Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and Karl Malone

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Karl Malone played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Player comparisons:
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They faced each other a total of 11 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has an 8-3 winning record over Karl Malone. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Larry Bird
vs.
Karl Malone
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Larry Bird:
1979-80 to 1991-92
Karl Malone:
1985-86 to 2003-04
11 Games played
11 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Larry Bird
8
8
0
Karl Malone
3
3
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 27.5 8.0 6.4 2.30.5
Karl Malone 25.7 11.0 2.51.70.6
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 40 12 13 42
Karl Malone 39 17 6 52
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 8

games		 2

games		 10

games		 5

games		2

games
Karl Malone 3

games 		9

games		 1

game		 5

games		4

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 0

games		 0

games		 1

game		5

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1985-86 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 20, 1985
1. Celtics 115   Larry Bird 27 12 6 1 0 4 1 42 10-25 .400 1-2 .500 6-6 1.000
OT Jazz 106   Karl Malone 17 9 3 0 0 1 3 34 8-15 .533 0-0 - 1-3 .333
Dec. 28, 1985
2. Celtics 110   Larry Bird 24 7 8 3 0 4 2 40 10-16 .625 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Jazz 108   Karl Malone 6 9 1 0 0 5 5 28 3-7 .429 0-0 - 0-0 -
1986-87 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 16, 1987
3. Celtics 89   Larry Bird 26 11 3 2 1 3 2 37 9-22 .409 1-4 .250 7-7 1.000
Jazz 109   Karl Malone 25 15 0 4 2 2 4 38 11-25 .440 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Mar. 04, 1987
4. Celtics 123   Larry Bird 27 8 13 1 0 3 1 32 10-15 .667 1-3 .333 6-7 .857
Jazz 105   Karl Malone 20 6 1 2 2 0 4 30 8-19 .421 0-0 - 4-5 .800
1987-88 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 16, 1987
5. Celtics 121   Larry Bird 38 5 6 4 0 5 3 42 14-25 .560 1-5 .200 9-9 1.000
Jazz 111   Karl Malone 31 12 3 5 0 4 4 43 15-30 .500 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Jan. 04, 1988
6. Celtics 107   Larry Bird 28 6 6 3 0 5 2 41 11-25 .440 3-6 .500 3-3 1.000
Jazz 99   Karl Malone 25 17 3 1 0 2 6 38 9-18 .500 0-0 - 7-10 .700
1989-90 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 20, 1989
7. Celtics 113   Larry Bird 40 8 5 2 0 2 3 41 16-30 .533 1-2 .500 7-7 1.000
Jazz 109   Karl Malone 39 12 3 2 0 4 5 40 12-22 .545 1-1 1.000 14-17 .824
Feb. 21, 1990
8. Celtics 103   Larry Bird 24 9 7 1 0 1 1 41 10-22 .455 0-2 .000 4-5 .800
Jazz 116   Karl Malone 27 10 1 2 1 3 1 28 11-19 .579 0-0 - 5-6 .833
1990-91 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 16, 1990
9. Celtics 114   Larry Bird 23 6 3 3 2 3 0 35 10-22 .455 0-1 .000 3-3 1.000
Jazz 89   Karl Malone 17 9 6 1 0 4 3 35 3-10 .300 0-0 - 11-14 .786
Mar. 13, 1991
10. Celtics 109   Larry Bird 25 9 8 4 1 2 0 48 10-23 .435 2-6 .333 3-3 1.000
OT Jazz 112   Karl Malone 37 14 5 0 2 4 5 44 15-23 .652 0-0 - 7-8 .875
1991-92 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 20, 1991
11. Celtics 112   Larry Bird 20 7 5 1 2 5 1 38 7-16 .438 3-5 .600 3-4 .750
Jazz 101   Karl Malone 39 8 1 2 0 1 2 40 15-24 .625 1-1 1.000 8-12 .667
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