Dominant matchup
67%win rate vs Clippers
105-51 across 156 meetings
See the full series →East Conference · Atlantic Division Original NBA (BAA 1946)
Boston Celtics
All-time head-to-head records, rivalries, and franchise history since 1946.
18
NBA Championships
Last in 2024
23
Finals appearances
80
Seasons played
Since 1946
Boston Celtics all-time insights
Toughest matchup
45%win rate vs Spurs
49-60 across 109 meetings
See the full series →Headline rivalry
591meetings vs 76ers
341-250 all-time · 57% win rate
See the full series →18 NBA championships (most recent: 2024 vs Dallas Mavericks)· 5 runner-up finishes
The story
Across 6,719 games vs 29 opponents the Boston Celtics hold a 4,032-2,687 all-time head-to-head record, winning 60% of meetings. Their longest series is with the Philadelphia 76ers: 591 meetings, 57% win rate. They feast on the Los Angeles Clippers (67% win rate) and struggle most with the San Antonio Spurs (45% win rate). Championship context: 18 NBA titles, most recently in 2024 over the Dallas Mavericks.
All-time records vs every opponent
29 of 29 opponentsEvery opponent the Boston Celtics have a regular-season or playoff record against. Click any card for the full series page.
Eastern ConferenceHome
14 teams- Philadelphia 76ers341-25057%
- New York Knicks335-21058%
- Atlanta Hawks290-18261%
- Detroit Pistons276-15762%
- Washington Wizards228-13860%
- Cleveland Cavaliers170-11460%
- Milwaukee Bucks148-13252%
- Chicago Bulls154-11556%
- Brooklyn Nets155-8764%
- Indiana Pacers133-10057%
- Miami Heat111-7560%
- Orlando Magic91-6757%
- Charlotte Hornets83-4962%
- Toronto Raptors81-4664%
Western Conference
15 teams- Los Angeles Lakers206-15955%
- Golden State Warriors218-13957%
- Sacramento Kings204-11761%
- Houston Rockets114-6364%
- Los Angeles Clippers105-5167%
- Oklahoma City Thunder80-6954%
- Phoenix Suns85-6158%
- Portland Trail Blazers78-5061%
- Utah Jazz65-4758%
- San Antonio Spurs49-6045%
- Denver Nuggets62-4260%
- Dallas Mavericks53-4256%
- Minnesota Timberwolves47-2466%
- Memphis Grizzlies40-2067%
- New Orleans Pelicans30-2159%
Show as sortable table
| Opponent | W | L | Win % | Last meeting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia 76ers | 341 | 250 | 57.0% | 2026-05-02 |
| New York Knicks | 335 | 210 | 58.3% | 2026-04-09 |
| Atlanta Hawks | 290 | 182 | 60.8% | 2026-03-30 |
| Detroit Pistons | 276 | 157 | 61.9% | 2026-01-19 |
| Washington Wizards | 228 | 138 | 59.5% | 2026-03-14 |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 206 | 159 | 54.5% | 2026-02-22 |
| Golden State Warriors | 218 | 139 | 56.9% | 2026-03-18 |
| Sacramento Kings | 204 | 117 | 61.4% | 2026-01-30 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 170 | 114 | 59.9% | 2026-03-08 |
| Milwaukee Bucks | 148 | 132 | 52.3% | 2026-04-03 |
| Chicago Bulls | 154 | 115 | 56.4% | 2026-02-11 |
| Brooklyn Nets | 155 | 87 | 64.0% | 2026-02-27 |
| Indiana Pacers | 133 | 100 | 56.8% | 2026-01-21 |
| Miami Heat | 111 | 75 | 59.7% | 2026-04-01 |
| Houston Rockets | 114 | 63 | 64.0% | 2026-02-04 |
| Orlando Magic | 91 | 67 | 57.2% | 2026-04-12 |
| Los Angeles Clippers | 105 | 51 | 67.3% | 2026-01-03 |
| Oklahoma City Thunder | 80 | 69 | 53.7% | 2026-03-25 |
| Phoenix Suns | 85 | 61 | 57.8% | 2026-03-16 |
| Charlotte Hornets | 83 | 49 | 61.9% | 2026-04-07 |
| Portland Trail Blazers | 78 | 50 | 60.9% | 2026-01-26 |
| Toronto Raptors | 81 | 46 | 63.8% | 2026-04-05 |
| Utah Jazz | 65 | 47 | 58.0% | 2025-12-30 |
| San Antonio Spurs | 49 | 60 | 45.0% | 2026-03-10 |
| Denver Nuggets | 62 | 42 | 59.6% | 2026-02-25 |
| Dallas Mavericks | 53 | 42 | 55.8% | 2026-03-06 |
| Minnesota Timberwolves | 47 | 24 | 66.2% | 2026-03-22 |
| Memphis Grizzlies | 40 | 20 | 66.7% | 2026-03-20 |
| New Orleans Pelicans | 30 | 21 | 58.8% | 2026-04-10 |
Franchise history
Championship moments and W-L across the NBA's structural eras, side by side.
Championship ledger
18 titles · 5 runner-ups · 23 Finals appearances2020s
1W · 1L
- 2024vs Mavericks
- 2022lost to Warriors
2010s
0W · 1L
- 2010lost to Lakers
2000s
1W · 0L
- 2008vs Lakers
ChampionshipFinals lossTeam colors: Boston Celtics
Performance by era
Baseline: 60% across all opponentsHow the Boston Celtics have performed across 5 of the NBA's structural eras.
BAA / founding
1946-1949
5-11(31.3%)
-28.8 pp vs baseline
Original Basketball Association of America before the NBL merger formed the NBA.
Early NBA
1950-1967
957-498(65.8%)
+5.8 pp vs baseline
Post-merger era of 8-to-10 teams, dominated by Minneapolis and Boston dynasties.
ABA / expansion
1968-1979
646-438(59.6%)
in line with baseline
Rapid expansion and the ABA rival league that folded into the NBA in 1976.
Modern era
1980-1999
1,039-734(58.6%)
in line with baseline
The 3-point line, Magic vs Bird, the 90s Bulls: a commercial and competitive peak.
Cap / luxury-tax era
2000-present
1,385-1,006(57.9%)
-2.1 pp vs baseline
Luxury tax, player empowerment, positionless basketball, and analytics-led offense.
Methodology & Data Sources
Last updated
Every head-to-head page on SharkBetting is built from verified historical data, not generated prose. Regular-season and playoff game logs are pulled from the balldontlie API (public NBA records from 1946 onward). Playoff series results, arena capacity, and historical context are cross-checked against basketball-reference.com. Player-level top-scorer tables and largest-lead figures use the play-by-play dataset, which has complete coverage only from the 1996-97 season onward; matchups on the page that pre-date 1996 are clearly marked.
Stats are refreshed after every completed game day. If you spot an error, head to our contact page with the game date and we will verify against the source feeds.
Pre-1996 game scores partially derived from the nbadb dataset by Wyatt Walsh, distributed under CC BY-SA 4.0.