Kareem Abdul-Jabbar vs. Stephon Castle Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Stephon Castle and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played 20 years in the NBA, 18 more than Stephon Castle, who played 2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the first of his seasons in 1969-70, while Stephon Castle had his rookie season in 2024-25. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Stephon Castle
Season	1969-70	2024-25
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Div Finals	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	82	43.1	28.8	-	-	14.5	4.1	-	-	-	3.5	11.4	22.1	.518	-	-	-	5.9	9.1	.653
difference:	+1	+16.4	+14.1			+10.8					-1.5	+6.2	+9.9	+.090				+2.8	+4.9	+.071
Stephon Castle	81	26.7	14.7	1.1	2.6	3.7	4.1	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.0	5.2	12.2	.428	1.2	4.1	.285	3.1	4.2	.724
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	10	43.5	35.2	-	-	16.8	4.1	-	-	-	2.5	13.9	24.5	.567	-	-	-	7.4	10.1	.733
Stephon Castle	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Stephon Castle
Season	1970-71	2025-26
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	82	40.1	31.7	-	-	16.0	3.3	-	-	-	3.2	13.0	22.5	.577	-	-	-	5.7	8.3	.690
difference:	+78	+9.3	+13.4			+10.0	+1.5				-0.7	+7.0	+11.0	+.055				+0.7	+0.5	+.119
Stephon Castle	4	30.8	18.3	1.5	4.5	6.0	4.8	1.3	0.3	6.3	2.5	6.0	11.5	.522	1.3	4.3	.294	5.0	8.8	.571
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	14	41.2	26.6	-	-	17.0	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	10.9	21.1	.515	-	-	-	4.9	7.2	.673
Stephon Castle	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played 18 seasons more than Stephon Castle in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 20, from 1972 to 1989—Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played in 16 Playoffs and won 5 NBA Championships. In those 18 extra years over Stephon Castle, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 5 Season MVP 9 All-NBA First Team 4 All-NBA Second Team 5 All-Defensive First Team 4 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Scoring Leader 1 Rebounds Leader 4 Blocks Leader 17 All-Star Game