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Yao Ming

Yao Ming

Position: Center
Height: 7-6    Weight: 310 lbs.
Born: September 12, 1980 in Shanghai, China

Drafted by the Houston Rockets in the 1st round (1st pick, 1st overall) of the 2002 NBA draft.

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Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 77 77 2589 566 1032 .548 1 1 1.000 381 440 .866 204 557 761 137 30 150 234 257 1514
Career NBA 481 471 15727 3362 6408 .525 2 10 .200 2470 2968 .832 1226 3241 4467 765 189 912 1304 1583 9196

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
Career NBA 481 471 32.7 7.0 13.3 .525 0.0 0.0 .200 5.1 6.2 .832 2.5 6.7 9.3 1.6 0.4 1.9 2.7 3.3 19.1

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
Career NBA 481 471 15727 7.7 14.7 .525 0.0 0.0 .200 5.7 6.8 .832 2.8 7.4 10.2 1.8 0.4 2.1 3.0 3.6 21.1

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
2002-03 22 HOU NBA 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
2003-04 23 HOU NBA 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
2004-05 24 HOU NBA 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
2005-06 25 HOU NBA 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
2006-07 26 HOU NBA 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
2007-08 27 HOU NBA 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
2008-09 28 HOU NBA 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
Career NBA 481 15727 23.0 .596 .525 9.3 23.3 16.5 9.6 0.6 4.4 14.5 26.8 112 99 36.5 29.2 65.7

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
2003-04 23 HOU NBA 5 185 31 68 0 0 13 17 11 37 9 2 7 13 20 75 .456 .765 37.0 15.0 7.4 1.8
2004-05 24 HOU NBA 7 220 55 84 0 0 40 55 23 54 5 2 19 19 31 150 .655 .727 31.4 21.4 7.7 0.7
2006-07 26 HOU NBA 7 260 55 125 0 0 66 75 23 72 6 1 5 33 27 176 .440 .880 37.1 25.1 10.3 0.9
2008-09 28 HOU NBA 9 323 54 99 0 0 46 51 19 98 9 4 11 17 27 154 .545 .902 35.9 17.1 10.9 1.0
Career NBA 28 988 195 376 0 0 165 198 76 261 29 9 42 82 105 555 .519 .833 35.3 19.8 9.3 1.0

Playoffs Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
2003-04 23 HOU NBA 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
2004-05 24 HOU NBA 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
2006-07 26 HOU NBA 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
2008-09 28 HOU NBA 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
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

All-Star Games

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Season Age Tm Lg 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 1 1 17 1 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2
2003-04 23 HOU NBA 1 1 18 8 14 .571 0 2 .000 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 2 16
2004-05 24 HOU NBA 1 1 21 5 9 .556 0 0 1 2 .500 3 8 5 0 1 1 1 11
2005-06 25 HOU NBA 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
2007-08 27 HOU NBA 1 1 13:17 2 5 .400 0 2 .000 2 2 1.000 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 6
2008-09 28 HOU NBA 1 1 12:23 1 4 .250 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 2 2
Career NBA 6 6 101 19 38 .500 0 4 .000 4 6 .667 9 24 8 1 2 3 8 42

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games

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2008 NBA
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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 (214)

Games

2002-03 NBA 82 (2)
2003-04 NBA 82 (3)

Field Goal Pct

2003-04 NBA .522 (7)
2004-05 NBA .552 (3)
2008-09 NBA .548 (8)
Career NBA .525 (32)
Career .525 (32)

Free Throw Pct

Career NBA .832 (81)
Career .832 (86)

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 912 (87)
Career 912 (89)

Turnovers

2008-09 NBA 234 (6)

Personal Fouls

2003-04 NBA 273 (8)
2004-05 NBA 298 (4)
2008-09 NBA 257 (9)

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)
2008-09 NBA 22.7 (10)
Career NBA 23.0 (21)
Career 23.0 (22)

True Shooting Pct

2003-04 NBA .586 (8)
2004-05 NBA .614 (4)
2008-09 NBA .618 (4)
Career NBA .596 (21)
Career .596 (21)

Effective Field Goal Pct

2004-05 NBA .552 (9)
Career NBA .525 (61)
Career .525 (61)

Defensive Rebound Pct

2002-03 NBA 22.6 (10)
2008-09 NBA 24.1 (10)

Total Rebound Pct

2002-03 NBA 16.3 (10)
2008-09 NBA 17.1 (8)

Block Pct

2008-09 NBA 4.2 (10)

Usage Pct

Career NBA 26.8 (27)
Career 26.8 (29)

Offensive Rating

Career NBA 111.9 (97)
Career 111.9 (100)

Defensive Rating

2004-05 NBA 98.6 (7)
2005-06 NBA 99.8 (10)
2006-07 NBA 97.7 (4)
2007-08 NBA 99.4 (10)
2008-09 NBA 100.9 (9)
Career NBA 99.1 (28)
Career 99.1 (28)

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)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.089 (157)
     

Transactions

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

Salaries

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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
Career (may be incomplete) $59,325,911
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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