Last Updated on January 20, 2026 by Mat Diekhake

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Here is the 1965–66 Boston Celtics roster and regular season player statistics:

Boston Celtics 1965–66 Roster

No. Player Pos Height Weight Age College
6 Bill Russell C 6’10” 215 lbs 31 San Francisco
17 John Havlicek G/F 6’5″ 203 lbs 25 Ohio State
24 Sam Jones G 6’4″ 198 lbs 32 North Carolina Central
25 K.C. Jones G 6’1″ 200 lbs 33 San Francisco
16 Tom Sanders F 6’6″ 210 lbs 27 NYU
18 Jim Loscutoff F 6’5″ 220 lbs 35 San Francisco
15 Willie Naulls F 6’6″ 225 lbs 31 UCLA
19 Mel Counts C 7’0″ 230 lbs 24 Oregon State
14 Larry Siegfried G 6’3″ 190 lbs 26 Ohio State
12 John Thompson C 6’10” 225 lbs 24 Providence
22 Don Nelson F 6’6″ 210 lbs 25 Iowa

Regular Season Per Game

PLR POS AGE G GS MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TPG FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Sam Jones SG 32 67   32.2 23.5 5.2 3.2       19.9 9.3 .469       6.1 4.9 .799
John Havlicek SF 25 71   30.6 18.8 6.0 3.0       18.7 7.5 .399       4.9 3.9 .785
Larry Siegfried PG 26 71   23.6 13.7 2.8 2.3       11.6 4.9 .423       4.4 3.9 .881
Bill Russell C 31 78   43.4 12.9 22.8 4.8       12.1 5.0 .415       5.2 2.9 .551
Tom Sanders PF 27 72   26.3 12.6 7.1 1.3       11.3 4.8 .428       3.8 2.9 .764
Willie Naulls SF 31 71   20.2 10.7 4.5 1.0       11.5 4.6 .402       1.8 1.5 .794
Don Nelson SF 25 75   23.5 10.2 5.4 1.1       8.2 3.6 .439       4.3 3.0 .684
K.C. Jones PG 33 80   33.9 8.6 3.8 6.3       7.7 3.0 .388       3.8 2.6 .690
Mel Counts C 24 67   15.2 8.4 6.4 0.7       8.2 3.3 .403       2.2 1.8 .828
Ron Bonham SG 23 39   8.0 5.2 0.9 0.3       5.3 1.9 .367       1.6 1.3 .852
Woody Sauldsberry PF 31 39   13.6 4.4 3.6 0.4       6.4 2.1 .321       0.6 0.3 .500
Si Green   32 10   9.2 3.2 1.1 0.9       3.1 1.2 .387       1.6 0.8 .500
John Thompson C 24 10   7.2 3.2 3.0 0.3       3.0 1.4 .467       0.6 0.4 .667
Ron Watts   22 1   3.0 2.0 1.0 1.0       2.0 1.0 .500       0.0 0.0  
Totals     80   240.3 112.7 69.9 22.4       104.6 43.6 .417       34.5 25.5 .739

Playoff Per Game

PLR POS AGE G GS MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TPG FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Sam Jones SG 32 17   35.4 24.8 5.1 3.1       20.2 9.1 .449       8.0 6.7 .838
John Havlicek SF 25 17   42.3 23.6 9.1 4.1       22.0 9.0 .409       6.6 5.6 .841
Bill Russell C 31 17   47.9 19.1 25.2 5.0       15.4 7.3 .475       7.2 4.5 .618
Tom Sanders PF 27 17   29.4 13.5 6.5 1.6       11.8 5.7 .483       2.8 2.1 .750
Larry Siegfried PG 26 17   26.6 13.2 2.5 2.4       11.4 4.8 .420       4.4 3.6 .827
Don Nelson SF 25 17   18.6 8.4 5.0 0.8       6.9 2.9 .424       3.1 2.5 .808
K.C. Jones PG 33 17   31.9 7.6 3.1 4.4       6.4 2.6 .413       3.4 2.3 .684
Mel Counts C 24 10   8.2 4.3 4.0 0.3       3.9 1.4 .359       1.7 1.5 .882
Ron Bonham SG 23 5   3.2 3.4 0.6 0.0       2.2 1.4 .636       1.8 0.6 .333
Willie Naulls SF 31 11   6.8 3.2 1.5 0.1       3.2 0.8 .257       1.9 1.5 .810
John Thompson C 24 3   3.7 0.7 1.3 0.0       2.3 0.3 .143       0.0 0.0  
Totals     17   242.9 115.8 67.8 21.6       99.5 43.2 .435       38.3 29.4 .767

Regular Season Per 36 Minutes

PLR POS AGE G GS MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TPG FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Sam Jones SG 32 67   32.2 26.3 5.8 3.6       22.3 10.5 .469       6.8 5.4 .799
Ron Watts   22 1   3.0 24.0 12.0 12.0       24.0 12.0 .500       0.0 0.0  
Ron Bonham SG 23 39   8.0 23.5 4.0 1.3       23.9 8.8 .367       7.0 6.0 .852
John Havlicek SF 25 71   30.6 22.1 7.0 3.5       22.0 8.8 .399       5.8 4.5 .785
Larry Siegfried PG 26 71   23.6 20.9 4.2 3.5       17.7 7.5 .423       6.7 5.9 .881
Mel Counts C 24 67   15.2 19.8 15.2 1.8       19.4 7.8 .403       5.1 4.2 .828
Willie Naulls SF 31 71   20.2 19.1 8.0 1.8       20.5 8.2 .402       3.3 2.6 .794
Tom Sanders PF 27 72   26.3 17.3 9.6 1.7       15.5 6.6 .428       5.2 4.0 .764
John Thompson C 24 10   7.2 16.0 15.0 1.5       15.0 7.0 .467       3.0 2.0 .667
Don Nelson SF 25 75   23.5 15.6 8.2 1.6       12.6 5.5 .439       6.6 4.5 .684
Si Green   32 10   9.2 12.5 4.3 3.5       12.1 4.7 .387       6.3 3.1 .500
Woody Sauldsberry PF 31 39   13.6 11.6 9.6 1.0       16.9 5.4 .321       1.5 0.7 .500
Bill Russell C 31 78   43.4 10.7 18.9 3.9       10.0 4.2 .415       4.3 2.4 .551
K.C. Jones PG 33 80   33.9 9.2 4.0 6.7       8.2 3.2 .388       4.0 2.8 .690
Totals                                        

Playoff Per 36 Minutes

PLR POS AGE G GS MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TPG FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Ron Bonham SG 23 5   3.2 38.3 6.8 0.0       24.8 15.8 .636       20.3 6.8 .333
Sam Jones SG 32 17   35.4 25.2 5.1 3.2       20.5 9.2 .449       8.1 6.8 .838
John Havlicek SF 25 17   42.3 20.1 7.7 3.5       18.7 7.7 .409       5.7 4.8 .841
Mel Counts C 24 10   8.2 18.9 17.6 1.3       17.1 6.1 .359       7.5 6.6 .882
Larry Siegfried PG 26 17   26.6 17.8 3.3 3.3       15.4 6.5 .420       6.0 4.9 .827
Willie Naulls SF 31 11   6.8 16.8 7.7 0.5       16.8 4.3 .257       10.1 8.2 .810
Tom Sanders PF 27 17   29.4 16.6 7.9 1.9       14.5 7.0 .483       3.5 2.6 .750
Don Nelson SF 25 17   18.6 16.2 9.7 1.5       13.4 5.7 .424       5.9 4.8 .808
Bill Russell C 31 17   47.9 14.3 18.9 3.8       11.5 5.5 .475       5.4 3.4 .618
K.C. Jones PG 33 17   31.9 8.6 3.4 5.0       7.2 3.0 .413       3.8 2.6 .684
John Thompson C 24 3   3.7 6.5 13.1 0.0       22.9 3.3 .143       0.0 0.0  
Totals     17                                  

Regular Season Totals

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Sam Jones SG 32 67   2155 1577 347 216       1335 626 .469       407 325 .799
John Havlicek SF 25 71   2175 1334 423 210       1328 530 .399       349 274 .785
Bill Russell C 31 78   3386 1005 1779 371       943 391 .415       405 223 .551
Tom Sanders PF 27 72   1896 909 508 90       816 349 .428       276 211 .764
Larry Siegfried PG 26 71   1675 972 196 165       825 349 .423       311 274 .881
Don Nelson SF 25 75   1765 765 403 79       618 271 .439       326 223 .684
Willie Naulls SF 31 71   1433 760 319 72       815 328 .402       131 104 .794
K.C. Jones PG 33 80   2710 689 304 503       619 240 .388       303 209 .690
Mel Counts C 24 67   1021 562 432 50       549 221 .403       145 120 .828
Ron Bonham SG 23 39   312 204 35 11       207 76 .367       61 52 .852
Woody Sauldsberry PF 31 39   530 171 142 15       249 80 .321       22 11 .500
John Thompson C 24 10   72 32 30 3       30 14 .467       6 4 .667
Si Green   32 10   92 32 11 9       31 12 .387       16 8 .500
Ron Watts   22 1   3 2 1 1       2 1 .500       0 0  
Totals     80   19225 9014 4930 1795       8367 3488 .417       2758 2038 .739

Playoff Totals

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Sam Jones SG 32 17   602 422 86 53       343 154 .449       136 114 .838
John Havlicek SF 25 17   719 401 154 70       374 153 .409       113 95 .841
Bill Russell C 31 17   814 324 428 85       261 124 .475       123 76 .618
Tom Sanders PF 27 17   500 230 110 27       201 97 .483       48 36 .750
Larry Siegfried PG 26 17   452 224 42 41       193 81 .420       75 62 .827
Don Nelson SF 25 17   316 142 85 13       118 50 .424       52 42 .808
K.C. Jones PG 33 17   543 129 52 75       109 45 .413       57 39 .684
Mel Counts C 24 10   82 43 40 3       39 14 .359       17 15 .882
Willie Naulls SF 31 11   75 35 16 1       35 9 .257       21 17 .810
Ron Bonham SG 23 5   16 17 3 0       11 7 .636       9 3 .333
John Thompson C 24 3   11 2 4 0       7 1 .143       0 0  
Totals     17   4130 1969 1020 368       1691 735 .435       651 499 .767