Gary Payton vs. Collin Sexton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Collin Sexton and Gary Payton, 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.

Gary Payton played 17 years in the NBA, 10 more than Collin Sexton, who played 7. Gary Payton had the first of his seasons in 1990-91, while Collin Sexton had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
	Gary Payton	Collin Sexton
Season	1990-91	2018-19
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:		+4.4	+9.5	+0.6	+0.6	+0.1	+3.4	+1.5	+0.1	-0.1	-0.7	+3.1	+7.7	+.020	+1.5	+3.4	+.325	+1.8	+1.9	+.128
Collin Sexton	82	31.8	16.7	0.7	2.2	2.9	3.0	0.5	0.1	2.3	2.3	6.3	14.7	.430	1.5	3.6	.402	2.6	3.1	.839
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Collin Sexton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Gary Payton	Collin Sexton
Season	1993-94	2021-22
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+71	+6.4	+0.5	+0.1	+0.1		+3.9	+1.4	+0.2	-0.7	-0.5	+0.9	+0.4	+.054	+0.8	+3.4	+.034	+0.6	+0.1	+.149
Collin Sexton	11	28.7	16.0	1.2	2.1	3.3	2.1	0.9	0.0	2.8	2.3	6.2	13.7	.450	1.0	4.1	.244	2.6	3.5	.744
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Collin Sexton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Gary Payton	Collin Sexton
Season	1994-95	2022-23
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+34	+12.9	+6.3	+0.5	+0.7	+1.2	+4.2	+1.9	+0.1	-0.7	-0.2	+3.5	+6.6	+.003	+0.1	+0.3	+.091	+0.4	+0.1	+.103
Collin Sexton	48	23.9	14.3	0.8	1.4	2.2	2.9	0.6	0.1	1.8	2.3	4.9	9.8	.506	1.0	2.5	.393	3.4	4.1	.819
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Collin Sexton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Gary Payton	Collin Sexton
Season	1995-96	2023-24
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+3	+12.4	+0.6	+0.4	+1.2	+1.6	+2.6	+2.1		-1.1	-0.7	+1.1	+2.5	+.003	+0.4	+0.5	+.066	+1.3	+0.9	+.111
Collin Sexton	78	26.6	18.7	0.9	1.7	2.6	4.9	0.8	0.2	2.1	2.0	6.5	13.3	.487	1.6	4.2	.394	4.1	4.7	.859
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Collin Sexton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Gary Payton	Collin Sexton
Season	1996-97	2024-25
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+19	+11.3	+3.4	+0.3	+1.5	+1.9	+2.9	+1.7	+0.1	-0.1	-0.2	+2.0	+4.3	+.004	+0.2	+0.3	+.093	+0.3	+0.3	+.150
Collin Sexton	63	27.9	18.4	1.0	1.8	2.7	4.2	0.7	0.1	2.5	2.3	6.6	13.8	.480	1.7	4.3	.406	3.4	4.0	.865
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Collin Sexton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Gary Payton played 10 seasons more than Collin Sexton 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 Collin Sexton, 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