Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and Darrell Griffith

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Darrell Griffith 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Games against each other

They faced each other a total of 18 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has a 13-5 winning record over Darrell Griffith. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Larry Bird
vs.
Darrell Griffith
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Larry Bird:
1979-80 to 1991-92
Darrell Griffith:
1980-81 to 1990-91
18 Games played
18 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Larry Bird
13
13
0
Darrell Griffith
5
5
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsBlocks
Larry Bird 25.1 10.0 7.1 0.8
Darrell Griffith 13.3 2.4 2.30.2
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsBlocks
Larry Bird 40 15 13 3
Darrell Griffith 38 6 5 1
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsBlocks
Larry Bird 14

games		 18

games		 16

games		 8

games
Darrell Griffith 4

games 		0

games		 2

games		 2

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 0

games		 0

games		 8

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1980-81 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 21, 1981
1. Celtics 117   Larry Bird 20 10 10 0 2 34 9-13 .692 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000
Jazz 87   Darrell Griffith 2 1 2 0 1 22 1-9 .111 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 13, 1981
2. Celtics 89   Larry Bird 25 12 0 0 4 35 11-20 .550 1-2 .500 2-2 1.000
Jazz 104   Darrell Griffith 38 6 5 1 3 47 14-23 .609 0-0 - 10-11 .909
1981-82 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 30, 1981
3. Celtics 121   Larry Bird 21 8 7 1 1 39 7-13 .538 0-1 .000 7-8 .875
Jazz 110   Darrell Griffith 8 0 3 0 3 33 4-14 .286 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Feb. 24, 1982
4. Celtics 132   Larry Bird 27 12 9 1 4 35 12-19 .632 0-1 .000 3-4 .750
Jazz 90   Darrell Griffith 6 3 2 0 1 29 2-8 .250 0-0 - 2-3 .667
1982-83 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 26, 1982
5. Celtics 137   Larry Bird 28 14 7 1 0 3 1 30 11-23 .478 0-1 .000 6-6 1.000
Jazz 103   Darrell Griffith 16 5 4 0 1 2 3 39 8-19 .421 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jan. 01, 1983
6. Celtics 127   Larry Bird 14 15 11 6 0 0 1 37 6-17 .353 0-1 .000 2-3 .667
Jazz 112   Darrell Griffith 27 6 2 0 1 38 10-20 .500 1-3 .333 6-7 .857
1983-84 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 16, 1983
7. Celtics 109   Larry Bird 8 11 8 1 1 5 0 38 4-15 .267 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Jazz 122   Darrell Griffith 18 2 4 1 0 1 2 32 6-14 .429 3-4 .750 3-4 .750
Mar. 07, 1984
8. Celtics 117   Larry Bird 26 14 9 1 3 4 3 37 10-17 .588 0-0 - 6-6 1.000
Jazz 106   Darrell Griffith 23 4 4 2 0 3 3 44 11-20 .550 1-2 .500 0-0 -
1984-85 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 14, 1984
9. Celtics 117   Larry Bird 22 10 6 5 2 4 3 36 11-19 .579 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jazz 106   Darrell Griffith 24 6 3 1 0 4 2 40 8-20 .400 1-3 .333 7-7 1.000
Feb. 18, 1985
10. Celtics 110   Larry Bird 30 12 10 9 2 1 2 33 13-22 .591 2-4 .500 2-3 .667
Jazz 94   Darrell Griffith 10 0 3 0 0 1 2 29 4-14 .286 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
1986-87 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 16, 1987
11. Celtics 89   Larry Bird 26 11 3 2 1 3 2 37 9-22 .409 1-4 .250 7-7 1.000
Jazz 109   Darrell Griffith 23 2 4 1 1 2 1 26 8-13 .615 5-8 .625 2-3 .667
Mar. 04, 1987
12. Celtics 123   Larry Bird 27 8 13 1 0 3 1 32 10-15 .667 1-3 .333 6-7 .857
Jazz 105   Darrell Griffith 14 1 1 0 0 1 1 28 7-14 .500 0-2 .000 0-0 -
1987-88 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 16, 1987
13. Celtics 121   Larry Bird 38 5 6 4 0 5 3 42 14-25 .560 1-5 .200 9-9 1.000
Jazz 111   Darrell Griffith 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 13 1-6 .167 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Jan. 04, 1988
14. Celtics 107   Larry Bird 28 6 6 3 0 5 2 41 11-25 .440 3-6 .500 3-3 1.000
Jazz 99   Darrell Griffith 8 3 2 2 0 2 4 17 3-7 .429 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000
1989-90 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 20, 1989
15. Celtics 113   Larry Bird 40 8 5 2 0 2 3 41 16-30 .533 1-2 .500 7-7 1.000
Jazz 109   Darrell Griffith 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 1-3 .333 1-2 .500 0-0 -
Feb. 21, 1990
16. Celtics 103   Larry Bird 24 9 7 1 0 1 1 41 10-22 .455 0-2 .000 4-5 .800
Jazz 116   Darrell Griffith 11 2 1 0 0 1 2 23 4-10 .400 1-2 .500 2-2 1.000
1990-91 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 16, 1990
17. Celtics 114   Larry Bird 23 6 3 3 2 3 0 35 10-22 .455 0-1 .000 3-3 1.000
Jazz 89   Darrell Griffith 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 2-4 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Mar. 13, 1991
18. Celtics 109   Larry Bird 25 9 8 4 1 2 0 48 10-23 .435 2-6 .333 3-3 1.000
OT Jazz 112   Darrell Griffith 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 10 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 -
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