Boston Celtics
15 roto titles · 75 seasons (1951-52–2025-26)
The Boston Celtics have won the Roto Champ fifteen times in 75 seasons, a haul almost no franchise approaches. Fourteen of them arrived between 1952-53 and 1990-91, and then nothing at all for 33 seasons, which makes the recent title the start of a second era rather than a continuation. Their average finish is 8.2 all time, against 6.8 over the last ten seasons, essentially unchanged from its historical level.
The best single roto season in franchise history belongs to Larry Bird in 1987-88, worth a 19.4 z-score. He owns 10 of the franchise’s 50 best seasons outright. Worth knowing before you read the All-Franchise Team below: Ed Macauley rates above a player who made it, and missed only because the center slots were full.
Roto championships
Roto finish by season
Where Boston Celtics placed in each season’s Roto Champ standings (1st at the top). Gold dots are championship seasons; hover a point for detail.
Season by season
Where they finished each year, with a link to that season’s qualifying roster (top 10 by minutes).
| Season | Finish | Roster |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 2nd of 30 | View roster → |
| 2024-25 | 3rd of 30 | View roster → |
| 2023-24 | 🏆 1st of 30 | View roster → |
| 2022-23 | 3rd of 30 | View roster → |
| 2021-22 | 3rd of 30 | View roster → |
| 2020-21 | 24th of 30 | View roster → |
| 2019-20 | 5th of 30 | View roster → |
| 2018-19 | 3rd of 30 | View roster → |
All-Franchise Team
Boston Celtics’ all-time First, Second, and Third teams by z-score: 2 guards, 2 forwards, a center.
🏆 First Team
Second Team
Third Team
Who just missed
- CEd Macauleyposition full5 seasons44.1
- GSam Jones12 seasons32.3
- FAntoine Walker8 seasons32.1
- GJojo White9 seasons30.8
- GDanny Ainge7 seasons28.8
- GReggie Lewis6 seasons28.5
- FCedric Maxwell8 seasons27.7
- GIsaiah Thomas3 seasons25.7
- GMarcus Smart9 seasons24.8
- FTom Heinsohn9 seasons23.0
Closest to making it, by z-score. Position full: rated above someone who did make a team, but every slot at their position was already taken.
Best roto seasons
The franchise’s top individual player-seasons by z-score, all-time.
| # | Player | Season | Z |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BOS1987-88 | 19.4 | |
29.9PTS9.3REB6.1AST1.6STL0.8BLK1.33PM52.7%FG%91.6%FT%2.8TO | |||
| 2 | BOS1985-86 | 19.0 | |
25.8PTS9.8REB6.8AST2.0STL0.6BLK1.03PM49.6%FG%89.6%FT%3.2TO | |||
| 3 | BOS1986-87 | 18.9 | |
28.1PTS9.2REB7.6AST1.8STL0.9BLK1.23PM52.5%FG%91.0%FT%3.2TO | |||
| 4 | BOS1984-85 | 18.5 | |
28.7PTS10.5REB6.6AST1.6STL1.2BLK0.73PM52.2%FG%88.2%FT%3.1TO | |||
| 5 | BOS1982-83 | 14.7 | |
23.6PTS11.0REB5.8AST1.9STL0.9BLK0.33PM50.4%FG%84.0%FT%3.0TO | |||
| 6 | BOS1986-87 | 14.4 | |
26.1PTS9.9REB2.6AST0.5STL2.2BLK0.03PM60.4%FG%83.6%FT%2.6TO | |||
| 7 | BOS2001-02 | 14.1 | |
26.1PTS6.9REB3.2AST1.9STL1.0BLK2.63PM44.2%FG%80.9%FT%2.9TO | |||
| 8 | BOS2022-23 | 13.4 | |
30.1PTS8.8REB4.6AST1.1STL0.7BLK3.23PM46.6%FG%85.4%FT%2.9TO | |||
| 9 | BOS1983-84 | 13.3 | |
24.2PTS10.1REB6.6AST1.8STL0.9BLK0.23PM49.2%FG%88.8%FT%3.0TO | |||
| 10 | BOS2021-22 | 13.3 | |
26.9PTS8.0REB4.4AST1.0STL0.6BLK3.03PM45.3%FG%85.3%FT%2.9TO | |||
| 11 | BOS2016-17 | 12.9 | |
28.9PTS2.7REB5.9AST0.9STL0.2BLK3.23PM46.3%FG%90.9%FT%2.8TO | |||
| 12 | BOS1987-88 | 12.4 | |
15.7PTS3.1REB6.2AST1.4STL0.2BLK1.83PM49.1%FG%87.8%FT%1.9TO | |||
