Charles Oakley vs. Gary Payton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gary Payton and Charles Oakley, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Charles Oakley played 19 years in the NBA, 2 more than Gary Payton, who played 17. Charles Oakley had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while Gary Payton had his rookie season in 1990-91. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Charles Oakley	19	15	1985-86 to 2003-04
Gary Payton	17	15	1990-91 to 2006-07

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Charles Oakley	Gary Payton
Season	1985-86	1990-91
Team	Chicago Bulls	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	77	23.0	9.6	3.3	5.3	8.6	1.7	0.9	0.4	2.3	3.2	3.6	7.0	.519	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.5	.662
difference:	+5	+4.4	+2.4	+2.0	+3.7	+5.6	+4.7	+1.1	+0.2	-0.1	-0.2	+0.4		+.069		+0.2		+1.5	+2.3	+.049
Gary Payton	82	27.4	7.2	1.3	1.6	3.0	6.4	2.0	0.2	2.2	3.0	3.2	7.0	.450	0.0	0.2	.077	0.8	1.2	.711

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	3	29.3	10.0	3.3	6.7	10.0	1.0	2.0	0.7	1.7	4.3	3.7	7.0	.524	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	4.3	.615
difference:	+2	+2.3	+5.2	+2.3	+5.1	+7.4	+5.4	+0.4	+0.5	-0.1	-1.1	+1.5	+1.6	+.117		+0.2		+2.3	+3.9	+.385
Gary Payton	5	27.0	4.8	1.0	1.6	2.6	6.4	1.6	0.2	1.8	3.2	2.2	5.4	.407	0.0	0.2	.000	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 2
	Charles Oakley	Gary Payton
Season	1986-87	1991-92
Team	Chicago Bulls	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	82	36.3	14.5	3.6	9.5	13.1	3.6	1.0	0.4	3.6	3.8	5.7	12.8	.445	0.1	0.4	.367	3.0	4.4	.686
difference:	+1	+4.8	+5.1	+2.1	+7.4	+9.5	+2.6	+0.8	+0.1	-1.5	-0.7	+1.6	+3.7	+.006	+0.1	+0.1	+.237	+1.8	+2.6	+.017
Gary Payton	81	31.5	9.4	1.5	2.1	3.6	6.2	1.8	0.3	2.1	3.1	4.1	9.1	.451	0.0	0.3	.130	1.2	1.8	.669

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	3	43.0	20.0	5.7	9.7	15.3	2.0	1.3	0.3	2.7	4.3	6.3	16.7	.380	0.7	1.3	.500	6.7	8.0	.833
difference:	+5	+15.4	+12.4	+4.9	+7.8	+12.7	+2.8	+0.3		-1.4	-1.0	+2.9	+9.4	+.086	+0.7	+1.0	+.500	+5.8	+6.5	+.250
Gary Payton	8	27.6	7.6	0.8	1.9	2.6	4.8	1.0	0.3	1.3	3.3	3.4	7.3	.466	0.0	0.3	.000	0.9	1.5	.583


Season 3
	Charles Oakley	Gary Payton
Season	1987-88	1992-93
Team	Chicago Bulls	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	82	34.3	12.4	4.0	9.0	13.0	3.0	0.8	0.3	2.9	3.3	4.6	9.5	.483	0.0	0.1	.250	3.2	4.4	.727
difference:		+3.2	+1.1	+2.8	+6.7	+9.6	+1.9	+1.4		-1.1	-0.3	+1.2	+2.2	+.011	+0.1	+0.3	+.044	+1.4	+2.0	+.043
Gary Payton	82	31.1	13.5	1.2	2.3	3.4	4.9	2.2	0.3	1.8	3.0	5.8	11.7	.494	0.1	0.4	.206	1.8	2.4	.770

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	10	37.3	10.1	3.9	8.9	12.8	3.2	0.6	0.4	1.8	3.3	4.0	9.1	.440	0.0	0.2	.000	2.1	2.4	.875
difference:	+9	+5.5	+2.2	+2.7	+6.7	+9.5	+0.5	+1.2	+0.2		-0.1	+1.5	+3.3	+.003	+0.1	+0.1	+.167	+0.8	+0.5	+.199
Gary Payton	19	31.8	12.3	1.2	2.2	3.3	3.7	1.8	0.2	1.8	3.4	5.5	12.4	.443	0.1	0.3	.167	1.3	1.9	.676


Season 4
	Charles Oakley	Gary Payton
Season	1988-89	1993-94
Team	New York Knicks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	82	31.8	12.9	4.2	6.3	10.5	2.3	1.3	0.2	3.0	3.3	5.2	10.2	.510	0.1	0.6	.250	2.4	3.1	.773
difference:		+3.3	+3.6	+2.9	+4.3	+7.2	+3.7	+1.0		-0.9	-0.5	+1.9	+3.9	+.006	+0.1	+0.1	+.028	+0.4	+0.3	+.178
Gary Payton	82	35.1	16.5	1.3	2.0	3.3	6.0	2.3	0.2	2.1	2.8	7.1	14.1	.504	0.2	0.7	.278	2.0	3.4	.595

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	9	33.2	9.7	4.8	6.4	11.2	1.2	1.3	0.1	2.4	3.4	3.9	8.1	.479	0.1	0.2	.500	1.8	2.7	.667
difference:	+4	+3.0	+6.1	+3.6	+4.2	+7.8	+4.4	+0.3	+0.3	-0.8	-0.4	+2.9	+5.7	+.014	+0.5	+1.6	+.167	+0.2	+1.1	+.246
Gary Payton	5	36.2	15.8	1.2	2.2	3.4	5.6	1.6	0.4	1.6	3.0	6.8	13.8	.493	0.6	1.8	.333	1.6	3.8	.421


Season 5
	Charles Oakley	Gary Payton
Season	1989-90	1994-95
Team	New York Knicks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	61	36.0	14.6	4.2	7.7	11.9	2.4	1.0	0.3	2.7	3.6	5.5	10.5	.524	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.7	.761
difference:	+21	+0.8	+6.0	+2.9	+5.6	+8.5	+4.7	+1.5	+0.1	-0.2	-1.1	+2.9	+5.9	+.015	+0.9	+2.8		+0.6	+0.5	+.045
Gary Payton	82	36.8	20.6	1.3	2.1	3.4	7.1	2.5	0.2	2.5	2.5	8.4	16.4	.509	0.9	2.8	.302	3.0	4.2	.716

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	10	33.6	12.1	3.9	7.1	11.0	2.7	1.1	0.2	2.2	3.3	4.3	8.4	.512	0.1	0.1	1.000	3.4	5.2	.654
difference:	+6	+9.4	+5.7	+2.4	+6.1	+8.5	+2.6	+0.2	+0.2	-0.2		+3.7	+8.4	+.034	+0.4	+2.4	+.800	+2.1	+2.2	+.237
Gary Payton	4	43.0	17.8	1.5	1.0	2.5	5.3	1.3	0.0	2.0	3.3	8.0	16.8	.478	0.5	2.5	.200	1.3	3.0	.417


Season 6
	Charles Oakley	Gary Payton
Season	1990-91	1995-96
Team	New York Knicks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics Lost NBA Finals

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	76	36.0	11.2	4.0	8.1	12.1	2.7	0.8	0.2	2.8	3.8	4.0	7.8	.516	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	4.0	.784
difference:	+5	+3.0	+8.1	+2.7	+5.2	+7.9	+4.8	+2.1		-0.4	-1.1	+3.6	+8.0	+.032	+1.2	+3.7		+0.3	+0.2	+.036
Gary Payton	81	39.0	19.3	1.3	2.9	4.2	7.5	2.9	0.2	3.2	2.7	7.6	15.8	.484	1.2	3.7	.328	2.8	3.8	.748

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	3	33.3	7.7	5.0	5.3	10.3	1.0	0.7	0.3	2.3	4.3	3.3	7.0	.476	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500
difference:	+18	+10.1	+13.0	+4.1	+1.1	+5.2	+5.8	+1.1		-0.7	-1.0	+4.4	+8.9	+.009	+2.0	+4.8		+2.3	+3.2	+.133
Gary Payton	21	43.4	20.7	0.9	4.2	5.1	6.8	1.8	0.3	3.0	3.3	7.7	15.9	.485	2.0	4.8	.410	3.3	5.2	.633


Season 7
	Charles Oakley	Gary Payton
Season	1991-92	1996-97
Team	New York Knicks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	82	28.2	6.2	3.1	5.4	8.5	1.6	0.8	0.2	1.5	3.1	2.6	4.9	.522	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.735
difference:		+11.0	+15.6	+1.8	+2.1	+3.9	+5.5	+1.6		-1.1	-0.6	+6.0	+13.2	+.046	+1.5	+4.6		+2.1	+2.9	+.020
Gary Payton	82	39.2	21.8	1.3	3.3	4.6	7.1	2.4	0.2	2.6	2.5	8.6	18.1	.476	1.5	4.6	.313	3.1	4.3	.715

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	12	29.5	5.3	3.7	5.3	9.0	0.7	0.7	0.4	1.3	3.0	1.8	4.8	.379	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.3	.741
difference:		+16.1	+18.5	+2.0	+1.5	+3.6	+8.0	+1.5	+0.1	-1.6	-0.8	+7.0	+16.5	+.033	+2.1	+6.3		+2.5	+2.8	+.079
Gary Payton	12	45.6	23.8	1.7	3.8	5.4	8.7	2.2	0.3	2.9	2.2	8.8	21.3	.412	2.1	6.3	.333	4.2	5.1	.820


Season 8
	Charles Oakley	Gary Payton
Season	1992-93	1997-98
Team	New York Knicks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	82	27.2	6.9	3.5	5.1	8.6	1.5	1.0	0.2	1.5	3.5	2.7	5.3	.508	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.1	.722
difference:		+11.2	+12.3	+2.6	+1.5	+4.0	+6.8	+1.3		-1.3	-1.1	+4.4	+10.3	+.055	+1.6	+4.8		+1.9	+2.5	+.022
Gary Payton	82	38.4	19.2	0.9	3.6	4.6	8.3	2.3	0.2	2.8	2.4	7.1	15.6	.453	1.6	4.8	.338	3.4	4.6	.744

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	15	33.8	11.1	4.7	6.3	11.0	1.1	1.1	0.1	2.4	3.4	4.2	8.7	.481	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.7	.727
difference:	+5	+8.9	+12.9	+3.8	+3.8	+7.6	+5.9	+0.7		-0.2	-0.3	+4.5	+9.6	+.006	+1.9	+5.0		+2.0	+1.3	+.213
Gary Payton	10	42.7	24.0	0.9	2.5	3.4	7.0	1.8	0.1	2.6	3.1	8.7	18.3	.475	1.9	5.0	.380	4.7	5.0	.940


Season 9
	Charles Oakley	Gary Payton
Season	1993-94	1998-99
Team	New York Knicks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	82	35.8	11.8	4.3	7.5	11.8	2.7	1.3	0.2	2.4	3.6	4.4	9.3	.478	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.8	.776
difference:	+32	+4.4	+9.9	+3.1	+3.9	+6.9	+6.0	+0.9		-0.7	-1.3	+3.6	+9.2	+.044	+1.7	+5.6		+1.0	+1.7	+.055
Gary Payton	50	40.2	21.7	1.2	3.6	4.9	8.7	2.2	0.2	3.1	2.3	8.0	18.5	.434	1.7	5.6	.295	4.0	5.5	.721

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	25	39.7	13.2	4.6	7.0	11.7	2.4	1.4	0.2	2.6	3.5	5.0	10.5	.477	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.1	.775
Gary Payton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Charles Oakley	Gary Payton
Season	1994-95	1999-00
Team	New York Knicks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	50	31.3	10.1	3.1	5.8	8.9	2.5	1.2	0.1	2.1	3.6	3.8	7.9	.489	0.1	0.2	.250	2.4	3.0	.793
difference:	+32	+10.5	+14.1	+1.9	+0.6	+2.4	+6.4	+0.7	+0.1	-0.6	-1.4	+5.3	+12.4	+.041	+2.1	+6.1	+.090	+1.4	+2.2	+.058
Gary Payton	82	41.8	24.2	1.2	5.2	6.5	8.9	1.9	0.2	2.7	2.2	9.1	20.3	.448	2.2	6.3	.340	3.8	5.2	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	11	38.3	13.1	2.8	5.6	8.5	3.7	1.7	0.5	2.2	3.8	4.5	9.9	.450	0.4	0.9	.400	3.8	4.6	.824
difference:	+6	+5.9	+12.7	+1.2	+0.4	+0.9	+3.7	+0.1	+0.3	-1.4	-0.6	+5.5	+12.7	+.008	+1.4	+3.7	+.009	+0.2	+0.6	+.055
Gary Payton	5	44.2	25.8	1.6	6.0	7.6	7.4	1.8	0.2	3.6	3.2	10.0	22.6	.442	1.8	4.6	.391	4.0	5.2	.769


Season 11
	Charles Oakley	Gary Payton
Season	1995-96	2000-01
Team	New York Knicks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	53	33.5	11.4	3.1	5.6	8.7	2.6	1.1	0.3	2.0	3.7	4.0	8.5	.471	0.1	0.5	.269	3.3	4.0	.833
difference:	+26	+7.6	+11.7	+2.2	+2.0	+4.1	+5.5	+0.5		-0.6	-1.4	+5.2	+11.6	+.015	+1.2	+2.9	+.106	+0.1	+0.5	+.067
Gary Payton	79	41.1	23.1	0.9	3.6	4.6	8.1	1.6	0.3	2.6	2.3	9.2	20.1	.456	1.3	3.4	.375	3.4	4.5	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	8	38.5	13.1	3.5	5.1	8.6	1.8	1.0	0.0	3.5	4.1	4.9	9.8	.500	0.3	0.8	.333	3.1	4.5	.694
Gary Payton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Charles Oakley	Gary Payton
Season	1996-97	2001-02
Team	New York Knicks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	80	35.9	10.8	3.1	6.7	9.8	2.8	1.4	0.3	2.1	3.8	4.2	8.7	.488	0.1	0.2	.263	2.3	2.8	.808
difference:	+2	+4.4	+11.3	+2.1	+2.8	+5.0	+6.2	+0.2		-0.4	-1.6	+4.8	+10.5	+.021	+0.8	+2.7	+.051	+1.0	+1.3	+.011
Gary Payton	82	40.3	22.1	1.0	3.9	4.8	9.0	1.6	0.3	2.5	2.2	9.0	19.2	.467	0.9	2.9	.314	3.3	4.1	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	10	35.8	9.8	2.3	6.5	8.8	1.6	2.2	0.3	1.8	3.7	3.8	8.6	.442	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	2.9	.759
difference:	+5	+5.4	+12.4	+0.3	+0.1	+0.2	+4.2	+1.6	+0.1	-0.8	-1.3	+5.2	+12.6	+.017	+0.8	+2.9	+.267	+1.2	+2.9	+.173
Gary Payton	5	41.2	22.2	2.0	6.6	8.6	5.8	0.6	0.4	2.6	2.4	9.0	21.2	.425	0.8	3.0	.267	3.4	5.8	.586


Season 13
	Charles Oakley	Gary Payton
Season	1997-98	2002-03
Team	New York Knicks	Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	79	34.6	9.0	2.8	6.4	9.2	2.5	1.6	0.3	1.6	3.5	3.9	8.8	.440	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.4	.851
difference:	+1	+5.5	+11.4	+1.8	+3.2	+5.0	+5.8	+0.1		-0.7	-1.2	+4.4	+9.5	+.014	+0.7	+2.2	+.297	+1.9	+3.0	+.141
Gary Payton	80	40.1	20.4	1.0	3.2	4.2	8.3	1.7	0.3	2.3	2.3	8.3	18.3	.454	0.7	2.3	.297	3.1	4.4	.710

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	10	34.0	8.1	2.1	6.4	8.5	1.4	1.1	0.2	1.3	3.8	2.9	7.1	.408	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	2.5	.920
difference:	+4	+7.8	+10.4	+1.4	+4.1	+5.5	+7.3	+0.2		-0.9	-0.8	+5.1	+11.6	+.021	+0.2	+2.5			+0.8	+.220
Gary Payton	6	41.8	18.5	0.7	2.3	3.0	8.7	1.3	0.2	2.2	3.0	8.0	18.7	.429	0.2	2.5	.067	2.3	3.3	.700


Season 14
	Charles Oakley	Gary Payton
Season	1998-99	2003-04
Team	Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	50	32.7	7.0	1.9	5.6	7.5	3.4	0.9	0.4	1.9	3.6	2.8	6.5	.428	0.0	0.1	.200	1.3	1.7	.807
difference:	+32	+1.8	+7.6	+1.0	+2.3	+3.3	+2.1	+0.3	+0.2	-0.1	-1.5	+3.1	+6.0	+.043	+0.7	+1.9	+.133	+0.9	+1.4	+.093
Gary Payton	82	34.5	14.6	0.9	3.3	4.2	5.5	1.2	0.2	1.8	2.1	5.9	12.5	.471	0.7	2.0	.333	2.2	3.1	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gary Payton	22	35.0	7.8	0.9	2.4	3.3	5.3	1.0	0.2	1.3	2.7	3.1	8.5	.366	0.6	2.5	.250	1.0	1.3	.750


Season 15
	Charles Oakley	Gary Payton
Season	1999-00	2004-05
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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15th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	80	30.4	6.9	1.5	5.3	6.8	3.2	1.3	0.6	1.9	3.7	2.9	7.0	.418	0.2	0.5	.341	0.8	1.1	.776
difference:	+3	+2.6	+4.4	+0.9	+2.9	+3.7	+2.9	+0.2	+0.4		-2.1	+1.5	+2.4	+.050	+0.3	+1.2	+.015	+1.2	+1.5	+.015
Gary Payton	77	33.0	11.3	0.6	2.4	3.1	6.1	1.1	0.2	1.9	1.6	4.4	9.4	.468	0.5	1.7	.326	2.0	2.6	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	3	37.0	10.0	0.7	7.0	7.7	3.7	2.0	0.3	1.7	4.7	4.7	9.7	.483	0.7	2.3	.286	0.0	0.3	.000
difference:	+4	+2.9	+0.3	+0.4	+4.0	+3.6	+0.9	+1.1	+0.2	-0.1	-3.3		+0.9	+.037	+0.6	+0.3	+.215	+0.7	+0.6	+.833
Gary Payton	7	34.1	10.3	1.1	3.0	4.1	4.6	0.9	0.1	1.6	1.4	4.7	10.6	.446	0.1	2.0	.071	0.7	0.9	.833


Season 16
	Charles Oakley	Gary Payton
Season	2000-01	2005-06
Team	Toronto Raptors	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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16th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	78	35.5	9.6	1.8	7.7	9.5	3.4	1.0	0.6	1.8	3.3	3.9	10.1	.388	0.1	0.6	.224	1.6	1.9	.836
difference:	+3	+7.0	+1.9	+1.4	+5.2	+6.6	+0.2	+0.1	+0.5	-0.5	-1.2	+1.1	+3.3	+.032	+0.7	+2.2	+.063	+0.4	+0.3	+.042
Gary Payton	81	28.5	7.7	0.4	2.5	2.9	3.2	0.9	0.1	1.3	2.1	2.8	6.8	.420	0.8	2.8	.287	1.2	1.6	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	12	32.6	9.3	1.7	4.7	6.3	1.8	1.0	0.6	1.8	2.4	3.9	9.0	.435	0.3	0.7	.375	1.2	1.4	.824
difference:	+11	+8.3	+3.5	+1.4	+3.2	+4.6	+0.2		+0.5	-1.0		+1.8	+4.0	+.013	+0.4	+1.8	+.082	+0.4	+0.3	+.104
Gary Payton	23	24.3	5.8	0.3	1.5	1.7	1.6	1.0	0.1	0.8	2.4	2.1	5.0	.422	0.7	2.5	.293	0.8	1.1	.720


Season 17
	Charles Oakley	Gary Payton
Season	2001-02	2006-07
Team	Chicago Bulls	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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17th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	57	24.3	3.8	1.3	4.8	6.0	2.0	0.9	0.2	1.5	3.1	1.7	4.6	.369	0.0	0.1	.167	0.4	0.5	.750
difference:	+11	+2.2	+1.5	+1.0	+3.1	+4.1	+1.0	+0.3	+0.2	-0.5	-1.4	+0.4	+0.8	+.024	+0.5	+1.7	+.093	+0.2	+0.3	+.083
Gary Payton	68	22.1	5.3	0.3	1.7	1.9	3.0	0.6	0.0	1.0	1.7	2.1	5.4	.393	0.5	1.8	.260	0.6	0.8	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gary Payton	2	16.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.5	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Additional Years

* Charles Oakley played 2 seasons more than Gary Payton in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 18 to 19, from 2003 to 2004—Charles Oakley didn't play in the postseason.

Charles Oakley vs. Gary Payton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gary Payton and Charles Oakley, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Season 14

14th Season Stats Comparison

Season 15

15th Season Stats Comparison

Season 16

16th Season Stats Comparison

Season 17

17th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years