Larry Bird vs. Andrei Kirilenko Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Andrei Kirilenko 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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 and Andrei Kirilenko both played 13 years in the NBA. Larry Bird had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, while Andrei Kirilenko had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Larry Bird	13	12	1979-80 to 1991-92
Andrei Kirilenko	13	7	2001-02 to 2014-15

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Larry Bird	Andrei Kirilenko
Season	1979-80	2001-02
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Andrei Kirilenko	82	26.2	10.7	1.8	3.1	4.9	1.1	1.4	1.9	1.3	1.9	3.5	7.7	.450	0.3	1.2	.250	3.5	4.5	.768

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
Andrei Kirilenko	4	30.3	8.8	1.0	2.8	3.8	1.0	1.8	2.5	1.5	2.5	2.8	7.0	.393	0.0	1.0	.000	3.3	4.0	.813


Season 2
	Larry Bird	Andrei Kirilenko
Season	1980-81	2002-03
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Andrei Kirilenko	80	27.7	12.0	1.8	3.4	5.3	1.7	1.5	2.2	1.7	2.3	3.9	8.0	.491	0.5	1.4	.325	3.7	4.6	.800

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
Andrei Kirilenko	5	29.0	11.6	1.6	3.2	4.8	1.4	0.6	2.0	1.2	1.2	3.6	8.6	.419	0.2	1.4	.143	4.2	4.8	.875


Season 3
	Larry Bird	Andrei Kirilenko
Season	1981-82	2003-04
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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
Andrei Kirilenko	78	37.1	16.5	2.9	5.2	8.1	3.1	1.9	2.8	2.8	2.2	5.3	11.9	.443	0.9	2.6	.338	5.0	6.4	.790

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
Andrei Kirilenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Larry Bird	Andrei Kirilenko
Season	1982-83	2004-05
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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
Andrei Kirilenko	41	32.9	15.6	2.2	4.0	6.2	3.2	1.6	3.3	2.2	2.5	5.0	10.2	.493	0.6	1.9	.299	5.0	6.3	.784

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
Andrei Kirilenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Larry Bird	Andrei Kirilenko
Season	1983-84	2005-06
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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
Andrei Kirilenko	69	37.7	15.3	2.3	5.7	8.0	4.3	1.5	3.2	2.9	2.3	4.9	10.6	.460	0.5	1.7	.308	5.0	7.2	.699

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
Andrei Kirilenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Larry Bird	Andrei Kirilenko
Season	1984-85	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

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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
Andrei Kirilenko	70	29.3	8.3	1.3	3.4	4.7	2.9	1.1	2.1	1.9	2.5	2.8	6.0	.471	0.2	1.1	.213	2.5	3.4	.728

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
Andrei Kirilenko	17	31.0	9.6	1.6	3.6	5.2	2.6	0.9	2.4	2.1	3.1	3.2	7.2	.447	0.2	0.5	.333	3.0	3.8	.785


Season 7
	Larry Bird	Andrei Kirilenko
Season	1985-86	2007-08
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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
Andrei Kirilenko	72	30.8	11.0	1.7	3.0	4.7	4.0	1.2	1.5	1.9	2.3	3.8	7.6	.506	0.6	1.6	.379	2.8	3.6	.770

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
Andrei Kirilenko	12	32.3	11.0	1.3	2.2	3.4	2.5	1.5	1.7	1.5	3.8	4.3	9.5	.447	0.4	1.8	.227	2.1	2.9	.714


Season 8
	Larry Bird	Andrei Kirilenko
Season	1986-87	2008-09
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Andrei Kirilenko	67	27.3	11.6	1.3	3.5	4.8	2.6	1.2	1.1	1.8	1.9	3.8	8.5	.449	0.3	1.1	.274	3.6	4.6	.785

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
Andrei Kirilenko	5	27.2	11.0	1.4	1.4	2.8	2.0	2.2	0.6	1.0	1.2	4.4	9.4	.468	0.2	1.0	.200	2.0	2.8	.714


Season 9
	Larry Bird	Andrei Kirilenko
Season	1987-88	2009-10
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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
Andrei Kirilenko	58	29.0	11.9	1.3	3.2	4.6	2.7	1.4	1.2	1.4	1.8	4.2	8.3	.506	0.4	1.5	.292	3.0	4.0	.744

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
Andrei Kirilenko	2	15.0	5.5	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.0	2.5	5.0	.500	0.0	0.5	.000	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 10
	Larry Bird	Andrei Kirilenko
Season	1988-89	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	6	31.5	19.3	0.2	6.0	6.2	4.8	1.0	0.8	1.8	3.0	8.2	17.3	.471	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.2	.947
Andrei Kirilenko	64	31.2	11.7	1.6	3.5	5.1	3.0	1.3	1.2	1.8	1.8	4.0	8.5	.467	0.6	1.5	.367	3.3	4.2	.770

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Andrei Kirilenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Andrei Kirilenko didn't play in 2011-12.


Season 11
	Larry Bird	Andrei Kirilenko
Season	1989-90	2012-13
Team	Boston Celtics	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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
Andrei Kirilenko	64	31.8	12.4	1.6	4.1	5.7	2.8	1.5	1.0	1.9	1.3	4.4	8.8	.507	0.5	1.9	.292	2.9	3.9	.752

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
Andrei Kirilenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Larry Bird	Andrei Kirilenko
Season	1990-91	2013-14
Team	Boston Celtics	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Nets Lost East Conf Semis

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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
Andrei Kirilenko	45	19.0	5.0	1.2	2.0	3.2	1.6	0.9	0.4	1.2	1.4	1.8	3.6	.513	0.0	0.1	.200	1.4	2.6	.513

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
Andrei Kirilenko	10	14.4	2.5	1.0	1.3	2.3	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.3	1.1	0.7	1.5	.467	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.7	.647


Season 13
	Larry Bird	Andrei Kirilenko
Season	1991-92	2014-15
Team	Boston Celtics	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	45	36.9	20.2	1.0	8.6	9.6	6.8	0.9	0.7	2.8	1.8	7.8	16.8	.466	1.2	2.8	.406	3.3	3.6	.926
Andrei Kirilenko	7	5.1	0.4	0.3	0.9	1.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	4	26.8	11.3	0.5	4.0	4.5	5.3	0.3	0.5	1.5	1.8	5.3	10.5	.500	0.0	1.3	.000	0.8	1.0	.750
Andrei Kirilenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Larry Bird vs. Andrei Kirilenko Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Andrei Kirilenko 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13