Isaac Okoro vs. Gary Payton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gary Payton and Isaac Okoro, 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.

Isaac Okoro played 5 years in the NBA, 12 less than Gary Payton, who played 17. Isaac Okoro had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, 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
	Isaac Okoro	Gary Payton
Season	2020-21	1990-91
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	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		%
Isaac Okoro	67	32.4	9.6	1.0	2.1	3.1	1.9	0.9	0.4	1.3	2.8	3.5	8.3	.420	0.9	3.2	.290	1.7	2.3	.726
difference:	+15	+5.0	+2.4	+0.3	+0.5	+0.1	+4.5	+1.1	+0.2	-0.9	-0.2	+0.3	+1.3	+.030	+0.9	+3.0	+.213	+0.9	+1.1	+.015
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		%
Isaac Okoro	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
	Isaac Okoro	Gary Payton
Season	2023-24	1993-94
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
Isaac Okoro	69	27.3	9.4	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.9	0.8	0.5	0.8	2.0	3.4	7.0	.490	1.2	3.1	.391	1.3	2.0	.679
difference:	+13	+7.8	+7.1	+0.3		+0.3	+4.1	+1.5	+0.3	-1.3	-0.8	+3.7	+7.1	+.014	+1.0	+2.4	+.113	+0.7	+1.4	+.084
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		%
Isaac Okoro	12	21.9	5.5	0.4	1.3	1.8	1.1	0.9	0.3	0.9	2.5	2.1	5.8	.357	0.8	2.9	.257	0.6	0.8	.778
difference:	+7	+14.3	+10.3	+0.8	+0.9	+1.6	+4.5	+0.7	+0.1	-0.7	-0.5	+4.7	+8.0	+.136	+0.2	+1.1	+.076	+1.0	+3.0	+.357
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
	Isaac Okoro	Gary Payton
Season	2024-25	1994-95
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
Isaac Okoro	55	19.1	6.1	0.9	1.5	2.4	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.4	1.9	2.3	4.9	.464	1.0	2.7	.371	0.6	0.8	.717
difference:	+27	+17.7	+14.5	+0.4	+0.6	+1.0	+5.9	+1.9	+0.1	-2.1	-0.6	+6.1	+11.5	+.045	+0.1	+0.1	+.069	+2.4	+3.4	+.001
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		%
Isaac Okoro	9	14.2	4.6	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.6	0.7	0.1	0.4	1.4	1.7	3.3	.500	0.7	1.8	.375	0.6	0.9	.625
difference:	+5	+28.8	+13.2	+1.1	+0.2	+1.3	+4.7	+0.6	+0.1	-1.6	-1.9	+6.3	+13.5	+.022	+0.2	+0.7	+.175	+0.7	+2.1	+.208
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

Additional Years
* Gary Payton played 12 seasons more than Isaac Okoro in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 17, from 1996 to 2007—Gary Payton played in 10 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 12 extra years over Isaac Okoro, Gary Payton got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA First Team 4 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 7 All-Defensive First Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 1 Steals Leader 7 All-Star Game