Shaquille O'Neal vs. Andrew Wiggins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Andrew Wiggins and Shaquille O'Neal, 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.

Shaquille O'Neal played 19 years in the NBA, 8 more than Andrew Wiggins, who played 11. Shaquille O'Neal had the first of his seasons in 1992-93, 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
	Shaquille O'Neal	Andrew Wiggins
Season	1992-93	2014-15
Team	Orlando Magic	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Shaquille O'Neal	81	37.9	23.4	4.2	9.6	13.9	1.9	0.7	3.5	3.8	4.0	9.0	16.1	.562	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	8.9	.592
difference:	+1	+1.7	+6.5	+2.6	+6.7	+9.3	+0.2	+0.3	+2.9	-1.6	-1.7	+2.9	+2.2	+.125	+0.5	+1.5		+1.0	+3.2	+.168
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 Shaquille O'Neal nor Andrew Wiggins played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Shaquille O'Neal	Andrew Wiggins
Season	1993-94	2015-16
Team	Orlando Magic	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaquille O'Neal	81	39.8	29.3	4.7	8.5	13.2	2.4	0.9	2.9	2.7	3.5	11.8	19.6	.599	0.0	0.0	-	5.8	10.5	.554
difference:		+4.7	+8.6	+3.4	+6.2	+9.6	+0.4	+0.1	+2.3	-0.5	-1.5	+4.5	+3.6	+.140	+0.7	+2.3		+0.5	+3.5	+.207
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaquille O'Neal	3	42.0	20.7	5.7	7.7	13.3	2.3	0.7	3.0	3.3	4.3	7.7	15.0	.511	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	11.3	.471
Andrew Wiggins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Shaquille O'Neal	Andrew Wiggins
Season	1994-95	2016-17
Team	Orlando Magic	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Shaquille O'Neal	79	37.0	29.3	4.2	7.3	11.4	2.7	0.9	2.4	2.6	3.3	11.8	20.2	.583	0.0	0.1	.000	5.8	10.8	.533
difference:	+3	+0.2	+5.7	+3.0	+4.5	+7.4	+0.4	+0.1	+2.0	-0.3	-1.1	+3.2	+1.1	+.131	+1.3	+3.4	+.356	+0.8	+4.2	+.227
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaquille O'Neal	21	38.3	25.7	4.5	7.4	11.9	3.3	0.9	1.9	3.5	4.0	9.3	16.1	.577	0.0	0.0	-	7.1	12.4	.571
Andrew Wiggins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Shaquille O'Neal	Andrew Wiggins
Season	1995-96	2017-18
Team	Orlando Magic	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaquille O'Neal	54	36.0	26.6	3.4	7.7	11.0	2.9	0.6	2.1	2.9	3.6	11.0	19.1	.573	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	9.5	.487
difference:	+28	+0.3	+8.9	+2.4	+4.3	+6.6	+0.9	+0.5	+1.5	-1.2	-1.6	+4.1	+3.2	+.135	+1.4	+4.1		+2.1	+5.7	+.156
Andrew Wiggins	82	36.3	17.7	1.0	3.4	4.4	2.0	1.1	0.6	1.7	2.0	6.9	15.9	.438	1.4	4.1	.331	2.5	3.8	.643
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaquille O'Neal	12	38.3	25.8	4.1	5.9	10.0	4.6	0.8	1.3	3.7	3.3	10.9	18.0	.606	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	10.2	.393
difference:	+7	+5.5	+10.0	+3.1	+1.7	+4.8	+2.6	+0.4	+0.9	-1.9	-0.5	+4.9	+4.4	+.165	+1.4	+4.2		+1.6	+6.2	+.207
Andrew Wiggins	5	32.8	15.8	1.0	4.2	5.2	2.0	0.4	0.4	1.8	2.8	6.0	13.6	.441	1.4	4.2	.333	2.4	4.0	.600

Season 5
	Shaquille O'Neal	Andrew Wiggins
Season	1996-97	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaquille O'Neal	51	38.1	26.2	3.8	8.7	12.5	3.1	0.9	2.9	2.9	3.5	10.8	19.4	.557	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	9.4	.484
difference:	+22	+3.3	+8.1	+2.7	+5.0	+7.7	+0.6	+0.1	+2.2	-1.0	-1.4	+4.0	+2.8	+.145	+1.6	+4.7	+.339	+1.7	+5.3	+.215
Andrew Wiggins	73	34.8	18.1	1.1	3.7	4.8	2.5	1.0	0.7	1.9	2.1	6.8	16.6	.412	1.6	4.8	.339	2.8	4.1	.699
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaquille O'Neal	9	36.2	26.9	4.2	6.3	10.6	3.2	0.6	1.9	2.4	4.1	9.9	19.2	.514	0.0	0.0	-	7.1	11.7	.610
Andrew Wiggins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Shaquille O'Neal	Andrew Wiggins
Season	1997-98	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves, Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Shaquille O'Neal	60	36.3	28.3	3.5	7.9	11.4	2.4	0.7	2.4	2.9	3.2	11.2	19.1	.584	0.0	0.0	-	6.0	11.4	.527
difference:	+6	+1.9	+6.5	+2.3	+4.0	+6.3	+1.3	+0.1	+1.4	-0.5	-0.8	+3.1	+1.0	+.137	+2.1	+6.2		+2.5	+6.4	+.182
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		%
Shaquille O'Neal	13	38.5	30.5	3.7	6.5	10.2	2.9	0.5	2.6	3.3	3.2	12.2	19.8	.612	0.0	0.0	-	6.2	12.2	.503
Andrew Wiggins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Shaquille O'Neal	Andrew Wiggins
Season	1998-99	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Shaquille O'Neal	49	34.8	26.3	3.8	6.9	10.7	2.3	0.7	1.7	2.5	3.2	10.4	18.1	.576	0.0	0.0	-	5.5	10.2	.540
difference:	+22	+1.5	+7.7	+2.6	+3.2	+5.8	+0.1	+0.2	+0.7	-0.7	-1.0	+3.3	+3.2	+.099	+2.0	+5.2		+3.1	+6.8	+.174
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaquille O'Neal	8	39.4	26.6	5.5	6.1	11.6	2.3	0.9	2.9	2.3	3.6	9.9	19.4	.510	0.0	0.0	-	6.9	14.8	.466
Andrew Wiggins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Shaquille O'Neal	Andrew Wiggins
Season	1999-00	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Shaquille O'Neal	79	40.0	29.7	4.3	9.4	13.6	3.8	0.5	3.0	2.8	3.2	12.1	21.1	.574	0.0	0.0	-	5.5	10.4	.524
difference:	+6	+8.1	+12.5	+3.1	+6.1	+9.1	+1.6	+0.5	+2.3	-1.3	-1.0	+5.6	+7.1	+.108	+2.2	+5.5		+3.5	+7.2	+.110
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		%
Shaquille O'Neal	23	43.5	30.7	5.2	10.3	15.4	3.1	0.6	2.4	2.4	2.9	12.4	22.0	.566	0.0	0.0	-	5.9	12.9	.456
difference:	+1	+8.6	+14.2	+2.7	+5.3	+7.9	+1.3	+0.4	+1.4	-1.0	-0.4	+5.9	+8.1	+.097	+1.6	+4.8		+4.0	+9.9	+.190
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
	Shaquille O'Neal	Andrew Wiggins
Season	2000-01	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Shaquille O'Neal	74	39.5	28.7	3.9	8.8	12.7	3.7	0.6	2.8	2.9	3.5	11.0	19.2	.572	0.0	0.0	-	6.7	13.1	.513
difference:	+37	+7.3	+11.6	+2.3	+5.4	+7.7	+1.4	+0.6	+2.0	-1.6	-0.6	+4.2	+4.9	+.099	+2.4	+6.1		+5.5	+11.2	+.098
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		%
Shaquille O'Neal	16	42.3	30.4	5.7	9.8	15.4	3.2	0.4	2.4	3.6	3.4	11.9	21.5	.555	0.0	0.0	-	6.6	12.5	.525
difference:	+3	+8.3	+13.7	+3.9	+6.0	+9.8	+1.3	+0.4	+1.2	-2.3	-0.1	+5.5	+7.6	+.096	+1.5	+4.9		+4.1	+8.9	+.156
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 10
	Shaquille O'Neal	Andrew Wiggins
Season	2001-02	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaquille O'Neal	67	36.1	27.2	3.5	7.2	10.7	3.0	0.6	2.0	2.6	3.0	10.6	18.3	.579	0.0	0.0	-	5.9	10.7	.555
difference:	+4	+9.1	+14.0	+2.0	+4.2	+6.2	+1.3		+1.4	-1.4	-0.9	+5.6	+7.3	+.126	+1.3	+3.6		+3.9	+8.0	+.196
Andrew Wiggins	71	27.0	13.2	1.5	3.0	4.5	1.7	0.6	0.6	1.2	2.1	5.0	11.0	.453	1.3	3.6	.358	2.0	2.7	.751
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaquille O'Neal	19	40.8	28.5	3.5	9.1	12.6	2.8	0.5	2.5	3.3	3.3	10.7	20.2	.529	0.0	0.0	-	7.1	10.9	.649
Andrew Wiggins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Shaquille O'Neal	Andrew Wiggins
Season	2002-03	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Shaquille O'Neal	67	37.8	27.5	3.9	7.2	11.1	3.1	0.6	2.4	2.9	3.4	10.4	18.1	.574	0.0	0.0	-	6.7	10.8	.622
difference:	+7	+7.1	+9.5	+2.4	+4.2	+6.6	+0.5	+0.4	+1.6	-1.2	-1.7	+4.1	+4.1	+.126	+2.2	+5.8		+3.4	+6.5	+.141
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		%
Shaquille O'Neal	12	40.1	27.0	5.3	9.6	14.8	3.7	0.6	2.8	2.9	2.8	10.1	18.8	.535	0.0	0.0	-	6.8	11.0	.621
difference:	+8	+9.6	+15.5	+4.3	+7.3	+11.5	+1.4	+0.3	+1.5	-0.1	-1.3	+6.1	+8.0	+.163	+1.8	+5.0		+5.0	+8.5	+.079
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

Additional Years
* Shaquille O'Neal played 8 seasons more than Andrew Wiggins in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 19, from 2004 to 2011—Shaquille O'Neal played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 8 extra years over Andrew Wiggins, Shaquille O'Neal got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP