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Payton Pritchard

Boston Celtics · #11 · Plus starter
PG6'1"195 lbage 286 yrs expOregonWest Linn, OR
5th best of 11 on BOSworth +2.0 wins to the rotation
OFF85DEF71
High-level playmaker & shooter
BOS
Boston Celtics
Eastern · Atlantic · proj. 62-20 (▲+1.4)
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Sixth Man of the Year

A fearless microwave scorer who's become one of the best bench guards in the NBA — 17 a night with deep range (37.7% from three, 89% from the line) and elite shot creation off movement. He doubles as a sharp playmaker (90th-percentile, 5.2 assists) who barely turns it over. The catch is size and defense: at 6'1" he's a target on that end and offers nothing as a rim deterrent, but the offensive package is real.

17
PPG
3.9
RPG
5.2
APG
0.7
SPG
0.1
BPG
GP 79MPG 32.4FG% 46.43P% 37.7FT% 89TS% 58.4USG% 21.4PER 17.1BPM +2.3VORP 2.8EPM +1.4
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Playmaking91
Shooting88
Inside finishing87
Scoring86
Rebounding73
Perimeter defense66
Rim protection56

Skill ratings are 2025-26 per-game and advanced stats (Basketball-Reference) ranked 0–99 within position (guards vs guards, bigs vs bigs). Overall is anchored to EPM impact on a non-linear curve, nudged by these skills; Offense and Defense come from box plus-minus. A player who missed the latest season is shown from his most recent one.

Career

2020-21 to 2025-26 · 6 seasons
10.6
PPG
3.0
RPG
3.0
APG
426
GAMES
Points 4,498Win Shares 29.4Starts 67Best season 2024-25 · 14.3 ppg
Games played, last three seasons98%

Regular season, 2003-04 onward (Basketball-Reference). Averages are weighted by games played; honours count awards won, not finishes. “Current players” means the 802 who played in the last three seasons.

Trajectory

2023-24 → 2025-26 · age 26 → 28
▲Rising

Payton, at 28, is on a clear upward trajectory — 3.8 → 6.4 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▲ Ahead of curve
Developing faster than a typical player his age.
2026-27 forecast▼ 4.8 wins (-1.6)
Starts from his player rating, which is more cautious than last season's total. Age takes about 0.1 wins off at 29. Range 2.8–6.8 wins.
Production (BPM)+1.0 → +2.3+1.326-27 forecast +2.3
His per-possession game has clearly sharpened.
2023-24: +1.0 · 82 games2024-25: +3.5 · 80 games2025-26: +2.3 · 79 games2026-27: +2.3 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)3.8 → 6.4+2.626-27 forecast 4.8
He's worth more wins to a team than he was.
2023-24: 3.8 · 82 games2024-25: 7.1 · 80 games2025-26: 6.4 · 79 games2026-27: 4.8 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $15.1M vs $7.8M salary+$7.3M
His play is projected to be worth more than he is paid.
$7.8M salary2023-24: $9.4M · 82 games2024-25: $39.1M · 80 games2025-26: $32.2M · 79 games2026-27: $15.1M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $7,767,857 cap hit · through '28. On the contract row the flat dashed line is this salary, so the gap to the 2026-27 forecast is the surplus.

Seasons from Basketball-Reference (2023-24 → 2025-26). Production is box plus-minus, a per-possession measure. Value is VORP-based wins, so it also counts games played. Contract value is what each season’s play would fetch on the open market. The dotted 2026-27 point is a forecast: his established level, a year older, assuming a normal season.

Contract

2026-27
$7,767,857Guaranteed
4% of the club’s payroll · 7th of 13 priced deals
Runs through2 seasons
Est. market value$15,104,000 /yr
Surplus+$7,336,143
BARGAINworth more than he is paid

Market value is an estimate, not a reported figure: what his play is forecast to fetch on the open market in 2026-27 — his current rating, a year older. Cap thresholds are projected for 2026-27 until the league sets them.

Plays like

same position

Nearest skill profiles across the seven rating axes — who he plays like, not who is as good. The rating beside each name answers that second question.