Jae Crowder vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Jae Crowder, 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.

Jae Crowder played 12 years in the NBA, 4 more than Yao Ming, who played 8. Jae Crowder had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, 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
Jae Crowder	12	11	2012-13 to 2023-24
Yao Ming	8	4	2002-03 to 2010-11

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jae Crowder	Yao Ming
Season	2012-13	2002-03
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First 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		%
Jae Crowder	78	17.3	5.0	0.4	1.9	2.4	1.2	0.8	0.2	0.6	1.6	1.8	4.7	.384	0.8	2.5	.328	0.6	0.9	.644
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		%
Jae Crowder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Jae Crowder	Yao Ming
Season	2013-14	2003-04
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Jae Crowder	78	16.1	4.6	0.6	1.9	2.5	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.5	1.3	1.7	3.8	.439	0.6	1.9	.331	0.6	0.8	.754
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		%
Jae Crowder	7	11.6	2.7	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.9	1.1	2.6	.444	0.4	1.0	.429	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
	Jae Crowder	Yao Ming
Season	2014-15	2004-05
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Jae Crowder	82	20.1	7.7	0.9	2.7	3.6	1.1	0.9	0.3	0.6	1.7	2.8	6.6	.420	0.7	2.5	.293	1.3	1.7	.773
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		%
Jae Crowder	4	25.0	10.8	2.0	3.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	0.8	1.3	3.5	3.8	7.3	.517	0.8	2.5	.300	2.5	3.3	.769
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
	Jae Crowder	Yao Ming
Season	2015-16	2005-06
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Jae Crowder	73	31.6	14.2	1.0	4.2	5.1	1.8	1.7	0.5	1.1	2.7	4.9	11.1	.443	1.7	5.0	.336	2.7	3.3	.820
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		%
Jae Crowder	6	32.8	9.5	0.8	5.7	6.5	2.2	1.5	0.5	1.2	2.8	3.3	12.0	.278	1.7	6.8	.244	1.2	1.8	.636
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Jae Crowder	Yao Ming
Season	2016-17	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Jae Crowder	72	32.4	13.9	0.7	5.1	5.8	2.2	1.0	0.3	1.1	2.2	4.6	10.0	.463	2.2	5.5	.398	2.4	3.0	.811
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		%
Jae Crowder	18	33.1	13.6	1.1	5.3	6.4	2.7	1.1	0.3	0.7	2.9	4.8	11.1	.435	1.7	4.9	.352	2.2	2.7	.833
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
	Jae Crowder	Yao Ming
Season	2017-18	2007-08
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Utah Jazz	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Jae Crowder	80	26.1	9.7	0.7	2.7	3.4	1.2	0.8	0.3	0.9	2.3	3.4	8.4	.404	1.4	4.3	.323	1.5	1.9	.818
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		%
Jae Crowder	11	29.4	10.0	0.4	4.7	5.1	1.7	1.4	0.2	1.3	2.3	3.2	9.8	.324	2.0	6.0	.333	1.6	2.5	.643
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Jae Crowder	Yao Ming
Season	2018-19	2008-09
Team	Utah Jazz	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Jae Crowder	80	27.1	11.9	0.8	4.1	4.8	1.7	0.8	0.4	1.1	2.1	4.0	10.0	.399	2.2	6.5	.331	1.8	2.5	.721
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		%
Jae Crowder	5	26.0	11.4	0.8	5.0	5.8	0.8	1.0	0.0	0.2	1.4	3.4	9.2	.370	1.8	6.0	.300	2.8	3.8	.737
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
	Jae Crowder	Yao Ming
Season	2019-20	2010-11
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Jae Crowder	65	28.8	10.5	0.8	5.1	5.9	2.5	1.1	0.4	1.1	2.2	3.5	8.7	.401	2.1	6.1	.343	1.5	1.9	.776
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		%
Jae Crowder	21	31.4	12.0	0.5	5.0	5.6	1.9	0.7	0.6	0.7	2.6	3.9	9.6	.403	2.6	7.7	.342	1.7	2.2	.761
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Jae Crowder	Yao Ming
Season	2020-21	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Jae Crowder	60	27.5	10.1	0.5	4.2	4.7	2.1	0.8	0.5	0.9	2.1	3.3	8.2	.404	2.5	6.3	.389	1.0	1.3	.760
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	22	33.1	10.8	0.5	5.6	6.1	1.9	0.9	0.8	0.9	3.0	3.5	8.4	.413	2.5	6.5	.380	1.4	1.6	.886
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Jae Crowder	Yao Ming
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Jae Crowder	67	28.1	9.4	0.4	4.8	5.3	1.9	1.4	0.4	0.8	2.6	3.2	8.1	.399	1.9	5.4	.348	1.1	1.3	.789
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	13	29.5	9.4	0.6	4.1	4.7	2.4	1.0	0.5	1.5	3.6	3.2	8.1	.400	1.5	4.8	.302	1.5	2.0	.731
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Jae Crowder	Yao Ming
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Jae Crowder	18	18.9	6.9	0.9	2.9	3.8	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.4	1.5	2.5	5.2	.479	1.3	3.1	.436	0.6	0.7	.833
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	4	10.3	1.8	0.3	0.8	1.0	0.8	0.5	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.8	3.3	.231	0.0	1.5	.000	0.3	0.5	.500
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Jae Crowder	Yao Ming
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Jae Crowder	50	23.1	6.2	0.6	2.6	3.2	1.3	0.8	0.2	0.5	1.5	2.3	5.4	.422	1.2	3.3	.349	0.5	0.7	.722
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	4	10.5	2.3	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	0.8	3.0	.250	0.3	1.8	.143	0.5	0.5	1.000
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Jae Crowder vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Jae Crowder, 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