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The Basketball Almanac · No. 24 · 2023-24
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Charles Barkley vs Gary Payton

CB
Charles Barkley1984-851999-00 · PHL
GP
Gary Payton1990-912006-07 · SEA

Charles Barkley leads 6 of 8 career categories against Gary Payton, including scoring (22.1 PPG) and rebounding (11.7 RPG). Head to head they met 45 times, 14 of them in the playoffs, with Charles Barkley winning the series 24–21.

The case for Charles Barkley

scoring (22.1 PPG), rebounding (11.7 RPG), shooting efficiency (61.2% TS%), and 3 more.

The case for Gary Payton

playmaking (6.7 APG), longevity (1335 games played).

Tale of the tape

22.1PPG16.3
11.7RPG3.9
3.9APG6.7
61.2%TS%52.8%
25.0PER18.9
167.4Win Shares144.0
1073games played1335

Head to Head

Charles BarkleyGary Payton
24Series wins21
22.4PPG18.2
12.9RPG4.1
3.7APG7.1
45 meetings (14 in the playoffs) · first 1990-91 · last 1999-00

Per Game

Charles BarkleyGary Payton
1073G1335
36.7MIN35.3
22.1PTS16.3
11.7REB3.9
3.9AST6.7
1.5STL1.8
0.8BLK0.2
54.1FG%46.6
26.63P%31.7
73.5FT%72.9

Advanced

Charles BarkleyGary Payton
25.0PER18.9
61.2TS%52.8
24.9USG%22.5
167.4WS144.0
0.217WS/480.147
5.7BPM3.4
72.7VORP65.0

Accolades

Charles BarkleyGary Payton
1MVP
11All-NBA9
11All-Star9
1All-Star MVP
1All-Rookie1
Defensive POY1
All-Defensive9

Career percentiles

94
Scoring
81
93
Efficiency
56
83
Playmaking
95
98
Rebounding
60
88
Defense
82

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