RJ Barrett vs. Andrew Wiggins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Andrew Wiggins and RJ Barrett, 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.

RJ Barrett played 7 years in the NBA, 5 less than Andrew Wiggins, who played 12. RJ Barrett 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
	RJ Barrett	Andrew Wiggins
Season	2019-20	2014-15
Team	New York Knicks	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		%
RJ Barrett	56	30.4	14.3	0.9	4.1	5.0	2.6	1.0	0.3	2.2	2.2	5.2	13.0	.402	1.1	3.5	.320	2.8	4.5	.614
difference:	+26	+5.8	+2.6	+0.7	+1.2	+0.4	+0.5		+0.3		-0.1	+0.9	+0.9	+.035	+0.6	+2.0	+.010	+1.5	+1.2	+.146
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 RJ Barrett nor Andrew Wiggins played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years
* Andrew Wiggins played 5 seasons more than RJ Barrett in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 12, from 2022 to 2026—Andrew Wiggins played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 5 extra years over RJ Barrett, Andrew Wiggins got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game