Mike Brown vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Mike Brown, 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.

Mike Brown played 12 years in the NBA, 4 more than Yao Ming, who played 8. Mike Brown had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, 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
Mike Brown	12	9	1986-87 to 1997-98
Yao Ming	8	4	2002-03 to 2010-11

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12


Rookie Season
	Mike Brown	Yao Ming
Season	1986-87	2002-03
Team	Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Brown	62	13.2	4.2	1.1	2.3	3.5	0.4	0.3	0.1	1.0	2.1	1.7	3.2	.527	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.2	.639
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		%
Mike Brown	1	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Mike Brown	Yao Ming
Season	1987-88	2003-04
Team	Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Brown	46	12.8	4.3	1.4	2.0	3.5	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.8	1.8	1.7	3.8	.448	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.5	.577
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		%
Mike Brown	1	4.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500
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
	Mike Brown	Yao Ming
Season	1988-89	2004-05
Team	Utah Jazz	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Brown	66	15.9	4.5	1.4	2.5	3.9	0.6	0.4	0.3	1.2	2.0	1.6	3.8	.419	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.0	.708
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		%
Mike Brown	2	5.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Mike Brown	Yao Ming
Season	1989-90	2005-06
Team	Utah Jazz	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Brown	82	17.0	6.2	1.4	3.2	4.5	0.6	0.4	0.3	1.1	2.3	2.2	4.2	.515	0.0	0.0	.500	1.9	2.4	.789
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		%
Mike Brown	5	13.4	3.6	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.6	0.2	0.2	1.0	2.2	1.4	3.0	.467	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.0	.800
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Mike Brown	Yao Ming
Season	1990-91	2006-07
Team	Utah Jazz	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Brown	82	17.0	4.8	1.3	2.8	4.1	0.6	0.4	0.3	1.0	2.0	1.6	3.5	.454	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.2	.742
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		%
Mike Brown	9	24.8	9.6	2.2	5.1	7.3	0.6	0.3	0.1	1.3	4.0	3.0	6.2	.482	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.2	.842
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
	Mike Brown	Yao Ming
Season	1991-92	2007-08
Team	Utah Jazz	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Brown	82	21.7	7.7	2.3	3.5	5.8	1.0	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.4	2.7	6.0	.453	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	3.5	.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		%
Mike Brown	16	17.1	5.8	1.4	2.7	4.1	0.7	0.1	0.1	1.0	2.7	1.9	4.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.6	.780
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Mike Brown	Yao Ming
Season	1992-93	2008-09
Team	Utah Jazz	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Brown	82	18.9	5.7	1.8	3.0	4.8	0.8	0.4	0.3	1.2	2.3	2.1	5.0	.430	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.0	.689
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		%
Mike Brown	5	18.6	6.6	0.8	2.4	3.2	0.4	0.0	0.2	1.0	1.8	2.6	5.0	.520	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.2	.636
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
	Mike Brown	Yao Ming
Season	1993-94	2010-11
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Brown	82	23.4	3.6	1.5	4.0	5.5	0.9	0.6	0.4	0.9	2.7	1.4	3.2	.427	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.4	.653
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		%
Mike Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Mike Brown	Yao Ming
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Brown	27	7.9	1.3	0.3	1.3	1.7	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.6	1.3	0.4	1.5	.250	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.0	.556
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 10
	Mike Brown	Yao Ming
Season	1995-96	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Brown	9	18.0	2.9	1.6	2.6	4.1	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.7	2.7	1.0	1.8	.563	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.9	.471
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 11
	Mike Brown	Yao Ming
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Brown	6	13.8	2.7	1.5	2.7	4.2	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.3	1.5	0.8	2.0	.417	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.7	.600
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Brown	4	6.5	2.8	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.5	0.5	1.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.0	.875
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Mike Brown	Yao Ming
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Brown	1	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Mike Brown vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Mike Brown, 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

Season 11

Season 12