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Gary Payton II

RANK #2602025-26 RESULTS · PTS LEAGUEG1232025-26 9-CAT #221 8-CAT #228G · Golden State WarriorsAge 336' 2"2025-26 season

7.5

Points / game

3.6

Rebounds

1.7

Assists

15.6

Minutes

58.3%

FG%

17.2

FPTS / game

-14.3

vs G median

TIER 6 · #260 OVERALLDepth piece — #123 among guards

Gary Payton II is ranked #123 among 203 eligible NBA guards. He profiles as a bench or matchup-based option — draft late or stream when the schedule lines up. His final five games came in 3.2 points per game below his average. His minutes held steady (18.2/game vs 15.9 on the season), so the drop appears related to lower per-minute production rather than reduced playing time.

Percentile40%

2025-26 season results · Computed from official box scores · Points scoring: PTS + 1.2×REB + 1.5×AST + 3×STL + 3×BLK − TO · updated October 2

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Gary Payton II 2026-27 fantasy outlook

18.3Proj FPTS/G · ~1409 / 77 games

8.6–24.9Typical game · middle 50%

#261Projected rank

140.1ADP (ESPN drafts)

We rank him #261 versus an ADP of 140.1 — the market drafts him 129 spots later than we rank him. Strong value if he's still there. Projection drivers: growing workload (18.2 minutes/gm late vs 15.9 season), a late-season decline in per-minute production.

INJURY RISK Low^?AGE/WORKLOAD RISK High^?ROLE SECURITY Unsettled^?How we grade risk

Projection updated October 2 · ESPN ADP updated October 2 · Range = 25th–75th percentile of his 2025-26 game log

Gary Payton II consistency and floor

75 GAMES

2.4

Floor (p10)

17.2

Average

32.2

Ceiling (p90)

Consistency75%+ of average delivered61%

Boom rate125%+ of average40%

Bust rateunder half of average24%

17.1

Season avg FPTS

20.5

Last 10 FPTS

14.0

Last 5 FPTS

Payton vs other guards

PERCENTILE · 213 RANKED

Points7.538

Rebounds3.672

Assists1.731

Steals0.964

Blocks0.372

Minutes15.619

Fantasy PPG17.242

Percentile among all ranked NBA guards · 99 = best

Payton fantasy points, last 15 games

2025-26 · ■ BOOM · ■ BUST

SEASON HIGH 41.2SEASON LOW -1LAST 5 AVG 14.0

Gary Payton II game log — 2025-26

■ BOOM · ■ BUST

DATE	OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FPTS
Apr 18	@PHX	L 111-96	26	4	3	3	0	0	0	2-4	0-1	12.1
Apr 16	@LAC	W 126-121	24	6	3	1	2	0	0	2-4	0-0	17.1
Apr 13	@LAC	L 115-110	12	2	2	1	1	0	0	1-2	0-1	8.9
Apr 11	@SAC	L 124-118	15	10	3	0	2	0	2	5-6	0-0	17.6
Apr 10	LAL	L 119-103	14	10	1	0	1	0	0	4-4	0-0	14.2
Apr 8	SAC	W 110-105	25	12	4	3	3	0	1	5-7	0-1	29.3
Apr 6	HOU	L 117-116	25	14	3	2	0	0	0	6-11	0-3	20.6
Apr 3	CLE	L 118-111	27	8	12	2	2	1	1	4-9	0-2	33.4
Mar 30	@DEN	L 116-93	21	16	5	1	0	0	0	7-8	1-2	23.5
Mar 28	WSH	W 131-126	25	15	5	2	1	1	2	7-11	0-1	28
Mar 26	BKN	W 109-106	24	10	7	2	1	0	0	5-5	0-0	24.4
Mar 24	@DAL	W 137-131 OT	21	17	4	3	2	0	0	8-8	1-1	32.3
Mar 20	@DET	L 115-101	25	14	3	3	1	0	1	6-8	1-2	24.1
Mar 18	@BOS	L 120-99	21	14	6	4	4	0	0	7-11	0-3	39.2
Mar 16	@WSH	W 125-117	24	15	6	2	2	1	2	7-10	0-0	32.2
Mar 16	@NY	L 110-107	28	19	6	4	2	1	0	8-13	3-6	41.2
Mar 14	MIN	L 127-117	19	12	3	2	2	0	0	4-8	0-1	24.6
Mar 11	CHI	L 130-124 OT	22	12	11	2	2	0	1	5-7	0-1	33.2
Mar 10	@UTAH	L 119-116	25	13	1	0	1	0	0	5-11	1-5	17.2
Mar 8	@OKC	L 104-97	22	7	12	1	1	0	1	3-8	1-4	24.9
Mar 1	LAL	L 129-101	16	12	1	3	2	0	1	6-10	0-3	22.7
Feb 26	@MEM	W 133-112	28	19	5	4	3	0	3	8-12	3-7	37
Feb 25	@NO	L 113-109	12	4	3	2	0	0	1	2-7	0-4	9.6
Feb 22	DEN	W 128-117	19	15	3	0	2	0	3	6-11	3-8	21.6
Feb 20	BOS	L 121-110	18	14	3	2	1	0	0	6-8	2-4	23.6
Feb 12	SA	L 126-113	14	10	0	5	1	1	1	4-11	2-7	22.5
Feb 10	MEM	W 114-113	24	7	4	2	3	1	1	3-9	1-3	25.8
Feb 8	@LAL	L 105-99	18	13	5	1	2	0	1	6-8	1-2	25.5
Feb 6	@PHX	W 101-97	19	15	8	1	1	1	0	6-11	3-6	32.1
Feb 4	PHI	L 113-94	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	1.5
Jan 27	@MIN	L 108-83	12	4	1	0	1	0	2	2-4	0-2	6.2
Jan 25	@MIN	W 111-85	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	2.7
Jan 23	@DAL	L 123-115	17	4	3	0	0	1	1	2-6	0-1	9.6
Jan 21	TOR	L 145-127	11	9	0	0	1	0	2	3-4	2-2	10
Jan 20	MIA	W 135-112	16	6	3	0	0	0	1	3-4	0-0	8.6
Jan 18	CHA	W 136-116	12	5	2	2	0	0	2	2-3	1-1	8.4
Jan 16	NY	W 126-113	16	0	6	3	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	11.7
Jan 14	POR	W 119-97	13	8	1	1	2	0	1	3-5	0-2	15.7
Jan 12	ATL	L 124-111	16	6	5	0	1	0	2	3-6	0-0	13
Jan 10	SAC	W 137-103	18	12	9	1	0	0	0	6-7	0-0	24.3
Jan 6	@LAC	L 103-102	15	14	5	2	0	1	0	7-10	0-0	26
Jan 4	UTAH	W 123-114	21	10	8	2	1	1	3	5-9	0-1	25.6
Jan 3	OKC	L 131-94	16	2	1	1	0	0	0	1-5	0-3	4.7
Dec 31	@CHA	W 132-125	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	4-4	1-1	10.2
Dec 30	@BKN	W 120-107	10	10	0	1	0	0	2	4-5	1-1	9.5
Dec 28	@TOR	L 141-127 OT	12	4	1	2	0	3	2	2-3	0-1	15.2
Dec 25	DAL	W 126-116	15	6	5	5	1	1	0	3-5	0-1	25.5
Dec 23	ORL	W 120-97	10	7	4	5	1	0	1	3-3	0-0	21.3
Dec 21	PHX	W 119-116	19	5	8	3	1	1	2	2-6	1-3	23.1
Dec 19	@PHX	L 99-98	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	1.4
Dec 13	MIN	L 127-120	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	-1
Dec 8	@CHI	W 123-91	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0
Dec 7	@CLE	W 99-94	27	6	3	1	3	0	3	3-9	0-4	17.1
Dec 5	@PHI	L 99-98	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	1.5
Dec 3	OKC	L 124-112	27	13	5	5	0	0	3	5-9	2-2	23.5
Nov 30	NO	W 104-96	25	19	11	3	0	0	1	9-14	1-2	35.7
Nov 27	HOU	L 104-100	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	1.7
Nov 25	UTAH	W 134-117	21	9	6	8	1	0	0	4-8	1-2	31.2
Nov 22	POR	L 127-123	17	6	2	4	0	0	1	3-4	0-0	13.4
Nov 20	@MIA	L 110-96	19	7	7	0	2	2	0	2-5	1-2	27.4
Nov 19	@ORL	L 121-113	10	4	1	1	0	0	0	2-3	0-0	6.7
Nov 17	@NO	W 124-106	12	0	3	0	1	2	0	0-2	0-1	12.6
Nov 15	@SA	W 109-108	16	6	3	2	1	0	2	2-7	2-4	13.6
Nov 13	@SA	W 125-120	15	4	6	2	1	0	1	2-4	0-1	16.2
Nov 12	@OKC	L 126-102	15	2	6	3	2	0	0	1-3	0-2	19.7
Nov 10	IND	W 114-83	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	4.2
Nov 8	@DEN	L 129-104	6	2	2	1	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	5.9
Nov 6	@SAC	L 121-116	11	3	2	3	1	0	1	1-1	1-1	11.9
Nov 1	@IND	L 114-109	9	0	3	1	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	4.1
Oct 31	@MIL	L 120-110	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	2.4
Oct 29	LAC	W 98-79	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	3
Oct 28	MEM	W 131-118	10	4	0	1	0	0	0	2-3	0-1	5.5
Oct 25	@POR	L 139-119	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	1.2
Oct 24	DEN	W 137-131 OT	12	6	6	1	1	0	0	3-5	0-1	17.7
Oct 22	@LAL	W 119-109	12	6	2	1	1	1	3	3-6	0-1	12.9

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QIs Gary Payton II a good fantasy pick?

He's a depth option, not a priority pick: #260 overall, #123 at his position. Draft late or stream based on matchups.

QWhat round should Gary Payton II be drafted in?

His current ADP in ESPN drafts is 140.1 (roughly round 15 in a 10-team league). We rank him #261, so he is a value at that price.

QHow many fantasy points will Gary Payton II score in 2026-27?

We project 18.3 points per game across an expected 77 games — approximately 1409 points for the season. His typical game last season landed between 8.6 and 24.9 (middle 50% of results), and that puts him #261 in projected scoring.

QHow does Gary Payton II rank in category leagues?

Based on 2025-26 production, Gary Payton II finished #221 in 9-cat and #228 in 8-cat leagues by per-game z-score value, versus #260 in points formats. Low turnovers make him even more valuable when they count against you.

QHow consistent is Gary Payton II for fantasy?

He delivered at least 75% of his average in 61% of games, with a floor of 2.4 and a ceiling of 32.2 fantasy points. He boomed (125%+ of average) in 40% of games and busted (under half his average) in 24%.

Answers computed by HoopSplit from official box scores.