Larry Bird vs. Moses Malone Season by Season Comparison

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

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Stats / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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.

Larry Bird played 13 years in the NBA, 6 less than Moses Malone, who played 19. Larry Bird had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Larry Bird	13	12	1979-80 to 1991-92
Moses Malone	19	12	1976-77 to 1994-95

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13


Rookie Season
	Larry Bird	Moses Malone
Season	1979-80	1976-77
Team	Boston Celtics	Buffalo Braves, Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Larry Bird	82	36.0	21.3	2.6	7.8	10.4	4.5	1.7	0.6	3.2	3.4	8.5	17.8	.474	0.7	1.7	.406	3.7	4.4	.836
difference:		+5.4	+8.1	+2.7	+0.1	+2.7	+3.4	+0.9	+1.6			+3.8	+7.9	+.006					+1.0	+.143
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		%
Larry Bird	9	41.3	21.3	2.4	8.8	11.2	4.7	1.6	0.9	3.7	3.3	9.2	19.7	.469	0.4	1.7	.267	2.4	2.8	.880
difference:	+3	+1.9	+2.5	+4.6	+1.1	+5.7	+4.1	+0.5	+0.9		-0.2	+2.4	+6.2	+.031				+2.9	+4.8	+.188
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
	Larry Bird	Moses Malone
Season	1980-81	1977-78
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	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		%
Larry Bird	82	39.5	21.2	2.3	8.6	10.9	5.5	2.0	0.8	3.5	2.9	8.8	18.3	.478	0.2	0.9	.270	3.5	4.0	.863
difference:	+23	+3.8	+1.8	+4.1		+4.1	+5.0	+1.2	+0.5	-0.2	-0.1	+1.8	+4.3	+.021				+1.9	+3.5	+.145
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		%
Larry Bird	17	44.1	21.9	2.9	11.1	14.0	6.1	2.3	1.0	3.6	3.1	8.6	18.4	.470	0.2	0.5	.375	4.5	5.0	.894
Moses Malone	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Larry Bird	Moses Malone
Season	1981-82	1978-79
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Larry Bird	77	38.0	22.9	2.6	8.3	10.9	5.8	1.9	0.9	3.3	3.2	9.2	18.4	.503	0.1	0.7	.212	4.3	4.9	.863
difference:	+5	+3.3	+1.9	+4.6	+2.2	+6.7	+4.0	+0.9	+0.6	-0.7	-0.5	+0.5	+2.2	+.037				+3.0	+5.0	+.124
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		%
Larry Bird	12	40.8	17.8	2.8	9.8	12.5	5.6	1.9	1.4	3.2	3.6	7.3	17.2	.427	0.1	0.5	.167	3.1	3.8	.822
difference:	+10	+1.8	+6.7	+9.7	+1.8	+8.0	+4.6	+1.4	+2.6	-0.8	-1.1	+1.7	+3.3	+.012				+3.4	+5.2	+.100
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
	Larry Bird	Moses Malone
Season	1982-83	1979-80
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Larry Bird	79	37.7	23.6	2.4	8.6	11.0	5.8	1.9	0.9	3.0	2.5	9.5	18.7	.504	0.3	1.0	.286	4.4	5.3	.840
difference:	+3	+0.6	+2.2	+4.6	+1.1	+3.5	+4.0	+0.9	+0.4	-0.7	-0.1		+0.2	+.002	+0.3	+0.9	+.286	+2.5	+4.2	+.121
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		%
Larry Bird	6	40.0	20.5	3.3	9.2	12.5	6.8	2.2	0.5	3.2	2.5	8.2	19.3	.422	0.2	0.7	.250	4.0	4.8	.828
difference:	+1	+0.7	+5.4	+2.7	+1.3	+1.4	+5.8	+1.6	+1.8	-0.1	-0.1	+2.4	+0.4	+.114	+0.2	+0.6	+.250	+0.7	+1.3	+.061
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
	Larry Bird	Moses Malone
Season	1983-84	1980-81
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Larry Bird	79	38.3	24.2	2.3	7.8	10.1	6.6	1.8	0.9	3.0	2.5	9.6	19.5	.492	0.2	0.9	.247	4.7	5.3	.888
difference:	+1	+2.3	+3.6	+3.6	+1.0	+4.7	+4.8	+0.8	+1.0	-0.9	-0.3	+0.5	+0.2	+.030	+0.2	+0.9		+2.9	+4.8	+.131
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		%
Larry Bird	23	41.8	27.5	2.7	8.3	11.0	5.9	2.3	1.2	3.8	3.1	10.0	19.0	.524	0.3	0.7	.412	7.3	8.3	.879
difference:	+2	+3.7	+0.7	+3.3	+0.3	+3.5	+4.2	+1.7	+0.4	-1.0	-0.5	+0.1	+1.6	+.045	+0.3	+0.6	+.412	+0.3	+1.6	+.167
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
	Larry Bird	Moses Malone
Season	1984-85	1981-82
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Larry Bird	80	39.5	28.7	2.1	8.5	10.5	6.6	1.6	1.2	3.1	2.6	11.5	22.0	.522	0.7	1.6	.427	5.0	5.7	.882
difference:	+1	+2.5	+2.4	+4.8	+0.7	+4.2	+4.8	+0.7	+0.3	-0.5		+0.2	+0.5	+.003	+0.7	+1.5	+.427	+2.8	+4.5	+.120
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		%
Larry Bird	20	40.8	26.0	2.7	6.5	9.1	5.8	1.7	1.0	2.9	2.7	9.8	21.3	.461	0.4	1.3	.280	6.1	6.8	.890
difference:	+17	+4.5	+2.0	+6.6	+1.2	+7.9	+2.5	+1.0	+0.3	-0.9		+0.1	+1.0	+.028	+0.4	+1.3		+1.4	+1.8	+.043
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
	Larry Bird	Moses Malone
Season	1985-86	1982-83
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	Finals MVP
	Season MVP	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Larry Bird	82	38.0	25.8	2.3	7.5	9.8	6.8	2.0	0.6	3.2	2.2	9.7	19.6	.496	1.0	2.4	.423	5.4	6.0	.896
difference:	+4	+0.5	+1.3	+3.4	+2.1	+5.5	+5.5	+0.9	+1.4	-0.2	-0.4	+1.3	+2.9	+.005	+1.0	+2.4		+2.3	+4.1	+.135
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		%
Larry Bird	18	42.8	25.9	1.9	7.4	9.3	8.2	2.1	0.6	2.6	3.1	9.5	18.4	.517	1.3	3.1	.411	5.6	6.1	.927
difference:	+5	+2.5	+0.1	+3.5	+3.1	+6.5	+6.7	+0.6	+1.3	-0.5		+0.2	+0.3	+.019	+1.3	+3.0	+.411	+1.0	+3.1	+.210
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
	Larry Bird	Moses Malone
Season	1986-87	1983-84
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA 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		%
Larry Bird	74	40.6	28.1	1.7	7.5	9.2	7.6	1.8	0.9	3.2	2.5	10.6	20.2	.525	1.2	3.0	.400	5.6	6.1	.910
difference:	+3	+3.8	+5.4	+3.3	+0.9	+4.2	+6.2	+0.8	+0.6	-0.3	-0.1	+3.1	+4.7	+.042	+1.2	+2.9	+.400	+2.1	+4.1	+.160
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		%
Larry Bird	23	44.1	27.0	1.8	8.3	10.0	7.2	1.2	0.8	3.1	2.4	9.4	19.7	.476	0.6	1.8	.341	7.7	8.4	.912
difference:	+18	+1.7	+5.6	+2.2	+1.5	+3.8	+5.8	+0.6	+1.4	-1.1	-0.6	+1.8	+3.1	+.018	+0.6	+1.8		+1.5	+2.0	+.057
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
	Larry Bird	Moses Malone
Season	1987-88	1984-85
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Larry Bird	76	39.0	29.9	1.4	7.8	9.3	6.1	1.6	0.8	2.8	2.1	11.6	22.0	.527	1.3	3.1	.414	5.5	6.0	.916
difference:	+3	+1.6	+5.3	+3.5	+0.4	+3.8	+4.5	+0.8	+0.8	-0.8	-0.6	+4.0	+5.7	+.058	+1.3	+3.1		+3.8	+5.4	+.101
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		%
Larry Bird	17	44.9	24.5	1.7	7.1	8.8	6.8	2.1	0.8	2.9	2.6	8.9	19.9	.450	0.7	1.9	.375	5.9	6.6	.894
difference:	+4	+6.1	+4.3	+1.1	+0.7	+1.8	+5.0	+0.8	+0.9	-1.1	-0.4	+2.0	+3.6	+.025	+0.7	+1.8	+.375	+0.4	+1.3	+.098
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
	Larry Bird	Moses Malone
Season	1988-89	1985-86
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Larry Bird	6	31.5	19.3	0.2	6.0	6.2	4.8	1.0	0.8	1.8	3.0	8.2	17.3	.471	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.2	.947
difference:	+68	+5.1	+4.5	+4.4	+1.2	+5.6	+3.6	+0.1	+0.2	-1.7	-0.4	+0.5	+0.5	+.013				+5.3	+7.4	+.160
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
* Neiher Larry Bird nor Moses Malone played in the postseason in their season 10


Season 11
	Larry Bird	Moses Malone
Season	1989-90	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Larry Bird	75	39.3	24.3	1.2	8.3	9.5	7.5	1.4	0.8	3.2	2.3	9.6	20.2	.473	0.9	2.6	.333	4.3	4.6	.930
difference:	+2	+5.2	+0.2	+3.5	+1.7	+1.8	+5.9	+0.6	+0.5	-0.4	-0.4	+1.4	+2.2	+.019	+0.9	+2.4	+.333	+3.5	+4.9	+.106
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		%
Larry Bird	5	41.4	24.4	1.4	7.8	9.2	8.8	1.0	1.0	3.6	2.0	8.8	19.8	.444	1.0	3.8	.263	5.8	6.4	.906
difference:	+2	+3.4	+3.7	+3.6	+0.1	+3.5	+7.1	+1.0		-0.9	-0.3	+1.8	+4.1	+.003	+1.0	+3.8		+0.9	+0.6	+.046
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
	Larry Bird	Moses Malone
Season	1990-91	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Larry Bird	60	38.0	19.4	0.9	7.6	8.5	7.2	1.8	1.0	3.1	2.0	7.7	17.0	.454	1.3	3.3	.389	2.7	3.1	.891
difference:	+19	+3.9	+0.9	+3.8	+1.1	+2.7	+5.8	+1.1	+0.1	-0.1		+1.0	+3.2	+.033	+1.3	+3.2	+.103	+4.2	+5.6	+.103
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		%
Larry Bird	10	39.6	17.1	0.8	6.4	7.2	6.5	1.3	0.3	1.9	2.8	6.2	15.2	.408	0.3	2.1	.143	4.4	5.1	.863
difference:	+5		+1.5	+3.6	+0.4	+4.0	+5.1	+0.7	+0.5	-1.1	-1.0	+0.2	+2.2	+.054	+0.3	+1.9	+.143	+2.2	+2.9	+.038
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
	Larry Bird	Moses Malone
Season	1991-92	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Larry Bird	45	36.9	20.2	1.0	8.6	9.6	6.8	0.9	0.7	2.8	1.8	7.8	16.8	.466	1.2	2.8	.406	3.3	3.6	.926
difference:	+36	+1.4		+3.8	+1.6	+2.2	+5.4	+0.1	+0.5	-0.2	-0.1	+1.2	+3.3	+.025	+1.2	+2.7	+.406	+3.6	+5.2	+.137
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		%
Larry Bird	4	26.8	11.3	0.5	4.0	4.5	5.3	0.3	0.5	1.5	1.8	5.3	10.5	.500	0.0	1.3	.000	0.8	1.0	.750
difference:	+1	+12.6	+9.7	+4.9	+2.6	+7.5	+3.5	+1.1	+0.3	-0.7	-0.8	+1.1	+2.3		+0.2	+1.1	+1.000	+7.2	+9.2	+.034
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

Additional Years

* Moses Malone played 6 seasons more than Larry Bird in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 14 to 19, from 1990 to 1995—Moses Malone played in one postseason.

Larry Bird vs. Moses Malone Season by Season Comparison

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

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

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