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Here is the 1968–69 Boston Celtics roster and regular season player statistics:

Boston Celtics 1968–69 Roster

No. Player Pos Height Weight Age College
6 Bill Russell C 6’10” 215 lbs 34 San Francisco
17 John Havlicek G/F 6’5″ 203 lbs 28 Ohio State
24 Sam Jones G 6’4″ 198 lbs 35 North Carolina Central
15 Don Nelson F 6’6″ 210 lbs 28 Iowa
19 Bailey Howell F 6’7″ 210 lbs 32 Mississippi State
14 Larry Siegfried G 6’3″ 190 lbs 29 Ohio State
16 Tom Sanders F 6’6″ 210 lbs 30 NYU
12 Wayne Embry C 6’8″ 240 lbs 31 Miami (OH)
10 Emmette Bryant G 6’1″ 175 lbs 25 DePaul
22 Malcolm Graham G 6’1″ 185 lbs 24 NYU
11 Tom Thacker G 6’2″ 190 lbs 28 Cincinnati

Regular Season Per Game

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
John Havlicek SG 28 82 82 38.7 21.6 7.0 5.4 0 0 0 20.8 8.4 .405 0 0 0 6.0 4.7 .780
Bailey Howell PF 32 78 78 32.4 19.7 8.8 1.8 0 0 0 16.1 7.8 .487 0 0 0 5.5 4.0 .735
Sam Jones SG 35 70 70 26.0 16.3 3.8 2.6 0 0 0 15.8 7.1 .450 0 0 0 2.7 2.1 .783
Larry Siegfried PG 29 79 79 32.4 14.2 3.6 4.7 0 0 0 13.1 5.0 .380 0 0 0 4.9 4.3 .864
Don Nelson SF 28 82 82 21.6 11.6 5.6 1.1 0 0 0 9.4 4.6 .485 0 0 0 3.2 2.5 .776
Tom Sanders SF 30 82 82 26.6 11.2 7.0 1.3 0 0 0 10.3 4.4 .430 0 0 0 3.1 2.3 .733
Bill Russell C 34 77 77 42.7 9.9 19.3 4.9 0 0 0 8.4 3.6 .433 0 0 0 5.0 2.6 .526
Em Bryant PG 30 80 80 17.4 5.7 2.4 2.2 0 0 0 6.1 2.5 .404 0 0 0 1.3 0.8 .650
Jim Barnes C 27 49 49 12.1 5.1 4.0 0.6 0 0 0 4.1 1.9 .455 0 0 0 1.9 1.3 .707
Don Chaney SG 22 20 20 10.5 4.0 2.3 1.0 0 0 0 5.7 1.8 .319 0 0 0 1.0 0.4 .400
Rich Johnson C 22 31 31 5.3 2.2 1.7 0.2 0 0 0 2.5 0.9 .382 0 0 0 0.7 0.4 .478
Bud Olsen PF 28 7 7 6.1 2.0 2.0 0.6 0 0 0 2.7 1.0 .368 0 0 0 0.9 0.0 .000
Mal Graham PG 23 22 22 4.7 1.7 1.1 0.6 0 0 0 2.5 0.6 .236 0 0 0 0.6 0.5 .786
Totals     82 82 241.8 111.0 59.0 23.8 0 0 0 101.4 43.7 .431 0 0 0 32.4 23.6 .729

Playoff Per Game

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
John Havlicek SG 28 18 18 47.2 25.4 9.9 5.6 0 0 0 21.2 9.4 .445 0 0 0 7.7 6.6 .855
Sam Jones SG 35 18 18 28.6 16.8 3.2 2.1 0 0 0 16.4 6.9 .419 0 0 0 3.8 3.1 .797
Bailey Howell PF 32 18 18 30.6 15.0 6.6 1.1 0 0 0 12.7 6.2 .489 0 0 0 3.6 2.6 .719
Don Nelson SF 28 18 18 19.3 12.4 4.6 1.2 0 0 0 9.3 4.8 .518 0 0 0 3.3 2.8 .833
Em Bryant PG 30 18 18 33.7 11.0 4.9 3.0 0 0 0 10.7 4.4 .409 0 0 0 2.9 2.2 .755
Larry Siegfried PG 29 18 18 21.8 11.1 2.1 2.6 0 0 0 9.6 4.0 .419 0 0 0 3.9 3.1 .786
Bill Russell C 34 18 18 46.1 10.8 20.5 5.4 0 0 0 10.1 4.3 .423 0 0 0 4.5 2.3 .506
Tom Sanders SF 30 15 15 13.1 5.8 3.2 0.5 0 0 0 4.9 2.1 .438 0 0 0 2.1 1.5 .742
Don Chaney SG 22 7 7 3.6 0.7 0.6 0.0 0 0 0 0.9 0.1 .167 0 0 0 0.6 0.4 .750
Rich Johnson C 22 2 2 2.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.5 0.5 1.000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.000
Mal Graham PG 23 2 2 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.000
Totals     18 18 240.0 107.8 54.8 21.3 0 0 0 94.7 41.9 .443 0 0 0 31.7 23.9 .756

Regular Season Per 36 Minutes

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Sam Jones SG 35 70 70 26.0 22.5 5.2 3.6 0 0 0 21.8 9.8 .450 0 0 0 3.7 2.9 .783
Bailey Howell PF 32 78 78 32.4 21.9 9.8 2.0 0 0 0 17.9 8.7 .487 0 0 0 6.1 4.5 .735
John Havlicek SG 28 82 82 38.7 20.1 6.5 5.0 0 0 0 19.4 7.8 .405 0 0 0 5.6 4.4 .780
Don Nelson SF 28 82 82 21.6 19.3 9.3 1.9 0 0 0 15.7 7.6 .485 0 0 0 5.3 4.1 .776
Sam Jones SG 35 70 70 26.0 22.5 5.2 3.6 0 0 0 21.8 9.8 .450 0 0 0 3.7 2.9 .783
Larry Siegfried PG 29 79 79 32.4 15.8 4.0 5.2 0 0 0 14.5 5.5 .380 0 0 0 5.5 4.7 .864
Tom Sanders SF 30 82 82 26.6 15.1 9.5 1.8 0 0 0 14.0 6.0 .430 0 0 0 4.2 3.1 .733
Jim Barnes C 27 49 49 12.1 15.1 11.7 1.6 0 0 0 12.2 5.6 .455 0 0 0 5.6 3.9 .707
Rich Johnson C 22 31 31 5.3 15.2 11.5 1.5 0 0 0 16.8 6.4 .382 0 0 0 5.1 2.4 .478
Mal Graham PG 23 22 22 4.7 12.9 8.4 4.9 0 0 0 19.2 4.5 .236 0 0 0 4.9 3.8 .786
Bill Russell C 34 77 77 42.7 8.3 16.2 4.1 0 0 0 7.1 3.1 .433 0 0 0 4.2 2.2 .526
Bud Olsen PF 28 7 7 6.1 11.7 11.7 3.3 0 0 0 15.9 5.9 .368 0 0 0 5.0 0.0 .000
Em Bryant PG 30 80 80 17.4 11.9 5.0 4.6 0 0 0 12.7 5.1 .404 0 0 0 2.6 1.7 .650
Totals     82 82 241.8 107.8 54.8 21.3 0 0 0 101.4 43.7 .431 0 0 0 32.4 23.6 .729

Playoff Per 36 Minutes

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Don Nelson SF 28 18 18 19.3 23.2 8.6 2.2 0 0 0 17.4 9.0 .518 0 0 0 6.2 5.2 .833
Sam Jones SG 35 18 18 28.6 21.2 4.1 2.6 0 0 0 20.7 8.7 .419 0 0 0 4.8 3.9 .797
Bailey Howell PF 32 18 18 30.6 17.6 7.7 1.2 0 0 0 15.0 7.3 .489 0 0 0 4.2 3.0 .719
Larry Siegfried PG 29 18 18 21.8 18.3 3.5 4.2 0 0 0 15.8 6.6 .419 0 0 0 6.4 5.1 .786
John Havlicek SG 28 18 18 47.2 19.4 7.6 4.2 0 0 0 16.2 7.2 .445 0 0 0 5.8 5.0 .855
Tom Sanders SF 30 15 15 13.1 15.9 8.8 1.3 0 0 0 13.3 5.8 .438 0 0 0 5.7 4.2 .742
Em Bryant PG 30 18 18 33.7 11.7 5.2 3.2 0 0 0 11.4 4.7 .409 0 0 0 3.1 2.4 .755
Don Chaney SG 22 7 7 3.6 7.2 5.8 0.0 0 0 0 8.6 1.4 .167 0 0 0 5.8 4.3 .750
Bill Russell C 34 18 18 46.1 8.5 16.0 4.3 0 0 0 7.9 3.3 .423 0 0 0 3.5 1.8 .506
Rich Johnson C 22 2 2 2.0 18.0 18.0 0.0 0 0 0 9.0 9.0 1.000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.000
Mal Graham PG 23 2 2 1.5 0.0 0.0 12.0 0 0 0 24.0 0.0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.000
Totals     18 18 241.8 107.8 54.8 21.3 0 0 0 101.4 43.7 .431 0 0 0 32.4 23.6 .729

Regular Season Totals

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
John Havlicek SG 28 82 82 3174 1771 570 441 0 0 0 1709 692 .405 0 0 0 496 387 .780
Bailey Howell PF 32 78 78 2527 1537 685 137 0 0 0 1257 612 .487 0 0 0 426 313 .735
Sam Jones SG 35 70 70 1820 1140 265 182 0 0 0 1103 496 .450 0 0 0 189 148 .783
Don Nelson SF 28 82 82 1773 949 458 92 0 0 0 771 374 .485 0 0 0 259 201 .776
Tom Sanders SF 30 82 82 2184 915 574 110 0 0 0 847 364 .430 0 0 0 255 187 .733
Larry Siegfried PG 29 79 79 2560 1120 282 370 0 0 0 1031 392 .380 0 0 0 389 336 .864
Em Bryant PG 30 80 80 1388 459 192 176 0 0 0 488 197 .404 0 0 0 100 65 .650
Bill Russell C 34 77 77 3291 762 1484 374 0 0 0 645 279 .433 0 0 0 388 204 .526
Jim Barnes C 27 49 49 595 249 194 27 0 0 0 202 92 .455 0 0 0 92 65 .707
Don Chaney SG 22 20 20 209 80 46 19 0 0 0 113 36 .319 0 0 0 20 8 .400
Rich Johnson C 22 31 31 163 69 52 7 0 0 0 76 29 .382 0 0 0 23 11 .478
Mal Graham PG 23 22 22 103 37 24 14 0 0 0 55 13 .236 0 0 0 14 11 .786
Bud Olsen PF 28 7 7 43 14 14 4 0 0 0 19 7 .368 0 0 0 6 0 .000
Totals     82 82 19830 9102 4840 1953 0 0 0 8316 3583 .431 0 0 0 2657 1936 .729

Playoff Totals

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Sam Jones SG 35 18 18 514 303 58 37 0 0 0 296 124 .419 0 0 0 69 55 .797
Bailey Howell PF 32 18 18 551 270 118 19 0 0 0 229 112 .489 0 0 0 64 46 .719
Don Nelson SF 28 18 18 348 224 83 21 0 0 0 168 87 .518 0 0 0 60 50 .833
John Havlicek SG 28 18 18 850 458 179 100 0 0 0 382 170 .445 0 0 0 138 118 .855
Larry Siegfried PG 29 18 18 392 199 38 46 0 0 0 172 72 .419 0 0 0 70 55 .786
Em Bryant PG 30 18 18 607 198 88 54 0 0 0 193 79 .409 0 0 0 53 40 .755
Bill Russell C 34 18 18 829 195 369 98 0 0 0 182 77 .423 0 0 0 81 41 .506
Tom Sanders SF 30 15 15 197 87 48 7 0 0 0 73 32 .438 0 0 0 31 23 .742
Don Chaney SG 22 7 7 25 5 4 0 0 0 0 6 1 .167 0 0 0 4 3 .750
Rich Johnson C 22 2 2 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mal Graham PG 23 2 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Totals     18 18 4320 1941 987 383 0 0 0 1704 755 .443 0 0 0 570 431 .756

Team Impact Spotlight

Player Name Role Tier MPG Usage Tier PPG RPG APG STK Impact Index* Notes (with Sources) Awards
Bill Russell Defensive Anchor / Rebounding & Team Core 42.7 Medium 9.9 19.3 4.9 — 17.05 Hall of Fame center whose dominance on the boards and defensive intelligence anchored Boston’s dynasty; led league in rebounds and was central to Celtics’ eighth title in nine years. MVP‑4, All‑Star, All‑NBA
John Havlicek Primary Scoring Wing / Two‑Way Contributor 38.7 High 21.6 7.0 5.4 — 17.00 Energized Celtics’ perimeter with versatile scoring, playmaking, and famously made a defining steal in the 1965 playoffs that helped preserve the Celtics dynasty. All‑Star, All‑NBA, All‑Defensive
Bailey Howell Frontcourt Scorer / Complementary Big 32.4 High 19.7 8.8 1.8 — 15.15 Reliable scoring big with solid rebounding; provided scoring punch and interior presence that supported Boston’s offense alongside Russell and Havlicek. —
Larry Siegfried Facilitating Guard / Secondary Creator 32.4 Medium 14.2 3.6 4.7 — 11.25 Versatile backcourt scorer/playmaker who balanced scoring with ball distribution, contributing depth and steadiness. —
Tom Sanders Defensive Role/Versatile Forward 26.6 Medium 11.2 7.0 1.3 — 9.75 Known as a stalwart defender and solid rebounder; provided energy, championship experience, and on‑ball toughness in rotations. —
Don Nelson Secondary Scorer / Stretch Forward 21.6 Medium 11.6 5.6 1.1 — 9.15 Contributed scoring efficiency and basketball IQ; served as a seasoned secondary option on offense with capable board work. —
Em Bryant Backup Facilitator / Role Guard 17.4 Low 5.7 2.4 2.2 — 5.15 Provided depth in the backcourt with modest scoring and secondary ball handling; role player contributing bench relief. —
Steve Kuberski Frontcourt Depth / Role Rebounder 15.6 Low 6.4 5.0 0.6 — 5.40 Spot minutes in rotation with physical rebounding and occasional scoring; offered interior support when starters rested. —
Jim Barnes Interior Reserve / Backup Big 12.1 Low 5.1 4.0 0.6 — 4.85 Bench center providing situational interior play, rebounding, and scoring in limited minutes. —
Don Chaney Young Wing / Defensive Role Player 10.5 Low 4.0 2.3 1.0 — 3.65 Limited role early in career; contributed perimeter defense and emerging scoring potential. —
Bud Olsen Deep Rotation Forward 6.1 Low 2.0 2.0 0.6 — 2.30 Appeared rarely; depth option with minimal impact. —
Rich Johnson Deep Rotation Center 5.3 Low 2.2 1.7 0.2 — 2.05 Very limited minutes; primarily a bench big for depth. —
Mal Graham Brief Reserve Guard 4.7 Low 1.7 1.1 0.6 — 1.70 Short stint with minimal offensive responsibility. —