Moses Malone vs. Alperen Sengun Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alperen Sengun 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 Alperen Sengun, who played 4. Moses Malone had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Alperen Sengun had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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.

Season 2
	Moses Malone	Alperen Sengun
Season	1977-78	2022-23
Team	Houston Rockets	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		%
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
difference:	+16	+6.8	+4.6	+3.2	+2.8	+6.0	+3.4	+0.1	+0.4	-1.1	-0.4	+1.1	+3.3	+.054				+2.7	+3.7	+.003
Alperen Sengun	75	28.9	14.8	3.2	5.8	9.0	3.9	0.9	0.9	2.6	3.4	5.9	10.7	.553	0.3	0.8	.333	2.7	3.8	.715
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Moses Malone nor Alperen Sengun played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Moses Malone	Alperen Sengun
Season	1978-79	2023-24
Team	Houston Rockets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+19	+8.8	+3.7	+4.3	+4.1	+8.3	+3.2	+0.2	+0.8	-1.4	-0.6	+0.3	+0.6	+.003				+3.4	+4.3	+.046
Alperen Sengun	63	32.5	21.1	2.9	6.4	9.3	5.0	1.2	0.7	2.6	3.3	8.4	15.6	.537	0.5	1.8	.297	3.9	5.6	.693
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
Alperen Sengun	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Moses Malone	Alperen Sengun
Season	1979-80	2024-25
Team	Houston Rockets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Cup All-Tournament Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East Conf Semis	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+6	+6.8	+6.7	+3.6	+0.6	+4.2	+3.1	+0.1	+0.5	-1.1	-0.2	+2.0	+3.9	+.006	+0.3	+1.1	+.233	+3.0	+3.9	+.027
Alperen Sengun	76	31.5	19.1	3.4	6.9	10.3	4.9	1.1	0.8	2.6	2.8	7.5	15.0	.496	0.3	1.2	.233	3.9	5.6	.692
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
difference:		+2.7	+5.0	+3.0	+1.0	+2.0	+4.3	+1.3	+1.9	-1.0	-1.1	+2.2	+1.0	+.086	+0.4	+1.0	+.375	+1.1	+0.4	+.142
Alperen Sengun	7	36.6	20.9	3.0	8.9	11.9	5.3	1.9	0.4	2.1	3.7	8.4	18.7	.450	0.4	1.1	.375	3.6	5.7	.625

Additional Years
* Moses Malone played 15 seasons more than Alperen Sengun in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 19, from 1981 to 1995—Moses Malone played in 9 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 15 extra years over Alperen Sengun, Moses Malone got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 2 Season MVP 3 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 5 Rebounds Leader 9 All-Star Game