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John Havlicek

Age 86 · USA · 196 cm (6'5") · 92 kg · Born Apr 8, 1940 · Ohio State

20.6 PPG 6.4 RPG 4.8 APG 953 games 12 seasons
John Havlicek

Career snapshot

12seasons
953games
19,643career pts
17.3PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Boston Celtics · 953 games · 1962-63–1977-78

Position rank · 1977-78

#15PPG rank
#24PER rank
#16WS rank
Among 89 Forward players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 27.5 1971-72 · BOS
RPG 8.2 1971-72 · BOS
APG 7.5 1971-72 · BOS
PER 20.1 1971-72 · BOS
WS 12.4 1971-72 · BOS

Draft

1962
Round 1 · Pick 7
from Ohio State

Honors & awards

1×
NBA 75th Anniversary Team
2022
13×
All-Star Selection
1977, 1976, 1975, 1974, 1973, 1972, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1968, 1967, 1966, 1965
8×
All-Defense Team
1975, 1974, 1973, 1972, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1968
11×
All-NBA Team
1975, 1974, 1973, 1972, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1968, 1967, 1965, 1963
1×
NBA Finals MVP
1974
1×
All-Rookie Team
1962

Career by team

Boston Celtics
1962-63 – 1977-78 · 12 seasons
20.6 PPG 6.4 RPG 4.8 APG
953 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1962-63 BOS 80 0 27.5 14.3 6.7 2.2 0.0 0.0 44.5 0.0 72.8 15.4 6.4
1963-64 BOS 80 0 32.3 19.9 5.4 3.0 0.0 0.0 41.7 0.0 74.6 16.9 7.7
1964-65 BOS 75 0 28.9 18.3 4.9 2.7 0.0 0.0 40.1 0.0 74.4 16.3 4.5
1965-66 BOS 71 0 30.6 18.8 6.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 39.9 0.0 78.5 16.7 4.3
1967-68 BOS 82 0 35.6 20.7 6.7 4.7 0.0 0.0 42.9 0.0 81.2 17.7 7.6
1968-69 BOS 82 0 38.7 21.6 7.0 5.4 0.0 0.0 40.5 0.0 78.0 17.0 7.3
1969-70 BOS 81 0 41.6 24.2 7.8 6.8 0.0 0.0 46.4 0.0 84.4 20.0 10.6
1971-72 BOS 82 0 45.1 27.5 8.2 7.5 0.0 0.0 45.8 0.0 83.4 20.1 12.4
1972-73 BOS 80 0 42.1 23.8 7.1 6.6 0.0 0.0 45.0 0.0 85.8 18.6 12.1
1973-74 BOS 76 0 40.7 22.6 6.4 5.9 1.3 0.4 45.6 0.0 83.2 17.4 9.7
1974-75 BOS 82 0 38.2 19.2 5.9 5.3 1.3 0.2 45.5 0.0 87.0 16.7 9.7
1977-78 BOS 82 0 34.1 16.1 4.0 4.0 1.1 0.3 44.9 0.0 85.5 14.3 5.1

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About John Havlicek

John Joseph Havlicek, often nicknamed Hondo, was an American professional basketball player who spent his entire 16-year career with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Havlicek won eight NBA championships — one of three NBA players with an unsurpassed 8–0 record in the NBA Finals series — and was voted the NBA Finals MVP in 1974.