San Antonio Spurs Stephon Castle wins 2024-25 Rookie of the Year award: Full List of Winners.
Stephon Castle was named the NBA’s 2024-25 Rookie of the Year, the second consecutive season a Spurs player has taken home the award.
The Spurs rookie was overwhelmingly voted the winner with 92 first-place votes out of 100 ballots, and a total of 482 points. First overall pick Zaccharie Risacher of the Atlanta Hawks finished second with five first-place votes and 245 points. Jaylen Wells of the Memphis Grizzlies finished third with three first-place votes and a total of 123 votes.
The No. 4 pick in the 2024 NBA draft out of Connecticut, Castle gives San Antonio back-to-back seasons with the league's top rookie after Victor Wembanyama won the award last season. Castle was clear cut one of the best rookies as he led the freshmen class with 14.7 points per game and a rookie-high 74 steals this season. He was an iron man as he played 81 games in his first season, tied with Detroit's Ron Holland for the second-most among rookies after Washington's Bub Carrington played in all 82 regular-season games.
Last year Winner: San Antonio Spurs' Stephon Castle wins 2024 award.
The NBA Rookie of the Year Award is an annual National Basketball Association award given to the top rookie(s) of the regular season.
The first NBA Rookie of the Year award is given in the 1952–53 NBA season, it confers the Eddie Gottlieb Trophy, named after the former Philadelphia Warriors head coach.
Five players won the award unanimously (by capturing all of the first-place votes) – Ralph Sampson, David Robinson, Blake Griffin, Damian Lillard, and Karl-Anthony Towns.
Wilt Chamberlain and Wes Unseld are the only two players that have won the NBA Rookie of the year award & NBA Most Valuable Player MVP of the year award in the Same season.
It is the second time in the past 50 years a team had back-to-back rookie award winners ( San Antonio Spurs Stephon Castle wins 2024 & 2025), the last being in 2015 and 2016 when Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns did so for the Minnesota Timberwolves.
NBA Rookie of the Year Award: Full List of winners since 1953-2025.
Below is the complete year-to-year list of all the NBA players that won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award since 1953-2025.
2025-26 — TBD
2024-25 — Stephon Castle, San Antonio Spurs
2023-24 — Stephon Castle, San Antonio Spurs
2022-23 — Paolo Banchero, Orlano 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, Los Angeles 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, Elton Brand, Houston Rockets, 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, Grant Hill, Dallas Mavericks, 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 - Geoff Petrie, Dave Cowens, Portland Trail Blazers, Boston Celtics
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
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