Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Rodney Buford and Gary Payton

This is the detail of NBA games in which Rodney Buford 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:
Career comparison / Games against each other

They faced each other a total of 10 times in NBA games. Gary Payton has a 6-4 winning record over Rodney Buford. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Rodney Buford
vs.
Gary Payton
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Rodney Buford:
1999-00 to 2004-05
Gary Payton:
1990-91 to 2006-07
10 Games played
10 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Rodney Buford
4
4
0
Gary Payton
6
6
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Rodney Buford 6.9 3.2 1.3 0.30.1
Gary Payton 20.2 3.5 7.41.30.3
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Rodney Buford 16 8 3 11
Gary Payton 32 6 13 31
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Rodney Buford 0

games		 4

games		 0

games		 1

game		0

games
Gary Payton 10

games 		5

games		 9

games		 7

games		2

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 1

game		 1

game		 2

games		8

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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2000-01 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 05, 2001
1. 76ers 121   Rodney Buford 8 5 2 0 0 0 5 21 3-7 .429 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Supersonics 89   Gary Payton 12 2 9 1 0 3 1 38 5-15 .333 2-4 .500 0-0 -
Mar. 19, 2001
2. 76ers 89   Rodney Buford 12 4 2 1 1 1 1 23 5-12 .417 2-4 .500 0-0 -
Supersonics 93   Gary Payton 29 3 8 3 1 1 2 44 11-23 .478 4-6 .667 3-4 .750
2001-02 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 06, 2002
3. Grizzlies 77   Rodney Buford 9 5 2 0 0 1 4 25 4-13 .308 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Supersonics 89   Gary Payton 24 6 11 2 1 4 0 41 10-19 .526 2-3 .667 2-2 1.000
Mar. 03, 2002
4. Grizzlies 71   Rodney Buford 16 6 2 1 0 1 3 31 7-16 .438 0-2 .000 2-3 .667
Supersonics 96   Gary Payton 20 6 13 3 1 2 1 33 7-13 .538 0-3 .000 6-7 .857
Mar. 27, 2002
5. Grizzlies 82   Rodney Buford 8 8 2 1 0 1 2 30 4-8 .500 0-2 .000 0-0 -
Supersonics 96   Gary Payton 32 4 9 0 0 5 2 39 14-24 .583 0-1 .000 4-6 .667
Apr. 17, 2002
6. Grizzlies 94   Rodney Buford 6 0 0 0 0 2 3 19 3-4 .750 0-0 - 0-0 -
Supersonics 109   Gary Payton 30 4 9 1 0 1 3 33 12-18 .667 2-2 1.000 4-5 .800
2003-04 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 24, 2004
7. Kings 91   Rodney Buford 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 3-5 .600 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 115   Gary Payton 20 5 3 1 0 2 2 34 10-17 .588 0-2 .000 0-0 -
Apr. 11, 2004
8. Kings 102   Rodney Buford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 85   Gary Payton 15 2 1 0 0 1 1 35 6-11 .545 3-6 .500 0-0 -
2004-05 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 21, 2005
9. Nets 104   Rodney Buford 4 3 3 0 0 2 2 29 2-9 .222 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Celtics 98   Gary Payton 16 2 3 2 0 2 5 37 5-9 .556 3-5 .600 3-3 1.000
Apr. 09, 2005
10. Nets 99   Rodney Buford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Celtics 86   Gary Payton 4 1 8 0 0 1 0 25 2-5 .400 0-1 .000 0-0 -
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