Yao Ming vs. Antoine Walker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Antoine Walker 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.

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.

Yao Ming played 8 years in the NBA, 4 less than Antoine Walker, who played 12. Yao Ming had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Antoine Walker had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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
Antoine Walker	12	6	1996-97 to 2007-08

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Yao Ming	Antoine Walker
Season	2002-03	1996-97
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
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
Antoine Walker	82	36.2	17.5	3.5	5.5	9.0	3.2	1.3	0.6	2.8	3.3	7.0	16.5	.425	0.6	1.9	.327	2.8	4.5	.631

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


Season 2
	Yao Ming	Antoine Walker
Season	2003-04	1997-98
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
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
Antoine Walker	82	39.9	22.4	3.3	6.9	10.2	3.3	1.7	0.7	3.6	3.2	8.8	20.8	.423	1.1	3.6	.312	3.7	5.8	.645

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
Antoine Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Yao Ming	Antoine Walker
Season	2004-05	1998-99
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
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
Antoine Walker	42	36.9	18.7	2.5	6.0	8.5	3.1	1.5	0.7	2.8	3.4	7.2	17.5	.412	1.5	4.2	.369	2.7	4.8	.559

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
Antoine Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Yao Ming	Antoine Walker
Season	2005-06	1999-00
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third 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		%
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
Antoine Walker	82	36.6	20.5	2.4	5.5	8.0	3.7	1.4	0.4	3.2	3.2	7.9	18.4	.430	0.9	3.5	.256	3.8	5.4	.699

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


Season 5
	Yao Ming	Antoine Walker
Season	2006-07	2000-01
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
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
Antoine Walker	81	41.9	23.4	1.9	7.0	8.9	5.5	1.7	0.6	3.7	3.1	8.8	21.2	.413	2.7	7.4	.367	3.1	4.3	.716

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
Antoine Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Yao Ming	Antoine Walker
Season	2007-08	2001-02
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
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
Antoine Walker	81	42.0	22.1	1.9	7.0	8.8	5.0	1.5	0.5	3.1	2.9	8.2	20.9	.394	2.7	8.0	.344	3.0	4.0	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antoine Walker	16	43.9	22.1	1.4	7.2	8.6	3.3	1.5	0.4	3.4	3.5	8.2	19.9	.411	2.6	6.8	.385	3.1	4.0	.781


Season 7
	Yao Ming	Antoine Walker
Season	2008-09	2002-03
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East 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		%
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
Antoine Walker	78	41.5	20.1	1.3	5.9	7.2	4.8	1.5	0.4	3.3	2.8	7.7	19.9	.388	2.4	7.5	.323	2.3	3.7	.615

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
Antoine Walker	10	43.9	17.3	2.0	6.7	8.7	4.3	1.7	0.4	3.7	4.4	7.3	17.6	.415	1.6	4.5	.356	1.1	2.2	.500

Note: Yao Ming didn't play in 2009-10.


Season 8
	Yao Ming	Antoine Walker
Season	2010-11	2003-04
Team	Houston Rockets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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		%
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
Antoine Walker	82	34.6	14.0	2.4	5.9	8.3	4.5	0.8	0.8	2.5	2.6	5.9	13.8	.428	1.0	3.7	.269	1.3	2.3	.554

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antoine Walker	5	28.0	9.8	4.6	5.4	10.0	2.4	1.2	0.6	1.8	2.6	4.4	12.2	.361	0.2	2.0	.100	0.8	1.4	.571


Season 9
	Yao Ming	Antoine Walker
Season	-	2004-05
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antoine Walker	77	38.4	19.1	2.4	6.7	9.0	3.4	1.2	0.8	3.3	2.8	7.5	17.9	.422	1.4	4.4	.323	2.6	4.8	.539

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antoine Walker	6	37.3	16.7	2.7	4.7	7.3	2.3	1.2	1.0	3.0	3.2	7.2	17.3	.413	1.2	3.2	.368	1.2	1.8	.636


Season 10
	Yao Ming	Antoine Walker
Season	-	2005-06
Team	-	Miami Heat
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		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antoine Walker	82	26.8	12.2	1.3	3.9	5.1	2.0	0.6	0.4	1.8	2.3	4.8	11.0	.435	1.7	4.7	.358	1.0	1.6	.628

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antoine Walker	23	37.5	13.3	0.7	4.9	5.6	2.4	1.0	0.3	2.0	3.0	5.0	12.3	.403	2.1	6.4	.324	1.3	2.3	.574


Season 11
	Yao Ming	Antoine Walker
Season	-	2006-07
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat Lost East 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		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antoine Walker	78	23.3	8.5	1.2	3.2	4.3	1.7	0.6	0.2	1.8	2.2	3.4	8.6	.397	1.1	3.9	.275	0.6	1.3	.438

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antoine Walker	4	23.0	11.8	0.5	1.8	2.3	1.5	0.5	0.3	1.0	2.8	3.8	9.3	.405	2.0	4.0	.500	2.3	2.8	.818


Season 12
	Yao Ming	Antoine Walker
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	Minnesota Timberwolves
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		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antoine Walker	46	19.4	8.0	1.2	2.4	3.7	1.0	0.7	0.2	1.0	1.7	3.0	8.2	.363	1.3	4.1	.324	0.8	1.4	.530

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

Yao Ming vs. Antoine Walker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Antoine Walker 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.

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