Editing Boston Celtics (section)

==Records, retired numbers, and awards==
[[File:BostonCelticsChampionshipBanners.jpg|thumb|Boston Celtics NBA Championship banners]]
{{main|Boston Celtics accomplishments and records}}
The Celtics have won an NBA-record 18 championships.<ref name="auto2">{{cite news|last=Reynolds|first=Tim|title=Sweet 17: Lakers tie Celtics for most NBA championships|url=https://www.nba.com/news/lakers-tie-celtics-most-nba-championships|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=NBA.com|date=October 11, 2020|access-date=December 26, 2023|archive-date=March 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301034354/https://www.nba.com/news/lakers-tie-celtics-most-nba-championships|url-status=live}}</ref> Forty-eight members of the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]] are connected to the Celtics,<ref>{{cite web|title=Celtics Hall of Famers|url=http://www.nba.com/celtics/history/HallOfFamers.html|work=NBA.com|access-date=February 8, 2012|archive-date=May 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530122204/http://www.nba.com/celtics/history/HallOfFamers.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and the franchise has [[retired numbers|retired]] 23 [[Number (sports)|jersey numbers]], more than any other American sports team.<ref>{{cite web|title=Retired Numbers – Celtics|url=http://www.nba.com/celtics/history/RetiredNumbers.html|work=NBA.com|access-date=February 8, 2012|archive-date=May 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518131639/http://www.nba.com/celtics/history/RetiredNumbers.html|url-status=live}}</ref> As of December 2023, the Celtics have won more NBA regular season games than any other team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/|title=NBA & ABA Team Index|publisher=[[Sports Reference|Sports Reference LLC]]|website=basketball-reference.com|accessdate=June 3, 2024}}</ref>

===Hall of Fame===
<!--DO NOT CHANGE TO 37 UNTIL THE CEREMONY TAKES PLACE-->37<!--DO NOT CHANGE TO 37 UNTIL THE CEREMONY TAKES PLACE--> people were inducted in the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]] as players, 6 – as coaches, 6 – as contributors.<ref>{{cite web|title=Celtics Hall of Famers|url=http://www.nba.com/celtics/history/HallOfFamers.html|work=NBA.com|access-date=February 8, 2019}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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! colspan="10" style="{{NBA color cell|Boston Celtics}};"|Boston Celtics Hall of Famers
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! colspan="10" style="{{NBA color cell2|Boston Celtics}};"|Players
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! No. !! Name !! Position !! Tenure !! Inducted !! No. !! Name !! Position !! Tenure !! Inducted
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| '''22''' || [[Ed Macauley]] || [[Forward-center|F/C]] || 1950–1956 || 1960 || '''17''' || [[Andy Phillip]] || [[Guard (basketball)|G]] || 1956–1958 || 1961
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| '''14''' || [[Bob Cousy]] || [[Guard (basketball)|G]] || 1950–1963 || 1971 || '''6''' || [[Bill Russell]] <sup>3</sup> || [[Center (basketball)|C]] || 1956–1969 || 1975
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| '''21''' || [[Bill Sharman]] || [[Guard (basketball)|G]] || 1951–1961 || 1976 || '''23''' || [[Frank Ramsey (basketball)|Frank Ramsey]] || [[Swingman|G/F]] || 1954–1964 || 1982
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| '''24''' || [[Sam Jones (basketball, born 1933)|Sam Jones]] || [[Swingman|G/F]] || 1957–1969 || 1984 || '''17''' || [[John Havlicek]] || [[Swingman|G/F]] || 1962–1978 || 1984
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| '''15'''<br />'''20''' || [[Tom Heinsohn]] <sup>1</sup> || [[Forward (basketball)|F]] || 1956–1965 || 1986 || '''20''' || [[Bob Houbregs]] || [[Center (basketball)|C]]/[[Forward (basketball)|F]] || 1954 || 1987
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| '''44''' || [[Pete Maravich]] || [[Guard (basketball)|G]] || 1980 || 1987 || '''4'''<br />'''34''' || [[Clyde Lovellette]] || [[Center (basketball)|C]] || 1962–1964 || 1988
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| '''25'''<br />'''27''' || [[K. C. Jones]] || [[Guard (basketball)|G]] || 1958–1967 || 1989 || '''44''' || [[Dave Bing]] || [[Guard (basketball)|G]] || 1977–1978 || 1990
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| '''18''' || [[Dave Cowens]] || [[Forward-center|F/C]] || 1970–1980 || 1991 || '''7''' || [[Nate Archibald]] || [[Guard (basketball)|G]] || 1978–1983 || 1991
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| '''5''' || [[Bill Walton]] || [[Center (basketball)|C]] || 1985–1988 || 1993 || '''18''' || [[Bailey Howell]] || [[Forward (basketball)|F]] || 1966–1970 || 1997
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| '''19''' || [[Arnie Risen]] || [[Center (basketball)|C]] || 1955–1958 || 1998 || '''33''' || [[Larry Bird]] <sup>2</sup> || [[Forward (basketball)|F]] || 1979–1992 || 1998
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| '''32''' || [[Kevin McHale (basketball)|Kevin McHale]] || [[Forward (basketball)|F]] || 1980–1993 || 1999 || '''11''' || [[Bob McAdoo]] || [[Center (basketball)|C]]/[[Forward (basketball)|F]] || 1979 || 2000
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| '''00''' || [[Robert Parish]] || [[Center (basketball)|C]] || 1980–1994 || 2003 || '''12''' || [[Dominique Wilkins]] || [[Forward (basketball)|F]] || 1994–1995 || 2006
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| '''3''' || [[Dennis Johnson]] || [[Guard (basketball)|G]] || 1983–1990 || 2010 || '''53''' || [[Artis Gilmore]] || [[Center (basketball)|C]] || 1988 || 2011
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| '''20''' || [[Gary Payton]] || [[Guard (basketball)|G]] || 2004–2005 || 2013 || '''10''' || [[Jo Jo White]] || [[Guard (basketball)|G]] || 1969–1979 || 2015
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| '''36''' || [[Shaquille O'Neal]] || [[Center (basketball)|C]] || 2010–2011 || 2016 || '''11''' || [[Charlie Scott (basketball)|Charlie Scott]] || [[Guard (basketball)|G]] || 1975–1977 || 2018
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| '''40''' || [[Dino Rađa]] || [[Forward-center|F/C]] || 1994–1997 || 2018 || '''20''' || [[Ray Allen]] || [[Guard (basketball)|G]] || 2007–2012 || 2018
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| '''11''' || [[Chuck Cooper (basketball)|Chuck Cooper]] || [[Forward (basketball)|F]] || 1950–1954 || 2019 || '''4''' || [[Carl Braun (basketball)|Carl Braun]] || [[Guard (basketball)|G]] || 1961–1962 || 2019
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| '''44''' || [[Paul Westphal]] || [[Guard (basketball)|G]] || 1972–1975 || 2019 || '''5''' || [[Kevin Garnett]] || [[Forward (basketball)|F]] || 2007–2013 || 2020
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| '''34''' || [[Paul Pierce]] || [[Forward (basketball)|F]] || 1998–2013 || 2021 || '''4''' || [[Chauncey Billups]] || [[Guard (basketball)|G]] || 1997–1998 || 2024
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! colspan="10" style="{{NBA color cell2|Boston Celtics}};"|Coaches
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! colspan="2"|Name !! Position !! Tenure !! Inducted !! colspan="2"|Name !! Position !! Tenure !! Inducted
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| colspan="2"|[[Doggie Julian]] || Head coach || 1948–1950 || 1968 || '''2''' || [[Red Auerbach]] || Head coach || 1950–1966 || 1969
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| colspan="2"|[[Rick Pitino]] || Head coach || 1997–2001 || 2013 || colspan="2"|[[Tom Heinsohn]] <sup>1</sup> || Head coach || 1969–1978 || 2015
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| colspan="2"|[[Bill Fitch]] || Head coach || 1979–1983 || 2019 || colspan="2"|[[Bill Russell]] <sup>3</sup> || Head coach || 1966–1969 || 2021
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! colspan="10" style="{{NBA color cell2|Boston Celtics}};"|Contributors
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! colspan="2"|Name !! Position !! Tenure !! Inducted !! colspan="2"|Name !! Position !! Tenure !! Inducted
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| '''1''' || [[Walter A. Brown]] || Owner || 1945–1964 || 1965 || colspan="2"|[[Bill Mokray]] || Executive || 1946–1969 || 1965
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| '''28''' || [[Wayne Embry]] || [[Center (basketball)|C]] || 1966–1968 || 1999 || colspan="2"|[[Dave Gavitt]] || Executive || 1990–1994 || 2006
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| '''16''' || [[Satch Sanders]] <sup>4</sup> || [[Forward (basketball)|F]] || 1960–1973 || 2011 || '''17''' || [[Don Barksdale]] || [[Forward (basketball)|F]] || 1953–1955 || 2012
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Additionally, [[Johnny Most]] and [[Mike Gorman]] were honored with the Hall of Fame's [[Curt Gowdy Media Award]]. Most was awarded in 1993 for his 37-year career as the Celtics radio announcer, while Gorman was awarded in 2021 for his 40-year career as the Celtics television announcer.

'''Notes:'''
* <sup>1</sup> In total, Heinsohn was inducted into the Hall of Fame twice – as player and as coach.
* <sup>2</sup> In total, Bird was inducted into the Hall of Fame twice – as player and as a member of the [[1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team|1992 Olympic team]].
* <sup>3</sup> In total, Russell was inducted into the Hall of Fame twice – as player and as coach.
* <sup>4</sup> Sanders also coached the team in 1978.

===FIBA Hall of Fame===
[[FIBA]], the body which governs international basketball, has selected two players associated with the Celtics to the [[FIBA Hall of Fame]] for contributions to international basketball.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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! colspan="5" style="{{NBA color cell|Boston Celtics|border=2}};"|Boston Celtics FIBA Hall of Famers
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! colspan="5" style="text-align:center; {{NBA color cell2|Boston Celtics|border=2}};"|Players
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! No. || Name || Position || Tenure || Inducted
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| '''6''' || [[Bill Russell]] || [[Center (basketball)|C]] || 1956–1969 || 2007
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| '''36''' || [[Shaquille O'Neal]] || [[Center (basketball)|C]] || 2010–2011 || 2017
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