Jayson Tatum

Forward · Boston Celtics · #0

PTS · 2026-2726.3

REB6.1

AST7.5

FG%41.3

Games11

Jayson Tatum: season analysis

Jayson Tatum is a 28-year-old forward for the Boston Celtics, wearing number 0. Listed at 6-foot-8 and 224 pounds, Tatum has 10 years of NBA experience and played college basketball at Duke.

In 2026-27, Tatum is averaging 26.3 points, 6.1 rebounds and 7.5 assists in 34.0 minutes per game, starting all 11 games. The shooting line reads 41.3% from the field, 30.6% from three-point range and 88.8% from the free-throw line. That makes Tatum the team's leading scorer and leading passer this season. Among the 378 players with at least five games this season, that scoring average ranks seventh in the NBA.

Compared with 2025-26 (21.8 points in 32.6 minutes per game), scoring is up by 4.5 points per game and playing time up by 1.4 minutes.

Before this season, Tatum played 9 NBA seasons and 601 games, averaging 23.5 points, 7.4 rebounds and 3.9 assists. The best scoring season so far was 2022-23 at 30.1 points per game.

Background

Tatum was drafted in 2017 by the Boston Celtics franchise. Tatum has been with the Boston Celtics since 2017. Nationality: United States.

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Profile

Team	Boston Celtics
Position	Forward
Jersey	#0
Age	28
Born	March 3, 1998 · Saint Louis, MO, USA
Height	6' 8" (2.03 m)
Weight	224 lbs (102 kg)
College	Duke
NBA experience	10 years
Salary	$58,456,566 (2026-27)

Celtics teammates

Last 10 games

Date	Opponent	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
2026-11-11	@ TOR	W 98-93	38	24	7	8	0	2	2	6-21	2-11	10-12	+9
2026-11-10	@ PHI	W 123-101	32	21	6	4	0	2	3	8-17	3-7	2-2	+6
2026-11-08	@ MIL	W 117-97	29	21	4	6	1	1	1	6-19	5-11	4-4	+5
2026-11-06	@ CHA	W 119-80	29	34	8	9	1	1	4	9-16	5-8	11-11	+36
2026-11-02	@ HOU	L 93-109	32	19	6	9	1	0	5	5-16	1-7	8-8	+1
2026-11-01	@ ORL	W 108-97	34	32	4	7	0	2	4	8-19	1-5	15-17	+7
2026-10-30	vs CHI	W 125-111	35	26	7	7	0	0	4	9-20	2-7	6-8	+5
2026-10-27	vs BKN	W 125-124	42	40	5	8	0	1	0	10-20	2-7	18-22	+5
2026-10-26	vs CHI	W 134-99	28	23	7	6	1	0	4	7-17	2-5	7-8	+18
2026-10-23	vs NYK	W 107-103	37	36	9	7	3	0	2	14-26	3-10	5-5	+1

Season-by-season averages

Season	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3P%	FT%	OR	DR	FG	3PT	FT
2026-27	boston celtics	11	11	34.0	26.3	6.1	7.5	0.6	0.8	2.8	41.3	30.6	88.8	0.6	5.5	8.0-19.4	2.4-7.7	7.9-8.9
2025-26	boston celtics	16	16	32.6	21.8	10.0	5.3	1.4	0.2	2.4	41.1	32.9	82.3	0.5	9.5	7.4-17.9	2.9-8.9	4.1-4.9
2024-25	boston celtics	72	72	36.4	26.8	8.7	6.0	1.1	0.5	2.9	45.2	34.3	81.4	0.7	8.0	9.2-20.3	3.5-10.1	5.0-6.1
2023-24	boston celtics	74	74	35.7	26.9	8.1	4.9	1.0	0.6	2.5	47.1	37.6	83.3	0.9	7.2	9.1-19.3	3.1-8.2	5.6-6.7
2022-23	boston celtics	74	74	36.9	30.1	8.8	4.6	1.1	0.7	2.9	46.6	35.0	85.4	1.1	7.7	9.8-21.1	3.2-9.3	7.2-8.4
2021-22	boston celtics	76	76	35.9	26.9	8.0	4.4	1.0	0.6	2.9	45.3	35.3	85.3	1.1	6.9	9.3-20.6	3.0-8.6	5.3-6.2
2020-21	boston celtics	64	64	35.8	26.4	7.4	4.3	1.2	0.5	2.7	45.9	38.6	86.8	0.8	6.6	9.5-20.6	2.9-7.6	4.6-5.3
2019-20	boston celtics	66	66	34.3	23.4	7.0	3.0	1.4	0.9	2.3	45.0	40.3	81.2	1.0	6.0	8.4-18.6	2.9-7.1	3.8-4.7
2018-19	boston celtics	79	79	31.1	15.7	6.0	2.1	1.1	0.7	1.5	45.0	37.3	85.5	0.9	5.2	5.9-13.1	1.5-3.9	2.5-2.9
2017-18	boston celtics	80	80	30.5	13.9	5.0	1.6	1.0	0.7	1.4	47.5	43.4	82.6	0.6	4.4	5.0-10.4	1.3-3.0	2.7-3.2

Profile, injury status and averages from ESPN's public NBA data, refreshed daily. MIN, PTS, REB… are per-game averages; OR/DR = offensive/defensive rebounds; FG, 3PT, FT = made-attempted per game.