Larry Bird vs. P.J. Brown Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of P.J. Brown 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 played 13 years in the NBA, 2 less than P.J. Brown, who played 15. Larry Bird had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, while P.J. Brown 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
P.J. Brown	15	11	1993-94 to 2007-08

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	Larry Bird	P.J. Brown
Season	1979-80	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Nets 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	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
P.J. Brown	79	24.7	5.7	2.4	3.9	6.2	1.2	0.9	1.2	0.9	2.2	2.1	5.1	.415	0.0	0.1	.167	1.5	1.9	.757

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
P.J. Brown	4	14.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.8	0.0	0.5	0.8	3.3	0.5	2.3	.222	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.0	1.000


Season 2
	Larry Bird	P.J. Brown
Season	1980-81	1994-95
Team	Boston Celtics	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	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	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
P.J. Brown	80	30.8	8.1	2.2	3.9	6.1	1.7	0.9	1.7	1.0	3.3	3.2	7.1	.446	0.1	0.3	.167	1.7	2.6	.671

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
P.J. Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Larry Bird	P.J. Brown
Season	1981-82	1995-96
Team	Boston Celtics	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	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
P.J. Brown	81	36.3	11.3	2.7	4.3	6.9	2.0	1.0	1.2	1.6	3.1	4.4	9.9	.444	0.0	0.2	.200	2.5	3.3	.770

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
P.J. Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Larry Bird	P.J. Brown
Season	1982-83	1996-97
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Heat 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	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
P.J. Brown	80	32.4	9.5	3.0	5.4	8.4	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.4	3.5	3.8	8.2	.457	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.8	.732

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
P.J. Brown	15	29.9	8.1	3.2	5.4	8.6	0.7	0.6	1.3	1.1	2.7	2.8	6.9	.408	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.5	.717


Season 5
	Larry Bird	P.J. Brown
Season	1983-84	1997-98
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat 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	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
P.J. Brown	74	31.9	9.6	3.2	5.4	8.6	1.4	0.9	1.3	1.3	3.6	3.8	8.0	.471	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.7	.766

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
P.J. Brown	5	38.0	9.2	3.0	5.8	8.8	0.8	1.4	0.6	1.2	4.4	3.8	7.4	.514	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	4.4	.364


Season 6
	Larry Bird	P.J. Brown
Season	1984-85	1998-99
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Heat 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	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
P.J. Brown	50	32.2	11.4	2.3	4.6	6.9	1.3	0.9	1.0	1.4	3.3	4.6	9.5	.480	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	2.9	.774

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
P.J. Brown	5	29.0	10.2	2.8	3.4	6.2	1.0	0.4	0.4	0.6	3.4	4.2	9.0	.467	0.0	0.2	.000	1.8	2.0	.900


Season 7
	Larry Bird	P.J. Brown
Season	1985-86	1999-00
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat 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	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
P.J. Brown	80	28.8	9.6	2.7	4.8	7.5	1.8	0.8	0.8	1.3	3.3	4.0	8.4	.480	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.0	.755

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
P.J. Brown	10	30.9	7.5	2.6	5.6	8.2	1.1	0.8	0.4	1.1	4.2	3.5	8.2	.427	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.6	.833


Season 8
	Larry Bird	P.J. Brown
Season	1986-87	2000-01
Team	Boston Celtics	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Hornets 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
P.J. Brown	80	35.1	8.5	3.2	6.1	9.3	1.6	1.0	1.2	1.4	3.3	3.1	7.0	.444	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	2.6	.852

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
P.J. Brown	10	38.5	8.0	4.1	5.9	10.0	1.1	1.2	1.4	1.2	3.1	2.8	6.7	.418	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	2.9	.828


Season 9
	Larry Bird	P.J. Brown
Season	1987-88	2001-02
Team	Boston Celtics	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Hornets 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	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
P.J. Brown	80	32.0	8.4	3.4	6.4	9.8	1.3	0.7	1.0	1.1	2.8	3.1	6.6	.474	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	2.5	.858

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
P.J. Brown	9	36.8	10.2	3.2	6.3	9.6	1.6	0.7	1.3	0.9	4.1	3.6	8.3	.427	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	4.1	.757


Season 10
	Larry Bird	P.J. Brown
Season	1988-89	2002-03
Team	Boston Celtics	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets 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	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
P.J. Brown	78	33.4	10.7	3.1	5.9	9.0	1.9	0.9	1.0	1.3	2.6	4.1	7.7	.531	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.0	.836

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Brown	6	32.2	10.2	3.3	4.3	7.7	1.0	1.2	0.5	0.8	3.7	3.5	7.3	.477	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.2	.760


Season 11
	Larry Bird	P.J. Brown
Season	1989-90	2003-04
Team	Boston Celtics	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hornets 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	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
P.J. Brown	80	34.4	10.5	3.0	5.7	8.6	1.9	1.0	0.9	1.3	2.5	4.2	8.9	.476	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.3	.854

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
P.J. Brown	7	36.4	8.9	4.1	5.6	9.7	2.1	0.4	1.6	1.9	2.3	3.7	10.1	.366	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.6	.909


Season 12
	Larry Bird	P.J. Brown
Season	1990-91	2004-05
Team	Boston Celtics	New Orleans Hornets
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	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
P.J. Brown	82	34.4	10.8	3.2	5.7	9.0	2.2	0.9	0.6	1.2	2.8	4.1	9.2	.446	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.0	.864

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
P.J. Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Larry Bird	P.J. Brown
Season	1991-92	2005-06
Team	Boston Celtics	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
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
P.J. Brown	75	31.7	9.0	2.4	4.9	7.3	1.2	0.6	0.7	1.2	2.9	3.6	7.8	.461	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.2	.827

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
P.J. Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Larry Bird	P.J. Brown
Season	-	2006-07
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bulls 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Brown	72	20.2	6.1	1.8	3.0	4.8	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.2	2.6	2.4	5.8	.407	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.7	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Brown	10	22.8	8.3	1.7	3.0	4.7	1.2	0.8	0.2	0.8	2.9	3.3	6.7	.493	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.3	.739


Season 15
	Larry Bird	P.J. Brown
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Brown	18	11.6	2.2	1.6	2.2	3.8	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.6	1.6	0.8	2.3	.341	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.9	.688

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Brown	25	13.6	2.9	0.7	1.6	2.4	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.5	2.3	1.0	2.2	.464	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.0	.840

Larry Bird vs. P.J. Brown Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of P.J. Brown 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

Season 14

Season 15