Where should Derrick White be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 24 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 22 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 45.1 on average, 21 picks after his rank: a value at that price.

How many games will Derrick White play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 71 games, after 77 last season.

BOS

Derrick White

Boston Celtics · PG/SG · Age 32 · 6′4″ · 10th season

Rankings Chet Holmgren Amen Thompson

Rank#24PG #15 · of 233

Value0.3669-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP45.1ESPN 41.2

$ Max value$33Yahoo avg $13.8

Games7133 min a game

Rostered96.0%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 24 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 22 in 2025-26. He is top 10 in blocks and top 25 in threes among rotation players; the cost is field-goal percentage at 42.7%, which makes him a natural punt-FG% pick. Yahoo drafters take him at 45.1 on average, 21 picks after his rank: a value at that price.

Stats over time

Rising: up 3 seasons in a row.

Last season16.5

5-season average14.7

Trend a season+1.1

2026-27 proj.16.9

Fairly steady: between 12.4 (2022-23) and 16.5 (2025-26).
Per 36 minutes: 16.2 in 2021-22, 17.4 last season, on 29.3 → 34.1 minutes: the change is mostly his playing time.
The projection (16.9) is in line with last season (16.5).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#81of 24724-25#81of 26625-26#79of 27226-27*#72of 213

Per game, from ESPN box scores. * Our 2026-27 projection, dashed.

Season by season

Season	Rank	Value	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2026-27Proj.	24	0.366	71	33	16.9	2.8	4.4	5.2	1.1	1.1	42.7%	6.0/14.1	88.4%	2.1/2.4	1.7
2025-26	22	0.423	77	34	16.5	2.7	4.4	5.4	1.1	1.3	39.4%	5.7/14.4	90.2%	2.4/2.7	1.7
2024-25	25	0.477	76	34	16.4	3.5	4.5	4.8	0.9	1.1	44.2%	5.6/12.6	83.9%	1.8/2.1	1.7
2023-24	26	0.244	73	33	15.2	2.7	4.3	5.2	1.0	1.2	46.1%	5.3/11.5	90.1%	1.9/2.1	1.5
2022-23	-	-	82	28	12.4	1.8	3.6	3.9	0.7	0.9	46.7%	4.3/9.2	87.0%	2.0/2.3	1.2
2021-22	-	-	75	29	13.2	1.5	3.5	4.9	0.9	0.8	42.1%	4.5/10.7	87.1%	2.7/3.1	1.6

Rank, Value and colours start with 2023-24, the first season on our board; earlier seasons show ESPN's box scores.

Category profile · 2026-27

PTS

16.9#72 of 2130.13

3PM

2.8#25 of 2130.68

REB

4.4#84 of 213-0.25

AST

5.2#37 of 2130.30

STL

1.1#71 of 2130.14

BLK

1.1#6 of 2130.98

FG%

42.7%6.0/14.1#206 of 213-0.75

FT%

88.4%2.1/2.4#39 of 2130.08

TO

1.7#111 of 2130.09

Rank among rotation players (20+ minutes, 20+ games). Colour is the value in the category, as in Rankings.

Team role · Boston Celtics

The Boston Celtics starter at PG, with Payton Pritchard behind him. 96 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Jaylen Brown, Anfernee Simons, and Nikola Vucevic; Paul George is the arrival projected for the most minutes (31).

PG

1Derrick White
2Payton Pritchard
3Mike ConleyNew

Left since 2025-26

Jaylen BrownAcquired by PHI Jul 634 min → PHI
Anfernee SimonsSigned by PHI Jul 625 min → PHI
Nikola VucevicSigned by ORL Jul 121 min → ORL
Josh MinottSigned by BKN Jul 616 min → BKN
Minutes a night96

Arrived

Paul GeorgeAcquired Jul 631 min from PHI
Mitchell RobinsonSigned Jul 620 min from NY
Mike ConleySigned Jul 618 min from MIN
Dillon Mitchellnew
Chris Cenac Jr.new

Depth chart from ESPN. Who left and arrived: last season's box scores against today's roster; how and when: ESPN's transaction feed, where it lists the move. Minutes are last season's, per game. Boston Celtics depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	BOS	77	34.1	16.5	2.7	4.4	5.4	1.1	1.3	39.6%	5.7/14.4	92.3%	2.4/2.6	1.7
2024-25	BOS	76	33.9	16.4	3.5	4.5	4.8	0.9	1.1	44.4%	5.6/12.6	85.7%	1.8/2.1	1.7
2023-24	BOS	73	32.6	15.2	2.7	4.2	5.2	1.0	1.2	46.1%	5.3/11.5	90.5%	1.9/2.1	1.5
2022-23	BOS	82	28.3	12.4	1.8	3.6	3.9	0.7	0.9	46.7%	4.3/9.2	87.0%	2.0/2.3	1.2
2021-22	SA/BOS	75	29.3	13.2	1.5	3.5	4.9	0.9	0.8	42.1%	4.5/10.7	87.1%	2.7/3.1	1.6
2020-21	SA	36	29.6	15.4	2.3	3.0	3.5	0.7	1.0	41.3%	5.2/12.6	84.4%	2.7/3.2	1.3
2019-20	SA	68	24.7	11.3	1.2	3.3	3.5	0.6	0.9	45.7%	3.7/8.1	83.9%	2.6/3.1	1.3
2018-19	SA	67	25.8	9.9	0.7	3.7	3.9	1.0	0.7	48.1%	3.9/8.1	77.8%	1.4/1.8	1.4
2017-18	SA	17	8.2	3.2	0.5	1.5	0.5	0.2	0.2	47.4%	0.9/1.9	66.7%	0.8/1.2	0.4

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Derrick White in fantasy basketball

The outlook above is written from our 2026-27 projection and his recent seasons, and changes with every projection run. His Value and ranks are the same numbers Rankings shows.