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Aaron Wiggins
Hawks · G · 27
Aaron Wiggins
vs
2025-26
Ausar Thompson
Pistons · G-F · 23
Ausar Thompson
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Aaron Wiggins vs Ausar Thompson

4-13categories
Wiggins · Thompson
Aaron Wiggins
Wiggins
Hawks
2025-26
Thompson
Pistons
Ausar Thompson
65
Games
availability
73
21.8
Minutes
per game
26.0
9.4
Points
per game
9.9
3.1
Rebounds
per game
5.7
1.7
Assists
per game
3.1
1.3
Steals + blocks
per game
2.9
1.2
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
1.5
43.1%
Field goal %
52.5%
35.6%
Three-point %
4.2 vs 0.3 attempts
25.0%
73.6%
Free throw %
57.1%
53.8%
True shooting
TS%
54.5%
19.4%
Usage
USG%
16.8%
11.0%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
15.5%
6.6%
Rebound %
of available
10.8%
+6.2
Net rating
on court
+11.6
8.2%
PIE
player impact estimate
10.1%
+2.7
Plus-minus
per game
+5.4
Bars show each player's share of the pair's total; the better number is in the club's color (turnovers: fewer is better).

Where the gap is

from the numbers above

Ausar Thompson scored more in 2025-26, 0.5 points a game apart (9.9 vs 9.4), on Wiggins's heavier usage (19.4% vs 16.8%).

Efficiency is a wash: true shooting within a point of each other (53.8% vs 54.5%).

Playmaking goes to Thompson (3.1 vs 1.7 assists), the glass to Thompson (5.7 vs 3.1 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Thompson played 8 more games (73 vs 65 of 82).

With Thompson on the floor his team outscored opponents by +11.6 per 100 possessions, against +6.2 for Wiggins; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Wiggins $9.2M through 2028-29, Thompson $11.1M through 2031-32. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Wiggins
2025-26
Thompson
50-15
Record when playing
53-20
7.9
Points at home
10.2
10.9
Points on the road
9.6
8.9
Points in wins
10.3
11.2
Points in losses
8.8
27
Season high
21
0
30-point games
0
0
Double-doubles
3

Last games & contracts

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Wiggins · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 at DAL19 pts · 7 reb · 2 ast
Sat, Oct 10 at IND13 pts · 2 reb · 1 ast
Thu, Oct 8 at SAS10 pts · 2 reb · 4 ast
Mon, Oct 5 vs MEM7 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Thu, May 28 at SAS5 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Thompson · last 5
Tue, Oct 20 vs BOS11 pts · 11 reb · 5 ast
Fri, Oct 16 vs TOR12 pts · 3 reb · 4 ast
Wed, Oct 14 at MIN4 pts · 4 reb · 4 ast
Sat, Oct 10 at WAS2 pts · 1 reb · 2 ast
Mon, Oct 5 vs PHX10 pts · 2 reb · 2 ast
Wiggins · contract
2026-27$9.2M
2027-28$8.3M
2028-29team option$8.3M
Thompson · contract
2026-27$11.1M
2027-28$26.7M
2028-29$28.9M
2029-30$31.0M
2030-31$33.1M
2031-32$35.3M

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Per-game numbers and percentages are 2025-26 regular season from stats.nba.com; splits and last games from our own game logs; contract figures are cap hits from public salary data and can lag a signing by a day. Bold marks the better number in each row (turnovers: fewer is better).