Jayson Tatum stats: Jayson Tatum is averaging 27.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 7.9 assists per game through 7 games of the 2026-27 NBA season, all starts for the Boston Celtics. His last game was a 19-point, 9-assist outing in a 109-93 loss at Houston, and he is not on the injury report for Wednesday’s home game against Milwaukee.
TL;DR: Jayson Tatum Stats in 30 Seconds
- 2026-27 per game: 27.0 PTS, 6.0 REB, 7.9 AST in 35.1 minutes over 7 games.
- Shooting: 41.8% from the field, 22.9% from three and 87.0% at the line.
- Last game: 19 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists in a 109-93 loss at Houston on 2 November (US time).
- Best game: 40 points in a 125-124 overtime win over Brooklyn on 27 October.
- Career: 23.6 PTS, 7.4 REB and 3.9 AST across 608 regular-season games.
- Next game: Milwaukee at Boston, Wednesday 4 November, 7:30 PM ET (1:30 AM WAT Thursday).
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Jayson Tatum Stats 2026-27: The Direct Answer
Stats current as of 3 November 2026 (2026-27 season).
Jayson Tatum is averaging 27.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 7.9 assists per game in the 2026-27 NBA regular season, through 7 games and 7 starts. We checked every figure on this page against the Basketball-Reference Tatum page and the ESPN game log, and both agree to the decimal. The official NBA.com player page carries the same box scores.
Tatum is passing more than at any point in his career, but his three-point shot has not come back yet. He is drawing 9.9 free-throw attempts a game, the most of his career, and that is holding his scoring up while the long-range shots miss.
Jayson Tatum Stats Per Game: Current Season Table
| Stat | 2026-27 average |
|---|---|
| Games played (started) | 7 (7) |
| Points | 27.0 |
| Rebounds | 6.0 |
| Assists | 7.9 |
| Steals | 0.7 |
| Blocks | 0.4 |
| Minutes | 35.1 |
| FG% | 41.8% (59 of 141) |
| 3P% | 22.9% (11 of 48) |
| FT% | 87.0% (60 of 69) |
| Turnovers | 3.0 |
Tatum Stats: 2026-27 vs Career
| Category | 2026-27 | Career (608 games) |
|---|---|---|
| PPG | 27.0 | 23.6 |
| RPG | 6.0 | 7.4 |
| APG | 7.9 | 3.9 |
| MPG | 35.1 | 34.5 |
| FG% | 41.8% | 45.7% |
| 3P% | 22.9% | 36.7% |
| FT% | 87.0% | 84.0% |
Career averages include this season. The comparison tells the story of the 2026-27 version of Tatum: about 3.4 more points and roughly double his career assist rate, but a three-point percentage nearly 14 points below his norm. If you are new to how box scores work, our guide to how many players play basketball explains the five positions he moves between.
Jayson Tatum Stats Last Game: Celtics at Rockets
Tatum’s last game was Boston’s 109-93 loss at the Houston Rockets, played on the evening of 2 November in the US (early 3 November in Nigeria). He finished with 19 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists and 1 steal in 32 minutes, shooting 5 of 16 from the field, 1 of 7 from three and 8 of 8 at the line. He also had 5 turnovers.
Houston’s wing defenders made life hard. Tari Eason came off the Rockets’ bench with 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting, 3 of 6 from three and a +16 rating in 27 minutes, according to the Basketball-Reference box score.
Jayson Tatum Stats Last 10 Games: Full 2026-27 Game Log
Boston has played only 7 regular-season games, so his “last 10 games” are all 7 games so far. Here is the full log, newest first (US dates):
| Date | Opponent | Result | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Nov | @ Houston | L 93-109 | 32 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 5-16 | 1-7 | 8-8 |
| 1 Nov | @ Orlando | W 108-97 | 34 | 32 | 4 | 7 | 8-19 | 1-5 | 15-17 |
| 30 Oct | vs Chicago | W 125-111 | 35 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 9-20 | 2-7 | 6-8 |
| 27 Oct | vs Brooklyn | W 125-124 (OT) | 42 | 40 | 5 | 8 | 10-20 | 2-7 | 18-22 |
| 26 Oct | vs Chicago | W 134-99 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 7-17 | 2-5 | 7-8 |
| 23 Oct | vs New York | W 107-103 | 37 | 36 | 9 | 7 | 14-26 | 3-10 | 5-5 |
| 20 Oct | @ Detroit | L 113-121 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 6-23 | 0-7 | 1-1 |
Over his last 5 games he is averaging 28.0 points, 5.8 rebounds and 7.4 assists. The 40-point night against Brooklyn came with 18 made free throws in an overtime win, and the 36 against the Knicks was his most efficient game, on 14-of-26 shooting.
The season opener in Detroit was his roughest night: 13 points on 6-of-23 shooting, though he still had 11 assists. Ausar Thompson’s stats from that game show why. The Pistons forward had 11 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists and finished +12, with much of his work coming as Tatum’s primary defender.
Jayson Tatum Stats Tonight: Is Jayson Tatum Playing Tonight?
Boston has no game tonight, Tuesday 3 November. The Celtics’ next game is Milwaukee Bucks at Boston Celtics, Wednesday 4 November, 7:30 PM ET at TD Garden, which is 1:30 AM WAT on Thursday 5 November. The two teams meet again in Milwaukee on 8 November (US time).
Tatum is not listed on Boston’s injury report for the Bucks game. The latest report lists Devin Carter as out with an illness and Paul George as day-to-day for rest. Check back after tip-off for his stats tonight, because this page updates after each game. For the football side of the weekend, our daily football injury updates page runs the same way.
Jayson Tatum Stats Injury: The Achilles Comeback
Tatum ruptured his right Achilles tendon on 12 May 2025, late in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semi-finals against the Knicks, after scoring 42 points. He had surgery the next day and missed most of 2025-26. He returned late in that season and played 16 regular-season games, averaging 21.8 points, 10.0 rebounds and 5.3 assists, then 6 playoff games. Those 16 games are why his 2025-26 line looks so different from his peak years.
| Season | Games | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 74 | 30.1 | 8.8 | 4.6 | 46.6% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74 | 26.9 | 8.1 | 4.9 | 47.1% | 37.6% |
| 2024-25 | 72 | 26.8 | 8.7 | 6.0 | 45.2% | 34.3% |
| 2025-26 | 16 | 21.8 | 10.0 | 5.3 | 41.1% | 32.9% |
| 2026-27 | 7 | 27.0 | 6.0 | 7.9 | 41.8% | 22.9% |
Muscle and tendon injuries follow similar recovery paths across sports, and our explainer on the causes of a muscle pull covers the basics. Our foot pain causes guide looks at the lower-leg problems that also trouble basketball players.
Jayson Tatum Stats Playoffs
Tatum has played 127 playoff games, all for Boston. Basketball-Reference and ESPN both list his career playoff averages at 24.2 points, 8.3 rebounds and 5.0 assists in 38.9 minutes. His 2025-26 playoff run, just weeks after his return, lasted 6 games at 23.3 points, 10.7 rebounds and 6.8 assists, figures that ESPN’s postseason log matches.
| Playoffs | Games | PTS | REB | AST |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | 24 | 25.6 | 6.7 | 6.2 |
| 2022-23 | 20 | 27.2 | 10.5 | 5.3 |
| 2023-24 | 19 | 25.0 | 9.7 | 6.3 |
| 2024-25 | 8 | 28.1 | 11.5 | 5.4 |
| 2025-26 | 6 | 23.3 | 10.7 | 6.8 |
Team USA’s 2024 gold-medal run is covered in our Olympics 2024 recap.
Jayson Tatum Stats Preseason
Tatum played 2 preseason games in October 2026, according to ESPN’s preseason log: 23 points (9 of 19, 4 of 10 from three) against Philadelphia on 10 October and 19 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists against Charlotte on 14 October. He shot 7 of 18 from three in preseason, a better rate than he has managed so far in the regular season.
Isaiah Thomas, Celtics Scoring Benchmarks and Jayson Tatum Shoes
Fans searching for Isaiah Thomas and the Celtics usually want the scoring benchmark. Thomas averaged 28.9 points in 2016-17, the season before Boston drafted Tatum third overall in 2017. Tatum’s best scoring season is 30.1 points in 2022-23, and his 27.0 this season sits between those marks.
On Jayson Tatum shoes: Jordan Brand unveiled the Tatum 5, his fifth signature model, on 9 September 2026, according to Nike’s newsroom. The model has a midfoot strap. The launch “Sunrise” colourway went on sale in China on 24 September and in the US on 15 October for $135.
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How We Verify Jayson Tatum Stats
- Primary: the Basketball-Reference player page and game log, plus the official NBA.com player page.
- Second source: the ESPN game log, checked line by line against Basketball-Reference.
- Injury status: the Celtics’ listing on the league injury report before each game.
- Update rhythm: after every Celtics game, with the timestamp line changed each time.
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Sources (2026)
- Basketball-Reference: Jayson Tatum player page, 2026-27 game log and box scores (BOS @ HOU, 2 Nov; BOS @ DET, 20 Oct), Isaiah Thomas page.
- ESPN: Jayson Tatum 2026-27 regular season, preseason and 2025-26 postseason game logs.
- NBA.com: Jayson Tatum player page; conference finals MVP and regular-season MVP history; AP report on Tatum’s Achilles surgery (13 May 2025).
- ESPN: Tatum Achilles surgery report (May 2025) and career postseason averages.
- Sports Illustrated and HoopMetrics: Celtics schedule and injury report for Bucks vs Celtics, 4 Nov 2026.
- Nike newsroom, Sneaker News and SneakerFiles: Tatum 5 announcement and release dates.
- Wikimedia Commons: photos by Erik Drost (CC BY 2.0) and Clément Bardot (CC BY-SA 4.0).
FAQ
Was Jayson Tatum an MVP?
Not a regular-season MVP. Tatum won the first Larry Bird Trophy as Eastern Conference Finals MVP in 2022. Jaylen Brown won it in 2024, edging Tatum five votes to four.
Who is taller, LeBron or Tatum?
LeBron James is taller. He is listed at 6 ft 9 in and Tatum at 6 ft 8 in. LeBron, born on 30 December 1984, is 41 years old.
Who won 4 MVP in 5 years?
LeBron James won four regular-season MVP awards in five seasons: 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12 and 2012-13. Derrick Rose won in 2010-11. NBA.com notes only Bill Russell had also won four MVPs in five seasons.
Is Steph Curry really 6’3″?
No. Stephen Curry is officially listed at 6 ft 2 in by ESPN and Basketball-Reference, not 6 ft 3 in.
