Larry Bird vs. Antonio Davis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Antonio Davis 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 Antonio Davis both played 13 years in the NBA. Larry Bird had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, while Antonio Davis 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 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
Antonio Davis	13	9	1993-94 to 2005-06

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Larry Bird	Antonio Davis
Season	1979-80	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Pacers Lost East 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	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
Antonio Davis	81	21.4	7.7	2.3	3.9	6.2	0.7	0.6	1.0	1.3	2.3	2.7	5.2	.508	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.7	.642

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
Antonio Davis	16	25.1	8.4	2.3	4.3	6.6	0.4	0.7	1.1	1.4	2.9	3.0	5.6	.539	0.1	0.1	1.000	2.4	4.3	.559


Season 2
	Larry Bird	Antonio Davis
Season	1980-81	1994-95
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers Lost East 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	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
Antonio Davis	44	23.4	7.6	2.4	4.0	6.4	0.6	0.4	0.7	1.5	3.0	2.5	5.6	.445	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	4.0	.672

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
Antonio Davis	17	21.6	5.9	2.2	3.5	5.7	0.4	0.5	0.6	1.4	3.6	1.9	4.2	.451	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.5	.627


Season 3
	Larry Bird	Antonio Davis
Season	1981-82	1995-96
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Pacers Lost East 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	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
Antonio Davis	82	25.5	8.8	2.3	3.8	6.1	0.5	0.4	0.8	1.1	3.0	2.9	5.9	.490	0.0	0.0	.500	3.0	4.2	.713

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
Antonio Davis	5	25.4	7.8	2.4	3.8	6.2	0.6	0.6	1.2	2.0	2.4	2.6	5.0	.520	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.0	.867


Season 4
	Larry Bird	Antonio Davis
Season	1982-83	1996-97
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	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
Antonio Davis	82	28.5	10.5	2.3	5.0	7.3	0.8	0.5	1.0	1.7	3.2	3.8	7.8	.480	0.0	0.2	.071	2.9	4.4	.666

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
Antonio Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Larry Bird	Antonio Davis
Season	1983-84	1997-98
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers Lost East 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	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
Antonio Davis	82	26.7	9.6	2.3	4.5	6.8	0.7	0.5	0.9	1.3	2.9	3.1	6.4	.481	0.0	0.0	.000	3.4	4.9	.696

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
Antonio Davis	16	28.6	9.2	2.3	4.4	6.8	0.9	0.8	1.1	1.6	4.1	2.6	5.7	.462	0.0	0.0	-	3.9	5.9	.670


Season 6
	Larry Bird	Antonio Davis
Season	1984-85	1998-99
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Pacers Lost East 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
Antonio Davis	49	25.9	9.4	2.4	4.7	7.0	0.7	0.4	0.9	1.0	2.8	3.3	7.1	.471	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.9	.703

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
Antonio Davis	13	25.1	7.9	1.8	5.3	7.1	0.6	0.4	1.1	1.5	3.0	2.4	5.8	.413	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.8	.661


Season 7
	Larry Bird	Antonio Davis
Season	1985-86	1999-00
Team	Boston Celtics	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Raptors Lost East 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	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
Antonio Davis	79	31.4	11.5	3.0	5.8	8.8	1.3	0.5	1.3	1.5	3.4	4.0	9.0	.440	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.7	.765

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
Antonio Davis	3	34.7	13.0	2.3	6.0	8.3	1.0	0.3	1.3	1.3	3.0	4.7	8.0	.583	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	4.7	.786


Season 8
	Larry Bird	Antonio Davis
Season	1986-87	2000-01
Team	Boston Celtics	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Raptors 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	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
Antonio Davis	78	35.0	13.7	3.5	6.6	10.1	1.4	0.3	1.9	1.7	2.9	4.8	11.1	.433	0.0	0.0	.000	4.1	5.4	.754

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
Antonio Davis	12	40.3	16.4	3.4	7.7	11.1	1.9	0.8	1.8	1.8	2.9	6.4	12.8	.500	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.4	.811


Season 9
	Larry Bird	Antonio Davis
Season	1987-88	2001-02
Team	Boston Celtics	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Raptors Lost East 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	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
Antonio Davis	77	38.7	14.5	3.3	6.3	9.6	2.0	0.7	1.1	2.1	2.9	5.3	12.5	.426	0.0	0.0	.000	3.8	4.6	.818

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
Antonio Davis	5	40.2	17.0	3.2	7.4	10.6	1.4	0.4	1.0	2.0	3.4	6.8	15.0	.453	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.6	.607


Season 10
	Larry Bird	Antonio Davis
Season	1988-89	2002-03
Team	Boston Celtics	Toronto Raptors
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
Antonio Davis	53	35.7	13.9	2.5	5.8	8.2	2.5	0.4	1.2	2.2	2.8	4.9	12.1	.407	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	5.3	.771

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


Season 11
	Larry Bird	Antonio Davis
Season	1989-90	2003-04
Team	Boston Celtics	Toronto Raptors, Chicago Bulls
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
Antonio Davis	80	32.1	8.9	2.6	5.8	8.4	1.7	0.5	0.8	1.4	2.6	3.3	8.3	.403	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	2.9	.765

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
Antonio Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Larry Bird	Antonio Davis
Season	1990-91	2004-05
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Bulls Lost East 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	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
Antonio Davis	72	25.6	7.0	2.1	3.8	5.9	1.1	0.4	0.6	1.3	2.0	2.7	5.8	.461	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.1	.757

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
Antonio Davis	6	28.7	9.5	2.8	4.0	6.8	1.8	0.7	0.7	1.5	4.2	3.3	7.7	.435	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.8	.739


Season 13
	Larry Bird	Antonio Davis
Season	1991-92	2005-06
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors
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
Antonio Davis	44	21.4	4.9	2.0	2.7	4.7	0.5	0.5	0.2	1.2	2.8	1.9	4.3	.432	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.8	.642

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
Antonio Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Larry Bird vs. Antonio Davis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Antonio Davis 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