Jack McMahon vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Jack McMahon, 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.

Jack McMahon and Yao Ming both played 8 years in the NBA. Jack McMahon had the first of his seasons in 1952-53, 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
Jack McMahon	8	8	1952-53 to 1959-60
Yao Ming	8	4	2002-03 to 2010-11

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jack McMahon	Yao Ming
Season	1952-53	2002-03
Team	Rochester Royals	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div 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		%
Jack McMahon	70	23.8	7.2	-	-	2.6	2.7	-	-	-	3.6	2.5	7.6	.330	-	-	-	2.2	3.4	.657
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		%
Jack McMahon	3	22.0	8.7	-	-	1.7	2.0	-	-	-	4.7	2.7	6.7	.400	-	-	-	3.3	4.7	.714
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Jack McMahon	Yao Ming
Season	1953-54	2003-04
Team	Rochester Royals	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div 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		%
Jack McMahon	71	26.6	10.0	-	-	3.0	3.4	-	-	-	3.1	3.5	9.7	.362	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.696
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		%
Jack McMahon	6	32.8	11.3	-	-	4.0	4.0	-	-	-	2.5	4.5	11.5	.391	-	-	-	2.3	4.2	.560
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
	Jack McMahon	Yao Ming
Season	1954-55	2004-05
Team	Rochester Royals	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div 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		%
Jack McMahon	72	25.1	9.0	-	-	2.9	3.4	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	10.0	.348	-	-	-	2.0	3.1	.636
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		%
Jack McMahon	3	36.3	17.3	-	-	5.7	5.0	-	-	-	2.3	5.7	14.0	.405	-	-	-	6.0	9.3	.643
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
	Jack McMahon	Yao Ming
Season	1955-56	2005-06
Team	Rochester Royals, St. Louis Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
Jack McMahon	70	24.5	7.3	-	-	2.6	3.2	-	-	-	2.4	2.9	8.8	.328	-	-	-	1.6	2.6	.595
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		%
Jack McMahon	8	20.3	5.4	-	-	1.1	1.9	-	-	-	2.3	2.4	6.9	.345	-	-	-	0.6	1.4	.455
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Jack McMahon	Yao Ming
Season	1956-57	2006-07
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Jack McMahon	72	32.6	8.6	-	-	3.1	5.1	-	-	-	3.0	3.3	10.1	.330	-	-	-	2.0	3.1	.631
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		%
Jack McMahon	10	37.5	12.4	-	-	3.8	5.7	-	-	-	4.8	5.2	13.7	.380	-	-	-	2.0	3.6	.556
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
	Jack McMahon	Yao Ming
Season	1957-58	2007-08
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Jack McMahon	72	31.1	7.9	-	-	2.7	4.6	-	-	-	2.6	3.0	10.0	.300	-	-	-	1.9	3.1	.606
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		%
Jack McMahon	11	30.2	7.8	-	-	3.4	4.6	-	-	-	3.3	3.3	8.0	.409	-	-	-	1.3	2.4	.538
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Jack McMahon	Yao Ming
Season	1958-59	2008-09
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Jack McMahon	72	31.0	8.2	-	-	2.3	4.1	-	-	-	3.1	3.4	9.6	.358	-	-	-	1.3	2.2	.615
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		%
Jack McMahon	6	41.7	11.7	-	-	3.0	5.3	-	-	-	3.3	5.0	15.0	.333	-	-	-	1.7	3.2	.526
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
	Jack McMahon	Yao Ming
Season	1959-60	2010-11
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Jack McMahon	25	13.4	3.3	-	-	1.0	2.0	-	-	-	1.7	1.3	3.7	.355	-	-	-	0.6	1.2	.552
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		%
Jack McMahon	2	13.5	2.0	-	-	0.5	1.5	-	-	-	2.5	1.0	2.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	2.0	.000
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Jack McMahon vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Jack McMahon, 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