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Here is the Boston Celtics 1980–81 roster and regular season player statistics.


Boston Celtics 1980–81 Roster

No. Player Pos Height Weight Age College
00 Robert Parish C 7’0″ 230 lb 27 Centenary
3 Charles Bradley SG 6’5″ 215 lb 21 Wyoming
7 Nate Archibald PG 6’1″ 150 lb 32 UTEP
11 Gerald Henderson SG 6’2″ 185 lb 25 VCU
20 Rick Robey C 6’11” 230 lb 24 Kentucky
30 M.L. Carr SF 6’6″ 210 lb 29 Guilford
31 Cedric Maxwell PF 6’8″ 205 lb 25 UNC Charlotte
32 Kevin McHale PF 6’10” 210 lb 23 Minnesota
33 Larry Bird SF 6’9″ 220 lb 24 Indiana State
35 Eric Fernsten PF 6’10” 225 lb 27 San Francisco
42 Chris Ford SG 6’5″ 190 lb 31 Villanova
50 Terry Duerod SG 6’2″ 180 lb 24 Detroit Mercy
HC Bill Fitch Coe College


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 24 82 82 39.5 21.2 10.9 5.5 2.0 0.8 3.5 18.3 8.8 .478 0.9 0.2 .270 4.0 3.5 .863
Robert Parish C 27 82 82 28.0 18.9 9.5 1.8 1.0 2.6 2.3 14.2 7.7 .545 0.0 0.0 .000 4.8 3.4 .710
Cedric Maxwell SF 25 81 81 33.7 15.2 6.5 2.7 1.0 0.8 2.2 9.3 5.4 .588 0.0 0.0 .000 5.6 4.3 .782
Tiny Archibald PG 32 80 72 35.3 13.8 2.2 7.7 0.9 0.2 3.3 9.6 4.8 .499 0.1 0.0 .000 5.2 4.3 .816
Kevin McHale PF 23 82 1 20.1 10.0 4.4 0.7 0.3 1.8 1.3 8.1 4.3 .533 0.0 0.0 .000 1.9 1.3 .679
Rick Robey C 25 82 4 19.1 9.0 4.8 1.5 0.5 0.2 1.7 6.7 3.6 .545 0.0 0.0 .000 3.1 1.8 .574
Chris Ford SG 32 82 75 33.2 8.9 2.0 3.6 1.2 0.3 1.5 8.6 3.8 .444 1.3 0.4 .330 1.1 0.8 .736
Gerald Henderson PG 25 82 10 19.6 7.8 1.6 2.6 1.0 0.1 2.0 7.1 3.2 .451 0.2 0.0 .063 1.9 1.4 .720
M.L. Carr SF 30 41 7 16.0 6.0 2.0 1.4 0.7 0.4 1.1 5.3 2.4 .449 0.3 0.0 .071 1.6 1.3 .791
Terry Duerod SG 24 32 0 3.6 2.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.3 2.3 0.9 .411 0.3 0.2 .600 0.4 0.4 .929
Eric Fernsten C 27 45 0 6.2 2.1 1.4 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.4 1.8 0.8 .481 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 0.4 .667
Wayne Kreklow SG 24 25 0 4.0 1.2 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.4 1.9 0.4 .234 0.2 0.0 .250 0.4 0.3 .700
Totals     82 82 241.2 109.9 43.6 26.9 8.3 7.2 19.2 86.6 43.7 .504 2.9 0.8 .270 28.9 21.7 .752

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 24 17 17 44.1 21.9 14.0 6.1 2.3 1.0 3.6 18.4 8.6 .470 0.5 0.2 .375 5.0 4.5 .894
Cedric Maxwell SF 25 17 17 35.2 16.1 7.4 2.7 0.7 0.9 2.5 10.2 5.9 .580 0.0 0.0 .000 5.2 4.2 .818
Tiny Archibald PG 32 17 17 37.1 15.6 1.6 6.3 0.8 0.0 2.9 12.4 5.6 .450 0.3 0.0 .000 5.5 4.5 .809
Robert Parish C 27 17 17 28.9 15.0 8.6 1.1 1.2 2.3 2.6 12.9 6.4 .493 0.0 0.0 .000 3.4 2.3 .672
Kevin McHale PF 23 17 17 17.4 8.5 3.5 0.8 0.2 1.5 0.9 6.6 3.6 .540 0.0 0.0 .000 2.1 1.4 .639
Chris Ford SG 32 17 17 29.8 9.1 2.6 2.7 0.8 0.1 1.1 8.6 3.9 .452 1.5 0.4 .280 1.5 0.9 .600
M.L. Carr SF 30 17 17 16.9 6.0 1.5 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.5 5.9 2.5 .416 0.2 0.0 .000 1.4 1.1 .750
Gerald Henderson PG 25 16 16 14.3 5.8 1.6 1.6 0.6 0.2 0.8 5.4 2.6 .477 0.1 0.0 .000 0.8 0.6 .833
Rick Robey C 25 17 17 15.6 5.1 3.5 0.7 0.1 0.3 1.1 4.8 2.1 .432 0.0 0.0 .000 2.1 0.9 .457
Terry Duerod SG 24 10 10 1.2 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 1.0 0.4 .400 0.2 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000
Eric Fernsten C 27 8 8 1.8 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.3 .667
Totals     17 17 240.0 103.4 44.4 22.8 7.5 6.6 16.3 85.7 41.2 .480 2.6 0.6 .222 27.1 20.4 .754

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%
Terry Duerod SG 24 32 0 3.6 24.9 1.6 1.9 1.6 0.0 3.2 23.1 9.5 .411 3.2 1.9 .600 4.4 4.1 .929
Robert Parish C 27 82 82 28.0 24.3 12.2 2.3 1.3 3.4 3.0 18.3 9.9 .545 0.0 0.0 .000 6.2 4.4 .710
Larry Bird PF 24 82 82 39.5 19.4 9.9 5.0 1.8 0.7 3.2 16.7 8.0 .478 0.8 0.2 .270 3.6 3.1 .863
Kevin McHale PF 23 82 1 20.1 17.9 7.9 1.2 0.6 3.3 2.4 14.6 7.8 .533 0.0 0.0 .000 3.5 2.4 .679
Rick Robey C 25 82 4 19.1 17.0 8.9 2.9 0.9 0.4 3.2 12.6 6.8 .545 0.0 0.0 .000 5.8 3.3 .574
Cedric Maxwell SF 25 81 81 33.7 16.3 6.9 2.9 1.0 0.9 2.4 9.9 5.8 .588 0.0 0.0 .000 5.9 4.6 .782
Gerald Henderson PG 25 82 10 19.6 14.2 3.0 4.8 1.8 0.3 3.6 13.0 5.8 .451 0.4 0.0 .063 3.5 2.5 .720
Tiny Archibald PG 32 80 72 35.3 14.1 2.2 7.9 1.0 0.2 3.4 9.8 4.9 .499 0.1 0.0 .000 5.3 4.4 .816
M.L. Carr SF 30 41 7 16.0 13.6 4.6 3.1 1.6 1.0 2.6 11.9 5.3 .449 0.8 0.1 .071 3.7 2.9 .791
Chris Ford SG 32 82 75 33.2 9.6 2.2 3.9 1.3 0.3 1.7 9.3 4.2 .444 1.4 0.5 .330 1.2 0.8 .736
Wayne Kreklow SG 24 25 0 4.0 10.8 4.3 3.2 0.7 0.4 3.6 16.9 4.0 .234 1.4 0.4 .250 3.6 2.5 .700
Eric Fernsten C 27 45 0 6.2 12.4 8.0 1.3 0.8 0.9 2.6 10.2 4.9 .481 0.0 0.0 .000 3.9 2.6 .667
Totals     82 82 3239 203.0 74.2 37.0 15.1 11.2 33.0 197.0 100.0 .480 5.0 2.9 .222 48.0 36.0 .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%
Terry Duerod SG 24 10 0 12.0 24.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 3.0 24.0 12.0 .400 6.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000
Robert Parish C 27 17 17 28.9 18.7 10.7 1.4 1.5 2.9 3.2 16.0 7.9 .493 0.0 0.0 .000 4.2 2.9 .672
Kevin McHale PF 23 17 1 17.4 17.6 7.2 1.7 0.5 3.0 1.8 13.7 7.4 .540 0.0 0.0 .000 4.4 2.8 .639
Larry Bird PF 24 17 17 44.1 17.9 11.4 4.9 1.9 0.8 3.0 15.0 7.1 .470 0.4 0.1 .375 4.1 3.6 .894
Cedric Maxwell SF 25 17 17 35.2 16.5 7.5 2.8 0.7 1.0 2.6 10.5 6.1 .580 0.0 0.0 .000 5.3 4.3 .818
Gerald Henderson PG 25 16 10 14.3 14.5 3.9 4.1 1.6 0.5 1.9 13.6 6.5 .477 0.2 0.0 .000 1.9 1.6 .833
Tiny Archibald PG 32 17 17 37.1 15.2 1.6 6.1 0.7 0.0 2.9 12.1 5.4 .450 0.3 0.0 .000 5.4 4.3 .809
M.L. Carr SF 30 17 7 16.9 12.7 3.1 1.7 1.2 0.7 1.0 12.6 5.2 .416 0.5 0.0 .000 3.0 2.3 .750
Rick Robey C 25 17 4 15.6 11.7 8.2 1.6 0.3 0.7 2.6 11.0 4.8 .432 0.0 0.0 .000 4.8 2.2 .457
Chris Ford SG 32 17 17 29.8 10.9 3.2 3.3 1.0 0.1 1.3 10.4 4.7 .452 1.8 0.5 .280 1.8 1.1 .600
Eric Fernsten C 27 8 0 1.8 5.1 10.3 2.6 2.6 0.0 0.0 7.7 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 7.7 5.1 .667
Totals     17 17 750 168.1 62.4 29.6 13.1 9.6 21.0 156.0 80.0 .475 8.2 0.9 .222 50.0 33.0 .740

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 24 82 82 3239 1741 895 451 161 63 289 1503 719 .478 74 20 .270 328 283 .863
Robert Parish C 27 82 82 2298 1552 777 144 81 214 191 1166 635 .545 1 0 .000 397 282 .710
Cedric Maxwell SF 25 81 81 2730 1234 525 219 79 68 180 750 441 .588 1 0 .000 450 352 .782
Tiny Archibald PG 32 80 72 2820 1106 176 618 75 18 265 766 382 .499 9 0 .000 419 342 .816
Kevin McHale PF 23 82 1 1645 818 359 55 27 151 110 666 355 .533 2 0 .000 159 108 .679
Rick Robey C 25 82 4 1569 740 390 126 38 19 141 547 298 .545 1 0 .000 251 144 .574
Gerald Henderson PG 25 82 10 1608 636 132 213 79 12 160 579 261 .451 16 1 .063 157 113 .720
Chris Ford SG 32 82 75 2723 728 163 295 100 23 127 707 314 .444 109 36 .330 87 64 .736
M.L. Carr SF 30 41 7 655 248 83 56 30 18 47 216 97 .449 14 1 .071 67 53 .791
Eric Fernsten C 27 45 0 279 96 62 10 6 7 20 79 38 .481 0 0 .000 30 20 .667
Terry Duerod SG 24 32 0 114 79 5 6 5 0 10 73 30 .411 10 6 .600 14 13 .929
Wayne Kreklow SG 24 25 0 100 30 12 9 2 1 10 47 11 .234 4 1 .250 10 7 .700
Totals     82 82 19780 9008 3579 2202 683 594 1550 7099 3581 .504 241 65 .270 2369 1781 .752

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 24 17 17 750 373 238 103 39 17 62 313 147 .470 8 3 .375 85 76 .894
Cedric Maxwell SF 25 17 17 598 274 125 46 12 16 43 174 101 .580 0 0 .000 88 72 .818
Tiny Archibald PG 32 17 17 630 266 28 107 13 0 50 211 95 .450 5 0 .000 94 76 .809
Robert Parish C 27 17 17 492 255 146 19 21 39 44 219 108 .493 0 0 .000 58 39 .672
Kevin McHale PF 23 17 17 296 145 59 14 4 25 15 113 61 .540 0 0 .000 36 23 .639
Gerald Henderson PG 25 16 10 228 92 25 26 10 3 12 86 41 .477 1 0 .000 12 10 .833
M.L. Carr SF 30 17 7 288 102 25 14 10 6 8 101 42 .416 4 0 .000 24 18 .750
Chris Ford SG 32 17 17 507 154 45 46 14 1 19 146 66 .452 25 7 .280 25 15 .600
Rick Robey C 25 17 4 265 86 60 12 2 5 19 81 35 .432 0 0 .000 35 16 .457
Eric Fernsten C 27 8 0 14 2 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 .000 0 0 .000 3 2 .667
Terry Duerod SG 24 10 0 12 8 0 0 1 0 1 10 4 .400 2 0 .000 0 0 .000
Totals     17 17 4080 1757 755 388 127 112 273 1457 700 .480 45 10 .222 460 347 .754

Team Impact Spotlight

Player Name Role Tier MPG Usage Tier PPG RPG APG STK (SPG+BPG) Impact Index* Notes Awards
Larry Bird Primary Star 39.5 High 21.2 10.9 5.5 2.8 20.2 Team’s focal point on both ends; transformed Celtics from a losing club into contender; elite scoring, rebounding, and playmaking as a rookie and triple‑double threat. Bird was the engine of the offense and defense, consistently creating for others and winning tough rebounds. MVP‑2, AS, NBA1
Cedric Maxwell Secondary Scorer / Defensive Versatile Forward 33.7 Medium‑High 15.2 6.5 2.7 1.8 13.1 Efficient inside scorer and reliable rebounder with a strong low‑post game; added physicality and complemented Bird. Known for fundamentals in the paint and being a key two‑way contributor.
Tiny Archibald Lead Ball‑Handler / Facilitator 35.3 High (Assist‑Heavy) 13.8 2.2 7.7 1.1 12.4 Veteran point guard who drove the offense and paced team assists; controlled tempo and created high‑quality shots for teammates. His experienced distribution stabilized the attack. MVP‑9, AS, NBA2
Robert Parish Interior Scorer / Big Man 28.0 Medium 18.9 9.5 1.8 3.6 16.9 Strong, high‑efficiency center with inside scoring and rebounding; durable and physical presence. Added toughness to Celtics frontcourt and was one of the top scoring bigs. MVP‑7, AS
Kevin McHale Sixth Man / Impact Reserve 20.1 Medium 10.0 4.4 0.7 2.1 8.6 Young bench scorer with efficient post moves and interior defense; provided energy and scoring punch in limited minutes. Seen as future cornerstone and classic Celtics reserve weapon. ROY‑4
Rick Robey Role Big / Backup Center 19.1 Low 9.0 4.8 1.5 0.7 8.0 Reliable backup who offered interior defense and rebounding; spacing and steady minutes in rotation to relieve starters.
Chris Ford Perimeter Role Player 33.2 Low 8.9 2.0 3.6 1.5 7.5 Provided shooting and veteran leadership; played a catch‑and‑shoot role and helped spacing. Not a primary creator but contributed solid role minutes.
Gerald Henderson Energy Guard / Spot Minutes 19.6 Low 7.8 1.6 2.6 1.1 6.5 Bench perimeter player providing defensive activity and short burst offense; impacted games in short stints.
M.L. Carr Wing Support / Glue 16.0 Low 6.0 2.0 1.4 1.1 5.2 Depth wing offering defense and hustle; contributed occasional scores and rebounds in limited role.
Terry Duerod Spot Scorer 3.6 Very Low 2.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 1.5 Limited minutes; energy and occasional scoring spark.
Eric Fernsten Reserve Big 6.2 Very Low 2.1 1.4 0.2 0.3 2.0 Fringe rotation player giving brief relief to frontcourt.
Wayne Kreklow Deep Bench 4.0 Very Low 1.2 0.5 0.4 0.1 1.1 Deep reserve guard with minimal on‑court impact.