Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Penny Hardaway and Gary Payton

This is the detail of NBA games in which Penny Hardaway and Gary Payton played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Player comparisons:
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They faced each other a total of 22 times in NBA games. Gary Payton has a 14-8 winning record over Penny Hardaway. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Penny Hardaway:
1993-94 to 2007-08
Gary Payton:
1990-91 to 2006-07
22 Games played
22 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Penny Hardaway
8
8
0
Gary Payton
14
14
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Penny Hardaway 13.4 4.7 4.5 1.20.2
Gary Payton 18.8 4.8 6.62.10.3
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Penny Hardaway 26 10 8 52
Gary Payton 32 13 9 71
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Penny Hardaway 5

games
10

games
3

games
5

games
3

games
Gary Payton 15

games
12

games
18

games
12

games
6

games
Both had same stat 2

games
0

games
1

game
5

games
13

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1993-94 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 14, 1993
1. Magic 100   Penny Hardaway 11 2 4 3 0 1 1 33 3-7 .429 1-3 .333 4-6 .667
Supersonics 124   Gary Payton 18 4 9 2 0 2 2 31 8-11 .727 0-0 - 2-4 .500
Feb. 18, 1994
2. Magic 124   Penny Hardaway 15 3 7 0 1 3 1 32 6-13 .462 1-3 .333 2-4 .500
Supersonics 93   Gary Payton 13 8 3 0 0 3 3 36 6-14 .429 1-1 1.000 0-0 -
1994-95 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 17, 1994
3. Magic 84   Penny Hardaway 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 17 1-4 .250 0-0 - 2-4 .500
Supersonics 124   Gary Payton 31 4 7 7 0 2 1 31 11-15 .733 2-3 .667 7-8 .875
Feb. 02, 1995
4. Magic 103   Penny Hardaway 17 8 8 1 0 4 5 45 7-17 .412 1-5 .200 2-6 .333
Supersonics 106   Gary Payton 26 3 7 4 0 2 2 37 11-18 .611 3-5 .600 1-2 .500
1995-96 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 05, 1996
5. Magic 115   Penny Hardaway 8 3 3 2 1 5 2 34 2-9 .222 0-3 .000 4-5 .800
Supersonics 93   Gary Payton 8 5 5 2 0 3 0 36 4-15 .267 0-2 .000 0-0 -
Mar. 13, 1996
6. Magic 99   Penny Hardaway 22 8 4 5 0 1 2 41 7-15 .467 0-3 .000 8-8 1.000
Supersonics 100   Gary Payton 23 3 5 3 0 3 1 33 9-15 .600 4-6 .667 1-1 1.000
1996-97 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 02, 1997
7. Magic 101   Penny Hardaway 17 3 6 0 0 2 3 40 5-13 .385 1-6 .167 6-6 1.000
Supersonics 109   Gary Payton 32 4 7 1 0 3 1 45 12-20 .600 3-5 .600 5-5 1.000
Mar. 04, 1997
8. Magic 101   Penny Hardaway 26 7 4 1 0 2 2 40 8-19 .421 4-8 .500 6-7 .857
Supersonics 89   Gary Payton 23 2 7 3 0 3 3 43 9-21 .429 2-7 .286 3-5 .600
1997-98 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 30, 1997
9. Magic 81   Penny Hardaway 13 4 1 2 0 2 1 33 4-11 .364 1-3 .333 4-4 1.000
Supersonics 103   Gary Payton 11 2 9 4 0 5 0 35 3-12 .250 0-1 .000 5-6 .833
1999-00 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 21, 1999
10. Suns 99   Penny Hardaway 11 6 7 2 2 2 1 41 4-12 .333 1-2 .500 2-4 .500
Supersonics 86   Gary Payton 11 7 9 1 1 6 0 42 3-14 .214 1-6 .167 4-4 1.000
Feb. 04, 2000
11. Suns 86   Penny Hardaway 17 7 3 0 0 4 3 45 7-13 .538 1-3 .333 2-2 1.000
Supersonics 94   Gary Payton 23 13 7 2 0 2 1 46 8-19 .421 2-4 .500 5-6 .833
Feb. 06, 2000
12. Suns 105   Penny Hardaway 19 4 6 1 0 3 4 40 6-13 .462 0-1 .000 7-9 .778
Supersonics 93   Gary Payton 13 7 7 5 0 3 2 41 4-18 .222 2-8 .250 3-4 .750
2000-01 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 14, 2001
13. Suns 87   Penny Hardaway 6 3 5 1 0 2 2 27 2-6 .333 1-4 .250 1-4 .250
Supersonics 106   Gary Payton 22 9 6 3 0 2 1 39 9-22 .409 2-3 .667 2-3 .667
2001-02 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 13, 2001
14. Suns 92   Penny Hardaway 26 5 4 2 0 2 1 43 11-17 .647 2-2 1.000 2-3 .667
Supersonics 91   Gary Payton 27 2 9 1 1 5 2 41 11-23 .478 1-4 .250 4-4 1.000
Feb. 06, 2002
15. Suns 79   Penny Hardaway 9 6 3 2 0 5 3 39 4-10 .400 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Supersonics 90   Gary Payton 11 5 4 0 1 4 1 33 5-12 .417 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Feb. 19, 2002
16. Suns 91   Penny Hardaway 13 3 4 1 0 3 3 40 6-13 .462 1-2 .500 0-1 .000
Supersonics 103   Gary Payton 16 2 5 2 1 3 1 40 7-17 .412 2-4 .500 0-0 -
Apr. 09, 2002
17. Suns 99   Penny Hardaway 1 3 3 0 0 1 1 14 0-4 .000 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Supersonics 92   Gary Payton 23 7 6 1 0 2 3 43 10-15 .667 2-3 .667 1-1 1.000
2002-03 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Oct. 30, 2002
18. Suns 73   Penny Hardaway 16 10 5 0 0 1 5 39 7-15 .467 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Supersonics 86   Gary Payton 20 5 8 3 1 4 3 39 9-19 .474 1-3 .333 1-2 .500
Dec. 23, 2002
19. Suns 89   Penny Hardaway 20 8 6 0 0 4 4 36 8-16 .500 4-7 .571 0-0 -
Supersonics 88   Gary Payton 12 4 6 0 1 1 4 38 5-18 .278 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000
2003-04 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 01, 2003
20. Suns 99   Penny Hardaway 15 2 5 1 0 0 6 28 6-8 .750 2-2 1.000 1-1 1.000
Lakers 103   Gary Payton 19 4 9 2 1 1 0 36 7-17 .412 1-4 .250 4-6 .667
Dec. 21, 2003
21. Suns 101   Penny Hardaway 0 7 6 1 0 2 1 30 0-7 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 -
Lakers 107   Gary Payton 19 4 7 1 0 2 3 30 6-11 .545 2-2 1.000 5-6 .833
2004-05 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 11, 2005
22. Knicks 94   Penny Hardaway 9 1 4 0 0 1 4 32 4-6 .667 0-1 .000 1-2 .500
Celtics 111   Gary Payton 12 2 3 0 0 3 0 30 4-9 .444 0-1 .000 4-5 .800