Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Caris LeVert vs Gary Payton II

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LeVert · Payton II

LeVert

Bucks

2025-26

Payton II

Warriors

Games

availability

19.2

Minutes

per game

15.6

7.4

Points

per game

7.5

2.0

Rebounds

per game

3.6

2.7

Assists

per game

1.7

1.6

Steals + blocks

per game

1.2

1.4

Turnovers

per game · lower is better

0.8

41.7%

Field goal %

58.3%

33.3%

Three-point %

3.0 vs 1.7 attempts

29.1%

67.9%

Free throw %

65.0%

51.8%

True shooting

TS%

63.2%

17.8%

Usage

USG%

17.7%

20.2%

Assist %

of teammates' baskets

16.4%

4.7%

Rebound %

of available

11.3%

+0.8

Net rating

on court

-2.3

8.1%

PIE

player impact estimate

11.4%

-0.1

Plus-minus

per game

-1.5

Bars show each player's share of the pair's total; the better number is in the club's color (turnovers: fewer is better).

Where the gap is

from the numbers above

Gary Payton II scored more in 2025-26, 0.1 points a game apart (7.5 vs 7.4), on LeVert's heavier usage (17.8% vs 17.7%).

Payton II is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 63.2% to 51.8%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to LeVert (2.7 vs 1.7 assists), the glass to Payton II (3.6 vs 2.0 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Payton II played 13 more games (73 vs 60 of 82).

With LeVert on the floor his team outscored opponents by +0.8 per 100 possessions, against -2.3 for Payton II; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: LeVert $14.8M through 2026-27, Payton II $2.4M through 2026-27. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs

LeVert

2025-26

Payton II

44-16

Record when playing

33-40

7.2

Points at home

7.9

7.6

Points on the road

7.1

7.8

Points in wins

8.0

6.4

Points in losses

7.1

Season high

30-point games

Double-doubles

Last games & contracts

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LeVert · last 5

Fri, Oct 16 at IND0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast

Wed, Oct 14 vs CHI3 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast

Sun, Oct 11 at CHA0 pts · 1 reb · 2 ast

Wed, Oct 7 at OKC0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast

Mon, Oct 5 vs MIN0 pts · 0 reb · 1 ast

Payton II · last 5

Fri, Oct 16 vs POR8 pts · 4 reb · 0 ast

Tue, Oct 13 at LAL6 pts · 4 reb · 2 ast

Sat, Oct 10 vs SAC0 pts · 2 reb · 0 ast

Wed, Oct 7 at POR0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast

Tue, Oct 6 vs LAL4 pts · 5 reb · 1 ast

LeVert · contract

2026-27$14.8M

Payton II · contract

2026-27$2.4M

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LeVert vs
Jose Alvarado · Bogdan Bogdanovic · Ben Saraf · Gary Payton II

Payton II vs
Ja'Kobe Walter · Ben Saraf · Bogdan Bogdanovic · Buddy Hield

Per-game numbers and percentages are 2025-26 regular season from stats.nba.com; splits and last games from our own game logs; contract figures are cap hits from public salary data and can lag a signing by a day. Bold marks the better number in each row (turnovers: fewer is better).