Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and Gary Payton

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Gary Payton 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.

They faced each other a total of 4 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has a 4-0 winning record over Gary Payton. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Larry Bird:
1979-80 to 1991-92
Gary Payton:
1990-91 to 2006-07
4 Games played
4 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Larry Bird
4
4
0
Gary Payton
0
0
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 20.5 8.8 5.3 1.80.3
Gary Payton 3.0 1.0 7.01.00.5
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 28 10 8 41
Gary Payton 4 1 13 31
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 4

games
4

games
1

game
3

games
1

game
Gary Payton 0

games
0

games
1

game
0

games
2

games
Both had same stat 0

games
0

games
2

games
1

game
1

game

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1990-91 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 03, 1990
1. Celtics 135   Larry Bird 11 10 4 2 1 4 1 30 4-7 .571 0-1 .000 3-3 1.000
Supersonics 102   Gary Payton 4 1 4 1 0 2 2 33 2-4 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 12, 1991
2. Celtics 114   Larry Bird 18 10 5 1 0 2 3 42 7-17 .412 1-4 .250 3-3 1.000
Supersonics 111   Gary Payton 4 1 13 0 0 0 5 24 2-9 .222 0-1 .000 0-0 -
1991-92 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 13, 1991
3. Celtics 117   Larry Bird 28 5 8 0 0 3 3 38 11-19 .579 0-3 .000 6-6 1.000
Supersonics 97   Gary Payton 0 1 7 0 1 2 2 25 0-3 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Dec. 27, 1991
4. Celtics 110   Larry Bird 25 10 4 4 0 6 0 35 10-15 .667 3-4 .750 2-2 1.000
Supersonics 87   Gary Payton 4 1 4 3 1 2 1 34 2-5 .400 0-0 - 0-0 -