Where Jaylen Brown Ranks On All-Time Boston Celtics Statistical Lists

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Jaylen Brown spent 10 seasons playing 674 regular season games for the Boston Celtics before being traded to the Philadelphia 76ers. Over that time, he has amassed a lot of big statistics for the Celtics which will keep him in the conversation of all-time greats for a long time.
Here's a look at where his statistical accomplishments rank all-time.
Brown's 28.7 points per game last season tied him for the fifth-highest single-season scoring average in team history.
Player | Season | Scoring average |
|---|---|---|
Jayson Tatum | 2022-23 | 30.1 |
Larry Bird | 1987-88 | 29.9 |
Isaiah Thomas | 2016-17 | 28.9 |
John Havlicek | 1970-71 | 28.9 |
Jaylen Brown | 2025-26 | 28.7 |
Larry Bird | 1984-85 | 28.7 |
Larry Bird | 1986-87 | 28.1 |
John Havlicek | 1971-72 | 27.5 |
Jayson Tatum | 2021-22 | 26.9 |
Jayson Tatum | 2023-24 | 26.9 |
To go along with that, Brown's final season saw him make the sixth-most field goals per game in a single season (10.4), and take the seventh-most field goal attempts per game (21.7). However, if you equalize the minutes, Brown averaged 10.8 field goals per 36 minutes, the most in a single season in team history. He remained seventh in field goal attempts per 36 minutes at 22.7.
Moving on to the all-time rankings, Brown's totals over 10 years put him in impressive company. He finished his Celtics career as Boston's 10th all-time leading scorer.
Player | Points |
|---|---|
John Havlicek | 26,395 |
Paul Pierce | 24,021 |
Larry Bird | 21,791 |
Robert Parish | 18,245 |
Kevin McHale | 17,355 |
Bob Cousy | 16,955 |
Sam Jones | 15,411 |
Bill Russell | 14,522 |
Jayson Tatum | 14,132 |
Jaylen Brown | 13,474 |
Brown averaged 20 points per game over his career, which is good for eighth overall.
A lot of those points came via the three-pointer. The top three in team history in three-point field goal makes and attempts are the same.
Player | 3-point attempts | 3-point FG |
|---|---|---|
Paul Pierce | 4928 | 1823 |
Jayson Tatum | 4324 | 1593 |
Jaylen Brown | 3589 | 1284 |
Pierce, Tatum, and Brown are the only three Celtics with more than 1,000 made threes and more than 3,000 attempts. Derrick White and Payton Pritchard should get to 1,000 makes this season.
Brown is seventh in total playoff points
Player | Playoff Points |
|---|---|
Larry Bird | 3,897 |
John Havlicek | 3,776 |
Kevin McHale | 3,182 |
Jayson Tatum | 3,076 |
Sam Jones | 2,909 |
Paul Pierce | 2,843 |
Jaylen Brown | 2,778 |
Robert Parish | 2,683 |
Bill Russell | 2,673 |
Tom Heinsohn | 2,058 |
Brown is seventh all-time in steals.
Player | Total Steals |
|---|---|
Paul Pierce | 1,583 |
Larry Bird | 1,556 |
Rajon Rondo | 990 |
Marcus Smart | 914 |
Robert Parish | 873 |
Antoine Walker | 828 |
Jaylen Brown | 684 |
Dee Brown | 675 |
Danny Ainge | 671 |
Jayson Tatum | 661 |
Brown is 42nd overall in steals per game, at 1.0.
Brown is 17th overall in total rebounds (3,700), but he's seventh overall in defensive rebounds
Player | Defensive Rebounds |
|---|---|
Robert Parish | 7,601 |
Larry Bird | 7,217 |
Paul Pierce | 5,643 |
Dave Cowens | 4,921 |
Kevin McHale | 4,764 |
Jayson Tatum | 3,933 |
Antoine Walker | 3,463 |
Jaylen Brown | 3,013 |
Kevin Garnett | 2,786 |
Al Horford | 2,495 |
You'll notice that Bill Russell is not on this list despite his 21,620 total rebounds, which is second all-time to Wilt Chamberlain's 23,924. That's because the NBA didn't start breaking down rebounding into offensive and defensive until the 1973-74 season. So while Russell undoubtedly leads Boston in total defensive rebounds, we don't know what that number actually is, so he doesn't appear on the list.
Something similar can be said for blocks and steals, which also didn't begin as official stats until '73-74. Russell should lead the Celtics in blocks but those weren't counted in his day. He should also be somewhere at or near the top of the steals list.
Wrapping up the look at Brown's final standing after 10 seaons, here's where he lands in some other statistical categories all time.
Games Played: 15th (674)
Minutes Played: 14th (20,908)
Total FG: 11th (5,034)
Total FGA: 15th (10,533)
Total FT: 16th (2,122)
Total FTA: 16th (2,872)
Assists: 18th (1,953)
Blocks: 18th (255)
Turnovers: 6th (1,536)
Playoff Games Played: 7th (142)
Playoff Rebounds: 12th (811)
Playoff Assists: 14th (369)
Playoff Steals: T-6th (140, Dennis Johnson)

John Karalis is a 20-year veteran of Celtics coverage and was nominated for NSMA's Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year in 2019. He has hosted the Locked On Celtics podcast since 2016 and has written two books about the Celtics. John was born and raised in Pawtucket, RI. He graduated from Shea High School in Pawtucket, where he played football, soccer, baseball, and basketball and was captain of the baseball and basketball teams. John graduated from Emerson College in Boston with a Bachelor of Science degree in Broadcast Journalism and was a member of their Gold Key Honor Society. He was a four-year starter and two-year captain of the Men’s Basketball team, and remains one of the school's top all-time scorers, and Emerson's all-time leading rebounder. He is also the first Emerson College player to play professional basketball (Greece). John started his career in television, producing and creating shows since 1997. He spent nine years at WBZ, launching two different news and lifestyle shows before ascending to Executive Producer and Managing Editor. He then went to New York, where he was a producer and reporter until 2018. John is one of Boston’s original Celtics bloggers, creating RedsArmy.com in 2006. In 2018, John joined the Celtics beat full-time for MassLive.com and then went to Boston Sports Journal in 2021, where he covered the Celtics for five years. He has hosted the Locked On Celtics podcast since 2016, and it currently ranks as the #1 Boston Celtics podcast on iTunes and Spotify rankings. He is also one of the co-hosts of the Locked on NBA podcast.
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