Yao Ming vs. Kurt Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kurt Thomas 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 / 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.

Yao Ming played 8 years in the NBA, 10 less than Kurt Thomas, who played 18. Yao Ming had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Kurt Thomas had his rookie season in 1995-96. 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
Kurt Thomas	18	11	1995-96 to 2012-13

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18


Rookie Season
	Yao Ming	Kurt Thomas
Season	2002-03	1995-96
Team	Houston Rockets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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
Kurt Thomas	74	22.4	9.0	1.6	4.3	5.9	0.6	0.6	0.5	1.3	3.7	3.7	7.4	.501	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.4	.663

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	3	20.0	4.0	1.3	4.0	5.3	1.0	0.7	0.3	1.7	4.3	1.3	3.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.3	1.000


Season 2
	Yao Ming	Kurt Thomas
Season	2003-04	1996-97
Team	Houston Rockets	Miami Heat
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
Kurt Thomas	18	20.8	6.3	1.7	4.2	5.9	0.5	0.7	0.5	1.4	3.7	2.2	5.8	.371	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.6	.761

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
Kurt Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Yao Ming	Kurt Thomas
Season	2004-05	1997-98
Team	Houston Rockets	Dallas Mavericks
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
Kurt Thomas	5	14.6	7.4	1.6	3.2	4.8	0.6	0.2	0.0	2.0	3.8	3.4	9.0	.378	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.6	1.000

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
Kurt Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Yao Ming	Kurt Thomas
Season	2005-06	1998-99
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
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
Kurt Thomas	50	23.6	8.1	1.6	4.1	5.7	1.1	0.9	0.3	1.5	3.2	3.4	7.4	.462	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.2	.611

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	20	21.1	5.3	1.9	3.6	5.5	0.4	0.8	0.6	1.0	3.8	2.3	5.9	.381	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.696


Season 5
	Yao Ming	Kurt Thomas
Season	2006-07	1999-00
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East 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	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
Kurt Thomas	80	24.6	8.0	1.8	4.5	6.3	1.0	0.6	0.5	1.3	3.5	3.4	6.7	.505	0.0	0.0	.333	1.3	1.6	.781

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
Kurt Thomas	16	15.7	4.3	1.1	2.0	3.1	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.9	2.8	1.9	3.8	.508	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.700


Season 6
	Yao Ming	Kurt Thomas
Season	2007-08	2000-01
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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
Kurt Thomas	77	27.6	10.4	2.2	4.5	6.7	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.3	3.7	4.1	8.0	.511	0.0	0.0	.333	2.2	2.7	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	5	37.2	14.4	3.4	7.8	11.2	1.8	0.4	1.0	1.8	5.2	5.0	9.4	.532	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	6.2	.710


Season 7
	Yao Ming	Kurt Thomas
Season	2008-09	2001-02
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks
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
Kurt Thomas	82	33.8	13.9	2.6	6.5	9.1	1.1	0.9	1.0	1.9	4.2	5.6	11.4	.494	0.0	0.1	.167	2.6	3.2	.815

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
Kurt Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 8
	Yao Ming	Kurt Thomas
Season	2010-11	2002-03
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks
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
Kurt Thomas	81	31.8	14.0	2.0	5.9	7.9	2.0	1.0	1.2	1.7	4.2	6.1	12.7	.483	0.0	0.0	.667	1.7	2.3	.750

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


Season 9
	Yao Ming	Kurt Thomas
Season	-	2003-04
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Knicks 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	80	31.9	11.1	1.8	6.5	8.3	1.9	0.7	1.0	1.7	3.7	4.9	10.4	.473	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.6	.835

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	4	35.3	12.8	2.3	9.3	11.5	1.5	1.8	0.8	2.5	4.3	5.3	12.3	.429	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.0	.750


Season 10
	Yao Ming	Kurt Thomas
Season	-	2004-05
Team	-	New York Knicks
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	80	35.7	11.5	2.1	8.3	10.4	2.0	0.9	1.0	1.2	3.9	5.3	11.3	.471	0.0	0.1	.500	0.8	1.1	.786

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


Season 11
	Yao Ming	Kurt Thomas
Season	-	2005-06
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Suns 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	53	26.6	8.6	1.9	5.9	7.8	1.1	0.4	1.0	1.1	3.6	3.6	7.4	.486	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.7	.815

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	1	6.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500


Season 12
	Yao Ming	Kurt Thomas
Season	-	2006-07
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Suns 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	67	18.0	4.6	1.3	4.4	5.7	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	2.3	1.9	3.9	.486	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.1	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	11	19.3	7.5	1.0	3.9	4.9	1.1	0.5	0.8	0.8	2.3	3.1	5.9	.523	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.5	.882


Season 13
	Yao Ming	Kurt Thomas
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics, 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	70	22.6	6.3	1.9	5.4	7.2	1.0	0.8	0.8	0.7	2.7	2.8	5.7	.492	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.1	.663

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	17	15.8	4.1	1.5	3.4	4.9	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.8	2.7	1.9	4.1	.457	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.714


Season 14
	Yao Ming	Kurt Thomas
Season	-	2008-09
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	79	17.8	4.3	1.7	3.4	5.1	0.8	0.4	0.7	0.5	2.2	1.9	3.8	.503	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.6	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	5	16.0	2.6	0.8	3.8	4.6	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.8	2.6	1.0	2.2	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.750


Season 15
	Yao Ming	Kurt Thomas
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	70	15.0	3.0	1.2	3.0	4.2	0.7	0.4	0.7	0.7	2.3	1.4	3.0	.476	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	7	28.4	5.4	1.7	6.1	7.9	1.6	0.4	0.6	1.1	3.7	2.4	5.0	.486	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.7	.800


Season 16
	Yao Ming	Kurt Thomas
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bulls Lost East 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	52	22.7	4.1	1.4	4.3	5.8	1.2	0.6	0.8	0.8	3.2	1.8	3.6	.511	0.0	0.0	1.000	0.4	0.6	.625

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	7	10.6	2.9	1.3	1.4	2.7	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.4	1.7	1.4	2.6	.556	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 17
	Yao Ming	Kurt Thomas
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	53	15.2	3.0	0.7	2.8	3.5	0.9	0.5	0.6	0.6	2.3	1.4	3.0	.465	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.700

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


Season 18
	Yao Ming	Kurt Thomas
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	New York Knicks
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	39	10.1	2.5	0.6	1.7	2.3	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.2	1.3	1.2	2.1	.542	0.0	0.0	1.000	0.2	0.3	.462

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

Yao Ming vs. Kurt Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kurt Thomas 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

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17

Season 18