Kevon Looney vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Kevon Looney, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Kevon Looney played 9 years in the NBA, 1 more than Yao Ming, who played 8. Kevon Looney had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Yao Ming had his rookie season in 2002-03. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Kevon Looney	9	4	2015-16 to 2023-24
Yao Ming	8	4	2002-03 to 2010-11

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kevon Looney	Yao Ming
Season	2015-16	2002-03
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevon Looney	5	4.2	1.8	0.8	1.2	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.8	1.4	.571	0.2	0.4	.500	0.0	0.0	-
Yao Ming	82	29.0	13.5	2.4	5.8	8.2	1.7	0.4	1.8	2.1	2.8	4.9	9.8	.498	0.0	0.0	.500	3.7	4.5	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevon Looney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Kevon Looney	Yao Ming
Season	2016-17	2003-04
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevon Looney	53	8.4	2.5	0.8	1.5	2.3	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.2	1.1	2.0	.523	0.0	0.2	.222	0.4	0.6	.618
Yao Ming	82	32.8	17.5	2.4	6.6	9.0	1.5	0.3	1.9	2.5	3.3	6.5	12.5	.522	0.0	0.0	.000	4.4	5.4	.809

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevon Looney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	5	37.6	15.0	2.2	5.2	7.4	1.8	0.4	1.4	2.6	4.0	6.2	13.6	.456	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.4	.765


Season 3
	Kevon Looney	Yao Ming
Season	2017-18	2004-05
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevon Looney	66	13.8	4.0	1.3	2.0	3.3	0.6	0.5	0.8	0.5	1.6	1.7	2.9	.580	0.0	0.1	.200	0.6	1.2	.545
Yao Ming	80	30.6	18.3	2.6	5.8	8.4	0.8	0.4	2.0	2.5	3.7	6.7	12.2	.552	0.0	0.0	-	4.9	6.2	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevon Looney	21	18.4	4.1	2.0	2.2	4.2	0.9	0.7	0.4	0.4	2.4	1.9	3.4	.542	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	1.0	.381
Yao Ming	7	31.9	21.4	3.3	4.4	7.7	0.7	0.3	2.7	2.7	4.4	7.9	12.0	.655	0.0	0.0	-	5.7	7.9	.727


Season 4
	Kevon Looney	Yao Ming
Season	2018-19	2005-06
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevon Looney	80	18.5	6.3	2.4	2.8	5.2	1.5	0.6	0.7	0.6	2.6	2.7	4.3	.625	0.0	0.1	.100	0.8	1.3	.619
Yao Ming	57	34.2	22.3	2.6	7.6	10.2	1.5	0.5	1.6	2.6	3.4	8.2	15.8	.519	0.0	0.0	.000	5.9	6.9	.853

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevon Looney	21	20.6	7.1	2.0	2.5	4.5	1.0	0.6	0.5	0.6	2.4	3.0	4.4	.688	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.724
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Kevon Looney	Yao Ming
Season	2019-20	2006-07
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevon Looney	20	13.1	3.4	1.4	1.9	3.3	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.6	1.7	1.5	4.0	.367	0.1	0.7	.071	0.5	0.6	.750
Yao Ming	48	33.8	25.0	2.1	7.3	9.4	2.0	0.4	2.0	3.5	3.3	8.8	17.1	.516	0.0	0.0	.000	7.4	8.6	.862

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevon Looney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	7	37.1	25.1	3.3	7.0	10.3	0.9	0.1	0.7	4.7	3.9	7.9	17.9	.440	0.0	0.0	-	9.4	10.7	.880


Season 6
	Kevon Looney	Yao Ming
Season	2020-21	2007-08
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevon Looney	61	19.0	4.1	1.9	3.4	5.3	2.0	0.3	0.4	0.6	2.2	1.8	3.2	.548	0.1	0.3	.235	0.5	0.8	.646
Yao Ming	55	37.2	22.0	3.1	7.7	10.8	2.3	0.5	2.0	3.3	3.1	7.9	15.5	.507	0.0	0.0	.000	6.3	7.4	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevon Looney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Kevon Looney	Yao Ming
Season	2021-22	2008-09
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevon Looney	82	21.1	6.0	2.5	4.7	7.3	2.0	0.6	0.6	0.8	2.6	2.5	4.4	.571	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.5	.600
Yao Ming	77	33.6	19.7	2.6	7.2	9.9	1.8	0.4	1.9	3.0	3.3	7.4	13.4	.548	0.0	0.0	1.000	4.9	5.7	.866

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevon Looney	22	20.4	5.8	2.9	4.8	7.6	2.2	0.4	0.5	0.9	2.3	2.6	4.0	.659	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.611
Yao Ming	9	35.9	17.1	2.1	8.8	10.9	1.0	0.4	1.2	1.9	3.0	6.0	11.0	.545	0.0	0.0	-	5.1	5.7	.902

Note: Yao Ming didn't play in 2009-10.


Season 8
	Kevon Looney	Yao Ming
Season	2022-23	2010-11
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevon Looney	82	23.9	7.0	3.3	5.9	9.3	2.5	0.6	0.6	0.5	2.7	3.0	4.7	.630	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.9	.606
Yao Ming	5	18.2	10.2	1.4	4.0	5.4	0.8	0.0	1.6	1.4	2.6	3.6	7.4	.486	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.2	.938

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevon Looney	13	25.0	6.5	4.7	8.4	13.1	3.3	0.6	0.4	1.0	2.8	2.8	4.9	.578	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.4	.556
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Kevon Looney	Yao Ming
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevon Looney	74	16.1	4.5	1.9	3.7	5.7	1.8	0.4	0.4	0.7	2.1	1.9	3.1	.597	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.1	.675
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevon Looney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Kevon Looney vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Kevon Looney, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9