Guard · Boston Celtics
Payton Pritchard
Age 28 · USA · 185 cm (6'1") · 88 kg · Born Jan 28, 1998 · Oregon
10.5 PPG
2.9 RPG
3.0 APG
426 games
6 seasons
Career snapshot
6seasons
426games
4,491career pts
12.6PER (avg)
Most-played franchise:
Boston Celtics
· 426 games · 2020-21–2025-26
Position rank · 2025-26
#15PPG rank
#15PER rank
#15WS rank
Among 73 Guard players (min. 41 games)
Career highs (single season)
PPG
17.0
2025-26 · BOS
RPG
3.9
2025-26 · BOS
APG
5.2
2025-26 · BOS
PER
15.0
2021-22 · BOS
WS
3.1
2021-22 · BOS
Draft
2020
Round 1 ·
Pick 26
from Oregon
Honors & awards
1×
NBA Sixth Man of the Year
2024
Stats by season
| Season | Team | G | GS | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG% | 3P% | FT% | PER | WS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | BOS | 66 | 4 | 19.2 | 7.7 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 44.0 | 41.1 | 88.9 | 12.4 | 2.5 |
| 2021-22 | BOS | 71 | 2 | 14.1 | 6.2 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 42.9 | 41.2 | 100.0 | 15.0 | 3.1 |
| 2022-23 | BOS | 48 | 3 | 13.4 | 5.6 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 41.2 | 36.4 | 75.0 | 10.3 | 0.6 |
| 2023-24 | BOS | 82 | 5 | 22.3 | 9.6 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 46.8 | 38.5 | 82.1 | — | — |
| 2024-25 | BOS | 80 | 3 | 28.4 | 14.3 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 47.2 | 40.7 | 84.5 | — | — |
| 2025-26 | BOS | 79 | 50 | 32.4 | 17.0 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 46.4 | 37.7 | 89.0 | — | — |
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Born on January 28
About Payton Pritchard
Payton Michael Pritchard is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Oregon Ducks, where he earned second-team all-conference honors in the Pac-12 as a sophomore. Pritchard was a finalist for the Naismith College Player of the Year in his senior year. Selected 26th overall in the 2020 NBA draft by the Celtics, Pritchard reached the NBA Finals with the team in both 2022 and 2024, securing a championship in 2024. In 2025, he was named NBA Sixth Man of the Year.