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Ray AllenvsGary Payton

Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.

SG · VAL group G

Ray Allen

1997–2014 · 18 seasons

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PG · VAL group G

Gary Payton

1991–2007 · 17 seasons

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At a glance

Ray Allen and Gary Payton: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Ray Allen	Stat	Gary Payton
18	Seasons	17
158.9	Career VAL	185.1
16.3 (2001)	Peak-season VAL	17.1 (2002)
Inducted 2018	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2013
3	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
10	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	3

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (NBA VAL board). Black and gray ink count seasons from 2002 on.

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both Ray Allen and Gary Payton have
Ray Allen	Stat	Gary Payton
Career
1,298	Games	1,328

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Points, Rebounds, Assists, Steals, Blocks, 3-pointers made, Points / game, Rebounds / game, Assists / game, FG %, 3P %, FT %, True shooting %, PER, Win shares — Ray Allen's career line covers 2002–2014 only (the table behind it does not cover 5 early-career seasons); Gary Payton's career line covers 2002–2007 only (the table behind it does not cover 11 early-career seasons).

VAL by ageEach season plotted at the player's age that season, so careers line up by age rather than by calendar.

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Age	Ray Allen	Gary Payton
21	3.3	—
22	7.9	7.6
23	6.1	7
24	11.3	9.7
25	16.3	10.8
26	10.7	15.8
27	10.7	15.3
28	6.9	14.2
29	9.4	14
30	9	8.8
31	7.2	14.7
32	12.1	15.4
33	13.1	17.1
34	8.8	13.1
35	12.4	9.9
36	5.8	7.8
37	5.1	3.4
38	2.8	0.5