Neemias Queta Stats, Shot Chart & Advanced Analytics — BOS 2026-27

Inside his season

Through Nov. 11

Queta is 56th in the site's Player Rankings, at +1.4 points per 100 possessions against an average player, after 27th last season, and his rebounds have fallen the most, to 14.5 per 100 possessions from 16.5.

He's averaging 9.2 points a game, down from 10.2 last season, and his true shooting is 60.8%, down from 67.4%.

Tonight against the Mavericks

Last time, March 6: 16 points on 6 for 8 shooting, no assists and 15 rebounds in a 120-100 win.

Where his shots come from

Zone	Share	Last season	Made	Last season
At the rim	68.1%	66.5%	59.2%	75.3%
Rest of the paint	22.2%	29.3%	43.8%	49.3%
Midrange	4.2%	2.6%	33.3%	23.1%
Corner threes	4.2%	0.2%	100.0%	0.0%
Threes above the break	1.4%	1.4%	0.0%	14.3%

His work inside

He's grabbing 10.8 rebounds per 36 minutes, 21st among the 227 players with 200 minutes, and 3.7 on the offensive glass, 18th.
He's blocking 2.1 shots per 36 minutes, 10th.

What changed from last season

Fewer of his shots are coming in the paint away from the rim, 22.2%, down from 29.3%. Fewer of his shots are going in: he's making 54.4% of his twos, down from 66.2%, with fewer falling at the rim (59.2%, down from 75.3%). He's getting to the line more, 58.3 free throws per 100 shots, up from 35.1, and making 64.3% of them.

His usage rate is 16.8%, up from 14.5%.

With him on the floor

The Celtics have outscored teams by 21.9 points per 100 possessions with him on the floor, 125.0 to 103.1, with garbage time left out. They're plus 13.2 overall.

Lineup numbers leave garbage time out and count points per 100 the NBA’s way; ages are exact, game by game, from 2015-16 on.

Inside his season

His last game

Nov. 11, a 98-93 win at Toronto

Neemias Queta

6-8 FT30:42 min

Points1st 52nd 13rd 04th 5

His shots in the order he took them: made in blue, traced to the rim, missed in orange.

Season high in rebounds (13; his best before, 12). Tied his season high in blocks (3). Before this game he averaged 9.0 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 11 regular-season games.

Shot making: 5 points from the field on 4 shotsabout what the league scores from the same zones
Biggest shot: Made a dunk4th quarter, 54s leftchance to win 20% to 30%
Guarded by: Poeltl: 26 poss, 5 ptsMurray-Boyles: 9 poss, 0 ptsWalter: 6 poss, 0 pts
He guarded: Poeltl: 24 poss, 2 ptsMurray-Boyles: 12 poss, 0 ptsBarrett: 4 poss, 4 pts
On the move: 2.07 miles4.05 mph on average46 touches
Hustle: 1 deflection10 shots contested1 charge drawn1 loose ball3 box-outs3 screen assists
Rating: Performance Score +1.4−0.14 wins added73.1% true shooting18.3% usage

His last game

His season

2026-27 so far, 12 games

Best game: 16 points at Houston on Nov. 2, +5.7.Box score

Impact

His Player Rankings card

+1.4

points per 100 possessions against an average player, from this season’s lineup data

56th of 271 players with 317 possessions or more, likely 18th to 176th.
Offense +0.1 (99th), defense +1.3 (27th).
0.5 wins added so far over a replacement player, likely 0.1 to 1.0, 83rd in the league.
The Celtics are 18.4 points per 100 better with him on the floor than off it (551 and 638 possessions).
12 games in, his box score, minutes and team’s results this season are about 93% of the rating; nothing carries over from last season. Counting last season, he would be at +3.4, 16th.

His season

His game

Regular seasons

Queta has taken 114 putbacks, the ninth-most in the NBA since 2025-26, and made 64.9% of them (the league: 59.5%).

Opponents have made 50.2% of 376 shots at the rim with him as the nearest defender (the league: 63.4%), the fourth-lowest rate of anyone who defends four a game there since 2025-26.

His screens lead directly to 8.9 points a game, more than anyone but Domantas Sabonis and Rudy Gobert since 2025-26.

Career

6 seasons

Champion once.

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3PM	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−	Honors
2021-22SAC	SAC	14	8.5	3.2	2.2	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.4	.447	0.0	–	.647	.495	−0.5
2022-23SAC	SAC	5	5.7	2.4	2.2	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.2	.667	0.0	–	.000	.607	−6.0
2023-24BOS	BOS	28	11.9	5.5	4.4	0.7	0.5	0.8	0.5	.644	0.0	–	.714	.662	+4.8	Champion
2024-25BOS	BOS	62	13.9	5.0	3.8	0.7	0.3	0.7	0.6	.650	0.0	.000	.754	.674	+2.5
2025-26BOS	BOS	76	25.3	10.2	8.4	1.7	0.8	1.3	1.0	.653	0.0	.125	.703	.674	+6.3
2026-27so farBOS, so far	BOS	12	22.6	9.2	6.8	1.8	0.3	1.3	1.3	.556	0.3	.750	.643	.608	+9.7
NBA rank			159th	151st	40th	152nd	249th	9th					108th		16th
Career6 seasons	6 seasons	197	18.0	7.1	5.7	1.1	0.5	1.0	0.8	.636	0.0	.267	.698	.659	+4.3

Blue: his best season in each column (20 games or more, four in the playoffs; 3P% with two tries a game, FT% with one).

Career bests

Performance Score, 211 games

Best game+18.727 points, 17 rebounds and 3 blocks on 10 for 14 shooting against Philadelphia, March 1, 2026The story Best four games+32.016.3 points a game, April 1 to 7, 2026The story

Where his points come from

This season, against the league

Source	Queta	NBA avg
Paint	65.5%	41.2%
Mid-range	1.8%	6.3%
Threes	8.2%	35.2%
Free throws	24.5%	17.2%
Fast break	6.4%	12.7%
Off turnovers	10.0%	16.2%
Unassisted makes	22.5%	34.8%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	FG	3P	FT	TO	PF	+/−
Nov 11	@ TOR	W98–93	30:42	11	13	3	1	3	2–4	1–1	6–8	5	2	+27
Nov 10	@ PHI	W123–101	22:14	4	6	3	0	0	2–4	0–0	0–0	1	1	+16
Nov 8	@ MIL	W117–97	21:36	13	9	4	0	0	6–11	0–0	1–2	1	1	0
Nov 6	@ CHA	W119–80	15:15	4	3	1	0	1	2–5	0–0	0–0	1	2	+15
Nov 4	vs MIL	W109–102

Distance	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Under 8 ft	33–58	80.6%	38.9%	56.9%	59.1%
8–16 ft	4–8	11.1%	13.4%	50.0%	43.9%
16–24 ft	0–2	2.8%	4.6%	0.0%	39.0%
24+ ft	3–4	5.6%	43.1%	75.0%	35.1%

Stat	Avg	NBA rank
Deflections	1.0	220th
Contested shots	7.5	19th
Twos contested	5.6	16th
Threes contested	1.9	79th
Charges drawn	0.08	48th
Loose balls recovered	0.3	131st
Box outs	1.7	23rd
Screen assists	3.8	6th
Points from screen assists	9.2	6th

Per game	Queta	NBA avg
Distance (miles)	1.60	1.76
Average speed (mph)	4.34	4.43
Touches	30.8	38.0
Passes	21.0	29.0
Potential assists	2.8	4.9

Split	GP	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
Location
Home	5	10.2	6.4	1.4	58.6%	100.0%	61.5%	63.1%	+9.2
Away	7	8.4	7.0	2.1	53.5%	66.7%	68.8%	59.0%	+10.0
Result

Usage rate	16.8%	154th
Assist rate	11.2%	164th
Assists per turnover	1.38	177th
Turnover rate (per 100 plays)	12.3	202nd
Offensive rating	122.0	17th
Defensive rating	100.4	15th
Net rating	+21.6	7th
Offensive rebound rate	10.2%	26th
Defensive rebound rate	16.6%	52nd
Effective FG%	57.6%
Fouls drawn a game	2.6	90th

Zone	Queta	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
At the rim	68.1%	27.7%	59.2%	65.6%
Paint (non-rim)	22.2%	19.0%	43.8%	44.4%
Mid-range	4.2%	10.2%	33.3%	40.0%
Corner three	4.2%	11.7%	100.0%	36.1%
Above-break three	1.4%	31.4%	0.0%	34.8%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	FT	TO	+/−
Nov 11	@ TOR	W98–93	30:42	11	13	3	2–4	1–1	6–8	5	+27
Nov 10	@ PHI	W123–101	22:14	4	6	3	2–4	0–0	0–0	1	+16
Nov 8	@ MIL	W117–97	21:36	13	9	4	6–11	0–0	1–2	1	0
Nov 6	@ CHA	W119–80	15:15	4	3	1	2–5	0–0	0–0	1	+15
Nov 4	vs MIL	W109–102	29:23	9	12	3	4–8	0–0	1–3	0	+1
Nov 2	@ HOU	L93–109	25:46	16	6	1	6–7	1–1	3–4	1	+7
Nov 1	@ ORL	W108–97	27:21	8	8	1	4–9	0–1	0–0	1	−2
Oct 30	vs CHI	W125–111	19:56	13	6	0	3–5	0–0	7–10	1	+16
Oct 27	vs BKN	W125–124	15:25	7	3	2	3–3	0–0	1–2	2	−2
Oct 26	vs CHI	W134–99	18:59	7	5	1	3–5	0–0	1–2	0	+32

Dunks	10–11	15.3%	5.8%	90.9%	88.4%
Layups	19–38	52.8%	25.7%	50.0%	56.0%
Floaters	3–10	13.9%	8.8%	30.0%	45.3%
Hooks	3–5	6.9%	2.1%	60.0%	47.5%
Pull-up jumpers	0–0	0.0%	13.7%	—	37.6%
Step-backs	0–0	0.0%	5.2%	—	37.9%
Turnarounds and fadeaways	2–3	4.2%	5.2%	66.7%	40.3%
Other jump shots	3–5	6.9%	33.5%	60.0%	36.2%

Dunks

10–11

15.3%

5.8%

90.9%

88.4%

Layups

19–38

52.8%

25.7%

50.0%

56.0%

Floaters

3–10

13.9%

8.8%

30.0%

45.3%

Hooks

3–5

6.9%

2.1%

60.0%

47.5%

Pull-up jumpers

0–0

0.0%

13.7%

—

37.6%

Step-backs

0–0

0.0%

5.2%

—

37.9%

Turnarounds and fadeaways

2–3

4.2%

5.2%

66.7%

40.3%

Other jump shots

3–5

6.9%

33.5%

60.0%

36.2%

Secondary assists	0.3	0.4

Offensive rebound chances	5.3	2.6

Defensive rebound chances	9.4	5.9

Stat	Queta	NBA avg
Rim shots defended per game	4.1	2.1
Opponent FG% at the rim	42.9%	64.4%

Games	Min	Pts	FG	FG%	3P	FT	+/−
6	15.0	7	2–2	100.0%	0–0	3–4	+28

Wins	10	9.1	7.1	1.9	53.2%	66.7%	63.9%	58.5%	+10.2

Losses	2	9.5	5.0	1.5	70.0%	100.0%	66.7%	75.2%	+7.0

Month
Oct	5	9.0	4.8	1.2	58.3%	100.0%	64.0%	64.3%	+10.4
Nov	7	9.3	8.1	2.3	54.2%	66.7%	64.7%	58.6%	+9.1

Month

Oct

9.0

4.8

1.2

58.3%

100.0%

64.0%

64.3%

+10.4

Nov

9.3

8.1

2.3

54.2%

66.7%

64.7%

58.6%

+9.1

Neemias Queta

Inside his season

Tonight against the Mavericks

Where his shots come from

His work inside

What changed from last season

With him on the floor

Inside his season

His last game

His last game

His season

Impact

His season

His game

Career

Career bests

Where his points come from

Game log

Shot chart

By distance

By shot type

Hustle

Movement and touches

Pick your games

Splits

Advanced

Shot profile

Last 10 games

Rim defense

Clutch

Trends

Career bests

His season

Impact

His game

His last game

Inside his season

Tonight against the Mavericks

Where his shots come from

His work inside

What changed from last season

With him on the floor