Mikal Bridges or Payton Pritchard: who to draft in 2026-27 fantasy basketball

Mikal Bridges wins 4 of the nine categories, Payton Pritchard wins 4, and 1 is too close to call.

Our board separates them by 3 picks; consensus ADP separates them by 6 picks, with Mikal Bridges going earlier in the room.
Payton Pritchard leads in PTS, 14.7 to 16.5 per game as the board projects them.
They do not fill the same slot: Mikal Bridges is SF/PF/SG, Payton Pritchard is PG.
The board grades both "durable" for availability.
Both rank inside the 179 players this comparison set is drawn from: Mikal Bridges 29th, Payton Pritchard 32nd.

Category by category

Projected per game for 2026-27, nine-category scoring. Turnovers count fewest-first.
Category	Mikal Bridges	Payton Pritchard	Edge
PTS	14.7	16.5	Payton Pritchard wins
REB	3.7	4.0	too close to call
AST	3.9	5.4	Payton Pritchard wins
STL	1.1	0.8	Mikal Bridges wins
BLK	0.7	0.2	Mikal Bridges wins
3PM	2.0	2.7	Payton Pritchard wins
TO	1.1	1.3	Mikal Bridges wins
FG%	48.1%	45.8%	Mikal Bridges wins
FT%	81.0%	86.6%	Payton Pritchard wins

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