Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Kevin McHale and James Worthy

This is the detail of NBA games in which Kevin McHale and James Worthy played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

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They faced each other a total of 36 times in NBA games. James Worthy has a 22-14 winning record over Kevin McHale, including an 11-8 record in Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Kevin McHale

vs.

James Worthy


NBA Timeline:	1946-47 2023-24
Kevin McHale: 1980-81 to 1992-93
James Worthy: 1982-83 to 1993-94

36 Games played

17 in Regular Season

19 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

	Games Won	in Regular Season	in Playoffs
Kevin McHale	14	6	8
James Worthy	22	11	11

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Kevin McHale	18.8	8.1	1.5	0.3	1.3
James Worthy	20.3	5.1	3.1	1.1	0.4

Game Highs
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Kevin McHale	32	16	5	2	3
James Worthy	33	11	10	4	2

Games with better stats than the other player...
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Kevin McHale	14 games	27 games	6 games	4 games	23 games
James Worthy	20 games	5 games	22 games	20 games	4 games
Both had same stat	2 games	4 games	8 games	12 games	9 games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1982-83 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Jan. 30, 1983
1.	Celtics	110	Kevin McHale	16	11	1	0	1	2	4	35	8-19	.421	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Lakers	95	James Worthy	7	5	2	0	1	3	5	21	3-8	.375	0-0	-	1-2	.500
	Feb. 23, 1983
2.	Celtics	113	Kevin McHale	6	4	0	0	2	1	4	27	3-7	.429	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Lakers	104	James Worthy	20	11	4	2	0	0	5	37	8-12	.667	0-0	-	4-7	.571


1983-84 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Feb. 08, 1984
3.	Celtics	109	Kevin McHale	21	8	1	0	1	3	2	26	9-15	.600	0-0	-	3-3	1.000
	Lakers	111	James Worthy	17	6	2	1	0	1	4	24	7-13	.538	0-0	-	3-3	1.000
	Feb. 24, 1984
4.	Celtics	108	Kevin McHale	26	6	0	0	1	2	4	37	11-19	.579	0-1	.000	4-4	1.000
	Lakers	116	James Worthy	27	6	3	1	0	1	2	37	11-15	.733	0-0	-	5-5	1.000


1984 Playoffs - NBA Finals
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	May. 27, 1984
5.	Celtics	109	Kevin McHale	25	8	1	1	3	2	3	39	10-16	.625	0-1	.000	5-6	.833
	Lakers	115	James Worthy	20	5	1	3	0	3	2	39	8-16	.500	0-0	-	4-4	1.000
	May. 31, 1984
6.	Celtics	124	Kevin McHale	13	4	2	0	1	1	2	37	3-8	.375	0-0	-	7-10	.700
OT	Lakers	121	James Worthy	29	3	4	0	0	2	4	43	11-12	.917	0-0	-	7-9	.778
	Jun. 03, 1984
7.	Celtics	104	Kevin McHale	12	4	2	0	1	1	1	29	5-13	.385	0-0	-	2-3	.667
	Lakers	137	James Worthy	13	4	3	0	0	2	3	29	6-11	.545	0-0	-	1-3	.333
	Jun. 06, 1984
8.	Celtics	129	Kevin McHale	9	8	2	0	1	2	4	34	3-13	.231	0-0	-	3-4	.750
OT	Lakers	125	James Worthy	30	5	2	1	0	3	3	48	14-17	.824	0-0	-	2-3	.667
	Jun. 08, 1984
9.	Celtics	121	Kevin McHale	19	10	1	0	0	3	6	21	5-8	.625	0-0	-	9-10	.900
	Lakers	103	James Worthy	22	3	1	2	0	2	5	35	10-17	.588	0-0	-	2-5	.400
	Jun. 10, 1984
10.	Celtics	108	Kevin McHale	6	3	0	0	2	2	5	28	3-9	.333	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Lakers	119	James Worthy	20	7	3	4	1	2	4	40	9-18	.500	0-0	-	2-2	1.000
	Jun. 12, 1984
11.	Celtics	111	Kevin McHale	10	4	0	1	0	2	3	26	4-6	.667	0-1	.000	2-3	.667
	Lakers	102	James Worthy	21	4	2	0	1	2	4	40	9-14	.643	0-1	.000	3-6	.500


1984-85 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Jan. 16, 1985
12.	Celtics	104	Kevin McHale	10	4	1	0	0	2	1	25	4-13	.308	0-0	-	2-5	.400
	Lakers	102	James Worthy	10	2	3	2	1	0	4	26	5-11	.455	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Feb. 17, 1985
13.	Celtics	111	Kevin McHale	15	7	0	0	0	5	6	34	6-8	.750	0-0	-	3-4	.750
	Lakers	117	James Worthy	24	6	3	1	0	1	3	42	8-18	.444	0-0	-	8-10	.800


1985 Playoffs - NBA Finals
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	May. 27, 1985
14.	Celtics	148	Kevin McHale	26	9	0	0	3	1	1	32	10-16	.625	0-0	-	6-9	.667
	Lakers	114	James Worthy	20	8	5	0	0	2	1	37	8-19	.421	0-0	-	4-6	.667
	May. 30, 1985
15.	Celtics	102	Kevin McHale	15	7	2	0	1	4	5	36	6-13	.462	0-0	-	3-8	.375
	Lakers	109	James Worthy	16	4	2	0	1	2	6	29	6-14	.429	0-0	-	4-6	.667
	Jun. 02, 1985
16.	Celtics	111	Kevin McHale	31	10	2	0	1	3	4	36	10-13	.769	0-0	-	11-12	.917
	Lakers	136	James Worthy	29	1	2	1	0	2	1	37	12-22	.545	0-1	.000	5-6	.833
	Jun. 05, 1985
17.	Celtics	107	Kevin McHale	28	12	1	0	1	2	2	48	11-19	.579	0-0	-	6-8	.750
	Lakers	105	James Worthy	16	3	6	0	0	1	4	46	7-14	.500	0-0	-	2-2	1.000
	Jun. 07, 1985
18.	Celtics	111	Kevin McHale	24	10	2	0	3	3	2	46	10-18	.556	0-0	-	4-5	.800
	Lakers	120	James Worthy	33	8	1	1	1	0	2	40	13-17	.765	0-0	-	7-11	.636
	Jun. 09, 1985
19.	Celtics	100	Kevin McHale	32	16	1	2	2	3	6	42	11-18	.611	0-0	-	10-13	.769
	Lakers	111	James Worthy	28	3	3	1	1	1	0	45	11-15	.733	0-0	-	6-9	.667


1985-86 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Jan. 22, 1986
20.	Celtics	110	Kevin McHale	12	7	2	1	2	3	4	32	3-14	.214	0-0	-	6-8	.750
	Lakers	95	James Worthy	12	6	1	1	0	2	2	33	5-15	.333	0-1	.000	2-3	.667


1986-87 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 12, 1986
21.	Celtics	110	Kevin McHale	22	11	2	0	1	3	3	41	10-17	.588	0-0	-	2-2	1.000
	Lakers	117	James Worthy	25	4	2	0	0	0	0	35	12-24	.500	0-0	-	1-2	.500
	Feb. 15, 1987
22.	Celtics	103	Kevin McHale	23	10	3	0	1	3	4	43	9-17	.529	0-0	-	5-6	.833
	Lakers	106	James Worthy	26	7	1	0	1	1	3	41	12-16	.750	0-0	-	2-2	1.000


1987 Playoffs - NBA Finals
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Jun. 02, 1987
23.	Celtics	113	Kevin McHale	15	5	0	0	1	4	3	29	6-11	.545	0-0	-	3-4	.750
	Lakers	126	James Worthy	33	9	10	2	0	3	1	40	16-23	.696	0-2	.000	1-4	.250
	Jun. 04, 1987
24.	Celtics	122	Kevin McHale	20	2	3	0	0	3	3	34	9-12	.750	0-0	-	2-2	1.000
	Lakers	141	James Worthy	23	3	3	1	1	0	2	37	10-15	.667	0-0	-	3-5	.600
	Jun. 07, 1987
25.	Celtics	109	Kevin McHale	21	10	5	0	1	2	2	43	8-15	.533	0-0	-	5-5	1.000
	Lakers	103	James Worthy	13	3	3	3	0	3	2	44	6-18	.333	0-0	-	1-4	.250
	Jun. 09, 1987
26.	Celtics	106	Kevin McHale	25	13	0	0	2	1	5	45	10-14	.714	0-0	-	5-8	.625
	Lakers	107	James Worthy	21	3	2	0	2	0	2	43	9-18	.500	0-0	-	3-3	1.000
	Jun. 11, 1987
27.	Celtics	123	Kevin McHale	22	14	2	1	0	2	1	40	8-15	.533	0-0	-	6-8	.750
	Lakers	108	James Worthy	12	7	3	1	0	3	2	38	6-19	.316	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Jun. 14, 1987
28.	Celtics	93	Kevin McHale	20	10	2	0	2	3	4	40	7-15	.467	0-0	-	6-6	1.000
	Lakers	106	James Worthy	22	7	3	3	2	3	6	36	10-16	.625	0-0	-	2-3	.667


1987-88 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 11, 1987
29.	Celtics	114	Kevin McHale	10	8	4	2	1	3	3	37	4-12	.333	0-0	-	2-2	1.000
	Lakers	115	James Worthy	8	3	0	0	0	2	3	14	4-9	.444	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Feb. 14, 1988
30.	Celtics	106	Kevin McHale	24	9	0	1	1	3	2	41	11-14	.786	0-0	-	2-2	1.000
	Lakers	115	James Worthy	10	2	3	2	0	3	2	32	5-10	.500	0-1	.000	0-0	-


1988-89 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 16, 1988
31.	Celtics	110	Kevin McHale	16	13	3	0	1	1	4	44	8-10	.800	0-0	-	0-2	.000
	Lakers	96	James Worthy	9	4	3	1	0	1	2	40	3-14	.214	0-1	.000	3-4	.750
	Feb. 19, 1989
32.	Celtics	110	Kevin McHale	26	12	2	0	2	3	4	42	10-19	.526	0-0	-	6-7	.857
	Lakers	119	James Worthy	28	10	6	1	2	4	2	43	11-20	.550	0-0	-	6-8	.750


1989-90 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 15, 1989
33.	Celtics	110	Kevin McHale	21	5	4	0	3	1	5	34	9-11	.818	0-0	-	3-3	1.000
	Lakers	119	James Worthy	28	5	2	0	0	2	5	35	13-19	.684	0-1	.000	2-2	1.000
	Feb. 18, 1990
34.	Celtics	110	Kevin McHale	21	4	1	0	1	1	5	34	8-14	.571	0-1	.000	5-6	.833
	Lakers	116	James Worthy	25	7	5	1	0	0	3	42	12-26	.462	0-0	-	1-2	.500


1991-92 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Feb. 16, 1992
35.	Celtics	114	Kevin McHale	19	8	1	0	0	1	2	29	8-13	.615	0-0	-	3-4	.750
	Lakers	107	James Worthy	24	3	8	3	1	1	3	38	10-23	.435	0-1	.000	4-4	1.000


1992-93 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Jan. 31, 1993
36.	Celtics	87	Kevin McHale	14	6	0	1	2	1	2	31	5-11	.455	0-0	-	4-4	1.000
	Lakers	96	James Worthy	10	5	4	0	0	1	1	28	3-15	.200	0-0	-	4-4	1.000