Stephon Castle vs. Bob Lanier Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Lanier and Stephon Castle, 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.

Stephon Castle played 1 year in the NBA, 13 less than Bob Lanier, who played 14. Stephon Castle had his first NBA Season in 2024-25, while Bob Lanier had his rookie season in 1970-71. 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
	Stephon Castle	Bob Lanier
Season	2024-25	1970-71
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
difference:	+1	+2.1	+0.9			+4.4	+2.3				-1.3	+0.9	+1.3	+.027				+0.2	+0.4	+.002
Bob Lanier	82	24.6	15.6	-	-	8.1	1.8	-	-	-	3.3	6.1	13.5	.455	-	-	-	3.3	4.6	.726
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Stephon Castle nor Bob Lanier played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years
* Bob Lanier played 13 seasons more than Stephon Castle in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 14, from 1972 to 1984—Bob Lanier played in 9 Playoffs. In those 13 extra years over Stephon Castle, Bob Lanier got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	8 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP