Shaun Livingston vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Shaun Livingston, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Shaun Livingston played 14 years in the NBA, 6 more than Yao Ming, who played 8. Shaun Livingston had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, 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
Shaun Livingston	14	7	2004-05 to 2018-19
Yao Ming	8	4	2002-03 to 2010-11

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14


Rookie Season
	Shaun Livingston	Yao Ming
Season	2004-05	2002-03
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	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		%
Shaun Livingston	30	27.1	7.4	0.7	2.2	3.0	5.0	1.1	0.4	2.5	2.7	3.0	7.2	.414	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	2.0	.746
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		%
Shaun Livingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Shaun Livingston	Yao Ming
Season	2005-06	2003-04
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers 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		%
Shaun Livingston	61	25.0	5.8	0.7	2.3	3.0	4.5	0.8	0.5	1.8	2.6	2.4	5.7	.427	0.0	0.1	.125	0.9	1.3	.688
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		%
Shaun Livingston	12	27.7	7.5	1.3	3.3	4.7	4.8	0.6	0.5	1.9	2.6	3.0	6.3	.474	0.1	0.1	1.000	1.4	1.8	.810
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
	Shaun Livingston	Yao Ming
Season	2006-07	2004-05
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Houston Rockets
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		%
Shaun Livingston	54	29.8	9.3	1.0	2.4	3.4	5.1	1.1	0.5	2.0	2.5	3.9	8.3	.463	0.1	0.3	.313	1.5	2.1	.707
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		%
Shaun Livingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Note: Shaun Livingston didn't play in 2007-08.


Season 4
	Shaun Livingston	Yao Ming
Season	2008-09	2005-06
Team	Miami Heat, Oklahoma City Thunder	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		%
Shaun Livingston	12	19.3	5.9	0.3	2.1	2.3	1.7	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.0	2.6	5.0	.517	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	0.8	.900
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		%
Shaun Livingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Shaun Livingston	Yao Ming
Season	2009-10	2006-07
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder, Washington Wizards	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		%
Shaun Livingston	36	22.1	6.9	0.4	1.7	2.2	3.6	0.5	0.3	1.6	1.7	2.9	5.6	.517	0.0	0.2	.000	1.2	1.3	.875
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		%
Shaun Livingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Shaun Livingston	Yao Ming
Season	2010-11	2007-08
Team	Charlotte Bobcats	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		%
Shaun Livingston	73	17.3	6.6	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.2	0.6	0.4	1.2	1.5	2.5	5.4	.466	0.0	0.1	.250	1.5	1.7	.864
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		%
Shaun Livingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Shaun Livingston	Yao Ming
Season	2011-12	2008-09
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Shaun Livingston	58	18.8	5.5	0.7	1.4	2.1	2.1	0.5	0.3	1.1	1.4	2.2	4.7	.469	0.0	0.1	.667	1.1	1.4	.785
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		%
Shaun Livingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Shaun Livingston	Yao Ming
Season	2012-13	2010-11
Team	Washington Wizards, Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston Rockets
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		%
Shaun Livingston	66	22.0	6.3	0.5	1.9	2.4	3.3	0.7	0.5	1.2	1.9	2.5	5.2	.480	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	1.5	.867
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		%
Shaun Livingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Shaun Livingston	Yao Ming
Season	2013-14	-
Team	Brooklyn Nets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East 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		%
Shaun Livingston	76	26.0	8.3	0.9	2.4	3.2	3.2	1.2	0.4	1.4	2.3	3.1	6.4	.483	0.0	0.1	.167	2.1	2.5	.827
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaun Livingston	12	27.1	9.7	0.7	2.8	3.5	3.3	0.4	0.4	1.8	3.4	3.7	7.2	.512	0.1	0.1	1.000	2.3	3.1	.730
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Shaun Livingston	Yao Ming
Season	2014-15	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaun Livingston	78	18.8	5.9	0.6	1.8	2.3	3.3	0.6	0.3	1.3	1.4	2.5	5.1	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.2	.714
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaun Livingston	21	17.9	5.0	0.6	1.8	2.4	1.8	0.4	0.2	1.0	1.5	2.0	3.8	.532	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.2	.840
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Shaun Livingston	Yao Ming
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaun Livingston	78	19.5	6.3	0.5	1.6	2.2	3.0	0.7	0.3	1.0	1.8	2.6	4.9	.536	0.0	0.2	.167	1.0	1.2	.860
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaun Livingston	24	21.4	8.2	0.5	2.6	3.2	3.3	0.5	0.2	1.2	2.0	3.4	7.0	.488	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.5	.865
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Shaun Livingston	Yao Ming
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaun Livingston	76	17.7	5.1	0.4	1.6	2.0	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.8	1.6	2.3	4.2	.547	0.0	0.0	.333	0.6	0.8	.700
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaun Livingston	14	15.7	5.2	0.7	1.4	2.1	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.7	2.4	4.2	.576	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.5	.714
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Shaun Livingston	Yao Ming
Season	2017-18	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaun Livingston	71	15.9	5.5	0.5	1.4	1.8	2.0	0.5	0.3	0.8	1.6	2.4	4.8	.501	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	0.9	.820
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaun Livingston	21	17.2	6.7	0.5	1.7	2.2	1.5	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.6	2.8	5.2	.536	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.2	.880
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Shaun Livingston	Yao Ming
Season	2018-19	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaun Livingston	64	15.1	4.0	0.7	1.2	1.8	1.8	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.2	1.7	3.3	.519	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.8	.784
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaun Livingston	22	14.6	4.0	0.5	0.9	1.4	1.4	0.5	0.2	0.4	1.6	1.5	3.4	.453	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.1	.840
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Shaun Livingston vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Shaun Livingston, 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

Season 13

Season 14