Larry Bird vs. Allan Houston Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Allan Houston and Larry Bird, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Larry Bird played 13 years in the NBA, 1 more than Allan Houston, who played 12. Larry Bird had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, while Allan Houston had his rookie season in 1993-94. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Larry Bird	Allan Houston
Season	1979-80	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	82	36.0	21.3	2.6	7.8	10.4	4.5	1.7	0.6	3.2	3.4	8.5	17.8	.474	0.7	1.7	.406	3.7	4.4	.836
difference:	+3	+16.8	+12.8	+2.4	+6.5	+8.9	+3.2	+1.3	+0.4	-1.9	-1.3	+5.1	+9.3	+.069	+0.3	+0.2	+.107	+2.6	+3.0	+.012
Allan Houston	79	19.2	8.5	0.2	1.3	1.5	1.3	0.4	0.2	1.3	2.1	3.4	8.5	.405	0.4	1.5	.299	1.1	1.4	.824
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	9	41.3	21.3	2.4	8.8	11.2	4.7	1.6	0.9	3.7	3.3	9.2	19.7	.469	0.4	1.7	.267	2.4	2.8	.880
Allan Houston	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Larry Bird	Allan Houston
Season	1980-81	1994-95
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	82	39.5	21.2	2.3	8.6	10.9	5.5	2.0	0.8	3.5	2.9	8.8	18.3	.478	0.2	0.9	.270	3.5	4.0	.863
difference:	+6	+13.2	+6.7	+1.9	+6.8	+8.7	+3.3	+1.2	+0.6	-2.0	-0.5	+3.6	+7.0	+.015	+1.9	+4.0	+.154	+1.6	+1.7	+.003
Allan Houston	76	26.3	14.5	0.4	1.8	2.2	2.2	0.8	0.2	1.5	2.4	5.2	11.3	.463	2.1	4.9	.424	1.9	2.3	.860
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	17	44.1	21.9	2.9	11.1	14.0	6.1	2.3	1.0	3.6	3.1	8.6	18.4	.470	0.2	0.5	.375	4.5	5.0	.894
Allan Houston	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Larry Bird	Allan Houston
Season	1981-82	1995-96
Team	Boston Celtics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	77	38.0	22.9	2.6	8.3	10.9	5.8	1.9	0.9	3.3	3.2	9.2	18.4	.503	0.1	0.7	.212	4.3	4.9	.863
difference:	+5	+0.5	+3.2	+1.9	+5.3	+7.2	+2.8	+1.2	+0.7	-0.5	-0.4	+2.3	+3.2	+.050	+2.2	+4.8	+.215	+0.7	+0.5	+.040
Allan Houston	82	37.5	19.7	0.7	3.0	3.7	3.0	0.7	0.2	2.8	2.8	6.9	15.2	.453	2.3	5.5	.427	3.6	4.4	.823
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	12	40.8	17.8	2.8	9.8	12.5	5.6	1.9	1.4	3.2	3.6	7.3	17.2	.427	0.1	0.5	.167	3.1	3.8	.822
difference:	+9	+4.5	+7.2	+2.5	+7.5	+9.8	+3.6	+1.9	+1.1	-0.5	-0.1	+1.0	+2.1	+.004	+2.2	+6.5	+.166	+2.9	+2.9	+.078
Allan Houston	3	45.3	25.0	0.3	2.3	2.7	2.0	0.0	0.3	3.7	3.7	8.3	19.3	.431	2.3	7.0	.333	6.0	6.7	.900

Season 4
	Larry Bird	Allan Houston
Season	1982-83	1996-97
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	79	37.7	23.6	2.4	8.6	11.0	5.8	1.9	0.9	3.0	2.5	9.5	18.7	.504	0.3	1.0	.286	4.4	5.3	.840
difference:	+2	+4.6	+8.8	+1.9	+6.2	+8.0	+3.6	+1.4	+0.7	-0.9	-0.4	+4.1	+6.0	+.081	+1.5	+3.7	+.099	+2.2	+2.6	+.037
Allan Houston	81	33.1	14.8	0.5	2.4	3.0	2.2	0.5	0.2	2.1	2.9	5.4	12.7	.423	1.8	4.7	.385	2.2	2.7	.803
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	6	40.0	20.5	3.3	9.2	12.5	6.8	2.2	0.5	3.2	2.5	8.2	19.3	.422	0.2	0.7	.250	4.0	4.8	.828
difference:	+3		+1.3	+3.0	+7.0	+9.9	+4.5	+1.5	+0.2	-0.5	-0.9	+1.8	+4.5	+.014	+2.7	+5.1	+.250	+0.6	+0.9	+.058
Allan Houston	9	40.0	19.2	0.3	2.2	2.6	2.3	0.7	0.3	2.7	1.6	6.4	14.8	.436	2.9	5.8	.500	3.4	3.9	.886

Season 5
	Larry Bird	Allan Houston
Season	1983-84	1997-98
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	79	38.3	24.2	2.3	7.8	10.1	6.6	1.8	0.9	3.0	2.5	9.6	19.5	.492	0.2	0.9	.247	4.7	5.3	.888
difference:	+3	+3.6	+5.8	+1.8	+5.0	+6.8	+4.0	+1.0	+0.6	-0.6		+2.6	+3.9	+.045	+0.8	+1.7	+.138	+1.2	+1.2	+.037
Allan Houston	82	34.7	18.4	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.6	0.8	0.3	2.4	2.5	7.0	15.6	.447	1.0	2.6	.385	3.5	4.1	.851
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	23	41.8	27.5	2.7	8.3	11.0	5.9	2.3	1.2	3.8	3.1	10.0	19.0	.524	0.3	0.7	.412	7.3	8.3	.879
difference:	+13	+1.4	+6.4	+2.1	+5.1	+7.2	+3.1	+1.8	+1.1	-0.6	-0.4	+2.4	+1.5	+.090	+0.6	+1.6	+.021	+2.3	+2.5	+.017
Allan Houston	10	40.4	21.1	0.6	3.2	3.8	2.8	0.5	0.1	3.2	2.7	7.6	17.5	.434	0.9	2.3	.391	5.0	5.8	.862

Season 6
	Larry Bird	Allan Houston
Season	1984-85	1998-99
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Knicks Lost NBA Finals

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	80	39.5	28.7	2.1	8.5	10.5	6.6	1.6	1.2	3.1	2.6	11.5	22.0	.522	0.7	1.6	.427	5.0	5.7	.882
difference:	+30	+3.2	+12.4	+1.7	+5.9	+7.5	+3.9	+0.9	+1.0	-0.5	-0.3	+5.6	+7.9	+.104	+0.4	+1.2	+.020	+1.6	+1.8	+.020
Allan Houston	50	36.3	16.3	0.4	2.6	3.0	2.7	0.7	0.2	2.6	2.3	5.9	14.1	.418	1.1	2.8	.407	3.4	3.9	.862
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	20	40.8	26.0	2.7	6.5	9.1	5.8	1.7	1.0	2.9	2.7	9.8	21.3	.461	0.4	1.3	.280	6.1	6.8	.890
difference:		+1.5	+7.5	+2.4	+4.1	+6.4	+3.2	+1.3	+0.9	-0.4	-0.7	+3.0	+6.0	+.018	+0.1	+0.5	+.030	+1.5	+1.6	+.007
Allan Houston	20	39.3	18.5	0.3	2.4	2.7	2.6	0.4	0.1	2.5	2.0	6.8	15.3	.443	0.5	1.8	.250	4.6	5.2	.883

Season 7
	Larry Bird	Allan Houston
Season	1985-86	1999-00
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	82	38.0	25.8	2.3	7.5	9.8	6.8	2.0	0.6	3.2	2.2	9.7	19.6	.496	1.0	2.4	.423	5.4	6.0	.896
difference:		+0.6	+6.1	+1.8	+4.7	+6.5	+4.1	+1.2	+0.4	-0.9	-0.5	+2.2	+4.1	+.013	+0.3	+0.6	+.013	+2.0	+1.9	+.058
Allan Houston	82	38.6	19.7	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.7	0.8	0.2	2.3	2.7	7.5	15.5	.483	1.3	3.0	.436	3.4	4.1	.838
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	18	42.8	25.9	1.9	7.4	9.3	8.2	2.1	0.6	2.6	3.1	9.5	18.4	.517	1.3	3.1	.411	5.6	6.1	.927
difference:	+2	+2.0	+8.3	+1.7	+4.3	+6.0	+6.6	+0.9	+0.4	-0.3	-0.5	+3.1	+3.7	+.079	+0.1	+0.7	+.089	+2.1	+2.0	+.065
Allan Houston	16	40.8	17.6	0.2	3.1	3.3	1.6	1.2	0.2	2.3	2.6	6.4	14.7	.438	1.2	2.4	.500	3.5	4.1	.862

Season 8
	Larry Bird	Allan Houston
Season	1986-87	2000-01
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	74	40.6	28.1	1.7	7.5	9.2	7.6	1.8	0.9	3.2	2.5	10.6	20.2	.525	1.2	3.0	.400	5.6	6.1	.910
difference:	+4	+4.0	+9.4	+1.4	+4.1	+5.6	+5.4	+1.1	+0.8	-1.1	-0.1	+3.7	+4.7	+.076		+0.2	+.019	+2.0	+2.2	+.001
Allan Houston	78	36.6	18.7	0.3	3.4	3.6	2.2	0.7	0.1	2.1	2.4	6.9	15.5	.449	1.2	3.2	.381	3.6	3.9	.909
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	23	44.1	27.0	1.8	8.3	10.0	7.2	1.2	0.8	3.1	2.4	9.4	19.7	.476	0.6	1.8	.341	7.7	8.4	.912
difference:	+18	+6.1	+6.2	+1.8	+6.5	+8.2	+5.8	+0.2	+0.6	-1.1	-1.0	+1.8	+6.9	+.118	+0.6	+0.4	+.204	+3.3	+4.0	+.088
Allan Houston	5	38.0	20.8	0.0	1.8	1.8	1.4	1.0	0.2	2.0	3.4	7.6	12.8	.594	1.2	2.2	.545	4.4	4.4	1.000

Season 9
	Larry Bird	Allan Houston
Season	1987-88	2001-02
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	76	39.0	29.9	1.4	7.8	9.3	6.1	1.6	0.8	2.8	2.1	11.6	22.0	.527	1.3	3.1	.414	5.5	6.0	.916
difference:	+1	+1.2	+9.5	+0.9	+5.0	+6.0	+3.6	+0.9	+0.7	-0.6	-0.3	+4.2	+5.1	+.090	+0.5	+1.4	+.021	+1.7	+1.6	+.046
Allan Houston	77	37.8	20.4	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.5	0.7	0.1	2.2	2.4	7.4	16.9	.437	1.8	4.5	.393	3.8	4.4	.870
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	17	44.9	24.5	1.7	7.1	8.8	6.8	2.1	0.8	2.9	2.6	8.9	19.9	.450	0.7	1.9	.375	5.9	6.6	.894
Allan Houston	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Larry Bird	Allan Houston
Season	1989-90	2003-04
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	75	39.3	24.3	1.2	8.3	9.5	7.5	1.4	0.8	3.2	2.3	9.6	20.2	.473	0.9	2.6	.333	4.3	4.6	.930
difference:	+25	+3.3	+5.8	+0.8	+6.3	+7.1	+5.5	+0.6	+0.8	-1.2	-0.2	+2.8	+4.6	+.038	+0.8	+1.4	+.098	+1.2	+1.2	+.017
Allan Houston	50	36.0	18.5	0.4	2.0	2.4	2.0	0.8	0.0	2.0	2.1	6.8	15.6	.435	1.7	4.0	.431	3.1	3.4	.913
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	5	41.4	24.4	1.4	7.8	9.2	8.8	1.0	1.0	3.6	2.0	8.8	19.8	.444	1.0	3.8	.263	5.8	6.4	.906
Allan Houston	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Larry Bird	Allan Houston
Season	1990-91	2004-05
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	60	38.0	19.4	0.9	7.6	8.5	7.2	1.8	1.0	3.1	2.0	7.7	17.0	.454	1.3	3.3	.389	2.7	3.1	.891
difference:	+40	+11.4	+7.5	+0.7	+6.6	+7.3	+5.1	+1.4	+0.9	-2.0		+3.4	+6.7	+.039	+0.3	+0.7	+.001	+0.9	+0.9	+.054
Allan Houston	20	26.6	11.9	0.2	1.0	1.2	2.1	0.4	0.1	1.1	2.0	4.3	10.3	.415	1.6	4.0	.388	1.8	2.2	.837
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	10	39.6	17.1	0.8	6.4	7.2	6.5	1.3	0.3	1.9	2.8	6.2	15.2	.408	0.3	2.1	.143	4.4	5.1	.863
Allan Houston	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Larry Bird played 1 season more than Allan Houston in the NBA. In that period—his season 13 in 1992—Larry Bird played in the Playoffs. In that extra year over Allan Houston, Larry Bird got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game