The Basketball Almanac · No. 24 · 2023-24

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Larry Bird

Boston Celtics · 1979-80–1991-92

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10 All-NBA12 All-Star3 All-Def1 ASG MVP1 ROY1 All-Rk

Scoring

97th

Efficiency

76th

Playmaking

94th

Rebounding

96th

Defense

91st

60

Career-high PTS

47

40-pt games

59

Triple-Dbls

897

Games

Per Game

	Games		Field Goals			3-Pointers			Shooting	Free Throws			Rebounds			Playmaking					Scoring	Awards
Season	GP	MIN	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1979-80	82	36.0	8.5	17.8	47.4%	0.7	1.7	41.1%	49.4%	3.7	4.4	83.6%	1.4	4.9	10.4	4.5	1.7	0.7	3.2	3.4	21.3	NBA1 AS ROY R1
1980-81	82	39.5	8.8	18.3	47.8%	0.2	0.8	29.2%	48.5%	3.5	4	86.3%	0.6	2.2	10.9	5.5	1.3	0.5	1.6	2.9	21.2	NBA1 AS
1981-82	77	37.9	9.2	18.4	50.3%	0.1	0.5	24.4%	50.7%	4.3	5.0	85.9%	0.4	1.3	10.9	5.8	1.0	0.6	1.2	3.2	22.9	NBA1 AS DEF2 ASMVP
1982-83	79	37.7	9.5	18.7	50.4%	0.3	1.0	28.6%	51.2%	4.4	5.3	84.0%	2.0	6.5	11.0	5.8	1.7	0.8	2.6	2.5	23.6	NBA1 AS DEF2
1983-84	79	38.3	9.6	19.5	49.2%	0.2	0.9	25.0%	49.7%	4.7	5.3	88.8%	2.3	7.8	10.1	6.6	1.8	0.9	3.0	2.5	24.2	MVP FMVP NBA1 AS DEF2
1984-85	80	39.5	11.5	22	52.2%	0.7	1.6	42.7%	53.8%	5.0	5.7	88.2%	2.0	8.5	10.5	6.6	1.6	1.2	3.1	2.6	28.7	MVP NBA1 AS
1985-86	82	37.9	9.7	19.6	49.6%	1	2.4	42.3%	52.1%	5.4	6	89.6%	2.3	7.5	9.8	6.8	2.0	0.6	3.2	2.2	25.8	MVP FMVP NBA1 AS
1986-87	74	40.6	10.6	20.2	52.5%	1.2	3.0	40.0%	55.5%	5.6	6.1	91.0%	1.7	7.5	9.2	7.6	1.8	0.9	3.2	2.5	28.1	NBA1 AS
1987-88	76	39.0	11.6	22	52.7%	1.3	3.1	41.4%	55.6%	5.5	6.0	91.6%	1.4	7.8	9.3	6.1	1.6	0.8	2.8	2.1	29.9	NBA1 AS
1988-89	6	31.5	8.2	17.3	47.1%	0	0	—	47.1%	3	3.2	94.7%	0.2	6	6.2	4.8	1	0.8	1.8	3	19.3
1989-90	75	39.3	9.6	20.2	47.3%	0.9	2.6	33.3%	49.5%	4.3	4.6	93.0%	1.2	8.3	9.5	7.5	1.4	0.8	3.2	2.3	24.3	NBA2 AS
1990-91	60	38.0	7.7	16.9	45.4%	1.3	3.3	38.9%	49.2%	2.7	3.0	89.1%	0.9	7.6	8.5	7.2	1.8	1.0	3.1	2.0	19.4	AS
1991-92	45	36.9	7.8	16.8	46.6%	1.2	2.8	40.6%	50.0%	3.3	3.6	92.6%	1.0	8.6	9.6	6.8	0.9	0.7	2.8	1.8	20.2	AS
Career	897	38.4	9.6	19.3	49.6%	0.7	1.9	38.0%	51.4%	4.4	5.0	88.5%	1.5	6.4	10.0	6.3	1.6	0.8	2.8	2.5	24.3
13 yrs	897	38.4	9.6	19.3	49.6%	0.7	1.9	38.0%	51.4%	4.4	5.0	88.5%	1.5	6.4	10.0	6.3	1.6	0.8	2.8	2.5	24.3

Advanced

	Shooting				Usage			Rebound %			Value						Impact		Clutch
Season	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	USG%	AST%	TOV%	OREB%	DREB%	TRB%	PER	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP	PIE	On/Off	+/-	Clutch PTS	Clutch TS%
1979-80	53.8%	49.4%	0.1	0.2	—	18.6%	14.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1980-81	52.8%	48.5%	0.1	0.2	—	20.3%	15.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1981-82	55.7%	50.7%	0.0	0.3	23.3%	22.4%	14.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1982-83	56.1%	51.2%	0.1	0.3	23.4%	22.5%	13.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1983-84	55.2%	49.7%	0.0	0.3	28.1%	26.1%	12.0%	11.4%	15.1%	13.0%	27.9	—	—	—	—	1511.8%	—	—	—	—
1984-85	58.5%	53.8%	0.1	0.3	26.9%	25.3%	11.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1985-86	58.0%	52.1%	0.1	0.3	27.8%	26.5%	12.7%	7.2%	20.5%	14.3%	25.6	15.6	0.2	8.1	8.0	14.8%	—	—	—	—
1986-87	61.2%	55.5%	0.2	0.3	27.5%	28.5%	12.4%	5.1%	19.3%	12.8%	26.3	15.1	0.2	8.6	8.1	15.9%	—	—	—	—
1987-88	60.8%	55.6%	0.1	0.3	30.2%	25.4%	10.2%	4.7%	22.0%	14.0%	27.7	14.8	0.2	8.2	7.7	15.9%	—	—	—	—
1988-89	51.6%	47.1%	0	0.2	27.0%	25.0%	8.9%	0.6%	21.3%	11.1%	19.8	0.5	0.1	1.8	0.2	10.1%	—	—	—	—
1989-90	54.6%	49.5%	0.1	0.2	27.5%	28.9%	12.7%	3.6%	22.2%	13.4%	21.9	9.3	0.2	5.2	5.4	13.3%	—	—	—	—
1990-91	53.0%	49.2%	0.2	0.2	23.8%	25.3%	14.6%	2.8%	20.3%	12.4%	19.7	6.5	0.1	4.5	3.8	11.4%	—	—	—	—
1991-92	54.7%	50.0%	0.2	0.2	24.7%	26.3%	13.1%	3.3%	23.9%	14.4%	21.0	5.4	0.2	5.1	3.0	12.5%	—	—	—	—
Career	56.4%	51.4%	0.1	0.3	27.1%	24.6%	12.6%	4.6%	21.2%	13.5%	24.7	67.4	0.2	6.8	36.0	23.6%	—	—	—	—

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