Dereck Lively II vs. Andrew Wiggins Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Andrew Wiggins and Dereck Lively II, 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.
Dereck Lively II played 2 years in the NBA, 9 less than Andrew Wiggins, who played 11. Dereck Lively II had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, 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.
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Dereck Lively II |
55 |
23.5 |
8.8 |
2.5 |
4.4 |
6.9 |
1.1 |
0.7 |
1.4 |
0.9 |
2.6 |
4.0 |
5.4 |
.747 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.7 |
1.5 |
.506 |
| difference: | +27 | +12.7 | +8.1 | +0.9 | +1.5 | +2.3 | +1.0 | +0.3 | +0.8 | -1.3 | -0.3 | +2.1 | +8.5 | +.310 | +0.5 | +1.5 | | +3.6 | +4.2 | +.254 |
| 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 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Dereck Lively II |
21 |
22.0 |
7.9 |
2.7 |
4.7 |
7.4 |
1.3 |
0.4 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
2.3 |
3.0 |
4.5 |
.674 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.7 |
2.9 |
.590 |
| Andrew Wiggins |
DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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2nd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Dereck Lively II |
36 |
23.1 |
8.7 |
2.9 |
4.6 |
7.5 |
2.4 |
0.6 |
1.6 |
1.1 |
2.8 |
3.7 |
5.3 |
.702 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.3 |
2.0 |
.630 |
| difference: | +45 | +12.0 | +12.0 | +1.6 | +2.3 | +3.9 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +1.0 | -1.1 | -0.8 | +3.6 | +10.7 | +.243 | +0.7 | +2.3 | | +4.0 | +5.0 | +.131 |
| 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 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
| * Neiher Dereck Lively II nor Andrew Wiggins played in the postseason in their season 2 |
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Additional Years |
* Andrew Wiggins played 9 seasons more than Dereck Lively II in the NBA.
In that period—his seasons 3 to 11, from 2017 to 2025—Andrew Wiggins played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 9 extra years over Dereck Lively II, Andrew Wiggins got these achievements: |
| Honors & Awards |  1 All-Star Game
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