Andrew Christian Wiggins (born February 23, 1995) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the

Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected with the first
overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers after one year with the Kansas Jayhawks.

Wiggins played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks prior to being drafted by the Cleveland
Cavaliers. He was the second Canadian to be selected No. 1 overall in the NBA draft. Wiggins earned
NBA Rookie of the Year honors for the 2014–15 season while playing for the Minnesota Timberwolves.
In February 2020, after spending his first five and a half seasons with Minnesota, Wiggins was traded to
Golden State. He has also been a member of the Canadian national team. Wiggins was selected to his
first NBA All-Star game in 2022, when he was named a Western Conference starter.

Contents

1 Early life

2 High school career

3 College career

4 Professional career

4.1 Minnesota Timberwolves (2014–2020)

4.1.1 2014–15 season

4.1.2 2015–16 season

4.1.3 2016–17 season

4.1.4 2017–18 season: First playoffs appearance

4.1.5 2018–19 season

4.1.6 2019–20 season

4.2 Golden State Warriors (2020–present)

5 National team career

6 Career statistics

6.1 NBA

6.1.1 Regular season

6.1.2 Playoffs

6.2 College
7 Personal life

8 See also

9 Notes

10 References

11 External links

Early life

Wiggins was born in Toronto, Ontario[1][2][3] and raised in the nearby Vaughan portion of Thornhill,
Ontario.[4][2][5][6][7] He is the son of former NBA player Mitchell Wiggins, an American, and former
Olympic track and field sprinter Marita Payne-Wiggins, a Canadian who is originally from Barbados. His
parents met as student athletes at Florida State University.[8] He attended elementary school at Glen
Shields Public School,[9] and high school at Vaughan Secondary School,[10] both in Vaughan.

Wiggins began playing organized basketball when he was nine, joining an under-10 team in Toronto.[11]
At the time, he was 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m). He dunked a basketball for the first time when he was 13, and a
year later, he grew to 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) and shattered a glass backboard after dunking on a rim at the
Dufferin Clark Community Centre in Vaughan.[11]

High school career

Wiggins dunking in the 2013 McDonald's All-American Boys Game

Wiggins attended Vaughan Secondary School in Vaughan for his first two years of high school. In his
2010–11 sophomore year, he led the school's AAAA basketball team to a 44–1 record, en route to
winning the Ontario provincial championship.[12][13] In the championship game, he scored 25 points
and grabbed 13 rebounds, amid chants of "Over-rated!" from the crowd.[13]

In 2011, he transferred to Huntington Prep School in Huntington, West Virginia. During his junior season,
he averaged 24.2 points, 8.5 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 2.7 blocks per game. As a senior, he averaged
23.4 points, 11.2 rebounds, 2.6 blocks, and 2.5 assists per game.[14]

Wiggins had been rated as the top prospect for 2014, but announced in October 2012 that he would
officially reclassify into his original high school class of 2013, and was immediately placed ahead of the
previous number one prospect, Jabari Parker, by ESPN.[15]
On February 7, 2013, after an article in Sports Illustrated criticized Canadian basketball and Wiggins'
work ethic,[16] he responded later that day, scoring 57 points in a 111–59 win over Marietta College.
[17]

Wiggins was named the 2013 Naismith Prep Player of the Year on February 25.[18] He was named the
2013 Gatorade National Player of the Year on March 28 as the nation's top high school player.[19] He
was the first Canadian player to be so named.[19][20] In May 2013, he was named Mr. Basketball USA.
[21] He was ranked number one high school basketball player by SLAM magazine.[22]

In April 2013, Wiggins played in the Jordan Brand Classic All-American game in Brooklyn.[23][24] He
scored 19 points and tied Julius Randle for lead scorer for the East team.[23][24]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date

Andrew Wiggins

SF Vaughan, Ontario Vaughan Secondary / Huntington Prep 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb

(86 kg) May 14, 2013

Recruiting star ratings: Scout:5/5 stars Rivals:5/5 stars 247Sports:5/5 stars ESPN grade: 97

Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 1 (SF); 1 (national); 2 (school) Rivals: 1 (SF); 1 (national)

Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and
weight.

In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

"2013 Kansas Basketball Commitment List". Rivals.com. Archived from the original on February 28, 2017.
Retrieved February 28, 2017.

"2013 Kansas College Basketball Team Recruiting Prospects". Scout.com. Archived from the original on
February 28, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.

"Kansas Jayhawks 2013 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on February 28, 2017.
Retrieved February 28, 2017.

"Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved February 28, 2017.

"2013 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved February 28, 2017.

College career
Wiggins playing for Kansas in 2014

Wiggins committed to Kansas on May 14, 2013.[25] Before the announcement, he had narrowed his
choices to Florida State, Kentucky, Kansas and North Carolina.[26] Wiggins joined the Kansas team on
June 19, 2013.[4]

On January 13, 2014, Wiggins scored 17 points and collected 19 rebounds in a 77–70 victory over Iowa
State, becoming only the second freshman in the last 15 years (along with Michael Kidd-Gilchrist) to
amass those numbers in a win against a ranked opponent.[27]

Wiggins averaged 17.1 points per game (ppg), 5.9 rebounds per game (rpg), and made 34.1% of his
three-point field goals in his freshman year at Kansas.[28][29] On January 22, 2014, Wiggins was named
a Top 25 Finalist for the John R. Wooden Men's Player of the Year award by the Los Angeles Athletic
Club.[30][31] On February 28, he was named one of the 10 semi-finalists for Naismith College Player of
the Year.[32]

On March 8, 2014, Wiggins scored 41 points against West Virginia, the most for a Big 12 Conference
freshman since Michael Beasley scored 44 points against Baylor in 2008.[33]

Professional career

Minnesota Timberwolves (2014–2020)

2014–15 season

Wiggins declared for the 2014 NBA draft on March 31, 2014.[34] He was selected first overall in the draft
by the Cleveland Cavaliers on June 26, 2014,[8] becoming just the second Canadian ever picked number
one in the draft, after Anthony Bennett, who had been selected first overall one year prior in the 2013
NBA draft, also by Cleveland.[35] On August 23, a three-team trade was completed involving the
Cavaliers, the Minnesota Timberwolves, and the Philadelphia 76ers. As part of the deal, Wiggins and
Bennett were traded to the Wolves, along with Thaddeus Young, then of the Sixers. The Cavaliers
received Kevin Love from Minnesota, while the Sixers received Luc Mbah a Moute and Alexey Shved
from Minnesota and a 2015 first-round draft pick from Cleveland.[36] Wiggins became just the second
player since the ABA–NBA merger to be drafted as the number one pick, only to be traded afterwards
without playing a single game for the team he was originally selected for; Chris Webber was the first
following the 1993 draft.[37]
LeBron James guarding Wiggins in his rookie season with the Timberwolves, December 2014

In his NBA debut on October 29, 2014, Wiggins scored six points in a 105–101 season-opening loss to the
Memphis Grizzlies.[38] He went on to earn the Western Conference Rookie of the Month honours for
the first two months of the season.[39][40] On January 31, he scored 33 points in a loss to the Cavaliers.
[41] On February 13, Wiggins won the Rising Stars Challenge MVP after scoring 22 points for Team
World in a 121–112 win over Team USA.[42] On April 30, he was named the NBA Rookie of the Year for
the 2014–15 season.[43][44]