Yao Ming vs. Anderson Varejao Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Anderson Varejao and Yao Ming, 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.
Yao Ming played 8 years in the NBA, 6 less than Anderson Varejao, who played 14. Yao Ming had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Anderson Varejao had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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 |
Yao Ming |
8 |
4 |
2002-03 to 2010-11 |
Anderson Varejao |
14 |
6 |
2004-05 to 2020-21 |
Comparison Season by Season |
|
|
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Rookie Season |
|
Yao Ming |
Anderson Varejao |
Season |
2002-03 | 2004-05 |
Team |
Houston Rockets | Cleveland Cavaliers |
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 |
% |
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 |
Anderson Varejao |
54 |
16.0 |
4.9 |
2.0 |
2.7 |
4.8 |
0.5 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
0.5 |
2.3 |
1.8 |
3.6 |
.513 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
1.3 |
2.4 |
.535 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Yao Ming |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Anderson Varejao |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Anderson Varejao |
48 |
15.8 |
4.6 |
1.6 |
3.3 |
4.9 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
2.5 |
1.6 |
3.1 |
.527 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
1.3 |
2.5 |
.513 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Anderson Varejao |
13 |
18.3 |
6.8 |
1.4 |
3.1 |
4.5 |
0.2 |
0.7 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
3.8 |
2.4 |
3.8 |
.620 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
2.0 |
2.8 |
.703 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Anderson Varejao |
81 |
23.9 |
6.8 |
2.4 |
4.4 |
6.7 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
3.3 |
2.4 |
5.0 |
.476 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
2.0 |
3.3 |
.616 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Anderson Varejao |
20 |
22.4 |
6.0 |
2.3 |
3.7 |
6.0 |
0.6 |
1.1 |
0.6 |
1.0 |
2.7 |
2.3 |
4.5 |
.511 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.000 |
1.4 |
2.4 |
.563 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Anderson Varejao |
48 |
27.5 |
6.7 |
2.8 |
5.5 |
8.3 |
1.1 |
0.8 |
0.5 |
1.2 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
6.1 |
.461 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
1.0 |
1.7 |
.598 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Yao Ming |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Anderson Varejao |
13 |
18.5 |
4.1 |
1.5 |
3.6 |
5.2 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
0.1 |
0.7 |
2.3 |
1.7 |
4.2 |
.407 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.7 |
1.6 |
.429 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Anderson Varejao |
81 |
28.5 |
8.6 |
2.0 |
5.1 |
7.2 |
1.0 |
0.9 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
3.0 |
3.3 |
6.2 |
.536 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
1.9 |
3.1 |
.616 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Anderson Varejao |
14 |
30.0 |
6.9 |
2.9 |
3.5 |
6.4 |
0.6 |
1.3 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
3.5 |
2.9 |
5.9 |
.500 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.1 |
1.6 |
.682 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Anderson Varejao |
76 |
28.5 |
8.6 |
2.5 |
5.1 |
7.6 |
1.1 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
2.9 |
3.5 |
6.1 |
.572 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.200 |
1.5 |
2.3 |
.663 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Yao Ming |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Anderson Varejao |
11 |
23.2 |
5.7 |
2.0 |
4.5 |
6.5 |
0.6 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
1.1 |
3.5 |
1.8 |
4.4 |
.417 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
2.1 |
2.8 |
.742 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Anderson Varejao |
31 |
32.1 |
9.1 |
3.2 |
6.5 |
9.7 |
1.5 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
2.8 |
3.7 |
7.0 |
.528 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
1.7 |
2.6 |
.667 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Anderson Varejao |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note: Yao Ming didn't play in 2009-10.
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
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 |
Anderson Varejao |
25 |
31.4 |
10.8 |
4.4 |
7.1 |
11.5 |
1.7 |
1.4 |
0.7 |
1.8 |
2.5 |
4.6 |
8.9 |
.514 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.000 |
1.7 |
2.6 |
.672 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Yao Ming |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Anderson Varejao |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Yao Ming |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Anderson Varejao |
25 |
36.0 |
14.1 |
5.5 |
8.9 |
14.4 |
3.4 |
1.5 |
0.6 |
1.8 |
2.7 |
5.5 |
11.6 |
.478 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.000 |
3.1 |
4.1 |
.755 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Yao Ming |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Anderson Varejao |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Yao Ming |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Anderson Varejao |
65 |
27.7 |
8.4 |
2.9 |
6.8 |
9.7 |
2.2 |
1.1 |
0.6 |
1.1 |
2.5 |
3.5 |
7.1 |
.495 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
1.4 |
2.1 |
.681 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Yao Ming |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Anderson Varejao |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Yao Ming |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Anderson Varejao |
26 |
24.5 |
9.8 |
2.2 |
4.3 |
6.5 |
1.3 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
1.3 |
2.2 |
4.3 |
7.7 |
.555 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
1.3 |
1.7 |
.733 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Yao Ming |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Anderson Varejao |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Yao Ming |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Anderson Varejao |
53 |
9.4 |
2.6 |
0.7 |
2.0 |
2.7 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
1.3 |
1.0 |
2.3 |
.427 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
0.6 |
0.9 |
.640 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Yao Ming |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Anderson Varejao |
17 |
5.5 |
1.2 |
0.7 |
0.5 |
1.2 |
0.8 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
1.0 |
0.3 |
0.8 |
.357 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.6 |
1.1 |
.526 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Yao Ming |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Anderson Varejao |
14 |
6.6 |
1.3 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
1.9 |
0.7 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
1.1 |
0.4 |
1.0 |
.357 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.6 |
0.8 |
.727 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Yao Ming |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Anderson Varejao |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note: Anderson Varejao didn't play in 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20.
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Yao Ming |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Anderson Varejao |
5 |
7.2 |
2.6 |
1.4 |
2.6 |
4.0 |
0.6 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
3.2 |
.250 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.000 |
1.0 |
1.8 |
.556 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Yao Ming |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Anderson Varejao |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |