10 Highest Scoring PG's in NBA history

#4 Gary Dwayne Payton (1990-07, Career Points- 21,813)

Gary Payton (Image courtesy: clutchpoints.com)

Gary Payton was highly regarded for his defensive prowess and was nicknamed The Glove. He is the only point guard, (considering the ones in the previous slides with all the defensive stats) to win the Defensive Player of the Year Award and was excellent at trash talk. He matured into a defensive player towards the end of his career but during his younger days, was the most complete ever player.

He played for different franchises through his career, his most notable being the twelve and half years with the Seattle SuperSonics. He still holds scoring, assists and steals records for the franchise. He was part of the Sonics team that reached the NBA finals in 1996 and lost to Michael Jordan the Bulls.

He was traded by the Sonics at the end of 2003 to the Milwaukee Bucks and the following year for Los Angeles Lakers and finally the Boston Celtics. During these three years, he was asked to curtail his game for the team in order to fit into the system especially at the Lakers with Phil Jackson at the helm.

After his one year stint with the Celtics, he moved to the Miami Heat in 2005. This team had a young Dwyane Wade, Shawn Marion, Jason Williams and his former teammate Shaquille O'Neal. That particular year, he played as the backup guard to Jason Williams and was an integral part of the second unit which ran riot on teams that season. The team sparked incredible comebacks that season especially in the playoffs.

One to remember would be Dwyane Wade and Gary Peyton running the offense when they were losing to the Dallas Mavericks 2-0 in the Finals and sparked the incredible comeback saving them from a 3-0 deficit. It was his first NBA championship. Gary Payton is widely regarded as the complete point guard of the 1990's even after comparing him to the likes of Magic Johnson and John Stockton. He scored a career total of 21,813 points and won the Olympic medals with the US National Teams in 1996 and 2000 respectively.