Greg Anthony vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Greg Anthony, 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.

Greg Anthony played 11 years in the NBA, 3 more than Yao Ming, who played 8. Greg Anthony had the first of his seasons in 1991-92, 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
Greg Anthony	11	8	1991-92 to 2001-02
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


Rookie Season
	Greg Anthony	Yao Ming
Season	1991-92	2002-03
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Greg Anthony	82	18.4	5.5	0.4	1.3	1.7	3.8	0.7	0.1	1.2	2.1	2.0	5.3	.370	0.1	0.7	.145	1.4	1.9	.741
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		%
Greg Anthony	12	17.8	5.3	0.3	1.1	1.4	3.4	1.3	0.1	1.1	2.3	1.6	3.8	.413	0.4	1.0	.417	1.7	2.8	.606
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Greg Anthony	Yao Ming
Season	1992-93	2003-04
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Greg Anthony	70	24.3	6.6	0.6	1.8	2.4	5.7	1.6	0.2	1.5	2.0	2.5	6.0	.415	0.1	0.4	.133	1.5	2.3	.673
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		%
Greg Anthony	15	16.0	3.9	0.3	1.7	2.0	3.5	0.9	0.1	0.7	1.7	1.6	4.0	.400	0.2	0.9	.214	0.5	0.9	.571
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
	Greg Anthony	Yao Ming
Season	1993-94	2004-05
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Greg Anthony	80	24.9	7.9	0.5	1.8	2.4	4.6	1.4	0.2	1.6	2.0	2.8	7.1	.394	0.6	2.0	.300	1.6	2.1	.774
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		%
Greg Anthony	25	17.4	4.9	0.4	0.7	1.1	2.4	0.8	0.3	1.2	2.2	1.8	5.1	.352	0.7	2.4	.295	0.6	1.0	.583
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
	Greg Anthony	Yao Ming
Season	1994-95	2005-06
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Greg Anthony	61	15.5	6.1	0.1	0.9	1.0	2.6	0.8	0.1	0.9	1.6	2.1	4.8	.437	0.9	2.5	.361	1.0	1.2	.789
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		%
Greg Anthony	11	12.3	4.3	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.4	0.2	0.2	0.5	2.5	1.4	3.5	.395	0.6	2.1	.304	0.9	1.0	.909
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Greg Anthony	Yao Ming
Season	1995-96	2006-07
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
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		%
Greg Anthony	69	30.4	14.0	0.4	2.1	2.5	6.9	1.7	0.2	2.3	2.0	4.7	11.3	.415	1.3	3.9	.332	3.3	4.3	.771
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		%
Greg Anthony	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Greg Anthony	Yao Ming
Season	1996-97	2007-08
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	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		%
Greg Anthony	65	28.7	9.5	0.4	2.4	2.8	6.3	2.0	0.1	2.0	1.9	3.1	7.8	.393	1.4	3.7	.370	2.0	2.7	.730
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		%
Greg Anthony	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Greg Anthony	Yao Ming
Season	1997-98	2008-09
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Greg Anthony	80	12.8	5.2	0.2	1.2	1.4	2.6	0.8	0.0	1.1	1.2	1.9	4.4	.430	0.8	2.0	.415	0.7	1.0	.663
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		%
Greg Anthony	9	13.1	3.6	0.3	0.8	1.1	1.1	0.6	0.1	1.2	1.9	1.3	4.4	.300	0.6	2.1	.263	0.3	0.9	.375
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
	Greg Anthony	Yao Ming
Season	1998-99	2010-11
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 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		%
Greg Anthony	50	16.1	6.4	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.0	1.3	0.1	1.1	1.5	2.1	5.0	.414	1.0	2.5	.392	1.2	1.8	.697
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		%
Greg Anthony	13	17.3	5.2	0.3	0.8	1.1	2.5	1.0	0.1	0.7	2.0	1.4	4.2	.327	0.6	2.4	.258	1.8	2.6	.676
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Greg Anthony	Yao Ming
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Greg Anthony	82	18.9	6.3	0.2	1.4	1.6	2.5	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.7	2.1	5.1	.406	1.1	2.8	.378	1.1	1.4	.772
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Greg Anthony	15	14.1	4.0	0.1	0.9	1.1	1.7	0.9	0.3	0.8	1.8	1.3	3.5	.365	0.7	2.1	.323	0.8	1.1	.750
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Greg Anthony	Yao Ming
Season	2000-01	-
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		%
Greg Anthony	58	14.8	4.9	0.4	0.7	1.1	1.4	0.7	0.1	0.7	1.1	1.7	4.4	.383	1.1	2.7	.409	0.4	0.6	.657
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Greg Anthony	2	8.0	2.5	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Greg Anthony	Yao Ming
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Chicago Bulls, Milwaukee Bucks	-
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		%
Greg Anthony	60	25.2	7.9	0.4	1.8	2.2	4.7	1.3	0.1	1.6	1.9	3.1	7.9	.385	0.8	2.7	.294	1.0	1.5	.659
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Greg Anthony vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Greg Anthony, 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