Michael Jordan vs. Larry Bird: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Michael Jordan vs. Larry Bird: Head-to-Head Stats

Michael Jordan vs. Larry Bird: Per Game

Michael Jordan vs. Larry Bird: Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	2P	2PA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Bird	28	28	39.4	11.0	22.1	10.2	20.3	0.8	1.8	4.1	4.4	1.4	7.2	8.6	6.4	1.4	0.9	3.2	2.8	26.9
2	Michael Jordan	28	27	38.1	12.8	25.3	12.4	24.0	0.4	1.3	7.4	8.5	1.6	4.5	6.1	5.8	2.7	1.1	2.7	3.1	33.5

Michael Jordan vs. Larry Bird: Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	2P	2PA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Bird	6	6	45.2	8.7	16.3	7.7	14.2	1.0	2.2	8.8	10.2	2.2	6.8	9.0	8.5	1.5	0.8	2.8	3.8	27.2
2	Michael Jordan	6	6	43.8	13.8	29.8	13.3	28.8	0.5	1.0	11.5	13.0	2.0	4.7	6.7	5.8	2.2	1.8	3.7	4.0	39.7

Michael Jordan vs. Larry Bird: Totals

Michael Jordan vs. Larry Bird: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Bird	28	28	1104	308	618	.498	285	569	.501	23	49	.469	.517	115	124	.927	.561	39	201	240	178	39	25	90	77	754
2	Michael Jordan	28	27	1068	359	709	.506	348	673	.517	11	36	.306	.514	208	239	.870	.575	46	125	171	163	75	31	76	86	937

Michael Jordan vs. Larry Bird: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Bird	6	6	271	52	98	.531	46	85	.541	6	13	.462	.561	53	61	.869	.653	13	41	54	51	9	5	17	23	163
2	Michael Jordan	6	6	263	83	179	.464	80	173	.462	3	6	.500	.472	69	78	.885	.558	12	28	40	35	13	11	22	24	238

Michael Jordan vs. Larry Bird: Game Logs

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Michael Jordan vs. Larry Bird: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	GmSc	BPM	+/-
1	Larry Bird	BOS	1992-03-11	*	36	4	15	.267	4	15	.267	0	0		2	2	1.000	.315	0	4	4	6	2	0	4	2	10	3.7	-4.7
2	Michael Jordan	CHI	1992-03-11	*	35	14	23	.609	14	23	.609	0	0		4	4	1.000	.646	0	13	13	3	0	2	4	2	32	24.1	7.6
3	Larry Bird	BOS	1991-12-25	*	34	4	10	.400	4	10	.400	0	0		0	0		.400	0	8	8	4	0	0	1	1	8	6.4	-2.6
4	Michael Jordan	CHI	1991-12-25	*	35	6	14	.429	6	13	.462	0	1	.000	2	2	1.000	.470	1	7	8	5	2	3	2	2	14	14.2	3.6
5	Larry Bird	BOS	1991-11-06	*	39	13	22	.591	13	22	.591	0	0		4	4	1.000	.631	0	2	2	9	0	0	3	2	30	22.9	5.4
6	Michael Jordan	CHI	1991-11-06	*	38	16	26	.615	13	22	.591	3	4	.750	9	9	1.000	.734	0	3	3	6	1	1	2	2	44	36.2	14.5
7	Larry Bird	BOS	1991-03-31	*	52	15	36	.417	14	31	.452	1	5	.200	3	3	1.000	.456	3	12	15	8	1	3	4	4	34	23.6	0.9
8	Michael Jordan	CHI	1991-03-31	*	51	12	36	.333	12	33	.364	0	3	.000	13	13	1.000	.443	3	4	7	9	2	0	4	3	37	23.0	0.9
9	Larry Bird	BOS	1991-02-26	*	25	6	14	.429	6	14	.429	0	0		0	0		.429	4	3	7	5	2	1	3	3	12	10.3	3.8
10	Michael Jordan	CHI	1991-02-26	*	35	17	29	.586	16	28	.571	1	1	1.000	4	8	.500	.600	2	6	8	4	5	3	0	1	39	36.6	21.9
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Michael Jordan vs. Larry Bird: Player Comparison

Michael Jordan vs. Larry Bird: Per Game

Michael Jordan vs. Larry Bird: Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Bird	23-35	1979-80	1991-92	897	870	38.4	9.6	19.3	.496	8.9	17.4	.509	0.7	1.9	.376	.514	4.4	5.0	.886	2.0	8.0	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	3.1	2.5	24.3
2	Michael Jordan	21-39	1984-85	2002-03	1072	1039	38.3	11.4	22.9	.497	10.8	21.2	.510	0.5	1.7	.327	.509	6.8	8.2	.835	1.6	4.7	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	2.7	2.6	30.1

Michael Jordan vs. Larry Bird: Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Bird	23-35	1979-80	1991-92	164	95	42.0	8.9	18.8	.472	8.4	17.3	.485	0.5	1.5	.321	.485	5.5	6.2	.890	2.2	8.1	10.3	6.5	1.8	0.9	3.1	2.8	23.8
2	Michael Jordan	21-34	1984-85	1997-98	179	179	41.8	12.2	25.1	.487	11.4	22.6	.504	0.8	2.5	.332	.503	8.2	9.9	.828	1.7	4.7	6.4	5.7	2.1	0.9	3.1	3.0	33.4

Michael Jordan vs. Larry Bird: Totals

Michael Jordan vs. Larry Bird: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Bird	23-35	1979-80	1991-92	897	870	34443	8591	17334	.496	7942	15607	.509	649	1727	.376	.514	3960	4471	.886	.564	1757	7217	8974	5695	1556	755	2816	2279	21791
2	Michael Jordan	21-39	1984-85	2002-03	1072	1039	41011	12192	24537	.497	11611	22759	.510	581	1778	.327	.509	7327	8772	.835	.569	1668	5004	6672	5633	2514	893	2924	2783	32292

Michael Jordan vs. Larry Bird: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Bird	23-35	1979-80	1991-92	164	95	6886	1458	3090	.472	1378	2841	.485	80	249	.321	.485	901	1012	.890	.551	360	1323	1683	1062	296	145	506	466	3897
2	Michael Jordan	21-34	1984-85	1997-98	179	179	7474	2188	4497	.487	2040	4051	.504	148	446	.332	.503	1463	1766	.828	.568	305	847	1152	1022	376	158	546	541	5987

Michael Jordan vs. Larry Bird: Per 36 Minutes

Michael Jordan vs. Larry Bird: Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Bird	23-35	1979-80	1991-92	9.0	18.1	.496	8.3	16.3	.509	0.7	1.8	.376	4.1	4.7	.886	.6	1.8	7.5	9.4	6.0	1.6	0.8	2.9	2.4	22.8
2	Michael Jordan	21-39	1984-85	2002-03	10.7	21.5	.497	10.2	20.0	.510	0.5	1.6	.327	6.4	7.7	.835	.6	1.5	4.4	5.9	4.9	2.2	0.8	2.6	2.4	28.3

Michael Jordan vs. Larry Bird: Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Bird	23-35	1979-80	1991-92	7.6	16.2	.472	7.2	14.9	.485	0.4	1.3	.321	4.7	5.3	.890	.6	1.9	6.9	8.8	5.6	1.5	0.8	2.6	2.4	20.4
2	Michael Jordan	21-34	1984-85	1997-98	10.5	21.7	.487	9.8	19.5	.504	0.7	2.1	.332	7.0	8.5	.828	.6	1.5	4.1	5.5	4.9	1.8	0.8	2.6	2.6	28.8

Michael Jordan vs. Larry Bird: Per 100 Possessions

Michael Jordan vs. Larry Bird: Per 100 Possessions Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	ORtg	DRtg
1	Larry Bird	23-35	1979-80	1991-92	11.9	24.1	.496	11.0	21.7	.509	0.9	2.4	.376	5.5	6.2	.886	.6	2.4	10.0	12.5	7.9	2.2	1.0	3.9	3.2	30.3	115	101
2	Michael Jordan	21-39	1984-85	2002-03	15.3	30.7	.497	14.5	28.5	.510	0.7	2.2	.327	9.2	11.0	.835	.6	2.1	6.3	8.3	7.0	3.1	1.1	3.7	3.5	40.4	118	103

Michael Jordan vs. Larry Bird: Per 100 Possessions Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	ORtg	DRtg
1	Larry Bird	23-35	1979-80	1991-92	10.5	22.2	.472	9.9	20.4	.485	0.6	1.8	.321	6.5	7.3	.890	.6	2.6	9.5	12.1	7.6	2.1	1.0	3.6	3.3	28.0	114	104
2	Michael Jordan	21-34	1984-85	1997-98	15.8	32.5	.487	14.8	29.3	.504	1.1	3.2	.332	10.6	12.8	.828	.6	2.2	6.1	8.3	7.4	2.7	1.1	4.0	3.9	43.3	118	104

Michael Jordan vs. Larry Bird: Advanced

Michael Jordan vs. Larry Bird: Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	PER	TS%	ORB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Larry Bird	23-35	1979-80	1991-92	897	870	34443	23.5	.564	5.9	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
2	Michael Jordan	21-39	1984-85	2002-03	1072	1039	41011	27.9	.569	4.7	9.4	24.9	3.1	1.4	9.3	33.3	149.9	64.1	214.0	.250	7.2	2.0	9.2	116.1

Michael Jordan vs. Larry Bird: Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	PER	TS%	ORB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Larry Bird	23-35	1979-80	1991-92	164	95	6886	21.4	.551	6.0	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
2	Michael Jordan	21-34	1984-85	1997-98	179	179	7474	28.6	.568	4.8	9.3	28.2	2.7	1.6	9.4	35.6	27.3	12.4	39.8	.255	8.8	2.3	11.1	24.7

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Game data: since 1946-47 unless otherwise noted. Regular season: PTS, FG, FT, 3P complete all-time. FTA complete back to 1948-49. FGA, TRB, AST, PF, GS over 99% complete back to 1975-76. MP over 99% complete back to 1976-77. +/- complete back to 1996-97. All other box score stats (3PA, ORB, DRB, STL, BLK, TOV) complete back to 1983-84. Playoffs: PTS, FG, FT, FTA, 3P, 3PA complete all-time. PF complete back to 1948-49. FGA, TRB, AST complete back to 1962-63. GS complete back to 1973-74. MP complete back to 1974-75. +/- complete back to 1996-97. STL, BLK, TOV complete back to 1982-83. ORB, DRB complete back to 1983-84. BPM not available for WNBA & ABA.

Season data: since 1946-47 unless otherwise noted. All box score stats are covered all-time (though not all stats were tracked for all of NBA history). PER since 1951-52. AST% since 1964-65. TRB% since 1970-71. BPM, VORP, DRtg and Per 100 Poss stats since 1973-74. ORtg since 1977-78. GS since 1981-82. Some stats were available earlier in the ABA. WNBA all-time (since 1997) unless otherwise noted. BPM and VORP not available for WNBA.

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