Larry Bird vs. Scoot Henderson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Scoot Henderson 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, 11 more than Scoot Henderson, who played 2. Larry Bird had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, while Scoot Henderson had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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	Scoot Henderson
Season	1979-80	2023-24
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
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:	+20	+7.5	+7.3	+1.7	+5.5	+7.3	+0.9	+0.9	+0.4	-0.2	-0.3	+3.5	+4.9	+.089	+0.7	+2.6	+.081	+1.0	+1.1	+.017
Scoot Henderson	62	28.5	14.0	0.9	2.3	3.1	5.4	0.8	0.2	3.4	3.1	5.0	12.9	.385	1.4	4.3	.325	2.7	3.3	.819
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
Scoot Henderson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Larry Bird	Scoot Henderson
Season	1980-81	2024-25
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
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:	+16	+12.8	+8.5	+1.5	+6.4	+7.9	+0.4	+1.0	+0.6	-0.8	-0.2	+4.5	+7.9	+.059	+1.4	+3.6	+.084	+1.1	+0.9	+.096
Scoot Henderson	66	26.7	12.7	0.8	2.2	3.0	5.1	1.0	0.2	2.7	2.7	4.3	10.4	.419	1.6	4.5	.354	2.4	3.1	.767
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
Scoot Henderson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Larry Bird played 11 seasons more than Scoot Henderson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 13, from 1982 to 1992—Larry Bird played in 10 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 11 extra years over Scoot Henderson, Larry Bird got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Finals MVP 3 Season MVP 7 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 10 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP