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Boston Celtics· 1760 Showing 1-23 of 23 filtered teams. Rank Global rank Team ELO Games Peak ELO Last games
oldest → newest #1 #1 1760 2960 1877
Jan 22, 1965 -22 +14 -16 +9 +14
#2 #2 1711 1149 1867
Mar 8, 1971 -18 +12 -13 +13 -7
#3 #3 1709 2721 1886
Jan 23, 1967 +13 +8 -8 -16 -6
#4 #4 1636 1293 1730
Nov 11, 1973 +5 -11 -9 -14 -13
#5 #5 1634 1204 1657
Mar 17, 1977 +22 -14 +16 -9 -14
#6 #6 1610 2866 1854
Oct 11, 1972 -24 -21 -21 +15 -20
#7 #7 1609 936 1778
Jan 10, 1978 +8 +14 -20 +15 -21
#8 #8 1600 2828 1836
Nov 28, 1969 -16 +5 +3 -16 -5
#9 #9 1597 1124 1747
Dec 2, 1980 -8 -11 +12 +17 -20
#10 #10 1574 432 1662
Jan 17, 1978 +3 +19 -25 +14 +21
#11 #11 1571 442 1688
Apr 6, 1978 -12 +17 -18 +18 -18
#12 #12 1553 1764 1735
Mar 4, 1969 +10 +16 -12 +4 +8
#13 #13 1553 2656 1780
Feb 17, 1964 -18 +13 -9 -10 -15
#14 #14 1543 412 1629
Jan 14, 1981 +14 +12 -13 -7 -12
#15 #15 1505 924 1692
Nov 23, 1974 -9 +8 -13 -9 -14
#16 #16 1477 1217 1729
Feb 17, 1980 -7 -8 -12 -8 +11
#17 #17 1475 2832 1803
Nov 11, 1960 -6 -3 +13 -14 -11
#18 #18 1455 2656 1793
Feb 1, 1959 -10 +6 -14 -6 -4
#19 #19 1422 920 1689
Dec 1, 1976 -6 -5 -4 -8 -8
#20 #20 1416 412 1594
Dec 9, 1978 -6 -4 -4 -5 -3
#21 #21 1410 2651 1727
Jan 29, 1956 -6 -6 -3 +27 -4
#22 #22 1376 574 1595
Nov 5, 1976 -3 -12 -5 +24 -4
#23 #23 1362 82 1514
Oct 11, 1980 +14 -6 +25 -8 -4
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