Cleveland Cavaliers accomplishments and records
This page lists the all-time statistics, records, and other achievements of the Cleveland Cavaliers, an American professional basketball team currently playing in the National Basketball Association.
Single-game records
[edit]- Points: Donovan Mitchell, 71 (January 2, 2023)[1]
- Rebounds: 25 by Rick Roberson (March 4, 1972) and Anderson Varejão (January 2, 2014)[2]
- Assists: Geoff Huston, 27 (January 27, 1982)[3]
- Steals: Ron Harper, 10 (March 10, 1987)[4]
- Blocks: Larry Nance, 11 (January 7, 1989)[5]
- Turnovers: 11 by Ron Harper (February 22, 1987); Zydrunas Ilgauskas (December 14, 2002); and LeBron James (January 26, 2018)[6]
- Field goals: LeBron James, 23 (November 3, 2017)[7]
- Three-pointers: Kyrie Irving, 11 (January 28, 2015)[8]
- Free throws: LeBron James, 24 (March 12, 2006)[9]
Single-season records
[edit]Source:[10]
- Minutes: LeBron James, 3,388 (2004–05)
- Points: LeBron James, 2,478 (2005–06)
- Rebounds: Jim Brewer, 891 (1975–76)
- Assists: Andre Miller, 882 (2001–02)
- Steals: Ron Harper, 209 (1986–87)
- Blocks: Larry Nance, 243 (1991–92)
- Turnovers: LeBron James, 347 (2017–18)
- Personal fouls: Shawn Kemp, 371 (1999–2000)
- Field goals: LeBron James, 875 (2005–06)
- Three-pointers: Donovan Mitchell, 245 (2022–23)
- Free throws: LeBron James, 601 (2005–06)
- Field goal percentage: Jarrett Allen, .706 (2024–25)
- Three-point percentage: Steve Kerr, .507 (1989–90)
- Free throw percentage: Mark Price, .948 (1992–93)
- Triple-doubles: LeBron James, 18 (2017–18)
Career records
[edit]Soure:[11]
- Games: LeBron James, 849
- Minutes: LeBron James, 33,130
- Points: LeBron James, 23,119
- Rebounds: LeBron James, 6,190
- Assists: LeBron James, 6,228
- Steals: LeBron James, 1,376
- Blocks: Zydrunas Ilgauskas, 1,269
- Turnovers: LeBron James, 2,973
- Personal fouls: Zydrunas Ilgauskas, 2,591
- Field goals: LeBron James, 8,369
- Three-pointers: LeBron James, 1,251
- Free throws: LeBron James, 5,130
- Field goal percentage: Jarrett Allen, .655
- Three-point percentage: Steve Kerr, .472
- Free throw percentage: Mark Price, .906
- Triple-doubles: LeBron James, 64
Single-game playoff records
[edit]- Points: LeBron James, 51 (2018 NBA Finals, Game 1; May 31, 2018)[12]
- Rebounds: Kevin Love, 21 (2017 NBA Finals, Game 1; June 1, 2017)[13]
- Assists: Mark Price, 18 (1990 first round, Game 4; May 3, 1990)[14]
- Steals: 6 by five players,[1] most recently by Jarrett Allen (2025 first round, Game 4; April 28, 2025)[15]
- Blocks: 6 by three players,[2] most recently by Zydrunas Ilgauskas (2006 Eastern Conference Semifinals, Game 5; May 17, 2006)[16]
- Turnovers: LeBron James, 10 (2006 first round, Game 2; April 25, 2006 and 2008 Eastern Conference Semifinals, Game 1; May 6, 2008)[17]
- Field goals: Donovan Mitchell, 22 (2024 first round, Game 6; May 3, 2024)[18]
- Three-pointers: 8 by J. R. Smith (2015 Eastern Conference Finals, Game 1; May 20, 2015) and Kevin Love (2016 Eastern Conference Semifinals, Game 4; May 8, 2016)[19]
- Free throws: LeBron James, 18 (2009 Eastern Conference Finals, Game 3; May 24, 2009)[20]
Playoff records
[edit]- Games: LeBron James, 152[21]
- Minutes: LeBron James, 6,421[22]
- Points: LeBron James, 4,573[23]
- Rebounds: LeBron James, 1,388[24]
- Assists: LeBron James, 1,188[25]
- Steals: LeBron James, 264[26]
- Blocks: LeBron James, 162[27]
- Personal fouls: LeBron James, 377[28]
- Field goals: LeBron James, 1,628[29]
- Three-pointers: LeBron James, 247[30]
- Free throws: LeBron James, 1,070[31]
- Field goal percentage: Tristan Thompson, .559[32]
- Three-point percentage: Channing Frye, .541[33]
- Free throw percentage: Mark Price, .944[34]
- Triple-doubles: LeBron James, 18[35]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- 1.^ Ron Harper, Mark Price, Hot Rod Williams, Kevin Love, and Jarrett Allen
- 2.^ Nate Thurmond, Larry Nance, and Zydrunas Ilgauskas
References
[edit]- ^ "Donovan Mitchell has put up the most points for the Cavaliers in a game, with 71 points against the Bulls on January 2, 2023". StatMuse. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
- ^ "Anderson Varejao and Rick Roberson are tied for the most rebounds for the Cavaliers in a game, with 25 rebounds". StatMuse. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
- ^ "Geoff Huston has the most assists for the Cavaliers in a game, with 27 assists versus the Warriors on January 27, 1982". StatMuse. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
- ^ "Ron Harper has gotten the most steals for the Cavaliers in a game, with 10 steals against the 76ers on March 10, 1987". StatMuse. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
- ^ "Larry Nance has denied the most shots for the Cavaliers in a game, with 11 blocks against the Knicks on January 7, 1989". StatMuse. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
- ^ "LeBron James, Zydrunas Ilgauskas and Ron Harper are tied for the most turnovers for the Cavaliers in a game with 11 turnovers". StatMuse. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
- ^ "LeBron James has drained the most field goals for the Cavaliers in a game, with 23 made against the Wizards on November 3, 2017". StatMuse. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
- ^ "Kyrie Irving has made the most threes for the Cavaliers in a game, with 11 three-pointers versus the Trail Blazers on January 28, 2015". StatMuse. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
- ^ "LeBron James has drained the most free throws for the Cavaliers in a game, with 24 made against the Heat on March 12, 2006". StatMuse. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
- ^ "Cleveland Cavaliers Season Leaders". Basketball Reference. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
- ^ "Cleveland Cavaliers Career Leaders". Retrieved January 18, 2025.
- ^ "LeBron James has the most points for the Cavaliers in a playoff game, with 51 points in Game 1 of the 2018 NBA Finals against the Warriors". StatMuse. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
- ^ "Kevin Love has gotten the most rebounds for the Cavaliers in a playoff game, with 21 boards in Game 1 of the 2017 NBA Finals against the Warriors". StatMuse. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
- ^ "Mark Price has the most assists for the Cavaliers in a playoff game, with 18 assists in Game 4 of the 1990 First Round against the 76ers". StatMuse. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
- ^ "5 players are tied for the most steals for the Cavaliers in a playoff game, with 6 steals. The first three are Jarrett Allen, Kevin Love and Hot Rod Williams". StatMuse. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
- ^ "Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Larry Nance and Nate Thurmond are tied for denying the most shots for the Cavaliers in a playoff game, with 6 blocks". StatMuse. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
- ^ "LeBron James has committed the most turnovers for the Cavaliers in a playoff game with 10 turnovers 2 times". StatMuse. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
- ^ "Donovan Mitchell has sunk the most field goals for the Cavaliers in a playoff game, with 22 made in Game 6 of the 2024 First Round against the Magic". StatMuse. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
- ^ "Kevin Love and JR Smith are tied for the most threes for the Cavaliers in a playoff game, with 8 three-pointers". StatMuse. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
- ^ "LeBron James has hit the most free throws for the Cavaliers in a playoff game, with 18 made in Game 3 of the 2009 Eastern Conference Finals against the Magic". StatMuse. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
- ^ "LeBron James has the most career games for the Cavaliers in the playoffs, with 152 games". StatMuse. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
- ^ "LeBron James has played the most career minutes for the Cavaliers in the playoffs, with 6,421 minutes on the court". StatMuse. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
- ^ "LeBron James has scored the most career points for the Cavaliers in the playoffs, with 4,573 points". StatMuse. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
- ^ "LeBron James has grabbed the most career rebounds for the Cavaliers in the playoffs, with 1,388 boards". StatMuse. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
- ^ "LeBron James has the most career assists for the Cavaliers in the playoffs, with 1,188 assists". StatMuse. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
- ^ "LeBron James has the most career steals for the Cavaliers in the playoffs, with 264 steals". StatMuse. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
- ^ "LeBron James has blocked the most career shots for the Cavaliers in the playoffs, with 162 blocks". StatMuse. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
- ^ "LeBron James has committed the most career personal fouls for the Cavaliers in the playoffs, with 377 fouls". StatMuse. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
- ^ "LeBron James has drained the most career baskets for the Cavaliers in the playoffs, with 1,628 made". StatMuse. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
- ^ "LeBron James has hit the most career threes for the Cavaliers in the playoffs, with 247 three-pointers". StatMuse. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
- ^ "LeBron James has made the most career free throws for the Cavaliers in the playoffs, with 1,070 made". StatMuse. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
- ^ "Tristan Thompson has the best career field-goal percentage for the Cavaliers in the playoffs when attempting 200+ field goals, at 55.9 percent". StatMuse. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
- ^ "Channing Frye has the best career three-point percentage for the Cavaliers in the playoffs when attempting 25+ three-pointers, at 54.1 percent". StatMuse. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
- ^ "Mark Price has the highest career free-throw percentage for the Cavaliers in the playoffs when attempting 100+ free throws, at 94.4 percent". StatMuse. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
- ^ "LeBron James has gotten the most career triple-doubles for the Cavaliers in the playoffs, with 18 triple-doubles". StatMuse. Retrieved January 30, 2025.