Castle averaged 14.7 points, 3.7 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 0.91 steals in 26.7 minutes in 81 games to earn the 2024-25 NBA Rookie Of The Year award. Check the complete list of all NBA rookie of the year award winners
San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle was named the NBA Rookie of the Year for the 2024-25 season on Wednesday (India time). The 20-year-old followed the footsteps of teammate and last season's recipient Victor Wembanyama, making the Spurs the first outfit to produce back-to-back winners since the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2014-15 (Andrew Wiggins) and 2015-16 (Karl-Anthony Towns). (More Basketball News)
Picked by San Antonio in the 2024 draft, Castle is the fourth Spurs player to win the award after Wembanyama, Tim Duncan (1998), and David Robinson (1990).
In the NBA 2024-25 regular season, according to the NBA, "Castle averaged 14.7 points, 3.7 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 0.91 steals in 26.7 minutes in 81 games. He led all rookies in points per game, ranked fourth in assists per game and finished sixth in steals per game. Castle also had the most total points (1,190), steals (74) and free throws made (249) among first-year NBA players."
Launched in 1953 as the Eddie Gottlieb Trophy, in honour of the former Philadelphia Warriors head coach who died in 1979, it's now known as the Wilt Chamberlain Trophy. Chamberlain himself won this annual award for his exploits in the 1959-60 season. Well, Chamberlain was the first player in NBA history to win the MVP as a rookie, a feat only matched by Wes Unseld in the 1968-69 season.
With that, here's a look at every NBA Rookie of the Year award winner:
2024-25 — Stephon Castle (San Antonio Spurs)
2023-24 — Victor Wembanyama (San Antonio Spurs)
2022-23 — Paolo Banchero (Orlando Magic)
2021-22 — Scottie Barnes (Toronto Raptors)
2020-21 — LaMelo Ball (Charlotte Hornets)
2019-20 — Ja Morant (Memphis Grizzlies)
2018-19 — Luka Doncic (Dallas Mavericks)
2017-18 — Ben Simmons (Philadelphia 76ers)
2016-17 — Malcolm Brogdon (Milwaukee Bucks)
2015-16 — Karl-Anthony Towns (Minnesota Timberwolves)
2014-15 — Andrew Wiggins (Minnesota Timberwolves)
2013-14 — Michael Carter-Williams (Philadelphia 76ers)
2012-13 — Damian Lillard (Portland Trail Blazers)
2011-12 — Kyrie Irving (Cleveland Cavaliers)
2010-11 — Blake Griffin (LA Clippers)
2009-10 — Tyreke Evans (Sacramento Kings)
2008-09 — Derrick Rose (Chicago Bulls)
2007-08 — Kevin Durant (Seattle SuperSonics)
2006-07 — Brandon Roy (Portland Trail Blazers)
2005-06 — Chris Paul (New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets)
2004-05 — Emeka Okafor (Charlotte Bobcats)
2003-04 — LeBron James (Cleveland Cavaliers)
2002-03 — Amar’e Stoudemire (Phoenix Suns)
2001-02 — Pau Gasol (Memphis Grizzlies)
2000-01 — Mike Miller (Orlando Magic)
1999-00 — Steve Francis (Houston Rockets), Elton Brand (Chicago Bulls)
1998-99 — Vince Carter (Toronto Raptors)
1997-98 — Tim Duncan (San Antonio Spurs)
1996-97 — Allen Iverson (Philadelphia 76ers)
1995-96 — Damon Stoudamire (Toronto Raptors)
1994-95 — Jason Kidd (Dallas Mavericks), Grant Hill (Detroit Pistons)
1993-94 — Chris Webber (Golden State Warriors)
1992-93 — Shaquille O’Neal (Orlando Magic)
1991-92 — Larry Johnson (Charlotte Hornets)
1990-91 — Derrick Coleman (New Jersey Nets)
1989-90 — David Robinson (San Antonio Spurs)
1988-89 — Mitch Richmond (Golden State Warriors)
1987-88 — Mark Jackson (New York Knicks)
1986-87 — Chuck Person (Indiana Pacers)
1985-86 — Patrick Ewing (New York Knicks)
1984-85 — Michael Jordan (Chicago Bulls)
1983-84 — Ralph Sampson (Houston Rockets)
1982-83 — Terry Cummings (San Diego Clippers)
1981-82 — Buck Williams (New Jersey Nets)
1980-81 — Darrell Griffith (Utah Jazz)
1979-80 — Larry Bird (Boston Celtics)
1978-79 — Phil Ford (Kansas City Kings)
1977-78 — Walter Davis (Phoenix Suns)
1976-77 — Adrian Dantley (Buffalo Braves)
1975-76 — Alvan Adams (Phoenix Suns)
1974-75 — Jamaal Wilkes (Golden State Warriors)
1973-74 — Ernie DiGregorio (Buffalo Braves)
1972-73 — Bob McAdoo (Buffalo Braves)
1971-72 — Sidney Wicks (Portland Trail Blazers)
1970-71 — Dave Cowens (Boston Celtics), Geoff Petrie (Portland Trail Blazers)
1969-70 — Lew Alcindor (Milwaukee Bucks)
1968-69 — Wes Unseld (Baltimore Bullets)
1967-68 — Earl Monroe (Baltimore Bullets)
1966-67 — Dave Bing (Detroit Pistons)
1965-66 — Rick Barry (San Francisco Warriors)
1964-65 — Willis Reed (New York Knicks)
1963-64 — Jerry Lucas (Cincinnati Royals)
1962-63 — Terry Dischinger (Chicago Zephyrs)
1961-62 — Walt Bellamy (Chicago Packers)
1960-61 — Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati Royals)
1959-60 — Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia Warriors)
1958-59 — Elgin Baylor (Minneapolis Lakers)
1957-58 — Wood Sauldsberry (Philadelphia Warriors)
1956-57 — Tom Heinsohn (Boston Celtics)
1955-56 — Maurice Stokes (Rochester Royals)
1954-55 — Bob Pettit (Milwaukee Hawks)
1953-54 — Ray Felix (Baltimore Bullets)
1952-53 — Don Meineke (Fort Wayne Pistons)
A global media panel of 100 voters selected the winner of the NBA Rookie of the Year Award 2024-25. Each first-place vote is worth five points, followed by seven and one.
Stephon Castle was the overwhelming favourite, earning 482 points (92, 7, 1). Zaccharie Risacher (245 - 5, 84, 28) of the Atlanta Hawks and Jaylen Wells ( 123 - 3, 23, 39) of the Memphis Grizzlies finished second and third.
The panel has also decided the winners of other awards: Evan Mobley (Cleveland) - Defensive Player of the Year; Jalen Brunson (New York) - Clutch Player of the Year; and Payton Pritchard (Boston) - Sixth Man of the Year. The Most Improved Player Award, from among Cade Cunningham (Detroit), Dyson Daniels (Atlanta) and Ivica Zubac (Los Angeles Clippers), will be announced later.
Earlier, Golden State's Stephen Curry and his teammate Draymond Green were declared winners of the Twyman-Stokes Teammate and Hustle awards, respectively.