Otis Birdsong

Seasons 1977-78–1988-89 · 12 on record · Ht 6-3 · b. 1955

4× All-StarAll-NBA

Player info

18.0 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 3.2 APG · 696 games · .506 FG% · .274 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1977-78	KCK	22	73	25.7	.492	—	.697	2.4	2.4	1.0	0.2	15.8	17.1	.530
1978-79	KCK	23	82	34.6	.509	—	.725	4.3	3.4	1.5	0.2	21.7	18.4	.544
1979-80	KCK	24	82	35.2	.505	.278	.694	4.0	2.5	1.7	0.3	22.7	18.5	.538
1980-81	KCK	25	71	36.5	.544	.286	.697	3.6	3.3	1.3	0.3	24.6	20.3	.580
1981-82	NJN	26	37	27.7	.469	0.000	.583	2.6	3.4	0.8	0.1	14.2	13.3	.489
1982-83	NJN	27	62	30.4	.511	.333	.566	2.4	3.9	1.4	0.3	15.1	15.1	.521
1983-84	NJN	28	69	31.4	.508	.250	.608	2.5	3.9	1.2	0.2	19.8	16.8	.530
1984-85	NJN	29	56	32.9	.511	.190	.622	2.6	4.1	1.5	0.1	20.6	18.1	.534
1985-86	NJN	30	77	31.1	.513	.364	.581	2.6	3.4	1.1	0.2	15.8	13.4	.529
1986-87	NJN	31	7	18.1	.452	0.000	.667	1.0	2.4	0.4	0.0	6.3	7.7	.479
1987-88	NJN	32	67	28.1	.458	.360	.511	2.5	3.3	0.8	0.2	10.9	10.4	.470
1988-89	BOS	33	13	8.3	.500	.333	0.000	1.0	0.7	0.2	0.1	2.8	7.0	.502

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1977-78	KCK	73	—	1,878	470	955	.492	—	—	216	310	175	174	74	12	145	1,156
1978-79	KCK	82	82	2,839	741	1,456	.509	—	—	296	408	354	281	125	17	200	1,778
1979-80	KCK	82	—	2,885	781	1,546	.505	10	36	286	412	331	202	136	22	179	1,858
1980-81	KCK	71	—	2,593	710	1,306	.544	10	35	317	455	258	233	93	18	173	1,747
1981-82	NJN	37	22	1,025	225	480	.469	0	10	74	127	97	124	30	5	64	524
1982-83	NJN	62	54	1,885	426	834	.511	2	6	82	145	150	239	85	16	114	936
1983-84	NJN	69	57	2,168	583	1,147	.508	5	20	194	319	170	266	86	17	170	1,365
1984-85	NJN	56	45	1,842	495	968	.511	4	21	161	259	148	232	84	7	117	1,155
1985-86	NJN	77	74	2,395	542	1,056	.513	8	22	122	210	202	261	85	17	179	1,214
1986-87	NJN	7	6	127	19	42	.452	0	1	6	9	7	17	3	0	9	44
1987-88	NJN	67	59	1,882	337	736	.458	9	25	47	92	167	222	54	11	129	730
1988-89	BOS	13	0	108	18	36	.500	1	3	0	2	13	9	3	1	12	37
Career		696	—	—	5,347	10,562	.506	49	179	1801	2748	2072	2260	858	143	1491	12,544

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1977-78	KCK	73	25.7	9.0	18.3	.492	—	—	4.1	5.9	3.4	3.3	1.4	0.2	2.8	22.2
1978-79	KCK	82	34.6	9.4	18.5	.509	—	—	3.8	5.2	4.5	3.6	1.6	0.2	2.5	22.5
1979-80	KCK	82	35.2	9.7	19.3	.505	0.1	0.4	3.6	5.1	4.1	2.5	1.7	0.3	2.2	23.2
1980-81	KCK	71	36.5	9.9	18.1	.544	0.1	0.5	4.4	6.3	3.6	3.2	1.3	0.2	2.4	24.3
1981-82	NJN	37	27.7	7.9	16.9	.469	0.0	0.4	2.6	4.5	3.4	4.4	1.1	0.2	2.2	18.4
1982-83	NJN	62	30.4	8.1	15.9	.511	0.0	0.1	1.6	2.8	2.9	4.6	1.6	0.3	2.2	17.9
1983-84	NJN	69	31.4	9.7	19.0	.508	0.1	0.3	3.2	5.3	2.8	4.4	1.4	0.3	2.8	22.7
1984-85	NJN	56	32.9	9.7	18.9	.511	0.1	0.4	3.1	5.1	2.9	4.5	1.6	0.1	2.3	22.6
1985-86	NJN	77	31.1	8.1	15.9	.513	0.1	0.3	1.8	3.2	3.0	3.9	1.3	0.3	2.7	18.2
1986-87	NJN	7	18.1	5.4	11.9	.452	0.0	0.3	1.7	2.6	2.0	4.8	0.9	0.0	2.6	12.5
1987-88	NJN	67	28.1	6.4	14.1	.458	0.2	0.5	0.9	1.8	3.2	4.2	1.0	0.2	2.5	14.0
1988-89	BOS	13	8.3	6.0	12.0	.500	0.3	1.0	0.0	0.7	4.3	3.0	1.0	0.3	4.0	12.3

Counting stats scaled to a per-36-minute pace.

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1977-78	KCK	73	1,878	17.1	.530	25.1	3.3	0.9	4.2	.108	+1.3	-1.0	+0.3	+1.1
1978-79	KCK	82	2,839	18.4	.544	24.9	5.9	2.9	8.8	.148	+2.4	-0.2	+2.2	+3.0
1979-80	KCK	82	2,885	18.5	.538	26.4	4.9	3.7	8.6	.143	+2.0	+0.1	+2.1	+3.0
1980-81	KCK	71	2,593	20.3	.580	26.8	6.2	2.0	8.2	.152	+3.3	-0.8	+2.4	+2.9
1981-82	NJN	37	1,025	13.3	.489	23.4	0.5	1.1	1.6	.074	-0.5	-0.7	-1.2	+0.2
1982-83	NJN	62	1,885	15.1	.521	21.1	2.6	2.6	5.2	.132	+0.4	+0.6	+1.0	+1.4
1983-84	NJN	69	2,168	16.8	.530	26.7	2.4	2.1	4.5	.100	+1.3	-0.7	+0.6	+1.4
1984-85	NJN	56	1,842	18.1	.534	26.3	2.8	1.4	4.2	.109	+1.7	-0.5	+1.2	+1.5
1985-86	NJN	77	2,395	13.4	.529	22.1	1.4	1.8	3.2	.064	-0.4	-0.7	-1.1	+0.6
1986-87	NJN	7	127	7.7	.479	17.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	-.001	-2.8	-0.3	-3.1	+0.0
1987-88	NJN	67	1,882	10.4	.470	20.3	-0.9	0.8	-0.1	-.003	-2.0	-1.4	-3.4	-0.7
1988-89	BOS	13	108	7.0	.502	18.8	-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-.051	-3.6	-1.7	-5.3	-0.1
Career		696	—	—	—	—	—	—	48.3	—	—	—	—	+14.3

PER, True Shooting %, Usage %, Win Shares (Off/Def/Total, per 48), Box Plus/Minus (Off/Def/Total) and Value Over Replacement Player.

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
1978-79	5	33.6	21.0	3.6	1.8	2.0	0.0	.513	—	.566
1979-80	3	37.3	22.0	7.7	2.3	1.3	0.0	.484	0.000	.484
1980-81	8	29.2	15.5	2.6	3.4	1.5	0.0	.571	1.000	.585
1982-83	2	18.5	6.5	1.0	4.5	1.5	0.0	.375	0.000	.385
1983-84	11	35.2	15.2	2.4	3.7	1.8	0.1	.415	0.000	.435
1985-86	3	44.0	23.0	4.0	3.3	2.0	1.0	.527	0.000	.545
1988-89	3	6.7	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	.200	0.000	.200
Career	35	31.1	15.6	3.0	3.0	1.6	0.1	.480	.091	.502

Full postseason box-score averages by season, from every playoff game played.

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	333	17.7	3.0	3.3	214–119
Away	363	18.3	2.9	3.2	116–247
In wins	330	19.2	3.1	3.2	330–0
In losses	366	16.9	2.8	3.2	0–366

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	38	16.6	2.3	3.3	15–23
BOS Boston Celtics	38	16.8	2.3	2.9	12–26
BKN Brooklyn Nets	12	19.8	4.5	3.0	8–4
CHA Charlotte Hornets	2	3.0	0.5	0.5	2–0
CHI Chicago Bulls	41	18.3	2.9	3.4	26–15
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	36	17.9	2.8	3.4	21–15
DAL Dallas Mavericks	14	18.9	3.1	3.9	9–5
DEN Denver Nuggets	30	19.5	3.3	3.5	17–13
DET Detroit Pistons	33	17.1	2.6	3.4	18–15
GSW Golden State Warriors	28	21.1	2.9	3.2	10–18
HOU Houston Rockets	26	17.0	3.3	2.5	14–12
IND Indiana Pacers	41	17.2	2.8	3.2	20–21
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	25	19.6	3.7	3.2	17–8
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	28	19.4	4.0	3.9	8–20
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	38	16.4	3.1	3.3	16–22
NYK New York Knicks	37	16.8	2.6	3.2	21–16
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	38	17.2	2.4	3.3	13–25
PHX Phoenix Suns	28	19.8	3.4	3.4	12–16
POR Portland Trail Blazers	29	19.3	3.3	2.6	8–21
SAC Sacramento Kings	9	18.7	3.3	3.0	4–5
SAS San Antonio Spurs	27	20.3	2.7	4.2	6–21
UTA Utah Jazz	29	19.2	4.0	2.7	19–10

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Otis Birdsong plays SG for the Boston Celtics.

Otis Birdsong has averaged 18.0 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 3.2 APG over 12 seasons (1977-78–1988-89).

Otis Birdsong is 6-3 (190 lb).

Otis Birdsong was drafted in 1977, round 1, pick 2.