Charles Oakley vs. Andrew Wiggins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Andrew Wiggins and Charles Oakley, 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 / Stats Rankings

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.

Charles Oakley played 19 years in the NBA, 8 more than Andrew Wiggins, who played 11. Charles Oakley had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while Andrew Wiggins had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Charles Oakley	19	15	1985-86 to 2003-04
Andrew Wiggins	11	4	2014-15 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Charles Oakley	Andrew Wiggins
Season	1985-86	2014-15
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Charles Oakley	77	23.0	9.6	3.3	5.3	8.6	1.7	0.9	0.4	2.3	3.2	3.6	7.0	.519	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.5	.662
difference:	+5	+13.2	+7.3	+1.7	+2.4	+4.0	+0.4	+0.1	+0.2	-0.1	-0.9	+2.5	+6.9	+.082	+0.5	+1.5		+2.0	+2.2	+.098
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	3	29.3	10.0	3.3	6.7	10.0	1.0	2.0	0.7	1.7	4.3	3.7	7.0	.524	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	4.3	.615
Andrew Wiggins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Charles Oakley	Andrew Wiggins
Season	1986-87	2015-16
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	82	36.3	14.5	3.6	9.5	13.1	3.6	1.0	0.4	3.6	3.8	5.7	12.8	.445	0.1	0.4	.367	3.0	4.4	.686
difference:	+1	+1.2	+6.2	+2.3	+7.2	+9.5	+1.6		+0.2	-1.4	-1.8	+1.6	+3.2	+.014	+0.6	+1.9	+.067	+2.3	+2.6	+.075
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	3	43.0	20.0	5.7	9.7	15.3	2.0	1.3	0.3	2.7	4.3	6.3	16.7	.380	0.7	1.3	.500	6.7	8.0	.833
Andrew Wiggins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Charles Oakley	Andrew Wiggins
Season	1987-88	2016-17
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Charles Oakley	82	34.3	12.4	4.0	9.0	13.0	3.0	0.8	0.3	2.9	3.3	4.6	9.5	.483	0.0	0.1	.250	3.2	4.4	.727
difference:		+2.9	+11.2	+2.8	+6.2	+9.0	+0.7	+0.2	+0.1	-0.6	-1.1	+4.0	+9.6	+.031	+1.3	+3.4	+.106	+1.8	+2.2	+.033
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	10	37.3	10.1	3.9	8.9	12.8	3.2	0.6	0.4	1.8	3.3	4.0	9.1	.440	0.0	0.2	.000	2.1	2.4	.875
Andrew Wiggins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Charles Oakley	Andrew Wiggins
Season	1988-89	2017-18
Team	New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	82	31.8	12.9	4.2	6.3	10.5	2.3	1.3	0.2	3.0	3.3	5.2	10.2	.510	0.1	0.6	.250	2.4	3.1	.773
difference:		+4.5	+4.8	+3.2	+2.9	+6.1	+0.3	+0.2	+0.4	-1.3	-1.3	+1.7	+5.7	+.072	+1.3	+3.5	+.081	+0.1	+0.7	+.130
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	9	33.2	9.7	4.8	6.4	11.2	1.2	1.3	0.1	2.4	3.4	3.9	8.1	.479	0.1	0.2	.500	1.8	2.7	.667
difference:	+4	+0.4	+6.1	+3.8	+2.2	+6.0	+0.8	+0.9	+0.3	-0.6	-0.6	+2.1	+5.5	+.038	+1.3	+4.0	+.167	+0.6	+1.3	+.067
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


Season 5
	Charles Oakley	Andrew Wiggins
Season	1989-90	2018-19
Team	New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	61	36.0	14.6	4.2	7.7	11.9	2.4	1.0	0.3	2.7	3.6	5.5	10.5	.524	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.7	.761
difference:	+12	+1.2	+3.5	+3.1	+4.0	+7.1	+0.1		+0.4	-0.8	-1.5	+1.3	+6.1	+.112	+1.6	+4.8		+0.8	+0.6	+.062
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	10	33.6	12.1	3.9	7.1	11.0	2.7	1.1	0.2	2.2	3.3	4.3	8.4	.512	0.1	0.1	1.000	3.4	5.2	.654
Andrew Wiggins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Charles Oakley	Andrew Wiggins
Season	1990-91	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves, Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	76	36.0	11.2	4.0	8.1	12.1	2.7	0.8	0.2	2.8	3.8	4.0	7.8	.516	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	4.0	.784
difference:	+22	+1.6	+10.6	+2.8	+4.2	+7.0	+1.0		+0.8	-0.4	-1.4	+4.1	+10.3	+.069	+2.1	+6.2		+0.4	+1.0	+.075
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	3	33.3	7.7	5.0	5.3	10.3	1.0	0.7	0.3	2.3	4.3	3.3	7.0	.476	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500
Andrew Wiggins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Charles Oakley	Andrew Wiggins
Season	1991-92	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	82	28.2	6.2	3.1	5.4	8.5	1.6	0.8	0.2	1.5	3.1	2.6	4.9	.522	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.735
difference:	+11	+5.1	+12.4	+1.9	+1.7	+3.6	+0.8	+0.1	+0.8	-0.3	-0.9	+4.5	+10.0	+.045	+2.0	+5.2		+1.4	+2.0	+.021
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	12	29.5	5.3	3.7	5.3	9.0	0.7	0.7	0.4	1.3	3.0	1.8	4.8	.379	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.3	.741
Andrew Wiggins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Charles Oakley	Andrew Wiggins
Season	1992-93	2021-22
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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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		%
Charles Oakley	82	27.2	6.9	3.5	5.1	8.6	1.5	1.0	0.2	1.5	3.5	2.7	5.3	.508	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.1	.722
difference:	+9	+4.7	+10.3	+2.3	+1.8	+4.1	+0.7		+0.5		-1.3	+3.8	+8.7	+.042	+2.2	+5.5		+0.5	+1.1	+.088
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	15	33.8	11.1	4.7	6.3	11.0	1.1	1.1	0.1	2.4	3.4	4.2	8.7	.481	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.7	.727
difference:	+7	+1.1	+5.4	+2.2	+1.3	+3.5	+0.7	+0.1	+0.9	-1.0	-0.9	+2.3	+5.2	+.012	+1.6	+4.8		+0.8	+0.7	+.081
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


Season 9
	Charles Oakley	Andrew Wiggins
Season	1993-94	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	82	35.8	11.8	4.3	7.5	11.8	2.7	1.3	0.2	2.4	3.6	4.4	9.3	.478	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.8	.776
difference:	+45	+3.6	+5.3	+2.7	+4.1	+6.8	+0.4	+0.1	+0.6	-1.1	-0.7	+2.4	+5.0	+.005	+2.4	+6.1		+1.8	+1.9	+.165
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	25	39.7	13.2	4.6	7.0	11.7	2.4	1.4	0.2	2.6	3.5	5.0	10.5	.477	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.1	.775
difference:	+12	+5.7	+3.5	+2.8	+3.2	+6.1	+0.5	+0.6	+1.0	-1.3		+1.4	+3.4	+.018	+1.5	+4.9		+0.7	+0.5	+.094
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


Season 10
	Charles Oakley	Andrew Wiggins
Season	1994-95	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Charles Oakley	50	31.3	10.1	3.1	5.8	8.9	2.5	1.2	0.1	2.1	3.6	3.8	7.9	.489	0.1	0.2	.250	2.4	3.0	.793
difference:	+21	+4.3	+3.1	+1.6	+2.8	+4.4	+0.8	+0.6	+0.5	-0.9	-1.5	+1.2	+3.1	+.036	+1.2	+3.4	+.108	+0.4	+0.3	+.042
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	11	38.3	13.1	2.8	5.6	8.5	3.7	1.7	0.5	2.2	3.8	4.5	9.9	.450	0.4	0.9	.400	3.8	4.6	.824
Andrew Wiggins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Charles Oakley	Andrew Wiggins
Season	1995-96	2024-25
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	53	33.5	11.4	3.1	5.6	8.7	2.6	1.1	0.3	2.0	3.7	4.0	8.5	.471	0.1	0.5	.269	3.3	4.0	.833
difference:	+7	+2.8	+6.6	+1.6	+2.6	+4.2		+0.1	+0.5	-0.3	-2.0	+2.3	+5.5	+.023	+2.1	+5.3	+.105		+0.3	+.070
Andrew Wiggins	60	30.7	18.0	1.5	3.0	4.5	2.6	1.0	0.8	1.7	1.7	6.3	14.0	.448	2.2	5.8	.374	3.3	4.3	.763

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Charles Oakley	8	38.5	13.1	3.5	5.1	8.6	1.8	1.0	0.0	3.5	4.1	4.9	9.8	.500	0.3	0.8	.333	3.1	4.5	.694
difference:	+4	+8.0	+1.6	+2.5	+2.8	+5.3	+0.5	+0.7	+1.3	-0.7	-2.6	+0.9	+1.0	+.128	+1.5	+4.2	+.017	+1.3	+2.0	+.006
Andrew Wiggins	4	30.5	11.5	1.0	2.3	3.3	2.3	0.3	1.3	2.8	1.5	4.0	10.8	.372	1.8	5.0	.350	1.8	2.5	.700


Additional Years
* Charles Oakley played 8 seasons more than Andrew Wiggins in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 19, from 1997 to 2004—Charles Oakley played in 4 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Andrew Wiggins, Charles Oakley got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive Second Team

Charles Oakley vs. Andrew Wiggins Season by Season Comparison

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

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years