Marcus Morris vs. Gary Payton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gary Payton and Marcus Morris, 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.

Marcus Morris played 13 years in the NBA, 4 less than Gary Payton, who played 17. Marcus Morris had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, 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
	Marcus Morris	Gary Payton
Season	2011-12	1990-91
Team	Houston Rockets	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		%
Marcus Morris	17	7.4	2.4	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.7	0.9	3.2	.296	0.1	1.0	.118	0.4	0.5	.750
difference:	+65	+20.0	+4.8	+1.0	+1.0	+2.1	+6.2	+1.9	+0.1	-2.0	-2.3	+2.3	+3.8	+.154	+0.1	+0.8	+.041	+0.4	+0.7	+.039
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		%
Marcus Morris	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
	Marcus Morris	Gary Payton
Season	2014-15	1993-94
Team	Phoenix Suns	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Marcus Morris	81	25.2	10.4	0.9	3.9	4.8	1.6	0.8	0.2	0.9	2.3	4.1	9.4	.434	1.4	3.9	.358	0.9	1.4	.628
difference:	+1	+9.9	+6.1	+0.4	+1.9	+1.5	+4.4	+1.5		-1.2	-0.5	+3.0	+4.7	+.070	+1.2	+3.2	+.080	+1.1	+2.0	+.033
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		%
Marcus Morris	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Marcus Morris	Gary Payton
Season	2015-16	1994-95
Team	Detroit Pistons	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Marcus Morris	80	35.7	14.1	1.1	3.9	5.1	2.5	0.8	0.3	1.8	2.1	5.1	11.8	.434	1.4	3.7	.362	2.5	3.4	.749
difference:	+2	+1.1	+6.5	+0.2	+1.8	+1.7	+4.6	+1.7	+0.1	-0.7	-0.4	+3.3	+4.6	+.075	+0.5	+0.9	+.060	+0.5	+0.8	+.033
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		%
Marcus Morris	4	36.0	17.8	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.5	0.5	0.0	1.3	4.3	5.5	11.8	.468	1.8	4.5	.389	5.0	5.8	.870
difference:		+7.0		+1.0	+1.8	+0.8	+2.8	+0.8		-0.7	-1.0	+2.5	+5.0	+.010	+1.3	+2.0	+.189	+3.7	+2.8	+.453
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
	Marcus Morris	Gary Payton
Season	2016-17	1995-96
Team	Detroit Pistons	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Marcus Morris	79	32.5	14.0	1.0	3.7	4.6	2.0	0.7	0.3	1.1	2.1	5.3	12.7	.418	1.5	4.5	.331	1.8	2.3	.784
difference:	+2	+6.5	+5.3	+0.3	+0.8	+0.4	+5.5	+2.2	+0.1	-2.1	-0.6	+2.3	+3.1	+.066	+0.3	+0.8	+.003	+1.0	+1.5	+.036
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		%
Marcus Morris	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Marcus Morris	Gary Payton
Season	2017-18	1996-97
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Marcus Morris	54	26.8	13.6	0.8	4.6	5.4	1.3	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.9	4.9	11.3	.429	1.6	4.3	.368	2.3	2.9	.805
difference:	+28	+12.4	+8.2	+0.5	+1.3	+0.8	+5.8	+1.8		-1.4	-0.6	+3.7	+6.8	+.047	+0.1	+0.3	+.055	+0.8	+1.4	+.090
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		%
Marcus Morris	19	29.6	12.4	1.1	4.4	5.4	1.1	0.4	0.3	1.0	3.2	4.3	11.7	.368	1.6	3.8	.417	2.2	3.1	.712
difference:	+7	+16.0	+11.4	+0.6	+0.6		+7.6	+1.8		-1.9	-1.0	+4.5	+9.6	+.044	+0.5	+2.5	+.084	+2.0	+2.0	+.108
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
	Marcus Morris	Gary Payton
Season	2018-19	1997-98
Team	Boston Celtics	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Marcus Morris	75	27.9	13.9	1.0	5.1	6.1	1.5	0.6	0.3	1.2	2.4	5.0	11.3	.447	1.9	5.2	.375	1.9	2.3	.844
difference:	+7	+10.5	+5.3	+0.1	+1.5	+1.5	+6.8	+1.7	+0.1	-1.6		+2.1	+4.3	+.006	+0.3	+0.4	+.037	+1.5	+2.3	+.100
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		%
Marcus Morris	9	28.2	13.7	1.3	6.8	8.1	1.2	0.1	0.6	0.8	2.4	4.6	8.8	.519	2.0	4.4	.450	2.6	3.4	.742
difference:	+1	+14.5	+10.3	+0.4	+4.3	+4.7	+5.8	+1.7	+0.5	-1.8	-0.7	+4.1	+9.5	+.044	+0.1	+0.6	+.070	+2.1	+1.6	+.198
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
	Marcus Morris	Gary Payton
Season	2019-20	1998-99
Team	New York Knicks, Los Angeles Clippers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Marcus Morris	62	31.2	16.7	1.0	4.1	5.0	1.4	0.8	0.5	1.6	2.9	5.7	13.1	.438	2.3	5.6	.408	2.9	3.5	.823
difference:	+12	+9.0	+5.0	+0.2	+0.5	+0.1	+7.3	+1.4	+0.3	-1.5	-0.6	+2.3	+5.4	+.004	+0.6		+.113	+1.1	+2.0	+.102
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Morris	13	29.8	11.8	0.8	4.0	4.8	1.6	0.8	0.1	0.7	3.0	4.3	8.5	.505	2.2	4.5	.475	1.0	1.1	.929
Gary Payton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Marcus Morris	Gary Payton
Season	2020-21	1999-00
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Finals	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Morris	57	26.4	13.4	0.6	3.5	4.1	1.0	0.6	0.3	1.0	2.1	4.8	10.2	.473	2.5	5.2	.473	1.3	1.6	.820
difference:	+25	+15.4	+10.8	+0.6	+1.7	+2.4	+7.9	+1.3	+0.1	-1.7	-0.1	+4.3	+10.1	+.025	+0.3	+1.1	+.133	+2.5	+3.6	+.085
Gary Payton	82	41.8	24.2	1.2	5.2	6.5	8.9	1.9	0.2	2.7	2.2	9.1	20.3	.448	2.2	6.3	.340	3.8	5.2	.735
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Morris	19	31.8	12.2	0.7	3.6	4.3	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	2.6	4.5	10.5	.430	1.9	5.1	.375	1.3	1.7	.750
difference:	+14	+12.4	+13.6	+0.9	+2.4	+3.3	+5.9	+1.3	+0.3	-3.2	-0.6	+5.5	+12.1	+.012	+0.1	+0.5	+.016	+2.7	+3.5	+.019
Gary Payton	5	44.2	25.8	1.6	6.0	7.6	7.4	1.8	0.2	3.6	3.2	10.0	22.6	.442	1.8	4.6	.391	4.0	5.2	.769

Season 11
	Marcus Morris	Gary Payton
Season	2021-22	2000-01
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Morris	54	29.0	15.4	0.5	3.9	4.4	2.1	0.5	0.3	1.3	2.1	5.6	12.8	.434	1.9	5.1	.367	2.4	2.7	.872
difference:	+25	+12.1	+7.7	+0.4	+0.3	+0.2	+6.0	+1.1		-1.3	-0.2	+3.6	+7.3	+.022	+0.6	+1.7	+.008	+1.0	+1.8	+.106
Gary Payton	79	41.1	23.1	0.9	3.6	4.6	8.1	1.6	0.3	2.6	2.3	9.2	20.1	.456	1.3	3.4	.375	3.4	4.5	.766
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Marcus Morris nor Gary Payton played in the postseason in their season 11

Season 12
	Marcus Morris	Gary Payton
Season	2022-23	2001-02
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Morris	65	28.1	11.2	0.4	3.5	4.0	1.8	0.6	0.3	0.9	2.1	4.2	9.9	.426	1.7	4.7	.364	1.0	1.3	.782
difference:	+17	+12.2	+10.9	+0.6	+0.4	+0.8	+7.2	+1.0		-1.6	-0.1	+4.8	+9.3	+.041	+0.8	+1.8	+.050	+2.3	+2.8	+.015
Gary Payton	82	40.3	22.1	1.0	3.9	4.8	9.0	1.6	0.3	2.5	2.2	9.0	19.2	.467	0.9	2.9	.314	3.3	4.1	.797
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Morris	3	22.7	8.7	0.3	3.7	4.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.0	3.3	9.7	.345	0.7	4.0	.167	1.3	1.3	1.000
difference:	+2	+18.5	+13.5	+1.7	+2.9	+4.6	+5.8	+0.3	+0.1	-2.3	-0.4	+5.7	+11.5	+.080	+0.1	+1.0	+.100	+2.1	+4.5	+.414
Gary Payton	5	41.2	22.2	2.0	6.6	8.6	5.8	0.6	0.4	2.6	2.4	9.0	21.2	.425	0.8	3.0	.267	3.4	5.8	.586

Season 13
	Marcus Morris	Gary Payton
Season	2023-24	2002-03
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Cleveland Cavaliers	Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Morris	49	16.7	6.4	0.5	2.3	2.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.5	2.4	5.4	.439	1.0	2.4	.403	0.7	0.9	.818
difference:	+31	+23.4	+14.0	+0.5	+0.9	+1.5	+7.6	+1.4		-1.7	-0.8	+5.9	+12.9	+.015	+0.3	+0.1	+.106	+2.4	+3.5	+.108
Gary Payton	80	40.1	20.4	1.0	3.2	4.2	8.3	1.7	0.3	2.3	2.3	8.3	18.3	.454	0.7	2.3	.297	3.1	4.4	.710
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Morris	9	15.3	6.1	0.2	2.6	2.8	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.9	2.4	5.3	.458	1.0	2.6	.391	0.2	0.3	.667
difference:	+3	+26.5	+12.4	+0.5	+0.3	+0.2	+8.4	+0.9	+0.2	-1.9	-2.1	+5.6	+13.4	+.029	+0.8	+0.1	+.324	+2.1	+3.0	+.033
Gary Payton	6	41.8	18.5	0.7	2.3	3.0	8.7	1.3	0.2	2.2	3.0	8.0	18.7	.429	0.2	2.5	.067	2.3	3.3	.700