Kyle Kuzma vs. Kenny Payne Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Payne and Kyle Kuzma, 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.

Kyle Kuzma played 7 years in the NBA, 3 more than Kenny Payne, who played 4. Kyle Kuzma had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Kenny Payne had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7
Rookie Season
	Kyle Kuzma	Kenny Payne
Season	2017-18	1989-90
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Kuzma	77	31.2	16.1	1.1	5.1	6.3	1.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	2.1	6.1	13.5	.450	2.1	5.6	.366	1.9	2.7	.707
Kenny Payne	35	6.2	3.3	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.1	1.3	3.1	.435	0.1	0.3	.400	0.5	0.5	.889
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Payne	3	3.3	2.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.7	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000

Season 3
	Kyle Kuzma	Kenny Payne
Season	2019-20	1991-92
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Kuzma	61	25.0	12.8	0.9	3.6	4.5	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.5	2.1	4.8	11.0	.436	1.4	4.5	.316	1.9	2.5	.735
Kenny Payne	49	7.2	2.9	0.3	0.8	1.1	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.7	1.3	3.0	.448	0.1	0.2	.417	0.2	0.3	.692
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Kuzma	21	23.0	10.0	0.9	2.2	3.1	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.4	3.7	8.5	.430	1.2	4.0	.313	1.4	1.8	.784
Kenny Payne	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-