Andrew Wiggins vs. Buck Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Buck Williams and Andrew Wiggins, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Andrew Wiggins played 10 years in the NBA, 7 less than Buck Williams, who played 17. Andrew Wiggins had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Buck Williams had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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 achivements, 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
Andrew Wiggins	10	3	2014-15 to 2023-24
Buck Williams	17	14	1981-82 to 1997-98

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Andrew Wiggins	Buck Williams
Season	2014-15	1981-82
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Wiggins	82	36.2	16.9	1.6	2.9	4.6	2.1	1.0	0.6	2.2	2.3	6.1	13.9	.437	0.5	1.5	.310	4.3	5.7	.760
Buck Williams	82	34.5	15.5	4.2	8.0	12.3	1.3	1.0	1.0	2.9	3.5	6.3	10.7	.582	0.0	0.0	.000	3.0	4.7	.624

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Wiggins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	2	39.5	17.5	5.5	5.0	10.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	2.0	3.5	7.0	13.0	.538	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	7.5	.467


Season 2
	Andrew Wiggins	Buck Williams
Season	2015-16	1982-83
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Wiggins	81	35.1	20.7	1.3	2.3	3.6	2.0	1.0	0.6	2.2	2.0	7.3	16.0	.459	0.7	2.3	.300	5.3	7.0	.761
Buck Williams	82	36.1	17.0	4.5	8.1	12.5	1.5	1.1	1.3	3.0	3.3	6.5	11.1	.588	0.0	0.0	.000	4.0	6.4	.620

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Wiggins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	2	42.5	19.0	4.5	7.0	11.5	2.0	1.0	1.0	2.5	6.0	5.5	11.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	8.0	10.0	.800


Season 3
	Andrew Wiggins	Buck Williams
Season	2016-17	1983-84
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Wiggins	82	37.2	23.6	1.2	2.8	4.0	2.3	1.0	0.4	2.3	2.2	8.6	19.1	.452	1.3	3.5	.356	5.0	6.6	.760
Buck Williams	81	37.1	15.7	4.4	8.0	12.3	1.6	1.0	1.5	2.9	3.7	6.1	11.4	.535	0.0	0.0	.000	3.5	6.1	.570

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Wiggins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	11	43.0	15.5	5.2	8.9	14.1	1.5	1.4	1.5	2.6	4.0	5.7	11.8	.485	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	7.4	.556


Season 4
	Andrew Wiggins	Buck Williams
Season	2017-18	1984-85
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Wiggins	82	36.3	17.7	1.0	3.4	4.4	2.0	1.1	0.6	1.7	2.0	6.9	15.9	.438	1.4	4.1	.331	2.5	3.8	.643
Buck Williams	82	38.8	18.2	3.9	8.3	12.3	2.0	0.8	1.3	2.9	3.6	7.0	13.3	.530	0.0	0.0	.250	4.1	6.6	.625

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Wiggins	5	32.8	15.8	1.0	4.2	5.2	2.0	0.4	0.4	1.8	2.8	6.0	13.6	.441	1.4	4.2	.333	2.4	4.0	.600
Buck Williams	3	41.0	24.7	4.7	6.0	10.7	0.3	1.0	1.7	2.0	4.0	8.7	13.3	.650	0.0	0.0	-	7.3	10.0	.733


Season 5
	Andrew Wiggins	Buck Williams
Season	2018-19	1985-86
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Wiggins	73	34.8	18.1	1.1	3.7	4.8	2.5	1.0	0.7	1.9	2.1	6.8	16.6	.412	1.6	4.8	.339	2.8	4.1	.699
Buck Williams	82	37.4	15.9	4.0	8.0	12.0	1.6	0.9	1.2	3.0	3.6	6.1	11.7	.523	0.0	0.0	.000	3.7	5.4	.676

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Wiggins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	3	42.0	20.7	4.0	6.3	10.3	0.7	2.0	0.3	2.0	5.0	7.0	9.7	.724	0.0	0.0	-	6.7	8.7	.769


Season 6
	Andrew Wiggins	Buck Williams
Season	2019-20	1986-87
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, Golden State Warriors	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Andrew Wiggins	54	34.4	21.8	1.2	3.9	5.1	3.7	0.8	1.0	2.4	2.4	8.1	18.1	.447	2.1	6.2	.332	3.5	5.0	.709
Buck Williams	82	36.3	18.0	3.9	8.5	12.5	1.6	1.0	1.1	3.4	3.8	6.4	11.4	.557	0.0	0.0	.000	5.2	7.2	.731

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Wiggins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Andrew Wiggins	Buck Williams
Season	2020-21	1987-88
Team	Golden State Warriors	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second 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		%
Andrew Wiggins	71	33.3	18.6	1.2	3.7	4.9	2.4	0.9	1.0	1.8	2.2	7.1	14.9	.477	2.0	5.2	.380	2.4	3.4	.714
Buck Williams	70	37.7	18.3	4.3	7.7	11.9	1.6	1.0	0.6	2.7	3.8	6.7	11.9	.560	0.0	0.0	1.000	4.9	7.4	.668

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Wiggins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Andrew Wiggins	Buck Williams
Season	2021-22	1988-89
Team	Golden State Warriors	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Andrew Wiggins	73	31.9	17.2	1.2	3.3	4.5	2.2	1.0	0.7	1.5	2.2	6.5	14.0	.466	2.2	5.5	.393	2.0	3.2	.634
Buck Williams	74	33.1	13.0	3.4	6.0	9.4	1.1	0.8	0.5	1.9	3.0	5.0	9.5	.531	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	4.3	.666

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Wiggins	22	34.9	16.5	2.5	5.0	7.5	1.8	1.0	1.0	1.4	2.5	6.5	13.9	.469	1.6	4.8	.333	1.9	3.0	.646
Buck Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Andrew Wiggins	Buck Williams
Season	2022-23	1989-90
Team	Golden State Warriors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Trail Blazers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Wiggins	37	32.2	17.1	1.6	3.4	5.0	2.3	1.2	0.8	1.3	2.9	6.8	14.3	.473	2.4	6.1	.396	1.2	1.9	.611
Buck Williams	82	34.2	13.6	3.0	6.7	9.8	1.4	0.8	0.5	2.0	3.5	5.0	9.2	.548	0.0	0.0	.000	3.5	5.0	.706

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Wiggins	13	34.0	16.7	1.8	3.8	5.6	1.9	0.8	1.2	1.3	3.5	6.4	13.9	.459	1.5	4.9	.297	2.5	3.6	.681
Buck Williams	21	37.0	13.0	3.2	6.0	9.2	1.9	0.6	0.3	2.0	3.5	4.8	9.5	.508	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.0	.676


Season 10
	Andrew Wiggins	Buck Williams
Season	2023-24	1990-91
Team	Golden State Warriors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Wiggins	71	27.0	13.2	1.5	3.0	4.5	1.7	0.6	0.6	1.2	2.1	5.0	11.0	.453	1.3	3.6	.358	2.0	2.7	.751
Buck Williams	80	32.3	11.7	2.8	6.6	9.4	1.2	0.6	0.6	1.7	3.1	4.5	7.4	.602	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.9	.705

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Wiggins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	16	35.8	10.3	3.3	5.6	8.9	0.9	0.6	0.3	1.5	3.4	4.1	8.1	.500	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.6	.603


Season 11
	Andrew Wiggins	Buck Williams
Season	-	1991-92
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Wiggins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	80	31.5	11.3	3.3	5.6	8.8	1.4	0.8	0.5	1.6	3.1	4.3	7.0	.604	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	3.7	.754

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Wiggins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	21	36.1	9.6	2.9	5.6	8.5	1.0	1.3	0.8	2.1	3.5	3.1	6.2	.508	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.3	.758


Season 12
	Andrew Wiggins	Buck Williams
Season	-	1992-93
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Wiggins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	82	30.5	8.3	2.8	5.6	8.4	0.9	1.0	0.7	1.2	3.3	3.3	6.4	.511	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.6	.645

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Wiggins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	4	29.8	8.8	3.0	4.3	7.3	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.5	3.0	2.8	5.8	.478	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.8	.684


Season 13
	Andrew Wiggins	Buck Williams
Season	-	1993-94
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Wiggins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	81	32.5	9.7	3.9	6.5	10.4	1.0	0.7	0.6	1.4	3.0	3.6	6.5	.555	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.7	.679

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Wiggins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	4	31.3	12.8	3.5	5.3	8.8	0.5	1.0	0.5	2.0	2.8	4.8	7.0	.679	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	3.8	.867


Season 14
	Andrew Wiggins	Buck Williams
Season	-	1994-95
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Wiggins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	82	29.5	9.2	3.1	5.1	8.2	1.0	0.8	0.8	1.5	3.1	3.8	7.4	.512	0.0	0.0	.500	1.7	2.5	.673

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Wiggins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	3	34.3	8.3	2.7	3.7	6.3	0.3	1.3	0.7	1.3	4.7	3.0	5.0	.600	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.7	.636


Season 15
	Andrew Wiggins	Buck Williams
Season	-	1995-96
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Wiggins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	70	23.9	7.3	2.3	3.5	5.8	0.6	0.6	0.7	1.3	2.7	2.7	5.5	.500	0.0	0.0	.667	1.8	2.7	.668

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Wiggins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	5	26.6	4.8	2.6	2.4	5.0	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.0	3.6	1.8	4.6	.391	0.2	0.4	.500	1.0	1.4	.714


Season 16
	Andrew Wiggins	Buck Williams
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Wiggins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	74	20.2	6.3	2.2	3.1	5.4	0.7	0.5	0.5	1.1	2.8	2.4	4.4	.537	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.4	.642

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Wiggins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	10	19.2	4.3	1.3	2.7	4.0	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.4	3.4	1.7	3.5	.486	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.7	.529


Season 17
	Andrew Wiggins	Buck Williams
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Wiggins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	41	18.0	4.9	1.9	2.6	4.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.9	2.3	1.8	3.6	.503	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.7	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Wiggins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	3	15.0	4.7	2.3	3.0	5.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.7	1.3	3.0	.444	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.7	.750

Andrew Wiggins vs. Buck Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Buck Williams and Andrew Wiggins, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17