Tony Allen vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Tony Allen, 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.

Tony Allen played 14 years in the NBA, 6 more than Yao Ming, who played 8. Tony Allen 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Tony Allen	Yao Ming
Season	2004-05	2002-03
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did not play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	77	16.4	6.4	1.1	1.8	2.9	0.8	1.0	0.3	1.0	2.0	2.4	5.0	.475	0.2	0.4	.387	1.5	2.0	.737
difference:	+5	+12.6	+7.1	+1.3	+4.0	+5.3	+0.9	+0.6	+1.5	-1.1	-0.8	+2.5	+4.8	+.023	+0.2	+0.4		+2.2	+2.5	+.074
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	-	3.7	4.5	.811
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	7	12.4	2.7	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.7	2.4	1.1	2.6	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.0	.429
Yao Ming	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Tony Allen	Yao Ming
Season	2005-06	2003-04
Team	Boston Celtics	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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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	51	19.2	7.2	0.6	1.5	2.2	1.3	1.0	0.4	1.3	2.5	2.5	5.4	.471	0.2	0.7	.324	2.0	2.6	.746
difference:	+31	+13.6	+10.3	+1.8	+5.1	+6.8	+0.2	+0.7	+1.5	-1.2	-0.8	+4.0	+7.1	+.051	+0.2	+0.7		+2.4	+2.8	+.063
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	-	4.4	5.4	.809
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tony Allen	Yao Ming
Season	2006-07	2004-05
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	33	24.4	11.5	1.1	2.7	3.8	1.7	1.5	0.4	2.3	2.6	4.0	7.8	.514	0.2	1.0	.242	3.2	4.1	.784
difference:	+47	+6.2	+6.8	+1.5	+3.1	+4.6	+0.9	+1.1	+1.6	-0.2	-1.1	+2.7	+4.4	+.038	+0.2	+1.0		+1.7	+2.1	+.001
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		%
Tony Allen	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tony Allen	Yao Ming
Season	2007-08	2005-06
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did not play

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	75	18.3	6.6	0.5	1.8	2.2	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.2	2.3	5.2	.434	0.2	0.8	.316	1.8	2.4	.762
difference:	+18	+15.9	+15.7	+2.1	+5.8	+8.0		+0.3	+1.3	-1.1	-1.2	+5.9	+10.6	+.085	+0.2	+0.8		+4.1	+4.5	+.091
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	-	5.9	6.9	.853
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	15	4.3	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.6	1.1	.563	0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.3	.400
Yao Ming	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Tony Allen	Yao Ming
Season	2008-09	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	46	19.3	7.8	0.5	1.8	2.3	1.4	1.2	0.5	1.7	2.1	3.0	6.2	.482	0.1	0.6	.222	1.7	2.4	.725
difference:	+2	+14.5	+17.2	+1.6	+5.5	+7.1	+0.6	+0.8	+1.5	-1.8	-1.2	+5.8	+10.9	+.034	+0.1	+0.6		+5.7	+6.2	+.137
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	-	7.4	8.6	.862
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	10	6.0	0.9	0.1	0.8	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.4	0.8	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.1	1.000
difference:	+3	+31.1	+24.2	+3.2	+6.2	+9.4	+0.6	+0.1	+0.7	-4.6	-3.5	+7.5	+17.1	+.060				+9.3	+10.6	+.120
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
	Tony Allen	Yao Ming
Season	2009-10	2007-08
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Did not play

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	54	16.5	6.1	1.0	1.7	2.7	1.3	1.1	0.4	1.2	2.0	2.4	4.7	.510	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.2	.605
difference:	+1	+20.7	+15.9	+2.1	+6.0	+8.1	+1.0	+0.6	+1.6	-2.1	-1.1	+5.5	+10.8	+.003		+0.1		+5.0	+5.2	+.245
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	-	6.3	7.4	.850
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	24	16.3	5.1	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.7	1.0	0.6	1.0	2.4	2.0	4.1	.480	0.0	0.2	.000	1.2	1.5	.778
Yao Ming	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Tony Allen	Yao Ming
Season	2010-11	2008-09
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	72	20.8	8.9	1.0	1.7	2.7	1.4	1.8	0.6	1.2	2.2	3.5	6.8	.510	0.1	0.3	.174	1.9	2.5	.753
difference:	+5	+12.8	+10.8	+1.6	+5.5	+7.2	+0.4	+1.4	+1.3	-1.8	-1.1	+3.9	+6.6	+.038	+0.1	+0.3		+3.0	+3.2	+.113
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	-	4.9	5.7	.866
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	13	26.9	8.8	1.2	1.8	2.9	1.5	1.9	0.4	1.8	3.3	3.3	7.8	.426	0.1	0.5	.143	2.1	3.2	.659
difference:	+4	+9.0	+8.3	+0.9	+7.0	+8.0	+0.5	+1.5	+0.8	-0.1	-0.3	+2.7	+3.2	+.119	+0.1	+0.5		+3.0	+2.5	+.243
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
	Tony Allen	Yao Ming
Season	2011-12	2010-11
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did not play

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	58	26.3	9.8	1.7	2.3	4.0	1.4	1.8	0.6	1.6	2.4	3.6	7.7	.469	0.1	0.4	.308	2.4	3.0	.800
difference:	+53	+8.1	+0.4	+0.3	+1.7	+1.4	+0.6	+1.8	+1.0	-0.2	-0.2		+0.3	+.017	+0.1	+0.4		+0.6	+0.2	+.138
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		%
Tony Allen	7	24.3	6.9	1.1	2.0	3.1	0.7	1.3	1.0	1.4	3.0	2.6	6.4	.400	0.0	0.7	.000	1.7	2.4	.706
Yao Ming	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Tony Allen played 6 seasons more than Yao Ming in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 14, from 2013 to 2018—Tony Allen played in 4 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Yao Ming, Tony Allen got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Defensive First Team 2 All-Defensive Second Team