Scottie Barnes vs. Andrew Wiggins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Andrew Wiggins and Scottie Barnes, 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.

Scottie Barnes played 4 years in the NBA, 7 less than Andrew Wiggins, who played 11. Scottie Barnes had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, 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
	Scottie Barnes	Andrew Wiggins
Season	2021-22	2014-15
Team	Toronto Raptors	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Scottie Barnes	74	35.4	15.3	2.6	4.9	7.5	3.5	1.1	0.7	1.8	2.6	6.2	12.6	.492	0.8	2.6	.301	2.1	2.9	.735
difference:	+8	+0.8	+1.6	+1.0	+2.0	+2.9	+1.4	+0.1	+0.1	-0.4	-0.3	+0.1	+1.3	+.055	+0.3	+1.1	+.009	+2.2	+2.8	+.025
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Barnes	4	33.3	12.8	1.8	7.3	9.0	4.3	1.0	0.3	1.3	3.0	4.5	10.5	.429	0.5	3.0	.167	3.3	4.0	.813
Andrew Wiggins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Scottie Barnes	Andrew Wiggins
Season	2023-24	2016-17
Team	Toronto Raptors	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		%
Scottie Barnes	60	34.9	19.9	2.4	5.9	8.2	6.1	1.3	1.5	2.8	2.0	7.5	15.7	.475	1.7	4.9	.341	3.3	4.2	.781
difference:	+22	+2.3	+3.7	+1.2	+3.1	+4.2	+3.8	+0.3	+1.1	-0.5	-0.2	+1.1	+3.4	+.023	+0.4	+1.4	+.015	+1.7	+2.4	+.021
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 Scottie Barnes nor Andrew Wiggins played in the postseason in their season 3

Additional Years
* Andrew Wiggins played 7 seasons more than Scottie Barnes in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 11, from 2019 to 2025—Andrew Wiggins played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 7 extra years over Scottie Barnes, Andrew Wiggins got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game