Yao Ming vs. Mike Riordan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mike Riordan 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, 1 less than Mike Riordan, who played 9. Yao Ming had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Mike Riordan had his rookie season in 1968-69. 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
Mike Riordan	9	9	1968-69 to 1976-77

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Yao Ming	Mike Riordan
Season	2002-03	1968-69
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Div 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	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
Mike Riordan	54	7.4	2.3	-	-	1.1	0.9	-	-	-	1.7	0.9	2.7	.340	-	-	-	0.5	0.8	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Riordan	10	10.8	5.2	-	-	1.7	0.3	-	-	-	2.7	2.0	3.9	.513	-	-	-	1.2	1.6	.750


Season 2
	Yao Ming	Mike Riordan
Season	2003-04	1969-70
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Mike Riordan	81	20.7	7.7	-	-	2.4	2.5	-	-	-	2.4	3.1	6.8	.464	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	.691

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
Mike Riordan	19	15.6	6.9	-	-	2.4	1.4	-	-	-	1.7	2.8	5.7	.486	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.714


Season 3
	Yao Ming	Mike Riordan
Season	2004-05	1970-71
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks
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	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
Mike Riordan	82	16.1	4.8	-	-	2.1	1.5	-	-	-	1.8	2.0	4.7	.418	-	-	-	0.8	1.3	.620

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
Mike Riordan	12	14.0	3.8	-	-	2.5	0.8	-	-	-	2.2	1.7	4.3	.385	-	-	-	0.5	0.7	.750


Season 4
	Yao Ming	Mike Riordan
Season	2005-06	1971-72
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks, Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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		%
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
Mike Riordan	58	23.7	9.5	-	-	2.2	2.2	-	-	-	2.2	4.0	8.6	.467	-	-	-	1.4	2.1	.677

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Riordan	6	26.8	13.8	-	-	2.5	1.8	-	-	-	3.0	5.5	9.5	.579	-	-	-	2.8	3.5	.810


Season 5
	Yao Ming	Mike Riordan
Season	2006-07	1972-73
Team	Houston Rockets	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bullets 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		%
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
Mike Riordan	82	42.3	18.1	-	-	4.9	5.2	-	-	-	2.6	8.0	15.6	.510	-	-	-	2.2	2.7	.821

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
Mike Riordan	5	46.2	15.0	-	-	3.6	3.0	-	-	-	3.2	5.6	12.4	.452	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	.792


Season 6
	Yao Ming	Mike Riordan
Season	2007-08	1973-74
Team	Houston Rockets	Capital Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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		%
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
Mike Riordan	81	39.9	15.9	1.5	3.2	4.7	3.3	1.3	0.2	-	2.9	7.1	15.1	.472	-	-	-	1.7	2.1	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Riordan	7	38.1	12.3	1.0	2.4	3.4	2.4	0.6	0.3	-	4.0	5.1	12.4	.414	-	-	-	2.0	2.3	.875


Season 7
	Yao Ming	Mike Riordan
Season	2008-09	1974-75
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Bullets 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	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
Mike Riordan	74	29.6	15.4	1.2	2.6	3.8	2.7	1.0	0.1	-	3.2	7.0	14.3	.492	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	.838

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
Mike Riordan	17	22.2	7.9	0.7	1.7	2.4	1.6	0.9	0.1	-	2.9	3.5	8.9	.397	-	-	-	0.8	1.1	.778

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


Season 8
	Yao Ming	Mike Riordan
Season	2010-11	1975-76
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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		%
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
Mike Riordan	78	24.9	8.4	0.6	1.8	2.4	1.6	0.7	0.2	-	2.6	3.7	8.5	.440	-	-	-	0.9	1.2	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Riordan	6	5.2	1.0	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	0.5	1.3	.375	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 9
	Yao Ming	Mike Riordan
Season	-	1976-77
Team	-	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bullets 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		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Riordan	49	5.9	1.6	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.9	.362	-	-	-	0.2	0.3	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Riordan	2	4.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.0	1.0	.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Yao Ming vs. Mike Riordan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mike Riordan 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