Scotty Hopson vs. Moses Malone Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Moses Malone and Scotty Hopson, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Scotty Hopson played 3 years in the NBA, 16 less than Moses Malone, who played 19. Scotty Hopson had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Moses Malone had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Scotty Hopson	3	0	2013-14 to 2021-22
Moses Malone	19	12	1976-77 to 1994-95

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19


Rookie Season
	Scotty Hopson	Moses Malone
Season	2013-14	1976-77
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Buffalo Braves, Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	2	3.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.5	1.0	.500
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Note: Scotty Hopson didn't play in 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17.


Season 2
	Scotty Hopson	Moses Malone
Season	2017-18	1977-78
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	1	8.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Moses Malone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Scotty Hopson didn't play in 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21.


Season 3
	Scotty Hopson	Moses Malone
Season	2021-22	1978-79
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	1	18.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	4.0	.500	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 4
	Scotty Hopson	Moses Malone
Season	-	1979-80
Team	-	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Rockets Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 5
	Scotty Hopson	Moses Malone
Season	-	1980-81
Team	-	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Rockets Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	.333	7.6	10.1	.757

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 6
	Scotty Hopson	Moses Malone
Season	-	1981-82
Team	-	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 7
	Scotty Hopson	Moses Malone
Season	-	1982-83
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	.000	7.7	10.1	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 8
	Scotty Hopson	Moses Malone
Season	-	1983-84
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 9
	Scotty Hopson	Moses Malone
Season	-	1984-85
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	76ers Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	.000	9.3	11.4	.815

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 10
	Scotty Hopson	Moses Malone
Season	-	1985-86
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	.000	8.3	10.6	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Moses Malone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Scotty Hopson	Moses Malone
Season	-	1986-87
Team	-	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 12
	Scotty Hopson	Moses Malone
Season	-	1987-88
Team	-	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 13
	Scotty Hopson	Moses Malone
Season	-	1988-89
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 14
	Scotty Hopson	Moses Malone
Season	-	1989-90
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Moses Malone	81	33.8	18.9	4.5	5.5	10.0	1.6	0.6	1.0	2.9	2.0	6.4	13.3	.480	0.0	0.1	.111	6.1	7.8	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Moses Malone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Scotty Hopson	Moses Malone
Season	-	1990-91
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Moses Malone	82	23.3	10.6	3.3	4.8	8.1	0.8	0.4	0.9	1.7	1.6	3.4	7.3	.468	0.0	0.1	.000	3.8	4.5	.831

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Moses Malone	5	16.8	4.2	3.2	3.0	6.2	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.8	0.8	4.0	.200	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	2.8	.929


Season 16
	Scotty Hopson	Moses Malone
Season	-	1991-92
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Moses Malone	82	30.6	15.6	3.9	5.2	9.1	1.1	0.9	0.8	1.8	1.7	5.4	11.3	.474	0.0	0.1	.375	4.8	6.1	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Moses Malone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Scotty Hopson	Moses Malone
Season	-	1992-93
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Moses Malone	11	9.5	4.5	2.0	2.2	4.2	0.6	0.1	0.7	0.9	0.5	1.2	3.8	.310	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	2.8	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Moses Malone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 18
	Scotty Hopson	Moses Malone
Season	-	1993-94
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Moses Malone	55	11.2	5.3	1.9	2.2	4.1	0.6	0.2	0.3	1.1	0.9	1.9	4.2	.440	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.1	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Moses Malone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 19
	Scotty Hopson	Moses Malone
Season	-	1994-95
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Moses Malone	17	8.8	2.9	1.2	1.5	2.7	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.6	0.9	0.8	2.1	.371	0.1	0.1	.500	1.3	1.9	.688

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Moses Malone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Scotty Hopson vs. Moses Malone Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Moses Malone and Scotty Hopson, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17

Season 18

Season 19