Payton Pritchard was happy to be recognized as the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year. But he didn’t spend much time celebrating it.

In 2024-25, Pritchard set an all-time mark for three-pointers made off the bench, shot the second-most three-pointers in a season in Celtics history, and became the only player to score over 1,000 points and play 2,000 minutes off the bench.

Boston Celtics reserve guard Payton Pritchard has won the 2025 NBA Kia Sixth Man of the Year award in a landslide, crushing the competing nominees in the voting and adding to the Celtics tradition of winning the award on their way to hanging banners over the decades.