Gary Payton

OKC

LAL

BOS

MIA

6'4"180 lb

Born 1968-07-23 (Age: 34)

1990Rd 1Pk 2

Per game average

Season	PPG	APG	RPG	TS%
2006-07	5.3	3.0	1.9	45.8%
2005-06	7.7	3.2	2.9	52.0%
2004-05	11.3	6.1	3.1	53.7%
2003-04	14.6	5.5	4.2

Joined the Bucks in a trade with the SuperSonics on Feb 20, 2003. How they got him

2002-03 percentile ranking

90-9106-07

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Season stats

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Season	Tm	G	PTS	AST	TRB	MP	ORB	DRB	TOV	PF
2006-07	MIA	68	5.3	3.0	1.9	22.1	0.3	1.7	1.0	1.7
2005-06	MIA	81	7.7	3.2	2.9	28.5	0.4	2.5	1.3	2.1
2004-05	BOS	77	11.3	6.1	3.1	33.0	0.6	2.4	1.9	1.6
2003-04	LAL	82	14.6	5.5	4.2	34.5	0.9	3.3	1.8	2.1
2002-03	SEA/MIL	80	20.4	8.3	4.2	40.1	1.0	3.2	2.3	2.3
2001-02	OKC	82	22.1	9.0	4.8	40.3	1.0	3.9	2.5	2.2
2000-01	OKC	79	23.1	8.1	4.6	41.1	0.9	3.6	2.6	2.3
1999-00	OKC	82	24.2	8.9	6.5	41.8	1.2	5.2	2.7	2.2
1998-99	OKC	50	21.7	8.7	4.9	40.2	1.2	3.6	3.1	2.3
1997-98	OKC	82	19.2	8.3	4.6	38.4	0.9	3.6	2.8	2.4
1996-97	OKC	82	21.8	7.1	4.6	39.2	1.3	3.3	2.6	2.5
1995-96	SEA	81	19.3	7.5	4.2	39.0	1.3	2.9	3.2	2.7
1994-95	SEA	82	20.6	7.1	3.4	36.8	1.3	2.1	2.5	2.5
1993-94	SEA	82	16.5	6.0	3.3	35.1	1.3	2.0	2.1	2.8
1992-93	SEA	82	13.5	4.9	3.4	31.1	1.2	2.3	1.8	3.0
1991-92	SEA	81	9.4	6.2	3.6	31.5	1.5	2.1	2.1	3.1
1990-91	SEA	82	7.2	6.4	3.0	27.4	1.3	1.6	2.2	3.0

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Contract

$2.4M over 2026-27 only · $2.4M guaranteed

GSW payroll

Projected surplus

+$9.8M

80% range -$1.2M to +$23.3M

Estimated worth

$12.3M

Against $2.4M in salary

Among contracts

70th percentile

By total surplus, of 406 we can estimate

Projected to be worth more than his salary this season.

Surplus

2026-27Paid $2.4M, worth about $12.3M (likely $1.3M to $25.7M)

Salary
Estimated worth
Likely range (80%)
Gain or loss

Season	Salary	Est. worth	80% range	Surplus	Notes
2026-27	$2.4M	$12.3M	$1.3M–$25.7M	+$9.8M	—

Worth is projected from DRBL wins over 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 (11,346 possessions). Surplus is worth minus salary, after options.

Signed 1-yr minimum contract August 1, 2026.

How this works

Worth is what his projected DRBL wins would cost on the open market. We count wins above a minimum-salary player in the same minutes and price them at what teams paid per DRBL win from 2020-21 to 2025-26: 9.8% of the cap, about $16.2M in 2026-27.

Projections weight his last 3 seasons 3, 2 and 1, newest first, and pull toward what players at his salary usually produce, then adjust for age. Playing time comes from recent minutes, age and salary, since teams play the players they pay. A season lost to injury still pulls the playing time down.

Surplus is worth minus salary. A team can always bench a player, so worth never drops below the minimum salary. A player option leaves the team only the downside, because he walks when he could earn more. A team option or a non-guaranteed year leaves only the upside.

To test it, we refit the model three times, each with only the seasons through 2022-23, 2023-24 or 2024-25, valued what players were actually paid afterward, and compared with what they did. The typical miss the next season was 0.91 wins, against 1.09 for assuming a player repeats his last season. Three seasons out it was 1.18 wins, against 1.54. 12% of players beat the top of the range. Fewer than 2% fell below the bottom, since worth can't drop under the minimum salary.

Cap figures after 2026-27 assume 5.8% growth a year, the recent average. The percentile compares total surplus across the 406 current contracts we can estimate.

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Season	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Impact								Profile								Shooting														Defense								Advanced
Season	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	DARKO	DARKO-O	DARKO-D	RAPTOR	O-RAPTOR	D-RAPTOR	WAR	VORP	MP	PTS	TRB	ORB	DRB	AST	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	eFG%	TS%	STL	BLK	STL%	BLK%	DRB%	DRtg	DBPM	DWS	3PAr	FTr	USG%	TOV%	AST%	ORB%	TRB%	AST/TO	ORtg	NET	PER	OWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	BPM
2006-07	38	MIA	PG	68	28	-1.37	-0.75	-0.62	-3.54	-2.13	-1.42	-0.63	-0.5	22.1	5.3	1.9	0.3	1.7	3.0	1.0	1.7	2.1	5.4	39.3%	0.5	1.8	26.0%	1.6	3.6	46.1%	0.6	0.8	66.7%	43.7%	45.8%	0.6	0.0	1.5%	0.2%	8.7%	108.0	-0.1	1.2	33.6%	0.156	14.4%	14.4%	20.9%	1.4%	5.2%	3.00	98.0	-10.0	9.0	0.1	1.3	0.042	-3.1	-3.2
2005-06	37	MIA	PG	81	25	-0.10	0.62	-0.72	-0.10	-0.83	0.73	3.91	0.6	28.5	7.7	2.9	0.4	2.5	3.2	1.3	2.1	2.8	6.8	42.0%	0.8	2.8	28.7%	2.0	4.0	51.7%	1.2	1.6	79.4%	48.1%	52.0%	0.9	0.1	1.6%	0.3%	9.7%	107.0	0.5	2.3	42.0%	0.230	14.1%	14.5%	16.7%	1.8%	5.9%	2.46	107.0	0.0	10.7	1.8	4.1	0.085	-1.4	-0.9
2004-05	36	BOS	PG	77	77	0.19	0.70	-0.51	0.84	1.77	-0.93	5.06	1.5	33.0	11.3	3.1	0.6	2.4	6.1	1.9	1.6	4.4	9.4	46.8%	0.5	1.7	32.6%	3.9	7.7	49.8%	2.0	2.6	76.1%	49.7%	53.7%	1.1	0.2	1.8%	0.4%	8.5%	109.0	-0.7	1.6	17.8%	0.277	17.0%	15.4%	29.2%	2.3%	5.4%	3.21	111.0	2.0	15.1	3.8	5.4	0.102	1.1	0.4
2003-04	35	LAL	PG	82	82	1.07	2.39	-1.32	2.72	2.31	0.42	10.05	2.9	34.5	14.6	4.2	0.9	3.3	5.5	1.8	2.1	5.9	12.5	47.1%	0.7	2.0	33.3%	5.2	10.5	49.7%	2.2	3.1	71.4%	49.8%	52.8%	1.2	0.2	1.8%	0.5%	11.0%	103.0	0.2	2.7	16.1%	0.246	20.4%	11.7%	26.9%	2.8%	6.9%	3.06	109.0	6.0	17.3	5.3	8.1	0.137	1.8	2.0
2002-03	34	SEA/MIL	PG	80	80	2.59	3.05	-0.46	2.72	3.17	-0.45	9.69	4.1	40.1	20.4	4.2	1.0	3.2	8.3	2.3	2.3	8.3	18.3	45.4%	0.7	2.3	29.7%	7.6	16.0	47.6%	3.1	4.4	71.0%	47.2%	50.4%	1.7	0.3	2.2%	0.5%	9.5%	111.0	-0.6	2.1	12.4%	0.240	26.4%	10.3%	38.9%	2.9%	6.1%	3.61	111.0	0.0	21.1	7.0	9.1	0.136	3.7	3.1
2001-02	33	OKC	PG	82	82	2.66	3.02	-0.36	4.64	4.85	-0.21	13.16	5.9	40.3	22.1	4.8	1.0	3.9	9.0	2.5	2.2	9.0	19.2	46.7%	0.9	2.9	31.4%	8.1	16.3	49.4%	3.3	4.1	79.7%	49.0%	52.6%	1.6	0.3	2.1%	0.6%	11.1%	107.0	-0.2	2.5	15.0%	0.212	27.2%	10.8%	39.4%	2.9%	7.1%	3.60	114.0	7.0	22.9	10.1	12.6	0.183	5.2	5.1
2000-01	32	OKC	PG	79	79	4.55	4.07	0.49	4.51	4.40	0.12	11.97	4.9	41.1	23.1	4.6	0.9	3.6	8.1	2.6	2.3	9.2	20.1	45.6%	1.3	3.4	37.5%	7.9	16.7	47.2%	3.4	4.5	76.6%	48.8%	52.2%	1.6	0.3	2.1%	0.6%	10.1%	107.0	-0.7	1.7	17.1%	0.223	27.2%	10.7%	36.6%	2.6%	6.4%	3.12	111.0	4.0	22.1	9.1	10.8	0.160	4.7	4.0
1999-00	31	OKC	PG	82	82	4.22	4.33	-0.10	6.30	5.71	0.59	16.82	7.3	41.8	24.2	6.5	1.2	5.2	8.9	2.7	2.2	9.1	20.3	44.8%	2.2	6.3	34.0%	6.9	14.0	49.7%	3.8	5.2	73.5%	50.2%	53.5%	1.9	0.2	2.3%	0.4%	13.9%	104.0	0.7	3.5	31.2%	0.254	26.8%	10.8%	37.7%	3.2%	8.5%	3.30	114.0	10.0	23.6	10.5	13.9	0.195	5.8	6.4
1998-99	30	OKC	PG	50	50	4.32	3.62	0.70	5.88	5.53	0.36	8.85	3.6	40.2	21.7	4.9	1.2	3.6	8.7	3.1	2.3	8.0	18.5	43.4%	1.7	5.6	29.5%	6.3	12.9	49.5%	4.0	5.5	72.1%	47.9%	51.9%	2.2	0.2	2.9%	0.4%	10.6%	106.0	-	1.2	30.4%	0.299	27.1%	12.9%	41.3%	3.5%	7.0%	2.81	111.0	5.0	23.1	6.0	7.2	0.172	5.1	5.1
1997-98	29	OKC	PG	82	82	2.98	2.58	0.40	6.42	5.59	0.84	16.77	5.7	38.4	19.2	4.6	0.9	3.6	8.3	2.8	2.4	7.1	15.6	45.3%	1.6	4.8	33.8%	5.5	10.8	50.5%	3.4	4.6	74.4%	50.5%	54.4%	2.3	0.2	3.1%	0.4%	11.2%	103.0	0.7	4.0	31.1%	0.293	24.6%	13.7%	36.7%	3.0%	7.1%	2.96	114.0	11.0	21.6	8.5	12.5	0.190	4.4	5.1
1996-97	28	OKC	PG	82	82	0.11	0.79	-0.68	6.21	4.86	1.35	17.25	6.1	39.2	21.8	4.6	1.3	3.3	7.1	2.6	2.5	8.6	18.1	47.6%	1.5	4.6	31.3%	7.1	13.5	53.3%	3.1	4.3	71.5%	51.7%	54.5%	2.4	0.2	3.3%	0.3%	10.2%	103.0	1.1	4.7	25.6%	0.240	26.4%	11.6%	33.8%	4.0%	7.1%	2.73	114.0	11.0	21.8	8.2	12.9	0.193	4.4	5.5
1995-96	27	SEA	-	81	81	-	-	-	5.98	3.54	2.44	18.28	5.2	39.0	19.3	4.2	1.3	2.9	7.5	3.2	2.7	7.6	15.8	48.4%	1.2	3.7	32.8%	6.4	12.1	53.2%	2.8	3.8	74.8%	52.3%	55.4%	2.9	0.2	3.7%	0.5%	8.4%	-	1.8	5.6	23.4%	0.240	23.6%	15.6%	33.3%	4.1%	6.3%	2.34	-	-	19.6	5.9	11.5	0.174	2.8	4.6
1994-95	26	SEA	-	82	82	-	-	-	5.80	4.68	1.13	13.85	5.2	36.8	20.6	3.4	1.3	2.1	7.1	2.5	2.5	8.4	16.4	50.9%	0.9	2.8	30.2%	7.5	13.6	55.3%	3.0	4.2	71.6%	53.5%	56.4%	2.5	0.2	3.4%	0.3%	6.7%	-	0.8	3.5	17.2%	0.259	24.4%	11.8%	31.8%	4.3%	5.5%	2.90	-	-	21.3	8.2	11.7	0.187	4.1	4.9
1993-94	25	SEA	-	82	82	-	-	-	3.58	2.28	1.31	9.92	3.7	35.1	16.5	3.3	1.3	2.0	6.0	2.1	2.8	7.1	14.1	50.4%	0.2	0.7	27.8%	6.9	13.5	51.5%	2.0	3.4	59.5%	51.0%	52.6%	2.3	0.2	3.3%	0.5%	6.8%	-	1.3	4.1	4.7%	0.241	21.6%	11.9%	26.7%	4.3%	5.5%	2.86	-	-	17.8	5.2	9.3	0.155	1.9	3.1
1992-93	24	SEA	-	82	78	-	-	-	3.06	1.42	1.64	9.34	3.1	31.1	13.5	3.4	1.2	2.3	4.9	1.8	3.0	5.8	11.7	49.4%	0.1	0.4	20.6%	5.7	11.3	50.5%	1.8	2.4	77.0%	49.8%	52.9%	2.2	0.3	3.5%	0.6%	8.7%	-	1.9	3.6	3.5%	0.204	19.8%	12.4%	22.7%	4.3%	6.4%	2.70	-	-	17.0	4.2	7.8	0.147	0.9	2.7
1991-92	23	SEA	-	81	79	-	-	-	1.09	0.68	0.41	5.45	1.5	31.5	9.4	3.6	1.5	2.1	6.2	2.1	3.1	4.1	9.1	45.1%	0.0	0.3	13.0%	4.0	8.8	46.1%	1.2	1.8	66.9%	45.3%	47.8%	1.8	0.3	2.9%	0.5%	7.9%	-	0.7	2.3	3.1%	0.202	16.0%	17.9%	27.5%	5.5%	6.7%	2.91	-	-	13.1	1.6	3.9	0.074	-0.4	0.4
1990-91	22	SEA	-	82	82	-	-	-	2.19	0.96	1.23	6.03	1.6	27.4	7.2	3.0	1.3	1.6	6.4	2.2	3.0	3.2	7.0	45.0%	0.0	0.2	7.7%	3.1	6.9	45.9%	0.8	1.2	71.1%	45.1%	47.6%	2.0	0.2	3.7%	0.4%	7.3%	-	1.3	2.4	2.3%	0.169	14.9%	22.6%	30.8%	5.7%	6.5%	2.93	-	-	13.2	1.0	3.4	0.073	-0.5	0.8

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