Andrew Wiggins vs. Jalen Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen 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.

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 12 years in the NBA, 9 more than Jalen Williams, who played 3. Andrew Wiggins had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Jalen Williams had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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
	Andrew Wiggins	Jalen Williams
Season	2014-15	2022-23
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
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
difference:	+7	+5.9	+2.8	+0.5	+0.5	+0.1	+1.2	+0.4	+0.1	-0.6	-0.2	+0.6	+3.3	+.084	+0.5	+1.2	+.046	+2.2	+3.2	+.052
Jalen Williams	75	30.3	14.1	1.1	3.4	4.5	3.3	1.4	0.5	1.6	2.5	5.5	10.6	.521	1.0	2.7	.356	2.1	2.5	.812
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Andrew Wiggins nor Jalen Williams played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Andrew Wiggins	Jalen Williams
Season	2016-17	2024-25
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+13	+4.8	+2.0	+0.3	+1.7	+1.3	+2.8	+0.6	+0.3	-0.1	-0.1	+0.4	+2.2	+.032	+0.5	+1.4	+.009	+1.6	+2.3	+.029
Jalen Williams	69	32.4	21.6	0.9	4.5	5.3	5.1	1.6	0.7	2.2	2.3	8.2	16.9	.484	1.8	4.9	.365	3.4	4.3	.789
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Wiggins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Williams	23	34.6	21.4	1.0	4.5	5.5	4.8	1.4	0.4	1.8	2.2	7.7	17.2	.449	1.5	5.0	.304	4.4	5.6	.789

Additional Years
* Andrew Wiggins played 9 seasons more than Jalen Williams in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 12, from 2018 to 2026—Andrew Wiggins played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 9 extra years over Jalen Williams, Andrew Wiggins got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game