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Here is the Boston Celtics 1975–76 roster and regular season player statistics. This season was a championship year for Boston — they posted a 54–28 record and went on to win the NBA Finals, defeating the Phoenix Suns in 6 games.


Boston Celtics 1975–76 Roster

No. Player Pos Height Weight Birthdate College
10 Jo Jo White G 6-3 190 lbs Nov 16, 1946 Kansas
17 John Havlicek G/F 6-5 203 lbs Apr 8, 1940 Ohio State
18 Don Nelson F 6-6 210 lbs May 15, 1940 Iowa
20 Don Chaney G 6-5 210 lbs Mar 22, 1946 Houston
26 Steve Kuberski F 6-8 215 lbs Nov 6, 1947 Bradley
27 Dave Cowens C 6-9 230 lbs Oct 25, 1948 Florida State
30 Kevin Stacom G 6-3 185 lbs Sep 4, 1951 Providence
31 Jim Ard F/C 6-8 200 lbs Sep 19, 1948 Cincinnati
32 Curtis Rowe F 6-7 225 lbs Jul 2, 1949 UCLA
33 Glenn McDonald F 6-6 190 lbs Mar 18, 1952 Long Beach State

Head Coach: Tom Heinsohn


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%
Dave Cowens C 27 78   39.8 19.0 16.0 4.2 1.2 0.9 4.0 16.7 7.8 .468 0 0 0 4.4 3.3 .756
Jo Jo White PG 29 82 82 39.7 18.9 3.8 5.4 1.3 0.2 2.2 18.2 8.2 .449 0 0 0 3.1 2.6 .838
Charlie Scott SG 27 82 82 35.5 17.6 4.4 4.2 1.3 0.3 4.3 16.0 7.2 .449 0 0 0 4.1 3.3 .797
John Havlicek SF 35 76   34.2 17.0 4.1 3.7 1.3 0.4 2.7 14.8 6.6 .450 0 0 0 4.4 3.7 .844
Paul Silas PF 32 81   32.9 10.7 12.7 2.5 0.7 0.4 2.8 9.1 3.9 .426 0 0 0 4.1 2.9 .709
Don Nelson SF 35 75   12.6 6.4 2.4 1.0 0.2 0.1 1.5 5.1 2.3 .462 0 0 0 2.1 1.7 .789
Glenn McDonald SF 23 75   13.6 5.6 1.8 0.9 0.5 0.3 1.6 6.1 2.5 .419 0 0 0 0.7 0.5 .714
Steve Kuberski C 28 60   14.7 5.4 3.9 0.7 0.2 0.2 2.1 4.6 2.1 .467 0 0 0 1.3 1.1 .895
Kevin Stacom SG 24 77   14.5 5.3 2.1 1.7 0.3 0.1 1.5 5.0 2.2 .439 0 0 0 1.2 0.9 .747
Jim Ard C 27 81   10.5 3.5 3.6 0.6 0.1 0.4 1.7 3.6 1.3 .364 0 0 0 1.2 0.9 .710
Jerome Anderson SG 22 22   5.7 2.8 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.1 1.1 2.0 1.1 .556 0 0 0 0.7 0.5 .688
Tom Boswell PF 22 35   7.9 2.7 2.0 0.5 0.1 0.0 2.0 2.7 1.2 .441 0 0 0 0.7 0.4 .583
Ed Searcy SF 23 4   3.0 1.5 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.5 0.5 .333 0 0 0 0.5 0.5 1.000
Totals     82 82 240.9 106.2 52.9 24.1 6.8 3.2 24.4 96.4 43.0 .446 0 0 0 25.9 20.2 .780

Playoff Per Game

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Jo Jo White PG 29 18   43.9 22.7 3.9 5.4 1.3 0.1 2.8 20.6 9.2 .445 0 0 0 5.3 4.3 .821
Dave Cowens C 27 18   44.3 21.0 16.4 4.6 1.2 0.7 4.7 18.9 8.7 .457 0 0 0 4.8 3.7 .759
Charlie Scott SG 27 18   35.1 15.4 4.2 3.9 1.2 0.4 5.4 15.8 6.2 .391 0 0 0 4.0 3.1 .764
John Havlicek SF 35 15   33.7 13.2 3.7 3.4 0.8 0.3 2.1 12.0 5.3 .444 0 0 0 3.1 2.5 .809
Paul Silas PF 32 18   41.2 10.8 13.7 2.3 1.3 0.3 3.7 8.6 3.8 .448 0 0 0 3.8 3.1 .812
Don Nelson SF 35 18   17.5 9.1 2.9 0.9 0.2 0.1 2.6 6.0 2.9 .481 0 0 0 3.8 3.3 .870
Steve Kuberski C 28 18   12.9 5.4 2.8 0.9 0.0 0.2 2.1 4.5 2.1 .469 0 0 0 1.4 1.2 .808
Kevin Stacom SG 24 17   11.5 2.0 1.0 0.9 0.3 0.0 1.2 2.6 0.8 .289 0 0 0 0.6 0.5 .727
Jim Ard C 27 16   6.9 2.3 1.6 0.5 0.1 0.2 1.8 1.8 0.8 .448 0 0 0 0.9 0.7 .786
Glenn McDonald SF 23 13   5.2 1.6 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.9 2.0 0.6 .308 0 0 0 0.5 0.4 .833
Jerome Anderson SG 22 4   1.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.8 0.3 .333 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
Tom Boswell PF 22 3   1.0 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.7 0.3 .500 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
Totals     18   244.2 100.7 50.1 22.6 6.2 2.3 26.7 90.2 39.3 .435 0 0 0 27.6 22.1 .802

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%
Ed Searcy SF 23 4   12 18.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 12.0 18.0 6.0 .333 0 0 0 6.0 6.0 1.000
Don Nelson SF 35 75   943 18.2 6.9 2.9 0.5 0.3 4.4 14.5 6.7 .462 0 0 0 6.1 4.8 .789
John Havlicek SF 35 76   2598 17.9 4.4 3.9 1.3 0.4 2.8 15.5 7.0 .450 0 0 0 4.6 3.9 .844
Jerome Anderson SG 22 22   126 17.4 3.7 1.7 0.9 0.9 7.1 12.9 7.1 .556 0 0 0 4.6 3.1 .688
Charlie Scott SG 27 82 82 2913 17.8 4.4 4.2 1.3 0.3 4.4 16.2 7.3 .449 0 0 0 4.1 3.3 .797
Jo Jo White PG 29 82 82 3257 17.2 3.5 4.9 1.2 0.2 2.0 16.5 7.4 .449 0 0 0 2.8 2.3 .838
Dave Cowens C 27 78   3101 17.2 14.5 3.8 1.1 0.8 3.6 15.1 7.1 .468 0 0 0 3.9 3.0 .756
Glenn McDonald SF 23 75   1019 14.9 4.8 2.4 1.4 0.7 4.3 16.1 6.7 .419 0 0 0 2.0 1.4 .714
Kevin Stacom SG 24 77   1114 13.2 5.2 4.1 0.7 0.2 3.8 12.5 5.5 .439 0 0 0 2.9 2.2 .747
Steve Kuberski C 28 60   882 13.2 9.6 1.8 0.4 0.4 5.0 11.2 5.2 .467 0 0 0 3.1 2.8 .895
Tom Boswell PF 22 35   275 12.6 9.3 2.1 0.3 0.1 9.2 12.2 5.4 .441 0 0 0 3.1 1.8 .583
Jim Ard C 27 81   853 12.0 12.2 2.0 0.5 1.5 6.0 12.4 4.5 .364 0 0 0 4.2 3.0 .710
Paul Silas PF 32 81   2662 11.7 13.9 2.7 0.8 0.4 3.1 10.0 4.3 .426 0 0 0 4.5 3.2 .709

Playoff Per Game

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Tom Boswell PF 22 3   3 24.0 12.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 24.0 24.0 12.0 .500 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
Jerome Anderson SG 22 4   5 14.4 7.2 7.2 0.0 0.0 7.2 21.6 7.2 .333 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
Don Nelson SF 35 18   315 18.7 6.1 1.9 0.3 0.2 5.3 12.3 5.9 .481 0 0 0 7.9 6.9 .870
Jo Jo White PG 29 18   791 18.6 3.2 4.5 1.0 0.0 2.3 16.9 7.5 .445 0 0 0 4.3 3.5 .821
Dave Cowens C 27 18   798 17.1 13.4 3.7 1.0 0.6 3.8 15.4 7.0 .457 0 0 0 3.9 3.0 .759
Charlie Scott SG 27 18   632 15.8 4.3 4.0 1.2 0.5 5.5 16.2 6.3 .391 0 0 0 4.1 3.1 .764
Steve Kuberski C 28 18   232 15.1 7.9 2.5 0.0 0.5 5.9 12.6 5.9 .469 0 0 0 4.0 3.3 .808
John Havlicek SF 35 15   505 14.1 4.0 3.6 0.9 0.4 2.3 12.8 5.7 .444 0 0 0 3.4 2.7 .809
Glenn McDonald SF 23 13   68 11.1 4.2 2.1 0.5 0.0 6.4 13.8 4.2 .308 0 0 0 3.2 2.6 .833
Jim Ard C 27 16   110 12.1 8.5 2.6 0.3 1.0 9.5 9.5 4.3 .448 0 0 0 4.6 3.6 .786
Kevin Stacom SG 24 17   195 6.3 3.1 3.0 0.9 0.0 3.9 8.3 2.4 .289 0 0 0 2.0 1.5 .727
Paul Silas PF 32 18   741 9.4 12.0 2.0 1.2 0.3 3.3 7.5 3.4 .448 0 0 0 3.4 2.7 .812

Regular Season Totals

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Jo Jo White   29 82 82 3257 1552 313 445 107 20   1492 670 .449 0 0 0 253 212 .838
Dave Cowens   27 78   3101 1479 1246 325 94 71   1305 611 .468 0 0 0 340 257 .756
Charlie Scott   27 82 82 2913 1443 358 341 103 24   1309 588 .449 0 0 0 335 267 .797
John Havlicek   35 76   2598 1289 314 278 97 29   1121 504 .450 0 0 0 333 281 .844
Paul Silas   32 81   2662 866 1025 203 56 33   740 315 .426 0 0 0 333 236 .709
Don Nelson   35 75   943 477 182 77 14 7   379 175 .462 0 0 0 161 127 .789
Glenn McDonald   23 75   1019 422 135 68 39 20   456 191 .419 0 0 0 56 40 .714
Kevin Stacom   24 77   1114 408 161 128 23 5   387 170 .439 0 0 0 91 68 .747
Steve Kuberski   28 60   882 324 234 44 11 11   274 128 .467 0 0 0 76 68 .895
Jim Ard   27 81   853 285 289 48 12 36   294 107 .364 0 0 0 100 71 .710
Tom Boswell   22 35   275 96 71 16 2 1   93 41 .441 0 0 0 24 14 .583
Jerome Anderson   22 22   126 61 13 6 3 3   45 25 .556 0 0 0 16 11 .688
Ed Searcy   23 4   12 6 0 1 0 0   6 2 .333 0 0 0 2 2 1.000
Totals     82 82 19755 8708 4341 1980 561 260   7901 3527 .446 0 0 0 2120 1654 .780

Playoff Totals

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Jo Jo White PG 29 18   791 408 71 98 23 1   371 165 .445 0 0 0 95 78 .821
Dave Cowens C 27 18   798 378 296 83 22 13   341 156 .457 0 0 0 87 66 .759
Charlie Scott SG 27 18   632 277 76 71 21 8   284 111 .391 0 0 0 72 55 .764
John Havlicek SF 35 15   505 198 56 51 12 5   180 80 .444 0 0 0 47 38 .809
Paul Silas PF 32 18   741 194 246 42 24 6   154 69 .448 0 0 0 69 56 .812
Don Nelson SF 35 18   315 164 53 17 3 2   108 52 .481 0 0 0 69 60 .870
Steve Kuberski C 28 18   232 97 51 16 0 3   81 38 .469 0 0 0 26 21 .808
Jim Ard C 27 16   110 37 26 8 1 3   29 13 .448 0 0 0 14 11 .786
Kevin Stacom SG 24 17   195 34 17 16 5 0   45 13 .289 0 0 0 11 8 .727
Glenn McDonald SF 23 13   68 21 8 4 1 0   26 8 .308 0 0 0 6 5 .833
Jerome Anderson SG 22 4   5 2 1 1 0 0   3 1 .333 0 0 0 0 0  
Tom Boswell PF 22 3   3 2 1 0 0 0   2 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0  
Totals     18   4395 1812 902 407 112 41   1624 707 .435 0 0 0 496 398 .802

Team Impact Spotlight

Player Name Role Tier MPG Usage Tier PPG RPG APG STK (SPG+BPG) Impact Index* Notes Awards
Dave Cowens Primary Anchor 39.8 High 19.0 16.0 4.2 2.1 20.65 Team’s motor and defensive fulcrum; NBA MVP that season, anchored elite rebounding and physical play each night with intensity and clutch boards. Celtics had best record in league. MVP, All-Star, All-NBA 2, All-Defensive 1
Jo Jo White Lead Facilitator 39.7 High 18.9 3.8 5.4 1.5 14.80 Steady point guard who played heavy minutes, delivered elite scoring and assists on a top‑record NBA team; underrated backcourt engine. All-Star
John Havlicek Wing Catalyst 34.2 High 17.0 4.1 3.7 1.7 13.95 Veteran leader, versatile scorer/distributor known for hustle and IQ; team offensive leader and top scorer multiple seasons. All-Star, All-NBA, All-Defensive 1
Paul Silas Rebounding & Defense 32.9 Mid 10.7 12.7 2.5 1.1 13.25 Elite rebounder and defensive glue big; provided toughness and effort to support primary stars and control boards. All-Defensive 1
Steve Kuberski Role Big 14.7 Low 5.4 3.9 0.7 0.4 5.20 Spot minutes as big man depth; provided scoring relief but low offensive load.
Kevin Stacom 3&D Wing 14.5 Low 5.3 2.1 1.7 0.4 4.25 Reserve wing minutes; secondary offensive role, focused on energy plays.
Glenn McDonald Bench Wing 13.6 Low 5.6 1.8 0.9 0.8 4.35 Complementary minutes, occasional scoring spark.
Don Nelson Veteran Tweener 12.6 Low 6.4 2.4 1.0 0.3 5.05 Veteran presence; contributed spacing and experience off bench.
Jim Ard Backup Big 10.5 Low 3.5 3.6 0.6 0.2 3.95 Provided brief minutes as backup center; limited impact.
Tom Boswell Young Backup 7.9 Low 2.7 2.0 0.5 0.1 2.15 Limited action in sparse minutes.
Jerome Anderson Development Wing 5.7 Low 2.8 0.6 0.3 0.2 2.20 Cup‑of‑coffee rotation wing.
Ed Searcy Fringe Roster 3.0 Low 1.5 0.0 0.3 0.0 1.10 Very limited action; minimal on‑court impact.