Yao Ming vs. Chuck Person Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chuck Person and Yao Ming, 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.

Yao Ming played 8 years in the NBA, 5 less than Chuck Person, who played 13. Yao Ming had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Chuck Person had his rookie season in 1986-87. 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
Yao Ming	8	4	2002-03 to 2010-11
Chuck Person	13	8	1986-87 to 1999-00

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Yao Ming	Chuck Person
Season	2002-03	1986-87
Team	Houston Rockets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East 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		%
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
Chuck Person	82	36.0	18.8	2.0	6.2	8.3	3.6	1.1	0.2	2.6	3.8	7.7	16.6	.468	0.6	1.7	.355	2.7	3.6	.747

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chuck Person	4	39.8	27.0	1.5	6.8	8.3	5.0	1.3	0.5	3.8	3.5	9.5	18.5	.514	0.5	2.0	.250	7.5	9.8	.769


Season 2
	Yao Ming	Chuck Person
Season	2003-04	1987-88
Team	Houston Rockets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
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
Chuck Person	79	35.5	17.0	2.2	4.6	6.8	3.9	0.9	0.1	2.7	3.4	7.3	15.8	.459	0.7	2.2	.333	1.7	2.5	.670

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Chuck Person	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Yao Ming	Chuck Person
Season	2004-05	1988-89
Team	Houston Rockets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
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
Chuck Person	80	37.7	21.6	1.8	4.7	6.5	3.6	1.0	0.2	3.9	3.5	8.9	18.2	.489	0.8	2.6	.307	3.0	3.8	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Chuck Person	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Yao Ming	Chuck Person
Season	2005-06	1989-90
Team	Houston Rockets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East 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		%
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
Chuck Person	77	35.2	19.7	1.6	4.1	5.8	3.0	0.7	0.3	2.2	2.8	7.9	16.1	.487	1.2	3.3	.372	2.7	3.5	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chuck Person	3	41.0	13.3	2.0	4.7	6.7	4.0	0.3	0.0	1.3	3.7	5.7	15.0	.378	0.3	3.3	.100	1.7	4.0	.417


Season 5
	Yao Ming	Chuck Person
Season	2006-07	1990-91
Team	Houston Rockets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East 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		%
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
Chuck Person	80	32.1	18.4	1.5	3.7	5.2	3.0	0.7	0.2	2.3	2.8	7.8	15.4	.504	0.9	2.5	.340	2.1	2.9	.721

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Chuck Person	5	38.4	26.0	0.6	5.0	5.6	3.2	1.0	0.0	2.4	3.0	9.6	18.0	.533	3.4	6.2	.548	3.4	4.2	.810


Season 6
	Yao Ming	Chuck Person
Season	2007-08	1991-92
Team	Houston Rockets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East 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		%
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
Chuck Person	81	36.1	18.5	1.4	3.9	5.3	4.7	0.8	0.2	2.7	3.0	7.6	15.9	.480	1.6	4.4	.373	1.6	2.4	.675

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chuck Person	3	39.3	17.0	0.3	2.7	3.0	2.3	0.7	0.0	2.0	3.7	6.3	15.7	.404	1.7	5.0	.333	2.7	4.0	.667


Season 7
	Yao Ming	Chuck Person
Season	2008-09	1992-93
Team	Houston Rockets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
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
Chuck Person	78	38.3	16.8	1.3	4.3	5.6	4.4	0.9	0.4	2.8	2.5	6.9	16.0	.433	1.5	4.3	.355	1.4	2.2	.649

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Chuck Person	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 8
	Yao Ming	Chuck Person
Season	2010-11	1993-94
Team	Houston Rockets	Minnesota Timberwolves
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		%
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
Chuck Person	77	26.4	11.6	0.7	2.6	3.3	2.4	0.6	0.2	1.6	2.1	4.6	10.9	.422	1.3	3.5	.368	1.1	1.4	.759

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


Season 9
	Yao Ming	Chuck Person
Season	-	1994-95
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs Lost West Conf 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		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chuck Person	81	25.1	10.8	0.6	2.6	3.2	1.3	0.6	0.1	1.3	2.4	3.9	9.3	.423	2.1	5.5	.387	0.8	1.3	.647

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chuck Person	15	17.2	5.0	0.1	1.7	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.4	1.5	1.8	5.1	.351	0.9	3.0	.289	0.5	0.7	.727


Season 10
	Yao Ming	Chuck Person
Season	-	1995-96
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs 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		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chuck Person	80	26.6	10.9	1.0	4.2	5.2	1.3	0.6	0.3	1.1	2.5	3.9	8.8	.437	2.4	5.8	.410	0.8	1.3	.644

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chuck Person	10	28.4	12.1	0.5	3.5	4.0	1.6	0.2	0.3	1.1	3.2	4.1	7.7	.532	2.5	4.7	.532	1.4	1.7	.824

Note: Chuck Person didn't play in 1996-97.


Season 11
	Yao Ming	Chuck Person
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs 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		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chuck Person	61	23.9	6.7	0.3	3.1	3.3	1.4	0.5	0.2	1.1	2.0	2.3	6.5	.359	1.6	4.5	.344	0.5	0.6	.757

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chuck Person	9	21.9	5.8	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.7	1.7	2.0	5.9	.340	1.6	4.4	.350	0.2	0.2	1.000


Season 12
	Yao Ming	Chuck Person
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	Charlotte Hornets
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		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chuck Person	50	19.8	6.1	0.3	2.3	2.6	1.2	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.8	2.2	5.8	.388	1.1	3.1	.350	0.5	0.6	.750

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


Season 13
	Yao Ming	Chuck Person
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Supersonics 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		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chuck Person	37	9.2	2.8	0.2	1.3	1.4	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.5	1.0	3.3	.301	0.6	2.6	.253	0.1	0.2	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chuck Person	2	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Yao Ming vs. Chuck Person Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chuck Person and Yao Ming, 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