As one of the winningest franchises in NBA history, one should expect that the Boston Celtics’ alumni heavily populate the list of players with the highest career winning percentages, and to no one’s surprise but the ill-informed, they absolutely do.
14 of them in total make up HoopsHype’s list of the top 50 players in NBA history in terms of career winning percentages, a figure representing nearly a third of said list of the winningest players in league history. And where some of them end up falling compared to their peers despite decorated careers may surprise you!
Let’s dive into who is ranked where on that list.
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No. 47 - Bob Cousy: 65.48%
Record: 605-319
Career stats: 18.4 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 7.5 apg, 37.5 FG%
No. 45 - Dennis Johnson: 65.73%
Record: 723-377
Career stats: 14.1 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 5.0 apg, 44.5 FG%
No. 37 - Bruce Bowen: 66.21%
Record: 578-295
Career stats: 6.1 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 1.2 apg, 40.9 FG%
No. 26 - Shaquille O'Neal: 67.85%
Record: 819-388
Career stats: 23.7 ppg, 10.9 rpg, 2.5 apg, 58.2 FG%
No. 20 - Danny Ainge: 69.0% (nice!)
Record: 719-323
Career stats: 11.5 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 4.0 apg, 46.9 FG%
No. 18 - Kevin McHale: 69.41%
Record: 674-297
Career stats: 17.9 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 1.7 apg, 55.4 FG%
No. 16 - Tom Sanders: 69.68%
Record: 639-278
Career stats: 9.6 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 1.1 apg, 42.8 FG%
No. 14 - Jim Loscutoff: 70.25%
Record: 359-152
Career stats: 6.2 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 0.7 apg, 34.5 FG%
No. 13 - Frank Ramsey: 70.51%
Record: 440-184
Career stats: 13.4 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 1.8 apg, 39.9 FG%
No. 10 - Bill Russell: 71.65%
Record: 690-273
Career stats: 15.1 ppg, 22.5 rpg, 4.3 apg, 44.0 FG%
No. 9 - Sam Jones: 71.76%
Record: 625-246
Career stats: 17.7 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 2.5 apg, 45.6 FG%
No. 6 - Tom Heinsohn: 72.63%
Record: 475-179
Career stats: 18.6 ppg, 8.8 rpg, 2.0 apg, 40.5 FG%
No. 4 - KC Jones: 73.19%
Record: 494-181
Career stats: 7.4 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 4.3 apg, 38.7 FG%
No. 3 - Larry Bird: 73.58%
Record: 660-237
Career stats: 24.3 ppg, 10.0 rpg, 6.3 apg, 49.6 FG%
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