Otis Birdsong
Shooting guard/Point guard | Retired
- Height: 1.91 m / 6 ft 3 in
- Weight: 86 kg / 190 lbs
- Age: 69
Otis Birdsong NBA career stats
Average stats per game by season
REGULAR SEASON
Career regular season average stats per game
| YEAR | TEAM | GP | GS | MIN | REB | AST | BLK | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977-78 | KCK | 73 | -- | 25.7 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 15.8 |
| FG: 49.2 3P: -- FT: 69.7 ST: 1.0 TO: 2.0 PF: 2.5 EF: 11.9 | ||||||||
| 1978-79 | KCK | 82 | -- | 34.6 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 21.7 |
| FG: 50.9 3P: -- FT: 72.5 ST: 1.5 TO: 2.4 PF: 3.1 EF: 18.6 | ||||||||
| 1979-80 | KCK | 82 | -- | 35.2 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 22.7 |
| FG: 50.5 3P: 27.8 FT: 69.4 ST: 1.7 TO: 2.2 PF: 2.8 EF: 18.0 | ||||||||
| 1980-81 | KCK | 71 | -- | 36.5 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 0.3 | 24.6 |
| FG: 54.4 3P: 28.6 FT: 69.7 ST: 1.3 TO: 2.4 PF: 2.4 EF: 20.3 | ||||||||
| 1981-82 | NJN | 37 | 22 | 27.7 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 14.2 |
| FG: 46.9 3P: 0.0 FT: 58.3 ST: 0.8 TO: 1.7 PF: 2.0 EF: 11.0 | ||||||||
| 1982-83 | NJN | 62 | 54 | 30.4 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 0.3 | 15.1 |
| FG: 51.1 3P: 33.3 FT: 56.6 ST: 1.4 TO: 1.8 PF: 2.5 EF: 13.6 | ||||||||
| 1983-84 | NJN | 69 | 57 | 31.4 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 0.2 | 19.8 |
| FG: 50.8 3P: 25.0 FT: 60.8 ST: 1.2 TO: 2.5 PF: 2.6 EF: 15.1 | ||||||||
| 1984-85 | NJN | 56 | 45 | 32.9 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 20.6 |
| FG: 51.1 3P: 19.0 FT: 62.2 ST: 1.5 TO: 2.1 PF: 2.6 EF: 16.8 | ||||||||
| 1985-86 | NJN | 77 | 74 | 31.1 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 15.8 |
| FG: 51.3 3P: 36.4 FT: 58.1 ST: 1.1 TO: 2.3 PF: 3.0 EF: 13.0 | ||||||||
| 1986-87 | NJN | 7 | 6 | 18.1 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 6.3 |
| FG: 45.2 3P: 0.0 FT: 66.7 ST: 0.4 TO: 1.3 PF: 2.3 EF: 5.1 | ||||||||
| 1987-88 | NJN | 67 | 59 | 28.1 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 10.9 |
| FG: 45.8 3P: 36.0 FT: 51.1 ST: 0.8 TO: 1.9 PF: 2.1 EF: 9.1 | ||||||||
| 1988-89 | BOS | 13 | 0 | 8.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 2.8 |
| FG: 50.0 3P: 33.3 FT: 0.0 ST: 0.2 TO: 0.9 PF: 0.8 EF: 2.4 | ||||||||
| Total | 696 | 317 | 31.1 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 0.2 | 18.0 | |
| FG: 50.6 3P: 27.4 FT: 65.5 ST: 1.2 TO: 2.1 PF: 2.6 EF: 14.7 | ||||||||
PLAYOFFS
Career playoff average stats per game
| YEAR | TEAM | GP | GS | MIN | REB | AST | BLK | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978-79 | KCK | 5 | -- | 33.6 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 21.0 |
| FG: 51.3 3P: -- FT: 71.1 ST: 2.0 TO: 2.0 PF: 2.6 EF: 16.8 | ||||||||
| 1979-80 | KCK | 3 | -- | 37.3 | 7.7 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 22.0 |
| FG: 48.4 3P: 0.0 FT: 42.9 ST: 1.3 TO: 2.0 PF: 1.7 EF: 18.0 | ||||||||
| 1980-81 | KCK | 8 | -- | 29.3 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 15.5 |
| FG: 57.1 3P: 100.0 FT: 61.1 ST: 1.5 TO: 2.5 PF: 1.6 EF: 14.4 | ||||||||
| 1982-83 | NJN | 2 | 0 | 18.5 | 1.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 6.5 |
| FG: 37.5 3P: 0.0 FT: 50.0 ST: 1.5 TO: 0.5 PF: 1.5 EF: 7.5 | ||||||||
| 1983-84 | NJN | 11 | 0 | 35.2 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 0.1 | 15.2 |
| FG: 41.5 3P: 0.0 FT: 52.1 ST: 1.8 TO: 2.0 PF: 3.5 EF: 10.0 | ||||||||
| 1985-86 | NJN | 3 | 0 | 44.0 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 23.0 |
| FG: 52.7 3P: 0.0 FT: 57.9 ST: 2.0 TO: 3.0 PF: 4.7 EF: 19.0 | ||||||||
| 1988-89 | BOS | 3 | 0 | 6.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| FG: 20.0 3P: 0.0 FT: 0.0 ST: 0.3 TO: 1.0 PF: 1.0 EF: 0.0 | ||||||||
| Total | 35 | 0 | 31.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 15.6 | |
| FG: 48.0 3P: 9.1 FT: 58.3 ST: 1.6 TO: 2.0 PF: 2.5 EF: 12.4 | ||||||||
Career total stats by season
REGULAR SEASON
Career regular totals per season
| YEAR | TEAM | GP | GS | MIN | REB | AST | BLK | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977-78 | KCK | 73 | -- | 1878 | 175 | 174 | 12 | 1156 |
| FG: 470/955 3P: --/-- FT: 216/310 ST: 74 TO: 145 FP: 179 EF: 867 | ||||||||
| 1978-79 | KCK | 82 | -- | 2839 | 354 | 281 | 17 | 1778 |
| FG: 741/1456 3P: --/-- FT: 296/408 ST: 125 TO: 200 FP: 255 EF: 1528 | ||||||||
| 1979-80 | KCK | 82 | -- | 2885 | 331 | 202 | 22 | 1858 |
| FG: 781/1546 3P: 10/36 FT: 286/412 ST: 136 TO: 179 FP: 226 EF: 1479 | ||||||||
| 1980-81 | KCK | 71 | -- | 2593 | 258 | 233 | 18 | 1747 |
| FG: 710/1306 3P: 10/35 FT: 317/455 ST: 93 TO: 173 FP: 172 EF: 1442 | ||||||||
| 1981-82 | NJN | 37 | 22 | 1025 | 97 | 124 | 5 | 524 |
| FG: 225/480 3P: 0/10 FT: 74/127 ST: 30 TO: 64 FP: 74 EF: 408 | ||||||||
| 1982-83 | NJN | 62 | 54 | 1885 | 150 | 239 | 16 | 936 |
| FG: 426/834 3P: 2/6 FT: 82/145 ST: 85 TO: 114 FP: 155 EF: 841 | ||||||||
| 1983-84 | NJN | 69 | 57 | 2168 | 170 | 266 | 17 | 1365 |
| FG: 583/1147 3P: 5/20 FT: 194/319 ST: 86 TO: 170 FP: 180 EF: 1045 | ||||||||
| 1984-85 | NJN | 56 | 45 | 1842 | 148 | 232 | 7 | 1155 |
| FG: 495/968 3P: 4/21 FT: 161/259 ST: 84 TO: 117 FP: 145 EF: 938 | ||||||||
| 1985-86 | NJN | 77 | 74 | 2395 | 202 | 261 | 17 | 1214 |
| FG: 542/1056 3P: 8/22 FT: 122/210 ST: 85 TO: 179 FP: 228 EF: 998 | ||||||||
| 1986-87 | NJN | 7 | 6 | 127 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 44 |
| FG: 19/42 3P: 0/1 FT: 6/9 ST: 3 TO: 9 FP: 16 EF: 36 | ||||||||
| 1987-88 | NJN | 67 | 59 | 1882 | 167 | 222 | 11 | 730 |
| FG: 337/736 3P: 9/25 FT: 47/92 ST: 54 TO: 129 FP: 143 EF: 611 | ||||||||
| 1988-89 | BOS | 13 | 0 | 108 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 37 |
| FG: 18/36 3P: 1/3 FT: 0/2 ST: 3 TO: 12 FP: 10 EF: 31 | ||||||||
| Total | 696 | 317 | 21627 | 2072 | 2260 | 143 | 12544 | |
| FG: 5347/10562 3P: 49/179 FT: 1801/2748 ST: 858 TO: 1491 FP: 1783 EF: 10224 | ||||||||
PLAYOFFS
Career playoff totals per season
| YEAR | TEAM | GP | GS | MIN | REB | AST | BLK | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978-79 | KCK | 5 | -- | 168 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 105 |
| FG: 39/76 3P: --/-- FT: 27/38 ST: 10 TO: 10 FP: 13 EF: 84 | ||||||||
| 1979-80 | KCK | 3 | -- | 112 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 66 |
| FG: 30/62 3P: 0/3 FT: 6/14 ST: 4 TO: 6 FP: 5 EF: 54 | ||||||||
| 1980-81 | KCK | 8 | -- | 234 | 21 | 27 | 0 | 124 |
| FG: 56/98 3P: 1/1 FT: 11/18 ST: 12 TO: 20 FP: 13 EF: 115 | ||||||||
| 1982-83 | NJN | 2 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 13 |
| FG: 6/16 3P: 0/1 FT: 1/2 ST: 3 TO: 1 FP: 3 EF: 15 | ||||||||
| 1983-84 | NJN | 11 | 0 | 387 | 26 | 41 | 1 | 167 |
| FG: 71/171 3P: 0/1 FT: 25/48 ST: 20 TO: 22 FP: 38 EF: 110 | ||||||||
| 1985-86 | NJN | 3 | 0 | 132 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 69 |
| FG: 29/55 3P: 0/3 FT: 11/19 ST: 6 TO: 9 FP: 14 EF: 57 | ||||||||
| 1988-89 | BOS | 3 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| FG: 1/5 3P: 0/2 FT: 0/0 ST: 1 TO: 3 FP: 3 EF: 0 | ||||||||
| Total | 35 | 0 | 1090 | 104 | 104 | 5 | 546 | |
| FG: 232/483 3P: 1/11 FT: 81/139 ST: 56 TO: 71 FP: 89 EF: 435 | ||||||||