Stephon Castle vs. Shawn Kemp Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shawn Kemp 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 Shawn Kemp, who played 14. Stephon Castle had his first NBA Season in 2024-25, while Shawn Kemp had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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	Shawn Kemp
Season	2024-25	1989-90
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	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:		+12.9	+8.2	+0.7	+0.1	+0.6	+3.8	+0.3	+0.6	-0.9	-0.5	+2.7	+7.0	+.051	+1.2	+4.0	+.118	+1.7	+2.2	+.012
Shawn Kemp	81	13.8	6.5	1.8	2.5	4.3	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.3	2.5	2.5	5.2	.479	0.0	0.1	.167	1.4	2.0	.736
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Stephon Castle nor Shawn Kemp played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years
* Shawn Kemp played 13 seasons more than Stephon Castle in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 14, from 1991 to 2003—Shawn Kemp played in 10 Playoffs. In those 13 extra years over Stephon Castle, Shawn Kemp got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA Second Team 6 All-Star Game