John Havlicek

Seasons 1962-63–1977-78 · 16 on record · Ht 6-5 · b. 1940

★ Hall of Fame★ Finals MVP13× All-Star11× All-NBA8× All-Defense

Player info

Nickname	Hondo, Country Boy, Captain John
Position	SF
Number	#17
Team	Boston Celtics
Height	6-5
Weight	203 lb
Born	1940-04-08
College	Ohio State
Drafted	1962 · Round 1, Pick 9 · Boston Celtics
Seasons	1962-63–1977-78 (16)

20.8 PPG, 6.3 RPG, 4.8 APG · 1270 games · .439 FG% · — 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1962-63	BOS	22	80	27.5	.445	—	.728	6.7	2.2	—	—	14.3	15.4	.479
1963-64	BOS	23	80	32.3	.417	—	.746	5.4	3.0	—	—	19.9	16.9	.463
1964-65	BOS	24	75	28.9	.401	—	.744	4.9	2.7	—	—	18.3	16.3	.441
1965-66	BOS	25	71	30.6	.399	—	.785	6.0	3.0	—	—	18.8	16.7	.450
1966-67	BOS	26	81	32.1	.444	—	.828	6.6	3.4	—	—	21.4	19.2	.500
1967-68	BOS	27	82	35.6	.429	—	.812	6.7	4.7	—	—	20.7	17.7	.486
1968-69	BOS	28	82	38.7	.405	—	.780	7.0	5.4	—	—	21.6	17.0	.459
1969-70	BOS	29	81	41.6	.464	—	.844	7.8	6.8	—	—	24.2	20.0	.533
1970-71	BOS	30	81	45.4	.450	—	.818	9.0	7.5	—	—	28.9	20.8	.513
1971-72	BOS	31	82	45.1	.458	—	.834	8.2	7.5	—	—	27.5	20.1	.512
1972-73	BOS	32	80	42.1	.450	—	.858	7.1	6.6	—	—	23.8	18.6	.502
1973-74	BOS	33	76	40.7	.456	—	.832	6.4	5.9	1.3	0.4	22.6	17.4	.509
1974-75	BOS	34	82	38.2	.455	—	.870	5.9	5.3	1.3	0.2	19.2	16.7	.505
1975-76	BOS	35	76	34.2	.450	—	.844	4.1	3.7	1.3	0.4	17.0	15.5	.508
1976-77	BOS	36	79	36.9	.452	—	.816	4.8	5.1	1.1	0.2	17.7	14.7	.495
1977-78	BOS	37	82	34.1	.449	—	.855	4.0	4.0	1.1	0.3	16.1	14.3	.495

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1962-63	BOS	80	—	2,200	483	1,085	.445	—	—	174	239	534	179	—	—	—	1,140
1963-64	BOS	80	—	2,587	640	1,535	.417	—	—	315	422	428	238	—	—	—	1,595
1964-65	BOS	75	—	2,169	570	1,420	.401	—	—	235	316	371	199	—	—	—	1,375
1965-66	BOS	71	—	2,175	530	1,328	.399	—	—	274	349	423	210	—	—	—	1,334
1966-67	BOS	81	—	2,602	684	1,540	.444	—	—	365	441	532	278	—	—	—	1,733
1967-68	BOS	82	—	2,921	666	1,551	.429	—	—	368	453	546	384	—	—	—	1,700
1968-69	BOS	82	—	3,174	692	1,709	.405	—	—	387	496	570	441	—	—	—	1,771
1969-70	BOS	81	—	3,369	736	1,585	.464	—	—	488	578	635	550	—	—	—	1,960
1970-71	BOS	81	—	3,678	892	1,982	.450	—	—	554	677	730	607	—	—	—	2,338
1971-72	BOS	82	—	3,698	897	1,957	.458	—	—	458	549	672	614	—	—	—	2,252
1972-73	BOS	80	—	3,367	766	1,704	.450	—	—	370	431	567	529	—	—	—	1,902
1973-74	BOS	76	—	3,091	685	1,502	.456	—	—	346	416	487	447	95	32	—	1,716
1974-75	BOS	82	—	3,132	642	1,411	.455	—	—	289	332	484	432	110	16	—	1,573
1975-76	BOS	76	—	2,598	504	1,121	.450	—	—	281	333	314	278	97	29	—	1,289
1976-77	BOS	79	—	2,913	580	1,283	.452	—	—	235	288	382	400	84	18	—	1,395
1977-78	BOS	82	—	2,797	546	1,217	.449	—	—	230	269	332	328	90	22	204	1,322
Career		1270	—	—	10,513	23,930	.439	0	0	5369	6589	8007	6114	476	117	204	26,395

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1962-63	BOS	80	27.5	7.9	17.8	.445	—	—	2.8	3.9	8.7	2.9	—	—	—	18.7
1963-64	BOS	80	32.3	8.9	21.4	.417	—	—	4.4	5.9	6.0	3.3	—	—	—	22.2
1964-65	BOS	75	28.9	9.5	23.6	.401	—	—	3.9	5.2	6.2	3.3	—	—	—	22.8
1965-66	BOS	71	30.6	8.8	22.0	.399	—	—	4.5	5.8	7.0	3.5	—	—	—	22.1
1966-67	BOS	81	32.1	9.5	21.3	.444	—	—	5.0	6.1	7.4	3.8	—	—	—	24.0
1967-68	BOS	82	35.6	8.2	19.1	.429	—	—	4.5	5.6	6.7	4.7	—	—	—	21.0
1968-69	BOS	82	38.7	7.8	19.4	.405	—	—	4.4	5.6	6.5	5.0	—	—	—	20.1
1969-70	BOS	81	41.6	7.9	16.9	.464	—	—	5.2	6.2	6.8	5.9	—	—	—	20.9
1970-71	BOS	81	45.4	8.7	19.4	.450	—	—	5.4	6.6	7.1	5.9	—	—	—	22.9
1971-72	BOS	82	45.1	8.7	19.1	.458	—	—	4.5	5.3	6.5	6.0	—	—	—	21.9
1972-73	BOS	80	42.1	8.2	18.2	.450	—	—	4.0	4.6	6.1	5.7	—	—	—	20.3
1973-74	BOS	76	40.7	8.0	17.5	.456	—	—	4.0	4.8	5.7	5.2	1.1	0.4	—	20.0
1974-75	BOS	82	38.2	7.4	16.2	.455	—	—	3.3	3.8	5.6	5.0	1.3	0.2	—	18.1
1975-76	BOS	76	34.2	7.0	15.5	.450	—	—	3.9	4.6	4.4	3.9	1.3	0.4	—	17.9
1976-77	BOS	79	36.9	7.2	15.9	.452	—	—	2.9	3.6	4.7	4.9	1.0	0.2	—	17.2
1977-78	BOS	82	34.1	7.0	15.7	.449	—	—	3.0	3.5	4.3	4.2	1.2	0.3	2.6	17.0

Counting stats scaled to a per-36-minute pace.

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1962-63	BOS	80	2,200	15.4	.479	—	1.6	4.8	6.4	.139	—	—	—	—
1963-64	BOS	80	2,587	16.9	.463	—	1.6	6.1	7.7	.142	—	—	—	—
1964-65	BOS	75	2,169	16.3	.441	—	-0.1	4.6	4.5	.100	—	—	—	—
1965-66	BOS	71	2,175	16.7	.450	—	0.1	4.1	4.3	.094	—	—	—	—
1966-67	BOS	81	2,602	19.2	.500	—	4.2	4.1	8.3	.154	—	—	—	—
1967-68	BOS	82	2,921	17.7	.486	—	2.7	4.9	7.6	.125	—	—	—	—
1968-69	BOS	82	3,174	17.0	.459	—	1.0	6.3	7.3	.110	—	—	—	—
1969-70	BOS	81	3,369	20.0	.533	—	6.4	4.2	10.6	.151	—	—	—	—
1970-71	BOS	81	3,678	20.8	.513	—	6.6	5.9	12.5	.164	—	—	—	—
1971-72	BOS	82	3,698	20.1	.512	—	5.9	6.5	12.4	.162	—	—	—	—
1972-73	BOS	80	3,367	18.6	.502	—	4.9	7.2	12.1	.172	—	—	—	—
1973-74	BOS	76	3,091	17.4	.509	—	5.9	3.8	9.7	.151	+1.7	+0.2	+2.0	+3.1
1974-75	BOS	82	3,132	16.7	.505	—	5.9	3.8	9.7	.149	+1.4	+0.3	+1.7	+2.9
1975-76	BOS	76	2,598	15.5	.508	—	4.7	2.7	7.4	.137	+1.1	+0.5	+1.6	+2.3
1976-77	BOS	79	2,913	14.7	.495	—	3.3	2.8	6.1	.100	+0.5	+0.0	+0.6	+1.9
1977-78	BOS	82	2,797	14.3	.495	21.3	2.9	2.1	5.1	.087	+0.2	-0.4	-0.2	+1.3
Career		1270	—	—	—	—	—	—	131.7	—	—	—	—	+11.5

PER, True Shooting %, Usage %, Win Shares (Off/Def/Total, per 48), Box Plus/Minus (Off/Def/Total) and Value Over Replacement Player.

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
1962-63	11	23.1	11.8	4.8	1.2	0.0	0.0	.448	—	.476
1963-64	10	28.9	15.7	4.3	3.2	0.0	0.0	.384	—	.439
1964-65	12	33.8	18.5	7.3	2.4	0.0	0.0	.352	—	.405
1965-66	17	26.4	23.6	9.1	4.1	0.0	0.0	.409	—	.473
1966-67	9	36.7	27.4	8.1	3.1	0.0	0.0	.448	—	.510
1967-68	19	45.4	25.8	8.6	7.5	0.0	0.0	.450	—	.518
1968-69	18	47.2	25.4	9.9	5.6	0.0	0.0	.445	—	.517
1971-72	11	47.0	27.4	8.4	6.4	0.0	0.0	.460	—	.540
1972-73	12	39.9	23.8	5.2	5.4	0.0	0.0	.477	—	.533
1973-74	18	45.1	27.1	6.4	6.0	0.7	0.0	.484	—	.535
1974-75	11	42.2	21.1	5.2	4.6	0.1	0.1	.432	—	.515
1975-76	15	33.7	13.2	3.7	3.4	0.5	0.3	.444	—	.493
1976-77	9	41.7	18.3	5.4	6.9	0.1	0.1	.371	—	.437
Career	172	38.3	21.9	6.9	4.8	0.1	0.0	.436	—	.498

Full postseason box-score averages by season, from every playoff game played.

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	631	20.9	5.9	4.7	484–147
Away	639	20.7	5.4	3.9	340–299
In wins	824	21.3	5.6	4.4	824–0
In losses	446	19.9	5.7	4.2	0–446

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	103	20.0	5.4	3.8	71–32
BKN Brooklyn Nets	8	16.6	4.8	4.5	6–2
CHI Chicago Bulls	61	20.8	5.2	3.9	39–22
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	38	20.1	5.7	5.7	25–13
DEN Denver Nuggets	8	19.1	5.9	5.0	4–4
DET Detroit Pistons	93	21.3	4.0	3.2	70–23
GSW Golden State Warriors	99	21.4	6.5	4.2	62–37
HOU Houston Rockets	57	23.0	6.2	5.2	44–13
IND Indiana Pacers	6	19.7	4.0	5.3	3–3
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	96	20.4	6.1	4.2	57–39
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	46	22.1	5.9	6.2	24–22
NYK New York Knicks	121	20.1	5.1	4.1	81–40
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	111	21.0	6.8	4.8	68–43
PHX Phoenix Suns	45	22.4	5.9	6.2	29–16
POR Portland Trail Blazers	32	22.8	7.1	5.9	22–10
SAC Sacramento Kings	24	19.9	5.1	4.8	15–9
SAS San Antonio Spurs	8	17.1	4.8	5.8	4–4
UTA Utah Jazz	15	16.3	4.1	3.4	11–4

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

John Havlicek plays SF for the Boston Celtics.

John Havlicek has averaged 20.8 PPG, 6.3 RPG, 4.8 APG over 16 seasons (1962-63–1977-78).

John Havlicek is 6-5 (203 lb).

John Havlicek was drafted in 1962, round 1, pick 9, by the Boston Celtics.