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Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% 2P 2PA 2P% eFG% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS Awards
1979-80 23 BOS NBA PF 82 82 36.0 8.5 17.8 .474 0.7 1.7 .406 7.7 16.1 .481 .494 3.7 4.4 .836 2.6 7.8 10.4 4.5 1.7 0.6 3.2 3.4 21.3 MVP-4,NBA1,AS,ROY-1
1980-81 24 BOS NBA PF 82 82 39.5 8.8 18.3 .478 0.2 0.9 .270 8.5 17.4 .489 .485 3.5 4.0 .863 2.3 8.6 10.9 5.5 2.0 0.8 3.5 2.9 21.2 MVP-2,NBA1,AS
1981-82 25 BOS NBA PF 77 58 38.0 9.2 18.4 .503 0.1 0.7 .212 9.1 17.7 .514 .507 4.3 4.9 .863 2.6 8.3 10.9 5.8 1.9 0.9 3.3 3.2 22.9 MVP-2,NBA1,DEF2,AS
1982-83 26 BOS NBA PF 79 79 37.7 9.5 18.7 .504 0.3 1.0 .286 9.2 17.8 .516 .512 4.4 5.3 .840 2.4 8.6 11.0 5.8 1.9 0.9 3.0 2.5 23.6 MVP-2,NBA1,DEF2,AS,DPOY-3
1983-84 27 BOS NBA PF 79 77 38.3 9.6 19.5 .492 0.2 0.9 .247 9.4 18.6 .504 .497 4.7 5.3 .888 2.3 7.8 10.1 6.6 1.8 0.9 3.0 2.5 24.2 MVP-1,NBA1,DEF2,AS,DPOY-12
1984-85 28 BOS NBA SF 80 77 39.5 11.5 22.0 .522 0.7 1.6 .427 10.8 20.4 .529 .538 5.0 5.7 .882 2.1 8.5 10.5 6.6 1.6 1.2 3.1 2.6 28.7 MVP-1,NBA1,AS
1985-86 29 BOS NBA SF 82 81 38.0 9.7 19.6 .496 1.0 2.4 .423 8.7 17.2 .506 .521 5.4 6.0 .896 2.3 7.5 9.8 6.8 2.0 0.6 3.2 2.2 25.8 MVP-1,NBA1,AS
1986-87 30 BOS NBA SF 74 73 40.6 10.6 20.2 .525 1.2 3.0 .400 9.4 17.2 .547 .555 5.6 6.1 .910 1.7 7.5 9.2 7.6 1.8 0.9 3.2 2.5 28.1 MVP-3,NBA1,AS
1987-88 31 BOS NBA SF 76 75 39.0 11.6 22.0 .527 1.3 3.1 .414 10.3 18.9 .546 .556 5.5 6.0 .916 1.4 7.8 9.3 6.1 1.6 0.8 2.8 2.1 29.9 MVP-2,NBA1,AS
1988-89 32 BOS NBA SF 6 6 31.5 8.2 17.3 .471 0.0 0.0 8.2 17.3 .471 .471 3.0 3.2 .947 0.2 6.0 6.2 4.8 1.0 0.8 1.8 3.0 19.3
1989-90 33 BOS NBA SF 75 75 39.3 9.6 20.2 .473 0.9 2.6 .333 8.7 17.6 .494 .495 4.3 4.6 .930 1.2 8.3 9.5 7.5 1.4 0.8 3.2 2.3 24.3 MVP-10,NBA2,AS
1990-91 34 BOS NBA SF 60 60 38.0 7.7 17.0 .454 1.3 3.3 .389 6.4 13.7 .470 .492 2.7 3.1 .891 0.9 7.6 8.5 7.2 1.8 1.0 3.1 2.0 19.4 MVP-9,AS
1991-92 35 BOS NBA SF 45 45 36.9 7.8 16.8 .466 1.2 2.8 .406 6.7 14.0 .478 .500 3.3 3.6 .926 1.0 8.6 9.6 6.8 0.9 0.7 2.8 1.8 20.2 MVP-14,AS
Career NBA 897 870 38.4 9.6 19.3 .496 0.7 1.9 .376 8.9 17.4 .509 .514 4.4 5.0 .886 2.0 8.0 10.0 6.3 1.7 0.8 3.1 2.5 24.3
Per Game Table
Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% 2P 2PA 2P% eFG% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1979-80 23 BOS NBA PF 9 41.3 9.2 19.7 .469 0.4 1.7 .267 8.8 18.0 .488 .480 2.4 2.8 .880 2.4 8.8 11.2 4.7 1.6 0.9 3.7 3.3 21.3
1980-81 24 BOS NBA PF 17 44.1 8.6 18.4 .470 0.2 0.5 .375 8.5 17.9 .472 .474 4.5 5.0 .894 2.9 11.1 14.0 6.1 2.3 1.0 3.6 3.1 21.9
1981-82 25 BOS NBA PF 12 40.8 7.3 17.2 .427 0.1 0.5 .167 7.3 16.7 .435 .430 3.1 3.8 .822 2.8 9.8 12.5 5.6 1.9 1.4 3.2 3.6 17.8
1982-83 26 BOS NBA PF 6 40.0 8.2 19.3 .422 0.2 0.7 .250 8.0 18.7 .429 .427 4.0 4.8 .828 3.3 9.2 12.5 6.8 2.2 0.5 3.2 2.5 20.5
1983-84 27 BOS NBA PF 23 41.8 10.0 19.0 .524 0.3 0.7 .412 9.7 18.3 .529 .532 7.3 8.3 .879 2.7 8.3 11.0 5.9 2.3 1.2 3.8 3.1 27.5
1984-85 28 BOS NBA SF 20 20 40.8 9.8 21.3 .461 0.4 1.3 .280 9.5 20.0 .473 .469 6.1 6.8 .890 2.7 6.5 9.1 5.8 1.7 1.0 2.9 2.7 26.0
1985-86 29 BOS NBA SF 18 18 42.8 9.5 18.4 .517 1.3 3.1 .411 8.2 15.3 .538 .551 5.6 6.1 .927 1.9 7.4 9.3 8.2 2.1 0.6 2.6 3.1 25.9
1986-87 30 BOS NBA SF 23 23 44.1 9.4 19.7 .476 0.6 1.8 .341 8.8 18.0 .489 .491 7.7 8.4 .912 1.8 8.3 10.0 7.2 1.2 0.8 3.1 2.4 27.0
1987-88 31 BOS NBA SF 17 17 44.9 8.9 19.9 .450 0.7 1.9 .375 8.2 18.0 .458 .467 5.9 6.6 .894 1.7 7.1 8.8 6.8 2.1 0.8 2.9 2.6 24.5
1989-90 33 BOS NBA SF 5 5 41.4 8.8 19.8 .444 1.0 3.8 .263 7.8 16.0 .488 .470 5.8 6.4 .906 1.4 7.8 9.2 8.8 1.0 1.0 3.6 2.0 24.4
1990-91 34 BOS NBA SF 10 10 39.6 6.2 15.2 .408 0.3 2.1 .143 5.9 13.1 .450 .418 4.4 5.1 .863 0.8 6.4 7.2 6.5 1.3 0.3 1.9 2.8 17.1
1991-92 35 BOS NBA SF 4 2 26.8 5.3 10.5 .500 0.0 1.3 .000 5.3 9.3 .568 .500 0.8 1.0 .750 0.5 4.0 4.5 5.3 0.3 0.5 1.5 1.8 11.3
Career NBA 164 95 42.0 8.9 18.8 .472 0.5 1.5 .321 8.4 17.3 .485 .485 5.5 6.2 .890 2.2 8.1 10.3 6.5 1.8 0.9 3.1 2.8 23.8
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Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% 2P 2PA 2P% eFG% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS   Trp-Dbl
1979-80 23 BOS NBA PF 82 82 2955 693 1463 .474 58 143 .406 635 1320 .481 .494 301 360 .836 216 636 852 370 143 53 263 279 1745 1
1980-81 24 BOS NBA PF 82 82 3239 719 1503 .478 20 74 .270 699 1429 .489 .485 283 328 .863 191 704 895 451 161 63 289 239 1741 5
1981-82 25 BOS NBA PF 77 58 2923 711 1414 .503 11 52 .212 700 1362 .514 .507 328 380 .863 200 637 837 447 143 66 254 244 1761 3
1982-83 26 BOS NBA PF 79 79 2982 747 1481 .504 22 77 .286 725 1404 .516 .512 351 418 .840 193 677 870 458 148 71 240 197 1867 4
1983-84 27 BOS NBA PF 79 77 3028 758 1542 .492 18 73 .247 740 1469 .504 .497 374 421 .888 181 615 796 520 144 69 237 197 1908 7
1984-85 28 BOS NBA SF 80 77 3161 918 1760 .522 56 131 .427 862 1629 .529 .538 403 457 .882 164 678 842 531 129 98 248 208 2295 8
1985-86 29 BOS NBA SF 82 81 3113 796 1606 .496 82 194 .423 714 1412 .506 .521 441 492 .896 190 615 805 557 166 51 266 182 2115 10
1986-87 30 BOS NBA SF 74 73 3005 786 1497 .525 90 225 .400 696 1272 .547 .555 414 455 .910 124 558 682 566 135 70 240 185 2076 5
1987-88 31 BOS NBA SF 76 75 2965 881 1672 .527 98 237 .414 783 1435 .546 .556 415 453 .916 108 595 703 467 125 57 213 157 2275 2
1988-89 32 BOS NBA SF 6 6 189 49 104 .471 0 0 49 104 .471 .471 18 19 .947 1 36 37 29 6 5 11 18 116 0
1989-90 33 BOS NBA SF 75 75 2944 718 1517 .473 65 195 .333 653 1322 .494 .495 319 343 .930 90 622 712 562 106 61 243 173 1820 10
1990-91 34 BOS NBA SF 60 60 2277 462 1017 .454 77 198 .389 385 819 .470 .492 163 183 .891 53 456 509 431 108 58 187 118 1164 3
1991-92 35 BOS NBA SF 45 45 1662 353 758 .466 52 128 .406 301 630 .478 .500 150 162 .926 46 388 434 306 42 33 125 82 908 1
Career NBA 897 870 34443 8591 17334 .496 649 1727 .376 7942 15607 .509 .514 3960 4471 .886 1757 7217 8974 5695 1556 755 2816 2279 21791 59
Totals Table
Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% 2P 2PA 2P% eFG% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS   Trp-Dbl
1979-80 23 BOS NBA PF 9 372 83 177 .469 4 15 .267 79 162 .488 .480 22 25 .880 22 79 101 42 14 8 33 30 192 0
1980-81 24 BOS NBA PF 17 750 147 313 .470 3 8 .375 144 305 .472 .474 76 85 .894 49 189 238 103 39 17 62 53 373 1
1981-82 25 BOS NBA PF 12 490 88 206 .427 1 6 .167 87 200 .435 .430 37 45 .822 33 117 150 67 23 17 38 43 214 2
1982-83 26 BOS NBA PF 6 240 49 116 .422 1 4 .250 48 112 .429 .427 24 29 .828 20 55 75 41 13 3 19 15 123 0
1983-84 27 BOS NBA PF 23 961 229 437 .524 7 17 .412 222 420 .529 .532 167 190 .879 62 190 252 136 54 27 87 71 632 1
1984-85 28 BOS NBA SF 20 20 815 196 425 .461 7 25 .280 189 400 .473 .469 121 136 .890 53 129 182 115 34 19 57 54 520 0
1985-86 29 BOS NBA SF 18 18 770 171 331 .517 23 56 .411 148 275 .538 .551 101 109 .927 34 134 168 148 37 11 47 55 466 3
1986-87 30 BOS NBA SF 23 23 1015 216 454 .476 14 41 .341 202 413 .489 .491 176 193 .912 41 190 231 165 27 19 71 55 622 1
1987-88 31 BOS NBA SF 17 17 763 152 338 .450 12 32 .375 140 306 .458 .467 101 113 .894 29 121 150 115 36 14 49 45 417 0
1989-90 33 BOS NBA SF 5 5 207 44 99 .444 5 19 .263 39 80 .488 .470 29 32 .906 7 39 46 44 5 5 18 10 122 1
1990-91 34 BOS NBA SF 10 10 396 62 152 .408 3 21 .143 59 131 .450 .418 44 51 .863 8 64 72 65 13 3 19 28 171 1
1991-92 35 BOS NBA SF 4 2 107 21 42 .500 0 5 .000 21 37 .568 .500 3 4 .750 2 16 18 21 1 2 6 7 45 0
Career NBA 164 95 6886 1458 3090 .472 80 249 .321 1378 2841 .485 .485 901 1012 .890 360 1323 1683 1062 296 145 506 466 3897 10
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Season Age Tm Lg Pos G MP PER TS% 3PAr FTr ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG%   OWS DWS WS WS/48   OBPM DBPM BPM VORP
1979-80 23 BOS NBA PF 82 2955 20.5 .538 .098 .246 8.3 23.6 16.0 18.5 2.3 1.0 14.0 25.3 5.6 5.6 11.2 .182 3.0 1.5 4.5 4.8
1980-81 24 BOS NBA PF 82 3239 19.9 .528 .049 .218 7.0 23.8 15.7 20.4 2.4 1.1 14.9 24.3 4.7 6.1 10.8 .160 2.5 1.8 4.3 5.2
1981-82 25 BOS NBA PF 77 2923 22.6 .557 .037 .269 7.7 23.4 15.8 22.5 2.3 1.2 13.8 25.2 6.8 5.7 12.5 .205 4.4 2.3 6.6 6.4
1982-83 26 BOS NBA PF 79 2982 24.1 .561 .052 .282 7.0 24.2 15.7 22.4 2.3 1.3 12.6 25.0 8.4 5.6 14.0 .225 5.4 2.1 7.5 7.2
1983-84 27 BOS NBA PF 79 3028 24.2 .552 .047 .273 7.0 22.3 14.9 26.2 2.3 1.3 12.1 26.7 7.9 5.6 13.6 .215 5.6 2.0 7.6 7.3
1984-85 28 BOS NBA SF 80 3161 26.5 .585 .074 .260 6.0 22.6 14.7 25.7 1.9 1.7 11.2 28.5 10.5 5.2 15.7 .238 6.8 2.0 8.8 8.7
1985-86 29 BOS NBA SF 82 3113 25.6 .580 .121 .306 7.2 20.4 14.2 26.3 2.5 0.9 12.7 27.6 9.6 6.2 15.8 .244 6.6 2.1 8.7 8.4
1986-87 30 BOS NBA SF 74 3005 26.4 .612 .150 .304 5.1 19.2 12.8 28.6 2.2 1.3 12.4 27.5 10.4 4.8 15.2 .243 7.3 2.0 9.4 8.6
1987-88 31 BOS NBA SF 76 2965 27.8 .608 .142 .271 4.6 22.3 14.0 25.7 2.1 1.1 10.2 30.2 11.2 3.8 15.0 .243 7.8 1.0 8.8 8.1
1988-89 32 BOS NBA SF 6 189 19.8 .516 .000 .183 0.6 21.6 11.2 24.3 1.6 1.6 8.9 27.1 0.3 0.2 0.5 .129 2.1 1.6 3.7 0.3
1989-90 33 BOS NBA SF 75 2944 21.9 .546 .129 .226 3.6 22.2 13.4 28.9 1.8 1.2 12.7 27.4 5.3 4.1 9.5 .154 4.1 1.2 5.3 5.5
1990-91 34 BOS NBA SF 60 2277 19.7 .530 .195 .180 2.8 20.4 12.3 25.9 2.3 1.5 14.6 23.7 3.0 3.6 6.6 .140 2.9 1.7 4.6 3.8
1991-92 35 BOS NBA SF 45 1662 21.0 .547 .169 .214 3.2 24.6 14.4 26.9 1.3 1.2 13.1 24.7 3.0 2.5 5.5 .159 4.3 1.3 5.5 3.1
Career NBA 897 34443 23.5 .564 .100 .258 5.9 22.4 14.5 24.7 2.2 1.2 12.7 26.5 86.8 59.0 145.8 .203 5.1 1.8 6.9 77.2
Advanced Table
Season Age Tm Lg Pos G MP PER TS% 3PAr FTr ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG%   OWS DWS WS WS/48   OBPM DBPM BPM VORP
1979-80 23 BOS NBA PF 9 372 18.3 .511 .085 .141 6.7 24.5 15.5 17.7 1.9 1.3 14.9 25.2 0.3 0.8 1.1 .136 3.5 0.9 4.3 0.6
1980-81 24 BOS NBA PF 17 750 21.8 .532 .026 .272 7.6 26.7 17.6 20.8 2.6 1.3 15.0 23.2 1.4 1.7 3.1 .198 5.5 2.1 7.7 1.8
1981-82 25 BOS NBA PF 12 490 17.9 .474 .029 .218 7.2 24.5 16.1 20.7 2.3 2.0 14.4 21.9 0.3 1.2 1.6 .154 3.6 1.8 5.4 0.9
1982-83 26 BOS NBA PF 6 240 20.3 .478 .034 .250 8.9 24.7 16.7 28.2 2.7 0.7 12.9 25.8 0.2 0.5 0.7 .134 5.0 2.4 7.4 0.6
1983-84 27 BOS NBA PF 23 961 26.3 .607 .039 .435 7.2 23.1 15.0 23.2 2.8 1.7 14.3 25.9 3.0 1.7 4.7 .236 8.0 2.3 10.3 3.0
1984-85 28 BOS NBA SF 20 815 20.9 .536 .059 .320 7.3 17.5 12.4 21.3 2.0 1.3 10.5 26.8 1.5 1.1 2.6 .155 5.2 0.8 6.0 1.7
1985-86 29 BOS NBA SF 18 770 23.9 .615 .169 .329 5.3 18.0 12.1 28.1 2.3 0.8 11.0 23.3 2.7 1.5 4.2 .263 7.2 2.6 9.9 2.3
1986-87 30 BOS NBA SF 23 1015 21.8 .577 .090 .425 5.0 21.6 13.6 24.5 1.3 1.1 11.6 25.9 2.4 0.9 3.2 .152 5.7 0.6 6.3 2.1
1987-88 31 BOS NBA SF 17 763 20.2 .538 .095 .334 4.7 19.0 11.9 26.1 2.5 1.1 11.2 25.9 1.2 1.2 2.4 .151 5.2 1.5 6.7 1.7
1989-90 33 BOS NBA SF 5 207 20.7 .539 .192 .323 4.4 21.7 13.6 28.8 1.2 1.4 13.7 26.7 0.4 0.0 0.4 .103 4.3 -0.5 3.7 0.3
1990-91 34 BOS NBA SF 10 396 15.8 .490 .138 .336 2.4 17.6 10.4 23.7 1.7 0.5 9.8 21.4 0.3 0.4 0.6 .078 1.4 0.2 1.6 0.4
1991-92 35 BOS NBA SF 4 107 16.4 .514 .119 .095 2.2 19.6 10.4 27.8 0.5 1.3 12.1 20.6 0.1 0.1 0.2 .069 1.7 0.4 2.2 0.1
Career NBA 164 6886 21.4 .551 .081 .328 6.0 21.4 13.9 23.7 2.1 1.2 12.5 24.8 13.8 11.1 24.8 .173 5.4 1.5 6.9 15.4

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Larry Bird?

Larry Bird is 67 years old.

Where was Larry Bird born?

Larry Bird was born in West Baden, Indiana.

When was Larry Bird born?

Larry Bird was born on December 7, 1956.

How tall is Larry Bird?

Larry Bird is 6-9 (206 cm) tall.

How much did Larry Bird weigh when playing?

Larry Bird weighed 220 lbs (99 kg) when playing.

Is Larry Bird in the Hall of Fame?

Larry Bird was inducted to the Hall of Fame as a Player in 1998 (Full List) .

When was Larry Bird drafted?

Larry Bird was drafted by Boston Celtics, 1st round (6th pick, 6th overall), 1978 NBA Draft.

What position did Larry Bird play?

Small Forward and Power Forward.

When did Larry Bird retire?

Larry Bird last played in 1992.

What is Larry Bird's net worth?

Larry Bird made at least $25,870,000 playing professional basketball.

How much did Larry Bird make?

Larry Bird made $7,070,000 in 1992.

What did Larry Bird average?

Larry Bird averaged 24.3 points, 10.0 rebounds, and 6.3 assists per game.

How many rings does Larry Bird have?

Larry Bird won 3 championships.

What schools did Larry Bird attend?

Larry Bird attended Springs Valley in French Lick, Indiana and Indiana State University.

What are Larry Bird's nicknames?

Larry Legend, The Hick from French Lick, Kodak, The Great White Hope are nicknames for Larry Bird.

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