Stephon Castle vs. Joel Embiid Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joel Embiid 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.
Career comparison / Season by season / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / Games against each other
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 Joel Embiid, who played 9. Stephon Castle had his first NBA Season in 2024-25, while Joel Embiid 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.
Their Careers | |||
| Player | Total Seasons | Playoffs Played | NBA Years |
| Stephon Castle | 1 | 0 | 2024-25 |
| Joel Embiid | 9 | 7 | 2016-17 to 2024-25 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Stephon Castle | Joel Embiid | |
| Season | 2024-25 | 2016-17 |
| Team | San Antonio Spurs | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 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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| 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: | +50 | +1.3 | +5.5 | +0.9 | +3.3 | +4.1 | +2.0 | +2.2 | -1.6 | -1.6 | +1.3 | +1.6 | +.038 | +0.9 | +.082 | +3.1 | +3.7 | +.059 | ||
| Joel Embiid | 31 | 25.4 | 20.2 | 2.0 | 5.9 | 7.8 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 6.5 | 13.8 | .466 | 1.2 | 3.2 | .367 | 6.2 | 7.9 | .783 |
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| * Neiher Stephon Castle nor Joel Embiid played in the postseason in their season 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Additional Years |
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* Joel Embiid played 8 seasons more than Stephon Castle in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 9, from 2018 to 2025—Joel Embiid played in 7 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Stephon Castle, Joel Embiid got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards | 1 Season MVP 1 All-NBA First Team 4 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 2 Scoring Leader 7 All-Star Game |