Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and Rich Kelley

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Rich Kelley 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 13 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has a 11-2 winning record over Rich Kelley. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Larry Bird
vs.
Rich Kelley
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Larry Bird:
1979-80 to 1991-92
Rich Kelley:
1975-76 to 1985-86
13 Games played
13 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Larry Bird
11
11
0
Rich Kelley
2
2
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds Assists
Larry Bird 23.5 11.2 5.9
Rich Kelley 6.2 5.5 1.6
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds Assists
Larry Bird 36 19 10
Rich Kelley 12 11 4
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds Assists
Larry Bird 13

games		 11

games		 13

games
Rich Kelley 0

games 		1

game		 0

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 1

game		 0

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. 31, 1979
1. Celtics 116   Larry Bird 18 7 6 4 1 6 2 31 8-17 .471 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Nets 79   Rich Kelley 7 6 2 0 0 4 3 27 2-5 .400 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Nov. 21, 1979
2. Celtics 111   Larry Bird 24 12 3 0 0 4 4 37 8-22 .364 1-2 .500 7-8 .875
Nets 103   Rich Kelley 12 4 0 5 26 2-5 .400 0-0 - 8-8 1.000
Dec. 12, 1979
3. Celtics 116   Larry Bird 21 11 5 0 1 5 31 8-14 .571 0-0 - 5-5 1.000
Nets 102   Rich Kelley 11 11 3 4 30 4-11 .364 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Dec. 16, 1979
4. Celtics 115   Larry Bird 19 16 3 1 0 3 3 38 6-16 .375 1-1 1.000 6-9 .667
OT Nets 112   Rich Kelley 6 5 1 1 1 4 6 20 2-5 .400 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
1980-81 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 07, 1981
5. Celtics 108   Larry Bird 24 5 4 5 0 2 3 37 9-21 .429 0-1 .000 6-7 .857
Suns 90   Rich Kelley 1 0 3 0 1 3 2 13 0-2 .000 0-0 - 1-2 .500
1981-82 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 10, 1982
6. Celtics 110   Larry Bird 35 15 7 3 0 0 1 44 15-25 .600 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Suns 112   Rich Kelley 10 6 3 1 0 2 5 33 4-8 .500 0-0 - 2-3 .667
Mar. 14, 1982
7. Celtics 105   Larry Bird 18 7 8 3 0 2 1 36 9-13 .692 0-0 - 0-2 .000
Suns 92   Rich Kelley 8 10 1 0 3 3 4 26 4-10 .400 0-0 - 0-0 -
1982-83 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 12, 1982
8. Celtics 126   Larry Bird 36 19 3 6 3 3 2 43 15-33 .455 0-0 - 6-7 .857
Nuggets 112   Rich Kelley 8 8 1 3 1 3 2 24 3-9 .333 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
1983-84 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 16, 1983
9. Celtics 109   Larry Bird 8 11 8 1 1 5 0 38 4-15 .267 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Jazz 122   Rich Kelley 2 7 1 1 0 1 2 20 1-1 1.000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 07, 1984
10. Celtics 117   Larry Bird 26 14 9 1 3 4 3 37 10-17 .588 0-0 - 6-6 1.000
Jazz 106   Rich Kelley 11 7 4 1 0 1 4 33 2-5 .400 0-0 - 7-8 .875
1984-85 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 14, 1984
11. Celtics 117   Larry Bird 22 10 6 5 2 4 3 36 11-19 .579 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jazz 106   Rich Kelley 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 04 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 18, 1985
12. Celtics 110   Larry Bird 30 12 10 9 2 1 2 33 13-22 .591 2-4 .500 2-3 .667
Jazz 94   Rich Kelley 2 6 0 0 0 0 2 18 0-2 .000 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
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   Rich Kelley 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 08 1-1 1.000 0-0 - 0-0 -
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