# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gary-payton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:22:08.036Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gary-payton"
name: "Gary Payton"
slug: "gary-payton"
description: "Gary Dwayne Payton Sr. is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 17 seasons. Nicknamed \"the Glove\" for his defensive abilities, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest point guards of all time. He spent the majority of his career with the Seattle SuperSonics, where he holds franchise records in assists and steals, and later played short stints for the Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics, and Miami Heat. He made three NBA Finals appearances: with the Sonics in 1996, the Lakers in 2004, and the Heat in 2006, winning in the last."
tagline: "American basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gary_Payton%2C_Miami_Heat_circa_2007_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1968-07-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.27267866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 242
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump