Jamal Mashburn vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Jamal Mashburn, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Jamal Mashburn played 11 years in the NBA, 3 more than Yao Ming, who played 8. Jamal Mashburn had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, 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.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11
Rookie Season
	Jamal Mashburn	Yao Ming
Season	1993-94	2002-03
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	-	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		%
Jamal Mashburn	79	36.7	19.2	1.4	3.1	4.5	3.4	1.1	0.2	3.1	2.6	7.1	17.5	.406	1.1	3.8	.284	3.9	5.5	.699
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		%
Jamal Mashburn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Jamal Mashburn	Yao Ming
Season	1994-95	2003-04
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	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		%
Jamal Mashburn	80	37.3	24.1	1.5	2.7	4.1	3.7	1.0	0.1	2.9	2.4	8.5	19.6	.436	1.4	4.3	.328	5.6	7.6	.739
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		%
Jamal Mashburn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jamal Mashburn	Yao Ming
Season	1995-96	2004-05
Team	Dallas Mavericks	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		%
Jamal Mashburn	18	37.2	23.4	2.1	3.3	5.4	2.8	0.8	0.2	3.1	2.2	8.1	21.3	.379	1.9	5.7	.343	5.4	7.4	.729
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		%
Jamal Mashburn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jamal Mashburn	Yao Ming
Season	1996-97	2005-06
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Miami Heat	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East 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		%
Jamal Mashburn	69	31.4	11.9	1.0	3.3	4.3	3.0	1.1	0.2	1.7	2.7	4.1	10.8	.385	1.3	4.0	.325	2.3	3.3	.702
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		%
Jamal Mashburn	17	32.8	10.5	1.3	3.6	4.9	2.1	1.0	0.1	1.8	3.4	3.8	9.9	.387	1.3	3.6	.355	1.5	2.4	.650
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Jamal Mashburn	Yao Ming
Season	1997-98	2006-07
Team	Miami Heat	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Jamal Mashburn	48	36.0	15.1	1.5	3.4	4.9	2.8	0.9	0.3	2.3	2.9	5.2	12.0	.435	0.8	2.5	.303	3.8	4.8	.797
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		%
Jamal Mashburn	5	25.8	6.2	0.8	3.6	4.4	1.8	0.6	0.2	1.8	4.2	2.4	9.0	.267	0.8	2.2	.364	0.6	0.8	.750
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
	Jamal Mashburn	Yao Ming
Season	1998-99	2007-08
Team	Miami Heat	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Jamal Mashburn	24	35.6	14.8	1.0	5.1	6.1	3.1	0.8	0.1	2.5	2.4	5.6	12.4	.451	0.5	1.3	.433	3.1	4.3	.721
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		%
Jamal Mashburn	5	30.6	10.0	0.8	1.8	2.6	2.0	0.4	0.0	2.0	2.2	3.8	9.8	.388	1.2	2.8	.429	1.2	1.8	.667
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Jamal Mashburn	Yao Ming
Season	1999-00	2008-09
Team	Miami Heat	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East 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		%
Jamal Mashburn	76	37.2	17.5	0.8	4.2	5.0	3.9	1.0	0.2	2.4	2.8	6.8	15.2	.445	1.5	3.7	.403	2.4	3.1	.778
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		%
Jamal Mashburn	10	42.4	17.5	0.9	3.7	4.6	3.2	1.1	0.2	2.4	3.0	6.3	15.7	.401	1.3	3.3	.394	3.6	4.2	.857
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
	Jamal Mashburn	Yao Ming
Season	2000-01	2010-11
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets 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		%
Jamal Mashburn	76	39.3	20.1	1.2	6.4	7.6	5.4	1.1	0.2	2.8	2.4	7.5	18.3	.413	1.4	3.8	.356	3.7	4.8	.766
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		%
Jamal Mashburn	10	42.1	24.9	1.8	4.4	6.2	5.7	1.2	0.3	3.0	2.4	8.4	20.8	.404	0.7	2.1	.333	7.4	8.8	.841
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Jamal Mashburn	Yao Ming
Season	2002-03	-
Team	New Orleans Hornets	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hornets 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		%
Jamal Mashburn	82	40.5	21.6	0.8	5.3	6.1	5.6	1.0	0.2	2.8	2.4	8.2	19.3	.422	1.5	3.7	.389	3.8	4.5	.848
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Mashburn	4	40.5	24.8	0.0	3.5	3.5	5.3	1.0	0.3	2.5	1.0	8.5	19.8	.430	1.5	3.8	.400	6.3	8.8	.714
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-