Bobby Jones vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Bobby Jones, 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.

Bobby Jones played 10 years in the NBA, 2 more than Yao Ming, who played 8. Bobby Jones had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Yao Ming had his rookie season in 2002-03. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
Rookie Season
	Bobby Jones	Yao Ming
Season	1976-77	2002-03
Team	Denver Nuggets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Bobby Jones	82	29.5	15.1	2.1	6.1	8.3	3.2	2.3	2.0	-	2.9	6.1	10.7	.570	-	-	-	2.9	4.0	.717
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bobby Jones	6	31.2	12.0	1.8	4.0	5.8	3.5	2.8	2.3	-	4.2	5.2	10.7	.484	-	-	-	1.7	2.8	.588
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Bobby Jones	Yao Ming
Season	1977-78	2003-04
Team	Denver Nuggets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Rockets 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		%
Bobby Jones	75	32.5	14.5	2.2	6.3	8.5	3.4	1.8	1.7	2.6	2.9	5.9	10.1	.578	-	-	-	2.8	3.7	.751
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bobby Jones	13	30.0	12.8	2.8	5.1	7.8	2.7	1.2	0.7	1.8	3.2	5.1	8.9	.569	-	-	-	2.6	3.5	.739
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

Season 3
	Bobby Jones	Yao Ming
Season	1978-79	2004-05
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Rockets 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		%
Bobby Jones	80	28.8	12.1	2.5	4.2	6.6	2.5	1.3	1.2	2.1	3.1	4.7	8.8	.537	-	-	-	2.6	3.5	.755
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bobby Jones	9	28.9	13.1	1.3	3.4	4.8	2.1	0.6	0.4	1.7	3.3	5.3	9.7	.552	-	-	-	2.4	2.9	.846
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

Season 4
	Bobby Jones	Yao Ming
Season	1979-80	2005-06
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Bobby Jones	81	26.2	13.0	1.9	3.7	5.6	1.8	1.3	1.5	1.8	2.8	4.9	9.2	.532	0.0	0.0	.000	3.2	4.1	.781
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bobby Jones	18	26.1	12.9	1.6	3.2	4.8	1.7	1.2	1.8	1.3	3.1	5.0	9.6	.523	0.0	0.1	.000	2.9	3.4	.855
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Bobby Jones	Yao Ming
Season	1980-81	2006-07
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	Rockets 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		%
Bobby Jones	81	25.3	13.5	1.8	3.6	5.4	2.8	1.2	0.9	1.8	2.8	5.0	9.3	.539	0.0	0.0	.000	3.5	4.3	.813
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bobby Jones	16	27.7	14.7	2.2	3.3	5.5	2.1	1.1	1.3	2.0	3.8	5.1	10.0	.506	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	5.5	.830
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

Season 6
	Bobby Jones	Yao Ming
Season	1981-82	2007-08
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Bobby Jones	76	28.7	14.4	1.4	3.7	5.2	2.5	1.3	1.5	1.9	2.8	5.5	9.7	.564	0.0	0.0	.000	3.5	4.4	.790
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bobby Jones	21	28.0	12.2	1.8	3.0	4.7	2.5	0.7	1.0	1.6	3.3	4.5	8.3	.540	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	3.9	.840
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Bobby Jones	Yao Ming
Season	1982-83	2008-09
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Sixth Man of the Year	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets 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		%
Bobby Jones	74	23.6	9.0	1.4	3.3	4.6	1.9	1.1	1.2	1.5	2.7	3.4	6.2	.543	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	2.8	.793
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bobby Jones	12	27.0	8.6	1.6	3.3	4.8	2.8	1.3	1.5	1.5	2.4	3.6	6.5	.551	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	1.7	.850
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

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

Season 8
	Bobby Jones	Yao Ming
Season	1983-84	2010-11
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East 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		%
Bobby Jones	75	23.5	8.3	1.2	3.1	4.3	2.5	1.4	1.4	1.3	2.7	3.0	5.8	.523	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	2.8	.784
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bobby Jones	5	26.0	9.6	1.8	2.8	4.6	1.8	0.6	1.4	1.6	2.4	3.0	6.2	.484	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	3.8	.947
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Bobby Jones	Yao Ming
Season	1984-85	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Bobby Jones	80	20.4	7.5	1.3	2.4	3.7	1.9	1.1	0.6	1.5	2.3	2.6	4.8	.538	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	2.7	.861
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bobby Jones	13	23.8	8.2	1.7	2.0	3.7	1.2	0.9	1.2	1.5	2.9	3.5	6.0	.590	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.5	.700
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-