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The Basketball Almanac · No. 24 · 2023-24
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Gary Payton vs John Stockton

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Gary Payton1990-912006-07 · SEA
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John Stockton1984-852002-03 · UTA

John Stockton leads 6 of 8 career categories against Gary Payton, including playmaking (10.5 APG) and shooting efficiency (60.8% TS%). Head to head they met 70 times, 21 of them in the playoffs, with John Stockton winning the series 38–32.

The case for Gary Payton

scoring (16.3 PPG), rebounding (3.9 RPG).

The case for John Stockton

playmaking (10.5 APG), shooting efficiency (60.8% TS%), per-minute impact (22.1 PER), and 3 more.

Tale of the tape

16.3PPG13.1
3.9RPG2.7
6.7APG10.5
52.8%TS%60.8%
18.9PER22.1
144.0Win Shares202.7
1335games played1504

Head to Head

Gary PaytonJohn Stockton
32Series wins38
17.0PPG13.4
4.2RPG2.8
6.2APG10.2
70 meetings (21 in the playoffs) · first 1990-91 · last 2002-03

Per Game

Gary PaytonJohn Stockton
1335G1504
35.3MIN31.8
16.3PTS13.1
3.9REB2.7
6.7AST10.5
1.8STL2.2
0.2BLK0.2
46.6FG%51.5
31.73P%38.4
72.9FT%82.6

Advanced

Gary PaytonJohn Stockton
18.9PER22.1
52.8TS%60.8
22.5USG%19.0
144.0WS202.7
0.147WS/480.210
3.4BPM7.1
65.0VORP106.8

Accolades

Gary PaytonJohn Stockton
1Defensive POY
9All-NBA11
9All-Star10
9All-Defensive5
1All-Rookie
All-Star MVP1

Career percentiles

81
Scoring
74
56
Efficiency
93
95
Playmaking
99
60
Rebounding
41
82
Defense
89

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