Payton Pritchard Stats, Shot Chart & Advanced Analytics — BOS 2026-27

Inside his season

Through Nov. 11

Pritchard is 65th in the site's Player Rankings, at +1.1 points per 100 possessions against an average player, after 38th last season, and his assists have fallen the most, to 6.6 per 100 possessions from 8.0.

He's averaging 13.3 points a game, down from 17.0 last season, and his true shooting is 56.1%, down from 58.4%.

He has 26.0% of the Celtics' assists while he's on the floor, down from 31.0% last season. Sam Hauser finishes the most of them.

Tonight against the Mavericks

Last time, March 6: 18 points on 8 for 17 shooting, 6 assists and 7 rebounds in a 120-100 win.
In 12 games against the Mavericks, he has averaged 9.4 points, 2.8 assists and 3.3 rebounds.
Of the Mavericks, Marcus Sasser has guarded him the most in their careers: 108 possessions over 5 games. Pritchard has 17 points on 6 for 14 shooting against him, well under his usual scoring rate.

His passing

18.0

points his passes create per 100 possessions he plays, from 19.8 last season

Finishing them: Sam Hauser 9, Baylor Scheierman 7, Derrick White 6.
61% of the baskets he set up were threes.

Where his shots come from

Zone	Share	Last season	Made	Last season
At the rim	12.4%	12.8%	75.0%	68.6%
Rest of the paint	15.5%	22.5%	25.0%	55.9%
Midrange	14.7%	13.2%	47.4%	42.4%
Corner threes	7.0%	4.3%	33.3%	48.9%
Threes above the break	50.4%	47.2%	36.9%	36.7%

What changed from last season

The drop is coming from fewer shots and his twos. His shots have moved away from the basket: fewer in the paint away from the rim, 15.5%, down from 22.5%, and more from three, 57.4%, up from 51.5%. Fewer of his shots are going in: he's making 47.3% of his twos, down from 55.6%, with fewer falling in the paint away from the rim (25.0%, 5 for 20, down from 55.9%). He's getting to the line more, 24.0 free throws per 100 shots, up from 12.5, and making 87.1% of them.

He's taking 10.8 shots a game, down from 13.8, and playing 27.3 minutes a game, down from 32.3.

With him on the floor

The Celtics have outscored teams by 14.5 points per 100 possessions with him on the floor, 120.0 to 105.5, 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

Payton Pritchard

2-2 FT31:15 min

Points1st 42nd 63rd 24th 2

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

Before this game he averaged 13.3 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.9 assists in 11 regular-season games.

Shot making: 12 points from the field on 13 shotsabout what the league scores from the same zones
Biggest shot: Made a step-back 3-pointer2nd quarter, 10:41 leftchance to win 38% to 42%
Guarded by: Shead: 17 poss, 4 ptsWalter: 14 poss, 0 ptsMartin: 11 poss, 2 pts
He guarded: Shead: 14 poss, 0 ptsMartin: 12 poss, 0 ptsWalter: 10 poss, 0 pts
On the move: 2.22 miles4.26 mph on average59 touches
Rating: Performance Score −11.3−0.13 wins added50.4% true shooting28.4% usage

His last game

His season

2026-27 so far, 12 games

Best game: 28 points against Chicago on Oct. 26, +12.6.Box score

Impact

His Player Rankings card

+1.1

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

65th of 271 players with 317 possessions or more, likely 24th to 197th.
Offense +1.1 (49th), defense +0.1 (123rd).
0.6 wins added so far over a replacement player, likely 0.1 to 1.1, 75th in the league.
The Celtics are 3.5 points per 100 better with him on the floor than off it (670 and 519 possessions).
12 games in, his box score, minutes and team’s results this season are about 91% of the rating; nothing carries over from last season. Counting last season, he would be at +2.0, 47th.

His season

His game

Regular seasons

On second chances, Pritchard has scored 8.9 points per 100 shots more than the league does on the same shots since 2024-25, the second-best in the NBA (304 shots).

Since 2023-24 he has made 66.1% of his layups; the league makes 56.9%.

He has taken 68 step-back jumpers, the ninth-most in the NBA since 2025-26, and made 50.0% of them (the league: 44.3%). He averages 5.1 dribbles per touch (the league: 2.3), the fourth-most in the NBA.

Career

7 seasons

Champion once, Sixth Man of the Year once.

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3PM	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−	Honors
2020-21BOS	BOS	66	19.2	7.7	2.4	1.8	0.6	0.1	0.8	.440	1.5	.411	.889	.582	+0.6
2021-22BOS	BOS	71	14.1	6.2	1.9	2.0	0.4	0.1	0.6	.429	1.4	.412	100	.578	+0.9
2022-23BOS	BOS	48	13.4	5.6	1.8	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.8	.412	1.2	.364	.750	.536	+0.3
2023-24BOS	BOS	82	22.3	9.6	3.2	3.4	0.5	0.1	0.7	.468	1.8	.385	.821	.597	+5.5	Champion
2024-25BOS	BOS	80	28.4	14.3	3.8	3.5	0.9	0.2	1.0	.472	3.2	.407	.845	.633	+5.4	Sixth Man
2025-26BOS	BOS	79	32.3	17.0	3.9	5.2	0.7	0.1	1.4	.464	2.7	.377	.890	.584	+5.4
2026-27so farBOS, so far	BOS	12	27.3	13.3	3.3	3.7	0.8	0.2	1.5	.411	2.3	.365	.871	.561	+7.7
NBA rank			101st	92nd	167th	69th	157th	206th		96th		89th	24th	81st	25th
Career7 seasons	7 seasons	438	22.6	10.6	3.0	3.0	0.6	0.1	0.9	.455	2.1	.393	.869	.593	+3.5

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, 515 games

Best game+21.743 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists on 14 for 20 shooting against Portland, March 5, 2025The story Best four games+33.923.3 points a game, April 11 to 21, 2024The story

Why his scoring moved

2025-26 to 2026-27

Down 3.7 points a game from last season, in 12 games. Fewer minutes (27.3 a game, down from 32.3) cost 2.4, colder shooting from the same spots 1.0 and fewer shots a minute 1.0. More free throws added 0.7.

The numbers behind it

Part	2025-26	2026-27	Points
Minutes a game	32.3	27.3	−2.4
Shots per 36 minutes	15.4	14.2	−1.0
His shots’ worth at the league’s rates, points a shot	1.01	1.02	+0.1
His points a shot over the league’s from the same spots	+0.11	+0.01	−1.0
Free throws made a game	1.5	2.3	+0.7
Points a game	17.0	13.3	−3.7

Share of his shots	2025-26	2026-27
At the rim	13%	12%
Paint	23%	16%
Midrange	13%	15%
Corner 3	4%	7%
Above the break 3	47%	50%

Each part is what it moved with the others held still, so they add up to the change: minutes at last season’s shots a minute and making, then shots a minute, then the kind of shots he takes (each zone at the league’s rate this season), then how well he made them against the league from the same zones, then free throws. Regular seasons only.

Where his points come from

This season, against the league

Source	Pritchard	NBA avg
Paint	21.3%	41.2%
Mid-range	11.3%	6.3%
Threes	50.6%	35.2%
Free throws	16.9%	17.2%
Fast break

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	FG	3P	FT	TO	PF	+/−
Nov 11	@ TOR	W98–93	31:15	14	1	1	0	0	5–13	2–7	2–2	5	2	−17
Nov 10	@ PHI	W123–101	29:46	18	6	5	1	0	7–15	4–8	0–0	0	2	+26
Nov 8	@ MIL	W117–97	29:11	12	5	4	1	0	4–12	4–11	0–0	0	2	+29
Nov 6	@ CHA	W119–80	23:22	12	6	5	1	0	4–10	4–6	0–0	2	1	+27
Nov 4	vs MIL	W109–102

Distance	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Under 8 ft	13–23	17.8%	38.9%	56.5%	59.1%
8–16 ft	12–24

Stat	Avg	NBA rank
Deflections	1.7	120th
Contested shots	1.7	238th
Twos contested	0.7	251st
Threes contested	1.0	191st
Charges drawn	0.00	75th
Loose balls recovered	0.3	159th
Box outs	0.5	132nd
Screen assists	0.3	153rd
Points from screen assists	0.6	170th

Per game	Pritchard	NBA avg
Distance (miles)	2.00	1.76
Average speed (mph)	4.38	4.43
Touches	55.9	38.0
Passes	42.2	29.0
Potential assists

Split	GP	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
Location
Home	5	15.2	1.6	4.4	50.0%	44.0%	92.9%	65.3%	+10.2
Away	7	12.0	4.6	3.1	35.1%	32.7%	82.4%	49.7%	+5.9
Result

Off turnovers	19.4%	16.2%

Unassisted makes	58.5%	34.8%

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Oct. 23, 2026	0	0-2	20.7
April 9, 2026	5	2-4	17.3
Dec. 2, 2025	0	0-3	18.4
Oct. 24, 2025	5	2-5	25.6
May 16, 2025	5	2-3	19.6
May 14, 2025	3	1-4	22.6
May 12, 2025	5	2-2	13.2
May 10, 2025	2	1-2	17.1
May 7, 2025	0	0-1	7.9
May 5, 2025	0	0-0	13.7
April 8, 2025	0

Usage rate	20.5%	91st
Assist rate	20.6%	75th
Assists per turnover	2.44	64th
Turnover rate (per 100 plays)	8.8	97th
Offensive rating	117.1	53rd
Defensive rating	105.4	42nd
Net rating	+11.7	40th
Offensive rebound rate	3.2%	166th
Defensive rebound rate	8.2%	199th
Effective FG%	51.6%	76th
Fouls drawn a game	2.3	105th

Zone	Pritchard	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
At the rim	12.4%	27.7%	75.0%	65.6%
Paint (non-rim)	15.5%	19.0%	25.0%	44.4%
Mid-range	14.7%	10.2%	47.4%	40.0%
Corner three	7.0%	11.7%	33.3%	36.1%
Above-break three	50.4%	31.4%	36.9%	34.8%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	FT	TO	+/−
Nov 11	@ TOR	W98–93	31:15	14	1	1	5–13	2–7	2–2	5	−17
Nov 10	@ PHI	W123–101	29:46	18	6	5	7–15	4–8	0–0	0	+26
Nov 8	@ MIL	W117–97	29:11	12	5	4	4–12	4–11	0–0	0	+29
Nov 6	@ CHA	W119–80	23:22	12	6	5	4–10	4–6	0–0	2	+27
Nov 4	vs MIL	W109–102	18:05	10	1	5	4–7	0–0	2–2	0

16–24 ft	1–8	6.2%	4.6%	12.5%	39.0%

24+ ft	27–74	57.4%	43.1%	36.5%	35.1%

Type	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Dunks	0–0	0.0%	5.8%	—	88.4%
Layups	13–18	14.0%	25.7%	72.2%	56.0%
Floaters	0–5	3.9%	8.8%	0.0%	45.3%
Hooks	0–0	0.0%	2.1%	—	47.5%
Pull-up jumpers	14–25	19.4%	13.7%	56.0%	37.6%
Step-backs	10–26	20.2%	5.2%	38.5%	37.9%
Turnarounds and fadeaways	3–12	9.3%	5.2%	25.0%	40.3%
Other jump shots	13–43	33.3%	33.5%	30.2%	36.2%

Secondary assists	0.5	0.4

Offensive rebound chances	1.5	2.6

Month

Oct

16.6

2.2

3.6

48.1%

43.3%

90.0%

66.1%

+6.8

Nov

11.0

4.1

3.7

36.0%

31.8%

81.8%

48.2%

+8.3

Stat	Pritchard	NBA avg
Rim shots defended per game	0.8	2.1
Opponent FG% at the rim	50.0%	64.4%

Payton Pritchard

Inside his season

Tonight against the Mavericks

His passing

Where his shots come from

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

Why his scoring moved

Where his points come from

Game log

Shot chart

By distance

Hustle

Movement and touches

Pick your games

Splits

Career bests

Why his scoring moved

His season

Impact

His game

Who stops him, and who he stops

Toughest defenders on him

Advanced

Shot profile

Last 10 games

By shot type

Rim defense

Clutch

Trends

Who stops him, and who he stops

Toughest defenders on him

His last game

Inside his season

Tonight against the Mavericks

His passing

Where his shots come from

What changed from last season

With him on the floor