Moses Malone vs. John Starks Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Starks 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, 6 more than John Starks, who played 13. Moses Malone had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while John Starks had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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.

Note: John Starks didn't play in 1989-90.

Season 2
	Moses Malone	John Starks
Season	1977-78	1990-91
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+2	+16.5	+11.8	+5.9	+6.9	+12.9	+2.8	+0.2	+1.0	-2.5	-0.8	+4.0	+7.3	+.060				+4.1	+5.8	+.034
John Starks	61	19.2	7.6	0.5	1.7	2.1	3.3	1.0	0.3	1.2	2.2	3.0	6.7	.439	0.4	1.5	.290	1.3	1.7	.752
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Moses Malone	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Starks	3	9.3	2.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.3	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000

Season 3
	Moses Malone	John Starks
Season	1978-79	1991-92
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 East 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:		+15.5	+10.9	+6.7	+8.7	+15.3	+1.6	+0.3	+1.3	-2.2	-0.1	+3.8	+5.2	+.091				+4.4	+6.2	+.039
John Starks	82	25.8	13.9	0.5	1.8	2.3	3.4	1.3	0.2	1.8	2.8	4.9	11.0	.449	1.1	3.3	.348	2.9	3.7	.778
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:	+10	+14.4	+12.4	+11.9	+6.1	+18.0	+2.2	+0.9	+4.0	-2.2	-1.3	+5.2	+10.2	+.065				+3.0	+4.7	+.086
John Starks	12	24.6	12.1	0.6	1.9	2.5	3.2	1.4	0.0	1.8	3.8	3.8	10.3	.374	0.9	3.8	.239	3.5	4.3	.808

Season 4
	Moses Malone	John Starks
Season	1979-80	1992-93
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+2	+7.3	+8.3	+6.3	+5.6	+11.9	+3.3	+0.1	+1.1	-1.5	-0.3	+3.1	+3.9	+.074	+1.4	+4.1	+.321	+3.6	+5.4	+.076
John Starks	80	31.0	17.5	0.7	1.9	2.6	5.1	1.1	0.2	2.2	2.9	6.4	15.0	.428	1.4	4.2	.321	3.3	4.1	.795
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:	+8	+1.0	+9.4	+5.7	+4.7	+10.4	+5.4	+0.4	+2.1	-0.6	-1.2	+4.7	+6.4	+.096	+1.9	+4.9	+.373	+1.8	+2.1	+.050
John Starks	15	38.3	16.5	0.3	3.2	3.5	6.4	1.0	0.2	3.7	3.8	5.9	13.3	.440	1.9	5.0	.373	2.9	4.0	.717

Season 5
	Moses Malone	John Starks
Season	1980-81	1993-94
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost NBA Finals	Knicks 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		%
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:	+21	+5.7	+8.8	+5.3	+6.3	+11.7	+4.1	+0.6	+1.8	-0.8	-0.4	+3.2	+2.7	+.102	+1.9	+5.7		+4.4	+5.9	+.003
John Starks	59	34.9	19.0	0.6	2.5	3.1	5.9	1.6	0.1	3.1	3.2	6.9	16.6	.420	1.9	5.7	.335	3.2	4.2	.754
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	+11.9	+12.2	+5.6	+6.6	+12.2	+2.9	+0.8	+1.5	-0.5	-0.8	+5.5	+9.0	+.098	+1.9	+5.2	+.356	+3.1	+4.9	+.058
John Starks	25	33.6	14.6	0.4	2.0	2.3	4.6	1.4	0.1	2.3	3.4	4.4	11.6	.381	1.9	5.3	.356	3.9	5.0	.770

Season 6
	Moses Malone	John Starks
Season	1981-82	1994-95
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+1	+7.9	+15.8	+6.5	+5.5	+12.0	+3.3	+0.3	+1.4	-1.6	-0.6	+6.5	+9.2	+.124	+2.7	+7.5	+.355	+5.7	+7.3	+.025
John Starks	80	34.1	15.3	0.4	2.3	2.7	5.1	1.2	0.1	2.0	3.2	5.2	13.3	.395	2.7	7.6	.355	2.1	2.9	.737
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:	+8	+10.8	+8.4	+9.1	+5.6	+14.7	+1.9	+0.5	+0.6	-0.4	-0.9	+4.4	+10.6	+.017	+2.7	+6.6		+2.3	+1.2	+.314
John Starks	11	34.5	15.6	0.2	2.1	2.3	5.2	1.2	0.1	2.4	3.6	5.3	11.7	.450	2.7	6.6	.411	2.4	3.8	.619

Season 7
	Moses Malone	John Starks
Season	1982-83	1995-96
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks Lost East 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:	+3	+6.7	+11.9	+5.3	+7.1	+12.4	+2.6	+0.2	+1.9	-1.5	-0.2	+3.8	+6.3	+.058	+1.8	+4.9		+6.1	+8.0	+.008
John Starks	81	30.8	12.6	0.4	2.5	2.9	3.9	1.3	0.1	1.9	2.8	4.6	10.4	.443	1.8	4.9	.361	1.6	2.1	.753
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:	+5	+1.0	+10.0	+5.0	+7.2	+12.2	+2.6	+0.1	+1.8		-0.2	+4.8	+7.2	+.088	+2.6	+5.5	+.467	+3.0	+4.3	+.027
John Starks	8	39.3	16.0	0.4	3.3	3.6	4.1	1.6	0.1	3.1	3.3	4.9	10.9	.448	2.6	5.6	.467	3.6	4.9	.744

Season 8
	Moses Malone	John Starks
Season	1983-84	1996-97
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+6	+10.3	+8.9	+4.5	+6.2	+10.7	+1.4	+0.2	+1.4	-1.4	-0.1	+2.7	+4.4	+.052	+1.9	+5.2	+.369	+5.5	+7.3	+.019
John Starks	77	26.5	13.8	0.5	2.2	2.7	2.8	1.2	0.1	2.1	2.5	4.8	11.1	.431	1.9	5.3	.369	2.2	2.9	.769
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:	+4	+14.1	+7.4	+3.2	+7.1	+10.4	+1.4	+0.5	+2.2	-2.0	-0.2	+2.7	+5.6	+.014	+1.4	+4.6		+3.4	+3.0	+.163
John Starks	9	28.3	14.0	0.8	2.7	3.4	2.8	1.1	0.0	2.2	2.8	4.9	11.0	.444	1.4	4.6	.317	2.8	3.4	.806

Season 9
	Moses Malone	John Starks
Season	1984-85	1997-98
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+3	+10.7	+11.7	+4.3	+6.0	+10.3	+1.1	+0.2	+1.5	-1.9	-0.2	+3.1	+4.8	+.076	+1.6	+4.9		+7.0	+8.5	+.028
John Starks	82	26.7	12.9	0.6	2.2	2.8	2.7	1.0	0.1	1.7	2.5	4.5	11.5	.393	1.6	4.9	.327	2.3	2.9	.787
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:	+3	+7.4	+3.8	+2.4	+4.2	+6.6	+0.5	+0.3	+1.6	-0.7	-0.5	+1.0	+3.8	+.047	+2.5	+5.8	+.424	+4.2	+5.5	+.079
John Starks	10	31.4	16.4	0.4	3.6	4.0	2.3	1.6	0.1	1.1	3.5	5.9	12.5	.472	2.5	5.9	.424	2.1	2.4	.875

Season 10
	Moses Malone	John Starks
Season	1985-86	1998-99
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
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		%
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:	+24	+2.9	+10.0	+3.9	+4.6	+8.5	+3.5	+0.5	+0.9	-1.8	-0.1	+2.3	+2.2	+.088	+1.6	+5.4		+6.8	+8.6	+.047
John Starks	50	33.7	13.8	0.7	2.6	3.3	4.7	1.4	0.1	1.7	2.7	5.4	14.6	.370	1.6	5.4	.290	1.5	2.0	.740
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Moses Malone nor John Starks played in the postseason in their season 10

Season 11
	Moses Malone	John Starks
Season	1986-87	1999-00
Team	Washington Bullets	Golden State Warriors, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+36	+1.9	+10.2	+4.4	+4.1	+8.6	+3.3	+0.3	+1.2	-1.0	-0.9	+2.7	+3.4	+.079	+1.6	+4.4	+.345	+6.4	+7.9	+.023
John Starks	37	32.2	13.9	0.3	2.5	2.7	4.9	1.1	0.1	1.8	2.8	5.5	14.6	.375	1.6	4.6	.345	1.4	1.6	.847
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
John Starks	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Moses Malone	John Starks
Season	1987-88	2000-01
Team	Washington Bullets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz 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:	+4	+5.8	+11.0	+4.3	+4.8	+9.1	+1.0	+0.3	+0.8	-1.9	-0.9	+3.1	+4.7	+.089	+0.9	+2.3	+.066	+5.7	+7.2	+.014
John Starks	75	28.3	9.3	0.4	1.7	2.1	2.4	1.0	0.1	1.3	2.9	3.6	9.1	.398	0.9	2.4	.352	1.2	1.5	.802
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:	+2	+27.6	+14.9	+4.4	+5.8	+10.2	+1.1	+0.3	+0.5	-2.3	-0.1	+4.7	+9.0	+.129	+0.3	+1.1	+.250	+5.9	+7.3	+.175
John Starks	3	12.0	3.7	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.7	1.3	4.0	.333	0.3	1.3	.250	0.7	0.7	1.000

Season 13
	Moses Malone	John Starks
Season	1988-89	2001-02
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+15	+21.4	+15.8	+4.6	+6.2	+10.8	+0.3	+0.5	+1.2	-2.2		+4.9	+8.8	+.123	+0.4	+1.3	+.305	+6.4	+8.2	+.016
John Starks	66	14.1	4.4	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.1	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.9	1.7	4.7	.368	0.4	1.4	.305	0.5	0.6	.805
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
John Starks	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-