2025-26 Season

PAYTON PRITCHARD

Boston Celtics | Guard | 6-1

2025-26 Season

PAYTON PRITCHARD

Boston Celtics | Guard | 6-1 | Yr 5

16.9 PPG

3.9 RPG

5.1 APG

32.0 MPG

+8.0 Impact

Pritchard produces at an elite rate for a 32-minute workload.

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NET IMPACT BREAKDOWN

Every stat, every credit, every cost — per game average

+8.0

Scoring +15.8

Points 16.9 PPG = +11.4

Shot Making above expected FG% = +4.4

Creation +0.9

Creation 5.1 AST/g = +0.9

Turnovers -3.1

Turnovers 1.4/g = -3.1

Defense +0.6

Defense 0.7 STL, 0.1 BLK = +0.6

Hustle & Effort +2.7

Rebounds 3.9 RPG = +2.7

Raw Impact +16.9

Baseline (game-average expected) −8.9

Net Impact

+8.0

87th pctl vs Guards

PBP Credit: Every play is analyzed from play-by-play data. Scorers get difficulty-adjusted credit, assisters get creation value based on the shot opportunity they created, and turnovers are classified by type. Shot difficulty is derived from 1M+ shots across 4 seasons. Full methodology

TEAM COMPARISON

Impact

Creation

#11

Hustle

Defense

of 14 teammates (10+ games, 10+ min)

Jaylen Brown +15.4 Jayson Tatum +12.2 Derrick White +8.3 Payton Pritchard +8.1 Neemias Queta +6.9 Nikola Vučević +4.3 Anfernee Simons +2.2 Ron Harper Jr. +1.5 Josh Minott +0.6 Luka Garza +0.5 Sam Hauser +0.5 Baylor Scheierman -1.3 Jordan Walsh -1.9 Hugo González -3.6

Similar Players

Same position, closest production profile this season.

SKILL DNA

Percentile rank vs 245 Guards with 10+ games

Scoring 83th

17.0 PPG

Efficiency 54th

55.4% TS

Playmaking 83th

5.2 APG

Rebounding 75th

3.9 RPG

Defense 38th

+6.5/g

Hustle 69th

+10.5/g

Creation 37th

+2.36/g

Shot Making 92th

+10.27/g

TO Discipline 72th

0.04/min

THE SEASON SO FAR

Payton Pritchard’s opening stretch of the season was defined by a maddeningly volatile tug-of-war between his trigger-happy offensive habits and his point-of-attack tenacity. Traditional box scores frequently masked the true nature of his on-court value. Take his 10/26 vs DET matchup, where a massive 21-point, 10-rebound output was completely undone by hidden costs. A string of live-ball mistakes dragged his impact down to a flat -0.1, entirely erasing the value of his high-volume scoring. Conversely, he found ways to salvage his minutes when his jumper completely abandoned him during the 10/31 vs PHI game. Despite a brutal 1-for-9 shooting night from deep, relentless defensive pressure kept his impact firmly in the green at +3.5. When his outside shot actually fell, he was utterly devastating, pouring in 30 points on 11/16 vs LAC to earn a +9.9 impact score by ruthlessly torching drop coverages. Ultimately, he remains a chaotic spark plug whose aggressive shot selection can either break the opposing defense or stall his own team's momentum.

Payton Pritchard spent this twenty-game stretch riding a dizzying rollercoaster between nuclear offensive explosions and crippling perimeter freezes. He opened the window looking like an absolute superstar on 11/30 vs CLE, torching drop coverage with a lightning-quick release to pour in 42 points and generate a massive +18.0 impact score. That elite shotmaking frequently vanished. Even when his point totals looked respectable, hidden costs like poor shot selection often dragged him down. During a 12/30 vs UTA matchup, he scored 18 points but posted a -0.9 impact because heavy, inefficient volume from beyond the arc neutralized his offensive creation. Conversely, he occasionally found ways to generate non-scoring value when his jumper abandoned him. On 01/07 vs DEN, he scored a modest 17 points and shot a frigid 1-for-6 from deep, yet managed a +2.1 impact by applying relentless point-of-attack pressure to disrupt the opposing offense. Ultimately, this volatile stretch revealed a guard who can single-handedly win a quarter, but whose erratic consistency makes him a nightly gamble.

Whiplash-inducing volatility and a permanent move to the second unit defined Payton Pritchard’s turbulent midseason stretch. When his jumper was falling, he operated as a brilliant offensive engine, torching drop coverages with lethal pull-up shooting to post a massive +15.2 impact score on 01/30 vs SAC. His 29 points and eight assists in that contest reflected elite decision-making and precise pick-and-roll execution. Yet, those dizzying highs were routinely wiped out by brutal slumps where his poor shot selection actively hurt the offense. Look no further than 02/24 vs PHX, where a disastrous 2-for-13 shooting night cratered his overall footprint and saddled him with a -12.0 impact score. The bottom completely fell out shortly after on 03/04 vs CHA. He repeatedly forced heavily contested shots during that scoreless nightmare, dragging his value down to an abysmal -20.9 impact score. For a guard relying so heavily on perimeter spacing and creation, this run exposed how quickly his worth evaporates when the well runs dry.

IMPACT TIMELINE

Game-by-game performance vs average. Green = above average, red = below.

Best Game

42 PTS vs CLE

Nov 30 | +33.5 impact

Worst Game

0 PTS vs CHA

Mar 04 | -18.1 impact

PATTERNS

Very consistent. Pritchard posts positive impact in 78% of games — you almost always get a productive night. Scoring varies by ~9 points, but the overall contribution stays positive.

Middle-of-the-road efficiency — shoots 45%+ from the field in 60% of games. Not automatic, but not a problem either.

Good defender on his best nights, but it comes and goes. Some games Pritchard locks in defensively, others he gets picked apart.

Hot right now — 11 straight games with positive impact. Longest positive run this season: 11 games.

MATCHUP HISTORY

Based on 71 games with tracking data. Shows who guarded this player on offense and who he guarded on defense, with their shooting stats in those matchups.