how many finals appearances does the celtics have in the past 41 years

The Boston Celtics have 6 appearances in the NBA Finals between July 15, 1985 and July 15, 2026.

	TEAM	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Celtics	5/26/1986	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	HOU	W 112-100	240	112	42	35	15	5	47	84	56.0	1	4	25.0	17	27	63.0	58.4	10	32	17	17
2	Celtics	5/29/1986	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	HOU	W 117-95	240	117	43	28	9	8	45	90	50.0	4	9	44.4	23	24	95.8	58.2	14	29	12	20
3	Celtics	6/1/1986	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	@	HOU	L 104-106	240	104	53	28	12	4	42	96	43.8	1	5	20.0	19	21	90.5	49.4	22	31	19	27
4	Celtics	6/3/1986	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	@	HOU	W 106-103	240	106	40	23	8	6	45	78	57.7	2	6	33.3	14	17	82.4	62.0	11	29	15	17
5	Celtics	6/5/1986	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	@	HOU	L 96-111	240	96	37	20	6	7	34	84	40.5	1	6	16.7	27	31	87.1	49.2	10	27	18	22
6	Celtics	6/8/1986	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	HOU	W 114-97	240	114	49	30	9	8	41	83	49.4	3	4	75.0	29	44	65.9	55.7	15	34	14	21
7	Celtics	6/2/1987	1986-87	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 113-126	240	113	32	28	4	5	45	82	54.9	3	4	75.0	20	26	76.9	60.5	5	27	15	19
8	Celtics	6/4/1987	1986-87	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 122-141	240	122	43	35	5	6	51	93	54.8	1	7	14.3	19	29	65.5	57.7	15	28	14	21
9	Celtics	6/7/1987	1986-87	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	W 109-103	240	109	48	24	4	4	42	86	48.8	1	5	20.0	24	29	82.8	55.2	17	31	13	21
10	Celtics	6/9/1987	1986-87	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	L 106-107	240	106	37	26	5	8	45	86	52.3	3	11	27.3	13	16	81.3	57.0	9	28	12	21
11	Celtics	6/11/1987	1986-87	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	W 123-108	240	123	46	33	6	3	46	89	51.7	6	10	60.0	25	31	80.6	59.9	13	33	10	21
12	Celtics	6/14/1987	1986-87	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 93-106	240	93	42	21	6	7	33	81	40.7	0	5	0.0	27	31	87.1	49.1	13	29	18	25
13	Celtics	6/5/2008	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	W 98-88	240	98	46	20	6	3	32	76	42.1	6	19	31.6	28	35	80.0	53.6	10	36	14	22
14	Celtics	6/8/2008	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	W 108-102	240	108	37	31	7	3	36	68	52.9	9	14	64.3	27	38	71.1	63.7	10	27	15	21
15	Celtics	6/10/2008	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 81-87	240	81	45	19	8	8	29	83	34.9	8	18	44.4	15	22	68.2	43.7	14	31	13	28
16	Celtics	6/12/2008	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	W 97-91	240	97	40	15	7	4	33	73	45.2	8	22	36.4	23	28	82.1	56.8	6	34	11	24
17	Celtics	6/15/2008	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 98-103	240	98	37	20	6	2	33	77	42.9	8	22	36.4	24	31	77.4	54.1	11	26	18	28
18	Celtics	6/17/2008	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	W 131-92	240	131	48	33	18	4	43	87	49.4	13	26	50.0	32	37	86.5	63.4	14	34	8	25
19	Celtics	6/3/2010	2009-10	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 89-102	240	89	31	19	5	5	29	67	43.3	1	10	10.0	30	36	83.3	53.7	8	23	14	28
20	Celtics	6/6/2010	2009-10	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	W 103-94	240	103	44	28	6	3	36	84	42.9	11	16	68.8	20	26	76.9	54.0	13	31	14	29
21	Celtics	6/8/2010	2009-10	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	L 84-91	240	84	35	20	4	2	32	73	43.8	4	18	22.2	16	24	66.7	50.3	8	27	10	27
22	Celtics	6/10/2010	2009-10	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	W 96-89	240	96	41	15	12	2	37	83	44.6	3	12	25.0	19	23	82.6	51.5	16	25	12	21
23	Celtics	6/13/2010	2009-10	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	W 92-86	240	92	35	21	8	7	40	71	56.3	3	12	25.0	9	13	69.2	60.0	7	28	17	23
24	Celtics	6/15/2010	2009-10	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 67-89	240	67	39	17	8	4	28	84	33.3	5	23	21.7	6	10	60.0	37.9	11	28	14	21
25	Celtics	6/17/2010	2009-10	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 79-83	240	79	40	18	6	7	29	71	40.8	6	16	37.5	15	17	88.2	50.3	8	32	15	25
	Average								240.0	101.4	41.5	24.4	7.2	5.2	37.5	81.7	45.9	7.4	20.1	37.0	19.0	24.2	78.5	54.9	10.9	30.6	14.2	21.0
	Total								8,640	3,651	1,495	880	258	188	1,350	2,940	45.9	267	722	37.0	684	871	78.5	54.9	393	1,102	510	755

Unlock 2x data

More NBA News

Europe league, expansion, Kawhi probe, second apron all topics at NBA's board of governors meeting

Jul 15, 2026

Wolves believe LaMelo Ball's pure point guard play and joyful style will 'elevate' their entire team

Jul 14, 2026

Jazz guard Trey Alexander stretchered off with bruised rib in NBA Summer League game

Jul 14, 2026

Hornets GM says LaMelo Ball trade to Timberwolves was made with sustained long-term success in mind

Jul 12, 2026

Former Heat teammates Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro have brief altercation in Las Vegas, AP source says

Jul 11, 2026

Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio Spurs agree on 5-year extension that could top $250M, AP source says

Jul 10, 2026

More Celtics Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

28.7

Brown

RPG

8.4

Queta

APG

5.4

White

Team Rankings

ORTG

120.8

2nd

DRTG

112.7

4th

NETRTG

8.1

4th

3P%

36.7

8th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	60	22	.732
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0

Last Game

76ers

4 - 3

109

Final

100

Celtics

3 - 4

Sat 2 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0

The Boston Celtics have 6 appearances in the NBA Finals between July 15, 1985 and July 15, 2026.

Related Searches

More NBA News

More Celtics Stats

28.7

8.4

5.4

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

33.5

31.1

28.8

12.9

11.9

11.6

10.7

9.9

8.3

2.0

2.0

1.9

3.1

1.9

1.9

4.0

3.8

3.4

68.8

67.6

67.4

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

4,039.7

3,694

3,474

4,298.5

3,909.3

3,685.5

38.0

36.1

33.4

38.0

37.4

36.4

1.78

1.61

1.52

1.90

1.71

1.52

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings