Larry Bird vs. T.R. Dunn Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of T.R. Dunn 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 / Games against each other

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, 1 less than T.R. Dunn, who played 14. Larry Bird had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, while T.R. Dunn had his rookie season in 1977-78. 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
T.R. Dunn	14	12	1977-78 to 1990-91

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


Rookie Season
	Larry Bird	T.R. Dunn
Season	1979-80	1977-78
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	Trail Blazers 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	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
T.R. Dunn	63	12.2	3.8	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.7	0.7	0.1	0.6	1.2	1.6	3.8	.417	-	-	-	0.6	0.9	.661

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
T.R. Dunn	4	8.8	1.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.5	1.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Larry Bird	T.R. Dunn
Season	1980-81	1978-79
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers 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
T.R. Dunn	80	22.9	7.7	1.8	2.5	4.3	1.3	1.1	0.3	1.2	2.1	3.1	6.9	.448	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.772

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
T.R. Dunn	3	17.3	3.3	0.7	1.3	2.0	1.3	1.7	0.0	0.3	2.3	1.7	3.7	.455	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 3
	Larry Bird	T.R. Dunn
Season	1981-82	1979-80
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Trail Blazers 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	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
T.R. Dunn	82	22.5	6.9	1.6	2.3	4.0	1.8	1.2	0.4	1.1	1.8	2.9	6.7	.436	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.4	.757

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
T.R. Dunn	3	8.0	2.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.7	2.7	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 4
	Larry Bird	T.R. Dunn
Season	1982-83	1980-81
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
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
T.R. Dunn	82	17.4	4.5	1.6	2.0	3.7	1.0	0.8	0.4	0.7	1.7	1.8	4.3	.412	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.5	.653

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
T.R. Dunn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Larry Bird	T.R. Dunn
Season	1983-84	1981-82
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets 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	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
T.R. Dunn	82	30.7	8.2	2.6	4.2	6.8	2.3	1.6	0.4	1.5	2.6	3.1	6.1	.512	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.6	.712

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
T.R. Dunn	3	27.0	6.3	3.3	2.7	6.0	3.3	2.7	0.3	1.7	3.7	2.0	4.3	.462	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	2.7	.875


Season 6
	Larry Bird	T.R. Dunn
Season	1984-85	1982-83
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Nuggets 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	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
T.R. Dunn	82	32.2	7.6	2.8	4.7	7.5	2.3	1.8	0.3	1.4	2.7	3.1	6.4	.482	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.0	.730

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
T.R. Dunn	8	37.5	5.1	3.4	6.4	9.8	2.5	1.5	0.4	1.8	2.6	2.3	5.1	.439	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.625


Season 7
	Larry Bird	T.R. Dunn
Season	1985-86	1983-84
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets 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	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
T.R. Dunn	80	33.8	5.7	2.4	4.7	7.2	2.9	2.2	0.4	1.2	2.9	2.2	4.6	.470	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.8	.731

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
T.R. Dunn	5	35.6	6.6	4.0	3.8	7.8	1.6	2.0	0.8	1.6	3.8	2.8	5.0	.560	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.714


Season 8
	Larry Bird	T.R. Dunn
Season	1986-87	1984-85
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Nuggets 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	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
T.R. Dunn	81	28.3	5.4	2.1	2.7	4.8	1.9	1.7	0.2	0.8	2.6	2.2	4.4	.489	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.4	.724

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
T.R. Dunn	15	24.7	4.5	1.8	2.2	4.0	2.3	1.6	0.2	0.7	3.0	1.8	4.3	.415	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.3	.737


Season 9
	Larry Bird	T.R. Dunn
Season	1987-88	1985-86
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Nuggets 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
T.R. Dunn	82	29.3	5.0	1.7	2.9	4.6	2.1	1.9	0.2	0.6	2.8	2.1	4.6	.454	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.1	.773

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
T.R. Dunn	10	27.6	4.9	2.2	3.1	5.3	1.3	1.6	0.0	0.3	3.4	2.0	4.6	.435	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.643


Season 10
	Larry Bird	T.R. Dunn
Season	1988-89	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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	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
T.R. Dunn	81	23.9	3.4	1.1	2.1	3.3	1.8	1.2	0.3	0.4	2.0	1.5	3.4	.428	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.7	.655

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
T.R. Dunn	3	7.3	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.3	1.3	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 11
	Larry Bird	T.R. Dunn
Season	1989-90	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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	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
T.R. Dunn	82	18.7	2.2	1.3	1.6	2.9	1.1	1.2	0.1	0.3	1.9	0.9	1.9	.449	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.6	.769

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
T.R. Dunn	11	16.8	2.4	1.0	1.6	2.6	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.4	1.8	1.0	1.8	.550	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.500


Season 12
	Larry Bird	T.R. Dunn
Season	1990-91	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Suns 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	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
T.R. Dunn	34	9.4	1.0	0.9	0.9	1.8	0.7	0.4	0.0	0.2	1.0	0.4	1.0	.343	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.750

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
T.R. Dunn	8	9.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.9	0.1	0.6	0.0	0.3	1.4	0.4	0.9	.429	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.3	.500


Season 13
	Larry Bird	T.R. Dunn
Season	1991-92	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Nuggets 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	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
T.R. Dunn	65	10.1	1.8	0.9	1.3	2.1	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.3	1.0	0.7	1.5	.454	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.6	.667

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
T.R. Dunn	3	10.3	0.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	0.7	1.3	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 14
	Larry Bird	T.R. Dunn
Season	-	1990-91
Team	-	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
T.R. Dunn	17	12.8	3.1	1.2	1.3	2.5	1.4	0.7	0.1	0.4	1.8	1.2	2.8	.447	0.1	0.2	.250	0.5	0.6	.900

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Bird	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
T.R. Dunn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Larry Bird vs. T.R. Dunn Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of T.R. Dunn 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