Kyle Anderson vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Kyle Anderson, 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.

Kyle Anderson played 10 years in the NBA, 2 more than Yao Ming, who played 8. Kyle Anderson had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, 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
Kyle Anderson	10	7	2014-15 to 2023-24
Yao Ming	8	4	2002-03 to 2010-11

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kyle Anderson	Yao Ming
Season	2014-15	2002-03
Team	San Antonio Spurs	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		%
Kyle Anderson	33	10.8	2.2	0.2	2.0	2.2	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.8	0.9	2.7	.348	0.1	0.3	.273	0.3	0.4	.643
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		%
Kyle Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Kyle Anderson	Yao Ming
Season	2015-16	2003-04
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Kyle Anderson	78	16.0	4.5	0.3	2.8	3.1	1.6	0.8	0.4	0.8	1.2	1.8	3.8	.468	0.2	0.5	.324	0.8	1.1	.747
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		%
Kyle Anderson	10	12.9	2.3	0.2	2.2	2.4	0.7	0.6	0.3	0.4	1.1	0.8	2.5	.320	0.1	0.3	.333	0.6	0.7	.857
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
	Kyle Anderson	Yao Ming
Season	2016-17	2004-05
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Kyle Anderson	72	14.2	3.4	0.5	2.4	2.9	1.3	0.7	0.4	0.5	0.9	1.3	2.9	.445	0.2	0.6	.375	0.6	0.8	.789
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		%
Kyle Anderson	15	13.0	5.5	0.8	2.3	3.1	1.7	0.7	0.1	0.5	0.5	2.4	4.3	.563	0.2	0.7	.300	0.5	0.7	.727
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
	Kyle Anderson	Yao Ming
Season	2017-18	2005-06
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kyle Anderson	74	26.7	7.9	1.1	4.2	5.4	2.7	1.6	0.8	1.3	1.5	3.1	5.9	.527	0.3	0.8	.333	1.4	2.0	.712
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		%
Kyle Anderson	5	14.6	5.4	1.0	1.6	2.6	0.6	1.2	0.2	0.6	2.0	2.4	4.0	.600	0.0	0.8	.000	0.6	0.8	.750
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Kyle Anderson	Yao Ming
Season	2018-19	2006-07
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	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		%
Kyle Anderson	43	29.8	8.0	1.1	4.7	5.8	3.0	1.3	0.9	1.3	2.6	3.5	6.4	.543	0.2	0.8	.265	0.9	1.5	.578
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		%
Kyle Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Kyle Anderson	Yao Ming
Season	2019-20	2007-08
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	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		%
Kyle Anderson	67	19.9	5.8	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.4	0.8	0.6	1.0	1.7	2.3	4.9	.474	0.4	1.3	.282	0.8	1.2	.667
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		%
Kyle Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Kyle Anderson	Yao Ming
Season	2020-21	2008-09
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kyle Anderson	69	27.3	12.4	0.8	5.0	5.7	3.6	1.2	0.8	1.2	1.7	4.5	9.5	.468	1.4	3.8	.360	2.1	2.7	.783
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		%
Kyle Anderson	5	28.4	8.4	0.8	4.2	5.0	3.2	2.8	0.0	0.8	1.8	3.6	8.4	.429	0.6	2.4	.250	0.6	0.8	.750
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
	Kyle Anderson	Yao Ming
Season	2021-22	2010-11
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
Kyle Anderson	69	21.5	7.6	1.0	4.3	5.3	2.7	1.1	0.7	1.0	1.6	3.0	6.8	.446	0.5	1.6	.330	1.0	1.5	.638
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		%
Kyle Anderson	12	18.4	6.0	0.8	3.5	4.3	1.8	0.9	0.6	0.8	1.8	2.4	4.3	.569	0.3	1.0	.250	0.9	1.5	.611
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Kyle Anderson	Yao Ming
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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		%
Kyle Anderson	69	28.4	9.4	1.0	4.4	5.3	4.9	1.1	0.9	1.5	2.1	3.7	7.2	.509	0.6	1.5	.410	1.4	2.0	.735
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Anderson	4	26.0	8.5	0.8	3.3	4.0	4.5	1.8	0.5	1.5	3.3	3.8	7.5	.500	0.5	1.5	.333	0.5	0.5	1.000
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Kyle Anderson	Yao Ming
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves TBD	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Anderson	79	22.6	6.4	0.8	2.7	3.5	4.2	0.9	0.6	1.2	1.6	2.5	5.5	.460	0.1	0.6	.229	1.2	1.7	.708
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Anderson	9	12.8	2.8	1.4	1.4	2.9	2.2	0.7	0.2	0.8	1.4	1.1	2.8	.400	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.7	.833
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Kyle Anderson vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Kyle Anderson, 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

Season 10