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Scottie Barnes or Elfrid Payton

Who Should I Start? - Week 21 • Start New
Scottie Barnes

Scottie Barnes

SFToronto Raptors TOR
Elfrid Payton

Elfrid Payton

PGn/a
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Barnes over Payton

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Scottie Barnes
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Payton over Barnes

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Elfrid Payton
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Performance Scottie Barnes
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
18.004.009.0028.002.001.003
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
17.504.508.5029.331.831.006
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Elfrid Payton
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PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
0
Season stats based on the past 7 days

PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
0
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Scottie Barnes
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
72%
+10.63 compared to last week
OWN/START Elfrid Payton
OWN
 
1%
+1.12 compared to last week
START
 
0%
+0.37 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Scottie Barnes
4th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Elfrid Payton
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Scottie Barnes

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 4th among SF's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 5th with 2066 total points (40.51 avg).
  • He is currently 758 points behind the leader: Jayson Tatum
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.5 PPG.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 44.38% from the field this month.
  • Shooting 24.24% from beyond the arc this month. I'd love to play against him in a game of 'HORSE'.
  • Assists per game numbers are decent for a small forward with 3.85 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game numbers are great for a small forward with 6.92 rpg this month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 14 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +1.63, APG: +0.55, RPG: +0.34, MPG: +2.34 STLS: +0.35 BLKS: --0.26
Breakdown Elfrid Payton

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among PG's. Either he is injured or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 80th with 218 total points (16.77 avg).
  • He is currently 3096 points behind the leader: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 16.8.
  • Performance Stats

  • Shooting 17.65% from the field this month.
  • He is ranked 48th this month in assist to turnover ratio with 2.52.
  • Bad point guard averaging only 2.29 apg this month.
  • Rebounds per game are at 1.71 for the month.
  • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 13 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: PPG: +4.08, APG: +5.23, RPG: +2.85, MPG: +20.08 STLS: +1.23 BLKS: +0.46
Next Up Health Check
Injury Scottie Barnes

HAND - Since Mar 11, 2025

Barnes is dealing with a right hand fifth MP joint sprain and is uncertain to take the court for the Raptors.
Injury Elfrid Payton

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Scottie Barnes
DateOpponentResult
Mar 10VS WASW 119-104
Mar 12VS PHIW 118-105
Mar 14@UTA
Mar 16@POR
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
23.003.837.6730.831.671.176
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Elfrid Payton
DateOpponentResult
No games scheduled this week
PPG APG RPG MPG STLS BLKS GP
0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Scottie Barnes
30.25
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Elfrid Payton
2.40
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Scottie Barnes
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
21-22 TOR 83 34.3 .489 .282 .740 14.9 3.6 7.4 0.7 1.1 1.8
22-23 TOR 77 34.5 .459 .286 .769 15.5 4.8 6.7 0.8 1.1 2.0
23-24 TOR 59 34.4 .473 .344 .777 19.9 6.0 8.3 1.5 1.3 2.7
24-25 TOR 51 33.6 .443 .263 .778 19.7 6.0 7.9 1.1 1.5 2.8
3-YEAR AVG 73 34.4 .474 .308 .762 16.4 4.7 7.4 1.0 1.1 2.1
Totals 270 34.2 .467 .297 .766 17.0 4.9 7.5 1.0 1.2 2.3
Career Elfrid Payton
YEAR TEAM GP M FG% 3P% FT% PPG AST REB BLK STL TO
14-15 ORL 81 30.2 .424 .268 .551 9.0 6.5 4.3 0.2 1.8 2.5
15-16 ORL 72 29.1 .435 .330 .593 10.6 6.4 3.5 0.3 1.2 2.4
16-17 ORL 79 29.4 .469 .266 .688 12.6 6.3 4.8 0.5 1.1 2.1
17-18 ORL 63 28.7 .493 .326 .649 12.7 6.2 4.3 0.3 1.3 2.7
18-19 NO 42 29.6 .435 .314 .743 10.6 7.6 5.2 0.4 1.0 2.7
19-20 NY 45 27.5 .439 .203 .570 10.0 7.2 4.7 0.4 1.6 2.1
20-21 NY 54 24.5 .443 .290 .686 11.2 3.4 3.6 0.2 0.8 1.7
21-22 PHO 54 10.8 .410 .263 .412 3.3 2.1 1.8 0.1 0.6 0.9
24-25 NO 13 20.1 .388 .0 .500 4.1 5.2 2.8 0.5 1.2 2.1
3-YEAR AVG 40 17.1 .426 .282 .615 6.8 2.7 2.6 0.1 0.7 1.2
Totals 515 26.1 .446 .287 .623 9.8 5.6 4.0 0.3 1.2 2.1
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