De'Andre Hunter vs. Gary Payton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gary Payton and De'Andre Hunter, 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

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.

De'Andre Hunter played 7 years in the NBA, 10 less than Gary Payton, who played 17. De'Andre Hunter had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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
De'Andre Hunter	7	4	2019-20 to 2025-26
Gary Payton	17	15	1990-91 to 2006-07

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	De'Andre Hunter	Gary Payton
Season	2019-20	1990-91
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
De'Andre Hunter	63	32.0	12.3	0.7	3.8	4.5	1.8	0.7	0.3	1.6	2.9	4.4	10.8	.410	1.7	4.8	.355	1.7	2.3	.764
difference:	+19	+4.6	+5.1	+0.6	+2.2	+1.5	+4.6	+1.3	+0.1	-0.6	-0.1	+1.2	+3.8	+.040	+1.7	+4.6	+.278	+0.9	+1.1	+.053
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		%
De'Andre Hunter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	De'Andre Hunter	Gary Payton
Season	2020-21	1991-92
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
De'Andre Hunter	23	29.5	15.0	0.7	4.0	4.8	1.9	0.8	0.5	1.3	2.6	5.2	10.8	.484	1.3	4.1	.326	3.2	3.7	.859
difference:	+58	+2.0	+5.6	+0.8	+1.9	+1.2	+4.3	+1.0	+0.2	-0.8	-0.5	+1.1	+1.7	+.033	+1.3	+3.8	+.196	+2.0	+1.9	+.190
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		%
De'Andre Hunter	5	30.4	10.8	0.4	3.6	4.0	0.6	0.2	0.6	1.4	2.2	3.6	9.0	.400	1.2	3.2	.375	2.4	3.2	.750
difference:	+3	+2.8	+3.2	+0.4	+1.7	+1.4	+4.2	+0.8	+0.3	-0.1	-1.1	+0.2	+1.7	+.066	+1.2	+2.9	+.375	+1.5	+1.7	+.167
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
	De'Andre Hunter	Gary Payton
Season	2021-22	1992-93
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
De'Andre Hunter	53	29.8	13.4	0.5	2.8	3.3	1.3	0.7	0.4	1.3	2.9	4.8	10.8	.442	1.4	3.7	.379	2.4	3.1	.765
difference:	+29	+1.3	+0.1	+0.7	+0.5	+0.1	+3.6	+1.5	+0.1	-0.5	-0.1	+1.0	+0.9	+.052	+1.3	+3.3	+.173	+0.6	+0.7	+.005
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		%
De'Andre Hunter	5	35.0	21.2	0.4	3.4	3.8	0.6	0.8	0.2	2.2	4.0	7.8	14.0	.557	2.4	5.2	.462	3.2	4.0	.800
difference:	+14	+3.2	+8.9	+0.8	+1.2	+0.5	+3.1	+1.0		-0.4	-0.6	+2.3	+1.6	+.114	+2.3	+4.9	+.295	+1.9	+2.1	+.124
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
	De'Andre Hunter	Gary Payton
Season	2022-23	1993-94
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
De'Andre Hunter	67	31.7	15.4	0.7	3.6	4.2	1.4	0.5	0.3	1.2	3.0	5.7	12.3	.461	1.5	4.3	.350	2.6	3.1	.826
difference:	+15	+3.4	+1.1	+0.6	+1.6	+0.9	+4.6	+1.8	+0.1	-0.9	-0.2	+1.4	+1.8	+.043	+1.3	+3.6	+.072	+0.6	+0.3	+.231
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		%
De'Andre Hunter	6	37.3	16.7	1.2	4.5	5.7	1.2	0.7	0.3	1.5	3.3	6.5	14.2	.459	2.3	6.3	.368	1.3	1.7	.800
difference:	+1	+1.1	+0.9		+2.3	+2.3	+4.4	+0.9	+0.1	-0.1	-0.3	+0.3	+0.4	+.034	+1.7	+4.5	+.035	+0.3	+2.1	+.379
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
	De'Andre Hunter	Gary Payton
Season	2023-24	1994-95
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
De'Andre Hunter	57	29.5	15.6	0.5	3.4	3.9	1.5	0.7	0.3	1.5	2.6	5.3	11.6	.459	2.1	5.3	.385	2.9	3.4	.847
difference:	+25	+7.3	+5.0	+0.8	+1.3	+0.5	+5.6	+1.8	+0.1	-1.0	-0.1	+3.1	+4.8	+.050	+1.2	+2.5	+.083	+0.1	+0.8	+.131
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		%
De'Andre Hunter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	De'Andre Hunter	Gary Payton
Season	2024-25	1995-96
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
De'Andre Hunter	64	27.2	17.0	0.7	3.3	4.0	1.4	0.8	0.2	1.3	2.4	5.6	11.9	.470	2.5	6.1	.405	3.4	4.0	.846
difference:	+17	+11.8	+2.3	+0.6	+0.4	+0.2	+6.1	+2.1		-1.9	-0.3	+2.0	+3.9	+.014	+1.3	+2.4	+.077	+0.6	+0.2	+.098
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		%
De'Andre Hunter	8	23.1	11.0	0.8	2.9	3.6	1.0	0.5	0.1	0.9	2.1	3.4	7.9	.429	1.5	3.3	.462	2.8	3.3	.846
difference:	+13	+20.3	+9.7	+0.1	+1.3	+1.5	+5.8	+1.3	+0.2	-2.1	-1.2	+4.3	+8.0	+.056	+0.5	+1.5	+.052	+0.5	+1.9	+.213
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
	De'Andre Hunter	Gary Payton
Season	2025-26	1996-97
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play (season in progress)	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		%
De'Andre Hunter	30	27.8	14.7	0.7	3.6	4.2	2.1	0.7	0.2	1.5	2.7	4.9	11.6	.425	1.8	5.8	.314	3.0	3.5	.856
difference:	+52	+11.4	+7.1	+0.6	+0.3	+0.4	+5.0	+1.7		-1.1	-0.2	+3.7	+6.5	+.051	+0.3	+1.2	+.001	+0.1	+0.8	+.141
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		%
De'Andre Hunter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Additional Years
* Gary Payton played 10 seasons more than De'Andre Hunter in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 17, from 1998 to 2007—Gary Payton played in 8 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 10 extra years over De'Andre Hunter, Gary Payton got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Defensive First Team 5 All-Star Game

De'Andre Hunter vs. Gary Payton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gary Payton and De'Andre Hunter, 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

Additional Years