Larry Bird Career Stats: All-Time NBA Rankings

Explore how Larry Bird statistics rank in NBA history. See his all-time rankings in the key categories for both total numbers and per game averages across his entire NBA career, including regular season and playoffs performance.

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In his 13 seasons playing in the NBA—from 1980 to 1992—Larry Bird placed himself among the league's all-time leaders in most statistical categories, even reaching the top 10 in some of them.

Here you can take a look at a summary of how he ranks in NBA history in the main categories: points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks. Then you can explore in detail all his stats and their rankings.

Larry Bird Career Stats Rankings Summary

NBA Career
Totals Stats Per Game Stats
Season Playoffs Season Playoffs
Points
40th
13th
23rd
41st
Rebounds
58th
11th
55th
50th
Assists
49th
9th
52nd
40th
Steals
41st
8th
39th
25th
Blocks
167th
41st
226th
195th

Note: per game rankings include players with a minimum of games played.

Larry Bird Career Totals,
Regular Season Rankings

Stats Rankings:

40th
in points (21,791 pts)
58th
in rebounds (8,974 trb)
49th
in assists (5,695 ast)
41st
in steals (1,556 stl)
167th
in blocks (755 blk)
158th
in offensive rebounds (1,757 orb)
27th
in defensive rebounds (7,217 drb)
30th
in field goals made (8,591 fgm)
39th
in field goals attempted (17,334 fga)
+300th
in 3-pointers made (649 3pm)
+300th
in 3-pointers attempted (1,727 3pa)
84th
in free throws made (3,960 ftm)
118th
in free throws attempted (4,471 fta)

Games and Years:

274th
in games played (897 games)
292nd
in seasons (13 years)

Triple-Doubles:

11th
in triple-doubles (59 games)

Rankings by Points Scored:

23rd
in 40+ point games (47 games)
29th
in 50+ point games (4 games)
11th
in 60+ point games (1 game)
-
in 70+ point games (0 games)

Larry Bird Career Totals,
Playoffs Rankings

Stats Rankings:

13th
in points (3,897 pts)
11th
in rebounds (1,683 trb)
9th
in assists (1,062 ast)
8th
in steals (296 stl)
41st
in blocks (145 blk)
22nd
in offensive rebounds (360 orb)
5th
in defensive rebounds (1,323 drb)
12th
in field goals made (1,458 fgm)
13th
in field goals attempted (3,090 fga)
162nd
in 3-pointers made (80 3pm)
140th
in 3-pointers attempted (249 3pa)
14th
in free throws made (901 ftm)
22nd
in free throws attempted (1,012 fta)

Games and Years:

36th
in games played (164 games)
76th
in Playoffs (12 years)

Triple-Doubles:

6th
in triple-doubles (10 games)

Rankings by Points Scored:

28th
in 40+ point games (5 games)
-
in 50+ point games (0 games)

Larry Bird Career Per Game Data,
Regular Season Rankings

Stats Rankings:

23rd
in points per game (24.3 pts)
55th
in rebounds per game (10.0 trb)
52nd
in assists per game (6.3 ast)
39th
in steals per game (1.7 stl)
226th
in blocks per game (0.8 blk)
228th
in offensive rebounds per game (2.0 orb)
12th
in defensive rebounds per game (8.0 drb)
9th
in field goals made per game (9.6 fgm)
17th
in field goals attempted per game (19.3 fga)
+300th
in 3-pointers made per game (0.7 3pm)
+300th
in 3-pointers attempted per game (1.9 3pa)
89th
in free throws made per game (4.4 ftm)
139th
in free throws attempted per game (5.0 fta)

Larry Bird Career Per Game Data,
Playoffs Rankings

Stats Rankings:

41st
in points per game (23.8 pts)
50th
in rebounds per game (10.3 trb)
40th
in assists per game (6.5 ast)
25th
in steals per game (1.8 stl)
195th
in blocks per game (0.9 blk)
172nd
in offensive rebounds per game (2.2 orb)
19th
in defensive rebounds per game (8.1 drb)
37th
in field goals made per game (8.9 fgm)
47th
in field goals attempted per game (18.8 fga)
+300th
in 3-pointers made per game (0.5 3pm)
+300th
in 3-pointers attempted per game (1.5 3pa)
56th
in free throws made per game (5.5 ftm)
93rd
in free throws attempted per game (6.2 fta)

Note: the per game rankings on this page respect the minimums usually applied by the NBA for all-time leaders, 400 games for regular season stats unless the player reached these thresholds before: 10,000 points; 4,000 rebounds; 2,000 assists; 625 steals; 500 blocks; 250 3-pointers made. Also 3 minimum games for the Playoffs are applied.