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Magic Johnson vs. Gary Payton: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Magic Johnson vs. Gary Payton: Head-to-Head Stats

Magic Johnson vs. Gary Payton: Per Game

Magic Johnson vs. Gary Payton: Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	2P	2PA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Magic Johnson	6	5	33.3	6.5	11.3	5.5	8.5	1.0	2.8	6.8	8.0	1.2	2.8	4.0	6.8	2.2	0.0	2.5	1.3	20.8
2	Gary Payton	6	6	30.7	3.2	7.5	2.8	6.3	0.3	1.2	3.2	3.5	0.7	2.2	2.8	7.2	1.3	0.3	2.7	2.8	9.8

Magic Johnson vs. Gary Payton: Totals

Magic Johnson vs. Gary Payton: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Magic Johnson	6	5	200	39	68	.574	33	51	.647	6	17	.353	.618	41	48	.854	.701	7	17	24	41	13	0	15	8	125
2	Gary Payton	6	6	184	19	45	.422	17	38	.447	2	7	.286	.444	19	21	.905	.544	4	13	17	43	8	2	16	17	59

Magic Johnson vs. Gary Payton: Game Logs

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Magic Johnson vs. Gary Payton: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	GmSc	BPM	+/-
1	Magic Johnson	LAL	1996-03-21	*	39	7	18	.389	6	15	.400	1	3	.333	2	4	.500	.430	3	4	7	3	0	0	3	4	17	7.2	-6.8
2	Gary Payton	SEA	1996-03-21	*	46	5	15	.333	5	13	.385	0	2	.000	10	10	1.000	.515	2	2	4	7	5	0	2	0	20	21.4	8.0
3	Magic Johnson	LAL	1996-03-19		34	4	6	.667	3	3	1.000	1	3	.333	5	5	1.000	.854	1	4	5	10	1	0	0	1	14	20.9	16.8
4	Gary Payton	SEA	1996-03-19	*	36	5	11	.455	3	7	.429	2	4	.500	5	6	.833	.623	1	2	3	4	2	1	4	2	17	12.9	6.5
5	Magic Johnson	LAL	1991-04-21	*	21	1	5	.200	1	3	.333	0	2	.000	10	11	.909	.610	0	2	2	2	4	0	3	1	12	11.1	8.7
6	Gary Payton	SEA	1991-04-21	*	19	1	3	.333	1	3	.333	0	0		0	0		.333	0	1	1	6	0	0	1	4	2	2.2	-6.5
7	Magic Johnson	LAL	1991-03-24	*	33	11	14	.786	8	11	.727	3	3	1.000	8	9	.889	.919	2	1	3	11	2	0	7	0	33	31.6	22.7
8	Gary Payton	SEA	1991-03-24	*	20	1	3	.333	1	3	.333	0	0		4	4	1.000	.630	0	1	1	3	1	0	4	4	6	2.1	-9.7
9	Magic Johnson	LAL	1991-03-20	*	29	4	11	.364	3	5	.600	1	6	.167	7	9	.778	.535	1	2	3	6	3	0	0	1	16	17.2	11.3
10	Gary Payton	SEA	1991-03-20	*	25	1	2	.500	1	2	.500	0	0		0	1	.000	.410	0	4	4	12	0	0	3	2	2	6.4	-0.1
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Magic Johnson vs. Gary Payton: Player Comparison

Magic Johnson vs. Gary Payton: Per Game

Magic Johnson vs. Gary Payton: Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Magic Johnson	20-36	1979-80	1995-96	906	763	36.7	6.9	13.2	.520	6.5	12.0	.541	0.4	1.2	.303	.533	5.5	6.5	.848	1.8	5.5	7.2	11.2	1.9	0.4	3.9	2.3	19.5
2	Gary Payton	22-38	1990-91	2006-07	1335	1233	35.3	6.5	14.0	.466	5.7	11.3	.501	0.8	2.7	.317	.496	2.4	3.4	.729	1.0	2.9	3.9	6.7	1.8	0.2	2.3	2.4	16.3

Magic Johnson vs. Gary Payton: Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Magic Johnson	20-36	1979-80	1995-96	190	117	39.7	6.8	13.4	.506	6.5	12.3	.530	0.3	1.1	.241	.516	5.6	6.7	.838	1.8	5.9	7.7	12.3	1.9	0.3	3.7	2.8	19.5
2	Gary Payton	22-38	1990-91	2006-07	154	129	35.6	5.6	12.6	.441	4.7	9.8	.478	0.9	2.8	.315	.477	2.0	2.8	.706	1.0	2.8	3.7	5.3	1.4	0.2	1.9	2.8	14.0

Magic Johnson vs. Gary Payton: Totals

Magic Johnson vs. Gary Payton: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Magic Johnson	20-36	1979-80	1995-96	906	763	33245	6211	11951	.520	5886	10877	.541	325	1074	.303	.533	4960	5850	.848	.610	1601	4958	6559	10141	1724	374	3506	2050	17707
2	Gary Payton	22-38	1990-91	2006-07	1335	1233	47117	8708	18698	.466	7576	15128	.501	1132	3570	.317	.496	3265	4480	.729	.528	1392	3877	5269	8966	2445	285	3030	3217	21813

Magic Johnson vs. Gary Payton: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Magic Johnson	20-36	1979-80	1995-96	190	117	7538	1291	2552	.506	1240	2340	.530	51	212	.241	.516	1068	1274	.838	.595	349	1116	1465	2346	358	64	696	524	3701
2	Gary Payton	22-38	1990-91	2006-07	154	129	5481	855	1938	.441	718	1503	.478	137	435	.315	.477	308	436	.706	.506	148	427	575	811	216	32	297	434	2155

Magic Johnson vs. Gary Payton: Per 36 Minutes

Magic Johnson vs. Gary Payton: Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Magic Johnson	20-36	1979-80	1995-96	6.7	12.9	.520	6.4	11.8	.541	0.4	1.2	.303	5.4	6.3	.848	.6	1.7	5.4	7.1	11.0	1.9	0.4	3.8	2.2	19.2
2	Gary Payton	22-38	1990-91	2006-07	6.7	14.3	.466	5.8	11.6	.501	0.9	2.7	.317	2.5	3.4	.729	.5	1.1	3.0	4.0	6.9	1.9	0.2	2.3	2.5	16.7

Magic Johnson vs. Gary Payton: Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Magic Johnson	20-36	1979-80	1995-96	6.2	12.2	.506	5.9	11.2	.530	0.2	1.0	.241	5.1	6.1	.838	.6	1.7	5.3	7.0	11.2	1.7	0.3	3.3	2.5	17.7
2	Gary Payton	22-38	1990-91	2006-07	5.6	12.7	.441	4.7	9.9	.478	0.9	2.9	.315	2.0	2.9	.706	.5	1.0	2.8	3.8	5.3	1.4	0.2	2.0	2.9	14.2

Magic Johnson vs. Gary Payton: Per 100 Possessions

Magic Johnson vs. Gary Payton: Per 100 Possessions Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	ORtg	DRtg
1	Magic Johnson	20-36	1979-80	1995-96	8.9	17.1	.520	8.4	15.6	.541	0.5	1.5	.303	7.1	8.4	.848	.6	2.3	7.1	9.4	14.5	2.5	0.5	5.0	2.9	25.4	121	104
2	Gary Payton	22-38	1990-91	2006-07	9.6	20.6	.466	8.4	16.7	.501	1.2	3.9	.317	3.6	4.9	.729	.5	1.5	4.3	5.8	9.9	2.7	0.3	3.3	3.5	24.0	111	106

Magic Johnson vs. Gary Payton: Per 100 Possessions Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	ORtg	DRtg
1	Magic Johnson	20-36	1979-80	1995-96	8.3	16.5	.506	8.0	15.1	.530	0.3	1.4	.241	6.9	8.2	.838	.6	2.3	7.2	9.5	15.1	2.3	0.4	4.5	3.4	23.9	122	107
2	Gary Payton	22-38	1990-91	2006-07	8.4	19.1	.441	7.1	14.8	.478	1.4	4.3	.315	3.0	4.3	.706	.5	1.5	4.2	5.7	8.0	2.1	0.3	2.9	4.3	21.3	107	108

Magic Johnson vs. Gary Payton: Advanced

Magic Johnson vs. Gary Payton: Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	PER	TS%	ORB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Magic Johnson	20-36	1979-80	1995-96	906	763	33245	24.1	.610	5.7	11.1	40.9	2.5	0.6	19.4	22.3	110.6	45.2	155.8	.225	5.9	1.6	7.5	80.0
2	Gary Payton	22-38	1990-91	2006-07	1335	1233	47117	18.9	.528	3.5	6.5	31.9	2.7	0.4	12.8	22.5	96.7	48.9	145.5	.148	2.7	0.5	3.3	62.5

Magic Johnson vs. Gary Payton: Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	PER	TS%	ORB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Magic Johnson	20-36	1979-80	1995-96	190	117	7538	23.0	.595	5.4	10.9	42.2	2.3	0.5	18.3	21.2	23.1	9.5	32.6	.208	6.1	1.5	7.6	18.3
2	Gary Payton	22-38	1990-91	2006-07	154	129	5481	15.4	.506	3.2	6.3	26.4	2.1	0.5	12.2	20.7	7.0	4.1	11.1	.098	1.5	0.4	1.8	5.3

Data coverage:

Game data: since 1946-47 unless otherwise noted. Regular season: PTS, FG, FT, 3P complete all-time. FTA complete back to 1948-49. FGA, TRB, AST, PF, GS over 99% complete back to 1975-76. MP over 99% complete back to 1976-77. +/- complete back to 1996-97. All other box score stats (3PA, ORB, DRB, STL, BLK, TOV) complete back to 1983-84. Playoffs: PTS, FG, FT, FTA, 3P, 3PA complete all-time. PF complete back to 1948-49. FGA, TRB, AST complete back to 1962-63. GS complete back to 1973-74. MP complete back to 1974-75. +/- complete back to 1996-97. STL, BLK, TOV complete back to 1982-83. ORB, DRB complete back to 1983-84. BPM not available for WNBA & ABA.

Season data: since 1946-47 unless otherwise noted. All box score stats are covered all-time (though not all stats were tracked for all of NBA history). PER since 1951-52. AST% since 1964-65. TRB% since 1970-71. BPM, VORP, DRtg and Per 100 Poss stats since 1973-74. ORtg since 1977-78. GS since 1981-82. Some stats were available earlier in the ABA. WNBA all-time (since 1997) unless otherwise noted. BPM and VORP not available for WNBA.

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