Steve Kerr vs. Gary Payton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gary Payton and Steve Kerr, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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.

Steve Kerr played 15 years in the NBA, 2 less than Gary Payton, who played 17. Steve Kerr had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Steve Kerr	15	11	1988-89 to 2002-03
Gary Payton	17	15	1990-91 to 2006-07

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	Steve Kerr	Gary Payton
Season	1988-89	1990-91
Team	Phoenix Suns	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		%
Steve Kerr	26	6.0	2.1	0.1	0.5	0.7	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.8	1.8	.435	0.3	0.7	.471	0.2	0.3	.667
difference:	+56	+21.4	+5.1	+1.2	+1.1	+2.3	+5.5	+1.7	+0.2	-2.0	-2.5	+2.4	+5.2	+.015	+0.3	+0.5	+.394	+0.6	+0.9	+.044
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		%
Steve Kerr	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 2
	Steve Kerr	Gary Payton
Season	1989-90	1991-92
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	78	21.3	6.7	0.2	1.1	1.3	3.2	0.6	0.1	0.9	0.8	2.5	5.5	.444	0.9	1.8	.507	0.8	0.9	.863
difference:	+3	+10.2	+2.7	+1.3	+1.0	+2.3	+3.0	+1.2	+0.2	-1.2	-2.3	+1.6	+3.6	+.007	+0.9	+1.5	+.377	+0.4	+0.9	+.194
Gary Payton	81	31.5	9.4	1.5	2.1	3.6	6.2	1.8	0.3	2.1	3.1	4.1	9.1	.451	0.0	0.3	.130	1.2	1.8	.669

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	5	14.6	1.6	0.2	1.0	1.2	2.0	0.8	0.0	0.4	1.2	0.8	2.8	.286	0.0	0.6	.000	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+3	+13.0	+6.0	+0.6	+0.9	+1.4	+2.8	+0.2	+0.3	-0.9	-2.1	+2.6	+4.5	+.180		+0.3		+0.9	+1.5
Gary Payton	8	27.6	7.6	0.8	1.9	2.6	4.8	1.0	0.3	1.3	3.3	3.4	7.3	.466	0.0	0.3	.000	0.9	1.5	.583


Season 3
	Steve Kerr	Gary Payton
Season	1990-91	1992-93
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did not play	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	57	15.9	4.8	0.1	0.6	0.6	2.3	0.5	0.1	0.7	0.9	1.7	3.9	.444	0.5	1.1	.452	0.8	0.9	.849
difference:	+25	+15.2	+8.7	+1.1	+1.7	+2.8	+2.6	+1.7	+0.2	-1.1	-2.1	+4.1	+7.8	+.050	+0.4	+0.7	+.246	+1.0	+1.5	+.079
Gary Payton	82	31.1	13.5	1.2	2.3	3.4	4.9	2.2	0.3	1.8	3.0	5.8	11.7	.494	0.1	0.4	.206	1.8	2.4	.770

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gary Payton	19	31.8	12.3	1.2	2.2	3.3	3.7	1.8	0.2	1.8	3.4	5.5	12.4	.443	0.1	0.3	.167	1.3	1.9	.676


Season 4
	Steve Kerr	Gary Payton
Season	1991-92	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 Finals	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		%
Steve Kerr	48	17.6	6.6	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.3	0.6	0.2	0.6	0.6	2.5	4.9	.511	0.7	1.5	.432	0.9	1.1	.833
difference:	+34	+17.5	+9.9	+1.0	+0.7	+1.7	+3.7	+1.7		-1.5	-2.2	+4.6	+9.2	+.007	+0.5	+0.8	+.154	+1.1	+2.3	+.238
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		%
Steve Kerr	12	12.4	3.7	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.5	3.4	.439	0.3	0.9	.273	0.4	0.4	1.000
difference:	+7	+23.8	+12.1	+1.1	+1.8	+2.9	+4.8	+1.2	+0.4	-1.3	-2.0	+5.3	+10.4	+.054	+0.3	+0.9	+.060	+1.2	+3.4	+.579
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
	Steve Kerr	Gary Payton
Season	1992-93	1994-95
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Orlando Magic	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
Steve Kerr	52	9.3	2.6	0.1	0.8	0.9	1.3	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.7	1.0	2.3	.434	0.1	0.5	.231	0.4	0.5	.917
difference:	+30	+27.5	+18.0	+1.2	+1.3	+2.5	+5.8	+2.3	+0.2	-2.0	-1.8	+7.4	+14.1	+.075	+0.8	+2.3	+.071	+2.6	+3.7	+.201
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		%
Steve Kerr	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Steve Kerr	Gary Payton
Season	1993-94	1995-96
Team	Chicago Bulls	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Steve Kerr	82	24.8	8.6	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.6	0.9	0.0	0.7	1.2	3.5	7.0	.497	0.6	1.5	.419	1.0	1.2	.856
difference:	+1	+14.2	+10.7	+1.0	+1.6	+2.6	+4.9	+2.0	+0.2	-2.5	-1.5	+4.1	+8.8	+.013	+0.6	+2.2	+.091	+1.8	+2.6	+.108
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		%
Steve Kerr	10	18.6	3.5	0.2	1.2	1.4	1.0	0.7	0.0	0.1	1.3	1.3	3.6	.361	0.6	1.6	.375	0.3	0.3	1.000
difference:	+11	+24.8	+17.2	+0.7	+3.0	+3.7	+5.8	+1.1	+0.3	-2.9	-2.0	+6.4	+12.3	+.124	+1.4	+3.2	+.035	+3.0	+4.9	+.367
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
	Steve Kerr	Gary Payton
Season	1994-95	1996-97
Team	Chicago Bulls	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Steve Kerr	82	22.4	8.2	0.2	1.2	1.5	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.6	1.4	3.2	6.0	.527	1.1	2.1	.524	0.8	1.0	.778
difference:		+16.8	+13.6	+1.1	+2.1	+3.1	+5.3	+1.9	+0.2	-2.0	-1.1	+5.4	+12.1	+.051	+0.4	+2.5	+.211	+2.3	+3.3	+.063
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		%
Steve Kerr	10	19.3	5.1	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	1.4	1.9	4.0	.475	0.8	1.9	.421	0.5	0.5	1.000
difference:	+2	+26.3	+18.7	+1.6	+3.3	+4.8	+7.2	+2.1	+0.3	-2.9	-0.8	+6.9	+17.3	+.063	+1.3	+4.4	+.088	+3.7	+4.6	+.180
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
	Steve Kerr	Gary Payton
Season	1995-96	1997-98
Team	Chicago Bulls	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Steve Kerr	82	23.4	8.4	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.8	0.0	0.5	1.3	3.0	5.9	.506	1.5	2.9	.515	1.0	1.0	.929
difference:		+15.0	+10.8	+0.6	+2.6	+3.3	+6.0	+1.5	+0.2	-2.3	-1.1	+4.1	+9.7	+.053	+0.1	+1.9	+.177	+2.4	+3.6	+.185
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		%
Steve Kerr	18	19.8	6.8	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.7	0.8	0.0	0.7	1.2	2.2	4.8	.448	0.9	2.9	.321	1.5	1.7	.871
difference:	+8	+22.9	+17.2	+0.7	+1.7	+2.4	+5.3	+1.0	+0.1	-1.9	-1.9	+6.5	+13.5	+.027	+1.0	+2.1	+.059	+3.2	+3.3	+.069
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
	Steve Kerr	Gary Payton
Season	1996-97	1998-99
Team	Chicago Bulls	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Steve Kerr	82	22.7	8.1	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.1	0.8	0.0	0.5	1.2	3.0	5.7	.533	1.3	2.9	.464	0.7	0.8	.806
difference:	+32	+17.5	+13.6	+0.8	+2.4	+3.3	+6.6	+1.4	+0.2	-2.6	-1.1	+5.0	+12.8	+.099	+0.4	+2.7	+.169	+3.3	+4.7	+.085
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		%
Steve Kerr	19	17.9	5.0	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.1	0.9	0.1	0.4	1.3	1.7	4.1	.429	0.8	2.2	.381	0.7	0.7	.929
Gary Payton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Steve Kerr	Gary Payton
Season	1997-98	1999-00
Team	Chicago Bulls	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Steve Kerr	50	22.4	7.5	0.3	1.3	1.5	1.9	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.4	2.7	6.0	.454	1.1	2.6	.438	0.9	1.0	.918
difference:	+32	+19.4	+16.7	+0.9	+3.9	+5.0	+7.0	+1.4	+0.1	-2.2	-0.8	+6.4	+14.3	+.006	+1.1	+3.7	+.098	+2.9	+4.2	+.183
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		%
Steve Kerr	21	19.8	4.9	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.2	1.2	1.6	3.6	.434	0.9	2.0	.463	0.9	1.0	.818
difference:	+16	+24.4	+20.9	+1.2	+5.6	+6.8	+5.7	+1.5	+0.2	-3.4	-2.0	+8.4	+19.0	+.008	+0.9	+2.6	+.072	+3.1	+4.2	+.049
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
	Steve Kerr	Gary Payton
Season	1998-99	2000-01
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Steve Kerr	44	16.7	4.4	0.1	0.9	1.0	1.1	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.5	4.0	.391	0.6	1.8	.313	0.7	0.8	.886
difference:	+35	+24.4	+18.7	+0.8	+2.7	+3.6	+7.0	+1.1	+0.2	-2.1	-1.7	+7.7	+16.1	+.065	+0.7	+1.6	+.062	+2.7	+3.7	+.120
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	11	8.7	2.2	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.5	0.7	2.7	.267	0.3	1.2	.231	0.5	0.5	.833
Gary Payton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Steve Kerr	Gary Payton
Season	1999-00	2001-02
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
Steve Kerr	32	8.4	2.8	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.4	1.0	2.3	.432	0.5	1.0	.516	0.3	0.3	.818
difference:	+50	+31.9	+19.3	+0.9	+3.4	+4.2	+8.6	+1.5	+0.3	-2.3	-1.8	+8.0	+16.9	+.035	+0.4	+1.9	+.202	+3.0	+3.8	+.021
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		%
Steve Kerr	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Steve Kerr	Gary Payton
Season	2000-01	2002-03
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Steve Kerr	55	11.8	3.3	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.5	1.2	2.9	.421	0.6	1.4	.429	0.3	0.3	.933
difference:	+25	+28.3	+17.1	+0.9	+2.7	+3.6	+7.3	+1.4	+0.3	-1.9	-1.8	+7.1	+15.4	+.033	+0.1	+0.9	+.132	+2.8	+4.1	+.223
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		%
Steve Kerr	9	11.1	3.3	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.9	1.3	2.8	.480	0.6	1.7	.333	0.1	0.2	.500
difference:	+3	+30.7	+15.2	+0.4	+1.6	+2.0	+8.0	+0.9	+0.1	-2.0	-2.1	+6.7	+15.9	+.051	+0.4	+0.8	+.266	+2.2	+3.1	+.200
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


Season 14
	Steve Kerr	Gary Payton
Season	2001-02	2003-04
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	65	11.9	4.1	0.1	0.8	0.9	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.8	1.6	3.3	.470	0.4	1.0	.394	0.6	0.6	.975
difference:	+17	+22.6	+10.5	+0.8	+2.5	+3.3	+4.5	+1.0	+0.2	-1.4	-1.3	+4.3	+9.2	+.001	+0.3	+1.0	+.061	+1.6	+2.5	+.261
Gary Payton	82	34.5	14.6	0.9	3.3	4.2	5.5	1.2	0.2	1.8	2.1	5.9	12.5	.471	0.7	2.0	.333	2.2	3.1	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	3	13.0	6.3	0.0	1.3	1.3	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	2.0	2.0	4.7	.429	0.7	2.7	.250	1.7	1.7	1.000
difference:	+19	+22.0	+1.5	+0.9	+1.1	+2.0	+3.6	+0.7	+0.2	-1.0	-0.7	+1.1	+3.8	+.063	+0.1	+0.2		+0.7	+0.4	+.250
Gary Payton	22	35.0	7.8	0.9	2.4	3.3	5.3	1.0	0.2	1.3	2.7	3.1	8.5	.366	0.6	2.5	.250	1.0	1.3	.750


Season 15
	Steve Kerr	Gary Payton
Season	2002-03	2004-05
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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15th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	75	12.7	4.0	0.2	0.6	0.8	0.9	0.4	0.0	0.5	0.7	1.5	3.4	.430	0.7	1.7	.395	0.4	0.5	.882
difference:	+2	+20.3	+7.3	+0.4	+1.8	+2.3	+5.2	+0.7	+0.2	-1.4	-0.9	+2.9	+6.0	+.038	+0.2		+.069	+1.6	+2.1	+.121
Gary Payton	77	33.0	11.3	0.6	2.4	3.1	6.1	1.1	0.2	1.9	1.6	4.4	9.4	.468	0.5	1.7	.326	2.0	2.6	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	10	4.5	2.2	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.1	.636	0.5	0.6	.833	0.3	0.4	.750
difference:	+3	+29.6	+8.1	+1.0	+2.8	+3.8	+4.0	+0.8	+0.1	-1.5	-0.8	+4.0	+9.5	+.190	+0.4	+1.4	+.762	+0.4	+0.5	+.083
Gary Payton	7	34.1	10.3	1.1	3.0	4.1	4.6	0.9	0.1	1.6	1.4	4.7	10.6	.446	0.1	2.0	.071	0.7	0.9	.833

Additional Years

* Gary Payton played 2 seasons more than Steve Kerr in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 16 to 17, from 2006 to 2007—Gary Payton played in two Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

Steve Kerr vs. Gary Payton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gary Payton and Steve Kerr, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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Comparison Season by Season

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Season 5

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Season 8

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Season 9

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Season 10

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Season 11

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Season 12

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Season 13

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Season 14

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Season 15

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