Who are the highest-ranked European players to suit up for the Boston Celtics?

The Boston Celtics are no stranger to signing, drafting, or trading for international players.

The Boston Celtics are no stranger to signing, drafting, or trading for international players, with some proving to be absolutely critical parts of the teams that have won a league-record 17 titles over the decades.

But which of them were among the highest-ranked European players of all time over that stretch of nearly eight decades? With a reputation — especially in the 1980s and 1990s — of being “soft” and overly technical players utterly underserved based on how many have played on making the leap to the NBA, the number might have been higher, but in a recent such exercise put together by the staff of our sister site HoopsHype, there were still quite a few Celtics alumni listed.

Let’s take a look at which and where they were ranked.