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Stadium & Fan Base

Regional reach · interest #19/30
Home
Rocket Arena
Market
Cleveland · 2.1M
Capacity
19,432
Founded
1970

Rocket Arena, Cleveland, OH — opened 1994 · 19,432 seats. 1× champion · last 2016.

Fan Interest Index36
#19 of 30 in NBA · derived proxy
Fan Barometer
Recent Glory10y since a title
1× champion, 10 yrs since last (2016) — derived from title history
Official@cavsIGSite

Stadium, market-population, title and handle data are curated public facts (Wikipedia/Census/official league facts). Fan Interest, Barometer and reach tier are transparently derived from those facts — weighted (market 0.4, venue 0.2, titles 0.25, heritage 0.15), min-max within NBA — derived structural proxy, not a survey. No fan survey, sentiment scrape, or follower count is used.

All-Time Position Ledger

412 players · 1947–2026

Every NBA player the encyclopedia attributes to the Cleveland Cavaliersfrom profile season records, grouped by position, first season to last. Coverage follows the encyclopedia’s per-era source depth.

PG62Andre Miller · Lenny Wilkens · Rajon Rondo
  1. Ken Sailors1947
  2. Butch Beard1972–1976
  3. Charlie Davis1972–1973
  4. Lenny Wilkens1973–1974
  5. Foots Walker1975–1980
  6. Walt Frazier1978–1980
  7. Butch Lee1979–1980
  8. Kenny Higgs1979
  9. Willie Smith1980
  10. Geoff Huston1981–1985
  11. Mike Bratz1981
  12. Robert Smith1981–1985
  13. Lowes Moore1982
  14. Mickey Dillard1982
  15. Mike Evans1982
  16. John Bagley1983–1987
  17. Stewart Granger1984
  18. Kevin Williams1985
  19. Dirk Minniefield1986–1987
  20. Ennis Whatley1986
  21. Mark Price1987–1995
  22. Kevin Johnson1988
  23. Darnell Valentine1989–1991
  24. John Morton1990–1992
  25. Sedric Toney1994
  26. Steve Colter1995
  27. Litterial Green1999
  28. Andre Miller2002
  29. Bimbo Coles2002–2003
  30. Milt Palacio2003
  31. Smush Parker2003
  32. Tierre Brown2003
  33. J.R. Bremer2004
  34. Jeff McInnis2004–2005
  35. Kevin Ollie2004
  36. Mateen Cleaves2004
  37. Eric Snow2005–2008
  38. Damon Jones2006–2008
  39. Mike Wilks2006
  40. Shannon Brown2007–2008
  41. Mo Williams2009–2016
  42. Coby Karl2010
  43. Sebastian Telfair2010
  44. Baron Davis2011
  45. Manny Harris2011–2012
  46. Ben Uzoh2012
  47. Chris Quinn2013
  48. Jeremy Pargo2013
  49. Matthew Dellavedova2014–2021
  50. A.J. Price2015
  51. Deron Williams2017
  52. Derrick Rose2018
  53. George Hill2018–2019
  54. Brandon Knight2019–2020
  55. Cameron Payne2019
  56. Jeremiah Martin2021
  57. Quinn Cook2021
  58. Yogi Ferrell2021
  59. Rajon Rondo2022
  60. Ricky Rubio2022–2023
  61. Tim Frazier2022
  62. Raul Neto2023
SG54Shawn Marion · Mike Dunleavy · Randy Smith
  1. Bobby Lewis1971
  2. Joe Cooke1971
  3. Austin Carr1972–1980
  4. Jackie Ridgle1972
  5. Chuckie Williams1977
  6. Gary Brokaw1977
  7. Mo Howard1977
  8. Eddie Jordan1978
  9. Randy Smith1980–1981
  10. Chad Kinch1981
  11. Roger Phegley1981–1982
  12. Ron Brewer1982–1986
  13. Butch Graves1985
  14. Eddie Johnson1986
  15. Craig Ehlo1987–1993
  16. Mike Sanders1988–1993
  17. Mike Woodson1991
  18. Bobby Phills1992–1997
  19. John Battle1992–1995
  20. Jeff Trepagnier2002
  21. Ricky Davis2002–2004
  22. Trajan Langdon2002
  23. Dajuan Wagner2003–2005
  24. Jason Kapono2004
  25. Kedrick Brown2004
  26. Lucious Harris2005
  27. Sasha Pavlovic2005–2009
  28. Larry Hughes2006–2008
  29. Ronald Murray2006
  30. Daniel Gibson2007–2013
  31. David Wesley2007
  32. Billy Thomas2008
  33. Delonte West2008–2010
  34. Devin Brown2008
  35. Wally Szczerbiak2008–2009
  36. Tarence Kinsey2009
  37. Trey Johnson2009
  38. Anthony Parker2010–2012
  39. D.J. Kennedy2012
  40. Lester Hudson2012
  41. Wayne Ellington2013
  42. Carrick Felix2014
  43. Sergey Karasev2014
  44. James Jones2015–2017
  45. Mike Miller2015
  46. Shawn Marion2015
  47. Dahntay Jones2016–2017
  48. Mike Dunleavy2017
  49. Rodney Hood2018–2019
  50. Alec Burks2019
  51. Matt Mooney2020
  52. Damyean Dotson2021
  53. RJ Nembhard Jr.2022
  54. Zhaire Smith2024
SF37John Johnson · Scott Wedman · Mike Mitchell
  1. John Johnson1971–1973
  2. Fred Foster1974–1975
  3. Campy Russell1975–1985
  4. Rowland Garrett1976–1977
  5. Mike Mitchell1979–1982
  6. Bill Willoughby1980
  7. Walter Jordan1981
  8. Cliff Robinson1982–1984
  9. Scott Wedman1982–1983
  10. Dave Magley1983
  11. Ron Anderson1985–1986
  12. Gerald Paddio1991
  13. Jumaine Jones2002–2003
  14. Lamond Murray2002
  15. Wesley Person2002
  16. Darius Miles2003–2004
  17. Ira Newble2004–2008
  18. Lee Nailon2004
  19. Luke Jackson2005–2006
  20. Stephen Graham2006
  21. Cedric Simmons2008
  22. Demetris Nichols2008
  23. Kaniel Dickens2008
  24. Jawad Williams2009–2011
  25. Jamario Moon2010–2011
  26. Alonzo Gee2011–2014
  27. Christian Eyenga2011–2012
  28. Joey Graham2011
  29. Luke Walton2012–2013
  30. Mychel Thompson2012
  31. Earl Clark2014
  32. Shane Edwards2014
  33. Joe Harris2015–2016
  34. Cedi Osman2018–2023
  35. David Nwaba2019
  36. Marquese Chriss2019
  37. Patrick McCaw2019
PF49Carlos Boozer · Larry Nance · Antawn Jamison
  1. Dave Sorenson1971–1973
  2. Gary Freeman1971
  3. Larry Mikan1971
  4. Greg Howard1972
  5. Barry Clemens1973–1974
  6. Dwight Davis1973–1975
  7. Jim Brewer1974–1979
  8. Harry Davis1979
  9. Don Ford1980–1982
  10. Kenny Carr1980–1982
  11. Bill Robinzine1981
  12. Bruce Flowers1983
  13. Larry Kenon1983
  14. Ben Poquette1984–1987
  15. John Garris1984
  16. Roy Hinson1984–1986
  17. Johnny Rogers1988
  18. Larry Nance1988–1994
  19. Joe Courtney1996
  20. Kornél Dávid2000
  21. Mark Hendrickson2000
  22. Pete Chilcutt2000
  23. Brian Skinner2002
  24. Tyrone Hill2002–2003
  25. Carlos Boozer2003–2004
  26. Michael Stewart2003–2004
  27. Eric Williams2004
  28. Jelani McCoy2004
  29. Drew Gooden2005–2008
  30. Robert Traylor2005
  31. Alan Henderson2006
  32. Donyell Marshall2006–2008
  33. Dwayne Jones II2007–2008
  34. Ben Wallace2008–2009
  35. Joe Smith2008–2009
  36. Darnell Jackson2009–2010
  37. Lorenzen Wright2009
  38. Antawn Jamison2010–2012
  39. Leon Powe2010–2011
  40. Luke Harangody2011–2012
  41. Samardo Samuels2011–2013
  42. Kevin Jones2013
  43. Arinze Onuaku2014
  44. Spencer Hawes2014
  45. Lou Amundson2015
  46. Chris Andersen2017
  47. Derrick Williams2017
  48. Larry Sanders2017
  49. Jae Crowder2018
C61Andre Drummond · Tree Rollins · Sam Lacey
  1. Ed Sadowski1947
  2. Luther Rackley1971–1972
  3. Walt Wesley1971–1973
  4. Steve Patterson1972–1976
  5. Luke Witte1974–1976
  6. Elmore Smith1977–1979
  7. Kim Hughes1981
  8. James Edwards1982–1983
  9. Paul Mokeski1982–1990
  10. Sam Lacey1983
  11. Steve Hayes1983
  12. Geoff Crompton1984
  13. Mark West1985–1997
  14. Melvin Turpin1985–1987
  15. Brad Daugherty1987–1994
  16. Kent Benson1988
  17. Tree Rollins1989–1990
  18. Benoit Benjamin2000
  19. Chris Mihm2002–2004
  20. DeSagana Diop2002–2005
  21. Michael Doleac2002
  22. Zydrunas Ilgauskas2002–2010
  23. Bruno Sundov2004
  24. Tony Battie2004
  25. Anderson Varejao2005–2021
  26. Jerome Moiso2005
  27. Scott Williams2005
  28. Martynas Andriuskevicius2006
  29. Zendon Hamilton2006
  30. Scot Pollard2007
  31. Lance Allred2008
  32. JJ Hickson2009–2011
  33. Shaquille O'Neal2010
  34. Ryan Hollins2011–2012
  35. Semih Erden2011–2012
  36. Tristan Thompson2012–2025
  37. Tyler Zeller2013–2014
  38. Andrew Bynum2014
  39. Henry Sims2014
  40. Alex Kirk2015
  41. Brendan Haywood2015
  42. Kendrick Perkins2015–2018
  43. Timofey Mozgov2015–2016
  44. Sasha Kaun2016
  45. Andrew Bogut2017
  46. Edy Tavares2017
  47. Ante Zizic2018–2020
  48. Andre Drummond2020–2021
  49. Marques Bolden2020–2021
  50. Isaiah Hartenstein2021
  51. Jarrett Allen2021–2026
  52. JaVale McGee2021
  53. Mfiondu Kabengele2021
  54. Ed Davis2022
  55. Evan Mobley2022–2026
  56. Luke Kornet2022
  57. Moses Brown2022
  58. Tacko Fall2022
  59. Robin Lopez2023
  60. Damian Jones2024
  61. Thomas Bryant2026
G52James Harden · Dwyane Wade · Kyrie Irving
  1. Bryant Stith2002
  2. Cedric Jackson2010
  3. Ramon Sessions2011–2012
  4. Donald Sloan2012–2013
  5. Kyrie Irving2012–2017
  6. CJ Miles2013–2014
  7. Dion Waiters2013–2015
  8. Shaun Livingston2013
  9. Jarrett Jack2014
  10. Scotty Hopson2014
  11. Seth Curry2014
  12. Iman Shumpert2015–2018
  13. JR Smith2015–2019
  14. Jared Cunningham2016
  15. Jordan McRae2016–2017
  16. DeAndre Liggins2017
  17. Kay Felder2017
  18. Kyle Korver2017–2019
  19. Dwyane Wade2018
  20. Isaiah Thomas2018
  21. John Holland2018–2019
  22. Jordan Clarkson2018–2020
  23. Jose Calderon2018
  24. London Perrantes2018
  25. Andrew Harrison2019
  26. Collin Sexton2019–2022
  27. Kobi Simmons2019
  28. Nik Stauskas2019
  29. Dante Exum2020–2021
  30. Darius Garland2020–2026
  31. J.P. Macura2020
  32. Kevin Porter Jr.2020
  33. Malik Newman2020–2022
  34. Brodric Thomas2021
  35. Dylan Windler2021–2023
  36. Brandon Goodwin2022
  37. Caris LeVert2022–2025
  38. Denzel Valentine2022
  39. Kevin Pangos2022
  40. Donovan Mitchell2023–2026
  41. Sam Merrill2023–2026
  42. Craig Porter Jr.2024–2026
  43. Max Strus2024–2026
  44. Ty Jerome2024–2025
  45. Javonte Green2025
  46. Jaylon Tyson2025–2026
  47. Darius Brown II2026
  48. Dennis Schroder2026
  49. James Harden2026
  50. Keon Ellis2026
  51. Lonzo Ball2026
  52. Tyrese Proctor2026
F43LeBron James · Kevin Love · Jeff Green
  1. LeBron James2004–2018
  2. Danny Green2010–2023
  3. Omri Casspi2012–2013
  4. Jon Leuer2013
  5. Marreese Speights2013
  6. Anthony Bennett2014
  7. Luol Deng2014
  8. Kevin Love2015–2023
  9. Will Cherry2015
  10. Channing Frye2016–2019
  11. Richard Jefferson2016–2017
  12. Jeff Green2018
  13. Larry Nance Jr.2018–2026
  14. Deng Adel2019
  15. Jalen Jones2019
  16. Jaron Blossomgame2019
  17. Sam Dekker2019
  18. Alfonzo McKinnie2020
  19. Dean Wade2020–2026
  20. John Henson2020
  21. Tyler Cook2020
  22. Isaac Okoro2021–2025
  23. Lamar Stevens2021–2023
  24. Taurean Prince2021
  25. Thon Maker2021
  26. Justin Anderson2022
  27. Lauri Markkanen2022
  28. Trevon Scott2022
  29. Isaiah Mobley2023–2024
  30. Mamadi Diakite2023
  31. Emoni Bates2024–2025
  32. Georges Niang2024–2025
  33. Marcus Morris Sr.2024
  34. Pete Nance2024
  35. Chuma Okeke2025
  36. De'Andre Hunter2025–2026
  37. JT Thor2025
  38. Luke Travers2025–2026
  39. Nae'Qwan Tomlin2025–2026
  40. Chris Livingston2026
  41. Olivier Sarr2026
  42. Riley Minix2026
  43. Tristan Enaruna2026
C/F1Kleggie Hermsen
  1. Kleggie Hermsen1947
C/PF9Bill Laimbeer · Nate Thurmond · Jerome Whitehead
  1. George Nostrand1947
  2. Gary Suiter1971
  3. Eric Fernsten1976
  4. John Lambert1976–1981
  5. Nate Thurmond1976–1977
  6. Bill Laimbeer1981–1982
  7. Jerome Whitehead1981
  8. Brad Branson1982
  9. Darren Tillis1983
GF1Jiri Welsch
  1. Jiri Welsch2005
PF/C20John "Hot Rod" Williams · Michael Cage · Lonnie Shelton
  1. Leo Mogus1947
  2. Len Chappell1971
  3. McCoy McLemore1971
  4. Rick Roberson1972–1973
  5. Bob Rule1973–1974
  6. Cornell Warner1973–1974
  7. Richard Washington1981–1982
  8. Kevin Restani1982
  9. Phil Hubbard1982–1989
  10. Reggie Johnson1982
  11. Jeff Cook1983–1985
  12. Lonnie Shelton1984–1986
  13. Edgar Jones1985–1986
  14. Keith Lee1986–1987
  15. John "Hot Rod" Williams1987–1995
  16. Milos Babic1991
  17. Tim Kempton1994
  18. Fred Roberts1995
  19. Michael Cage1995–1996
  20. J. R. Reid2001
PF/SF2Jerome Lane · Ben McDonald
  1. Ben McDonald1986
  2. Jerome Lane1993
PG/SG3Carl Nicks
  1. Carl Nicks1983
  2. Mike Wilson1985
  3. Kevin Henderson1988
SF/PF1Rod Higgins
  1. Rod Higgins1994
SF/SG8Tyrone Corbin · Dick Snyder · Bingo Smith
  1. Dick Schulz1947
  2. Bingo Smith1971–1980
  3. Dick Snyder1975–1978
  4. Bob Wilkerson1982–1983
  5. Scooter McCray1987
  6. Tyrone Corbin1987–1988
  7. Randolph Keys1989–1990
  8. Tony Campbell1995
SG/PG3Ron Harper · World B. Free · Jim Cleamons
  1. Jim Cleamons1973–1977
  2. World B. Free1983–1986
  3. Ron Harper1987–1990
SG/SF6Gerald Wilkins · Earl Tatum · John Warren
  1. John Warren1971–1974
  2. Terry Furlow1978–1979
  3. Earl Tatum1980
  4. Keith Herron1982
  5. Paul Thompson1984–1985
  6. Gerald Wilkins1993–1994

NBA players who spent their entire encyclopedia-attributed career with the Cleveland Cavaliers — ranked by seasons of service. Tenure is the span the corpus attributes.

  1. 1Bingo SmithSF/SG10 · 1971–1980
  2. 2Brad DaughertyC8 · 1987–1994
  3. 3Daniel GibsonSG7 · 2007–2013
  4. 4Dean WadeF7 · 2020–2026
  5. 5Foots WalkerPG6 · 1975–1980
  6. 6Evan MobleyC5 · 2022–2026
  7. 7Don FordPF3 · 1980–1982
  8. 8Dwight DavisPF3 · 1973–1975
  9. 9Craig Porter Jr.G3 · 2024–2026
  10. 10Samardo SamuelsPF3 · 2011–2013
  11. 11Ante ZizicC3 · 2018–2020
  12. 12Luke WitteC3 · 1974–1976
  13. 13Jawad WilliamsSF3 · 2009–2011
  14. 14Malik NewmanG3 · 2020–2022

+42 more one-club men with the franchise.

Journeymen Who Wore the Crest

286 nomads · league board →

NBA players who wore the Cleveland Cavaliers crest along the way but played for three or more franchises in all — the well-traveled careers this club was one chapter of. The count is distinct canonical franchises.

  1. 1Jeff GreenF11 clubs · 2018 here
  2. 2Dennis SchroderG11 clubs · 2026 here
  3. 3Drew GoodenPF10 clubs · 2005–2008 here
  4. 4Isaiah ThomasG10 clubs · 2018 here
  5. 5Seth CurryG10 clubs · 2014 here
  6. 6Lou AmundsonPF10 clubs · 2015 here
  7. 7Joe SmithPF9 clubs · 2008–2009 here
  8. 8Ryan HollinsC9 clubs · 2011–2012 here
  9. 9Andre MillerPG9 clubs · 2002 here
  10. 10Rajon RondoPG9 clubs · 2022 here
  11. 11Robin LopezC9 clubs · 2023 here
  12. 12JaVale McGeeC9 clubs · 2021 here
  13. 13Shaun LivingstonG9 clubs · 2013 here
  14. 14Jae CrowderPF9 clubs · 2018 here
  15. 15Wayne EllingtonSG9 clubs · 2013 here
  16. 16Tim FrazierPG9 clubs · 2022 here
  17. 17Tim KemptonPF/C9 clubs · 1994 here
  18. 18George HillPG8 clubs · 2018–2019 here
  19. 19Tyrone CorbinSF/SG8 clubs · 1987–1988 here
  20. 20Ramon SessionsG8 clubs · 2011–2012 here
  21. 21Dahntay JonesSG8 clubs · 2016–2017 here
  22. 22Shannon BrownPG8 clubs · 2007–2008 here
  23. 23Jarrett JackG8 clubs · 2014 here
  24. 24Marcus Morris Sr.F8 clubs · 2024 here

+262 more well-traveled players who wore the crest.

Who Held the Room

12 rooms · 1971–2026

Every position room Cleveland Cavaliers has passed down, steadiest first. The SG/SF room is their most stable — 2 holders across 24 years, a new one every 12 on average.

  1. SG/SF2 holders · 1 handoff · 1971–1994 · one every 12y
    John Warren1971–1974Gerald Wilkins1993–1994
  2. SF8 holders · 7 handoffs · 1971–2023 · one every 6.6y
    John Johnson1971–1973Campy Russell1975–1985Mike Mitchell1979–1982Cliff Robinson1982–1984Jumaine Jones2002–2003Darius Miles2003–2004Alonzo Gee2011–2014Cedi Osman2018–2023
  3. SG/PG3 holders · 2 handoffs · 1973–1990 · one every 6y
    Jim Cleamons1973–1977World B. Free1983–1986Ron Harper1987–1990
  4. F5 holders · 4 handoffs · 2004–2026 · one every 4.6y
    LeBron James2004–2018Danny Green2010–2023Kevin Love2015–2023Larry Nance Jr.2018–2026Isaac Okoro2021–2025
  5. PG11 holders · 10 handoffs · 1972–2021 · one every 4.5y
    Butch Beard1972–1976Lenny Wilkens1973–1974Foots Walker1975–1980Geoff Huston1981–1985John Bagley1983–1987Mark Price1987–1995Andre Miller2002Jeff McInnis2004–2005Eric Snow2005–2008Mo Williams2009–2016Matthew Dellavedova2014–2021
  6. SF/SG3 holders · 2 handoffs · 1971–1983 · one every 4.3y
    Bingo Smith1971–1980Dick Snyder1975–1978Bob Wilkerson1982–1983

+6 more rooms with a shorter average hold.

Room tenures, not starting jobs — the corpus has no per-season depth chart, so holders can overlap (a successor often arrives before his predecessor leaves) and the measure is how often the room changed hands. A holder is a player who produced real value for this club during his years here, which is what separates holding the room from being on the roster. Detected from per-season VAL (1971–2026 here; league coverage is complete from 1999) — rooms the corpus cannot value are not shown.

Franchise Mt. Rushmore

Four franchise-defining careers: VAL weighted by attributed tenure share, with a bounded bump for verified Hall of Fame and recorded award evidence.

273 player-season slots overlap another club's recorded span and are credited to neither (35.2% of considered span evidence).

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Monument Timeline — who held it, season by season

19472026 · 5 handoffs

The holder in a season is the player with the most accumulated era-adjusted value (VAL) across attributed franchise seasons through that year — whole seasons only, never a depth-chart claim. A claim needs 3+ attributed seasons; unsettled through 1972. Relocated eras carry forward with the franchise.

  1. John JohnsonSF19731974 · 38.8 VAL
  2. Bingo SmithSF/SG19751992 · 89.4 VAL
  3. Brad DaughertyC19931994 · 109.8 VAL
  4. John "Hot Rod" WilliamsPF/C19951996 · 116.3 VAL
  5. Mark WestC19972009 · 119.9 VAL
  6. LeBron JamesF20102026 · 278.6 VAL