Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and Mike Woodson

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Mike Woodson 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 16-3 winning record over Mike Woodson. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

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

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Larry Bird
16
16
0
Mike Woodson
3
3
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds Assists
Larry Bird 26.3 10.7 6.6
Mike Woodson 9.5 1.4 1.2
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds Assists
Larry Bird 38 15 13
Mike Woodson 27 4 5
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds Assists
Larry Bird 18

games		 19

games		 19

games
Mike Woodson 1

game 		0

games		 0

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 0

games		 0

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
%
Oct. 23, 1980
1. Celtics 107   Larry Bird 25 10 4 2 49 11-26 .423 1-1 1.000 2-4 .500
OT Knicks 109   Mike Woodson 0 0 1 0 04 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Nov. 28, 1980
2. Celtics 120   Larry Bird 23 14 9 1 3 42 9-17 .529 0-0 - 5-5 1.000
Knicks 106   Mike Woodson 8 1 1 0 13 4-9 .444 0-0 - 0-1 .000
Jan. 13, 1981
3. Celtics 93   Larry Bird 21 11 8 1 45 9-22 .409 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Knicks 89   Mike Woodson 2 1 0 1 07 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 08, 1981
4. Celtics 115   Larry Bird 23 13 6 3 43 11-22 .500 0-1 .000 1-1 1.000
Knicks 94   Mike Woodson 6 2 0 1 10 3-4 .750 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 24, 1981
5. Celtics 118   Larry Bird 16 13 10 0 46 8-14 .571 0-0 - 0-0 -
Knicks 116   Mike Woodson 0 0 0 0 02 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
1981-82 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 26, 1981
6. Celtics 124   Larry Bird 23 15 5 1 1 5 3 49 9-21 .429 0-1 .000 5-6 .833
OT Kings 119   Mike Woodson 11 0 0 0 0 3 3 24 4-11 .364 0-0 - 3-4 .750
1982-83 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 28, 1982
7. Celtics 124   Larry Bird 20 8 4 3 1 4 4 39 8-22 .364 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Kings 129   Mike Woodson 16 4 3 0 2 3 3 28 6-11 .545 0-0 - 4-6 .667
Mar. 01, 1983
8. Celtics 129   Larry Bird 12 8 6 3 1 4 1 29 5-10 .500 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Kings 111   Mike Woodson 20 2 2 0 0 0 4 26 9-13 .692 0-0 - 2-3 .667
1983-84 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 17, 1984
9. Celtics 122   Larry Bird 38 9 13 4 1 5 2 38 15-21 .714 0-2 .000 8-9 .889
Kings 113   Mike Woodson 18 2 5 1 0 3 1 27 9-14 .643 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 01, 1984
10. Celtics 119   Larry Bird 32 8 7 1 0 4 4 39 13-23 .565 0-1 .000 6-8 .750
Kings 110   Mike Woodson 4 2 1 3 0 1 2 22 1-4 .250 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
1984-85 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 24, 1984
11. Celtics 135   Larry Bird 24 13 7 2 2 2 5 43 9-23 .391 1-3 .333 5-6 .833
Kings 124   Mike Woodson 10 1 1 1 1 4 1 16 4-8 .500 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Feb. 01, 1985
12. 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   Mike Woodson 20 3 0 1 1 2 4 27 9-16 .563 0-0 - 2-4 .500
1985-86 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 11, 1985
13. Celtics 118   Larry Bird 24 7 5 4 1 3 2 28 8-17 .471 2-2 1.000 6-7 .857
Kings 101   Mike Woodson 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 14 2-4 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 11, 1986
14. Celtics 100   Larry Bird 29 11 3 4 1 6 5 36 8-18 .444 1-3 .333 12-16 .750
Kings 105   Mike Woodson 27 1 2 0 0 0 4 37 12-23 .522 0-1 .000 3-3 1.000
1986-87 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 27, 1986
15. Celtics 114   Larry Bird 27 7 8 1 5 3 0 42 11-24 .458 2-6 .333 3-4 .750
Clippers 101   Mike Woodson 6 1 4 3 1 1 3 27 3-9 .333 0-0 - 0-0 -
1987-88 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 26, 1987
16. Celtics 106   Larry Bird 28 7 7 2 0 3 2 43 10-19 .526 3-4 .750 5-6 .833
Clippers 97   Mike Woodson 12 3 1 2 1 1 4 30 5-16 .313 0-2 .000 2-4 .500
Mar. 04, 1988
17. Celtics 121   Larry Bird 32 11 4 2 2 0 1 37 14-27 .519 1-5 .200 3-3 1.000
Clippers 90   Mike Woodson 11 1 1 2 0 0 2 27 4-11 .364 0-0 - 3-4 .750
1989-90 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 22, 1989
18. Celtics 109   Larry Bird 26 14 5 1 4 2 2 35 8-14 .571 0-1 .000 10-10 1.000
Rockets 97   Mike Woodson 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 04 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 13, 1990
19. Celtics 107   Larry Bird 38 14 8 3 0 3 4 46 15-30 .500 1-4 .250 7-8 .875
Rockets 94   Mike Woodson 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 11 2-4 .500 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
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