No. 7
DOUNOBALL Team History
Cleveland Cavaliers
The franchise story: championships, record holders, retired jerseys, identities and the seasons that shaped it.
All NBA teams
1970
Archive begins
1
Championships
7
Retired jerseys
In the rafters
Retired jerseys
The numbers and people permanently honoured by this franchise.
No. 11
Zydrunas Ilgauskas
No. 22
Larry Nance
No. 25
Mark Price
No. 34
Austin Carr
No. 42
Nate Thurmond
No. 43
Brad Daugherty
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
LeBron James
Franchise #1
23,119
REB
Rebounds
LeBron James
Franchise #1
6,190
AST
Assists
LeBron James
Franchise #1
6,228
STL
Steals
Official NBA steals have been recorded since 1973–74.
LeBron James
Franchise #1
1,376
BLK
Blocks
Official NBA blocks have been recorded since 1973–74.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas
Franchise #1
1,269
3PM
Three-pointers made
The NBA introduced the three-point line in 1979–80.
LeBron James
Franchise #1
1,251
GP
Games played
LeBron James
Franchise #1
849
Team names
Through the years
Franchise archive
History timeline
1970
Franchise origin
Cleveland Cavaliers founded
Earliest canonical team identity season currently recorded for this franchise is 1970.
1970
Team identity
Cleveland Cavaliers era begins
Team identity era begins in 1970-71. Runs through 2026-27. Abbreviation: CLE.
2015
Championship
2015-16 champions
Cleveland Cavaliers won the 2015-16 championship. 4-3