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The Basketball Almanac · No. 24 · 2023-24
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Ben Wallace vs Gary Payton

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Ben Wallace1996-972011-12 · DET
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Gary Payton1990-912006-07 · SEA

Gary Payton leads 7 of 8 career categories against Ben Wallace, including scoring (16.3 PPG) and playmaking (6.7 APG). Head to head they met 37 times, 13 of them in the playoffs, with Ben Wallace winning the series 24–13.

The case for Ben Wallace

rebounding (9.6 RPG).

The case for Gary Payton

scoring (16.3 PPG), playmaking (6.7 APG), shooting efficiency (52.8% TS%), and 4 more.

Tale of the tape

5.7PPG16.3
9.6RPG3.9
1.3APG6.7
47.4%TS%52.8%
15.5PER18.9
93.6Win Shares144.0
1088games played1335

Head to Head

Ben WallaceGary Payton
24Series wins13
6.6PPG11.6
10.3RPG3.5
1.5APG4.6
37 meetings (13 in the playoffs) · first 1996-97 · last 2006-07

Per Game

Ben WallaceGary Payton
1088G1335
29.5MIN35.3
5.7PTS16.3
9.6REB3.9
1.3AST6.7
1.3STL1.8
2.0BLK0.2
47.4FG%46.6
13.73P%31.7
41.4FT%72.9

Advanced

Ben WallaceGary Payton
15.5PER18.9
47.4TS%52.8
10.9USG%22.5
93.6WS144.0
0.140WS/480.147
1.8BPM3.4
31.2VORP65.0

Accolades

Ben WallaceGary Payton
4Defensive POY1
5All-NBA9
4All-Star9
6All-Defensive9
All-Rookie1

Career percentiles

37
Scoring
81
27
Efficiency
56
46
Playmaking
95
91
Rebounding
60
93
Defense
82

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