Moses Malone vs. Victor Oladipo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Victor Oladipo 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, 9 more than Victor Oladipo, who played 10. Moses Malone had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Victor Oladipo had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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.

Rookie Season
	Moses Malone	Victor Oladipo
Season	1976-77	2013-14
Team	Buffalo Braves, Houston Rockets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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:	+2	+0.5	+0.6	+4.8	+4.1	+9.0	+3.0	+0.8	+1.7		-0.8	+0.2	+1.8	+.061				+0.6	+1.4	+.087
Victor Oladipo	80	31.1	13.8	0.5	3.6	4.1	4.1	1.6	0.5	3.2	2.6	4.9	11.7	.419	0.9	2.8	.327	3.1	4.0	.780
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
Victor Oladipo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Moses Malone	Victor Oladipo
Season	1977-78	2014-15
Team	Houston Rockets	Orlando Magic
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:	+13		+1.5	+5.7	+5.1	+10.8	+3.6	+0.9	+1.0	-0.9	-0.4	+0.4	+1.1	+.063				+1.8	+3.1	+.101
Victor Oladipo	72	35.7	17.9	0.7	3.5	4.2	4.1	1.7	0.3	2.8	2.6	6.6	15.1	.436	1.2	3.4	.339	3.6	4.4	.819
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Moses Malone nor Victor Oladipo played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Moses Malone	Victor Oladipo
Season	1978-79	2015-16
Team	Houston Rockets	Orlando Magic
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:	+10	+8.3	+8.8	+6.5	+6.4	+12.8	+2.1	+0.6	+0.7	-1.9	-0.3	+2.8	+2.7	+.102				+4.5	+6.5	+.091
Victor Oladipo	72	33.0	16.0	0.7	4.1	4.8	3.9	1.6	0.8	2.1	2.4	5.9	13.5	.438	1.4	3.9	.348	2.8	3.4	.830
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
Victor Oladipo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Moses Malone	Victor Oladipo
Season	1979-80	2016-17
Team	Houston Rockets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East Conf Semis	Thunder 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:	+15	+5.1	+9.9	+6.4	+3.7	+10.2	+0.8	+0.2	+1.0	-1.9	-0.3	+3.4	+5.0	+.060	+1.9	+5.2	+.361	+5.2	+7.2	+.034
Victor Oladipo	67	33.2	15.9	0.6	3.8	4.3	2.6	1.2	0.3	1.8	2.3	6.1	13.9	.442	1.9	5.3	.361	1.7	2.3	.753
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	+3.1	+15.1	+5.6	+2.7	+8.3	+1.0	+0.8	+1.7	-1.9	-0.8	+6.4	+7.5	+.192	+1.2	+4.9	+.240	+3.5	+4.9	+.233
Victor Oladipo	5	36.2	10.8	0.4	5.2	5.6	2.0	1.4	0.6	1.2	3.4	4.2	12.2	.344	1.2	5.0	.240	1.2	1.2	1.000

Season 5
	Moses Malone	Victor Oladipo
Season	1980-81	2017-18
Team	Houston Rockets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	Rebounds Leader	-
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost NBA Finals	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+5	+6.6	+4.7	+5.3	+4.2	+9.6	+2.5	+1.4	+1.1	-1.0	-0.5	+1.6	+1.4	+.045	+2.1	+5.8		+3.7	+5.2	+.042
Victor Oladipo	75	34.0	23.1	0.6	4.6	5.2	4.3	2.4	0.8	2.9	2.3	8.5	17.9	.477	2.1	5.8	.371	3.9	4.9	.799
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:	+14	+8.2	+4.1	+5.6	+0.7	+6.2	+4.3	+1.8	+1.2	-0.6	-1.0	+2.3	+2.5	+.062	+3.3	+8.0	+.404	+2.7	+4.0	+.020
Victor Oladipo	7	37.3	22.7	0.4	7.9	8.3	6.0	2.4	0.4	3.4	1.6	7.6	18.1	.417	3.3	8.1	.404	4.3	5.9	.732

Season 6
	Moses Malone	Victor Oladipo
Season	1981-82	2018-19
Team	Houston Rockets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	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:	+45	+10.1	+12.3	+6.3	+2.8	+9.1	+3.4	+0.8	+1.2	-1.3	-0.6	+4.8	+6.2	+.096	+2.1	+5.9	+.343	+4.9	+6.3	+.032
Victor Oladipo	36	31.9	18.8	0.6	5.0	5.6	5.2	1.7	0.3	2.3	2.0	6.9	16.3	.423	2.1	6.0	.343	2.9	3.9	.730
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
Victor Oladipo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Moses Malone	Victor Oladipo
Season	1982-83	2019-20
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+59	+9.7	+10.0	+5.2	+6.1	+11.4	+1.6	+0.2	+1.8	-0.9	-0.7	+3.3	+3.8	+.107	+1.7	+5.5		+5.2	+7.0	+.053
Victor Oladipo	19	27.8	14.5	0.5	3.5	3.9	2.9	0.9	0.2	2.5	1.9	5.1	12.9	.394	1.7	5.5	.317	2.5	3.1	.814
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:	+9	+9.5	+8.2	+5.4	+7.2	+12.5	+1.0	+0.8	+1.9	-0.4	-0.4	+4.2	+4.1	+.143	+3.0	+8.2	+.364	+2.8	+5.2	+.221
Victor Oladipo	4	30.8	17.8	0.0	3.3	3.3	2.5	2.3	0.0	3.5	3.5	5.5	14.0	.393	3.0	8.3	.364	3.8	4.0	.938

Season 8
	Moses Malone	Victor Oladipo
Season	1983-84	2020-21
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers, Houston Rockets, Miami Heat
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:	+38	+4.1	+2.9	+4.6	+3.9	+8.6	+3.2	+0.4	+1.1	-1.0	-0.1	+0.4	+2.0	+.075	+2.4	+7.1	+.326	+4.5	+6.0	+.004
Victor Oladipo	33	32.7	19.8	0.4	4.5	4.8	4.6	1.4	0.4	2.5	2.5	7.1	17.5	.408	2.4	7.2	.326	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	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
Victor Oladipo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Moses Malone	Victor Oladipo
Season	1984-85	2021-22
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	Heat Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+71	+15.8	+12.2	+4.5	+5.7	+10.2	+1.9	+0.2	+1.5	-1.6	-1.1	+3.2	+7.2	+.010	+1.9	+4.5		+7.5	+9.0	+.078
Victor Oladipo	8	21.6	12.4	0.4	2.5	2.9	3.5	0.6	0.1	2.0	1.6	4.4	9.1	.479	1.9	4.5	.417	1.8	2.4	.737
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:	+2	+14.3	+9.6	+2.5	+4.7	+7.2	+0.3		+1.4	-0.1	-1.1	+3.6	+7.2	+.057	+1.1	+4.0	+.274	+3.5	+4.4	+.004
Victor Oladipo	15	24.5	10.6	0.3	3.1	3.4	2.1	1.3	0.3	1.7	1.9	3.3	9.1	.368	1.1	4.1	.274	2.8	3.5	.792

Season 10
	Moses Malone	Victor Oladipo
Season	1985-86	2022-23
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+32	+10.3	+13.1	+4.2	+4.5	+8.8	+2.3	+0.5	+0.7	-1.4	-0.2	+3.9	+7.2	+.061	+1.7	+5.0		+6.9	+8.7	+.040
Victor Oladipo	42	26.3	10.7	0.4	2.7	3.0	3.5	1.4	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.8	9.6	.397	1.7	5.0	.330	1.4	1.9	.747
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Moses Malone	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Victor Oladipo	2	22.5	11.5	0.5	3.0	3.5	1.0	1.0	0.5	1.0	2.5	5.0	9.5	.526	1.0	2.5	.400	0.5	1.5	.333

Additional Years
* Moses Malone played 9 seasons more than Victor Oladipo in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 19, from 1987 to 1995—Moses Malone played in 4 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Victor Oladipo, Moses Malone got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Star Game