1965 Boston Celtics vs. 2025 Oklahoma City Thunder - Teams Comparisons

Head-to-head comparison between the 1964-65 Celtics and the 2024-25 Thunder, including both NBA teams stats, regular season and Playoffs wins, losses and performance, winning streaks and other data side by side.

NBA Teams Comparison

1965
Boston

Celtics

vs.

2025
Oklahoma City

Thunder

On this page: Summary -

Awards and Honors

Team Stats

Team Leaders

Summary

Regular Season

Standings

	1965 Celtics	1º in Eastern Division
	2025 Thunder	1º in Western Conference

Season Record

	1965 Celtics	62 - 18
	2025 Thunder	68 - 14

Winning %

	1965 Celtics	.775
	2025 Thunder	.829

Longest Streaks

	1965 Celtics	Winning Streak: 16 Losing Streak: 3
	2025 Thunder	Winning Streak: 15 Losing Streak: 2

Players Used
(at least 1 game)

	1965 Celtics	14 players
	2025 Thunder	19 players

Playoffs

Playoff Performance

	1965 Celtics	NBA Champions
	2025 Thunder	NBA Champions

Playoff Record

	1965 Celtics	8 - 4
	2025 Thunder	16 - 7

Winning %

	1965 Celtics	.667
	2025 Thunder	.696

Players Used
(at least 1 game)

	1965 Celtics	11 players
	2025 Thunder	14 players

Awards, Honors and More...

Awards and Honors

	1965 Celtics	4 - Season MVP: Bill Russell Coach of the Year: Red Auerbach All-NBA 1st Team: Bill Russell All-NBA 2nd Team: Sam Jones
	2025 Thunder	7 - Cup All-Tournament Team: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Season MVP: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Finals MVP: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander All-NBA 1st Team: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander All-NBA 3rd Team: Jalen Williams All-Defensive 1st Team: Luguentz Dort All-Defensive 2nd Team: Jalen Williams

NBA Leaders

	1965 Celtics	1 - Rebounds Leader: Bill Russell
	2025 Thunder	1 - Scoring Leader: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

Hall of Famers

	1965 Celtics	7 - John Havlicek, Tom Heinsohn, Tom Heinsohn, K.C. Jones, Sam Jones, Bill Russell, Tom Sanders
	2025 Thunder	- none

Team Stats

NBA Regular Season

Stats Per Game

Points

	1965 Celtics	112.8
	2025 Thunder	120.5

Rebounds

	1965 Celtics	71.9
	2025 Thunder	44.8

Assists

	1965 Celtics	22.2
	2025 Thunder	26.9

Steals

	1965 Celtics	-		n/a *
	2025 Thunder	10.3

Blocks

	1965 Celtics	-		n/a *
	2025 Thunder	5.7

3-Pointers Made

	1965 Celtics	-		n/a *
	2025 Thunder	14.5

Percentages

Field Goal %

	1965 Celtics	.414
	2025 Thunder	.482

3-Point %

	1965 Celtics	-		n/a *
	2025 Thunder	.374

Free Throw %

	1965 Celtics	.731
	2025 Thunder	.819

NBA Playoffs

Stats Per Game

Points

	1965 Celtics	116.8
	2025 Thunder	114.7

Rebounds

	1965 Celtics	72.3
	2025 Thunder	43.6

Assists

	1965 Celtics	23.6
	2025 Thunder	23.0

Steals

	1965 Celtics	-		n/a *
	2025 Thunder	10.7

Blocks

	1965 Celtics	-		n/a *
	2025 Thunder	5.7

3-Pointers Made

	1965 Celtics	-		n/a *
	2025 Thunder	11.8

Percentages

Field Goal %

	1965 Celtics	.414
	2025 Thunder	.456

3-Point %

	1965 Celtics	-		n/a *
	2025 Thunder	.338

Free Throw %

	1965 Celtics	.744
	2025 Thunder	.801

Team Leaders

NBA Regular Season

Points

1965 Celtics	25.9 ppg Sam Jones
2025 Thunder	32.7 ppg Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

Rebounds

1965 Celtics	24.1 rpg Bill Russell
2025 Thunder	10.7 rpg Isaiah Hartenstein

Assists

1965 Celtics	5.6 apg K.C. Jones
2025 Thunder	6.4 apg Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

Steals

1965 Celtics	- n/a *
2025 Thunder	1.8 spg Cason Wallace

Blocks

1965 Celtics	- n/a *
2025 Thunder	2.2 bpg Chet Holmgren

NBA Playoffs

Points

1965 Celtics	28.6 ppg Sam Jones
2025 Thunder	29.9 ppg Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

Rebounds

1965 Celtics	25.2 rpg Bill Russell
2025 Thunder	8.7 rpg Chet Holmgren

Assists

1965 Celtics	6.3 apg Bill Russell
2025 Thunder	6.5 apg Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

Steals

1965 Celtics	- n/a *
2025 Thunder	2.0 spg Alex Caruso

Blocks

1965 Celtics	- n/a *
2025 Thunder	1.9 bpg Chet Holmgren

Notes: * - Blocks and steals started to be recorded in 1973-74.
- Three-point shots were implemented in 1979-80.