Jalen Green vs. Gary Payton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gary Payton and Jalen Green, 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.

Jalen Green played 4 years in the NBA, 13 less than Gary Payton, who played 17. Jalen Green had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, 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
	Jalen Green	Gary Payton
Season	2021-22	1990-91
Team	Houston Rockets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First 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		%
Jalen Green	67	31.9	17.3	0.5	2.9	3.4	2.6	0.7	0.3	2.0	1.5	6.1	14.2	.426	2.3	6.8	.343	2.8	3.5	.797
difference:	+15	+4.5	+10.1	+0.8	+1.3	+0.4	+3.8	+1.3	+0.1	-0.2	-1.5	+2.9	+7.2	+.024	+2.3	+6.6	+.266	+2.0	+2.3	+.086
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		%
Jalen Green	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
	Jalen Green	Gary Payton
Season	2024-25	1993-94
Team	Houston Rockets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Jalen Green	82	32.9	21.0	0.5	4.0	4.6	3.4	0.9	0.3	2.5	1.5	7.4	17.5	.423	2.9	8.1	.354	3.3	4.1	.813
difference:		+2.2	+4.5	+0.8	+2.0	+1.3	+2.6	+1.4	+0.1	-0.4	-1.3	+0.3	+3.4	+.081	+2.7	+7.4	+.076	+1.3	+0.7	+.218
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		%
Jalen Green	7	31.3	13.3	0.4	5.0	5.4	2.9	0.6	0.3	1.4	0.9	4.6	12.3	.372	1.9	6.3	.295	2.3	3.4	.667
difference:	+2	+4.9	+2.5	+0.8	+2.8	+2.0	+2.7	+1.0	+0.1	-0.2	-2.1	+2.2	+1.5	+.121	+1.3	+4.5	+.038	+0.7	+0.4	+.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

Additional Years
* Gary Payton played 13 seasons more than Jalen Green in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 17, from 1995 to 2007—Gary Payton played in 11 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 13 extra years over Jalen Green, Gary Payton got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA First Team 5 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 8 All-Defensive First Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 1 Steals Leader 8 All-Star Game