Boston Celtics accomplishments and records

This is a comprehensive list of the accomplishments and records of the Boston Celtics. The Celtics are an American professional basketball team currently playing in the National Basketball Association.

Celtics' NBA championship banners hanging from the rafters at TD Garden

Playoffs

Championships (18)

The Celtics' 18 NBA Championships are the most of any NBA franchise. Boston's first 13 championships were won as the Walter A. Brown Trophy (original trophy retired in 1976), and five recent championships were won as the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy (introduced in 1977 as the second incarnation of the Walter A. Brown Trophy, renamed in 1984).^[1]

Conference titles (11)

Since 2022, the Eastern Conference championship trophy was renamed the Bob Cousy Trophy in honor of the legendary Celtics player.^[2]^[3]

Division titles (34)

Since 2022, the Atlantic Division championship was awarded to that division's first-place team, and was named the Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton Trophy in honor of the first African American player to sign an NBA contract.^[4]^[5]

Regular season titles (19)

Since 2023, the NBA has awarded the Maurice Podoloff Trophy to the team who finished with the best overall record in the regular season.^[6]

2024

Hall of Fame

37 people were inducted in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as players, 6 – as coaches, 6 – as contributors.^[7]

Boston Celtics Hall of Famers
Players
No.	Name	Position	Tenure	Inducted	No.	Name	Position	Tenure	Inducted
22	Ed Macauley	F/C	1950–1956	1960	17	Andy Phillip	G	1956–1958	1961
14	Bob Cousy	G	1950–1963	1971	6	Bill Russell ³	C	1956–1969	1975
21	Bill Sharman	G	1951–1961	1976	23	Frank Ramsey	G/F	1954–1964	1982
24	Sam Jones	G/F	1957–1969	1984	17	John Havlicek	G/F	1962–1978	1984
15 20	Tom Heinsohn ¹	F	1956–1965	1986	20	Bob Houbregs	C/F	1954	1987
44	Pete Maravich	G	1980	1987	4 34	Clyde Lovellette	C	1962–1964	1988
25 27	K. C. Jones	G	1958–1967	1989	44	Dave Bing	G	1977–1978	1990
18	Dave Cowens	F/C	1970–1980	1991	7	Nate Archibald	G	1978–1983	1991
5	Bill Walton	C	1985–1988	1993	18	Bailey Howell	F	1966–1970	1997
19	Arnie Risen	C	1955–1958	1998	33	Larry Bird ²	F	1979–1992	1998
32	Kevin McHale	F	1980–1993	1999	11	Bob McAdoo	C/F	1979	2000
00	Robert Parish	C	1980–1994	2003	12	Dominique Wilkins	F	1994–1995	2006
3	Dennis Johnson	G	1983–1990	2010	53	Artis Gilmore	C	1988	2011
20	Gary Payton	G	2004–2005	2013	10	Jo Jo White	G	1969–1979	2015
36	Shaquille O'Neal	C	2010–2011	2016	11	Charlie Scott	G	1975–1977	2018
40	Dino Rađa	F/C	1994–1997	2018	20	Ray Allen	G	2007–2012	2018
11	Chuck Cooper	F	1950–1954	2019	4	Carl Braun	G	1961–1962	2019
44	Paul Westphal	G	1972–1975	2019	5	Kevin Garnett	F	2007–2013	2020
34	Paul Pierce	F	1998–2013	2021	4	Chauncey Billups	G	1997–1998	2024
Coaches
Name		Position	Tenure	Inducted	Name		Position	Tenure	Inducted
Doggie Julian		Head coach	1948–1950	1968	2	Red Auerbach	Head coach	1950–1966	1969
Rick Pitino		Head coach	1997–2001	2013	Tom Heinsohn ¹		Head coach	1969–1978	2015
Bill Fitch		Head coach	1979–1983	2019	Bill Russell ³		Head coach	1966–1969	2021
Contributors
Name		Position	Tenure	Inducted	Name		Position	Tenure	Inducted
1	Walter A. Brown	Owner	1945–1964	1965	Bill Mokray		Executive	1946–1969	1965
28	Wayne Embry	C	1966–1968	1999	Dave Gavitt		Executive	1990–1994	2006
16	Satch Sanders ⁴	F	1960–1973	2011	17	Don Barksdale	F	1953–1955	2012

Additionally, Johnny Most and Mike Gorman were honored with the Hall of Fame's Curt Gowdy Media Award. Most was awarded in 1993 for his 37-year career as the Celtics radio announcer, while Gorman was awarded in 2021 for his 40-year career as the Celtics television announcer.

Notes:

¹ In total, Heinsohn was inducted into the Hall of Fame twice – as player and as coach.
² In total, Bird was inducted into the Hall of Fame twice – as player and as a member of the 1992 Olympic team.
³ In total, Russell was inducted into the Hall of Fame twice – as player and as coach.
⁴ Sanders was also coached the team in 1978.

Retired numbers

The Celtics have retired 23 numbers,^[8]^[9] the most of any professional sports franchise in North America.^[10]

Robert Parish, C (1980–1994); retired January 18, 1998
Walter A. Brown, founder, owner (1946–1964); retired October 17, 1964
Red Auerbach, head coach, executive (1950–2006); retired January 4, 1985
Dennis Johnson, G (1983–1990); retired December 13, 1991
Kevin Garnett, F (2007–2013); retired March 13, 2022
Bill Russell, C ¹ (1956–1969); retired March 12, 1972
Jo Jo White, PG (1969–1979); retired April 9, 1982
Bob Cousy, PG (1950–1963); retired October 16, 1963
Tom Heinsohn, F ²
(1956–1965); retired October 15, 1966
Satch Sanders, PF ³
(1960–1973); retired January 19, 1973
John Havlicek, SF (1962–1978); retired October 13, 1978
Dave Cowens, C ⁴
(1970–1980); retired February 8, 1981
Jim Loscutoff, PF ⁵ (1955–1964); retired April 8, 1977
Don Nelson, F (1965–1976); retired December 15, 1976
Bill Sharman, G (1951–1961); retired October 15, 1966
Ed Macauley, C (1950–1956); retired October 16, 1963
Frank Ramsey, SF (1954–1964); retired October 16, 1965
Sam Jones, SG (1957–1969); retired March 9, 1969
K.C. Jones, PG ⁶ (1958–1967); retired February 12, 1967
Cedric Maxwell, SF ⁷ (1977–1985); retired December 15, 2003
Kevin McHale, PF (1980–1993); retired January 30, 1994
Larry Bird, F (1979–1992); retired February 4, 1993
Paul Pierce, F (1998–2013); retired February 11, 2018
Reggie Lewis, PG ⁸ (1987–1993); retired March 22, 1995
Johnny Most, broadcaster (1953–1990); retired 1990

¹ Also served as head coach (1966–69). Retired league-wide in 2022.
² Also served as head coach (1969–78); as broadcaster (1966–1969, 1980–2020).
³ Also served as head coach (1978).
⁴ Also served as head coach (1978–79).
⁵ Loscutoff, who wore #18, asked that his legacy be honored by allowing other Celtics to wear his number in the future. On one of the banners of retired numbers at the TD Garden, Loscutoff is represented by a square with the letters "LOSCY". #18 was later retired for Dave Cowens.
⁶ Also served as head coach (1983–88).
⁷ Also served as broadcaster (1995-present); briefly wore No. 30 in 1977–78.
⁸ Died of a cardiac arrest while still playing for the team; number retired posthumously.