Yao Ming vs. Kevin Porter Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Porter 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.
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, 2 less than Kevin Porter, who played 10. Yao Ming had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Kevin Porter had his rookie season in 1972-73. 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 |
Kevin Porter |
10 |
5 |
1972-73 to 1982-83 |
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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 |
Kevin Porter |
71 |
17.1 |
6.6 |
- |
- |
1.0 |
3.3 |
- |
- |
- |
2.9 |
2.9 |
6.4 |
.455 |
- |
- |
- |
0.9 |
1.4 |
.614 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Yao Ming |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Kevin Porter |
4 |
10.3 |
3.0 |
- |
- |
0.5 |
2.3 |
- |
- |
- |
2.8 |
1.5 |
3.0 |
.500 |
- |
- |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
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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 |
Kevin Porter |
81 |
28.9 |
14.0 |
1.0 |
1.2 |
2.2 |
5.8 |
1.2 |
0.1 |
- |
3.9 |
5.9 |
12.3 |
.478 |
- |
- |
- |
2.2 |
3.1 |
.723 |
|
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 |
Kevin Porter |
7 |
27.9 |
10.7 |
1.4 |
1.0 |
2.4 |
4.6 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
- |
4.3 |
4.7 |
12.1 |
.388 |
- |
- |
- |
1.3 |
2.0 |
.643 |
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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 |
Kevin Porter |
81 |
32.0 |
11.6 |
0.7 |
1.2 |
1.9 |
8.0 |
1.9 |
0.1 |
- |
4.0 |
5.0 |
10.2 |
.491 |
- |
- |
- |
1.6 |
2.3 |
.704 |
|
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 |
Kevin Porter |
17 |
36.8 |
14.4 |
0.8 |
1.6 |
2.4 |
7.3 |
1.2 |
0.0 |
- |
4.3 |
5.8 |
11.6 |
.503 |
- |
- |
- |
2.7 |
4.1 |
.667 |
|
Season 4 |
|
Yao Ming |
Kevin Porter |
Season |
2005-06 | 1975-76 |
Team |
Houston Rockets | Detroit Pistons |
Honors & Awards |
All-NBA Third Team | - |
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 |
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 |
Kevin Porter |
19 |
36.2 |
12.6 |
0.7 |
1.6 |
2.3 |
10.2 |
1.8 |
0.2 |
- |
4.4 |
5.2 |
12.4 |
.421 |
- |
- |
- |
2.2 |
2.9 |
.750 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Yao Ming |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Kevin Porter |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Kevin Porter |
81 |
26.1 |
8.9 |
0.3 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
7.3 |
1.1 |
0.1 |
- |
3.3 |
3.8 |
7.5 |
.512 |
- |
- |
- |
1.2 |
1.6 |
.729 |
|
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 |
Kevin Porter |
3 |
20.3 |
5.3 |
0.3 |
1.7 |
2.0 |
5.7 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
- |
2.3 |
1.7 |
4.7 |
.357 |
- |
- |
- |
2.0 |
3.0 |
.667 |
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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 |
Kevin Porter |
82 |
37.4 |
15.4 |
0.8 |
1.8 |
2.5 |
13.4 |
1.9 |
0.1 |
4.1 |
3.7 |
6.5 |
13.5 |
.481 |
- |
- |
- |
2.3 |
3.2 |
.722 |
|
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 |
Kevin Porter |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note: Yao Ming didn't play in 2009-10.
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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 |
Kevin Porter |
70 |
21.3 |
7.3 |
0.4 |
0.8 |
1.2 |
6.5 |
0.8 |
0.2 |
2.3 |
2.6 |
2.9 |
6.3 |
.459 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
1.6 |
2.0 |
.803 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Yao Ming |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Kevin Porter |
2 |
24.5 |
8.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
4.5 |
1.5 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
8.0 |
.438 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
.000 |
1.0 |
2.5 |
.400 |
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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 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Kevin Porter |
81 |
31.8 |
13.4 |
0.4 |
1.1 |
1.5 |
9.1 |
1.4 |
0.1 |
3.1 |
3.2 |
5.5 |
10.6 |
.519 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.250 |
2.4 |
3.0 |
.773 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Yao Ming |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Kevin Porter |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note: Kevin Porter didn't play in 1981-82.
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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 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Kevin Porter |
11 |
19.1 |
4.3 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
4.2 |
0.9 |
0.0 |
1.9 |
2.7 |
1.9 |
3.6 |
.525 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.5 |
0.5 |
.833 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Yao Ming |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Kevin Porter |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |