Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Yao Ming and Vitaly Potapenko

This is the detail of NBA games in which Yao Ming and Vitaly Potapenko 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 5-4 winning record over Vitaly Potapenko. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Yao Ming:
2002-03 to 2010-11
Vitaly Potapenko:
1996-97 to 2006-07
9 Games played
9 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Yao Ming
5
5
0
Vitaly Potapenko
4
4
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Yao Ming 19.9 7.4 1.2 0.31.6
Vitaly Potapenko 8.0 3.8 0.60.10.3
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Yao Ming 30 13 2 33
Vitaly Potapenko 17 7 2 12
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Yao Ming 7

games
7

games
4

games
1

game
6

games
Vitaly Potapenko 1

game
2

games
0

games
1

game
0

games
Both had same stat 1

game
0

games
5

games
7

games
3

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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2003-04 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 29, 2003
1. Rockets 88   Yao Ming 19 9 0 0 2 1 5 44 7-14 .500 0-0 - 5-9 .556
Supersonics 95   Vitaly Potapenko 5 2 0 0 0 0 3 24 2-5 .400 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Dec. 29, 2003
2. Rockets 86   Yao Ming 15 6 0 0 0 5 5 28 4-6 .667 0-0 - 7-8 .875
Supersonics 87   Vitaly Potapenko 4 2 0 0 0 0 5 13 2-3 .667 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 29, 2004
3. Rockets 80   Yao Ming 14 5 2 0 2 2 2 31 2-9 .222 0-0 - 10-10 1.000
Supersonics 97   Vitaly Potapenko 17 6 2 0 0 3 5 27 6-11 .545 0-0 - 5-7 .714
Apr. 12, 2004
4. Rockets 111   Yao Ming 20 5 2 0 1 2 5 34 6-13 .462 0-1 .000 8-9 .889
Supersonics 107   Vitaly Potapenko 12 7 1 1 1 2 5 30 5-11 .455 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
2004-05 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 22, 2005
5. Rockets 85   Yao Ming 30 9 2 0 3 1 6 35 11-16 .688 0-0 - 8-10 .800
Supersonics 87   Vitaly Potapenko 4 6 0 0 0 0 2 18 2-6 .333 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 08, 2005
6. Rockets 97   Yao Ming 22 4 2 3 2 2 4 35 9-15 .600 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Supersonics 95   Vitaly Potapenko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Apr. 11, 2005
7. Rockets 90   Yao Ming 20 13 1 0 3 1 4 32 4-8 .500 0-0 - 12-13 .923
Supersonics 78   Vitaly Potapenko 13 7 0 0 2 0 5 33 5-12 .417 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
Apr. 20, 2005
8. Rockets 106   Yao Ming 13 6 1 0 1 2 2 23 3-7 .429 0-0 - 7-10 .700
Supersonics 78   Vitaly Potapenko 13 2 1 0 0 1 4 19 4-6 .667 0-0 - 5-7 .714
2005-06 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 15, 2005
9. Rockets 104   Yao Ming 26 10 1 0 0 5 5 35 7-10 .700 0-0 - 12-15 .800
Supersonics 98   Vitaly Potapenko 4 2 1 0 0 1 3 21 2-3 .667 0-0 - 0-0 -