.1	+.032
Moses Malone	81	33.8	18.9	4.5	5.5	10.0	1.6	0.6	1.0	2.9	2.0	6.4	13.3	.480	0.0	0.1	.111	6.1	7.8	.781
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	15	39.2	27.1	1.7	6.0	7.7	2.8	1.1	3.7	3.3	4.1	10.9	19.1	.568	0.0	0.1	.000	5.3	7.1	.755
Moses Malone	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 15
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Moses Malone
Season	1983-84	1990-91
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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15th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	80	32.8	21.5	2.1	5.2	7.3	2.6	0.7	1.8	2.8	2.6	9.0	15.5	.578	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.9	.723
difference:	+2	+9.5	+10.9	+1.2	+0.4	+0.8	+1.8	+0.3	+0.9	-1.1	-1.0	+5.6	+8.2	+.110		+0.1		+0.2	+0.4	+.108
Moses Malone	82	23.3	10.6	3.3	4.8	8.1	0.8	0.4	0.9	1.7	1.6	3.4	7.3	.468	0.0	0.1	.000	3.8	4.5	.831
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	21	36.5	23.9	2.7	5.6	8.2	3.8	1.1	2.1	2.1	3.4	9.8	17.7	.555	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	5.7	.750
difference:	+16	+19.7	+19.7	+0.5	+2.6	+2.0	+3.2	+0.7	+1.9	-1.7	-2.6	+9.0	+13.7	+.355				+1.7	+2.9	+.179
Moses Malone	5	16.8	4.2	3.2	3.0	6.2	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.8	0.8	4.0	.200	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	2.8	.929

Season 16
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Moses Malone
Season	1984-85	1991-92
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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16th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	79	33.3	22.0	2.1	5.8	7.9	3.2	0.8	2.1	2.5	3.0	9.2	15.3	.599	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.0	.732
difference:	+3	+2.7	+6.4	+1.8	+0.6	+1.2	+2.1	+0.1	+1.3	-0.7	-1.3	+3.8	+4.0	+.125		+0.1		+1.1	+1.1	+.054
Moses Malone	82	30.6	15.6	3.9	5.2	9.1	1.1	0.9	0.8	1.8	1.7	5.4	11.3	.474	0.0	0.1	.375	4.8	6.1	.786
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	19	32.1	21.9	2.6	5.5	8.1	4.0	1.2	1.9	2.7	3.5	8.8	15.8	.560	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	5.4	.777
Moses Malone	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 17
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Moses Malone
Season	1985-86	1992-93
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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17th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	79	33.3	23.4	1.7	4.4	6.1	3.5	0.8	1.6	2.6	3.1	9.6	16.9	.564	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	5.6	.765
difference:	+68	+23.8	+18.9	+0.3	+2.2	+1.9	+2.9	+0.7	+0.9	-1.7	-2.6	+8.4	+13.1	+.254				+2.1	+2.8	+.009
Moses Malone	11	9.5	4.5	2.0	2.2	4.2	0.6	0.1	0.7	0.9	0.5	1.2	3.8	.310	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	2.8	.774
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	14	34.9	25.9	1.9	4.1	5.9	3.5	1.1	1.7	3.0	3.9	11.2	20.1	.557	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	4.4	.787
Moses Malone	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 18
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Moses Malone
Season	1986-87	1993-94
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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18th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	78	31.3	17.5	1.9	4.8	6.7	2.6	0.6	1.2	2.4	3.1	7.2	12.7	.564	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	4.4	.714
difference:	+23	+20.1	+12.2		+2.6	+2.6	+2.0	+0.4	+0.9	-1.3	-2.2	+5.3	+8.5	+.124				+1.5	+2.3	+.055
Moses Malone	55	11.2	5.3	1.9	2.2	4.1	0.6	0.2	0.3	1.1	0.9	1.9	4.2	.440	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.1	.769
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	18	31.1	19.2	2.2	4.7	6.8	2.0	0.4	1.9	2.2	3.1	6.9	13.0	.530	0.0	0.1	.000	5.4	6.8	.795
Moses Malone	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 19
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Moses Malone
Season	1987-88	1994-95
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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19th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	80	28.9	14.6	1.5	4.5	6.0	1.7	0.6	1.2	2.0	2.7	6.0	11.3	.532	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.4	.762
difference:	+63	+20.1	+11.7	+0.3	+3.0	+3.3	+1.3	+0.5	+1.0	-1.4	-1.8	+5.2	+9.2	+.161	+0.1	+0.1		+1.3	+1.5	+.074
Moses Malone	17	8.8	2.9	1.2	1.5	2.7	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.6	0.9	0.8	2.1	.371	0.1	0.1	.500	1.3	1.9	.688
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	24	29.9	14.1	2.0	3.4	5.5	1.5	0.6	1.5	1.9	3.4	5.9	12.7	.464	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.0	.789
Moses Malone	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played 1 season more than Moses Malone in the NBA. In that period—his season 20 in 1989—Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played in the Playoffs. In that extra year over Moses Malone, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game