Moses Malone vs. Nick Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nick Young 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, 7 more than Nick Young, who played 12. Moses Malone had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Nick Young had his rookie season in 2007-08. 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	Nick Young
Season	1977-78	2008-09
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards
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	+13.3	+8.5	+6.0	+7.1	+13.2	+0.7	+0.3	+1.1	-2.6	-1.3	+2.9	+4.8	+.055				+3.4	+5.1	+.132
Nick Young	82	22.4	10.9	0.4	1.5	1.8	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.1	1.7	4.1	9.2	.444	0.7	2.0	.341	2.0	2.4	.850
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Moses Malone nor Nick Young played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Moses Malone	Nick Young
Season	1978-79	2009-10
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards
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:	+8	+22.1	+16.2	+6.9	+9.4	+16.2	+1.2	+0.6	+1.4	-3.2	-0.7	+5.6	+8.7	+.122				+5.9	+8.1	+.061
Nick Young	74	19.2	8.6	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.8	2.0	3.1	7.5	.418	0.9	2.3	.406	1.4	1.8	.800
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
Nick Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Moses Malone	Nick Young
Season	1979-80	2010-11
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+18	+6.5	+8.4	+6.6	+5.2	+11.8	+0.6	+0.3	+1.0	-2.3	-0.3	+3.1	+4.3	+.061	+1.6	+4.1	+.387	+4.0	+5.9	+.097
Nick Young	64	31.8	17.4	0.4	2.3	2.7	1.2	0.7	0.3	1.4	2.3	6.4	14.6	.441	1.6	4.2	.387	2.9	3.6	.816
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
Nick Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Moses Malone	Nick Young
Season	1980-81	2011-12
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost NBA Finals	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+18	+12.7	+13.6	+5.4	+7.2	+12.7	+0.9	+0.3	+1.6	-2.6	-0.5	+5.0	+6.7	+.119	+1.7	+4.5		+5.3	+7.4	+.095
Nick Young	62	27.9	14.2	0.5	1.6	2.1	0.9	0.7	0.3	1.3	2.3	5.1	12.6	.403	1.7	4.5	.365	2.3	2.7	.852
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:	+10	+27.3	+18.5	+5.9	+7.6	+13.4	+1.4	+0.3	+1.2	-2.2	-0.8	+7.3	+14.5	+.046	+1.5	+2.9	+.515	+5.5	+8.3	+.177
Nick Young	11	18.2	8.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.6	1.8	2.6	6.1	.433	1.5	3.0	.515	1.5	1.6	.889

Season 6
	Moses Malone	Nick Young
Season	1981-82	2012-13
Team	Houston Rockets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+22	+18.1	+20.5	+6.5	+6.0	+12.5	+0.4	+0.3	+1.3	-2.8	-1.2	+7.9	+13.3	+.106	+1.3	+3.5	+.357	+6.0	+8.0	+.058
Nick Young	59	23.9	10.6	0.4	1.8	2.2	1.4	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.4	3.8	9.2	.413	1.3	3.6	.357	1.8	2.2	.820
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
Nick Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Moses Malone	Nick Young
Season	1982-83	2013-14
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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:	+14	+9.2	+6.6	+5.2	+7.5	+12.7	+0.2	+0.4	+1.8	-1.9	-0.2	+2.4	+2.8	+.066	+2.1	+5.5		+4.0	+5.6	+.064
Nick Young	64	28.3	17.9	0.5	2.1	2.6	1.5	0.7	0.2	1.5	2.4	6.0	13.9	.435	2.1	5.5	.386	3.7	4.5	.825
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
Nick Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Moses Malone	Nick Young
Season	1983-84	2014-15
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+29	+13.0	+9.3	+4.6	+6.5	+11.1	+0.4	+0.5	+1.2	-2.5	-0.6	+3.4	+4.2	+.117	+2.0	+5.3	+.369	+4.6	+6.7	+.142
Nick Young	42	23.8	13.4	0.4	1.9	2.3	1.0	0.5	0.3	1.0	2.0	4.1	11.3	.366	2.0	5.4	.369	3.1	3.5	.892
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
Nick Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Moses Malone	Nick Young
Season	1984-85	2015-16
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+25	+18.3	+17.3	+4.6	+6.7	+11.3	+1.0	+0.4	+1.5	-3.0	-1.8	+5.3	+9.4	+.130	+1.4	+4.4		+8.1	+10.0	+.014
Nick Young	54	19.1	7.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.9	2.3	6.9	.339	1.4	4.4	.325	1.2	1.4	.829
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
Nick Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Moses Malone	Nick Young
Season	1985-86	2016-17
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
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:	+14	+10.7	+10.6	+4.2	+5.3	+9.5	+0.2	+0.3	+0.8	-2.9	-0.3	+3.2	+6.2	+.028	+2.8	+7.0		+7.0	+9.1	+.069
Nick Young	60	25.9	13.2	0.4	1.9	2.3	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.6	2.3	4.5	10.6	.430	2.8	7.0	.404	1.3	1.5	.856
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Moses Malone nor Nick Young played in the postseason in their season 10

Season 11
	Moses Malone	Nick Young
Season	1986-87	2017-18
Team	Washington Bullets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:	+7	+16.7	+16.8	+4.4	+5.3	+9.7	+1.1	+0.3	+1.2	-2.3	-0.6	+5.7	+11.9	+.042	+1.5	+3.9	+.377	+7.1	+8.7	+.038
Nick Young	80	17.4	7.3	0.3	1.3	1.6	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.3	2.5	6.1	.412	1.5	4.1	.377	0.7	0.8	.862
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:	+17	+27.7	+18.1	+4.9	+7.1	+12.1	+1.5	+0.1	+1.0	-2.6	-0.8	+6.2	+13.0	+.145	+0.7	+2.4		+6.4	+6.6	+.202
Nick Young	20	10.3	2.6	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.9	0.8	2.7	.302	0.7	2.4	.298	0.3	0.4	.750

Season 12
	Moses Malone	Nick Young
Season	1987-88	2018-19
Team	Washington Bullets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+75	+24.8	+18.0	+4.7	+6.2	+10.9	+0.9	+0.7	+0.6	-2.7	-1.0	+5.9	+11.5	+.154	+0.8	+1.9	+.089	+6.9	+8.7
Nick Young	4	9.3	2.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.5	1.0	0.8	2.3	.333	0.8	2.0	.375	0.0	0.0	-
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
Nick Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Moses Malone played 7 seasons more than Nick Young in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 19, from 1989 to 1995—Moses Malone played in two Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Nick Young, Moses Malone got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game