Larry Bird vs. John Stockton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Stockton 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, 6 less than John Stockton, who played 19. Larry Bird had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, while John Stockton had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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	John Stockton
Season	1979-80	1984-85
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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:		+17.8	+15.7	+2.3	+6.8	+9.1	+0.6	+0.4	+0.5	-1.4	-0.9	+6.6	+13.7	+.003	+0.7	+1.6	+.224	+2.0	+2.0	+.100
John Stockton	82	18.2	5.6	0.3	1.0	1.3	5.1	1.3	0.1	1.8	2.5	1.9	4.1	.471	0.0	0.1	.182	1.7	2.4	.736
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
difference:	+1	+22.7	+14.5	+1.7	+6.7	+8.4	+0.4	+0.5	+0.7	-2.1	-0.3	+7.1	+15.2	+.002	+0.4	+1.5	+.267	+0.2	+0.7	+.137
John Stockton	10	18.6	6.8	0.7	2.1	2.8	4.3	1.1	0.2	1.6	3.0	2.1	4.5	.467	0.0	0.2	.000	2.6	3.5	.743

Season 2
	Larry Bird	John Stockton
Season	1980-81	1985-86
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:		+15.9	+13.5	+1.9	+6.8	+8.7	+1.9	+0.1	+0.7	-1.5	-0.1	+6.0	+12.6	+.011	+0.2	+0.7	+.137	+1.4	+1.5	+.024
John Stockton	82	23.6	7.7	0.4	1.8	2.2	7.4	1.9	0.1	2.0	2.8	2.8	5.7	.489	0.0	0.2	.133	2.1	2.5	.839
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
difference:	+13	+25.8	+15.1	+2.1	+10.3	+12.5	+2.6	+1.0	+1.0	-2.6	-0.6	+6.3	+14.1	+.059	+0.1	+0.2	+.625	+2.5	+2.7	+.005
John Stockton	4	18.3	6.8	0.8	0.8	1.5	3.5	1.3	0.0	1.0	2.5	2.3	4.3	.529	0.3	0.3	1.000	2.0	2.3	.889

Season 3
	Larry Bird	John Stockton
Season	1981-82	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West 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	+15.3	+15.0	+2.2	+6.8	+9.1	+2.4	+0.3	+0.7	-1.3	-0.5	+6.4	+12.8	+.004		+0.2	+.033	+2.1	+2.1	+.081
John Stockton	82	22.7	7.9	0.4	1.5	1.8	8.2	2.2	0.2	2.0	2.7	2.8	5.6	.499	0.1	0.5	.179	2.2	2.8	.782
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:	+7	+9.4	+7.8	+2.4	+8.0	+10.3	+2.4	+1.1	+1.2	-1.0		+3.7	+11.4	+.194	+0.7	+0.5	+.633	+1.1	+1.2	+.053
John Stockton	5	31.4	10.0	0.4	1.8	2.2	8.0	3.0	0.2	2.2	3.6	3.6	5.8	.621	0.8	1.0	.800	2.0	2.6	.769

Season 4
	Larry Bird	John Stockton
Season	1982-83	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West 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:	+3	+3.0	+8.9	+1.7	+6.4	+8.1	+8.0	+1.1	+0.7	-0.2	-0.5	+4.0	+9.1	+.070		+0.2	+.072	+1.1	+1.3
John Stockton	82	34.7	14.7	0.7	2.2	2.9	13.8	3.0	0.2	3.2	3.0	5.5	9.6	.574	0.3	0.8	.358	3.3	4.0	.840
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:	+5	+3.5	+1.0	+2.0	+6.4	+8.4	+8.0	+1.2	+0.2	-1.2	-0.8	+2.0	+7.1	+.085	+0.2	+0.6	+.036	+2.8	+3.5	+.004
John Stockton	11	43.5	19.5	1.3	2.8	4.1	14.8	3.4	0.3	4.4	3.3	6.2	12.2	.507	0.4	1.3	.286	6.8	8.3	.824

Season 5
	Larry Bird	John Stockton
Season	1983-84	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	+0.4	+7.1	+1.3	+5.8	+7.1	+7.0	+1.4	+0.7	-0.8	-0.4	+3.5	+8.2	+.046		+0.1	+.005	+0.1	+0.2	+.025
John Stockton	82	38.7	17.1	1.0	2.0	3.0	13.6	3.2	0.2	3.8	2.9	6.1	11.3	.538	0.2	0.8	.242	4.8	5.5	.863
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:	+20	+4.5	+0.2	+2.0	+5.6	+7.7	+7.8	+1.4	+0.5	-0.1	-1.9		+0.7	+.016	+0.7	+0.6	+.338	+1.0	+1.3	+.026
John Stockton	3	46.3	27.3	0.7	2.7	3.3	13.7	3.7	1.7	3.7	5.0	10.0	19.7	.508	1.0	1.3	.750	6.3	7.0	.905

Season 6
	Larry Bird	John Stockton
Season	1984-85	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+2	+2.1	+11.5	+1.4	+6.6	+7.9	+7.9	+1.1	+1.0	-0.4	-0.4	+5.4	+10.2	+.008	+0.1	+0.2	+.011	+0.5	+0.2	+.063
John Stockton	78	37.4	17.2	0.7	1.9	2.6	14.5	2.7	0.2	3.5	3.0	6.1	11.8	.514	0.6	1.4	.416	4.5	5.5	.819
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:	+15	+2.0	+11.0	+1.9	+4.1	+5.9	+9.2	+0.5	+1.0	-0.1	-1.3	+4.0	+7.5	+.041	+0.2	+1.3	+.203	+2.9	+2.8	+.090
John Stockton	5	38.8	15.0	0.8	2.4	3.2	15.0	1.2	0.0	2.8	4.0	5.8	13.8	.420	0.2	2.6	.077	3.2	4.0	.800

Season 7
	Larry Bird	John Stockton
Season	1985-86	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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:		+0.2	+8.6	+1.7	+5.2	+6.9	+7.4	+0.9	+0.4	-0.4	-0.6	+3.7	+7.7	+.011	+0.3	+0.4	+.078	+1.0	+0.7	+.060
John Stockton	82	37.8	17.2	0.6	2.3	2.9	14.2	2.9	0.2	3.6	2.8	6.0	11.9	.507	0.7	2.0	.345	4.4	5.3	.836
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:	+9	+1.4	+7.7	+0.8	+3.8	+4.6	+5.6	+0.1	+0.4	-1.0	-0.6	+3.1	+6.4	+.020	+0.1	+0.1	+.004	+1.5	+1.2	+.086
John Stockton	9	41.4	18.2	1.1	3.6	4.7	13.8	2.2	0.2	3.6	3.7	6.4	12.0	.537	1.2	3.0	.407	4.1	4.9	.841

Season 8
	Larry Bird	John Stockton
Season	1986-87	1991-92
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+8	+4.0	+12.3	+0.9	+5.0	+5.9	+6.1	+1.2	+0.6	-0.3	-0.4	+5.1	+8.7	+.043	+0.2	+0.5	+.007	+1.8	+1.6	+.068
John Stockton	82	36.6	15.8	0.8	2.5	3.3	13.7	3.0	0.3	3.5	2.9	5.5	11.5	.482	1.0	2.5	.407	3.8	4.5	.842
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:	+7	+5.2	+12.2	+1.2	+6.0	+7.1	+6.4	+0.9	+0.5	-0.5		+4.6	+8.3	+.053	+0.5	+1.8	+.031	+3.6	+3.5	+.079
John Stockton	16	38.9	14.8	0.6	2.3	2.9	13.6	2.1	0.3	3.6	2.4	4.8	11.4	.423	1.1	3.6	.310	4.1	4.9	.833

Season 9
	Larry Bird	John Stockton
Season	1987-88	1992-93
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+6	+4.1	+14.8	+0.6	+5.7	+6.4	+5.9	+0.8	+0.5	-0.4	-0.6	+6.3	+11.0	+.041	+0.4	+0.8	+.029	+1.9	+1.5	+.118
John Stockton	82	34.9	15.1	0.8	2.1	2.9	12.0	2.4	0.3	3.2	2.7	5.3	11.0	.486	0.9	2.3	.385	3.6	4.5	.798
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
difference:	+12	+6.3	+11.3	+0.7	+5.7	+6.4	+4.2	+0.3	+0.8	-0.1	-0.6	+4.3	+9.7	+.001	+0.3	+0.7	+.010	+2.9	+3.0	+.061
John Stockton	5	38.6	13.2	1.0	1.4	2.4	11.0	2.4	0.0	3.0	3.2	4.6	10.2	.451	1.0	2.6	.385	3.0	3.6	.833

Season 10
	Larry Bird	John Stockton
Season	1988-89	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

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10th 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	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
difference:	+76	+4.7	+4.2	+0.7	+3.7	+3.1	+7.8	+1.4	+0.5	-1.4	-0.1	+2.6	+6.7	+.057	+0.6	+1.8		+0.3	+0.9	+.142
John Stockton	82	36.2	15.1	0.9	2.3	3.1	12.6	2.4	0.3	3.2	2.9	5.6	10.6	.528	0.6	1.8	.322	3.3	4.1	.805
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Stockton	16	37.3	14.4	0.9	2.4	3.3	9.8	1.7	0.5	2.5	2.8	5.5	12.1	.456	0.3	1.5	.167	3.2	3.9	.810

Season 11
	Larry Bird	John Stockton
Season	1989-90	1994-95
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+7	+4.3	+9.6	+0.5	+5.9	+6.4	+4.8	+1.0	+0.5	-0.1	-0.3	+4.4	+10.6	+.069	+0.3	+0.2	+.116	+1.3	+0.9	+.126
John Stockton	82	35.0	14.7	0.7	2.4	3.1	12.3	2.4	0.3	3.3	2.6	5.2	9.6	.542	1.2	2.8	.449	3.0	3.7	.804
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
difference:		+2.8	+6.6	+0.2	+5.6	+5.8	+1.4	+0.4	+0.8	-0.8	-0.6	+2.0	+5.0	+.015	+0.6	+0.2	+.137	+3.2	+3.0	+.141
John Stockton	5	38.6	17.8	1.2	2.2	3.4	10.2	1.4	0.2	2.8	2.6	6.8	14.8	.459	1.6	4.0	.400	2.6	3.4	.765

Season 12
	Larry Bird	John Stockton
Season	1990-91	1995-96
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+22	+2.5	+4.7	+0.2	+5.5	+5.7	+4.0	+0.1	+0.8	-0.1	-0.5	+2.3	+7.0	+.084	+0.1	+0.6	+.033	+0.2	+0.3	+.061
John Stockton	82	35.5	14.7	0.7	2.1	2.8	11.2	1.7	0.2	3.0	2.5	5.4	10.0	.538	1.2	2.7	.422	2.9	3.4	.830
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
difference:	+8	+1.9	+6.0		+4.0	+4.0	+4.3	+0.3	+0.1	-1.3		+2.3	+6.5	+.038	+0.3		+.146	+1.7	+1.8	+.049
John Stockton	18	37.7	11.1	0.8	2.4	3.2	10.8	1.6	0.4	3.2	2.8	3.9	8.7	.446	0.6	2.1	.289	2.7	3.3	.814

Season 13
	Larry Bird	John Stockton
Season	1991-92	1996-97
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost NBA Finals

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13th 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	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
difference:	+37	+1.6	+5.8	+0.5	+6.4	+6.8	+3.7	+1.1	+0.5	-0.2	-0.6	+2.7	+7.5	+.082	+0.3	+0.6	+.016	+0.1	+0.4	+.080
John Stockton	82	35.3	14.4	0.5	2.2	2.8	10.5	2.0	0.2	3.0	2.4	5.1	9.3	.548	0.9	2.2	.422	3.4	4.0	.846
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
difference:	+16	+10.1	+4.8	+0.4	+1.0	+0.6	+4.3	+1.4	+0.2	-1.6	-0.8	+0.4	+0.4	+.021	+1.0	+1.2	+.380	+3.1	+3.5	+.106
John Stockton	20	36.9	16.1	0.9	3.0	3.9	9.6	1.7	0.3	3.1	2.6	5.7	10.9	.521	1.0	2.5	.380	3.9	4.5	.856

Additional Years
* John Stockton played 6 seasons more than Larry Bird in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 14 to 19, from 1998 to 2003—John Stockton played in 6 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Larry Bird, John Stockton got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Star Game