No. 00
DOUNOBALL Team History
Boston Celtics
The franchise story: championships, record holders, retired jerseys, identities and the seasons that shaped it.
All NBA teams
Image credit
1946
Archive begins
18
Championships
23
Retired jerseys
1960
Franchise archive
Life in the old Cousy yet
Bob Cousy pushes the ball in NBA action, photographed in 1960.
William C. Greene / New York World-Telegram & Sun · Library of Congress, New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection
In the rafters
Retired jerseys
The numbers and people permanently honoured by this franchise.
No. 1
Walter A. Brown
No. 2
Red Auerbach
No. 3
Dennis Johnson
No. 5
Kevin Garnett
No. 6
Bill Russell
No. 10
Jo Jo White
No. 14
Bob Cousy
No. 15
Tom Heinsohn
No. 16
Satch Sanders
No. 17
John Havlicek
No. 18
Dave Cowens
No. 19
Don Nelson
No. 21
Bill Sharman
No. 22
Ed Macauley
No. 23
Frank Ramsey
No. 24
Sam Jones
No. 25
K C Jones
No. 31
Cedric Maxwell
No. 32
Kevin McHale
No. 33
Larry Bird
No. 34
Paul Pierce
No. 35
Reggie Lewis
League-wide honour
Retired across the NBA
League-wide retired numbers are shown separately from this franchise's own rafters.
No. 6
Bill Russell
Title history
Championship banners
Every NBA championship season in the franchise archive.
Franchise record book
All-time leaders
Regular-season totals credited to this franchise in the DOUNOBALL stats archive. Historical categories begin when the NBA officially started recording that statistic.
PTS
Points
Paul Pierce
Franchise #1
24,021
REB
Rebounds
Robert Parish
Franchise #1
11,051
AST
Assists
Larry Bird
Franchise #1
5,695
STL
Steals
Official NBA steals have been recorded since 1973–74.
Paul Pierce
Franchise #1
1,583
BLK
Blocks
Official NBA blocks have been recorded since 1973–74.
Robert Parish
Franchise #1
1,703
3PM
Three-pointers made
The NBA introduced the three-point line in 1979–80.
Paul Pierce
Franchise #1
1,823
GP
Games played
Robert Parish
Franchise #1
1,106
Team names
Through the years
Franchise archive
History timeline
1946
Franchise origin
Boston Celtics founded
Earliest canonical team identity season currently recorded for this franchise is 1946.
1946
Team identity
Boston Celtics era begins
Team identity era begins in 1946-47. Runs through 2026-27. Abbreviation: BOS.