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Season Age Team 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
1978-79 Did not play - other
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,ROY-1,AS,NBA1
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,AS,NBA1
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,AS,NBA1
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,DPOY-3,AS,NBA1
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,DPOY-12,AS,NBA1
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,AS,NBA1
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,AS,NBA1
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,AS,NBA1
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,AS,NBA1
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,AS,NBA2
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
13 Yrs 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
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Season Age Team 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 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 Finals MVP-1
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 Finals MVP-1
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
12 Yrs 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 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
1979-8023BOSNBAPF828229556931463.47458143.4066351320.481.494301360.8362166368523701435326327917451
1980-8124BOSNBAPF828232397191503.4782074.2706991429.489.485283328.8631917048954511616328923917415
1981-8225BOSNBAPF775829237111414.5031152.2127001362.514.507328380.8632006378374471436625424417613
1982-8326BOSNBAPF797929827471481.5042277.2867251404.516.512351418.8401936778704581487124019718674
1983-8427BOSNBAPF797730287581542.4921873.2477401469.504.497374421.8881816157965201446923719719087
1984-8528BOSNBASF807731619181760.52256131.4278621629.529.538403457.8821646788425311299824820822958
1985-8629BOSNBASF828131137961606.49682194.4237141412.506.521441492.89619061580555716651266182211510
1986-8730BOSNBASF747330057861497.52590225.4006961272.547.555414455.9101245586825661357024018520765
1987-8831BOSNBASF767529658811672.52798237.4147831435.546.556415453.9161085957034671255721315722752
1988-8932BOSNBASF6618949104.4710049104.471.4711819.94713637296511181160
1989-9033BOSNBASF757529447181517.47365195.3336531322.494.495319343.9309062271256210661243173182010
1990-9134BOSNBASF606022774621017.45477198.389385819.470.492163183.891534565094311085818711811643
1991-9235BOSNBASF45451662353758.46652128.406301630.478.500150162.926463884343064233125829081
CareerNBA89787034443859117334.4966491727.376794215607.509.51439604471.88617577217897456951556755281622792179159
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
1979-8023BOSNBAPF937283177.469415.26779162.488.4802225.88022791014214833301920
1980-8124BOSNBAPF17750147313.47038.375144305.472.4747685.89449189238103391762533731
1981-8225BOSNBAPF1249088206.42716.16787200.435.4303745.8223311715067231738432142
1982-8326BOSNBAPF624049116.42214.25048112.429.4272429.8282055754113319151230
1983-8427BOSNBAPF23961229437.524717.412222420.529.532167190.87962190252136542787716321
1984-8528BOSNBASF2020815196425.461725.280189400.473.469121136.89053129182115341957545200
1985-8629BOSNBASF1818770171331.5172356.411148275.538.551101109.92734134168148371147554663
1986-8730BOSNBASF23231015216454.4761441.341202413.489.491176193.91241190231165271971556221
1987-8831BOSNBASF1717763152338.4501232.375140306.458.467101113.89429121150115361449454170
1989-9033BOSNBASF552074499.444519.2633980.488.4702932.90673946445518101221
1990-9134BOSNBASF101039662152.408321.14359131.450.4184451.863864726513319281711
1991-9235BOSNBASF421072142.50005.0002137.568.50034.75021618211267450
CareerNBA16495688614583090.47280249.32113782841.485.4859011012.890360132316831062296145506466389710
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Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS MP PER TS% 3PAr FTr ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% OWS DWS WS WS/48 OBPM DBPM BPM VORP Awards
1978-79 Did not play - other
1979-80 23 BOS NBA PF 82 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 MVP-4,ROY-1,AS,NBA1
1980-81 24 BOS NBA PF 82 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 MVP-2,AS,NBA1
1981-82 25 BOS NBA PF 77 58 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 MVP-2,AS,NBA1
1982-83 26 BOS NBA PF 79 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 MVP-2,DPOY-3,AS,NBA1
1983-84 27 BOS NBA PF 79 77 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 MVP-1,DPOY-12,AS,NBA1
1984-85 28 BOS NBA SF 80 77 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 MVP-1,AS,NBA1
1985-86 29 BOS NBA SF 82 81 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 MVP-1,AS,NBA1
1986-87 30 BOS NBA SF 74 73 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 MVP-3,AS,NBA1
1987-88 31 BOS NBA SF 76 75 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 MVP-2,AS,NBA1
1988-89 32 BOS NBA SF 6 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 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 MVP-10,AS,NBA2
1990-91 34 BOS NBA SF 60 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 MVP-9,AS
1991-92 35 BOS NBA SF 45 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 MVP-14,AS
13 Yrs 897 870 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
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Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS MP PER TS% 3PAr FTr ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% OWS DWS WS WS/48 OBPM DBPM BPM VORP Awards
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 Finals MVP-1
1984-85 28 BOS NBA SF 20 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 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 Finals MVP-1
1986-87 30 BOS NBA SF 23 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 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 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 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 2 107 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
12 Yrs 164 95 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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