Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Gary Payton and Vitaly Potapenko

This is the detail of NBA games in which Gary Payton and Vitaly Potapenko 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:
Career comparison / Games against each other

They faced each other a total of 15 times in NBA games. Gary Payton has a 10-5 winning record over Vitaly Potapenko. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Gary Payton
vs.
Vitaly Potapenko
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Gary Payton:
1990-91 to 2006-07
Vitaly Potapenko:
1996-97 to 2006-07
15 Games played
15 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Gary Payton
10
10
0
Vitaly Potapenko
5
5
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Gary Payton 20.0 5.1 6.0 1.90.5
Vitaly Potapenko 7.3 4.1 0.90.50.3
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Gary Payton 30 9 14 52
Vitaly Potapenko 15 9 2 21
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Gary Payton 15

games		 8

games		 15

games		 9

games		6

games
Vitaly Potapenko 0

games 		4

games		 0

games		 1

game		3

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 3

games		 0

games		 5

games		6

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1996-97 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 17, 1997
1. Supersonics 96   Gary Payton 23 4 6 3 0 3 3 45 10-15 .667 3-6 .500 0-2 .000
Cavaliers 84   Vitaly Potapenko 4 1 2 1 0 1 4 25 1-6 .167 0-0 - 2-6 .333
Feb. 25, 1997
2. Supersonics 72   Gary Payton 8 5 1 0 1 1 2 38 2-12 .167 1-6 .167 3-4 .750
Cavaliers 66   Vitaly Potapenko 6 0 0 0 0 3 2 18 3-4 .750 0-0 - 0-0 -
1997-98 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 08, 1998
3. Supersonics 109   Gary Payton 25 6 4 5 0 3 0 33 9-12 .750 3-3 1.000 4-4 1.000
Cavaliers 84   Vitaly Potapenko 5 2 2 0 0 0 6 15 2-3 .667 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Jan. 17, 1998
4. Supersonics 99   Gary Payton 28 8 6 2 0 3 3 45 10-18 .556 2-6 .333 6-9 .667
Cavaliers 91   Vitaly Potapenko 10 2 1 0 0 2 1 27 5-8 .625 0-0 - 0-0 -
1999-00 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 21, 2000
5. Supersonics 86   Gary Payton 13 9 5 3 0 2 0 34 5-16 .313 0-3 .000 3-5 .600
Celtics 111   Vitaly Potapenko 6 9 1 1 1 2 1 16 3-6 .500 0-0 - 0-1 .000
Feb. 19, 2000
6. Supersonics 94   Gary Payton 27 4 9 1 0 1 3 46 12-28 .429 1-5 .200 2-3 .667
Celtics 91   Vitaly Potapenko 15 5 1 1 0 2 4 24 7-15 .467 0-0 - 1-2 .500
2000-01 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 15, 2001
7. Supersonics 88   Gary Payton 20 3 14 1 2 5 2 40 8-17 .471 2-3 .667 2-4 .500
Celtics 108   Vitaly Potapenko 12 7 2 0 0 0 2 30 6-9 .667 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 26, 2001
8. Supersonics 82   Gary Payton 20 8 6 4 1 2 2 47 9-21 .429 1-4 .250 1-4 .250
Celtics 85   Vitaly Potapenko 4 7 0 0 1 1 1 26 2-5 .400 0-0 - 0-0 -
2001-02 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 09, 2001
9. Supersonics 94   Gary Payton 30 5 10 3 0 1 2 43 13-24 .542 1-4 .250 3-3 1.000
Celtics 104   Vitaly Potapenko 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 14 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 16, 2002
10. Supersonics 99   Gary Payton 19 7 6 3 1 3 4 41 8-18 .444 1-5 .200 2-2 1.000
Celtics 79   Vitaly Potapenko 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 21 1-4 .250 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
2003-04 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 02, 2004
11. Lakers 109   Gary Payton 24 5 5 0 1 2 2 41 9-20 .450 1-2 .500 5-6 .833
Supersonics 111   Vitaly Potapenko 13 1 0 0 0 2 2 23 6-8 .750 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Jan. 28, 2004
12. Lakers 96   Gary Payton 24 1 5 1 0 0 1 35 11-16 .688 2-3 .667 0-2 .000
Supersonics 82   Vitaly Potapenko 5 7 0 0 1 2 5 25 2-5 .400 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Mar. 05, 2004
13. Lakers 99   Gary Payton 16 7 7 1 1 4 4 41 6-11 .545 1-3 .333 3-4 .750
Supersonics 91   Vitaly Potapenko 14 7 1 1 0 1 4 33 7-12 .583 0-0 - 0-0 -
Apr. 02, 2004
14. Lakers 97   Gary Payton 17 4 5 1 0 2 0 39 6-10 .600 3-4 .750 2-2 1.000
Supersonics 86   Vitaly Potapenko 12 7 1 2 0 3 4 38 6-10 .600 0-0 - 0-0 -
2005-06 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 13, 2006
15. Heat 117   Gary Payton 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 3-4 .750 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Supersonics 104   Vitaly Potapenko 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
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