Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and Mark Olberding

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Mark Olberding 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 19 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has a 15-4 winning record over Mark Olberding. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Larry Bird
vs.
Mark Olberding
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Larry Bird:
1979-80 to 1991-92
Mark Olberding:
1976-77 to 1986-87
19 Games played
19 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Larry Bird
15
15
0
Mark Olberding
4
4
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 26.1 10.1 5.2 2.41.0
Mark Olberding 9.2 4.8 2.70.70.2
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 38 17 13 43
Mark Olberding 19 9 10 21
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 19

games		 17

games		 15

games		 14

games		12

games
Mark Olberding 0

games 		1

game		 3

games		 1

game		0

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 1

game		 1

game		 4

games		7

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1979-80 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Oct. 23, 1979
1. Celtics 120   Larry Bird 22 12 5 3 1 3 5 36 9-18 .500 2-3 .667 2-6 .333
Spurs 129   Mark Olberding 19 7 10 2 1 0 2 30 9-16 .563 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Nov. 07, 1979
2. Celtics 117   Larry Bird 18 12 2 1 1 5 3 30 9-21 .429 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Spurs 105   Mark Olberding 7 2 4 1 0 0 3 23 2-4 .500 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Dec. 21, 1979
3. Celtics 133   Larry Bird 26 14 6 3 2 4 3 40 9-22 .409 2-3 .667 6-7 .857
Spurs 114   Mark Olberding 7 4 5 0 0 3 3 33 2-9 .222 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Jan. 05, 1980
4. Celtics 111   Larry Bird 18 3 2 2 1 4 5 29 8-12 .667 2-4 .500 0-0 -
Spurs 119   Mark Olberding 17 5 1 0 0 3 3 33 5-13 .385 0-0 - 7-8 .875
Feb. 27, 1980
5. Celtics 130   Larry Bird 30 8 3 2 0 2 2 36 13-20 .650 2-3 .667 2-3 .667
Spurs 125   Mark Olberding 4 8 2 1 0 5 4 22 2-6 .333 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 04, 1980
6. Celtics 137   Larry Bird 29 6 6 2 0 1 3 33 10-19 .526 3-5 .600 6-6 1.000
Spurs 108   Mark Olberding 12 4 5 1 0 4 3 34 5-10 .500 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
1980-81 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 16, 1981
7. Celtics 94   Larry Bird 13 13 4 1 1 3 41 5-15 .333 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Spurs 85   Mark Olberding 7 9 5 1 0 2 35 2-9 .222 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
Feb. 17, 1981
8. Celtics 128   Larry Bird 25 11 6 4 2 0 43 10-23 .435 1-1 1.000 4-4 1.000
Spurs 116   Mark Olberding 13 7 4 0 1 6 34 5-7 .714 0-0 - 3-4 .750
1982-83 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 22, 1982
9. Celtics 140   Larry Bird 26 17 4 3 1 4 2 38 9-18 .500 0-2 .000 8-10 .800
Bulls 131   Mark Olberding 8 6 1 0 0 3 3 24 3-9 .333 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000
Jan. 21, 1983
10. Celtics 117   Larry Bird 20 12 8 3 3 4 3 37 7-15 .467 0-1 .000 6-6 1.000
Bulls 106   Mark Olberding 8 2 1 0 0 0 3 17 3-6 .500 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Jan. 31, 1983
11. Celtics 110   Larry Bird 27 5 3 1 0 4 2 41 11-16 .688 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Bulls 104   Mark Olberding 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 13 2-3 .667 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Mar. 26, 1983
12. Celtics 108   Larry Bird 30 8 2 3 1 2 3 44 12-29 .414 0-1 .000 6-11 .545
Bulls 118   Mark Olberding 10 5 0 2 0 3 3 22 2-10 .200 0-0 - 6-8 .750
1983-84 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 17, 1984
13. Celtics 122   Larry Bird 38 9 13 4 1 5 2 38 15-21 .714 0-2 .000 8-9 .889
Kings 113   Mark Olberding 9 3 1 0 0 0 5 23 4-8 .500 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Feb. 01, 1984
14. Celtics 119   Larry Bird 32 8 7 1 0 4 4 39 13-23 .565 0-1 .000 6-8 .750
Kings 110   Mark Olberding 3 5 3 0 0 1 4 20 1-3 .333 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
1984-85 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 24, 1984
15. Celtics 135   Larry Bird 24 13 7 2 2 2 5 43 9-23 .391 1-3 .333 5-6 .833
Kings 124   Mark Olberding 14 8 2 0 1 3 5 32 3-7 .429 0-0 - 8-8 1.000
Feb. 01, 1985
16. Celtics 142   Larry Bird 38 11 6 1 1 5 1 38 16-27 .593 2-2 1.000 4-4 1.000
Kings 123   Mark Olberding 15 4 2 2 0 1 4 23 6-9 .667 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
1985-86 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 11, 1985
17. Celtics 118   Larry Bird 24 7 5 4 1 3 2 28 8-17 .471 2-2 1.000 6-7 .857
Kings 101   Mark Olberding 4 3 2 0 0 4 3 14 1-2 .500 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Feb. 11, 1986
18. Celtics 100   Larry Bird 29 11 3 4 1 6 5 36 8-18 .444 1-3 .333 12-16 .750
Kings 105   Mark Olberding 12 8 3 2 1 3 4 31 4-7 .571 0-0 - 4-5 .800
1986-87 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 29, 1986
19. Celtics 119   Larry Bird 27 11 6 1 0 0 2 39 11-17 .647 1-2 .500 4-4 1.000
Kings 102   Mark Olberding 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 06 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
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