M.L. Carr vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and M.L. Carr, 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.

M.L. Carr played 9 years in the NBA, 1 more than Yao Ming, who played 8. M.L. Carr had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, 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
M.L. Carr	9	7	1976-77 to 1984-85
Yao Ming	8	4	2002-03 to 2010-11

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	M.L. Carr	Yao Ming
Season	1976-77	2002-03
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West 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		%
M.L. Carr	82	32.2	13.3	2.6	5.1	7.7	2.2	2.0	0.7	-	3.5	5.4	11.4	.476	-	-	-	2.5	3.4	.735
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		%
M.L. Carr	3	37.3	9.3	3.0	2.7	5.7	2.0	0.3	1.0	-	3.0	4.0	10.3	.387	-	-	-	1.3	2.3	.571
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	M.L. Carr	Yao Ming
Season	1977-78	2003-04
Team	Detroit Pistons	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		%
M.L. Carr	79	32.4	12.4	2.6	4.5	7.1	2.3	1.9	0.3	2.7	3.1	4.9	10.8	.455	-	-	-	2.5	3.4	.738
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		%
M.L. Carr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	M.L. Carr	Yao Ming
Season	1978-79	2004-05
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	-	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		%
M.L. Carr	80	40.1	18.7	2.7	4.6	7.4	3.3	2.5	0.6	3.2	3.5	7.3	14.3	.514	-	-	-	4.0	5.4	.743
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		%
M.L. Carr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	M.L. Carr	Yao Ming
Season	1979-80	2005-06
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
M.L. Carr	82	24.3	11.1	1.3	2.7	4.0	1.9	1.5	0.4	1.7	2.6	4.4	9.3	.474	0.1	0.5	.293	2.2	2.9	.739
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		%
M.L. Carr	9	19.1	9.1	1.6	2.1	3.7	1.2	0.7	0.1	0.8	2.2	3.6	8.9	.400	0.2	0.6	.400	1.8	2.7	.667
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	M.L. Carr	Yao Ming
Season	1980-81	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
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		%
M.L. Carr	41	16.0	6.0	0.6	1.4	2.0	1.4	0.7	0.4	1.1	1.8	2.4	5.3	.449	0.0	0.3	.071	1.3	1.6	.791
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		%
M.L. Carr	17	16.9	6.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.5	1.9	2.5	5.9	.416	0.0	0.2	.000	1.1	1.4	.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
	M.L. Carr	Yao Ming
Season	1981-82	2007-08
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
M.L. Carr	56	23.1	8.1	1.0	1.7	2.7	2.3	1.2	0.4	1.1	2.4	3.3	7.3	.450	0.1	0.3	.294	1.5	2.1	.707
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		%
M.L. Carr	12	25.4	7.4	1.8	1.8	3.6	2.3	0.9	0.0	1.8	2.5	3.1	8.8	.352	0.0	0.3	.000	1.3	1.9	.652
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	M.L. Carr	Yao Ming
Season	1982-83	2008-09
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
M.L. Carr	77	11.5	4.3	0.7	1.1	1.8	0.9	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.8	1.8	4.1	.429	0.0	0.2	.158	0.8	1.1	.741
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		%
M.L. Carr	3	7.3	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.7	2.7	.250	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000
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
	M.L. Carr	Yao Ming
Season	1983-84	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
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		%
M.L. Carr	60	9.8	3.1	0.4	0.8	1.3	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.8	1.1	1.2	2.9	.409	0.1	0.3	.200	0.7	0.8	.875
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		%
M.L. Carr	16	5.1	2.4	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.8	0.8	2.0	.406	0.1	0.4	.333	0.6	0.7	.909
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	M.L. Carr	Yao Ming
Season	1984-85	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
M.L. Carr	47	8.4	3.2	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.9	1.3	3.2	.416	0.2	0.5	.391	0.4	0.4	1.000
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
M.L. Carr	7	3.4	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.6	0.6	2.1	.267	0.1	0.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

M.L. Carr vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and M.L. Carr, 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