Moses Malone vs. Dirk Nowitzki Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dirk Nowitzki 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Stats / Stats Rankings

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, 2 less than Dirk Nowitzki, who played 21. Moses Malone had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Dirk Nowitzki had his rookie season in 1998-99. 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
Moses Malone	19	12	1976-77 to 1994-95
Dirk Nowitzki	21	15	1998-99 to 2018-19

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19


Rookie Season
	Moses Malone	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1976-77	1998-99
Team	Buffalo Braves, Houston Rockets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+35	+10.2	+5.0	+4.4	+5.1	+9.7	+0.1	+0.2	+1.6		-1.2	+1.8	+2.8	+.075				+1.6	+2.7	+.080
Dirk Nowitzki	47	20.4	8.2	0.9	2.6	3.4	1.0	0.6	0.6	1.6	2.2	2.9	7.1	.405	0.3	1.4	.206	2.1	2.7	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Dirk Nowitzki	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Moses Malone	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1977-78	1999-00
Team	Houston Rockets	Dallas Mavericks
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:	+23	+0.1	+1.9	+5.2	+3.4	+8.5	+2.0		+0.5	-2.0	-0.1	+0.7	+0.4	+.038				+1.9	+3.3	+.112
Dirk Nowitzki	82	35.8	17.5	1.2	5.2	6.5	2.5	0.8	0.8	1.7	3.1	6.3	13.6	.461	1.4	3.7	.379	3.5	4.2	.830

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Moses Malone nor Dirk Nowitzki played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Moses Malone	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1978-79	2000-01
Team	Houston Rockets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis

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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:		+3.2	+3.0	+5.7	+2.8	+8.4	+0.3		+0.3	-2.1	-0.3	+1.5	+1.0	+.066				+1.8	+3.3	+.099
Dirk Nowitzki	82	38.1	21.8	1.5	7.7	9.2	2.1	1.0	1.2	1.9	3.0	7.2	15.2	.474	1.8	4.8	.387	5.5	6.6	.838

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
difference:	+8	+0.9	+1.1	+11.1	+1.3	+12.4	+0.4	+0.6	+3.2	-2.6	-1.2	+2.1	+4.2	+.016				+1.8	+0.4	+.161
Dirk Nowitzki	10	39.9	23.4	1.4	6.7	8.1	1.4	1.1	0.8	1.4	3.7	6.9	16.3	.423	1.3	4.6	.283	8.3	9.4	.883


Season 4
	Moses Malone	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1979-80	2001-02
Team	Houston Rockets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
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	+0.3	+2.4	+5.4	+0.9	+4.6	+0.6	+0.1	+0.3	-1.8	-0.3	+1.6	+2.3	+.025	+1.8	+4.5	+.397	+1.1	+2.7	+.134
Dirk Nowitzki	76	38.0	23.4	1.6	8.4	9.9	2.4	1.1	1.0	1.9	2.9	7.9	16.6	.477	1.8	4.6	.397	5.8	6.8	.853

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:	+1	+5.3	+2.5	+3.9	+3.1	+0.8	+1.3	+1.4	+1.5	-0.3	-0.8	+1.5	+0.8	+.091	+2.0	+3.4	+.571	+3.4	+3.2	+.111
Dirk Nowitzki	8	44.6	28.4	2.1	11.0	13.1	2.3	2.0	0.8	2.8	3.4	9.1	20.5	.445	2.0	3.5	.571	8.1	9.3	.878


Season 5
	Moses Malone	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1980-81	2002-03
Team	Houston Rockets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost NBA Finals	Mavericks Lost West Conf 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		%
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
difference:		+1.6	+2.7	+4.9	+0.1	+4.9	+1.2	+0.4	+0.9	-2.0	-0.2	+1.5	+0.7	+.059	+1.9	+4.9		+1.6	+3.2	+.124
Dirk Nowitzki	80	39.0	25.1	1.0	8.9	9.9	3.0	1.4	1.0	1.9	2.6	8.6	18.6	.463	1.9	4.9	.379	6.0	6.9	.881

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
difference:	+4	+3.0	+1.5	+5.1	+2.0	+3.0	+0.5	+0.6	+0.7	-0.4	-0.5	+1.1	+2.2		+1.6	+3.5	+.443	+0.9	+3.3	+.200
Dirk Nowitzki	17	42.5	25.3	0.9	10.6	11.5	2.2	1.2	0.9	2.4	3.1	8.8	18.4	.479	1.6	3.6	.443	6.1	6.6	.912


Season 6
	Moses Malone	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1981-82	2003-04
Team	Houston Rockets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks 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		%
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
difference:	+4	+4.1	+9.3	+5.7	+0.3	+6.0	+0.9	+0.3	+0.1	-1.8	-0.2	+3.8	+5.5	+.057	+1.3	+3.7	+.341	+3.0	+4.7	+.115
Dirk Nowitzki	77	37.9	21.8	1.2	7.5	8.7	2.7	1.2	1.4	1.8	2.8	7.9	17.0	.462	1.3	3.8	.341	4.8	5.5	.877

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
difference:	+2	+3.1	+2.6	+6.7	+1.5	+5.2	+1.9	+0.7	+1.9	-0.8	-0.5	+0.7	+2.3	+.017	+1.4	+3.0		+2.5	+3.4	+.076
Dirk Nowitzki	5	42.2	26.6	2.6	9.2	11.8	1.4	1.4	2.6	1.2	3.2	9.0	20.0	.450	1.4	3.0	.467	7.2	8.4	.857


Season 7
	Moses Malone	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1982-83	2004-05
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Finals 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	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:		+1.2	+1.6	+4.5	+1.1	+5.6	+1.8	+0.1	+0.5	-1.1	-0.2	+0.1	+1.8	+.042	+1.2	+2.9		+0.2	+1.0	+.108
Dirk Nowitzki	78	38.7	26.1	1.2	8.5	9.7	3.1	1.2	1.5	2.3	2.8	8.5	18.5	.459	1.2	2.9	.399	7.9	9.1	.869

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
difference:		+2.2	+2.3	+3.5	+2.3	+5.7	+1.8	+0.1	+0.3	-0.6	-0.1	+1.8	+1.6	+.134	+0.8	+2.2	+.333	+0.5	+0.7	+.112
Dirk Nowitzki	13	42.5	23.7	1.9	8.2	10.1	3.3	1.4	1.6	2.5	3.2	7.9	19.7	.402	0.8	2.3	.333	7.1	8.5	.829


Season 8
	Moses Malone	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1983-84	2005-06
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+10	+1.3	+3.9	+3.6	+0.8	+4.4	+1.4	+0.3	+0.5	-1.6	-0.6	+1.8	+3.8	+.003	+1.4	+3.2	+.406	+1.0	+2.8	+.151
Dirk Nowitzki	81	38.1	26.6	1.4	7.6	9.0	2.8	0.7	1.0	1.9	2.0	9.3	19.3	.480	1.4	3.3	.406	6.7	7.4	.901

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
difference:	+18	+0.3	+5.6	+2.0	+0.2	+2.1	+1.5	+0.5	+1.6	-2.1	-0.2	+0.9	+1.6	+.010	+1.0	+2.9		+2.7	+3.6	+.074
Dirk Nowitzki	23	42.7	27.0	2.0	9.6	11.7	2.9	1.1	0.6	2.1	2.8	8.5	18.2	.468	1.0	2.9	.343	8.9	10.0	.895


Season 9
	Moses Malone	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1984-85	2006-07
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+1	+1.2		+3.3	+0.9	+4.2	+1.8	+0.1	+0.8	-1.5	-0.5	+1.0	+0.9	+.033	+0.9	+2.2		+2.9	+4.3	+.089
Dirk Nowitzki	78	36.2	24.6	1.6	7.3	8.9	3.4	0.7	0.8	2.1	2.2	8.6	17.2	.502	0.9	2.2	.416	6.4	7.1	.904

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
difference:	+7	+1.0	+0.5	+1.4	+0.6	+0.7	+0.5	+0.5	+0.4	-0.5	-0.3	+0.9	+0.6	+.042	+0.7	+3.1	+.211	+0.7	+0.4	+.044
Dirk Nowitzki	6	39.8	19.7	4.2	7.2	11.3	2.3	1.8	1.3	2.3	3.3	6.0	15.7	.383	0.7	3.2	.211	7.0	8.3	.840


Season 10
	Moses Malone	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1985-86	2007-08
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+3	+0.6	+0.2	+3.4	+0.1	+3.2	+2.3	+0.2	+0.1	-1.4		+0.5	+0.3	+.021	+1.0	+2.9		+2.1	+3.5	+.092
Dirk Nowitzki	77	36.0	23.6	1.2	7.3	8.6	3.5	0.7	0.9	2.1	2.6	8.2	17.1	.479	1.0	2.9	.359	6.2	7.1	.879

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Moses Malone	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dirk Nowitzki	5	42.2	26.8	2.0	10.0	12.0	4.0	0.2	1.4	2.0	2.6	8.6	18.2	.473	1.2	3.6	.333	8.4	10.4	.808


Season 11
	Moses Malone	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1986-87	2008-09
Team	Washington Bullets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+8	+3.6	+1.8	+3.6	+0.7	+2.9	+0.8		+0.5	-0.9	-0.3	+1.4	+2.0	+.025	+0.8	+1.9	+.359	+1.8	+2.8	+.066
Dirk Nowitzki	81	37.7	25.9	1.1	7.3	8.4	2.4	0.8	0.8	1.9	2.2	9.6	20.0	.479	0.8	2.1	.359	6.0	6.7	.890

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
difference:	+7	+1.4	+6.1	+3.8	+1.2	+2.6	+1.4	+0.9	+0.2	-0.4	-0.4	+1.8	+1.3	+.071	+0.6	+2.1		+1.9	+2.3	+.027
Dirk Nowitzki	10	39.4	26.8	1.2	8.9	10.1	3.1	0.9	0.8	2.3	2.1	8.8	17.0	.518	0.6	2.1	.286	8.6	9.3	.925


Season 12
	Moses Malone	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1987-88	2009-10
Team	Washington Bullets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
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
difference:	+2	+3.4	+4.7	+3.7	+0.2	+3.5	+1.3	+0.2	+0.1	-1.4	-0.6	+2.2	+4.7	+.006	+0.6	+1.4	+.135	+0.3	+1.5	+.127
Dirk Nowitzki	81	37.5	25.0	1.0	6.7	7.7	2.7	0.9	1.0	1.8	2.6	8.9	18.5	.481	0.6	1.5	.421	6.6	7.2	.915

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
difference:	+1	+0.8	+8.1	+3.2	+0.2	+3.0	+1.6	+0.2	+0.1	-1.3	-0.7	+3.7	+4.7	+.085	+0.7	+1.0	+.571	+0.1	+1.0	+.127
Dirk Nowitzki	6	38.8	26.7	1.2	7.0	8.2	3.0	0.8	0.7	1.7	2.5	9.7	17.7	.547	0.7	1.2	.571	6.7	7.0	.952


Season 13
	Moses Malone	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1988-89	2010-11
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
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
difference:	+8	+1.2	+2.8	+4.1	+0.7	+4.8	+1.2	+0.5	+0.6	-1.1	-0.5	+1.8	+2.7	+.026	+0.9	+2.2	+.393	+1.5	+2.7	+.103
Dirk Nowitzki	73	34.3	23.0	0.7	6.3	7.0	2.6	0.5	0.6	1.9	2.4	8.4	16.2	.517	0.9	2.3	.393	5.4	6.1	.892

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
difference:	+16	+0.1	+6.7	+4.8	+1.0	+3.9	+0.7	+0.8	+0.2	-0.9	-1.2	+2.7	+6.1	+.015	+0.9	+2.2	+.540	+0.3	+1.3	+.157
Dirk Nowitzki	21	39.3	27.7	0.6	7.6	8.1	2.5	0.6	0.6	3.1	2.2	9.1	18.9	.485	1.1	2.4	.460	8.3	8.9	.941


Season 14
	Moses Malone	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1989-90	2011-12
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+19	+0.3	+2.7	+3.8	+0.5	+3.3	+0.6	+0.1	+0.5	-1.0	-0.1	+1.2	+3.4	+.023	+1.3	+3.3	+.257	+1.0	+2.1	+.115
Dirk Nowitzki	62	33.5	21.6	0.7	6.0	6.7	2.2	0.7	0.5	1.9	2.1	7.6	16.7	.457	1.3	3.4	.368	5.1	5.7	.896

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Moses Malone	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dirk Nowitzki	4	38.5	26.8	0.8	5.5	6.3	1.8	0.8	0.0	2.5	2.3	8.5	19.3	.442	0.3	1.5	.167	9.5	10.5	.905


Season 15
	Moses Malone	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1990-91	2012-13
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+29	+8.0	+6.7	+2.6	+1.4	+1.3	+1.7	+0.3	+0.2	-0.4	-0.2	+3.1	+6.4	+.003	+1.2	+2.9	+.414	+0.7	+0.9	+.029
Dirk Nowitzki	53	31.3	17.3	0.7	6.2	6.8	2.5	0.7	0.7	1.3	1.8	6.5	13.7	.471	1.2	3.0	.414	3.1	3.6	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Dirk Nowitzki	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Moses Malone	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1991-92	2013-14
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+2	+2.3	+6.1	+3.4	+0.5	+2.9	+1.6		+0.2	-0.3	-0.4	+2.5	+4.6	+.023	+1.6	+4.0	+.023	+0.6	+1.4	+.113
Dirk Nowitzki	80	32.9	21.7	0.5	5.7	6.2	2.7	0.9	0.6	1.5	2.1	7.9	15.9	.497	1.6	4.1	.398	4.2	4.7	.899

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Moses Malone	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dirk Nowitzki	7	37.6	19.1	0.7	7.3	8.0	1.6	0.9	0.9	2.1	2.9	7.7	18.0	.429	0.1	1.7	.083	3.6	4.4	.806


Season 17
	Moses Malone	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1992-93	2014-15
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+66	+20.1	+12.8	+1.4	+3.2	+1.7	+1.3	+0.4	+0.3	-0.2	-1.6	+5.1	+10.0	+.149	+1.4	+3.6		+1.1	+1.0	+.108
Dirk Nowitzki	77	29.6	17.3	0.6	5.4	5.9	1.9	0.5	0.4	1.1	2.1	6.3	13.8	.459	1.4	3.6	.380	3.3	3.8	.882

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Moses Malone	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dirk Nowitzki	5	36.2	21.2	0.8	9.6	10.4	2.4	0.4	0.4	2.0	3.2	7.6	16.8	.452	0.8	3.4	.235	5.2	5.6	.929


Season 18
	Moses Malone	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1993-94	2015-16
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+20	+20.3	+13.0	+1.2	+3.6	+2.4	+1.2	+0.5	+0.4		-1.2	+4.7	+10.6	+.008	+1.7	+4.6		+1.7	+1.6	+.124
Dirk Nowitzki	75	31.5	18.3	0.7	5.8	6.5	1.8	0.7	0.7	1.1	2.1	6.6	14.8	.448	1.7	4.6	.368	3.3	3.7	.893

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Moses Malone	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dirk Nowitzki	5	34.0	20.4	0.6	4.2	4.8	1.6	0.4	0.6	1.4	1.8	8.2	16.6	.494	0.8	2.2	.364	3.2	3.4	.941


Season 19
	Moses Malone	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1994-95	2016-17
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
difference:	+37	+17.6	+11.3	+0.8	+4.6	+3.8	+1.1	+0.5	+0.5	-0.3	-1.2	+4.7	+10.5	+.066	+1.4	+3.8	+.122	+0.5	+0.2	+.187
Dirk Nowitzki	54	26.4	14.2	0.4	6.1	6.5	1.5	0.6	0.7	0.9	2.1	5.5	12.6	.437	1.5	3.9	.378	1.8	2.1	.875

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Moses Malone nor Dirk Nowitzki played in the postseason in their season 19


Additional Years
* Dirk Nowitzki played 2 seasons more than Moses Malone in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 20 to 21, from 2018 to 2019—Dirk Nowitzki didn't play in the postseason. In those 2 extra years over Moses Malone, Dirk Nowitzki got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game

Moses Malone vs. Dirk Nowitzki Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dirk Nowitzki 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.

Their Careers

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

Season 14

14th Season Stats Comparison

Season 15

15th Season Stats Comparison

Season 16

16th Season Stats Comparison

Season 17

17th Season Stats Comparison

Season 18

18th Season Stats Comparison

Season 19

19th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years