Andrew Wiggins vs. Lou Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lou 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 11 years in the NBA, 6 less than Lou Williams, who played 17. Andrew Wiggins had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Lou Williams had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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	Lou Williams
Season	2014-15	2005-06
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	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:	+52	+31.4	+15.0	+1.5	+2.4	+4.0	+1.8	+0.8	+0.6	-1.8	-1.9	+5.3	+12.2	+.005	+0.4	+1.2	+.088	+4.0	+5.3	+.145
Lou Williams	30	4.8	1.9	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.7	.442	0.1	0.3	.222	0.3	0.4	.615
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Andrew Wiggins nor Lou Williams played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 8
	Andrew Wiggins	Lou Williams
Season	2021-22	2012-13
Team	Golden State Warriors	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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8th 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	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
difference:	+34	+3.2	+3.1	+1.0	+1.5	+2.4	+1.4	+0.1	+0.4	-0.4	-0.8	+1.7	+2.6	+.044	+0.4	+0.5	+.026	+0.7	+0.1	+.234
Lou Williams	39	28.7	14.1	0.2	1.8	2.1	3.6	1.1	0.3	1.9	1.4	4.8	11.4	.422	1.8	5.0	.367	2.7	3.1	.868
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
Lou Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Andrew Wiggins	Lou Williams
Season	2023-24	2014-15
Team	Golden State Warriors	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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10th 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	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
difference:	+9	+1.8	+2.3	+1.2	+1.4	+2.6	+0.4	+0.5	+0.5	-0.1	-0.8	+0.3	+0.6	+.049	+0.6	+2.0	+.018	+2.3	+2.2	+.110
Lou Williams	80	25.2	15.5	0.3	1.6	1.9	2.1	1.1	0.1	1.3	1.3	4.7	11.6	.404	1.9	5.6	.340	4.3	4.9	.861
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Wiggins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lou Williams	4	25.5	12.8	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.3	1.5	0.0	0.8	2.3	4.0	12.8	.314	1.0	5.3	.190	3.8	4.5	.833

Additional Years
* Lou Williams played 6 seasons more than Andrew Wiggins in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 17, from 2017 to 2022—Lou Williams played in 4 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Andrew Wiggins, Lou Williams got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Sixth Man of the Year