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Gary Payton II

Golden State Warriors · #0 · Rotation
SG6'2"195 lbage 3310 yrs expOregon StateLas Vegas, NV
8th best of 14 on GSWworth +0.9 wins to the rotation
OFF76DEF84
Elite interior finisher & rebounder
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Golden State Warriors
Western · Pacific · proj. 50-32 (▲+9.7)
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The Mitten — a defensive menace and freakish interior finisher who shot a blistering 58.3% from the floor (63.2% true shooting) as a low-minute energy guard. His 98th-percentile inside finishing and 92nd-percentile perimeter defense pop in 15.6 minutes a night, but he can't shoot (29.1% from three) and is now an unrestricted free agent at 33.

7.5
PPG
3.6
RPG
1.7
APG
0.9
SPG
0.3
BPG
GP 73MPG 15.6FG% 58.33P% 29.1FT% 65TS% 63.2USG% 18.4PER 18.3BPM +1.9VORP 1.1
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Inside finishing99
Rebounding99
Perimeter defense95
Rim protection92
Scoring80
Playmaking73
Shooting53

Skill ratings are 2025-26 per-game and advanced stats (Basketball-Reference) ranked 0–99 within position (guards vs guards, bigs vs bigs). Overall is anchored to EPM impact on a non-linear curve, nudged by these skills; Offense and Defense come from box plus-minus. A player who missed the latest season is shown from his most recent one.

Career

2016-17 to 2025-26 · 10 seasons
5.9
PPG
3.0
RPG
1.3
APG
343
GAMES
Points 2,028Win Shares 15.3Starts 52Best season 2021-22 · 7.1 ppg
Games played, last three seasons73%

Regular season, 2003-04 onward (Basketball-Reference). Averages are weighted by games played; honours count awards won, not finishes. “Current players” means the 802 who played in the last three seasons.

Trajectory

2023-24 → 2025-26 · age 31 → 33
▲Rising

Gary, at 33, is on a clear upward trajectory — 2.1 → 3.2 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▲ Ahead of curve
Aging better than the curve — holding his level longer than most.
2026-27 forecast▬ 3.2 wins (+0.0)
Starts from his player rating, which is higher than last season's total. Age takes about 1.1 wins off at 34. Range 2.4–4.0 wins.
Production (BPM)+0.9 → +1.9+1.026-27 forecast +0.9
His production has held roughly steady.
2023-24: +0.9 · 44 games2024-25: +1.4 · 62 games2025-26: +1.9 · 73 games2026-27: +0.9 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)2.1 → 3.2+1.126-27 forecast 3.2
He's worth more wins to a team than he was.
2023-24: 2.1 · 44 games2024-25: 2.7 · 62 games2025-26: 3.2 · 73 games2026-27: 3.2 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $7.4M vs $3.9M salary+$3.5M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$3.9M salary2023-24: $4.7M · 44 games2024-25: $5.9M · 62 games2025-26: $7.4M · 73 games2026-27: $7.4M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $3,900,000 cap hit · through '27. On the contract row the flat dashed line is this salary, so the gap to the 2026-27 forecast is the surplus.

Seasons from Basketball-Reference (2023-24 → 2025-26). Production is box plus-minus, a per-possession measure. Value is VORP-based wins, so it also counts games played. Contract value is what each season’s play would fetch on the open market. The dotted 2026-27 point is a forecast: his established level, a year older, assuming a normal season.

Contract

2026-27
$3,900,000Guaranteed
2% of the club’s payroll · 11th of 14 priced deals
Runs through1 season
Est. market value$7,412,033 /yr
Surplus+$3,512,033
FAIR VALUEpaid about what he is worth

Market value is an estimate, not a reported figure: what his play is forecast to fetch on the open market in 2026-27 — his current rating, a year older. Cap thresholds are projected for 2026-27 until the league sets them.

2026-27 off-season

1 move

OFFICIAL means the league’s own records carry the move; AGREED means a trusted insider reported it and the league has not processed it yet. Terms and attribution come from the wire, which is the only source that carries them.

Plays like

same position

Nearest skill profiles across the seven rating axes — who he plays like, not who is as good. The rating beside each name answers that second question.