Elfrid Payton Sacramento Kings · #3
Elfrid Payton is a guard for the Sacramento Kings who has played 524 games over 9 seasons, averaging 3.6 points, 3.3 rebounds and 6.9 assists in 2024-25.
Elfrid Payton — the report card
Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.
Where Elfrid Payton stands
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Elfrid Payton — every number, three levels deep
Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.
How the model sees Elfrid Payton
Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.
Elfrid Payton career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-15 | 82 | 30.4 | 8.9 | 4.3 | 6.5 | .425 | .262 |
| 2015-16 | 73 | 29.4 | 10.7 | 3.6 | 6.4 | .436 | .326 |
| 2016-17 | 82 | 29.4 | 12.8 | 4.7 | 6.5 | .471 | .274 |
| 2017-18 (Orlando) | 44 | 28.6 | 13.0 | 4.0 | 6.3 | .520 | .373 |
| 2017-18 (Phoenix) | 19 | 29.0 | 11.8 | 5.3 | 6.2 | .435 | .200 |
| 2018-19 | 42 | 29.8 | 10.6 | 5.2 | 7.6 | .434 | .314 |
| 2019-20 | 45 | 27.7 | 10.0 | 4.7 | 7.2 | .439 | .203 |
| 2020-21 | 63 | 23.6 | 10.1 | 3.4 | 3.2 | .432 | .286 |
| 2021-22 | 50 | 11.0 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 2.0 | .383 | .222 |
| 2024-25 (New Orleans) | 18 | 21.6 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 8.1 | .366 | .167 |
| 2024-25 (Charlotte) | 6 | 20.3 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 3.3 | .143 | .000 |
| Career | 524 | 26.5 | 9.8 | 4.0 | 5.8 |
The Lab
Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.
Are the Sacramento Kings built to win?
Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.
The Ballad of Elfrid Payton
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
The beginning
Elfrid Payton is a guard for the Sacramento Kings.
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Elfrid Payton is a guard for the Sacramento Kings.
Chapter
He has played 524 games over 9 seasons (2014-25), averaging 26.5 minutes a night. The season-by-season table below carries every per-game figure, each one reconciled against ESPN.
Chapter
In 2024-25 he played 24 games across 2 teams, averaging 3.6 points, 3.3 rebounds and 6.9 assists in 21.3 minutes.
Where things stand
Where Payton goes from here.
Off the court
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 195 lbs
- College
- Louisiana
- Experience
- 10th Season
- NBA debut
- 2014
- Born
- Gretna, LA
- Age
- 32
- Jersey
- #3
Elfrid Payton is from Gretna, LA, born 1994-02-22, listed at 6'3" and 195 lb. He has 10 seasons of NBA service. This background is assembled from league records; the colour that fills a page like this comes later, from a human.
A guard on 26.5 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.
Elfrid Payton — frequently asked
The questions people ask most about Elfrid Payton, answered.
