Gary Payton II vs top-10 defenses
Gary Payton II has averaged 7.5 points and 3.1 rebounds per game in 22 games against top-10 defenses, vs 8.6 points and 3.8 rebounds in 43 games against everyone else (2025-26 to 2026-27, regular season).
- Vs top-10 defenses
- 7.5
- points per game · 22 games
- Vs everyone else
- 8.6
- points per game · 43 games
- Difference
- −1.1
- per game, top 10 minus everyone else
Career and by season
| Period | Opponents | Games | PTS | REB | AST | 3PM | STL | BLK | MIN | FG% | FT% | TS% | eFG% | PTS diff vs others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | Top 10 | 22 | 7.5 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 17.3 | 54.5% | 46.2% | 60.3% | 60.6% | −1.1 |
| Everyone else | 43 | 8.6 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 16.7 | 60.2% | 71.4% | 64.4% | 63.7% | ||
| 2026-27 | Top 10 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 15.9 | 37.5% | – | 37.5% | 37.5% | −4.2 |
| Everyone else | 5 | 6.2 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 12.6 | 45.2% | – | 50.0% | 50.0% | ||
| 2025-26 | Top 10 | 19 | 8.4 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 17.6 | 55.6% | 46.2% | 61.7% | 62.1% | −0.5 |
| Everyone else | 38 | 8.9 | 4.1 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 17.2 | 62.1% | 71.4% | 66.2% | 65.4% |
Every game against top-10 defenses
- Nov 2, 2026vs PHX · No. 9 defense (prior season's final)2 pts, 2 reb, 1 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 20 min
- Oct 28, 2026at MIN · No. 8 defense (prior season's final)2 pts, 2 reb, 1 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 10 min
- Oct 24, 2026at PHX · No. 9 defense (prior season's final)2 pts, 1 reb, 0 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 17 min
- Apr 17, 2026at PHX · No. 9 defense (that season, games so far)4 pts, 3 reb, 3 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 26 min
- Apr 5, 2026vs HOU · No. 6 defense (that season, games so far)14 pts, 3 reb, 2 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 25 min
- Mar 20, 2026at DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)14 pts, 3 reb, 3 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 25 min
- Mar 18, 2026at BOS · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)14 pts, 6 reb, 4 ast · 0 3PM · 4 stl, 0 blk · 21 min
- Mar 15, 2026at NYK · No. 6 defense (that season, games so far)19 pts, 6 reb, 4 ast · 3 3PM · 2 stl, 1 blk · 28 min
- Mar 7, 2026at OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)7 pts, 12 reb, 1 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 22 min
- Feb 19, 2026vs BOS · No. 6 defense (that season, games so far)14 pts, 3 reb, 2 ast · 2 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 19 min
- Feb 11, 2026vs SAS · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)10 pts, 0 reb, 5 ast · 2 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 14 min
- Feb 5, 2026at PHX · No. 7 defense (that season, games so far)15 pts, 8 reb, 1 ast · 3 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 19 min
- Jan 26, 2026at MIN · No. 9 defense (that season, games so far)4 pts, 1 reb, 0 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 12 min
- Jan 25, 2026at MIN · No. 9 defense (that season, games so far)0 pts, 1 reb, 1 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 9 min
- Jan 22, 2026at DAL · No. 9 defense (that season, games so far)4 pts, 3 reb, 0 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 17 min
- Jan 20, 2026vs TOR · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)9 pts, 0 reb, 0 ast · 2 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 11 min
- Jan 19, 2026vs MIA · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)6 pts, 3 reb, 0 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 16 min
- Jan 2, 2026vs OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)2 pts, 1 reb, 1 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 16 min
- Dec 28, 2025at TOR · No. 7 defense (that season, games so far)4 pts, 1 reb, 2 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 3 blk · 12 min
- Dec 22, 2025vs ORL · No. 9 defense (that season, games so far)7 pts, 4 reb, 5 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 10 min
- Dec 2, 2025vs OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)13 pts, 5 reb, 5 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 27 min
- Nov 26, 2025vs HOU · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)0 pts, 1 reb, 1 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 5 min
What counts: a team's defensive rating is 100 × the points its opponents scored ÷ possessions, with possessions = FGA + 0.44*FTA - OREB + TOV, mean of both teams. A game's rank uses only games played before that date. Until every team has 15 games, the prior season's final ranks are used (8 games here, 57 games ranked on that season's games so far). Games are regular season; games he did not play are not counted. 18 games where the opponent's rank could not be determined are left out of both columns. TS% = PTS ÷ (2 × (FGA + 0.44 × FTA)); eFG% = (FGM + 0.5 × 3PM) ÷ FGA; both from totals for each row. Past results, not a projection.