Where should Neemias Queta be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 87 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 127 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 115.4 on average, 28 picks after his rank: a value at that price.

How many games will Neemias Queta play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 70 games, after 76 last season.

BOS

Neemias Queta

Boston Celtics · C · Age 27 · 7′0″

Rankings Ivica Zubac Devin Vassell

Rank#87C #27 · of 233

Value-0.2559-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP115.4ESPN 135.8

$ Max value$8Yahoo avg $1.1

Games7026 min a game

Rostered25.1%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 87 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 127 in 2025-26. He is top 10 in field-goal percentage and top 25 in blocks among rotation players; the cost is free-throw percentage at 71.0%, which makes him a natural punt-FT% pick. Yahoo drafters take him at 115.4 on average, 28 picks after his rank: a value at that price.

Stats over time

Rising: 3.0 in 2021-22, 10.2 last season.

Last season10.2

5-season average5.2

Trend a season+1.7

2026-27 proj.11.0

Up and down: between 2.4 (2022-23) and 10.2 (2025-26).
Per 36 minutes: 13.5 in 2021-22, 14.5 last season, on 8.0 → 25.3 minutes: the change is mostly his playing time.
The projection (11.0) is above anything in his last 5 seasons.

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24–of 24724-25–of 26625-26#180of 27226-27*#145of 213

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

Season by season

Season	Rank	Value	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2026-27Proj.	87	-0.255	70	26	11.0	8.6	1.8	0.8	1.3	66.8%	4.7/7.0	71.0%	1.7/2.4	1.0
2025-26	127	-0.139	76	25	10.2	8.4	1.7	0.8	1.3	65.3%	4.3/6.6	70.3%	1.6/2.3	1.0
2024-25	368	-0.754	62	14	5.0	3.8	0.7	0.3	0.7	65.0%	2.1/3.3	75.4%	0.7/1.0	0.6
2023-24	321	-0.792	28	12	5.5	4.4	0.7	0.5	0.8	64.4%	2.4/3.7	71.4%	0.7/1.0	0.5
2022-23	-	-	5	6	2.4	2.2	0.2	0.0	0.4	66.7%	1.2/1.8	0.0%	0.0/0.4	0.2
2021-22	-	-	15	8	3.0	2.1	0.4	0.1	0.5	44.0%	1.1/2.5	63.6%	0.7/1.1	0.4

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

11.0#145 of 213-0.39

3PM

0.0#200 of 213-0.84

REB

8.6#29 of 2130.41

AST

1.8#157 of 213-0.54

STL

0.8#123 of 213-0.10

BLK

1.3#21 of 2130.53

FG%

66.8%4.7/7.0#8 of 2130.89

FT%

71.0%1.7/2.4#177 of 213-0.95

TO

1.0#51 of 2130.42

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 C; Mitchell Robinson, new to the team, is 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).

C

1Neemias Queta
2Mitchell RobinsonNew
3Luka Garza
4Chris Cenac Jr.New
5Amari Williams

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	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	BOS	76	25.3	10.2	8.4	1.7	0.8	1.3	65.2%	4.3/6.6	69.6%	1.6/2.3	1.0
2024-25	BOS	62	13.9	5.0	3.8	0.7	0.3	0.7	63.6%	2.1/3.3	70.0%	0.7/1.0	0.6
2023-24	BOS	28	11.9	5.5	4.4	0.7	0.5	0.8	64.9%	2.4/3.7	70.0%	0.7/1.0	0.5
2022-23	SAC	5	5.8	2.4	2.2	0.2	0.0	0.4	66.7%	1.2/1.8	0.0%	0.0/0.4	0.2
2021-22	SAC	15	8.0	3.0	2.1	0.4	0.1	0.5	44.0%	1.1/2.5	63.6%	0.7/1.1	0.4

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Neemias Queta 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.