Chris Dudley vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Chris Dudley, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Chris Dudley played 16 years in the NBA, 8 more than Yao Ming, who played 8. Chris Dudley had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, 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
Chris Dudley	16	12	1987-88 to 2002-03
Yao Ming	8	4	2002-03 to 2010-11

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Chris Dudley	Yao Ming
Season	1987-88	2002-03
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
Chris Dudley	55	9.3	3.1	1.3	1.3	2.6	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.6	1.2	2.5	.474	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.3	.563
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		%
Chris Dudley	4	6.0	1.3	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Chris Dudley	Yao Ming
Season	1988-89	2003-04
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Chris Dudley	61	8.9	3.0	1.2	1.4	2.6	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.7	1.3	1.2	2.8	.435	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.8	.364
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		%
Chris Dudley	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Chris Dudley	Yao Ming
Season	1989-90	2004-05
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, New Jersey Nets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Chris Dudley	64	21.2	5.5	2.7	3.9	6.6	0.6	0.6	1.1	1.3	2.6	2.3	5.5	.411	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	2.8	.319
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		%
Chris Dudley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Chris Dudley	Yao Ming
Season	1990-91	2005-06
Team	New Jersey Nets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
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		%
Chris Dudley	61	25.6	7.1	3.8	4.6	8.4	0.6	0.6	2.5	1.3	3.6	2.8	6.8	.408	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.9	.534
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		%
Chris Dudley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Chris Dudley	Yao Ming
Season	1991-92	2006-07
Team	New Jersey Nets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Chris Dudley	82	23.2	5.6	4.2	4.8	9.0	0.7	0.5	2.2	1.0	3.4	2.3	5.8	.403	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.1	.468
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		%
Chris Dudley	4	19.3	3.5	3.3	3.0	6.3	0.8	0.5	2.5	0.3	3.5	1.3	3.5	.357	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500
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
	Chris Dudley	Yao Ming
Season	1992-93	2007-08
Team	New Jersey Nets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
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		%
Chris Dudley	71	19.7	3.5	3.0	4.2	7.2	0.2	0.2	1.5	0.8	2.7	1.3	3.7	.353	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.518
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		%
Chris Dudley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Chris Dudley	Yao Ming
Season	1993-94	2008-09
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Chris Dudley	6	14.3	2.3	2.7	1.3	4.0	0.8	0.7	0.5	0.3	3.0	1.0	4.2	.240	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500
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		%
Chris Dudley	4	20.3	2.3	1.3	2.5	3.8	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.3	4.0	1.0	2.5	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
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
	Chris Dudley	Yao Ming
Season	1994-95	2010-11
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Chris Dudley	82	27.4	5.5	4.0	5.4	9.3	0.4	0.5	1.5	1.0	3.5	2.2	5.4	.406	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	2.2	.464
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		%
Chris Dudley	3	19.7	2.3	2.0	3.0	5.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	2.7	0.7	1.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.7	.375
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Chris Dudley	Yao Ming
Season	1995-96	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Chris Dudley	80	24.1	5.1	3.0	6.0	9.0	0.5	0.5	1.3	1.0	3.1	2.0	4.5	.453	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	2.0	.510
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Dudley	5	18.4	2.8	1.8	3.6	5.4	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.8	3.6	1.0	2.6	.385	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.667
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Chris Dudley	Yao Ming
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Chris Dudley	81	22.7	3.9	2.5	4.8	7.3	0.5	0.5	1.2	1.0	3.0	1.6	3.6	.430	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.7	.474
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Dudley	4	17.3	3.0	2.5	4.5	7.0	0.8	0.5	1.3	0.0	4.8	1.3	2.8	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.5	.333
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Chris Dudley	Yao Ming
Season	1997-98	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Chris Dudley	51	16.8	3.1	2.1	3.3	5.4	0.4	0.3	1.0	0.9	2.7	1.1	2.8	.406	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.8	.446
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Dudley	6	8.8	1.3	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	0.3	0.2	0.3	2.7	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Chris Dudley	Yao Ming
Season	1998-99	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Chris Dudley	46	14.9	2.5	1.7	2.5	4.2	0.2	0.3	0.8	0.5	2.5	1.0	2.4	.440	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.9	.475
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Dudley	18	16.3	2.4	1.5	3.1	4.6	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.5	3.5	0.9	2.1	.421	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.6	.393
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Chris Dudley	Yao Ming
Season	1999-00	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Chris Dudley	47	9.8	1.2	1.3	1.6	2.9	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.4	2.0	0.5	1.4	.343	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.6	.333
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Dudley	5	8.2	0.8	1.0	1.4	2.4	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.2	2.2	0.2	0.4	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Chris Dudley	Yao Ming
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Chris Dudley	53	11.6	1.4	1.2	2.2	3.5	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	2.1	0.5	1.4	.397	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.389
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Dudley	3	9.0	0.7	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Chris Dudley	Yao Ming
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Chris Dudley	43	7.6	1.1	0.6	1.2	1.9	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.5	1.2	.400	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.3	.533
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 16
	Chris Dudley	Yao Ming
Season	2002-03	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
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		%
Chris Dudley	3	3.7	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Chris Dudley vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Chris Dudley, 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

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16