Team context: Atlanta Hawks · Research cutoff: July 18, 2026.
Role and 2025-26 baseline
Wiggins averaged 9.4 points, 3.1 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 0.9 steals, 0.4 blocks, and 1.5 threes in 21.8 minutes across 65 games with Oklahoma City. He shot 43.1% FG and 73.6% FT. Atlanta acquired him July 6 for future second-round capital, supporting a real rotation chance. ESPN stats · Reuters trade report · NBA trade tracker
His defense and age make him a cleaner roster fit than one-dimensional shooters Buddy Hield and Corey Kispert, but not a guaranteed fantasy role.
2026-27 projection
| GP | Min | FG% | FT% | 3PM | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | 16 | .455 | .770 | 1.1 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
Base rotation allocation: 16 of Atlanta's exactly 240 minutes.
Fantasy fit and range
- Redraft: deep-league final-round target; 12-team watch list. He needs 24-plus minutes to combine enough threes and steals.
- Dynasty: end-of-roster hold in 18-team leagues; a stable NBA rotation player without a high-usage path.
- Floor: one of several matchup wings and fewer than 12 minutes.
- Ceiling: 24 minutes, 10 points, 1.7 threes, and one steal if Hield/Kispert leave.
- Health: adductor trouble accounted for most of 15 documented 2025-26 absences.
Career record
Pre-NBA: Three seasons at Maryland (Big Ten), 2018-19 through 2020-21. Career line of 11.0 points and 4.6 rebounds in 96 games on 40.7% FG, 36.1% 3PT, 76.9% FT, with production rising each year to 14.5 points, 5.8 rebounds and 2.5 assists as a junior. Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year in 2020. Draft: 2021, second round, 55th overall, Oklahoma City.
| Season | Age | Team | GP | MPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FG% | FT% | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | 23 | OKC | 50 | 24.2 | 8.3 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.8 | .463 | .729 | 1.1 |
| 2022-23 | 24 | OKC | 70 | 18.5 | 6.8 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.7 | .512 | .831 | 0.8 |
| 2023-24 | 25 | OKC | 78 | 15.7 | 6.9 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.8 | .562 | .789 | 0.7 |
| 2024-25 | 26 | OKC | 76 | 22.9 | 12.0 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.7 | .488 | .831 | 0.9 |
| 2025-26 | 27 | OKC | 65 | 21.8 | 9.4 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.5 | .431 | .736 | 1.2 |
| Career | 339 | 20.3 | 8.7 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.1 | .487 | .784 | 0.9 |
Durability: 50, 70, 78, 76, 65 games. The 2021-22 total reflects two-way-era roster status rather than injury. The 2025-26 dip traces to adductor problems on both sides: a left adductor strain suffered November 5 cost him a multi-week stretch, and right adductor soreness took out further games later in the year.
Trajectory: Five seasons of steady rotation work with one genuine breakout, the 2024-25 line of 12.0 points and 1.7 threes in 22.9 minutes on a title-caliber roster. The 2025-26 regression was efficiency-driven, with FG% falling 5.7 points and FT% 9.5, alongside the adductor absences. In Atlanta he is competing for the first wing off the bench rather than the eighth or ninth spot he held in Oklahoma City, which is the higher-leverage version of the same job. He becomes fantasy-relevant only if the Hawks move Buddy Hield or Corey Kispert, or if a starting wing misses time and Wiggins gets to 28-plus minutes.
Career sources: ESPN player stats · StatMuse 2025-26 season averages · Wikipedia · Sports-Reference college
Open questions
- Is he the first reserve wing or an insurance piece?
- Which veteran shooter is moved to resolve the roster crunch?
- Does his three-point efficiency rebound in Snyder's spacing?