Joe Ruklick vs. Andrew Wiggins Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Andrew Wiggins and Joe Ruklick, 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.
Joe Ruklick played 3 years in the NBA, 7 less than Andrew Wiggins, who played 10. Joe Ruklick had the first of his seasons in 1959-60, 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.
Their Careers |
Player |
Total Seasons |
Playoffs Played |
NBA Years |
Joe Ruklick |
3 |
2 |
1959-60 to 1961-62 |
Andrew Wiggins |
10 |
3 |
2014-15 to 2023-24 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Joe Ruklick |
39 |
9.8 |
5.0 |
- |
- |
3.5 |
0.6 |
- |
- |
- |
1.8 |
2.2 |
5.5 |
.397 |
- |
- |
- |
0.7 |
0.9 |
.722 |
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 |
% |
Joe Ruklick |
4 |
3.8 |
1.0 |
- |
- |
1.3 |
0.0 |
- |
- |
- |
0.8 |
0.5 |
2.3 |
.222 |
- |
- |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
Andrew Wiggins |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Joe Ruklick |
29 |
7.7 |
3.2 |
- |
- |
2.1 |
0.3 |
- |
- |
- |
1.3 |
1.5 |
4.1 |
.358 |
- |
- |
- |
0.3 |
0.4 |
.615 |
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 |
% |
Joe Ruklick |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Andrew Wiggins |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Joe Ruklick |
46 |
6.6 |
2.3 |
- |
- |
1.9 |
0.3 |
- |
- |
- |
1.2 |
1.0 |
3.2 |
.327 |
- |
- |
- |
0.3 |
0.6 |
.462 |
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 |
% |
Joe Ruklick |
2 |
4.0 |
1.5 |
- |
- |
2.0 |
0.0 |
- |
- |
- |
1.0 |
0.5 |
2.0 |
.250 |
- |
- |
- |
0.5 |
1.0 |
.500 |
Andrew Wiggins |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Joe Ruklick |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 |
% |
Joe Ruklick |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Joe Ruklick |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 |
% |
Joe Ruklick |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Andrew Wiggins |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Joe Ruklick |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 |
% |
Joe Ruklick |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Andrew Wiggins |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Joe Ruklick |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 |
% |
Joe Ruklick |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Andrew Wiggins |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Joe Ruklick |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 |
% |
Joe Ruklick |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Joe Ruklick |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 |
% |
Joe Ruklick |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Joe Ruklick |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 |
% |
Joe Ruklick |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Andrew Wiggins |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |