Mitchell Wiggins

Mitchell Lee Wiggins

Position: Guard ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-4 ▪ Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: September 28, 1959 in Lenoir County, North Carolina
High School: North Lenoir in La Grange, North Carolina
College: Florida State University
Draft: Indiana Pacers, 1st round (23rd pick, 23rd overall), 1983 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 29, 1983

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Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1983-84	24	CHI	NBA	SG	82	40	2123	399	890	.448	7	29	.241	213	287	.742	138	190	328	187	106	11	139	278	1018
1984-85	25	HOU	NBA	SG	82	24	1575	318	657	.484	6	23	.261	96	131	.733	110	125	235	119	83	13	90	195	738
1985-86	26	HOU	NBA	SG	78	0	1198	222	489	.454	1	12	.083	86	118	.729	87	72	159	101	59	5	62	155	531
1986-87	27	HOU	NBA	SG	32	19	788	153	350	.437	0	5	.000	49	65	.754	74	59	133	76	44	3	50	82	355
1989-90	30	HOU	NBA	SG	66	52	1852	416	853	.488	0	3	.000	192	237	.810	133	153	286	104	85	1	87	165	1024
1991-92	32	PHI	NBA	SG	49	0	569	88	229	.384	0	1	.000	35	51	.686	43	51	94	22	20	1	25	67	211
Career			NBA		389	135	8105	1596	3468	.460	14	73	.192	671	889	.755	585	650	1235	609	397	34	453	942	3877

Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1983-84	24	CHI	NBA	SG	82	40	25.9	4.9	10.9	.448	0.1	0.4	.241	2.6	3.5	.742	1.7	2.3	4.0	2.3	1.3	0.1	1.7	3.4	12.4
1984-85	25	HOU	NBA	SG	82	24	19.2	3.9	8.0	.484	0.1	0.3	.261	1.2	1.6	.733	1.3	1.5	2.9	1.5	1.0	0.2	1.1	2.4	9.0
1985-86	26	HOU	NBA	SG	78	0	15.4	2.8	6.3	.454	0.0	0.2	.083	1.1	1.5	.729	1.1	0.9	2.0	1.3	0.8	0.1	0.8	2.0	6.8
1986-87	27	HOU	NBA	SG	32	19	24.6	4.8	10.9	.437	0.0	0.2	.000	1.5	2.0	.754	2.3	1.8	4.2	2.4	1.4	0.1	1.6	2.6	11.1
1989-90	30	HOU	NBA	SG	66	52	28.1	6.3	12.9	.488	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	3.6	.810	2.0	2.3	4.3	1.6	1.3	0.0	1.3	2.5	15.5
1991-92	32	PHI	NBA	SG	49	0	11.6	1.8	4.7	.384	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.0	.686	0.9	1.0	1.9	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.4	4.3
Career			NBA		389	135	20.8	4.1	8.9	.460	0.0	0.2	.192	1.7	2.3	.755	1.5	1.7	3.2	1.6	1.0	0.1	1.2	2.4	10.0

Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1983-84	24	CHI	NBA	SG	82	40	2123	6.8	15.1	.448	0.1	0.5	.241	3.6	4.9	.742	2.3	3.2	5.6	3.2	1.8	0.2	2.4	4.7	17.3
1984-85	25	HOU	NBA	SG	82	24	1575	7.3	15.0	.484	0.1	0.5	.261	2.2	3.0	.733	2.5	2.9	5.4	2.7	1.9	0.3	2.1	4.5	16.9
1985-86	26	HOU	NBA	SG	78	0	1198	6.7	14.7	.454	0.0	0.4	.083	2.6	3.5	.729	2.6	2.2	4.8	3.0	1.8	0.2	1.9	4.7	16.0
1986-87	27	HOU	NBA	SG	32	19	788	7.0	16.0	.437	0.0	0.2	.000	2.2	3.0	.754	3.4	2.7	6.1	3.5	2.0	0.1	2.3	3.7	16.2
1989-90	30	HOU	NBA	SG	66	52	1852	8.1	16.6	.488	0.0	0.1	.000	3.7	4.6	.810	2.6	3.0	5.6	2.0	1.7	0.0	1.7	3.2	19.9
1991-92	32	PHI	NBA	SG	49	0	569	5.6	14.5	.384	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	3.2	.686	2.7	3.2	5.9	1.4	1.3	0.1	1.6	4.2	13.3
Career			NBA		389	135	8105	7.1	15.4	.460	0.1	0.3	.192	3.0	3.9	.755	2.6	2.9	5.5	2.7	1.8	0.2	2.0	4.2	17.2

Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1983-84	24	CHI	NBA	SG	82	2123	13.7	.501	.452	7.4	10.4	8.9	13.8	2.4	0.3	12.0	22.5	103	107	1.1	2.2	3.3	.076
1984-85	25	HOU	NBA	SG	82	1575	14.0	.516	.489	7.8	8.9	8.3	10.2	2.5	0.5	11.2	20.2	109	107	1.7	1.8	3.5	.107
1985-86	26	HOU	NBA	SG	78	1198	12.6	.491	.455	7.7	6.6	7.2	11.0	2.3	0.2	10.3	19.7	106	109	1.1	0.9	2.0	.079
1986-87	27	HOU	NBA	SG	32	788	13.5	.469	.437	10.5	8.1	9.3	14.1	2.7	0.2	11.7	22.2	101	106	0.1	1.0	1.2	.070
1989-90	30	HOU	NBA	SG	66	1852	16.3	.535	.488	7.7	8.6	8.2	8.6	2.2	0.0	8.3	22.9	112	106	2.9	2.5	5.4	.139
1991-92	32	PHI	NBA	SG	49	569	8.9	.420	.384	8.7	10.2	9.5	5.9	1.8	0.1	9.0	21.3	93	112	-0.4	0.3	-0.1	-0.008
Career			NBA		389	8105	13.8	.502	.462	8.0	8.9	8.4	11.0	2.3	0.2	10.5	21.6	106	107	6.4	8.8	15.2	.090

Playoffs Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1984-85	25	HOU	NBA	SG	5	45	9	18	.500	0		0	0		3	1	4	1	4	0	3	6	18
1985-86	26	HOU	NBA	SG	20	443	89	179	.497	3	.000	21	28	.750	38	38	76	31	14	3	27	44	199
1989-90	30	HOU	NBA	SG	4	51	7	15	.467	0		2	3	.667	4	9	13	2	1	0	4	5	16
Career			NBA		29	539	105	212	.495	3	.000	23	31	.742	45	48	93	34	19	3	34	55	233

Playoffs Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1984-85	25	HOU	NBA	SG	5	9.0	1.8	3.6	.500	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.6	0.2	0.8	0.2	0.8	0.0	0.6	1.2	3.6
1985-86	26	HOU	NBA	SG	20	22.2	4.5	9.0	.497	0.2	.000	1.1	1.4	.750	1.9	1.9	3.8	1.6	0.7	0.2	1.4	2.2	10.0
1989-90	30	HOU	NBA	SG	4	12.8	1.8	3.8	.467	0.0		0.5	0.8	.667	1.0	2.3	3.3	0.5	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.3	4.0
Career			NBA		29	18.6	3.6	7.3	.495	0.1	.000	0.8	1.1	.742	1.6	1.7	3.2	1.2	0.7	0.1	1.2	1.9	8.0

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1984-85	25	HOU	NBA	SG	5	45	7.2	14.4	.500	0.0		0.0	0.0		2.4	0.8	3.2	0.8	3.2	0.0	2.4	4.8	14.4
1985-86	26	HOU	NBA	SG	20	443	7.2	14.5	.497	0.2	.000	1.7	2.3	.750	3.1	3.1	6.2	2.5	1.1	0.2	2.2	3.6	16.2
1989-90	30	HOU	NBA	SG	4	51	4.9	10.6	.467	0.0		1.4	2.1	.667	2.8	6.4	9.2	1.4	0.7	0.0	2.8	3.5	11.3
Career			NBA		29	539	7.0	14.2	.495	0.2	.000	1.5	2.1	.742	3.0	3.2	6.2	2.3	1.3	0.2	2.3	3.7	15.6

Playoffs Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1984-85	25	HOU	NBA	SG	5	45	10.4	.500	.500	5.7	2.2	4.1	3.2	4.1	0.0	14.3	17.4	98	100	0.0	0.1	0.1	.087
1985-86	26	HOU	NBA	SG	20	443	12.8	.520	.497	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.8	1.5	0.4	12.4	19.9	107	110	0.3	0.5	0.8	.083
1989-90	30	HOU	NBA	SG	4	51	9.1	.490	.467	8.6	25.5	15.8	5.9	1.0	0.0	19.7	17.2	92	115	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.026
Career			NBA		29	539	12.3	.516	.495	8.9	10.1	9.4	8.9	1.7	0.3	13.1	19.5	105	109	0.2	0.6	0.8	.073

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 6 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6
Mitchell Wiggins		5.4	3.5	3.3	2.0	1.2	-0.1
Chico Vaughn	89.1	4.9	3.4	3.4	2.3	0.8	0.4
Darnell Valentine	88.9	5.0	3.7	3.4	1.7	1.1	1.0
Johnny Egan	88.3	5.1	3.6	3.2	3.1	1.3	0.0
J.R. Smith	87.6	5.8	3.7	3.7	2.7	1.2	0.2
Luke Ridnour	87.1	5.4	4.4	3.4	2.3	1.2	0.9
Steve Blake	86.9	5.8	3.8	2.8	2.1	0.7	0.3
Ron Brewer	86.9	5.6	4.3	3.3	1.6	1.4	0.3
Eric Snow	86.8	6.1	3.8	3.8	1.9	1.3	0.5
Jerry Sichting	86.6	5.2	4.2	3.5	2.7	1.1	0.3
Lionel Hollins	86.2	5.2	4.0	2.9	2.3	1.8	0.1

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Mitchell Wiggins		5.4	3.5	3.3	2.0	1.2	-0.1
Malik Sealy	85.8	5.5	3.2	3.2	2.1	1.2	1.1	0.6	0.2
Al Skinner	84.8	4.9	3.3	2.1	1.8	1.2	0.0
Dean Meminger	84.8	5.0	4.4	3.9	2.2	1.0	0.2
Scott Burrell	84.3	5.6	3.7	3.2	1.4	1.1	0.8	0.5	0.1
Randy Wittman	84.2	5.9	4.2	3.5	1.6	1.2	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
Luther Head	83.8	5.7	3.5	3.5	0.9	0.6	0.6
Kenny Sailors	83.6	5.2	4.9	3.7	1.7	1.6
Ron Brewer	83.1	5.6	4.3	3.3	1.6	1.4	0.8	0.3	0.1
Eric Gordon	82.9	5.3	4.6	3.2	1.1	0.7
Ramon Sessions	82.0	5.6	4.4	3.7	2.9	1.1	0.7

College

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			Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Season	Age	College	G	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST
1979-80	20	CLEMSON	32	537	76	162			25	45		96		28	3	30	65	177	.469		.556	16.8	5.5	3.0
1981-82	22	FLORIDAST	22	808	223	388			77	102		213		37	4		61	523	.575		.755	36.7	23.8	9.7
1982-83	23	FLORIDAST	24	873	216	410			112	147		196		50	3	60	82	544	.527		.762	36.4	22.7	8.2
Career			78	2218	515	960			214	294		505		115	10	90	208	1244	.536		.728	28.4	15.9	6.5

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Games 1983-84 NBA 82 (1) 1984-85 NBA 82 (1)	Turnover Pct 1989-90 NBA 8.3 (8)

Games

1983-84 NBA 82 (1)
1984-85 NBA 82 (1)

Turnover Pct

1989-90 NBA 8.3 (8)

Transactions

February 15, 1983: Traded by the Philadelphia 76ers (as a 1983 1st round draft pick) with Russ Schoene and a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Stuart Gray) to the Indiana Pacers for Clemon Johnson and a 1984 3rd round draft pick (James Banks).

June 28, 1983: Drafted by the Indiana Pacers in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 1983 NBA Draft.

June 28, 1983: Traded by the Indiana Pacers to the Chicago Bulls for Sidney Lowe and a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Victor Fleming).

August 10, 1984: Traded by the Chicago Bulls with a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Tyrone Corbin) and a 1985 3rd round draft pick (Michael Payne) to the Houston Rockets for Caldwell Jones.

July 19, 1991: Signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia 76ers.

Salaries

Season	Team	Lg	Salary
1985-86	Houston Rockets	NBA	$155,000
1991-92	Philadelphia 76ers	NBA	$335,000
1992-93	Philadelphia 76ers	NBA	$335,000
Career	(may be incomplete)		$825,000

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