2025-26 Season
AARON WIGGINS
2025-26 Season
AARON WIGGINS
Wiggins produces at an below average rate for a 20-minute workload.
Wiggins produces at an below average rate for a 20-minute workload.
PBP Credit: Every play is analyzed from play-by-play data. Scorers get difficulty-adjusted credit, assisters get creation value based on the shot opportunity they created, and turnovers are classified by type. Shot difficulty is derived from 1M+ shots across 4 seasons. Full methodology
TEAM COMPARISON
of 16 teammates (10+ games, 10+ min)
Similar Players
Same position, closest production profile this season.
SKILL DNA
Percentile rank vs 246 Guards with 10+ games
THE SEASON SO FAR
Aaron Wiggins spent the first quarter of the season riding a chaotic pendulum between explosive spot-starts and invisible bench minutes. When given the green light with the first unit, he could be lethal, erupting for 27 points on 7-of-10 shooting from beyond the arc on 11/06 vs POR. That blistering perimeter efficiency and decisive shot selection drove a massive +18.9 Impact score. Unfortunately, his transition back to a permanent reserve role brought severe inconsistency. He completely lost his rhythm during a brutal outing on 01/01 vs POR, bricking all five of his field goal attempts to generate a dismal -8.7 Impact. Even when his scoring numbers bounced back, hidden costs continued to drag down his overall effectiveness. On 01/03 vs GSW, Wiggins tallied 15 points, yet still posted a -1.5 Impact because empty offensive possessions and poor two-point finishing heavily eroded his value. To stick in the rotation, he desperately needs to find a middle ground between scorching the nets and actively stalling the offense.
This midseason stretch was defined by Aaron Wiggins bouncing erratically between the starting lineup and the bench, producing wild swings in effectiveness that lived and died with his jump shot. When he found his rhythm, he was a massive difference-maker. During the 01/18 vs MIA matchup, he poured in 18 points on highly efficient 7-of-10 shooting to generate a stellar +11.2 Impact score. He reached a similar peak on 02/04 vs SAS, logging a +11.5 Impact score by pairing 20 points with six assists in a heavy 38-minute workload. However, when the three-ball refused to drop, his value plummeted. Look at his performance on 01/26 vs TOR, where a brutal 2-for-9 night from deep resulted in a -8.2 Impact score; the hidden cost of those wasted offensive possessions completely negated his double-digit 11 points. He hit absolute rock bottom on 02/24 vs TOR with an abysmal -15.2 Impact score, punishing his team through forced shots and a glaring lack of rebounding.
Aaron Wiggins spent this late-season stretch riding a brutal pendulum between spot-starting heroics and bench-warming anonymity. Volume did not guarantee value. Look at the 02/25 vs DET matchup, where he racked up 20 points and 6 assists but scraped together a tepid +1.1 Impact score. That lackluster rating stemmed directly from his erratic shot selection, as he clanked 10 of his 16 field goal attempts and forced bad looks from deep. Conversely, he found ways to dominate without an outside jumper during the 03/03 vs CHI game. Despite missing all five of his three-pointers, Wiggins posted a massive +17.3 Impact by relentlessly attacking the glass for 7 rebounds and distributing 4 assists to keep the offense humming. Then came the collapse. Starting the 04/12 vs PHX matchup, a catastrophic 1-for-7 shooting night yielded just 3 points, resulting in a disastrous -17.0 Impact that completely erased the value of his five assists.
IMPACT TIMELINE
Game-by-game performance vs average. Green = above average, red = below.
Boom-or-bust player. Wiggins's impact swings wildly relative to his average — some nights dominant, others invisible. Scoring varies by ~6 points per game.
Middle-of-the-road efficiency — shoots 45%+ from the field in 47% of games. Not automatic, but not a problem either.
Good defender on his best nights, but it comes and goes. Some games Wiggins locks in defensively, others he gets picked apart.
Performance has dropped off. First-half impact: -0.2, second-half: -5.2. Worth watching whether it's fatigue, injury, or opponents adjusting.
In a rough stretch — 10 straight games with negative impact. Longest cold streak this season: 10 games.
MATCHUP HISTORY ⚠ Updated 46 days ago
Based on 65 games with tracking data. Shows who guarded this player on offense and who he guarded on defense, with their shooting stats in those matchups.
ON OFFENSE: WHO GUARDED HIM
His shooting stats against each primary defender this season
ON DEFENSE: WHO HE GUARDED
How opponents shot when he was the primary defender. Lower FG% = better defense.
SEASON STATS
GAME LOG
74 games played
