Matt Bonner vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Matt Bonner, 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.

Matt Bonner played 12 years in the NBA, 4 more than Yao Ming, who played 8. Matt Bonner had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, 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
Matt Bonner	12	9	2004-05 to 2015-16
Yao Ming	8	4	2002-03 to 2010-11

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Matt Bonner	Yao Ming
Season	2004-05	2002-03
Team	Toronto Raptors	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		%
Matt Bonner	82	18.9	7.2	1.3	2.2	3.5	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.5	2.7	3.0	5.6	.533	0.5	1.1	.424	0.7	0.9	.789
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		%
Matt Bonner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Matt Bonner	Yao Ming
Season	2005-06	2003-04
Team	Toronto Raptors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third 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		%
Matt Bonner	78	21.9	7.5	1.1	2.5	3.6	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.4	2.8	2.7	6.0	.448	1.3	3.1	.420	0.8	1.0	.829
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		%
Matt Bonner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Matt Bonner	Yao Ming
Season	2006-07	2004-05
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Matt Bonner	56	11.7	4.9	1.1	1.6	2.8	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.2	1.9	4.2	.447	0.6	1.7	.383	0.5	0.7	.711
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		%
Matt Bonner	9	2.8	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.7	0.2	0.8	.286	0.1	0.4	.250	0.2	0.2	1.000
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
	Matt Bonner	Yao Ming
Season	2007-08	2005-06
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Matt Bonner	68	12.5	4.8	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.6	1.8	4.3	.416	0.7	2.0	.336	0.6	0.6	.864
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		%
Matt Bonner	2	4.5	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Matt Bonner	Yao Ming
Season	2008-09	2006-07
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Matt Bonner	81	23.8	8.2	1.2	3.6	4.8	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.5	2.3	3.3	6.6	.496	1.5	3.3	.440	0.2	0.3	.739
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		%
Matt Bonner	5	20.0	3.0	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.0	0.6	0.4	0.4	2.0	1.0	4.6	.217	0.6	2.6	.231	0.4	0.4	1.000
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
	Matt Bonner	Yao Ming
Season	2009-10	2007-08
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Matt Bonner	65	17.9	7.0	0.8	2.5	3.3	1.0	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.7	2.6	5.7	.446	1.4	3.6	.390	0.5	0.7	.729
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		%
Matt Bonner	10	17.3	5.0	0.7	2.5	3.2	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.7	2.2	1.9	4.4	.432	1.0	2.7	.370	0.2	0.2	1.000
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Matt Bonner	Yao Ming
Season	2010-11	2008-09
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Matt Bonner	66	21.7	7.3	0.9	2.7	3.6	0.9	0.4	0.3	0.4	1.7	2.6	5.6	.464	1.6	3.5	.457	0.5	0.7	.744
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		%
Matt Bonner	6	20.5	6.3	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	3.0	2.0	4.2	.480	1.0	3.0	.333	1.3	1.7	.800
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
	Matt Bonner	Yao Ming
Season	2011-12	2010-11
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Matt Bonner	65	20.4	6.6	0.4	2.8	3.3	0.9	0.2	0.3	0.2	1.0	2.4	5.4	.440	1.6	3.8	.420	0.2	0.3	.762
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		%
Matt Bonner	13	12.7	2.4	0.2	1.8	1.9	0.7	0.2	0.3	0.2	1.8	0.8	2.5	.313	0.6	1.8	.348	0.2	0.4	.600
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Matt Bonner	Yao Ming
Season	2012-13	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Matt Bonner	68	13.4	4.2	0.4	1.5	1.9	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.2	1.3	1.6	3.4	.487	0.8	1.8	.442	0.2	0.2	.733
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	20	13.4	4.1	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	1.8	1.4	3.0	.475	0.8	1.6	.469	0.5	0.6	.833
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Matt Bonner	Yao Ming
Season	2013-14	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	61	11.3	3.2	0.3	1.9	2.1	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.8	1.2	2.7	.445	0.7	1.6	.429	0.1	0.2	.750
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	22	6.2	1.2	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.5	0.5	1.0	.476	0.2	0.5	.333	0.1	0.2	.750
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Matt Bonner	Yao Ming
Season	2014-15	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Matt Bonner	72	13.0	3.7	0.4	1.2	1.6	0.7	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.9	1.3	3.2	.409	0.6	1.8	.365	0.4	0.5	.811
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Bonner	7	5.1	0.9	0.0	0.9	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	1.1	0.3	1.4	.200	0.3	1.3	.222	0.0	0.0	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Matt Bonner	Yao Ming
Season	2015-16	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
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		%
Matt Bonner	30	6.9	2.5	0.1	0.8	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.5	1.0	1.9	.509	0.5	1.1	.441	0.1	0.1	.750
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Matt Bonner vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Matt Bonner, 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