Power Ranking Celtics' Roster Based on Regular-Season Performance

The Boston Celtics have the NBA's roster.

They have made that abundantly clear over the course of the 2023-24 campaign. Their top-six is loaded with stars and star-level role players, and the bench behind them is generally capable of filling any cracks behind them.

Collectively, you won't find a more dominant group around, but how do these players stack up individually? To answer that question, let's rank all 17 players on the roster based on their contributions to date.

The Bottom Tier

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17. Drew Peterson

Peterson signed a two-way deal in December, worked three minutes of mop-up duty that month and hasn't touched an NBA floor since.

16. JD Davison

Davison is on a two-way contract with the Celtics for the second consecutive season. He has logged just 77 minutes over that time, just 11 of which have come during this campaign.

15. Jordan Walsh

Last summer's 38th pick, Walsh is a tools-y prospect with all-purpose potential on defense. The 20-year-old has some offensive growing pains to go through, though, and Boston's championship-or-bust mentality doesn't allow for that kind of development.

14. Jaden Springer

Springer, the 28th pick in 2021, could prove a sneaky pickup for the Celtics. His offensive game lacks polish, but he's a good enough defender that there's a non-zero chance he makes some defensive-specialist appearances this postseason.

13. Svi Mykhailiuk

A veteran shooter in his sixth NBA season, Mykhailiuk has seen fewer than 300 minutes and hasn't exactly demanded more with his underwhelming 37.1/35/57.1 shooting slash.

12. Neemias Queta

Queta scored a two-way contract in September and hasn't seen a ton of NBA action since (296 minutes over 26 games), but when his number gets called, he gets active on the interior.

The Middle Tier

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11. Oshae Brissett

If Brissett had a reliable three-ball, he might play a not insignificant part in the rotation. Since he doesn't, his playing time tends to come and go.

10. Xavier Tillman

A deadline pickup, Tillman adds to this big-man group with versatility and mobility, but his offensive limitations cut into his floor time.

9. Luke Kornet

There aren't a ton of branches on Kornet's skill tree, but he's good at what he does: setting screens, working the glass and playing big around the basket.

8. Payton Pritchard

Pritchard's first season as a nightly regular has impressed. His 44.8 field-goal percentage and 3.1 assists are both career-highs, while his 8.7 turnover percentage is a new career-low, per Basketball-Reference.

7. Sam Hauser

The Celtics look to Hauser for long-range shooting, and provides plenty of it. His 2.5 triples are third-most on the team, and his 43.8 percent connection rate ranks second among the 30 players with 175-plus three-pointers.

The Top Tier

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6. Al Horford

Horford has split his time between the starting and reserve units, delivering rock-solid contributions in either role. His numbers don't always pop, but they often reach all angles of the stat sheet.

5. Jrue Holiday

Holiday's volume took a big hit with his trade to Boston, but his impact feels the same. His defense is tremendous, and his offensive versatility allows him to don different hats (scorer, shooter, table-setter, attacker) on different nights.

4. Kristaps Porziņģis

Some might say this is one spot too low, but the ranking reflects the fact that Porziņģis has played the fewest games and minutes of Boston's starters. When he's inside the lines, though, he is a difference-maker at both ends.

3. Derrick White

Five players share the 97th percentile in estimated plus/minus: Jayson Tatum, Stephen Curry, Devin Booker, Damian Lillard and White, per Dunks & Threes. Boston's do-it-all guard has been good-to-great in all facets, and his plus-4.0 net differential leads the team's rotation regulars, per NBA.com.

2. Jaylen Brown

Brown was an All-Star and an All-NBA second-teamer last season, and he has since upped his field-goal percentage (50.2), three-point percentage (35.8) and assists (3.6) while trimming his turnovers (2.3, his fewest since 2019-20). He's been objectively awesome.

1. Jayson Tatum

Tatum was an All-NBA first-teamer each of the past two seasons, and you could argue he's even better now than he was then. His 47.4 field-goal percentage, 38 three-point percentage and 4.9 assists are all his highest marks of this stretch, while his 2.6 turnovers are his fewest.