Stephon Castle vs. Buddy Hield Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Buddy Hield 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, 8 less than Buddy Hield, who played 9. Stephon Castle had his first NBA Season in 2024-25, while Buddy Hield had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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	Buddy Hield
Season	2024-25	2016-17
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New Orleans Pelicans, Sacramento Kings
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	+3.7	+4.1	+0.7	+0.3	+0.4	+2.6	+0.4	+0.2	-1.0	-0.6	+1.2	+2.8	+.002	+0.6	+0.5	+.106	+2.3	+3.3	+.118
Buddy Hield	82	23.0	10.6	0.4	2.9	3.3	1.5	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.4	4.0	9.4	.426	1.8	4.6	.391	0.8	0.9	.842
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Stephon Castle nor Buddy Hield played in the postseason in their season 1