Dillon Brooks vs. Gary Payton Season by Season Comparison

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

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.

Dillon Brooks played 9 years in the NBA, 8 less than Gary Payton, who played 17. Dillon Brooks had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, 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.

Rookie Season
	Dillon Brooks	Gary Payton
Season	2017-18	1990-91
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	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		%
Dillon Brooks	82	28.7	11.0	0.6	2.5	3.1	1.6	0.9	0.2	1.5	2.8	4.1	9.4	.440	1.1	3.2	.356	1.5	2.0	.747
difference:		+1.3	+3.8	+0.7	+0.9	+0.1	+4.8	+1.1		-0.7	-0.2	+0.9	+2.4	+.010	+1.1	+3.0	+.279	+0.7	+0.8	+.036
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		%
Dillon Brooks	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 4
	Dillon Brooks	Gary Payton
Season	2020-21	1993-94
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
Dillon Brooks	67	29.8	17.2	0.8	2.1	2.9	2.3	1.2	0.4	1.8	3.5	6.4	15.4	.419	1.9	5.6	.344	2.4	2.9	.815
difference:	+15	+5.3	+0.7	+0.5	+0.1	+0.4	+3.7	+1.1	+0.2	-0.3	-0.7	+0.7	+1.3	+.085	+1.7	+4.9	+.066	+0.4	+0.5	+.220
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		%
Dillon Brooks	5	35.0	25.8	1.0	3.2	4.2	2.2	1.4	0.4	1.8	3.4	10.0	19.4	.515	1.6	4.0	.400	4.2	5.2	.808
difference:		+1.2	+10.0	+0.2	+1.0	+0.8	+3.4	+0.2		-0.2	-0.4	+3.2	+5.6	+.022	+1.0	+2.2	+.067	+2.6	+1.4	+.387
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
	Dillon Brooks	Gary Payton
Season	2021-22	1994-95
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
Dillon Brooks	32	27.7	18.4	0.9	2.3	3.2	2.8	1.1	0.3	1.6	3.3	7.1	16.4	.432	1.4	4.7	.309	2.8	3.3	.849
difference:	+50	+9.1	+2.2	+0.4	+0.2	+0.2	+4.3	+1.4	+0.1	-0.9	-0.8	+1.3		+.077	+0.5	+1.9	+.007	+0.2	+0.9	+.133
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		%
Dillon Brooks	11	30.5	14.6	0.7	2.0	2.7	2.7	1.0	0.3	2.0	3.3	5.5	15.6	.349	2.3	6.5	.347	1.5	2.3	.640
difference:	+7	+12.5	+3.2	+0.8	+1.0	+0.2	+2.6	+0.3	+0.3			+2.5	+1.2	+.129	+1.8	+4.0	+.147	+0.2	+0.7	+.223
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
	Dillon Brooks	Gary Payton
Season	2022-23	1995-96
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
Dillon Brooks	73	30.3	14.3	0.6	2.7	3.3	2.6	0.9	0.2	1.4	3.3	5.4	13.6	.396	2.0	6.0	.326	1.6	2.1	.779
difference:	+8	+8.7	+5.0	+0.7	+0.2	+0.9	+4.9	+2.0		-1.8	-0.6	+2.2	+2.2	+.088	+0.8	+2.3	+.002	+1.2	+1.7	+.031
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		%
Dillon Brooks	6	27.8	10.5	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.8	0.2	0.0	1.2	3.3	4.0	12.8	.312	1.7	7.0	.238	0.8	1.2	.714
difference:	+15	+15.6	+10.2	+0.4	+1.7	+2.1	+5.0	+1.6	+0.3	-1.8		+3.7	+3.1	+.173	+0.3	+2.2	+.172	+2.5	+4.0	+.081
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
	Dillon Brooks	Gary Payton
Season	2023-24	1996-97
Team	Houston Rockets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dillon Brooks	72	30.9	12.7	0.7	2.7	3.4	1.7	0.9	0.1	1.2	3.3	4.6	10.7	.428	1.8	5.1	.359	1.7	2.0	.844
difference:	+10	+8.3	+9.1	+0.6	+0.6	+1.2	+5.4	+1.5	+0.1	-1.4	-0.8	+4.0	+7.4	+.048	+0.3	+0.5	+.046	+1.4	+2.3	+.129
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		%
Dillon Brooks	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

Season 8
	Dillon Brooks	Gary Payton
Season	2024-25	1997-98
Team	Houston Rockets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Dillon Brooks	75	31.8	14.0	1.0	2.7	3.7	1.7	0.8	0.2	1.0	3.2	5.1	11.9	.429	2.5	6.3	.397	1.3	1.6	.818
difference:	+7	+6.6	+5.2	+0.1	+0.9	+0.9	+6.6	+1.5		-1.8	-0.8	+2.0	+3.7	+.024	+0.9	+1.5	+.059	+2.1	+3.0	+.074
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		%
Dillon Brooks	7	29.4	12.3	1.3	1.9	3.1	1.3	0.7	0.3	1.3	3.9	4.0	9.0	.444	1.4	4.1	.345	2.9	3.4	.833
difference:	+3	+13.3	+11.7	+0.4	+0.6	+0.3	+5.7	+1.1	+0.2	-1.3	-0.8	+4.7	+9.3	+.031	+0.5	+0.9	+.035	+1.8	+1.6	+.107
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
	Dillon Brooks	Gary Payton
Season	2025-26	1998-99
Team	Phoenix Suns	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dillon Brooks	3	30.3	19.3	1.3	2.0	3.3	2.3	2.7	0.7	2.3	4.3	7.3	19.7	.373	3.0	10.3	.290	1.7	1.7	1.000
difference:	+47	+9.9	+2.4	+0.1	+1.6	+1.6	+6.4	+0.5	+0.5	-0.8	-2.0	+0.7	+1.2	+.061	+1.3	+4.7	+.005	+2.3	+3.8	+.279
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
* Neiher Dillon Brooks nor Gary Payton played in the postseason in their season 9

Additional Years
* Gary Payton played 8 seasons more than Dillon Brooks in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 17, from 2000 to 2007—Gary Payton played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 8 extra years over Dillon Brooks, Gary Payton got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Defensive First Team 4 All-Star Game