Where should Jayson Tatum be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 9 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 17 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 8.4 on average: priced about where he ranks.

How many games will Jayson Tatum play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 67 games, after 16 last season.

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Jayson Tatum

Boston Celtics · SF/PF · Age 28 · 6′8″ · 10th season

Rankings Kevin Durant Cooper Flagg

Rank#9SF #2 · of 233

Value0.5449-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP8.4ESPN 9.1

$ Max value$43Yahoo avg $57.4

Games6734 min a game

Rostered99.8%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 9 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 17 in 2025-26. He is top 10 in threes and points and top 25 in rebounds and assists among rotation players; the cost is field-goal percentage at 45.2%, which makes him a natural punt-FG% pick. Yahoo drafters take him at 8.4 on average: priced about where he ranks.

Stats over time

Falling: down 3 seasons in a row.

Last season21.8

5-season average26.5

Trend a season−1.3

2026-27 proj.27.4

Fairly steady: between 21.8 (2025-26) and 30.1 (2022-23).
Per 36 minutes: 27.0 in 2021-22, 24.1 last season, on 35.9 → 32.6 minutes: the change is his game, not his playing time.
The projection (27.4) is up on last season (21.8).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#8of 24724-25#6of 26625-26–of 27226-27*#7of 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.	9	0.544	67	34	27.4	3.3	8.8	5.7	1.2	0.5	45.2%	9.6/21.1	83.4%	5.1/6.1	2.9
2025-26	17	0.481	16	33	21.8	2.9	10.0	5.3	1.4	0.2	41.1%	7.4/17.9	82.3%	4.1/4.9	2.4
2024-25	9	0.702	72	36	26.8	3.5	8.7	6.0	1.1	0.5	45.2%	9.2/20.4	81.4%	5.0/6.1	2.9
2023-24	12	0.381	74	36	26.9	3.1	8.1	4.9	1.0	0.6	47.1%	9.1/19.3	83.3%	5.6/6.7	2.5
2022-23	-	-	74	37	30.1	3.2	8.8	4.6	1.1	0.7	46.4%	9.8/21.1	85.7%	7.2/8.4	2.9
2021-22	-	-	76	36	26.9	3.0	8.0	4.4	1.0	0.6	45.1%	9.3/20.6	85.5%	5.3/6.2	2.9

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

27.4#7 of 2131.12

3PM

3.3#6 of 2130.95

REB

8.8#20 of 2130.61

AST

5.7#21 of 2130.65

STL

1.2#50 of 2130.26

BLK

0.5#119 of 213-0.41

FG%

45.2%9.6/21.1#205 of 213-0.72

FT%

83.4%5.1/6.1#29 of 2130.23

TO

2.9#194 of 213-0.63

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 PF, with Jordan Walsh 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).

PF

1Jayson Tatum
2Jordan Walsh
3Paul GeorgeNew
4Chris Cenac Jr.New
5Sam Hauser
6Ron Harper Jr.
7Hugo Gonzalez
8Luka Garza
9Dillon MitchellNew

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	16	32.6	21.8	2.9	10.0	5.3	1.4	0.2	41.3%	7.4/17.9	83.7%	4.1/4.9	2.4
2024-25	BOS	72	36.4	26.8	3.5	8.7	6.0	1.1	0.5	45.3%	9.2/20.3	82.0%	5.0/6.1	2.9
2023-24	BOS	74	35.7	26.9	3.1	8.1	4.9	1.0	0.6	47.2%	9.1/19.3	83.6%	5.6/6.7	2.5
2022-23	BOS	74	36.9	30.1	3.2	8.8	4.6	1.1	0.7	46.4%	9.8/21.1	85.7%	7.2/8.4	2.9
2021-22	BOS	76	35.9	26.9	3.0	8.0	4.4	1.0	0.6	45.1%	9.3/20.6	85.5%	5.3/6.2	2.9
2020-21	BOS	64	35.8	26.4	2.9	7.4	4.3	1.2	0.5	46.1%	9.5/20.6	86.8%	4.6/5.3	2.7
2019-20	BOS	66	34.3	23.4	2.9	7.0	3.0	1.4	0.9	45.2%	8.4/18.6	80.9%	3.8/4.7	2.3
2018-19	BOS	79	31.1	15.7	1.5	6.0	2.1	1.1	0.7	45.0%	5.9/13.1	86.2%	2.5/2.9	1.5
2017-18	BOS	80	30.5	13.9	1.3	5.0	1.6	1.0	0.7	48.1%	5.0/10.4	84.4%	2.7/3.2	1.4

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Jayson Tatum 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.