Tom Boerwinkle vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Tom Boerwinkle, 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.

Tom Boerwinkle played 10 years in the NBA, 2 more than Yao Ming, who played 8. Tom Boerwinkle had the first of his seasons in 1968-69, 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
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Rookie Season
	Tom Boerwinkle	Yao Ming
Season	1968-69	2002-03
Team	Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Tom Boerwinkle	80	29.6	9.8	-	-	11.1	2.2	-	-	-	4.0	4.0	10.4	.383	-	-	-	1.8	2.8	.653
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		%
Tom Boerwinkle	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Tom Boerwinkle	Yao Ming
Season	1969-70	2003-04
Team	Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Tom Boerwinkle	81	28.8	10.4	-	-	12.5	2.8	-	-	-	3.1	4.3	9.6	.449	-	-	-	1.9	2.8	.664
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		%
Tom Boerwinkle	5	35.4	17.6	-	-	14.4	3.2	-	-	-	3.8	8.0	15.8	.506	-	-	-	1.6	2.6	.615
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
	Tom Boerwinkle	Yao Ming
Season	1970-71	2004-05
Team	Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost West Conf 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		%
Tom Boerwinkle	82	28.9	10.8	-	-	13.8	4.8	-	-	-	3.4	4.4	9.0	.485	-	-	-	2.0	2.8	.724
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		%
Tom Boerwinkle	7	24.1	6.1	-	-	9.6	4.4	-	-	-	2.4	2.7	5.9	.463	-	-	-	0.7	1.0	.714
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
	Tom Boerwinkle	Yao Ming
Season	1971-72	2005-06
Team	Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Tom Boerwinkle	80	25.3	7.0	-	-	11.2	3.5	-	-	-	3.2	2.7	6.3	.438	-	-	-	1.5	2.3	.656
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		%
Tom Boerwinkle	1	8.0	0.0	-	-	6.0	3.0	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	3.0	.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Tom Boerwinkle	Yao Ming
Season	1972-73	2006-07
Team	Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost West Conf 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		%
Tom Boerwinkle	8	22.0	3.8	-	-	6.8	5.0	-	-	-	2.8	1.1	3.0	.375	-	-	-	1.5	2.5	.600
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		%
Tom Boerwinkle	4	7.5	2.3	-	-	2.3	2.8	-	-	-	1.8	1.0	1.5	.667	-	-	-	0.3	0.3	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
	Tom Boerwinkle	Yao Ming
Season	1973-74	2007-08
Team	Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Tom Boerwinkle	46	13.1	3.4	1.2	3.5	4.6	2.0	0.3	0.4	-	1.7	1.3	2.6	.487	-	-	-	0.9	1.3	.700
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		%
Tom Boerwinkle	2	3.5	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	0.0	0.5	.000	-	-	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Tom Boerwinkle	Yao Ming
Season	1974-75	2008-09
Team	Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost West Conf 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		%
Tom Boerwinkle	80	14.7	4.2	1.3	3.4	4.8	3.4	0.3	0.6	-	2.0	1.7	3.4	.487	-	-	-	0.9	1.2	.768
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		%
Tom Boerwinkle	13	29.0	8.2	4.3	8.4	12.7	4.2	0.3	0.8	-	3.7	3.3	7.5	.439	-	-	-	1.5	1.9	.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
	Tom Boerwinkle	Yao Ming
Season	1975-76	2010-11
Team	Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
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		%
Tom Boerwinkle	74	27.6	8.8	3.6	7.1	10.7	3.8	0.6	0.7	-	3.6	3.6	7.2	.500	-	-	-	1.6	2.4	.667
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		%
Tom Boerwinkle	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-