Darius Garland vs. Andrew Wiggins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Andrew Wiggins and Darius Garland, 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.

Darius Garland played 6 years in the NBA, 5 less than Andrew Wiggins, who played 11. Darius Garland had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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
	Darius Garland	Andrew Wiggins
Season	2019-20	2014-15
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Minnesota Timberwolves
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		%
Darius Garland	59	30.9	12.3	0.5	1.4	1.9	3.9	0.7	0.1	2.6	1.6	4.7	11.8	.401	1.8	5.0	.355	1.1	1.2	.875
difference:	+23	+5.3	+4.6	+1.1	+1.5	+2.7	+1.8	+0.3	+0.5	-0.4	-0.7	+1.4	+2.1	+.036	+1.3	+3.5	+.045	+3.2	+4.5	+.115
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 Darius Garland nor Andrew Wiggins played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Darius Garland	Andrew Wiggins
Season	2021-22	2016-17
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Darius Garland	68	35.7	21.7	0.6	2.7	3.3	8.6	1.3	0.1	3.6	1.7	8.0	17.3	.462	2.6	6.7	.383	3.2	3.5	.892
difference:	+14	+1.5	+1.9	+0.6	+0.1	+0.7	+6.3	+0.3	+0.3	-1.3	-0.5	+0.6	+1.8	+.010	+1.3	+3.2	+.027	+1.8	+3.1	+.132
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
* Neiher Darius Garland nor Andrew Wiggins played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 6
	Darius Garland	Andrew Wiggins
Season	2024-25	2019-20
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Minnesota Timberwolves, Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Darius Garland	75	30.7	20.6	0.6	2.2	2.9	6.7	1.2	0.1	2.5	1.9	7.4	15.7	.472	2.8	7.1	.401	3.0	3.4	.878
difference:	+21	+3.7	+1.2	+0.6	+1.7	+2.2	+3.0	+0.4	+0.9	-0.1	-0.5	+0.7	+2.4	+.025	+0.7	+0.9	+.069	+0.5	+1.6	+.169
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		%
Darius Garland	5	29.6	18.0	0.2	2.0	2.2	5.2	0.4	0.0	3.0	3.4	5.8	13.8	.420	2.0	7.0	.286	4.4	4.8	.917
Andrew Wiggins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Andrew Wiggins played 5 seasons more than Darius Garland in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 11, from 2021 to 2025—Andrew Wiggins played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 5 extra years over Darius Garland, Andrew Wiggins got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game