Vince Carter vs. Gary Payton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gary Payton and Vince Carter, 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 / Scoring / Stats / 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.

Vince Carter played 22 years in the NBA, 5 more than Gary Payton, who played 17. Vince Carter had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, 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
Vince Carter	22	11	1998-99 to 2019-20
Gary Payton	17	15	1990-91 to 2006-07

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Vince Carter	Gary Payton
Season	1998-99	1990-91
Team	Toronto Raptors	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	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		%
Vince Carter	50	35.2	18.3	1.9	3.8	5.7	3.0	1.1	1.5	2.2	2.8	6.9	15.3	.450	0.4	1.3	.288	4.1	5.4	.761
difference:	+32	+7.8	+11.1	+0.6	+2.2	+2.7	+3.4	+0.9	+1.3		-0.2	+3.7	+8.3		+0.4	+1.1	+.211	+3.3	+4.2	+.050
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		%
Vince Carter	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
	Vince Carter	Gary Payton
Season	1999-00	1991-92
Team	Toronto Raptors	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors 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		%
Vince Carter	82	38.1	25.7	1.8	4.0	5.8	3.9	1.3	1.1	2.2	3.2	9.6	20.7	.465	1.2	2.9	.403	5.3	6.7	.791
difference:	+1	+6.6	+16.3	+0.3	+1.9	+2.2	+2.3	+0.5	+0.8	-0.1	-0.1	+5.5	+11.6	+.014	+1.2	+2.6	+.273	+4.1	+4.9	+.122
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		%
Vince Carter	3	39.7	19.3	3.0	3.0	6.0	6.3	1.0	1.3	2.7	4.0	5.0	16.7	.300	0.3	3.3	.100	9.0	10.3	.871
difference:	+5	+12.1	+11.7	+2.2	+1.1	+3.4	+1.5		+1.0	-1.4	-0.7	+1.6	+9.4	+.166	+0.3	+3.0	+.100	+8.1	+8.8	+.288
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
	Vince Carter	Gary Payton
Season	2000-01	1992-93
Team	Toronto Raptors	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Vince Carter	75	39.7	27.6	2.3	3.2	5.5	3.9	1.5	1.1	2.2	2.7	10.2	22.1	.460	2.2	5.3	.408	5.1	6.7	.765
difference:	+7	+8.6	+14.1	+1.1	+0.9	+2.1	+1.0	+0.7	+0.8	-0.4	-0.3	+4.4	+10.4	+.034	+2.1	+4.9	+.202	+3.3	+4.3	+.005
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		%
Vince Carter	12	45.1	27.3	3.1	3.4	6.5	4.7	1.7	1.7	2.3	3.8	10.2	23.3	.436	2.1	5.1	.410	4.8	6.2	.784
difference:	+7	+13.3	+15.0	+1.9	+1.2	+3.2	+1.0	+0.1	+1.5	-0.5	-0.4	+4.7	+10.9	+.007	+2.0	+4.8	+.243	+3.5	+4.3	+.108
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
	Vince Carter	Gary Payton
Season	2001-02	1993-94
Team	Toronto Raptors	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	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		%
Vince Carter	60	39.8	24.7	2.3	2.9	5.2	4.0	1.6	0.7	2.6	3.2	9.3	21.8	.428	2.0	5.2	.387	4.1	5.1	.798
difference:	+22	+4.7	+8.2	+1.0	+0.9	+1.9	+2.0	+0.7	+0.5	-0.5	-0.4	+2.2	+7.7	+.076	+1.8	+4.5	+.109	+2.1	+1.7	+.203
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		%
Vince Carter	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
	Vince Carter	Gary Payton
Season	2002-03	1994-95
Team	Toronto Raptors	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	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		%
Vince Carter	43	34.2	20.6	1.4	3.0	4.4	3.3	1.1	1.0	1.7	2.8	8.3	17.7	.467	1.0	3.0	.344	3.0	3.7	.806
difference:	+39	+2.6		+0.1	+0.9	+1.0	+3.8	+1.4	+0.8	-0.8	-0.3	+0.1	+1.3	+.042	+0.1	+0.2	+.042		+0.5	+.090
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		%
Vince Carter	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
	Vince Carter	Gary Payton
Season	2003-04	1995-96
Team	Toronto Raptors	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	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		%
Vince Carter	73	38.2	22.5	1.3	3.5	4.8	4.8	1.2	0.9	3.1	2.9	8.3	20.0	.417	1.3	3.3	.383	4.6	5.7	.806
difference:	+8	+0.8	+3.2		+0.6	+0.6	+2.7	+1.7	+0.7	-0.1	-0.2	+0.7	+4.2	+.067	+0.1	+0.4	+.055	+1.8	+1.9	+.058
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		%
Vince Carter	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
	Vince Carter	Gary Payton
Season	2004-05	1996-97
Team	Toronto Raptors, New Jersey Nets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Vince Carter	77	36.7	24.5	1.4	3.8	5.2	4.2	1.4	0.6	2.2	3.2	9.0	20.0	.452	1.6	4.1	.406	4.8	6.0	.798
difference:	+5	+2.5	+2.7	+0.1	+0.5	+0.6	+2.9	+1.0	+0.4	-0.4	-0.7	+0.4	+1.9	+.024	+0.1	+0.5	+.093	+1.7	+1.7	+.083
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		%
Vince Carter	4	45.3	26.8	2.3	6.3	8.5	5.8	2.3	0.0	3.8	4.3	8.8	24.0	.365	1.5	4.8	.316	7.8	9.0	.861
difference:	+8	+0.3	+3.0	+0.6	+2.5	+3.1	+2.9	+0.1	+0.3	-0.9	-2.1		+2.7	+.047	+0.6	+1.5	+.017	+3.6	+3.9	+.041
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
	Vince Carter	Gary Payton
Season	2005-06	1997-98
Team	New Jersey Nets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Vince Carter	79	36.8	24.2	1.7	4.1	5.8	4.3	1.2	0.7	2.7	3.0	8.3	19.2	.430	1.6	4.6	.341	6.1	7.6	.799
difference:	+3	+1.6	+5.0	+0.8	+0.5	+1.2	+4.0	+1.1	+0.5	-0.1	-0.6	+1.2	+3.6	+.023		+0.2	+.003	+2.7	+3.0	+.055
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		%
Vince Carter	11	40.9	29.6	1.5	5.5	7.0	5.3	1.8	0.5	2.4	3.1	10.3	22.2	.463	1.3	5.3	.241	7.8	9.8	.796
difference:	+1	+1.8	+5.6	+0.6	+3.0	+3.6	+1.7		+0.4	-0.2		+1.6	+3.9	+.012	+0.6	+0.3	+.139	+3.1	+4.8	+.144
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
	Vince Carter	Gary Payton
Season	2006-07	1998-99
Team	New Jersey Nets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East 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		%
Vince Carter	82	38.1	25.2	1.4	4.6	6.0	4.8	1.0	0.4	2.6	3.2	8.9	19.5	.454	1.9	5.3	.357	5.6	7.0	.802
difference:	+32	+2.1	+3.5	+0.2	+1.0	+1.1	+3.9	+1.2	+0.2	-0.5	-0.9	+0.9	+1.0	+.020	+0.2	+0.3	+.062	+1.6	+1.5	+.081
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		%
Vince Carter	12	40.6	22.3	1.4	5.4	6.8	5.3	0.9	0.6	3.2	2.9	7.8	19.6	.396	1.8	4.5	.389	5.1	7.3	.693
Gary Payton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Vince Carter	Gary Payton
Season	2007-08	1999-00
Team	New Jersey Nets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Vince Carter	76	38.9	21.3	1.5	4.5	6.0	5.1	1.2	0.4	2.4	3.2	7.7	16.9	.456	1.3	3.6	.359	4.6	5.6	.816
difference:	+6	+2.9	+2.9	+0.3	+0.7	+0.5	+3.8	+0.7	+0.2	-0.3	-1.0	+1.4	+3.4	+.008	+0.9	+2.7	+.019	+0.8	+0.4	+.081
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		%
Vince Carter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Vince Carter	Gary Payton
Season	2008-09	2000-01
Team	New Jersey Nets	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		%
Vince Carter	80	36.8	20.8	0.9	4.2	5.1	4.7	1.0	0.5	2.1	2.9	7.4	16.8	.437	1.9	4.9	.385	4.2	5.1	.817
difference:	+1	+4.3	+2.3		+0.6	+0.5	+3.4	+0.6	+0.2	-0.5	-0.6	+1.8	+3.3	+.019	+0.6	+1.5	+.010	+0.8	+0.6	+.051
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 Vince Carter nor Gary Payton played in the postseason in their season 11


Season 12
	Vince Carter	Gary Payton
Season	2009-10	2001-02
Team	Orlando Magic	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Vince Carter	75	30.8	16.6	0.4	3.5	3.9	3.1	0.7	0.2	1.4	2.5	5.8	13.5	.428	1.6	4.3	.367	3.4	4.1	.840
difference:	+7	+9.5	+5.5	+0.6	+0.4	+0.9	+5.9	+0.9	+0.1	-1.1	-0.3	+3.2	+5.7	+.039	+0.7	+1.4	+.053	+0.1		+.043
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		%
Vince Carter	14	34.3	15.5	0.6	3.6	4.2	2.3	0.9	0.2	1.6	3.6	5.3	13.1	.402	0.9	3.6	.235	4.1	4.9	.826
difference:	+9	+6.9	+6.7	+1.4	+3.0	+4.4	+3.5	+0.3	+0.2	-1.0	-1.2	+3.7	+8.1	+.023	+0.1	+0.6	+.032	+0.7	+0.9	+.240
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
	Vince Carter	Gary Payton
Season	2010-11	2002-03
Team	Orlando Magic, Phoenix Suns	Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Vince Carter	73	28.1	14.0	0.7	3.0	3.8	2.0	0.9	0.3	1.2	2.6	5.3	12.2	.437	1.6	4.4	.361	1.8	2.4	.740
difference:	+7	+12.0	+6.4	+0.3	+0.2	+0.4	+6.3	+0.8		-1.1	-0.3	+3.0	+6.1	+.017	+0.9	+2.1	+.064	+1.3	+2.0	+.030
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		%
Vince Carter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Vince Carter	Gary Payton
Season	2011-12	2003-04
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Vince Carter	61	25.3	10.1	0.5	2.8	3.4	2.3	0.9	0.4	1.4	2.2	3.7	8.9	.411	1.2	3.4	.361	1.6	1.9	.826
difference:	+21	+9.2	+4.5	+0.4	+0.5	+0.8	+3.2	+0.3	+0.2	-0.4	-0.1	+2.2	+3.6	+.060	+0.5	+1.4	+.028	+0.6	+1.2	+.112
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		%
Vince Carter	4	26.8	8.3	1.3	4.3	5.5	0.3	1.3	0.5	1.5	2.8	3.0	10.3	.293	0.8	2.5	.300	1.5	2.0	.750
difference:	+18	+8.2	+0.5	+0.4	+1.9	+2.2	+5.0	+0.3	+0.3	-0.2	-0.1	+0.1	+1.8	+.073	+0.2		+.050	+0.5	+0.7
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
	Vince Carter	Gary Payton
Season	2012-13	2004-05
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Vince Carter	81	25.8	13.4	0.7	3.4	4.1	2.4	0.9	0.5	1.3	2.8	4.6	10.6	.435	2.0	4.9	.406	2.2	2.8	.816
difference:	+4	+7.2	+2.1	+0.1	+1.0	+1.0	+3.7	+0.2	+0.3	-0.6	-1.2	+0.2	+1.2	+.033	+1.5	+3.2	+.080	+0.2	+0.2	+.055
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		%
Vince Carter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 16
	Vince Carter	Gary Payton
Season	2013-14	2005-06
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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16th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	81	24.4	11.9	0.8	2.7	3.5	2.6	0.8	0.4	1.3	2.6	4.1	10.0	.407	1.8	4.6	.394	2.0	2.4	.821
difference:		+4.1	+4.2	+0.4	+0.2	+0.6	+0.6	+0.1	+0.3		-0.5	+1.3	+3.2	+.013	+1.0	+1.8	+.107	+0.8	+0.8	+.027
Gary Payton	81	28.5	7.7	0.4	2.5	2.9	3.2	0.9	0.1	1.3	2.1	2.8	6.8	.420	0.8	2.8	.287	1.2	1.6	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	7	27.1	12.6	1.0	2.6	3.6	2.4	0.4	0.3	0.9	1.7	4.4	9.7	.456	2.1	4.4	.484	1.6	2.0	.786
difference:	+16	+2.8	+6.8	+0.7	+1.1	+1.9	+0.8	+0.6	+0.2	-0.1	-0.7	+2.3	+4.7	+.034	+1.4	+1.9	+.191	+0.8	+0.9	+.066
Gary Payton	23	24.3	5.8	0.3	1.5	1.7	1.6	1.0	0.1	0.8	2.4	2.1	5.0	.422	0.7	2.5	.293	0.8	1.1	.720


Season 17
	Vince Carter	Gary Payton
Season	2014-15	2006-07
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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17th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	66	16.5	5.8	0.4	1.6	2.0	1.2	0.7	0.2	0.7	1.5	2.0	6.2	.333	1.0	3.5	.297	0.7	0.9	.789
difference:	+2	+5.6	+0.5	+0.1	+0.1	+0.1	+1.8	+0.1	+0.2	-0.3	-0.2	+0.1	+0.8	+.060	+0.5	+1.7	+.037	+0.1	+0.1	+.122
Gary Payton	68	22.1	5.3	0.3	1.7	1.9	3.0	0.6	0.0	1.0	1.7	2.1	5.4	.393	0.5	1.8	.260	0.6	0.8	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vince Carter	11	17.8	6.3	1.2	3.1	4.3	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.6	1.5	2.5	6.1	.403	0.6	2.5	.250	0.7	0.8	.889
difference:	+9	+1.8	+6.3	+1.2	+1.1	+2.3	+0.5	+0.6	+0.2	-1.4		+2.5	+4.6	+.403	+0.6	+2.0	+.250	+0.7	+0.8
Gary Payton	2	16.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.5	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Additional Years

* Vince Carter played 5 seasons more than Gary Payton in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 18 to 22, from 2016 to 2020—Vince Carter played in two Playoffs.

Vince Carter vs. Gary Payton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gary Payton and Vince Carter, 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

Rookie Season

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Season 2

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Season 3

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Season 4

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Season 5

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Season 6

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Season 7

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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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Season 16

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Season 17

17th Season Stats Comparison

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