Where should Payton Pritchard be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 61 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 70 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 82.4 on average, 21 picks after his rank: a value at that price.

How many games will Payton Pritchard play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 74 games, after 79 last season.

BOS

Payton Pritchard

Boston Celtics · PG/SG · Age 28 · 6′2″ · 7th season

Rankings Darius Garland Donovan Clingan

Rank#61PG #33 · of 233

Value-0.0459-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP82.4ESPN 99.9

$ Max value$16Yahoo avg $3.8

Games7433 min a game

Rostered77.0%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 61 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 70 in 2025-26. He is top 25 in threes among rotation players; the cost is blocks at 0.1 a game, which makes him a natural punt-BLK pick. Yahoo drafters take him at 82.4 on average, 21 picks after his rank: a value at that price.

Stats over time

Rising: up 3 seasons in a row.

Last season17.0

5-season average10.5

Trend a season+3.0

2026-27 proj.16.8

Up and down: between 5.6 (2022-23) and 17.0 (2025-26).
Per 36 minutes: 15.8 in 2021-22, 18.9 last season, on 14.1 → 32.4 minutes: the change is mostly his playing time.
The projection (16.8) is in line with last season (17.0).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#154of 24724-25#105of 26625-26#71of 27226-27*#66of 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.	61	-0.045	74	33	16.8	3.0	4.0	4.7	0.8	0.1	46.6%	6.1/13.1	88.2%	1.6/1.8	1.4
2025-26	70	0.104	79	32	17.0	2.7	3.9	5.2	0.7	0.1	46.4%	6.4/13.8	89.0%	1.5/1.7	1.4
2024-25	86	0.103	80	28	14.3	3.2	3.8	3.5	0.9	0.2	47.2%	5.1/10.8	84.5%	0.9/1.1	1.0
2023-24	135	-0.334	82	22	9.6	1.8	3.2	3.4	0.5	0.1	46.8%	3.6/7.7	82.1%	0.6/0.7	0.7
2022-23	-	-	48	13	5.6	1.2	1.8	1.3	0.3	0.0	41.2%	2.1/5.1	100.0%	0.3/0.3	0.8
2021-22	-	-	71	14	6.2	1.4	1.9	2.0	0.4	0.1	43.4%	2.3/5.3	100.0%	0.3/0.3	0.6

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

16.8#66 of 2130.17

3PM

3.0#12 of 2130.85

REB

4.0#110 of 213-0.36

AST

4.7#46 of 2130.20

STL

0.8#159 of 213-0.27

BLK

0.1#198 of 213-0.83

FG%

46.6%6.1/13.1#101 of 213-0.15

FT%

88.2%1.6/1.8#50 of 2130.01

TO

1.4#78 of 2130.27

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

Team role · Boston Celtics

No. 2 at PG for the Boston Celtics, behind Derrick White. 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

SG

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	79	32.4	17.0	2.7	3.9	5.2	0.7	0.1	46.4%	6.4/13.8	88.2%	1.5/1.7	1.4
2024-25	BOS	80	28.4	14.3	3.2	3.8	3.5	0.9	0.2	47.2%	5.1/10.8	81.8%	0.9/1.1	1.0
2023-24	BOS	82	22.3	9.6	1.8	3.2	3.4	0.5	0.1	46.8%	3.6/7.7	85.7%	0.6/0.7	0.7
2022-23	BOS	48	13.4	5.6	1.2	1.8	1.3	0.3	0.0	41.2%	2.1/5.1	100.0%	0.3/0.3	0.8
2021-22	BOS	71	14.1	6.2	1.4	1.9	2.0	0.4	0.1	43.4%	2.3/5.3	100.0%	0.3/0.3	0.6
2020-21	BOS	66	19.2	7.7	1.5	2.4	1.8	0.6	0.1	44.4%	2.8/6.3	85.7%	0.6/0.7	0.8

Box-score averages from ESPN.