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Payton Pritchard
Celtics · G · 28
Payton Pritchard
vs
2025-26
Stephon Castle
Spurs · G · 21
Stephon Castle
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Payton Pritchard vs Stephon Castle

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Pritchard · Castle
Payton Pritchard
Pritchard
Celtics
2025-26
Castle
Spurs
Stephon Castle
79
Games
availability
68
32.3
Minutes
per game
30.0
17.0
Points
per game
16.7
3.9
Rebounds
per game
5.3
5.2
Assists
per game
7.4
0.8
Steals + blocks
per game
1.4
1.4
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
3.2
46.4%
Field goal %
47.1%
37.7%
Three-point %
7.1 vs 3.6 attempts
33.2%
89.0%
Free throw %
73.4%
58.4%
True shooting
TS%
57.5%
21.0%
Usage
USG%
24.3%
23.4%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
34.4%
5.9%
Rebound %
of available
8.4%
+8.0
Net rating
on court
+9.8
12.0%
PIE
player impact estimate
11.7%
+5.4
Plus-minus
per game
+6.0
Bars show each player's share of the pair's total; the better number is in the club's color (turnovers: fewer is better).

Where the gap is

from the numbers above

Payton Pritchard scored more in 2025-26, 0.3 points a game apart (17.0 vs 16.7), on Castle's heavier usage (24.3% vs 21.0%).

Efficiency is a wash: true shooting within a point of each other (58.4% vs 57.5%).

Playmaking goes to Castle (7.4 vs 5.2 assists), the glass to Castle (5.3 vs 3.9 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Pritchard played 11 more games (79 vs 68 of 82).

With Castle on the floor his team outscored opponents by +9.8 per 100 possessions, against +8.0 for Pritchard; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Pritchard $7.8M through 2029-30, Castle $10.0M through 2027-28. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Pritchard
2025-26
Castle
54-25
Record when playing
51-17
15.8
Points at home
16.8
18.3
Points on the road
16.5
19.0
Points in wins
16.7
12.7
Points in losses
16.6
42
Season high
40
6
30-point games
3
5
Double-doubles
18

Last games & contracts

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Pritchard · last 5
Tue, Oct 20 at DET17 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
Wed, Oct 14 vs CHA7 pts · 3 reb · 11 ast
Sat, Oct 10 vs PHI25 pts · 4 reb · 7 ast
Thu, Oct 8 at CLE0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sat, May 2 vs PHI13 pts · 5 reb · 7 ast
Castle · last 5
Tue, Oct 20 vs OKC24 pts · 7 reb · 1 ast
Fri, Oct 16 vs SAC13 pts · 5 reb · 5 ast
Wed, Oct 14 vs PHX18 pts · 4 reb · 3 ast
Mon, Oct 12 at UTA0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sat, Oct 10 at PHX13 pts · 7 reb · 5 ast
Pritchard · contract
2026-27$7.8M
2027-28$8.3M
2028-29$21.2M
2029-30$22.9M
Castle · contract
2026-27$10.0M
2027-28$12.7M

More comparisons

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Pritchard vs
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Castle vs
Grayson Allen · Andrew Nembhard · Derrick White · Immanuel Quickley

Per-game numbers and percentages are 2025-26 regular season from stats.nba.com; splits and last games from our own game logs; contract figures are cap hits from public salary data and can lag a signing by a day. Bold marks the better number in each row (turnovers: fewer is better).