|- | style="text-align:left;"|1981 | style="text-align:left;"|Houston | 21 || ||45.5 || .479 || .000 || .712 || 14.5 || 1.7 || .6 || 1.6 || 26.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"|1982 | style="text-align:left;"|Houston | 3 || || 45.3 || .433 || || .933 ||17.0 || 3.3 || .7 || .7 || 24.0 |- | style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"|1983† | style="text-align:left;"|Philadelphia | 13 || || 40.3 || .536 || .000 || .717 || 15.8 || 1.5 || 1.5 || 1.9 || 26.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"|1984 | style="text-align:left;"|Philadelphia | 5 || || 42.4 || .458 || || .969 || 13.8 || 1.4 || .6 || 2.2 || 21.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"|1985 | style="text-align:left;"|Philadelphia | 13 || 13 || 38.8 || .425 || .000 || .796 || 10.6 || 1.8 || 1.3 || 1.7 || 20.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"|1987 | style="text-align:left;"|Washington | 3 || 3 || 38.0 || .447 || || .952 || 12.7 || 1.7 || .0 || 1.0 || 20.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"|1988 | style="text-align:left;"|Washington | 5 || 5 || 39.6 || .462 || .000 || .825 || 11.2 || 1.4 || .6 || .8 || 18.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"|1989 | style="text-align:left;"|Atlanta | 5 || 5 || 39.4 || .500 || 1.000 || .784 || 12.0 || 1.8 || 1.4 || .8 || 21.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"|1991 | style="text-align:left;"|Atlanta | 5 || 0 || 16.8 || .200 || || .929 || 6.2 || .6 || .4 || .2 || 4.2 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 100 || 26 || 40.3 || .487 || .143 || .756 || 14.0 || 1.5 || .8 || 1.6 || 22.1 See also List of National Basketball Association career games played leaders List of National Basketball Association career scoring leaders List of National Basketball Association career rebounding leaders List of National Basketball Association career blocks leaders List of National Basketball Association career turnovers leaders List of National Basketball Association career free throw scoring leaders List of National Basketball Association career minutes played leaders List of National Basketball Association annual rebounding leaders List of National Basketball Association players with most rebounds in a game List of National Basketball Association annual minutes leaders List of National Basketball Association seasons played leaders Notes References Further reading External links Malone's Biography on the official NBA site 1955 births 2015 deaths African-American basketball players American men's basketball players Atlanta Hawks players Basketball players from Virginia Buffalo Braves players Burials in Texas Centers (basketball) Houston Rockets