Gary Payton II Profile

Game by game

Seismograph

DARKO updates every rating after every game. The lines show the rating going into each game; the bars show how much each game moved it, split into offense and defense.

Season change: -0.62; +0.78 before the first game, +0.16 before the last game
Biggest boost: +0.30; Nov 14 vs SAS · 16 min
Biggest drop: -0.35; Jan 26 vs MIN · 12 min
Typical change per game: 0.09; Last 20 games, vs 0.10 in the first 20. Smaller changes mean each game moves DARKO's view less.

Historical comps

Comps & futures

The ten most similar player-seasons since 1996-97 at the same age, and what happened to them next.

+0.2 at age 33 in 2025-26 ranks 117th of 406 age-33 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Rudy Gay, 2018-19.

Comp	Age	DPM then	Next 5 seasons	Match
Rudy Gay 2018-19	32	+0.2	-0.2, +0.1, -0.5, -1.7, under 10 games	86
Anthony Parker 2008-09	33	0.0	+0.3, -0.7, -2.0, under 10 games, under 10 games	86
Rick Fox 2001-02	32	0.0	-0.1, -0.7, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games	85
Ruben Patterson 2007-08	32	-0.1	under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games	85
Bobby Jackson 2006-07	34	0.0	0.0, -1.6, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games	85
Shawn Marion 2010-11	33	+0.7	+0.5, 0.0, -0.4, -1.4, under 10 games	85
Boris Diaw 2014-15	33	-0.1	-0.4, -2.0, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games	83
Eduardo Najera 2008-09	32	+0.2	-0.3, -0.4, -0.7, under 10 games, under 10 games	83
John Starks 1997-98	32	0.0	-0.6, -1.0, -1.4, -2.5, under 10 games	83
Taj Gibson 2018-19	33	-0.2	-2.3, -0.6, +0.3, -1.7, -2.0	83

The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Gary's 2025-26 at the same age: DPM and its offense/defense split, the two seasons before, box-score profile, height, experience and age. Each comp counts once, at his closest season, weighted by the match. Hover or focus a comp to trace his next five seasons. A website presentation, not a DARKO model output.

Historical comps

Echoes today

Current players whose ten closest comps include one of Gary Payton II's seasons, at the same age.

Kevin McCullar Jr. NYK like his 2017-18 89
RayJ Dennis ATL like his 2017-18 88

Match score out of 100: how close the current player's season is to that one.

Value

Contract & longevity

DARKO's fair salary from projected wins against Gary Payton II's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.

Fair value: $10.8M; DARKO's market estimate
Salary: $2.3M; Actual
Surplus: +$8.5M; Value minus salary
Seasons left: 0.4; Projected
Retires at: 34.0; Projected age

Career

Season by season

DPM going into each season's last game, since 1996-97.

Gary Payton II, season by season
Season	Team	Age	Games	MPG	DPM	Off	Def	For his age
2025-26	GSW	33	73	15.6	+0.16	-0.16	+0.31	117th of 406
2024-25	GSW	32	62 +11	15.0	+0.98	+0.22	+0.75	123rd of 530
2023-24	GSW	31	44	15.5	+0.77	-0.56	+1.33	169th of 616
2022-23	GSW	30	22 +12	16.8	+0.74	-0.51	+1.25	204th of 697
2021-22	GSW	29	71 +12	17.6	+1.66	-0.08	+1.74	131st of 774
2020-21	GSW	28	10	4.0	-0.31	-1.38	+1.07	—
2019-20	WAS	27	29	14.9	-0.99	-1.50	+0.51	592nd of 924
2018-19	WAS	26	3	5.3	-0.62	-0.55	-0.07	—
2017-18	LAL	25	23	9.6	-2.04	-1.86	-0.17	898th of 1078
2016-17	MIL	24	6	16.5	-1.74	-1.78	+0.04	—

Games are regular season; +n are playoff games. "For his age" ranks the season's DPM among every season at the same age since 1996-97 with 20 or more games. A season's DPM opens the leaderboard on its last game day.

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Projections

Projected box score

DARKO's per-100 projections, and per game at 11.8 projected minutes and a pace of 93.6.

Gary Payton II, projected box score
Stat	Per 100	Per game
Points	19.5	4.5
Rebounds	10.1	2.3
Offensive	3.7	0.9
Defensive	6.4	1.5
Assists	3.9	0.9
Steals	2.6	0.6
Blocks	0.8	0.2
Turnovers	2.2	0.5
3-pt attempts	4.7	1.1
FG attempts	16.0	3.7
FT attempts	2.2	0.5
FG% · 3P% · FT%	55.4% · 31.9% · 66.0%