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Andrew WigginsMiami Heat · #22

Forward · 6'6", 197 lb · Toronto, Ontario · Age 31 · 12th season

Andrew Wiggins is a Canadian two-way wing for the Miami Heat, the 2014 No. 1 overall pick, 2015 Rookie of the Year, and a 2022 NBA champion. A key defensive contributor to Golden State's 2022 title — where he was a Western Conference All-Star starter — he came to Miami in the February 2025 multi-team trade that sent Jimmy Butler to the Warriors.

MVP race · #139Forward rank · #34Balladex Impact · 67
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Andrew Wiggins
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Miami Heat · #22 · Forward
Andrew Wiggins
Season avg15.4 pts · 4.8 reb · 2.7 ast · .475 fg
Career avg18.2 pts · 4.5 reb · 2.3 ast · .452 fg
Live win probabilityHeat 71%
Balladex model · projected 122–118 · 99.7 pace
Tonight's projectionmodel
18.6pts
5.2reb
3.5ast
71%win
Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head
Andrew Wiggins
Miami Heat · Forward
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Jaime Jaquez Jr.
Milwaukee Bucks · Solid defender
Category breakout
Head-to-head history
Home/away splits from recent games; live grades from the DNA model.
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Scouting report

Andrew Wiggins — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

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Two-Way Wing · Efficient Scorer · Impact 67
Andrew Wiggins is a Canadian two-way wing for the Miami Heat, the 2014 No. 1 overall pick, 2015 Rookie of the Year, and a 2022 NBA champion. A key def
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Offense
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Defense
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Feel / IQ
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Playmaking
Below average creator
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Scoring
Average scorer
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Rebounding
Average on the glass
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3PT / spacing
Strong spacing
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Perimeter D
Strong on the perimeter
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Paint / rim D
Below average at the rim
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Clutch
Average late
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Athleticism
Strong tools
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Basketball IQ
Reads the game
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Durability
Availability
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Act II

Where Andrew Wiggins stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Nikola Jokić DEN
29%
2
Luka Doncic LAL
20%
3
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC
12%
4
Giannis Antetokounmpo MIA
4%
5
Victor Wembanyama SAS
3%
6
Anthony Edwards MIN
2%
7
Tyrese Maxey PHI
2%
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Jamal Murray DEN
2%
Balladex Consensus: #79 of 384 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
<1%MVP odds
67Impact index
227Star score
Career scoring average18.2 ppg
Seasons in the index12
Accolades on file3
1× NBA Champion (2022) · 1× Rookie of the Year (2015)
Stat explorer

Andrew Wiggins — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Scoring
15.4 PPG
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Playmaking
2.7 APG
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Rebounding
4.8 RPG
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Shooting
.414 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Andrew Wiggins

Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026-27  72% confidence
15.7
pts
13.5–17.9
4.8
reb
3.9–5.7
2.9
ast
2.2–3.6
30.6
min
proj
60
gp
health
.463
fg%
~base
.392
3p%
~base
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 12-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Last season 15.4 → projected 15.7 PPG
Minutes / role
+0.2
Development (his trend)
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Age curve
-0.2
Live context
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Net vs last season+0.3 PPG
Everything it reads
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12 seasons of per-minute rates
every box line, minutes-normalized
real
Recency × games-played weight
recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline
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Weighted least-squares trend
his own trajectory, read season over season
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Per-stat aging curves
age 31 — applied per stat
curve
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Live role context
usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present
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Durability signal
GP last 3: 71 / 43 / 68 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Andrew Wiggins career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2014-158236.216.94.62.1.437.310
2015-168135.120.73.62.0.459.300
2016-178237.223.64.02.3.452.356
2017-188236.317.74.42.0.438.331
2018-197334.818.14.82.5.412.339
2019-204234.622.45.23.7.444.331
2020-217133.318.64.92.4.477.380
2021-227331.917.24.52.2.466.393
2022-233732.217.15.02.3.473.396
2023-247127.013.24.51.7.453.358
2024-254330.117.64.62.4.444.379
2025-266830.315.44.82.7.475.414
Career80533.518.24.52.3
Source: Basketball-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.
EraLab · the stat time machinenovel
Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.
raw PPG
in 2026 pace
why
Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart
Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.
Role simulatorpowered by GM engine
Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.
Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.
Context

Are the Miami Heat built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

48–34proj record
#8conf seed
+2.7net rtg
116.1off rtg
113.3def rtg
85%playoff odds
Roster delta · what changed
Drop coverage — Sits the big back to wall off the rim and lives with contested mid-range looks.. Core trending improving. Defensive anchors: Bam Adebayo, Davion Mitchell.
How his role moves
Projected 48–34, 8th in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
67 of 99
Solid starter tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
3 accolades
1× NBA Champion (2022) · 1× Rookie of the Year (2015) · 1× NBA All-Star (2022)
Act IV

The Ballad of Andrew Wiggins

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

Feb 23, 1995

The beginning

A Canadian two-way wing, champion, and former No.

Miami Heat

Turning pro

Drafted 1st overall, 2014 as a Forward.

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A No. 1 pick and champion — a Canadian two-way wing, now with the Heat.

Chapter

Son of an NBA player and an Olympic sprinter, Wiggins went 1st overall in 2014 and won Rookie of the Year in 2015.

Chapter

Traded to Golden State, he became a 2022 All-Star and NBA champion, guarding Jayson Tatum in the Finals.

Off the court

Measurables ESPN
Active
Height
6' 7"
Weight
210 lbs
College
Kansas
Experience
12th Season
NBA debut
2014
Draft
1st overall, 2014
Born
Toronto, Ontario
Age
31
Jersey
#22
Beyond the game

Wiggins comes from remarkable athletic lineage — his father Mitchell was an NBA guard and his mother Marita Payne-Wiggins won Olympic silver medals in sprinting for Canada, having met as student-athletes at Florida State. A reserved, understated personality, he is a father of two and one of the faces of Canadian basketball's rise, having set milestones as the first Canadian-born player with a 40-point NBA game.

His identity is two-way wing play — an elite athlete who scores at three levels and, in his Golden State prime, guarded the opponent's best perimeter threat. His championship-caliber defense on Tatum in the 2022 Finals showed his ceiling as a complementary star, and he brings that scoring-and-defense profile to a Heat team retooling its wing rotation.

The person

An athletic two-way wing and champion — three-level scoring and strong perimeter defense.

Two-way wingScores at three levels and defends opposing stars.
ChampionA key contributor to Golden State's 2022 title.
Elite athleteA former No. 1 pick and Rookie of the Year.
Verified profiles & sources
FAQ

Andrew Wiggins — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Andrew Wiggins, answered.

How did Andrew Wiggins join the Heat?
In the February 2025 multi-team trade that sent Jimmy Butler to Golden State; Wiggins went from the Warriors to Miami.
Did Andrew Wiggins win a championship?
Yes — the 2022 NBA title with Golden State, where he was an All-Star starter and guarded Jayson Tatum in the Finals.
Why was Andrew Wiggins a big deal coming into the NBA?
He was the No. 1 overall pick in 2014 and the 2015 Rookie of the Year, one of the most hyped Canadian prospects ever.
Andrew Wiggins career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Availability & durability

games played vs season length
Career availability
83%
12 seasons
Last 3 seasons
74%
64 games missed
Games missed
159
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Some risk
declining
Availability by season
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16-17
82
17-18
73
18-19
42
19-20
71
20-21
73
21-22
37
22-23
71
23-24
43
24-25
68
25-26

Some risk. Availability trend is declining74% of games over the last three seasons, low of 45% in 2022-23.

Availability = games played ÷ season length (schedule-adjusted for lockout and COVID seasons). A durability signal from real game data, not a medical assessment.

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