Player Card - Elfrid Payton

ELFRID

PAYTON

6-4 / 185 LBS

36 YEARS OLD

LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE

ROUND 1 - PICK 5

15 YEARS

CURRENT RATING

POTENTIAL RATING

1.3

Points
Per Game

0.8

Assists
Per Game

0.7

Rebounds
Per Game

0.1

Blocks
Per Game

0.3

Steals
Per Game

His ability to create shots for himself off the dribble has improved... Aggressive player who gets to the line often and converts his FTs at a good clip... Decent vision and passing skills... Decent ball handling skills, outstanding court vision, good at finding open teammates

Loyalty

Very High

Motivation

Very High

Consistency

High

Greed

High

Play For Winner

High

Durability

Normal

Work Ethic

Excellent

Personality

Good Guy

Playing Time

Wants To Play

2029-2030 : $1,456,136

2030-2031 : N/A

2031-2032 : N/A

2032-2033 : N/A

2033-2034 : N/A

Bird Years : 0

Extension Eligible : NO

Option Eligible : NO

Points : 21

Assists : 12

Rebounds : 5

Blocks : 2

Steals : 6

Double Doubles : 0

Triple Doubles : 0

All Star Games : 1

Titles Won : 0

Player of the Game : 0

Player of the Week : 0

Player of the Month : 0

Rookie of the Month : 0


Signed by the Raptors as a free agent for a deal worth $1,456,136 over 1 years (7/31/29)
+ Injured with a sprained toe (2/25/29)
+ Injured with a sprained ankle (10/21/28)


2025 - All-Star Game Starter
2025 - CSL All-League 1st Team
2025 - CSL All-Defense 1st Team
2024 - CSL All-League 3rd Team
2024 - CSL All-Defense 2nd Team

Season	Team	G	GS	MPG	PPG	APG	RPG	DRPG	ORPG	SPG	BPG	TOPG	Points	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	3PM	3PA	3P%	Assists	DRebs	ORebs	Steals	Blocks	TOs	DQ	PER	TS%	EFF
2029	CSL Season	32	1	7.0	1.3	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.6	41	16	50	.320	9	10	.900	0	1	.000	25	12	9	9	3	19	1	4.4	.377	1.4
2028	Toronto	58	2	15.9	6.3	2.5	1.6	1.2	0.4	0.6	0.2	1.3	367	121	312	.388	123	135	.911	2	5	.400	146	69	26	37	10	73	1	13.6	.494	6.5
2027	Cleveland	82	58	27.1	15.6	4.9	3.1	2.2	0.9	1.3	0.4	2.3	1276	462	962	.480	352	397	.887	0	4	.000	399	178	73	109	32	188	6	21.7	.561	16.3
2026	Cleveland	76	76	31.9	18.9	5.2	2.8	2.0	0.8	1.9	0.3	2.5	1440	514	1054	.488	411	454	.905	1	10	.100	394	150	63	147	26	188	2	22.4	.574	19.1
2025	Cleveland	78	76	33.6	19.7	7.6	3.0	2.2	0.8	2.6	0.2	3.0	1537	543	1174	.463	447	506	.883	4	15	.267	592	170	65	202	19	231	5	23.7	.550	21.3
2024	Cleveland	76	73	33.5	20.2	7.3	3.1	2.1	1.0	2.3	0.3	2.4	1538	558	1240	.450	418	470	.889	4	12	.333	557	158	77	176	19	182	4	23.8	.532	21.2
2023	Cleveland	80	80	32.3	15.6	5.3	3.4	2.9	0.5	1.7	0.1	1.9	1245	432	1020	.424	352	383	.919	29	117	.248	423	232	40	137	8	151	3	17.9	.524	16.4
2022	Cleveland	28	28	30.3	15.5	5.6	2.7	2.3	0.4	1.2	0.0	1.3	435	168	369	.455	81	87	.931	18	62	.290	156	64	12	33	0	36	2	19.3	.534	16.3
2022	Sacramento	54	54	28.4	14.5	3.3	2.4	1.9	0.5	1.8	0.0	1.5	783	270	591	.457	229	259	.884	14	58	.241	176	105	25	98	2	80	2	18.6	.555	14.0
2021	Sacramento	82	82	26.7	12.5	3.8	2.1	1.6	0.5	1.8	0.0	1.3	1023	349	806	.433	306	345	.887	19	84	.226	311	132	38	144	4	103	7	18.0	.534	12.8
2020	Sacramento	80	80	30.0	14.8	4.0	2.5	2.1	0.4	1.7	0.1	1.5	1182	412	874	.471	334	374	.893	24	95	.253	317	166	35	136	5	118	6	18.9	.569	15.3
2019	Sacramento	77	77	29.7	12.8	4.5	2.4	2.1	0.3	1.7	0.1	2.0	988	341	798	.427	278	313	.888	28	123	.228	348	165	22	134	5	156	8	15.6	.528	13.2
2018	Sacramento	77	77	31.5	15.7	6.0	2.9	2.6	0.3	1.7	0.1	2.6	1212	402	951	.423	345	382	.903	63	179	.352	463	197	24	130	4	199	9	18.1	.542	16.2
2017	Sacramento	82	82	27.4	14.9	4.7	2.3	2.0	0.3	2.0	0.0	1.6	1220	402	906	.444	363	398	.912	53	171	.310	382	163	27	160	2	132	7	21.5	.564	15.6
2016	Sacramento	82	82	30.6	14.9	5.0	2.8	2.5	0.3	1.7	0.1	1.8	1224	437	990	.441	285	322	.885	65	196	.332	407	207	23	136	5	151	5	17.9	.541	15.4
2015	Sacramento	79	5	25.3	11.6	3.6	2.4	1.9	0.5	1.3	0.1	2.0	919	340	776	.438	196	218	.899	43	146	.295	288	151	38	103	5	155	4	15.4	.527	11.3
2014	Sacramento	79	4	29.1	11.3	4.1	4.0	3.7	0.3	0.4	0.0	2.2	893	330	880	.375	158	170	.929	75	287	.261	322	292	27	32	2	176	1	9.9	.468	10.5
CAREER	PRO	1202	937	28.5	14.4	4.7	2.7	2.2	0.5	1.6	0.1	1.9	17323	6097	13753	.443	4687	5223	.897	442	1565	.282	5706	2611	624	1923	151	2338	73	18.7	.540	14.8

Season	Team	G	GS	MPG	PPG	APG	RPG	DRPG	ORPG	SPG	BPG	TOPG	Points	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	3PM	3PA	3P%	Assists	DRebs	ORebs	Steals	Blocks	TOs	DQ	PER	TS%	EFF
2025	Cleveland	4	4	35.5	26.8	8.3	3.5	2.8	0.8	3.0	0.5	2.0	107	38	71	.530	31	36	.860	0	0	.000	33	11	3	12	2	8	0	33.8	.616	30.5
2023	Cleveland	7	7	36.0	17.6	6.1	2.7	2.3	0.4	2.3	0.0	1.7	123	44	106	.410	34	38	.890	1	19	.050	43	16	3	16	0	12	0	18.0	.501	17.6
2022	Cleveland	5	5	35.2	15.4	6.4	3.4	2.8	0.6	1.0	0.0	2.8	77	31	65	.470	14	16	.870	1	4	.250	32	14	3	5	0	14	1	15.0	.534	16.2
2022	Cleveland	5	5	35.2	15.4	6.4	3.4	2.8	0.6	1.0	0.0	2.8	77	31	65	.470	14	16	.870	1	4	.250	32	14	3	5	0	14	1	15.0	.534	16.2
2021	Sacramento	11	11	34.8	18.1	4.7	3.0	2.4	0.6	1.4	0.1	1.3	199	77	179	.430	32	33	.960	13	35	.370	52	26	7	15	1	14	0	17.4	.514	16.6
2020	Sacramento	17	16	36.2	14.5	4.5	3.2	2.8	0.4	1.4	0.1	1.3	247	83	239	.340	72	78	.920	9	48	.180	77	48	7	24	2	22	2	12.2	.452	13.0
2019	Sacramento	22	22	32.2	11.9	3.9	2.5	2.0	0.5	1.4	0.0	2.0	262	92	214	.420	73	82	.890	5	19	.260	85	44	11	30	1	44	2	12.3	.524	11.7
2018	Sacramento	12	12	33.8	17.5	6.2	3.1	2.4	0.7	1.4	0.2	4.3	210	71	153	.460	61	68	.890	7	21	.330	74	29	8	17	2	51	1	16.8	.574	16.7
2017	Sacramento	11	11	33.3	13.1	5.9	2.5	2.5	0.0	1.4	0.0	2.3	144	51	123	.410	36	39	.920	6	29	.200	65	28	0	15	0	25	1	13.6	.514	13.8
2016	Sacramento	16	16	32.2	14.9	4.6	2.8	2.5	0.3	1.9	0.1	1.9	239	77	179	.430	74	76	.970	11	35	.310	74	40	4	31	1	30	3	17.7	.563	15.9
CAREER	PRO	110	109	34.0	15.3	5.2	2.9	2.5	0.4	1.5	0.1	2.1	1685	595	1394	.427	441	482	.915	54	214	.252	567	270	49	170	9	234	11	15.6	.525	15.2

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