Moses Malone vs. Victor Wembanyama Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Victor Wembanyama 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, 17 more than Victor Wembanyama, who played 2. Moses Malone had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Victor Wembanyama had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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 Wembanyama
Season	1976-77	2023-24
Team	Buffalo Braves, Houston Rockets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
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:	+11	+0.9	+8.2	+3.0	+0.7	+2.5	+2.8	+0.4	+1.4		-1.2	+3.1	+6.8	+.015				+0.4	+0.2	+.103
Victor Wembanyama	71	29.7	21.4	2.3	8.4	10.6	3.9	1.2	3.6	3.7	2.2	7.8	16.7	.465	1.8	5.5	.325	4.1	5.2	.796
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 Wembanyama	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Moses Malone	Victor Wembanyama
Season	1977-78	2024-25
Team	Houston Rockets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	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	+2.5	+4.9	+4.6	+0.6	+4.0	+3.2	+0.3	+2.5	-0.5	-0.7	+1.9	+4.6	+.023				+2.0	+3.4	+.118
Victor Wembanyama	46	33.2	24.3	1.8	9.2	11.0	3.7	1.1	3.8	3.2	2.3	8.9	18.6	.476	3.1	8.8	.352	3.4	4.1	.836
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Moses Malone nor Victor Wembanyama played in the postseason in their season 2

Additional Years
* Moses Malone played 17 seasons more than Victor Wembanyama in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 19, from 1979 to 1995—Moses Malone played in 11 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 17 extra years over Victor Wembanyama, Moses Malone got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 3 Season MVP 4 All-NBA First Team 4 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 6 Rebounds Leader 11 All-Star Game