The Celtics are among the most storied franchises not only in the NBA, but in all of sports. Unsurprisingly, some of the league’s best defenders have suited up in the green and white during their playing days. Read on to see the litany of Celtics who have been named First Team All Defense.

Note that the NBA All-Defensive teams began being named in the 1968-69 season.

John Havlicek – Five times (1972-76)

Hondo was instrumental in helping the Celtics remain elite after the Bill Russell-Red Auerbach era that established them as the preeminent franchise in the 1950s and 1960s. Havlicek, in his 10th season, made his first All-Defensive team and showed the league that his motor was not slowing down any time soon. That was the first of five straight appearances on the league’s First-Team All-D

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