Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 18.8 | |
| 1975 | 14 | |
| 1976 | 13.2 | |
| 1977 | 19.4 | |
| 1978 | 24.8 | |
| 1979 | 25.8 | |
| 1980 | 31.1 | |
| 1981 | 24.5 | |
| 1982 | 24.5 | |
| 1983 | 22.7 | |
| 1984 | 24.6 | |
| 1985 | 23.8 | |
| 1986 | 24.1 | |
| 1987 | 20.3 | |
| 1988 | 20.2 | |
| 1989 | 21 | |
| 1990 | 15.9 | |
| 1991 | 10.6 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Moses Malone ranks #16 in Basketball
Moses Malone ranks 16th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 93rd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 90, Longevity 90, Honours 86, Statistics 92. Those categories are normalised against the full Basketball reference universe of 399 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1974–1995 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1980, which sets the Peak component at 90. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes mvp awards 3, nba titles 1, finals mvp 1, all-star selections 13.
Immediately ahead sits Dirk Nowitzki on 88.1, a gap of -0.4 points. Directly behind is Oscar Robertson on 89.8. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
Moses Malone GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Malone stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1980. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Malone comparisons
Moses Malone — frequently asked
- Is Moses Malone the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Moses Malone ranks 16th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 88.5, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Moses Malone's GOAT Score?
- 88.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Moses Malone rank all time?
- 93rd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 16th within Basketball.
- Moses Malone vs Dirk Nowitzki: who ranks higher?
- Moses Malone, on 88.5 against Dirk Nowitzki's 88.1 — a margin of 0.4 points.