Last Updated on August 7, 2026 by Mat Diekhake

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The Boston Celtics 1961–62 paired one of the league’s most balanced offenses with dominant interior play, led by Tom Heinsohn and Sam Jones as the primary scoring threats. Bill Russell controlled the boards, anchored the defense, and contributed as a key facilitator, while Bob Cousy remained the team’s principal playmaker. The statistics reflect a deep, unselfish team whose success was driven by rebounding, ball movement, and contributions across the roster.

Roster

No. Player Pos Height Weight Age College
6 Bill Russell C 6’10” 215 lbs 27 San Francisco
14 Bob Cousy G 6’1″ 175 lbs 33 Holy Cross
24 Sam Jones G 6’4″ 198 lbs 28 North Carolina Central
17 Tom Heinsohn F 6’7″ 218 lbs 27 Holy Cross
25 K.C. Jones G 6’1″ 200 lbs 29 San Francisco
18 Jim Loscutoff F 6’5″ 220 lbs 31 San Francisco
16 Tom Sanders F 6’6″ 210 lbs 23 NYU
23 Frank Ramsey G/F 6’3″ 210 lbs 30 Kentucky
20 Gene Guarilia F 6’5″ 200 lbs 24 George Washington
12 Gene Conley F/C 6’8″ 225 lbs 31 Washington State
22 Clyde Lovellette C 6’9″ 234 lbs 32 Kansas

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%
Tom Heinsohn PF 27 79   30.2 22.1 9.5 2.1       20.4 8.8 .429 0.0 0.0 .000 5.5 4.5 .819
Bill Russell C 27 76   45.2 18.9 23.6 4.5       16.6 7.6 .457 0.0 0.0 .000 6.3 3.8 .595
Sam Jones SG 28 78   30.6 18.4 5.9 3.0       16.5 7.6 .464 0.0 0.0 .000 3.8 3.1 .818
Bob Cousy PG 33 75   28.2 15.7 3.5 7.8       15.7 6.2 .391 0.0 0.0 .000 4.4 3.3 .754
Frank Ramsey SG 30 79   24.2 15.3 4.9 1.4       12.9 5.5 .428 0.0 0.0 .000 5.1 4.2 .825
Tom Sanders SF 23 80   29.1 11.2 9.5 0.9       10.1 4.4 .435 0.0 0.0 .000 3.3 2.5 .749
K.C. Jones PG 29 80   25.7 9.2 3.7 4.3       9.1 3.7 .406 0.0 0.0 .000 2.9 1.8 .634
Al Butler PG 23 5   9.4 6.2 2.6 0.8       5.8 2.6 .448 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 1.0 .833
Jim Loscutoff SF 31 79   14.5 5.3 4.2 0.6       6.6 2.4 .362 0.0 0.0 .000 1.1 0.6 .536
Gary Phillips PG 22 67   10.6 4.0 1.6 1.0       4.6 1.6 .355 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 0.7 .581
Carl Braun PG 34 48   8.6 3.7 1.0 1.5       4.3 1.6 .377 0.0 0.0 .000 0.6 0.4 .741
Gene Guarilia SF 24 45   8.2 3.6 2.8 0.2       3.6 1.4 .379 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 0.9 .641
Totals     80   24.4 121.1 76.0 25.6       113.9 48.2 .423 0.0 0.0 .000 33.9 24.7 .728

Playoff Per Game

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Bill Russell C 27 14   48.0 22.4 26.4 5.0       18.1 8.3 .458 0.0 0.0 .000 8.1 5.9 .726
Tom Heinsohn PF 27 14   31.8 20.7 8.2 2.4       20.8 8.3 .399 0.0 0.0 .000 5.4 4.1 .763
Sam Jones SG 28 14   36.0 20.6 7.1 3.1       19.8 8.8 .444 0.0 0.0 .000 4.3 3.0 .700
Bob Cousy PG 33 14   33.9 16.0 4.6 8.8       17.2 6.1 .357 0.0 0.0 .000 5.4 3.7 .684
Tom Sanders SF 23 14   31.4 10.1 8.2 1.0       9.3 4.0 .431 0.0 0.0 .000 2.6 2.1 .806
Frank Ramsey SG 30 13   16.2 9.2 2.9 0.8       8.0 3.0 .375 0.0 0.0 .000 3.5 3.2 .911
K.C. Jones PG 29 14   23.5 9.0 4.0 3.9       7.3 3.1 .431 0.0 0.0 .000 3.8 2.7 .717
Jim Loscutoff SF 31 14   15.1 4.7 4.2 0.4       6.1 2.2 .360 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 0.3 .400
Carl Braun PG 34 6   7.0 4.2 1.2 0.3       4.7 1.8 .393 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 0.5 .750
Gary Phillips PG 22 6   5.3 1.7 0.5 0.2       2.7 0.2 .063 0.0 0.0 .000 1.8 1.3 .727
Gene Guarilia SF 24 5   5.2 1.2 0.8 0.2       1.6 0.4 .250 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 0.4 .400
Totals     14   241.8 114.9 66.7 25.7       109.7 44.6 .407 0.0 0.0 .000 34.9 25.6 .734

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%
Tom Heinsohn PF 27 79   30.2 26.3 11.3 2.5       24.4 10.5 .429       6.6 5.4 .819
Al Butler PG 23 5   9.4 23.7 10.0 3.1       22.2 10.0 .448       4.6 3.8 .833
Frank Ramsey SG 30 79   24.2 22.7 7.3 2.1       19.2 8.2 .428       7.6 6.3 .825
Sam Jones SG 28 78   30.6 21.6 6.9 3.5       19.4 9.0 .464       4.5 3.7 .818
Bob Cousy PG 33 75   28.2 20.0 4.4 9.9       20.1 7.9 .391       5.7 4.3 .754
Gene Guarilia SF 24 45   8.2 16.0 12.2 1.1       15.8 6.0 .379       6.3 4.0 .641
Carl Braun PG 34 48   8.6 15.3 4.3 6.2       18.0 6.8 .377       2.3 1.7 .741
Bill Russell C 27 76   45.2 15.1 18.8 3.6       13.2 6.0 .457       5.0 3.0 .595
Tom Sanders SF 23 80   29.1 13.9 11.8 1.1       12.4 5.4 .435       4.1 3.1 .749
Gary Phillips PG 22 67   10.6 13.6 5.4 3.2       15.7 5.6 .355       4.3 2.5 .581
Jim Loscutoff SF 31 79   14.5 13.2 10.3 1.6       16.3 5.9 .362       2.6 1.4 .536
K.C. Jones PG 29 80   25.7 12.9 5.2 6.0       12.7 5.2 .406       4.1 2.6 .634
Totals     80                                  

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%
Tom Heinsohn PF 27 14   31.8 23.5 9.3 2.8       23.5 9.4 .399 0.0 0.0 .000 6.1 4.7 .763
Carl Braun PG 34 6   7.0 21.4 6.0 1.7       24.0 9.4 .393 0.0 0.0 .000 3.4 2.6 .750
Sam Jones SG 28 14   36.0 20.6 7.1 3.1       19.8 8.8 .444 0.0 0.0 .000 4.3 3.0 .700
Frank Ramsey SG 30 13   16.2 20.4 6.5 1.7       17.8 6.7 .375 0.0 0.0 .000 7.7 7.0 .911
Bob Cousy PG 33 14   33.9 17.0 4.9 9.3       18.3 6.5 .357 0.0 0.0 .000 5.8 3.9 .684
Bill Russell C 27 14   48.0 16.8 19.8 3.7       13.6 6.2 .458 0.0 0.0 .000 6.1 4.4 .726
K.C. Jones PG 29 14   23.5 13.8 6.1 6.0       11.2 4.8 .431 0.0 0.0 .000 5.8 4.2 .717
Tom Sanders SF 23 14   31.4 11.6 9.4 1.1       10.7 4.6 .431 0.0 0.0 .000 3.0 2.4 .806
Gary Phillips PG 22 6   5.3 11.3 3.4 1.1       18.0 1.1 .063 0.0 0.0 .000 12.4 9.0 .727
Jim Loscutoff SF 31 14   15.1 11.2 10.0 1.0       14.6 5.3 .360 0.0 0.0 .000 1.7 0.7 .400
Gene Guarilia SF 24 5   5.2 8.3 5.5 1.4       11.1 2.8 .250 0.0 0.0 .000 6.9 2.8 .400
Totals     14                                  

Regular Season Totals

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Tom Heinsohn   27 79   2383 1742 747 165       1613 692 .429       437 358 .819
Bill Russell   27 76   3433 1436 1790 341       1258 575 .457       481 286 .595
Sam Jones   28 78   2388 1435 458 232       1284 596 .464       297 243 .818
Frank Ramsey   30 79   1913 1206 387 109       1019 436 .428       405 334 .825
Bob Cousy   33 75   2114 1175 261 584       1181 462 .391       333 251 .754
Tom Sanders   23 80   2325 897 762 74       804 350 .435       263 197 .749
K.C. Jones   29 80   2054 735 298 343       724 294 .406       232 147 .634
Jim Loscutoff   31 79   1146 421 329 51       519 188 .362       84 45 .536
Gary Phillips   22 67   713 270 107 64       310 110 .355       86 50 .581
Carl Braun   34 48   414 176 50 71       207 78 .377       27 20 .741
Gene Guarilia   24 45   367 163 124 11       161 61 .379       64 41 .641
Al Butler   23 5   47 31 13 4       29 13 .448       6 5 .833
Totals     80   19297 9687 5326 2049       9109 3855 .423       2715 1977 .728

Playoff Totals

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Bill Russell   27 14   672 314 370 70     49 253 116 .458       113 82 .726
Tom Heinsohn   27 14   445 290 115 34     58 291 116 .399       76 58 .763
Sam Jones   28 14   504 288 99 44     30 277 123 .444       60 42 .700
Bob Cousy   33 14   474 224 64 123     43 241 86 .357       76 52 .684
Tom Sanders   23 14   439 141 115 14     65 130 56 .431       36 29 .806
K.C. Jones   29 14   329 126 56 55     50 102 44 .431       53 38 .717
Frank Ramsey   30 13   210 119 38 10     38 104 39 .375       45 41 .911
Jim Loscutoff   31 14   212 66 59 6     59 86 31 .360       10 4 .400
Carl Braun   34 6   42 25 7 2     3 28 11 .393       4 3 .750
Gary Phillips   22 6   32 10 3 1     6 16 1 .063       11 8 .727
Gene Guarilia   24 5   26 6 4 1     6 8 2 .250       5 2 .400
Totals     14   3385 1609 930 360     407 1536 625 .407       489 359 .734

HeatingUp Impact Index: Team Impact Spotlight

Player Name Role Tier MPG Usage Tier PPG RPG APG STK (SPG+BPG) Impact Index* Notes Awards
Bill Russell Defensive Anchor / Offensive Connector 45.2 Medium Usage 18.9 23.6 4.5 0.0 23.5 League MVP and defensive backbone of the Celtics’ title team; controlled pace through rebounding and outlet passing while anchoring the league’s best defense. MVP; All-Star; All-NBA Second Team
Tom Heinsohn Primary Scoring Forward 30.2 High Usage 22.1 9.5 2.1 0.0 16.9 Team’s leading scorer; physical interior scorer and foul-drawing forward who expanded offensive load alongside Russell. All-Star; All-NBA Second Team
Sam Jones Perimeter Scoring Engine 30.6 High Usage 18.4 5.9 3.0 0.0 13.7 Primary perimeter shot creator; elite midrange shooter who handled late-game scoring responsibilities. All-Star
Bob Cousy Offensive Organizer / Lead Playmaker 28.2 High Usage 15.7 3.5 7.8 0.0 13.5 Veteran point guard directing offense and tempo; still elite as a passer despite declining efficiency late in career. All-Star; All-NBA Second Team
Frank Ramsey Scoring Sixth Man 24.2 Medium Usage 15.3 4.9 1.4 0.0 10.8 Key bench scorer who provided instant offense and spacing; among league’s best reserve scorers of the era. —
Tom Sanders Defensive Forward / Rebounder 29.1 Medium Usage 11.2 9.5 0.9 0.0 10.8 Defensive specialist tasked with guarding top forwards; strong rebounder who complemented Russell inside. —
K.C. Jones Defensive Guard / Ball Distributor 25.7 Low Usage 9.2 3.7 4.3 0.0 8.6 Non-scoring point guard focused on defense, ball movement, and game management within Celtics system. —
Jim Loscutoff Hustle Wing / Defensive Depth 14.5 Very Low Usage 5.3 4.2 0.6 0.0 5.1 Energy forward known for physical defense and rebounding in limited minutes. —
Al Butler Short-Term Guard Contributor 9.4 Very Low Usage 6.2 2.6 0.8 0.0 4.8 Appeared briefly; provided scoring punch in very limited sample. —
Gary Phillips Developmental Guard 10.6 Very Low Usage 4.0 1.6 1.0 0.0 3.3 Young guard used sparingly; developmental minutes with limited offensive responsibility. —
Carl Braun Veteran Reserve Guard 8.6 Very Low Usage 3.7 1.0 1.5 0.0 3.1 Veteran depth guard providing experience and ball-handling in short stints. —
Gene Guarilia End-of-Bench Forward 8.2 Very Low Usage 3.6 2.8 0.2 0.0 3.3 Reserve forward with limited role; primarily depth insurance during the season. —