D'Angelo Russell vs. Andrew Wiggins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Andrew Wiggins and D'Angelo Russell, 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.

D'Angelo Russell played 10 years in the NBA, 1 less than Andrew Wiggins, who played 11. D'Angelo Russell had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, 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.

Rookie Season
	D'Angelo Russell	Andrew Wiggins
Season	2015-16	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second 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		%
D'Angelo Russell	80	28.2	13.2	0.6	2.8	3.4	3.3	1.2	0.2	2.5	1.8	4.9	12.0	.410	1.6	4.6	.351	1.8	2.4	.737
difference:	+2	+8.0	+3.7	+1.0	+0.1	+1.2	+1.2	+0.2	+0.4	-0.3	-0.5	+1.2	+1.9	+.027	+1.1	+3.1	+.041	+2.5	+3.3	+.023
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
* Neiher D'Angelo Russell nor Andrew Wiggins played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	D'Angelo Russell	Andrew Wiggins
Season	2018-19	2017-18
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
D'Angelo Russell	81	30.2	21.1	0.7	3.2	3.9	7.0	1.2	0.2	3.1	1.7	8.1	18.7	.434	2.9	7.8	.369	2.0	2.5	.780
difference:	+1	+6.1	+3.4	+0.3	+0.2	+0.5	+5.0	+0.1	+0.4	-1.4	-0.3	+1.2	+2.8	+.004	+1.5	+3.7	+.038	+0.5	+1.3	+.137
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		%
D'Angelo Russell	5	29.6	19.4	0.4	3.2	3.6	3.6	1.4	0.2	2.8	2.4	7.4	20.6	.359	2.4	7.4	.324	2.2	2.6	.846
difference:		+3.2	+3.6	+0.6	+1.0	+1.6	+1.6	+1.0	+0.2	-1.0	-0.4	+1.4	+7.0	+.082	+1.0	+3.2	+.009	+0.2	+1.4	+.246
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 8
	D'Angelo Russell	Andrew Wiggins
Season	2022-23	2021-22
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
D'Angelo Russell	71	32.5	17.8	0.5	2.5	3.0	6.2	1.0	0.4	2.6	2.0	6.3	13.4	.469	2.7	6.9	.396	2.5	3.0	.829
difference:	+2	+0.6	+0.6	+0.7	+0.8	+1.5	+4.0		+0.3	-1.1	-0.2	+0.2	+0.6	+.003	+0.5	+1.4	+.003	+0.5	+0.2	+.195
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		%
D'Angelo Russell	16	29.6	13.3	0.6	2.3	2.9	4.6	0.7	0.3	1.8	2.0	5.2	12.2	.426	1.7	5.4	.310	1.3	1.6	.769
difference:	+6	+5.3	+3.2	+1.9	+2.7	+4.6	+2.8	+0.3	+0.7	-0.4	-0.5	+1.3	+1.7	+.043	+0.1	+0.6	+.023	+0.6	+1.4	+.123
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
	D'Angelo Russell	Andrew Wiggins
Season	2023-24	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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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		%
D'Angelo Russell	76	32.7	18.0	0.4	2.7	3.1	6.3	0.9	0.5	2.1	2.1	6.5	14.2	.456	3.0	7.2	.415	2.1	2.5	.828
difference:	+39	+0.5	+0.9	+1.2	+0.7	+1.9	+4.0	+0.3	+0.3	-0.8	-0.8	+0.3	+0.1	+.017	+0.6	+1.1	+.019	+0.9	+0.6	+.217
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		%
D'Angelo Russell	5	37.0	14.2	0.2	2.6	2.8	4.2	0.8	0.2	1.8	1.2	5.6	14.6	.384	2.8	8.8	.318	0.2	0.4	.500
difference:	+8	+3.0	+2.5	+1.6	+1.2	+2.8	+2.3		+1.0	-0.5	-2.3	+0.8	+0.7	+.075	+1.3	+3.9	+.021	+2.3	+3.2	+.181
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