Derrick WhiteBoston Celtics · #9
Derrick White is an elite two-way guard for the Boston Celtics, a 2024 NBA champion, and a 2024 Olympic gold medalist. One of basketball's great late bloomers — he started at Division II UCCS before transferring to Colorado — he was drafted 29th in 2017 by San Antonio, traded to Boston in 2022, and became a two-time All-Defensive guard whose shot-blocking is nearly unmatched at his position.
Derrick White — the report card
Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.
Where Derrick White stands
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Derrick White — every number, three levels deep
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How the model sees Derrick White
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Derrick White career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | 17 | 8.2 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | .485 | .615 |
| 2018-19 | 67 | 25.8 | 9.9 | 3.7 | 3.9 | .479 | .338 |
| 2019-20 | 68 | 24.7 | 11.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | .458 | .366 |
| 2020-21 | 36 | 29.6 | 15.4 | 3.0 | 3.5 | .411 | .346 |
| 2021-22 | 49 | 30.3 | 14.4 | 3.5 | 5.6 | .426 | .314 |
| 2022-23 | 82 | 28.3 | 12.4 | 3.6 | 3.9 | .462 | .381 |
| 2023-24 | 73 | 32.6 | 15.2 | 4.2 | 5.2 | .461 | .396 |
| 2024-25 | 76 | 33.9 | 16.4 | 4.5 | 4.8 | .442 | .384 |
| 2025-26 | 77 | 34.1 | 16.5 | 4.4 | 5.4 | .394 | .327 |
| Career | 545 | 29.4 | 13.6 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
The Lab
Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.
Are the Boston Celtics built to win?
Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.
The Ballad of Derrick White
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
The beginning
The Division II late bloomer who became a champion and one of the NBA's best two-way guards.
Turning pro
Drafted 29th overall, 2017 as a Guard.
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A Division II guard who paid off his student loans with his first NBA check — and became a champion and Olympic gold medalist.
Chapter
Unrecruited out of Colorado, White starred at Division II UCCS, transferred to Colorado, and was drafted 29th by San Antonio in 2017.
Chapter
Traded to Boston in 2022, he hit a buzzer-beating put-back to force Game 7 of the 2023 Conference Finals.
Off the court
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 190 lbs
- College
- Colorado
- Experience
- 9th Season
- NBA debut
- 2017
- Draft
- 29th overall, 2017
- Born
- Parker, Colorado
- Age
- 32
- Jersey
- #9
White's story is the ultimate late-bloomer arc: a 5-foot-something high schooler who grew late, went to Division II, and willed himself into an NBA champion and Olympic gold medalist. His UCCS roots stayed with him — he became the school's first athletic Hall of Fame inductee and repaid his college loans with his first pro money. Teammate Neemias Queta nicknamed him 'The Swiss Army Knife' for doing a bit of everything.
He married Hannah Schneider in 2021 and has two sons, Hendrix (named after Jimi Hendrix) and Daxton. Understated and universally respected, White is the model modern role player — a guard who defends, blocks shots, shoots the three, and never needs the ball to change a game.
A do-everything, unselfish two-way guard — defense, shot-blocking, and shooting from a late bloomer.
Derrick White — frequently asked
The questions people ask most about Derrick White, answered.
