Glen Rice vs. Andrew Wiggins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Andrew Wiggins and Glen Rice, 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.

Glen Rice played 15 years in the NBA, 4 more than Andrew Wiggins, who played 11. Glen Rice had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, 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
	Glen Rice	Andrew Wiggins
Season	1989-90	2014-15
Team	Miami Heat	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		%
Glen Rice	77	30.0	13.6	1.3	3.3	4.6	1.8	0.9	0.4	1.5	2.6	6.1	13.9	.439	0.2	0.9	.246	1.2	1.6	.734
difference:	+5	+6.2	+3.3	+0.3	+0.4		+0.3	+0.1	+0.2	-0.7	-0.3			+.002	+0.3	+0.6	+.064	+3.1	+4.1	+.026
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 Glen Rice nor Andrew Wiggins played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 7
	Glen Rice	Andrew Wiggins
Season	1995-96	2020-21
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Glen Rice	79	39.8	21.6	1.1	3.7	4.8	2.9	1.2	0.2	2.1	2.7	7.7	16.4	.471	2.2	5.1	.424	4.0	4.8	.837
difference:	+8	+6.5	+3.0	+0.1		+0.1	+0.5	+0.3	+0.8	-0.3	-0.5	+0.6	+1.5	+.006	+0.2	+0.1	+.044	+1.6	+1.4	+.123
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
* Neiher Glen Rice nor Andrew Wiggins played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	Glen Rice	Andrew Wiggins
Season	1996-97	2021-22
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Glen Rice	79	42.6	26.8	0.8	3.2	4.0	2.0	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.4	9.1	19.2	.477	2.6	5.6	.470	5.9	6.8	.867
difference:	+6	+10.7	+9.6	+0.4	+0.1	+0.5	+0.2	+0.1	+0.4	-0.7	-0.2	+2.6	+5.2	+.011	+0.4	+0.1	+.077	+3.9	+3.6	+.233
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		%
Glen Rice	3	45.7	27.7	0.3	3.3	3.7	3.7	1.3	0.3	1.3	3.7	9.3	19.0	.491	2.0	5.3	.375	7.0	7.7	.913
difference:	+19	+10.8	+11.2	+2.2	+1.7	+3.8	+1.9	+0.3	+0.7	-0.1	-1.2	+2.8	+5.1	+.022	+0.4	+0.5	+.042	+5.1	+4.7	+.267
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
	Glen Rice	Andrew Wiggins
Season	1997-98	2022-23
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Glen Rice	82	40.2	22.3	1.1	3.2	4.3	2.2	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.4	7.7	16.9	.457	1.6	3.7	.433	5.2	6.1	.849
difference:	+45	+8.0	+5.2	+0.5	+0.2	+0.7	+0.1	+0.3	+0.5	-0.9	-0.5	+0.9	+2.6	+.016	+0.8	+2.4	+.037	+4.0	+4.2	+.238
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		%
Glen Rice	9	41.0	22.8	1.2	4.4	5.7	1.4	0.6	0.3	1.4	2.9	9.1	19.2	.474	1.2	4.0	.306	3.3	4.0	.833
difference:	+4	+7.0	+6.1	+0.6	+0.6	+0.1	+0.5	+0.2	+0.9	-0.1	-0.6	+2.7	+5.3	+.015	+0.3	+0.9	+.009	+0.8	+0.4	+.152
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 11
	Glen Rice	Andrew Wiggins
Season	1999-00	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Glen Rice	80	31.6	15.9	0.7	3.4	4.1	2.2	0.6	0.2	1.4	2.2	5.3	12.3	.430	1.1	2.9	.367	4.3	5.0	.874
difference:	+20	+0.9	+2.1	+0.8	+0.4	+0.4	+0.4	+0.4	+0.6	-0.3	-0.5	+1.0	+1.7	+.018	+1.1	+2.9	+.007	+1.0	+0.7	+.111
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		%
Glen Rice	23	33.3	12.4	0.4	3.6	4.0	2.1	0.7	0.2	1.6	2.2	4.0	9.9	.408	1.2	2.9	.418	3.1	3.9	.798
difference:	+19	+2.8	+0.9	+0.6	+1.3	+0.7	+0.2	+0.4	+1.1	-1.2	-0.7		+0.9	+.036	+0.6	+2.1	+.068	+1.3	+1.4	+.098
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