Payton Pritchard Boston Celtics · #11
Payton Pritchard is a deep-range shooting guard for the Boston Celtics, the 2025 NBA Sixth Man of the Year, and a 2024 champion. An Oregon legend who won the 2020 Bob Cousy Award and Pac-12 Player of the Year, he was drafted 26th in 2020. Famous for buzzer-beating heaves — including a half-court shot in the 2024 Finals clincher — he moved into a starting role in 2025-26 amid injuries.
Payton Pritchard — the report card
Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.
Where Payton Pritchard stands
Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.
Payton Pritchard — every number, three levels deep
Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.
How the model sees Payton Pritchard
Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.
Payton Pritchard career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | 66 | 19.2 | 7.7 | 2.4 | 1.8 | .440 | .411 |
| 2021-22 | 71 | 14.1 | 6.2 | 1.9 | 2.0 | .429 | .412 |
| 2022-23 | 48 | 13.4 | 5.6 | 1.8 | 1.3 | .412 | .364 |
| 2023-24 | 82 | 22.3 | 9.6 | 3.2 | 3.4 | .468 | .385 |
| 2024-25 | 80 | 28.4 | 14.3 | 3.8 | 3.5 | .472 | .407 |
| 2025-26 | 79 | 32.4 | 17.0 | 3.9 | 5.2 | .464 | .377 |
| Career | 426 | 22.5 | 10.5 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
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 Payton Pritchard
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
The beginning
A fearless deep-range gunner and Sixth Man of the Year — the Oregon legend who buries buzzer-beaters.
Turning pro
Drafted 26th overall, 2020 as a Guard.
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An Oregon legend and fearless deep gunner — a bench weapon who became Sixth Man of the Year and a starter.
Chapter
A four-time state champ at West Linn, Pritchard won the 2020 Bob Cousy Award and Pac-12 POY at Oregon before Boston took him 26th.
Chapter
He hit a half-court buzzer-beater in the 2024 Finals clincher and won a title.
Off the court
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 211 lbs
- College
- Oregon
- Experience
- 7th Season
- NBA debut
- 2020
- Draft
- 26th overall, 2020
- Born
- Tualatin, Oregon
- Age
- 28
- Jersey
- #11
Pritchard is Oregon basketball royalty — a four-time state champion at West Linn whose legend in the state runs deep, and the son of Terry Pritchard, who played college football at Oklahoma. He married YouTuber Emma MacDonald in 2024 in a ceremony officiated by his former Celtics teammate Blake Griffin.
His identity is range and nerve: he launches from well beyond the arc and specializes in buzzer-beating heaves, most memorably a half-court shot to end the first half of Boston's 2024 title clincher. After years of grinding for minutes — he once requested a trade over playing time — his patience paid off with a championship, a Sixth Man award, and a starting job.
A fearless, deep-range gunner with a competitive edge — a bench weapon who earned a starting role.
Payton Pritchard — frequently asked
The questions people ask most about Payton Pritchard, answered.
