Boston Celtics: 2026-27 roster preview
The roster the team opens 2026-27 with, what each player did in 2025-26, and how many minutes the outlook expects from him. Minutes come from last season, capped at 2,900 and scaled to a season; rookies and players without a rating count at replacement level (-2.1 per 100).
Outlook
+5.1
4th of 30
Projected wins
53
Roster strength: Impact × expected minutes, points per 100 over average
+9.3
Minutes kept: Share of last season's minutes still on the roster
75%
2025-26 net rating
+7.9
Who carries it
What each player adds to the roster's strength: his Impact times his share of the minutes.
- Above average
- Below average
| Status | Injury | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 |  Derrick WhiteG | Returning | – | 9 | 34.1 | 16.5 | 4.4 | 5.4 | +4.9 | +1.9 | +3.0 | 2,624 | +3.26 | – |
| 11 |  Payton PritchardG | Returning | – | 6 | 32.4 | 17.0 | 3.9 | 5.2 | +1.9 | +2.4 | -0.5 | 2,560 | +1.22 | – |
| 30 |  Sam HauserF | Returning | – | – | 24.7 | 9.2 | 3.8 | 1.5 | +1.7 | +2.0 | -0.4 | 1,930 | +0.82 | – |
| 88 |  Neemias QuetaC | Returning | – | 5 | 25.3 | 10.2 | 8.4 | 1.7 | +4.5 | +1.2 | +3.3 | 1,926 | +2.18 | – |
| 55 |  Baylor ScheiermanG | Returning | – | 2 | 18.6 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 1.5 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.0 | 1,430 | +0.03 | – |
| 27 |  Jordan WalshG | Returning | – | 3 | 17.8 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 0.8 | +0.8 | +0.6 | +0.2 | 1,213 | +0.24 | – |
| 4 |  Mitchell RobinsonC | New · from NYK | – | 8 | 19.6 | 5.7 | 8.8 | 0.9 | +3.5 | +1.2 | +2.3 | 1,176 | +1.04 | – |
| 8 |  Paul GeorgeF | New · from PHI | – | 16 | 30.6 | 17.3 | 5.3 | 3.6 | +2.5 | +1.0 | +1.5 | 1,132 | +0.72 | – |
| 52 |  Luka GarzaC | Returning | – | 5 | 16.1 | 8.1 | 4.1 | 1.0 | +1.4 | +2.3 | -0.9 | 1,112 | +0.41 | – |
| 28 |  Hugo GonzálezG | Returning | – | 1 | 14.6 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 0.5 | +1.7 | +0.0 | +1.6 | 1,080 | +0.46 | – |
| 44 |  Mike ConleyG | New · from MIN | – | 19 | 18.4 | 4.5 | 1.7 | 2.9 | -1.1 | -0.6 | -0.6 | 992 | -0.28 | – |
| 22 |  Devin CarterG | New · from SAC | – | 2 | 18.4 | 8.9 | 3.3 | 2.7 | -0.9 | -0.3 | -0.6 | 701 | -0.15 | – |
| 0 |  Jayson TatumF | Returning | – | 9 | 32.6 | 21.8 | 10.0 | 5.3 | +2.2 | +1.6 | +0.6 | 522 | +0.29 | – |
| 13 |  Ron Harper Jr.F | Returning | – | – | 11.0 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 0.8 | +0.7 | +0.0 | +0.7 | 318 | +0.06 | – |
| 77 |  Amari WilliamsF-C | Returning | – | 1 | 6.9 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 0.5 | – | – | – | 144 | -0.08 | – |
| Hayden GrayG | New · from UTA | – | – | 25.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | – | – | – | 25 | -0.01 | – | |
| 41 | Gabe McGlothanF | Did not play in 2025-26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12 | Chris Cenac Jr.F | Rookie | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20 |  Dillon MitchellF | Rookie | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
 Tucker DeVries | Rookie | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Milos UzanG | Rookie | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
795 minutes nobody on the roster is expected to play go to replacement level.
Gone
Jaylen Brownto PHI71 games · 34.4 MPG · +1.0
Anfernee Simonsto PHI49 games · 24.5 MPG · -0.8
Josh Minottto BKN33 games · 15.9 MPG · +1.1
Nikola Vucevicto ORL16 games · 21.2 MPG · +0.7
Xavier Tillmannot on a roster14 games · 8.1 MPG · –
Chris Bouchernot on a roster9 games · 10.3 MPG · –
Dalano Bantonnot on a roster4 games · 13 MPG · –
John Tonjeto POR6 games · 7.2 MPG · –
Max Shulganot on a roster11 games · 3.6 MPG · –
Charles Basseyto GSW5 games · 3.4 MPG · –