Elfrid Payton

Elfrid Payton Jr.
Born: February 22, 1994
Gretna, LA US
Position: PG
High School: John Ehret
College: Louisiana at Lafayette
Drafted: 2014, Round 1 Pick 10, #10 Overall
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 180
Career: 2014-15-2024-25

Elfrid Payton averaged 9.8 points, 4.0 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game in his 524-game career with the Charlotte Hornets, New Orleans Pelicans, New York Knicks, Orlando Magic and Phoenix Suns. He began playing during the 2014-15 season and last took the court during the 2024-25 campaign.

Orlando Magic

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
2014-15	Orlando Magic	82	63	2489	708	301	42	11	214	118	107	242	349	533	142	20	203	193	731
2015-16	Orlando Magic	73	69	2145	730	318	92	30	190	112	77	184	261	468	89	20	177	159	778
2016-17	Orlando Magic	82	58	2412	912	430	146	40	211	146	89	298	387	529	88	40	178	177	1046
2017-18	Orlando Magic	44	44	1257	458	238	67	25	114	72	47	127	174	275	64	16	114	97	573
2017-18	Phoenix Suns	19	19	551	209	91	25	5	54	37	17	83	100	118	19	6	54	50	224
2018-19	New Orleans Pelicans	42	42	1250	412	179	105	33	74	55	49	171	220	320	44	17	112	81	446
2019-20	New York Knicks	45	36	1246	440	193	69	14	86	49	52	160	212	323	70	17	96	89	449
2020-21	New York Knicks	63	63	1484	622	269	98	28	107	73	64	152	216	203	47	9	103	116	639
2021-22	Phoenix Suns	50	1	549	175	67	18	4	32	12	21	67	88	99	25	6	47	38	150
2024-25	Charlotte Hornets	6	0	123	21	3	0	0	0	0	1	12	13	20	6	3	7	12	6
2024-25	New Orleans Pelicans	18	0	388	101	37	6	1	7	4	14	52	66	146	18	8	52	24	79
Totals		524	395	13894	4788	2126	668	191	1089	678	538	1548	2086	3034	612	162	1143	1036	5121

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
2014-15	Orlando Magic	82	63	30.4	42.5	26.2	55.1	1.3	3.0	4.3	6.5	1.7	0.2	2.5	2.4	8.9
2015-16	Orlando Magic	73	69	29.4	43.6	32.6	58.9	1.1	2.5	3.6	6.4	1.2	0.3	2.4	2.2	10.7
2016-17	Orlando Magic	82	58	29.4	47.1	27.4	69.2	1.1	3.6	4.7	6.5	1.1	0.5	2.2	2.2	12.8
2017-18	Orlando Magic	44	44	28.6	52.0	37.3	63.2	1.1	2.9	4.0	6.3	1.5	0.4	2.6	2.2	13.0
2017-18	Phoenix Suns	19	19	29.0	43.5	20.0	68.5	0.9	4.4	5.3	6.2	1.0	0.3	2.8	2.6	11.8
2018-19	New Orleans Pelicans	42	42	29.8	43.4	31.4	74.3	1.2	4.1	5.2	7.6	1.0	0.4	2.7	1.9	10.6
2019-20	New York Knicks	45	36	27.7	43.9	20.3	57.0	1.2	3.6	4.7	7.2	1.6	0.4	2.1	2.0	10.0
2020-21	New York Knicks	63	63	23.6	43.2	28.6	68.2	1.0	2.4	3.4	3.2	0.7	0.1	1.6	1.8	10.1
2021-22	Phoenix Suns	50	1	11.0	38.3	22.2	37.5	0.4	1.3	1.8	2.0	0.5	0.1	0.9	0.8	3.0
2024-25	Charlotte Hornets	6	0	20.5	14.3			0.2	2.0	2.2	3.3	1.0	0.5	1.2	2.0	1.0
2024-25	New Orleans Pelicans	18	0	21.6	36.6	16.7	57.1	0.8	2.9	3.7	8.1	1.0	0.4	2.9	1.3	4.4
Averages		524	395	26.5	44.4	28.6	62.3	1.0	3.0	4.0	5.8	1.2	0.3	2.2	2.0	9.8

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Ast	Stl	PF	Pts
2020-21	New York Knicks	2	2	13	5	0			2	1	1	1	1	1
2021-22	Phoenix Suns	2	0	8	3	2			0	0	3	0	0	4
Totals		4	2	21	8	2	0	0	2	1	4	1	1	5

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Ast	Stl	PF	Pts
2020-21	New York Knicks	2	2	6.5	0.0	50.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
2021-22	Phoenix Suns	2	0	4.0	66.7		1.5	0.0	0.0	2.0
Averages		524	2	5.3	25.0	50.0	1.0	0.3	0.3	1.3

Awards

2014 - NBA All-Rookie First Team