Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Brendan Haywood and Yao Ming

This is the detail of NBA games in which Brendan Haywood and Yao Ming played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Games against each other

They faced each other a total of 9 times in NBA games. Yao Ming has a 7-2 winning record over Brendan Haywood. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Brendan Haywood:
2001-02 to 2014-15
Yao Ming:
2002-03 to 2010-11
9 Games played
9 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Brendan Haywood
2
2
0
Yao Ming
7
7
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Brendan Haywood 7.4 5.6 0.8 1.02.0
Yao Ming 21.0 9.6 1.20.43.2
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Brendan Haywood 16 9 3 35
Yao Ming 38 14 4 16
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Brendan Haywood 1

game
2

games
2

games
5

games
2

games
Yao Ming 8

games
6

games
5

games
1

game
7

games
Both had same stat 0

games
1

game
2

games
3

games
0

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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2002-03 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 22, 2002
1. Wizards 86   Brendan Haywood 2 8 0 1 1 2 5 21 0-1 .000 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Rockets 93   Yao Ming 18 8 2 1 4 1 1 32 7-11 .636 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Feb. 27, 2003
2. Wizards 100   Brendan Haywood 0 3 0 0 5 2 6 34 0-4 .000 0-0 - 0-2 .000
OT Rockets 98   Yao Ming 16 11 1 0 0 0 1 39 6-15 .400 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
2003-04 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 13, 2004
3. Wizards 80   Brendan Haywood 4 4 0 1 3 2 3 19 1-3 .333 0-0 - 2-4 .500
Rockets 93   Yao Ming 21 11 0 0 2 3 2 33 6-9 .667 0-0 - 9-10 .900
Feb. 17, 2004
4. Wizards 81   Brendan Haywood 10 7 0 3 3 0 0 27 5-12 .417 0-0 - 0-2 .000
Rockets 107   Yao Ming 16 6 1 1 4 3 1 24 7-11 .636 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
2004-05 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 15, 2005
5. Wizards 93   Brendan Haywood 16 3 3 1 2 0 0 24 7-12 .583 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Rockets 123   Yao Ming 23 9 1 1 4 2 2 31 11-14 .786 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Mar. 02, 2005
6. Wizards 101   Brendan Haywood 12 9 2 1 1 1 2 31 5-6 .833 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Rockets 98   Yao Ming 11 7 0 0 3 2 4 28 3-9 .333 0-0 - 5-7 .714
2006-07 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 22, 2006
7. Wizards 82   Brendan Haywood 9 8 0 1 0 0 4 33 3-5 .600 0-0 - 3-9 .333
Rockets 86   Yao Ming 25 14 0 0 2 4 3 36 9-16 .563 0-0 - 7-8 .875
Dec. 09, 2006
8. Wizards 109   Brendan Haywood 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 09 0-1 .000 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Rockets 114   Yao Ming 38 11 2 1 6 4 2 39 13-19 .684 0-0 - 12-14 .857
2007-08 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 08, 2008
9. Wizards 84   Brendan Haywood 13 6 2 1 2 3 4 29 5-7 .714 0-0 - 3-6 .500
Rockets 92   Yao Ming 21 9 4 0 4 4 3 40 7-16 .438 0-0 - 7-7 1.000