Yao Ming vs. Bobby Wanzer Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bobby Wanzer 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, 1 less than Bobby Wanzer, who played 9. Yao Ming had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Bobby Wanzer had his rookie season in 1948-49. 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
	Yao Ming	Bobby Wanzer
Season	2002-03	1948-49
Team	Houston Rockets	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost West Div 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	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
Bobby Wanzer	60	-	10.2	-	-	-	3.1	-	-	-	2.2	3.4	8.9	.379	-	-	-	3.5	4.2	.823
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Wanzer	4	-	9.5	-	-	-	2.3	-	-	-	2.3	3.3	10.3	.317	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.706

Season 2
	Yao Ming	Bobby Wanzer
Season	2003-04	1949-50
Team	Houston Rockets	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Royals Lost Cent Div 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	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
Bobby Wanzer	67	-	11.8	-	-	-	3.2	-	-	-	1.5	3.8	9.2	.414	-	-	-	4.2	5.2	.806
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
Bobby Wanzer	2	-	13.5	-	-	-	2.0	-	-	-	3.5	4.0	8.5	.471	-	-	-	5.5	6.5	.846

Season 3
	Yao Ming	Bobby Wanzer
Season	2004-05	1950-51
Team	Houston Rockets	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Bobby Wanzer	68	-	10.8	-	-	3.4	2.7	-	-	-	1.9	3.7	9.2	.401	-	-	-	3.4	4.0	.850
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
Bobby Wanzer	14	-	12.5	-	-	5.1	4.2	-	-	-	3.2	4.1	8.6	.471	-	-	-	4.4	4.8	.910

Season 4
	Yao Ming	Bobby Wanzer
Season	2005-06	1951-52
Team	Houston Rockets	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost West Div 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	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
Bobby Wanzer	66	37.8	15.7	-	-	5.0	4.0	-	-	-	3.0	5.0	11.7	.425	-	-	-	5.7	6.3	.904
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Wanzer	6	41.5	18.8	-	-	6.3	3.2	-	-	-	3.8	5.5	12.8	.429	-	-	-	7.8	8.2	.959

Season 5
	Yao Ming	Bobby Wanzer
Season	2006-07	1952-53
Team	Houston Rockets	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Royals Lost West Div 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	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
Bobby Wanzer	70	36.8	14.6	-	-	5.0	3.6	-	-	-	2.9	4.5	12.4	.367	-	-	-	5.5	6.8	.812
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
Bobby Wanzer	3	38.7	17.0	-	-	7.0	3.0	-	-	-	4.3	4.7	12.3	.378	-	-	-	7.7	9.0	.852

Season 6
	Yao Ming	Bobby Wanzer
Season	2007-08	1953-54
Team	Houston Rockets	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost West Div 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
Bobby Wanzer	72	35.3	13.3	-	-	5.4	3.5	-	-	-	2.4	4.5	11.6	.386	-	-	-	4.4	5.9	.734
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Wanzer	6	40.8	16.0	-	-	5.8	4.3	-	-	-	3.0	5.0	12.3	.405	-	-	-	6.0	7.3	.818

Season 7
	Yao Ming	Bobby Wanzer
Season	2008-09	1954-55
Team	Houston Rockets	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Royals Lost West Div 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
Bobby Wanzer	72	33.0	13.1	-	-	5.2	3.4	-	-	-	2.3	4.5	11.4	.395	-	-	-	4.1	5.2	.786
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
Bobby Wanzer	3	33.3	18.0	-	-	7.0	2.7	-	-	-	2.7	5.3	11.7	.457	-	-	-	7.3	8.0	.917

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

Season 8
	Yao Ming	Bobby Wanzer
Season	2010-11	1955-56
Team	Houston Rockets	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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	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
Bobby Wanzer	72	27.5	10.4	-	-	3.8	3.1	-	-	-	2.1	3.4	9.0	.376	-	-	-	3.6	5.0	.719
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Wanzer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-