Cedric Ceballos vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Cedric Ceballos, 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.

Cedric Ceballos played 11 years in the NBA, 3 more than Yao Ming, who played 8. Cedric Ceballos had the first of his seasons in 1990-91, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Cedric Ceballos	11	8	1990-91 to 2000-01
Yao Ming	8	4	2002-03 to 2010-11

Comparison Season by Season
Rookie Season
	Cedric Ceballos	Yao Ming
Season	1990-91	2002-03
Team	Phoenix Suns	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Cedric Ceballos	63	11.6	8.2	1.2	1.2	2.4	0.6	0.3	0.1	1.1	1.1	3.2	6.7	.487	0.0	0.1	.167	1.7	2.6	.663
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		%
Cedric Ceballos	3	8.0	5.3	1.0	0.7	1.7	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	2.3	4.0	.583	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	2.0	.333
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Cedric Ceballos	Yao Ming
Season	1991-92	2003-04
Team	Phoenix Suns	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Cedric Ceballos	64	11.3	7.2	0.9	1.4	2.4	0.8	0.3	0.2	1.1	0.8	2.8	5.7	.482	0.0	0.1	.167	1.7	2.3	.736
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		%
Cedric Ceballos	8	23.5	13.5	2.5	3.9	6.4	1.5	0.8	0.8	1.4	1.8	5.5	10.0	.550	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.8	.667
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
	Cedric Ceballos	Yao Ming
Season	1992-93	2004-05
Team	Phoenix Suns	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA 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		%
Cedric Ceballos	74	21.7	12.8	2.3	3.2	5.5	1.0	0.7	0.4	1.4	1.4	5.1	8.9	.576	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.5	.725
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		%
Cedric Ceballos	16	11.6	6.0	0.8	1.5	2.3	0.8	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.8	2.5	4.4	.571	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.727
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
	Cedric Ceballos	Yao Ming
Season	1993-94	2005-06
Team	Phoenix Suns	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Cedric Ceballos	53	30.2	19.1	2.9	3.6	6.5	1.7	1.1	0.4	1.8	2.3	8.0	15.0	.535	0.0	0.2	.000	3.0	4.2	.724
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		%
Cedric Ceballos	10	21.2	10.1	1.6	2.8	4.4	0.8	0.8	0.2	1.1	0.9	4.3	9.3	.462	0.0	0.2	.000	1.5	1.8	.833
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Cedric Ceballos	Yao Ming
Season	1994-95	2006-07
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Cedric Ceballos	58	35.0	21.7	2.9	5.1	8.0	1.8	1.0	0.3	2.5	2.3	8.6	16.8	.509	1.0	2.5	.397	3.6	5.0	.716
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		%
Cedric Ceballos	10	34.0	14.2	1.1	5.0	6.1	1.8	1.2	0.7	2.1	2.1	4.8	12.6	.381	1.8	5.0	.360	2.8	3.8	.737
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
	Cedric Ceballos	Yao Ming
Season	1995-96	2007-08
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Cedric Ceballos	78	33.7	21.2	2.8	4.1	6.9	1.5	1.2	0.3	2.1	1.8	8.2	15.4	.530	0.7	2.4	.277	4.2	5.2	.804
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		%
Cedric Ceballos	4	35.5	19.0	2.8	5.5	8.3	1.3	1.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	7.5	15.5	.484	1.3	4.0	.313	2.8	3.0	.917
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Cedric Ceballos	Yao Ming
Season	1996-97	2008-09
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Cedric Ceballos	50	28.5	14.6	2.0	4.6	6.6	1.3	0.7	0.5	1.7	2.3	5.6	12.3	.457	0.5	2.0	.255	2.8	3.7	.747
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		%
Cedric Ceballos	5	21.6	6.6	1.8	3.4	5.2	0.6	0.8	0.6	1.6	2.4	2.2	6.6	.333	0.6	2.4	.250	1.6	1.6	1.000
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
	Cedric Ceballos	Yao Ming
Season	1997-98	2010-11
Team	Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks	Houston Rockets
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		%
Cedric Ceballos	47	21.1	11.4	1.6	3.1	4.7	1.3	0.7	0.3	1.5	1.9	4.3	8.8	.492	0.4	1.5	.300	2.3	3.1	.738
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		%
Cedric Ceballos	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Cedric Ceballos	Yao Ming
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
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		%
Cedric Ceballos	13	27.1	12.5	1.8	4.8	6.5	0.9	0.5	0.4	2.2	1.8	4.5	10.8	.421	0.8	2.2	.393	2.6	3.8	.694
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 10
	Cedric Ceballos	Yao Ming
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
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		%
Cedric Ceballos	69	29.9	16.6	2.5	4.2	6.7	1.3	0.8	0.3	1.8	2.4	6.5	14.5	.446	0.6	1.9	.328	3.0	3.6	.843
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 11
	Cedric Ceballos	Yao Ming
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Detroit Pistons, Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Cedric Ceballos	40	14.0	6.5	0.9	1.8	2.7	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.5	2.5	5.7	.441	0.6	1.8	.301	0.9	1.1	.860
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Ceballos	3	5.0	1.7	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.7	2.3	.286	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Cedric Ceballos vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Cedric Ceballos, 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