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Yao Ming

Yao Ming ▪ Twitter: @YaoMing

Position: Center ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 7-6 ▪ Weight: 310 lbs.
Born: September 12, 1980 in Shanghai, China
Draft: Houston Rockets, 1st round (1st pick, 1st overall), 2002 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 30, 2002

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Fine Details ▪ Last updated May 19, 2013 7:17 AM
All-Time Rank: #89. Bill Laimbeer… #90. David Thompson… #91. Kevin Johnson… #92. YAO MING… #93. Walt Bellamy… #94. Russell Westbrook… #95. Mark Aguirre… 

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
2002-03 22 HOU NBA C 82 72 2382 401 805 .498 1 2 .500 301 371 .811 196 479 675 137 31 147 173 230 1104
2003-04 23 HOU NBA C 82 82 2692 535 1025 .522 0 2 .000 361 446 .809 197 538 735 122 22 156 204 273 1431
2004-05 24 HOU NBA C 80 80 2447 538 975 .552 0 0 389 497 .783 208 461 669 61 34 160 196 298 1465
2005-06 25 HOU NBA C 57 57 1949 467 900 .519 0 1 .000 337 395 .853 148 433 581 85 30 94 147 195 1271
2006-07 26 HOU NBA C 48 48 1624 423 819 .516 0 2 .000 356 413 .862 101 351 452 94 17 94 167 159 1202
2007-08 27 HOU NBA C 55 55 2044 432 852 .507 0 2 .000 345 406 .850 172 422 594 129 25 111 183 171 1209
2008-09 28 HOU NBA C 77 77 2589 566 1032 .548 1 1 1.000 381 440 .866 204 557 761 137 30 150 234 257 1514
2010-11 30 HOU NBA C 5 5 91 18 37 .486 0 0 15 16 .938 7 20 27 4 0 8 7 13 51
Career NBA 486 476 15818 3380 6445 .524 2 10 .200 2485 2984 .833 1233 3261 4494 769 189 920 1311 1596 9247

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
2002-03 22 HOU NBA C 82 72 29.0 4.9 9.8 .498 0.0 0.0 .500 3.7 4.5 .811 2.4 5.8 8.2 1.7 0.4 1.8 2.1 2.8 13.5
2003-04 23 HOU NBA C 82 82 32.8 6.5 12.5 .522 0.0 0.0 .000 4.4 5.4 .809 2.4 6.6 9.0 1.5 0.3 1.9 2.5 3.3 17.5
2004-05 24 HOU NBA C 80 80 30.6 6.7 12.2 .552 0.0 0.0 4.9 6.2 .783 2.6 5.8 8.4 0.8 0.4 2.0 2.5 3.7 18.3
2005-06 25 HOU NBA C 57 57 34.2 8.2 15.8 .519 0.0 0.0 .000 5.9 6.9 .853 2.6 7.6 10.2 1.5 0.5 1.6 2.6 3.4 22.3
2006-07 26 HOU NBA C 48 48 33.8 8.8 17.1 .516 0.0 0.0 .000 7.4 8.6 .862 2.1 7.3 9.4 2.0 0.4 2.0 3.5 3.3 25.0
2007-08 27 HOU NBA C 55 55 37.2 7.9 15.5 .507 0.0 0.0 .000 6.3 7.4 .850 3.1 7.7 10.8 2.3 0.5 2.0 3.3 3.1 22.0
2008-09 28 HOU NBA C 77 77 33.6 7.4 13.4 .548 0.0 0.0 1.000 4.9 5.7 .866 2.6 7.2 9.9 1.8 0.4 1.9 3.0 3.3 19.7
2010-11 30 HOU NBA C 5 5 18.2 3.6 7.4 .486 0.0 0.0 3.0 3.2 .938 1.4 4.0 5.4 0.8 0.0 1.6 1.4 2.6 10.2
Career NBA 486 476 32.5 7.0 13.3 .524 0.0 0.0 .200 5.1 6.1 .833 2.5 6.7 9.2 1.6 0.4 1.9 2.7 3.3 19.0

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
2002-03 22 HOU NBA C 82 72 2382 6.1 12.2 .498 0.0 0.0 .500 4.5 5.6 .811 3.0 7.2 10.2 2.1 0.5 2.2 2.6 3.5 16.7
2003-04 23 HOU NBA C 82 82 2692 7.2 13.7 .522 0.0 0.0 .000 4.8 6.0 .809 2.6 7.2 9.8 1.6 0.3 2.1 2.7 3.7 19.1
2004-05 24 HOU NBA C 80 80 2447 7.9 14.3 .552 0.0 0.0 5.7 7.3 .783 3.1 6.8 9.8 0.9 0.5 2.4 2.9 4.4 21.6
2005-06 25 HOU NBA C 57 57 1949 8.6 16.6 .519 0.0 0.0 .000 6.2 7.3 .853 2.7 8.0 10.7 1.6 0.6 1.7 2.7 3.6 23.5
2006-07 26 HOU NBA C 48 48 1624 9.4 18.2 .516 0.0 0.0 .000 7.9 9.2 .862 2.2 7.8 10.0 2.1 0.4 2.1 3.7 3.5 26.6
2007-08 27 HOU NBA C 55 55 2044 7.6 15.0 .507 0.0 0.0 .000 6.1 7.2 .850 3.0 7.4 10.5 2.3 0.4 2.0 3.2 3.0 21.3
2008-09 28 HOU NBA C 77 77 2589 7.9 14.3 .548 0.0 0.0 1.000 5.3 6.1 .866 2.8 7.7 10.6 1.9 0.4 2.1 3.3 3.6 21.1
2010-11 30 HOU NBA C 5 5 91 7.1 14.6 .486 0.0 0.0 5.9 6.3 .938 2.8 7.9 10.7 1.6 0.0 3.2 2.8 5.1 20.2
Career NBA 486 476 15818 7.7 14.7 .524 0.0 0.0 .200 5.7 6.8 .833 2.8 7.4 10.2 1.8 0.4 2.1 3.0 3.6 21.0

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
2002-03 22 HOU NBA C 82 2382 20.6 .570 .499 9.7 22.6 16.3 10.6 0.7 4.4 15.2 22.1 111 100 5.2 3.5 8.7 .176
2003-04 23 HOU NBA C 82 2692 21.9 .586 .522 9.1 22.4 16.1 9.3 0.4 4.5 14.3 25.3 110 97 6.5 4.8 11.4 .202
2004-05 24 HOU NBA C 80 2447 23.2 .614 .552 10.2 21.4 15.9 5.0 0.8 5.1 14.1 26.8 113 99 6.0 4.7 10.7 .210
2005-06 25 HOU NBA C 57 1949 25.6 .592 .519 9.1 25.6 17.5 9.8 0.8 3.9 12.0 29.9 113 100 5.0 3.5 8.6 .211
2006-07 26 HOU NBA C 48 1624 26.5 .601 .516 7.2 24.7 16.0 12.3 0.6 4.5 14.3 33.5 111 98 4.0 3.4 7.4 .220
2007-08 27 HOU NBA C 55 2044 22.5 .587 .507 9.6 22.9 16.4 11.5 0.6 4.0 15.1 27.1 112 99 4.2 4.1 8.3 .196
2008-09 28 HOU NBA C 77 2589 22.7 .618 .549 9.6 24.1 17.1 10.0 0.6 4.2 16.0 26.2 114 101 5.6 5.0 10.6 .196
2010-11 30 HOU NBA C 5 91 19.8 .579 .486 8.7 24.9 16.8 7.3 0.0 6.1 13.7 24.8 111 105 0.2 0.1 0.3 .147
Career NBA 486 15818 23.0 .596 .525 9.3 23.3 16.5 9.6 0.6 4.4 14.5 26.8 112 99 36.7 29.3 65.9 .200

Playoffs 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
2003-04 23 HOU NBA C 5 5 185 31 68 .456 0 0 13 17 .765 11 26 37 9 2 7 13 20 75
2004-05 24 HOU NBA C 7 7 220 55 84 .655 0 0 40 55 .727 23 31 54 5 2 19 19 31 150
2006-07 26 HOU NBA C 7 7 260 55 125 .440 0 0 66 75 .880 23 49 72 6 1 5 33 27 176
2008-09 28 HOU NBA C 9 9 323 54 99 .545 0 0 46 51 .902 19 79 98 9 4 11 17 27 154
Career NBA 28 28 988 195 376 .519 0 0 165 198 .833 76 185 261 29 9 42 82 105 555

Playoffs 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
2003-04 23 HOU NBA C 5 5 37.0 6.2 13.6 .456 0.0 0.0 2.6 3.4 .765 2.2 5.2 7.4 1.8 0.4 1.4 2.6 4.0 15.0
2004-05 24 HOU NBA C 7 7 31.4 7.9 12.0 .655 0.0 0.0 5.7 7.9 .727 3.3 4.4 7.7 0.7 0.3 2.7 2.7 4.4 21.4
2006-07 26 HOU NBA C 7 7 37.1 7.9 17.9 .440 0.0 0.0 9.4 10.7 .880 3.3 7.0 10.3 0.9 0.1 0.7 4.7 3.9 25.1
2008-09 28 HOU NBA C 9 9 35.9 6.0 11.0 .545 0.0 0.0 5.1 5.7 .902 2.1 8.8 10.9 1.0 0.4 1.2 1.9 3.0 17.1
Career NBA 28 28 35.3 7.0 13.4 .519 0.0 0.0 5.9 7.1 .833 2.7 6.6 9.3 1.0 0.3 1.5 2.9 3.8 19.8

Playoffs 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
2003-04 23 HOU NBA C 5 5 185 6.0 13.2 .456 0.0 0.0 2.5 3.3 .765 2.1 5.1 7.2 1.8 0.4 1.4 2.5 3.9 14.6
2004-05 24 HOU NBA C 7 7 220 9.0 13.7 .655 0.0 0.0 6.5 9.0 .727 3.8 5.1 8.8 0.8 0.3 3.1 3.1 5.1 24.5
2006-07 26 HOU NBA C 7 7 260 7.6 17.3 .440 0.0 0.0 9.1 10.4 .880 3.2 6.8 10.0 0.8 0.1 0.7 4.6 3.7 24.4
2008-09 28 HOU NBA C 9 9 323 6.0 11.0 .545 0.0 0.0 5.1 5.7 .902 2.1 8.8 10.9 1.0 0.4 1.2 1.9 3.0 17.2
Career NBA 28 28 988 7.1 13.7 .519 0.0 0.0 6.0 7.2 .833 2.8 6.7 9.5 1.1 0.3 1.5 3.0 3.8 20.2

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
2003-04 23 HOU NBA C 5 185 14.9 .497 .456 7.3 15.4 11.6 10.1 0.6 2.8 14.7 23.2 95 100 0.1 0.2 0.3 .070
2004-05 24 HOU NBA C 7 220 29.0 .693 .655 13.0 16.7 14.9 4.7 0.5 7.0 14.9 27.5 125 113 0.9 0.1 1.0 .222
2006-07 26 HOU NBA C 7 260 19.9 .557 .440 10.5 21.4 16.0 5.7 0.2 1.4 17.3 35.7 101 104 0.2 0.3 0.5 .100
2008-09 28 HOU NBA C 9 323 21.5 .634 .545 7.2 28.1 18.0 5.1 0.7 2.6 12.3 20.6 121 103 0.9 0.5 1.4 .206
Career NBA 28 988 21.5 .599 .519 9.4 21.4 15.6 6.1 0.5 3.3 15.0 26.6 111 105 2.1 1.1 3.2 .156

All-Star Games

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2002-03 22 HOU NBA C 1 1 17:00 1 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2
2003-04 23 HOU NBA C 1 1 19:00 8 14 .571 0 2 .000 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 2 16
2004-05 24 HOU NBA C 1 1 22:00 5 9 .556 0 0 1 2 .500 3 8 5 0 1 1 1 11
2005-06 25 HOU NBA C 1 1 19:14 2 5 .400 0 0 1 2 .500 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 5
2006-07 26 HOU NBA C
2007-08 27 HOU NBA C 1 1 13:17 2 5 .400 0 2 .000 2 2 1.000 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 6
2008-09 28 HOU NBA C 1 1 12:23 1 4 .250 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 2 2
2010-11 30 HOU NBA C
Career NBA 6 6 103 19 38 .500 0 4 .000 4 6 .667 6 24 8 1 2 3 8 42

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)
Thru 8 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Yao Ming 11.4 10.7 10.6 8.7 8.6 8.3 7.4 0.3
Dikembe Mutombo 91.8 11.3 10.8 9.4 8.8 8.7 7.9 7.6 4.8
Mel Daniels 91.2 11.4 10.3 9.2 9.2 8.6 8.6 5.4 2.2
Wes Unseld 88.6 11.1 10.8 10.7 10.6 10.0 9.5 8.3 3.6
Bill Laimbeer 88.6 10.8 10.5 9.8 9.2 8.8 8.5 5.4 4.7
Jack Sikma 88.4 12.6 9.8 9.7 8.8 8.6 8.3 8.0 5.4
Dave Cowens 88.1 12.0 10.8 10.7 10.4 9.5 9.3 6.4 4.4
Alonzo Mourning 85.9 12.9 9.9 9.4 8.4 8.2 7.9 7.5 6.3
Brad Daugherty 83.7 12.7 11.7 9.6 9.0 6.6 6.4 6.0 3.1
Clyde Lovellette 83.3 10.1 9.0 8.5 8.5 8.2 8.1 6.5 5.2
Bill Cartwright 83.1 10.1 10.0 9.8 9.7 6.4 5.8 5.0 0.0
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Yao Ming 11.4 10.7 10.6 8.7 8.6 8.3 7.4 0.3
Mel Daniels 91.1 11.4 10.3 9.2 9.2 8.6 8.6 5.4 2.2 0.0
Brad Daugherty 83.7 12.7 11.7 9.6 9.0 6.6 6.4 6.0 3.1
Dave Cowens 77.3 12.0 10.8 10.7 10.4 9.5 9.3 6.4 5.4 4.8 4.4 2.6
Clyde Lovellette 77.3 10.1 9.0 8.5 8.5 8.2 8.1 6.5 5.2 3.6 1.6 1.3
Tyson Chandler 76.3 10.0 9.5 9.4 9.3 8.3 7.9 5.4 3.9 3.4 2.9 1.9 1.8
Willis Reed 74.5 14.7 14.6 10.6 10.0 7.9 5.8 5.5 3.6 1.5 0.6
Swen Nater 73.6 9.7 8.7 8.6 6.9 6.8 6.8 5.5 3.1 1.2 1.2 -0.1
Dave Robisch 72.3 10.1 9.1 8.6 8.5 7.8 5.2 5.0 4.2 2.3 2.3 0.7 0.4 0.1
Alonzo Mourning 70.8 12.9 9.9 9.4 8.4 8.2 7.9 7.5 7.4 6.3 4.8 3.5 1.2 0.9 0.8 0.6
Brad Miller 70.7 10.0 9.6 9.1 8.6 8.3 6.5 5.1 4.0 3.8 3.4 3.0 2.7 2.1 0.2

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games
2003 NBA
2004 NBA
2005 NBA
2006 NBA
2007 NBA
2008 NBA
2009 NBA
2011 NBA
Weekly & Monthly Awards

Player of the Week: 6 times (Show/Hide)

Player of the Month: 2 times (Show/Hide)

Rookie of the Month: 2 times (Show/Hide)
Honors
2002-03 NBA All-Rookie (1st)
2003-04 NBA All-NBA (3rd)
2005-06 NBA All-NBA (3rd)
2006-07 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
2007-08 NBA All-NBA (3rd)
2008-09 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
MVP Award Shares
2003-04 NBA 0.001 (14)
2008-09 NBA 0.001 (12)
Career 0.002 (222)
Games
2002-03 NBA 82 (2)
2003-04 NBA 82 (3)
Defensive Rebounds
2008-09 NBA 557 (6)
Total Rebounds
2008-09 NBA 761 (8)
Blocks
2004-05 NBA 160 (8)
2008-09 NBA 150 (6)
Career NBA 920 (93)
Career 920 (95)
Turnovers
2008-09 NBA 234 (6)
Personal Fouls
2003-04 NBA 273 (8)
2004-05 NBA 298 (4)
2008-09 NBA 257 (9)
Field Goal Pct
2003-04 NBA .522 (7)
2004-05 NBA .552 (3)
2008-09 NBA .548 (8)
Career NBA .524 (39)
Career .524 (42)
Free Throw Pct
Career NBA .833 (86)
Career .833 (95)
Rebounds Per Game
2008-09 NBA 9.9 (7)
Blocks Per Game
2007-08 NBA 2.0 (7)
2008-09 NBA 1.9 (7)
Player Efficiency Rating
2003-04 NBA 21.9 (10)
2004-05 NBA 23.2 (9)
2005-06 NBA 25.6 (8)
2006-07 NBA 26.5 (3)
Career NBA 23.0 (22)
Career 23.0 (23)
True Shooting Pct
2003-04 NBA .586 (8)
2004-05 NBA .614 (4)
2008-09 NBA .618 (5)
Career NBA .596 (20)
Career .596 (21)
Effective Field Goal Pct
2004-05 NBA .552 (9)
Career NBA .525 (70)
Career .525 (74)
Offensive Rebound Pct
Career NBA 9.3 (84)
Defensive Rebound Pct
2005-06 NBA 25.6 (7)
Career NBA 23.3 (40)
Career 23.3 (42)
Total Rebound Pct
Career NBA 16.5 (47)
Career 16.5 (54)
Block Pct
2004-05 NBA 5.1 (8)
2008-09 NBA 4.2 (9)
Career NBA 4.4 (24)
Career 4.4 (24)
Usage Pct
2006-07 NBA 33.5 (4)
Career NBA 26.8 (27)
Career 26.8 (33)
Offensive Rating
Career NBA 111.9 (97)
Defensive Rating
2004-05 NBA 98.6 (7)
2006-07 NBA 97.7 (4)
2007-08 NBA 99.4 (10)
2008-09 NBA 100.9 (8)
Career NBA 99.1 (21)
Career 99.1 (25)
Defensive Win Shares
2004-05 NBA 4.7 (9)
2008-09 NBA 5.0 (5)
Win Shares
2003-04 NBA 11.4 (7)
2008-09 NBA 10.6 (10)
Win Shares Per 48 Minutes
2003-04 NBA .202 (6)
2004-05 NBA .210 (7)
2006-07 NBA .220 (5)
2008-09 NBA .196 (8)
Career NBA .200 (20)
Career .200 (20)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.377 (120)
NBA Elo Player Rating
103rd (overall) as of May 19, 2013, 5:07AM
      

Transactions

June 26, 2002: Drafted by the Houston Rockets in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 2002 NBA Draft.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
2002-03 Houston Rockets NBA $3,858,240
2003-04 Houston Rockets NBA $4,147,560
2004-05 Houston Rockets NBA $4,436,880
2005-06 Houston Rockets NBA $5,594,906
2006-07 Houston Rockets NBA $12,455,000
2007-08 Houston Rockets NBA $13,762,775
2008-09 Houston Rockets NBA $15,070,550
2009-10 Houston Rockets NBA $16,378,325
2010-11 Houston Rockets NBA $17,686,100
Career (may be incomplete) $93,390,336

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