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Here’s the Boston Celtics 1979–80 roster and regular season player statistics.


Boston Celtics 1979–80 Roster

No. Player Pos Height Weight Age College
00 Robert Parish¹ C 7’0″ 230 lb 26 Centenary
6 Don Chaney SG 6’5″ 210 lb 33 Houston
7 Nate Archibald PG 6’1″ 150 lb 31 UTEP
11 Gerald Henderson SG 6’2″ 185 lb 24 VCU
12 Terry Duerod SG 6’2″ 180 lb 23 Detroit Mercy
17 John Nelson² SF 6’7″ 205 lb 25 Duke
18 Dave Cowens C 6’9″ 230 lb 31 Florida State
20 Marty Byrnes SF 6’7″ 215 lb 23 Syracuse
24 Larry Bird SF 6’9″ 220 lb 23 Indiana State
26 Eric Fernsten PF 6’10” 225 lb 26 San Francisco
27 Rick Robey C 6’11” 230 lb 23 Kentucky
30 M.L. Carr SF 6’6″ 210 lb 28 Guilford
33 Larry Bird SF 6’9″ 220 lb 23 Indiana State
34 Cedric Maxwell PF 6’8″ 205 lb 24 UNC Charlotte
35 Bob McAdoo³ PF 6’9″ 210 lb 28 North Carolina
Chris Ford SG 6’5″ 190 lb 30 Villanova

Notes:
¹ Robert Parish was traded to Boston the following season (1980–81).
² John Nelson did not play regular season games.
³ Bob McAdoo played only 20 games before being waived.


Regular Season Per Game

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Larry Bird PF 23 82 82 36.0 21.3 10.4 4.5 1.7 0.6 3.2 17.8 8.5 .474 1.7 0.7 .406 4.4 3.7 .836
Cedric Maxwell SF 24 80 80 34.3 16.9 8.8 2.5 1.0 0.8 2.9 9.4 5.7 .609 0.0 0.0 .000 6.9 5.5 .787
Dave Cowens C 31 66 55 32.7 14.2 8.1 3.1 1.0 0.9 1.6 14.1 6.4 .453 0.2 0.0 .083 1.8 1.4 .779
Tiny Archibald PG 31 80 80 35.8 14.1 2.5 8.4 1.3 0.1 3.0 9.9 4.8 .482 0.2 0.1 .222 5.4 4.5 .830
Chris Ford SG 31 73 73 29.0 11.2 2.5 2.9 1.5 0.4 1.4 9.7 4.5 .465 2.2 1.0 .427 1.6 1.2 .754
M.L. Carr SF 29 82 7 24.3 11.1 4.0 1.9 1.5 0.4 1.7 9.3 4.4 .474 0.5 0.1 .293 2.9 2.2 .739
Rick Robey C 24 82 27 23.4 11.5 6.5 1.1 0.6 0.2 1.8 8.9 4.6 .521 0.0 0.0 .000 3.3 2.2 .684
Pete Maravich SG 32 26 4 17.0 11.5 1.5 1.1 0.3 0.1 1.4 9.6 4.7 .494 0.2 0.1 .750 2.1 1.9 .909
Gerald Henderson PG 24 76 2 14.0 6.2 1.1 1.9 0.6 0.2 1.4 5.0 2.5 .500 0.1 0.0 .333 1.7 1.2 .690
Jeff Judkins SF 23 65 0 10.4 5.4 1.0 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.8 4.2 2.1 .504 0.4 0.2 .407 1.2 1.0 .816
Don Chaney SG 33 60 0 8.7 2.8 1.2 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.6 3.2 1.1 .354 0.1 0.0 .167 0.7 0.5 .762
Eric Fernsten PF 26 56 0 7.7 3.1 1.7 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.4 2.7 1.3 .464 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 0.6 .635
Totals     82 82 242.4 113.5 44.9 26.8 9.9 3.8 18.8 42.1 44.1 .490 5.1 2.0 .384 29.9 23.3 .779

Playoff Per Game

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Larry Bird PF 23 9 9 41.3 21.3 11.2 4.7 1.6 0.9 3.7 19.7 9.2 .469 1.7 0.4 .267 2.8 2.4 .880
Cedric Maxwell SF 24 9 9 35.6 18.2 10.0 2.1 0.6 1.1 2.4 10.3 6.6 .634 0.0 0.0 .000 6.8 5.1 .754
Tiny Archibald PG 31 9 9 36.9 14.2 1.2 7.9 1.1 0.0 4.2 9.9 5.0 .506 0.2 0.1 .500 4.7 4.1 .881
Dave Cowens C 31 9 9 33.4 12.0 7.3 2.3 1.0 0.8 0.9 11.4 5.4 .476 0.2 0.0 .000 1.2 1.1 .909
Chris Ford SG 31 9 9 31.0 9.1 2.8 2.3 1.6 0.7 1.4 8.8 3.8 .430 1.4 0.2 .154 1.7 1.3 .800
M.L. Carr SF 29 9 9 19.1 9.1 3.7 1.2 0.7 0.1 0.8 8.9 3.6 .400 0.6 0.2 .400 2.7 1.8 .667
Rick Robey C 24 9 9 16.8 6.1 3.6 1.1 0.8 0.3 0.9 5.9 2.7 .453 0.1 0.0 .000 1.6 0.8 .500
Pete Maravich SG 32 9 9 11.6 6.0 0.9 0.7 0.3 0.0 1.0 5.7 2.8 .490 0.7 0.2 .333 0.3 0.2 .667
Gerald Henderson PG 24 9 9 11.2 4.7 1.1 1.3 0.4 0.0 0.8 4.1 1.7 .405 0.2 0.0 .000 2.2 1.3 .600
Eric Fernsten PF 26 5 5 3.6 1.2 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.4 1.2 0.4 .333 0.0 0.0 .000 0.6 0.4 .667
Jeff Judkins SF 23 7 7 1.4 1.3 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.1 0.6 .500 0.4 0.1 .333 0.0 0.0 .000
Totals     9 9 240.0 102.4 42.8 23.7 8.1 4.2 16.4 86.2 41.3 .479 5.4 1.3 .245 24.2 18.4 .761

Regular Season Per 36 Minutes

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Pete Maravich SG 32 26 4 17.0 24.4 3.1 2.4 0.7 0.2 3.0 20.3 10.0 .494 0.3 0.2 .750 4.5 4.1 .909
Larry Bird PF 23 82 82 36.0 21.3 10.4 4.5 1.7 0.6 3.2 17.8 8.4 .474 1.7 0.7 .406 4.4 3.7 .836
Rick Robey C 24 82 27 23.4 17.7 9.9 1.7 1.0 0.3 2.8 13.6 7.1 .521 0.0 0.0 .000 5.0 3.5 .684
Cedric Maxwell SF 24 80 80 34.3 17.7 9.2 2.6 1.0 0.8 3.0 9.8 6.0 .609 0.0 0.0 .000 7.3 5.7 .787
Jeff Judkins SF 23 65 0 10.4 18.7 3.5 2.5 1.5 0.3 2.6 14.7 7.4 .504 1.4 0.6 .407 4.1 3.3 .816
M.L. Carr SF 29 82 7 24.3 16.5 6.0 2.8 2.2 0.6 2.6 13.8 6.5 .474 0.7 0.2 .293 4.4 3.2 .739
Gerald Henderson PG 24 76 2 14.0 16.0 2.8 5.0 1.5 0.5 3.7 13.0 6.5 .500 0.2 0.1 .333 4.4 3.0 .690
Dave Cowens C 31 66 55 32.7 15.7 8.9 3.4 1.2 1.0 1.8 15.5 7.0 .453 0.2 0.0 .083 2.0 1.6 .779
Tiny Archibald PG 31 80 80 35.8 14.2 2.5 8.4 1.3 0.1 3.0 10.0 4.8 .482 0.2 0.1 .222 5.5 4.5 .830
Eric Fernsten PF 26 56 0 7.7 14.6 8.0 2.3 1.4 1.0 1.7 12.8 5.9 .464 0.0 0.0 .000 4.3 2.8 .635
Chris Ford SG 31 73 73 29.0 13.9 3.1 3.7 1.9 0.5 1.8 12.1 5.6 .465 2.8 1.2 .427 1.9 1.5 .754

Playoff Per 36 Minutes

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Jeff Judkins SF 23 7 10 14.4 32.4 14.4 0.0 3.6 0.0 0.0 18.0 10.8 .500 10.8 3.6 .333 0.0 0.0 .000
Pete Maravich SG 32 9 9 11.6 18.7 2.8 2.1 1.0 0.0 3.1 17.7 8.7 .490 2.1 0.7 .333 1.0 0.7 .667
Larry Bird PF 23 9 9 41.3 18.6 9.8 4.1 1.4 0.8 3.2 17.1 8.0 .469 1.5 0.4 .267 2.4 2.1 .880
Cedric Maxwell SF 24 9 9 35.6 18.5 10.1 2.1 0.6 1.1 2.5 10.5 6.6 .634 0.0 0.0 .000 6.9 5.2 .754
M.L. Carr SF 29 9 9 19.1 17.2 6.9 2.3 1.3 0.2 1.5 16.7 6.7 .400 1.0 0.4 .400 5.0 3.3 .667
Rick Robey C 24 9 9 16.8 13.1 7.6 2.4 1.7 0.7 1.9 12.6 5.7 .453 0.2 0.0 .000 4.5 3.1 .500
Eric Fernsten PF 26 5 0 3.6 12.0 10.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 4.0 12.0 4.0 .333 0.0 0.0 .000 6.0 4.0 .667
Gerald Henderson PG 24 9 9 11.2 15.0 3.6 4.3 1.4 0.0 2.5 13.2 5.3 .405 0.7 0.0 .000 7.1 4.3 .600
Chris Ford SG 31 9 9 31.0 10.6 3.2 2.7 1.8 0.8 1.7 10.2 4.4 .430 1.7 0.3 .154 1.9 1.5 .800
Dave Cowens C 31 9 9 33.4 12.9 7.9 2.5 1.1 0.8 1.0 12.3 5.9 .476 0.2 0.0 .000 1.3 1.2 .909
Tiny Archibald PG 31 9 9 36.9 13.9 1.2 7.7 1.1 0.0 4.1 9.7 4.9 .506 0.2 0.1 .500 4.6 4.0 .881

Regular Season Totals

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Larry Bird PF 23 82 82 2955 1745 852 370 143 53 263 1463 693 .474 143 58 .406 360 301 .836
Rick Robey C 24 82 27 1918 942 530 92 53 15 151 727 379 .521 1 0 1.000 269 184 .684
M.L. Carr SF 29 82 7 1994 914 330 156 120 36 143 763 362 .474 41 12 .293 241 178 .739
Cedric Maxwell SF 24 80 80 2744 1350 704 199 76 61 230 750 457 .609 0 0 .000 554 436 .787
Tiny Archibald PG 31 80 80 2864 1131 197 671 106 10 242 794 383 .482 18 4 .222 435 361 .830
Chris Ford SG 31 73 73 2115 816 181 215 111 27 105 709 330 .465 164 70 .427 114 86 .754
Jeff Judkins SF 23 65 0 674 351 66 47 29 5 49 276 139 .504 27 11 .407 76 62 .816
Pete Maravich SG 32 26 4 442 299 38 29 9 2 37 249 123 .494 4 3 .750 55 50 .909
Dave Cowens C 31 66 55 2159 940 534 206 69 61 108 932 422 .453 12 1 .083 122 95 .779
Gerald Henderson PG 24 76 2 1061 473 83 147 45 15 109 382 191 .500 6 2 .333 129 89 .690
Eric Fernsten PF 26 56 0 431 175 96 28 17 12 20 153 71 .464 0 0 .000 52 33 .635
Totals     82 82 19880 9303 3684 2198 809 308 1490 7387 3617 .490 422 162 .384 2449 1907 .779

Playoff Totals

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Larry Bird PF 23 9 9 372 192 101 42 14 8 33 177 83 .469 15 4 .267 25 22 .880
Cedric Maxwell SF 24 9 9 320 164 90 19 5 10 22 93 59 .634 0 0 .000 61 46 .754
Tiny Archibald PG 31 9 9 332 128 11 71 10 0 38 89 45 .506 2 1 .500 42 37 .881
Dave Cowens C 31 9 9 301 108 66 21 9 7 8 103 49 .476 2 0 .000 11 10 .909
M.L. Carr SF 29 9 9 172 82 33 11 6 1 7 80 32 .400 5 2 .400 24 16 .667
Chris Ford SG 31 9 9 279 82 25 21 14 6 13 79 34 .430 13 2 .154 15 12 .800
Rick Robey C 24 9 9 151 55 32 10 7 3 8 53 24 .453 1 0 .000 14 7 .500
Pete Maravich SG 32 9 9 104 54 8 6 3 0 9 51 25 .490 6 2 .333 3 2 .667
Gerald Henderson PG 24 9 9 101 42 10 12 4 0 7 37 15 .405 2 0 .000 20 12 .600
Jeff Judkins SF 23 7 7 10 9 4 0 1 0 0 8 4 .500 3 1 .333 0 0 .000
Eric Fernsten PF 26 5 5 18 6 5 0 0 3 2 6 2 .333 0 0 .000 3 2 .667
Totals     9 9 2160 922 385 213 73 38 147 776 372 .479 49 12 .245 218 166 .761

Team Impact Spotlight

Player Name Role Tier MPG Usage Tier PPG RPG APG STK (SPG+BPG) Impact Index* Notes Awards
Larry Bird Franchise Anchor / All‑Around Star 36.0 High 21.3 10.4 4.5 2.3 19.2 Rookie phenom who immediately transformed the Celtics into contenders; elite scorer, passer, and rebounder with high basketball IQ and leadership that catalysed a dramatic improvement from the prior season. Bird served as the team’s primary offensive engine and versatile interior/outside weapon. MVP‑4, ROY‑1, AS, NBA1
Cedric Maxwell Secondary Scoring Forward 34.3 Medium‑High 16.9 8.8 2.5 1.8 14.0 Efficient low‑post scorer and rugged rebounder who anchored the frontcourt alongside Bird; led team with top shooting efficiency and complementary interior scoring that balanced the attack.
Tiny Archibald Lead Facilitator / Scoring Guard 35.8 High (Assist‑Centric) 14.1 2.5 8.4 1.4 13.2 Veteran point guard orchestrating the offence with high assist volume; key playmaker who drove tempo and created scoring opportunities for starters. Archibald’s penetration and redistribution were core to set‑ups. MVP‑5, AS
Dave Cowens Defensive Anchor / Inside All‑Star 32.7 Medium 14.2 8.1 3.1 1.9 13.7 Physical center anchoring the paint on both ends; strong rebounder and interior defender with playmaking ability for a big man. Cowens provided toughness and defensive stability. AS, DEF2
Rick Robey Backup Big / Interior Contributor 23.4 Medium 11.5 6.5 1.1 0.8 9.9 Serviceable rotation big offering size, defensive rebounding, and scoring relief for Cowens; contributed with physical interior presence and minutes off bench.
Chris Ford Shooting Specialist / Role Wing 29.0 Medium 11.2 2.5 2.9 1.9 9.2 Starting shooting guard with three‑point shooting and veteran stability; played a catch‑and‑shoot role and also contributed defensively as a wing.
M.L. Carr Versatile Reserve Forward 24.3 Medium 11.1 4.0 1.9 1.9 9.4 Important role player known for hustle, perimeter defense, and secondary scoring; provided energy and physicality when starters rested.
Pete Maravich Scoring Reserve Addition 17.0 Medium 11.5 1.5 1.1 0.4 7.3 Mid‑season pickup who offered scoring punch off the bench; played limited minutes but contributed scoring and veteran creativity in reserve guard role.
Gerald Henderson Young Backup Guard 14.0 Low 6.2 1.1 1.9 0.8 4.9 Rookie guard providing energy, defense, and occasional bench playmaking; not central to offence but impactful in short spurts.
Jeff Judkins Bench Wing / Spot Scorer 10.4 Low 5.4 1.0 0.7 0.5 3.8 Role player giving brief offensive contributions in limited minutes as a bench wing.
Eric Fernsten Deep Reserve Frontcourt 7.7 Low 3.1 1.7 0.5 0.5 2.9 Deep rotation big providing size and occasional rebounds in very limited minutes.
Don Chaney Veteran Defensive Wing 8.7 Low 2.8 1.2 0.6 0.7 2.5 Veteran swingman known more for defensive toughness than volume scoring; provided depth and experience.