Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Rick Brunson and Gary Payton

This is the detail of NBA games in which Rick Brunson 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.

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They faced each other a total of 8 times in NBA games. Gary Payton has a 5-3 winning record over Rick Brunson. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Rick Brunson:
1997-98 to 2005-06
Gary Payton:
1990-91 to 2006-07
8 Games played
8 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Rick Brunson
3
3
0
Gary Payton
5
5
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Rick Brunson 3.0 1.1 2.1 0.90.0
Gary Payton 16.8 3.6 7.61.60.1
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Rick Brunson 8 6 7 30
Gary Payton 21 6 12 31
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Rick Brunson 0

games
1

game
0

games
2

games
0

games
Gary Payton 8

games
6

games
8

games
3

games
1

game
Both had same stat 0

games
1

game
0

games
3

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7

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1997-98 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 12, 1997
1. Trail Blazers 98   Rick Brunson 1 0 3 0 0 3 1 7 0-0 - 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Supersonics 111   Gary Payton 21 3 8 3 0 2 4 37 8-17 .471 0-5 .000 5-7 .714
Feb. 18, 1998
2. Trail Blazers 95   Rick Brunson 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Supersonics 101   Gary Payton 16 4 12 0 0 7 2 43 7-15 .467 2-7 .286 0-0 -
1999-00 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 29, 2000
3. Knicks 110   Rick Brunson 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 01 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Supersonics 95   Gary Payton 21 4 10 3 1 1 5 42 8-22 .364 2-6 .333 3-5 .600
2001-02 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 08, 2001
4. Trail Blazers 113   Rick Brunson 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 02 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Supersonics 92   Gary Payton 21 6 7 0 0 2 3 43 7-21 .333 3-8 .375 4-4 1.000
Feb. 20, 2002
5. Trail Blazers 90   Rick Brunson 7 1 3 0 0 0 1 14 3-4 .750 1-1 1.000 0-0 -
Supersonics 84   Gary Payton 15 6 9 3 0 2 0 43 5-16 .313 1-3 .333 4-6 .667
Mar. 30, 2002
6. Trail Blazers 87   Rick Brunson 2 0 1 2 0 1 2 10 1-3 .333 0-0 - 0-0 -
Supersonics 92   Gary Payton 18 4 3 0 0 1 2 36 8-19 .421 1-4 .250 1-2 .500
2004-05 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 13, 2004
7. Clippers 127   Rick Brunson 8 6 7 3 0 3 2 35 3-7 .429 0-3 .000 2-2 1.000
2OT Celtics 134   Gary Payton 15 0 9 2 0 2 3 49 6-11 .545 1-1 1.000 2-4 .500
Feb. 09, 2005
8. Clippers 89   Rick Brunson 6 2 2 2 0 3 1 20 2-4 .500 2-3 .667 0-0 -
Celtics 94   Gary Payton 7 2 3 2 0 3 0 33 3-13 .231 1-2 .500 0-0 -