Larry Bird vs. J.J. Redick Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of J.J. Redick and Larry Bird, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Larry Bird played 13 years in the NBA, 2 less than J.J. Redick, who played 15. Larry Bird had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, while J.J. Redick had his rookie season in 2006-07. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Larry Bird	13	12	1979-80 to 1991-92
J.J. Redick	15	13	2006-07 to 2020-21

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	Larry Bird	J.J. Redick
Season	1979-80	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	82	36.0	21.3	2.6	7.8	10.4	4.5	1.7	0.6	3.2	3.4	8.5	17.8	.474	0.7	1.7	.406	3.7	4.4	.836
J.J. Redick	42	14.8	6.0	0.2	1.0	1.2	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.2	1.9	4.6	.410	0.9	2.3	.388	1.3	1.4	.900

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	9	41.3	21.3	2.4	8.8	11.2	4.7	1.6	0.9	3.7	3.3	9.2	19.7	.469	0.4	1.7	.267	2.4	2.8	.880
J.J. Redick	1	11.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	.500	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Larry Bird	J.J. Redick
Season	1980-81	2007-08
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Magic Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	82	39.5	21.2	2.3	8.6	10.9	5.5	2.0	0.8	3.5	2.9	8.8	18.3	.478	0.2	0.9	.270	3.5	4.0	.863
J.J. Redick	34	8.1	4.1	0.0	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.9	1.4	3.2	.444	0.5	1.3	.395	0.8	1.0	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	17	44.1	21.9	2.9	11.1	14.0	6.1	2.3	1.0	3.6	3.1	8.6	18.4	.470	0.2	0.5	.375	4.5	5.0	.894
J.J. Redick	2	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 3
	Larry Bird	J.J. Redick
Season	1981-82	2008-09
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Magic Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	77	38.0	22.9	2.6	8.3	10.9	5.8	1.9	0.9	3.3	3.2	9.2	18.4	.503	0.1	0.7	.212	4.3	4.9	.863
J.J. Redick	64	17.4	6.0	0.1	1.6	1.7	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.1	1.8	4.7	.391	1.0	2.8	.374	1.3	1.5	.871

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	12	40.8	17.8	2.8	9.8	12.5	5.6	1.9	1.4	3.2	3.6	7.3	17.2	.427	0.1	0.5	.167	3.1	3.8	.822
J.J. Redick	16	20.4	6.0	0.1	1.1	1.2	1.9	0.5	0.1	0.4	1.6	1.9	5.2	.373	1.3	3.3	.404	0.8	0.9	.929


Season 4
	Larry Bird	J.J. Redick
Season	1982-83	2009-10
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Magic Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	79	37.7	23.6	2.4	8.6	11.0	5.8	1.9	0.9	3.0	2.5	9.5	18.7	.504	0.3	1.0	.286	4.4	5.3	.840
J.J. Redick	82	22.0	9.6	0.2	1.7	1.9	1.9	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.4	3.0	6.7	.439	1.4	3.3	.405	2.3	2.7	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	6	40.0	20.5	3.3	9.2	12.5	6.8	2.2	0.5	3.2	2.5	8.2	19.3	.422	0.2	0.7	.250	4.0	4.8	.828
J.J. Redick	14	19.2	7.5	0.3	1.4	1.7	1.4	0.7	0.0	1.4	1.6	2.1	5.1	.423	1.1	2.5	.429	2.1	2.5	.857


Season 5
	Larry Bird	J.J. Redick
Season	1983-84	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	79	38.3	24.2	2.3	7.8	10.1	6.6	1.8	0.9	3.0	2.5	9.6	19.5	.492	0.2	0.9	.247	4.7	5.3	.888
J.J. Redick	59	25.6	10.1	0.1	1.8	1.9	1.7	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.4	3.3	7.6	.441	1.5	3.7	.397	1.9	2.2	.875

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	23	41.8	27.5	2.7	8.3	11.0	5.9	2.3	1.2	3.8	3.1	10.0	19.0	.524	0.3	0.7	.412	7.3	8.3	.879
J.J. Redick	6	20.0	6.7	0.0	1.8	1.8	1.0	0.2	0.2	1.2	1.3	2.5	7.0	.357	0.2	2.5	.067	1.5	2.0	.750


Season 6
	Larry Bird	J.J. Redick
Season	1984-85	2011-12
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	80	39.5	28.7	2.1	8.5	10.5	6.6	1.6	1.2	3.1	2.6	11.5	22.0	.522	0.7	1.6	.427	5.0	5.7	.882
J.J. Redick	65	27.2	11.6	0.3	2.0	2.3	2.5	0.4	0.1	1.0	1.4	3.8	9.0	.425	1.7	4.1	.418	2.2	2.4	.911

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	20	40.8	26.0	2.7	6.5	9.1	5.8	1.7	1.0	2.9	2.7	9.8	21.3	.461	0.4	1.3	.280	6.1	6.8	.890
J.J. Redick	5	24.6	10.8	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.2	0.2	0.0	1.2	0.8	3.8	8.8	.432	0.8	3.8	.211	2.4	2.8	.857


Season 7
	Larry Bird	J.J. Redick
Season	1985-86	2012-13
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	82	38.0	25.8	2.3	7.5	9.8	6.8	2.0	0.6	3.2	2.2	9.7	19.6	.496	1.0	2.4	.423	5.4	6.0	.896
J.J. Redick	78	30.5	14.1	0.2	2.0	2.2	3.8	0.5	0.1	1.8	1.5	4.9	11.3	.434	2.1	5.8	.366	2.2	2.4	.900

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	18	42.8	25.9	1.9	7.4	9.3	8.2	2.1	0.6	2.6	3.1	9.5	18.4	.517	1.3	3.1	.411	5.6	6.1	.927
J.J. Redick	4	17.3	7.3	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.3	0.3	0.0	1.5	2.3	2.8	6.3	.440	1.0	3.0	.333	0.8	0.8	1.000


Season 8
	Larry Bird	J.J. Redick
Season	1986-87	2013-14
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	74	40.6	28.1	1.7	7.5	9.2	7.6	1.8	0.9	3.2	2.5	10.6	20.2	.525	1.2	3.0	.400	5.6	6.1	.910
J.J. Redick	35	28.2	15.2	0.3	1.9	2.1	2.2	0.8	0.1	1.2	1.9	5.2	11.4	.455	2.1	5.3	.395	2.8	3.0	.915

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	23	44.1	27.0	1.8	8.3	10.0	7.2	1.2	0.8	3.1	2.4	9.4	19.7	.476	0.6	1.8	.341	7.7	8.4	.912
J.J. Redick	13	27.0	13.3	0.3	1.4	1.7	1.5	0.8	0.0	1.0	1.8	4.7	10.2	.459	2.0	5.0	.400	1.9	2.0	.962


Season 9
	Larry Bird	J.J. Redick
Season	1987-88	2014-15
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	76	39.0	29.9	1.4	7.8	9.3	6.1	1.6	0.8	2.8	2.1	11.6	22.0	.527	1.3	3.1	.414	5.5	6.0	.916
J.J. Redick	78	30.9	16.4	0.3	1.9	2.1	1.8	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.7	5.7	12.0	.477	2.6	5.9	.437	2.3	2.6	.901

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	17	44.9	24.5	1.7	7.1	8.8	6.8	2.1	0.8	2.9	2.6	8.9	19.9	.450	0.7	1.9	.375	5.9	6.6	.894
J.J. Redick	14	38.6	14.9	0.0	2.1	2.1	1.7	0.7	0.4	1.9	2.6	5.0	11.5	.435	2.5	6.3	.398	2.4	2.5	.943


Season 10
	Larry Bird	J.J. Redick
Season	1988-89	2015-16
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	6	31.5	19.3	0.2	6.0	6.2	4.8	1.0	0.8	1.8	3.0	8.2	17.3	.471	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.2	.947
J.J. Redick	75	28.0	16.3	0.1	1.7	1.9	1.4	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.8	5.6	11.7	.480	2.7	5.6	.475	2.4	2.7	.888

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	6	27.7	13.5	0.2	1.8	2.0	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.8	5.7	13.2	.430	1.8	5.2	.355	0.3	0.5	.667


Season 11
	Larry Bird	J.J. Redick
Season	1989-90	2016-17
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	75	39.3	24.3	1.2	8.3	9.5	7.5	1.4	0.8	3.2	2.3	9.6	20.2	.473	0.9	2.6	.333	4.3	4.6	.930
J.J. Redick	78	28.2	15.0	0.1	2.1	2.2	1.4	0.7	0.2	1.3	1.6	5.1	11.4	.445	2.6	6.0	.429	2.3	2.6	.891

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	5	41.4	24.4	1.4	7.8	9.2	8.8	1.0	1.0	3.6	2.0	8.8	19.8	.444	1.0	3.8	.263	5.8	6.4	.906
J.J. Redick	7	29.4	9.1	0.0	1.7	1.7	0.9	0.3	0.0	1.9	2.4	2.7	7.1	.380	1.3	3.7	.346	2.4	2.9	.850


Season 12
	Larry Bird	J.J. Redick
Season	1990-91	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	60	38.0	19.4	0.9	7.6	8.5	7.2	1.8	1.0	3.1	2.0	7.7	17.0	.454	1.3	3.3	.389	2.7	3.1	.891
J.J. Redick	70	30.2	17.1	0.1	2.4	2.5	3.0	0.5	0.1	1.5	1.8	5.8	12.6	.460	2.8	6.6	.420	2.8	3.1	.904

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	10	39.6	17.1	0.8	6.4	7.2	6.5	1.3	0.3	1.9	2.8	6.2	15.2	.408	0.3	2.1	.143	4.4	5.1	.863
J.J. Redick	10	34.2	18.2	0.3	1.2	1.5	2.6	0.8	0.1	1.1	2.1	6.0	13.5	.444	2.6	7.5	.347	3.6	4.2	.857


Season 13
	Larry Bird	J.J. Redick
Season	1991-92	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	45	36.9	20.2	1.0	8.6	9.6	6.8	0.9	0.7	2.8	1.8	7.8	16.8	.466	1.2	2.8	.406	3.3	3.6	.926
J.J. Redick	76	31.3	18.1	0.3	2.2	2.4	2.7	0.4	0.2	1.3	1.7	5.9	13.5	.440	3.2	8.0	.397	3.0	3.4	.894

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	4	26.8	11.3	0.5	4.0	4.5	5.3	0.3	0.5	1.5	1.8	5.3	10.5	.500	0.0	1.3	.000	0.8	1.0	.750
J.J. Redick	12	31.3	13.4	0.2	1.3	1.5	1.6	0.1	0.3	1.8	2.7	4.5	10.3	.435	3.0	7.3	.414	1.4	1.7	.850


Season 14
	Larry Bird	J.J. Redick
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	60	26.4	15.3	0.2	2.4	2.5	2.0	0.3	0.2	1.3	1.6	4.8	10.5	.453	3.0	6.6	.453	2.8	3.1	.892

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Larry Bird	J.J. Redick
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	New Orleans Pelicans, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	44	16.4	7.4	0.1	1.4	1.5	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.8	1.1	2.4	6.1	.397	1.5	4.0	.371	1.1	1.2	.942

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Larry Bird vs. J.J. Redick Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of J.J. Redick and Larry Bird, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

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