Moses Malone vs. Alfred McGuire Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alfred McGuire and Moses Malone, 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.

Moses Malone played 19 years in the NBA, 15 more than Alfred McGuire, who played 4. Moses Malone had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Alfred McGuire had his rookie season in 1951-52. 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 achivements, 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
	Moses Malone	Alfred McGuire
Season	1977-78	1952-53
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Alfred McGuire	58	21.2	6.1	-	-	2.9	2.5	-	-	-	3.6	1.9	4.9	.390	-	-	-	2.2	3.5	.637
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Moses Malone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alfred McGuire	7	8.9	0.9	-	-	1.0	1.3	-	-	-	1.6	0.4	2.0	.214	-	-	-	0.0	1.0	.000

Season 3
	Moses Malone	Alfred McGuire
Season	1978-79	1953-54
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost E Div Round Robin

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Alfred McGuire	64	13.3	2.7	-	-	1.9	1.6	-	-	-	2.3	0.9	2.8	.328	-	-	-	0.9	2.1	.436
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Alfred McGuire	4	17.3	4.5	-	-	1.0	1.8	-	-	-	3.8	2.0	4.5	.444	-	-	-	0.5	2.3	.222

Season 4
	Moses Malone	Alfred McGuire
Season	1979-80	1954-55
Team	Houston Rockets	Baltimore Bullets (1st)
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Alfred McGuire	10	9.8	2.3	-	-	0.9	0.8	-	-	-	1.5	0.9	3.2	.281	-	-	-	0.5	0.7	.714
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Alfred McGuire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Moses Malone	Alfred McGuire
Season	1980-81	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost NBA Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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	.333	7.6	10.1	.757
Alfred McGuire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Alfred McGuire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Moses Malone	Alfred McGuire
Season	1981-82	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Alfred McGuire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Alfred McGuire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Moses Malone	Alfred McGuire
Season	1982-83	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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	.000	7.7	10.1	.761
Alfred McGuire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Alfred McGuire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Moses Malone	Alfred McGuire
Season	1983-84	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Alfred McGuire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Alfred McGuire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Moses Malone	Alfred McGuire
Season	1984-85	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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	.000	9.3	11.4	.815
Alfred McGuire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Alfred McGuire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Moses Malone	Alfred McGuire
Season	1985-86	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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	.000	8.3	10.6	.787
Alfred McGuire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Moses Malone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alfred McGuire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Moses Malone	Alfred McGuire
Season	1986-87	-
Team	Washington Bullets	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Alfred McGuire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Alfred McGuire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Moses Malone	Alfred McGuire
Season	1987-88	-
Team	Washington Bullets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Alfred McGuire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Alfred McGuire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 13
	Moses Malone	Alfred McGuire
Season	1988-89	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Alfred McGuire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Alfred McGuire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-