Yao Ming vs. Chris Webber Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Webber 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, 7 less than Chris Webber, who played 15. Yao Ming had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Chris Webber had his rookie season in 1993-94. 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
	Yao Ming	Chris Webber
Season	2002-03	1993-94
Team	Houston Rockets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did not play	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+6	+3.1	+4.0	+1.6	+0.7	+0.9	+1.9	+0.8	+0.4	-0.6	-0.5	+2.6	+3.8	+.054		+0.2		+1.2	+0.2	+.279
Chris Webber	76	32.1	17.5	4.0	5.1	9.1	3.6	1.2	2.2	2.7	3.3	7.5	13.6	.552	0.0	0.2	.000	2.5	4.7	.532
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Webber	3	36.3	15.7	4.3	4.3	8.7	9.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	3.7	7.3	13.3	.550	0.0	0.7	.000	1.0	3.3	.300

Season 2
	Yao Ming	Chris Webber
Season	2003-04	1994-95
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did not play

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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		%
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
difference:	+28	+5.5	+2.6	+1.3	+0.7	+0.6	+3.2	+1.2	+0.3	-0.6	-0.1	+2.1	+4.9	+.027	+0.7	+2.7		+2.2	+1.1	+.307
Chris Webber	54	38.3	20.1	3.7	5.9	9.6	4.7	1.5	1.6	3.1	3.4	8.6	17.4	.495	0.7	2.7	.276	2.2	4.3	.502
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
Chris Webber	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Yao Ming	Chris Webber
Season	2004-05	1995-96
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did not play

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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		%
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
difference:	+65	+6.6	+5.4	+0.1	+0.7	+0.8	+4.2	+1.4	+1.4	-0.8	-0.3	+3.3	+6.2	+.009	+1.0	+2.3		+2.2	+1.6	+.189
Chris Webber	15	37.2	23.7	2.5	5.1	7.6	5.0	1.8	0.6	3.3	3.4	10.0	18.4	.543	1.0	2.3	.441	2.7	4.6	.594
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
Chris Webber	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Yao Ming	Chris Webber
Season	2005-06	1996-97
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+15	+4.8	+2.2	+0.7	+0.6	+0.1	+3.1	+1.2	+0.3	-0.6	-0.2	+0.2	+0.4	+.001	+0.8	+2.1		+3.4	+2.6	+.288
Chris Webber	72	39.0	20.1	3.3	7.0	10.3	4.6	1.7	1.9	3.2	3.6	8.4	16.2	.518	0.8	2.1	.397	2.5	4.3	.565
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Webber	3	35.7	15.7	2.3	5.7	8.0	3.3	0.7	2.3	5.3	6.0	6.3	10.0	.633	1.7	3.7	.455	1.3	2.7	.500

Season 5
	Yao Ming	Chris Webber
Season	2006-07	1997-98
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did not play

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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		%
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
difference:	+23	+5.8	+3.1	+0.4	+0.3	+0.1	+1.8	+1.2	+0.3	-0.9	-0.5	+0.3	+1.8	+.034	+0.9	+2.9		+4.6	+3.9	+.273
Chris Webber	71	39.6	21.9	2.5	7.0	9.5	3.8	1.6	1.7	2.6	3.8	9.1	18.9	.482	0.9	2.9	.317	2.8	4.7	.589
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
Chris Webber	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Yao Ming	Chris Webber
Season	2007-08	1998-99
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did not play	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+13	+3.7	+2.0	+0.4	+1.7	+2.2	+1.8	+0.9	+0.1	-0.2	-0.4	+1.1	+3.0	+.021	+0.1	+0.8		+4.4	+3.3	+.396
Chris Webber	42	40.9	20.0	3.5	9.4	13.0	4.1	1.4	2.1	3.5	3.5	9.0	18.5	.486	0.1	0.8	.118	1.9	4.1	.454
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Webber	5	38.4	14.8	2.6	6.8	9.4	4.0	1.8	1.0	4.0	4.0	6.2	16.0	.388	0.4	1.4	.286	2.0	5.0	.400

Season 7
	Yao Ming	Chris Webber
Season	2008-09	1999-00
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+2	+4.8	+4.8	+0.1	+0.8	+0.6	+2.8	+1.2	+0.2	-0.1	-0.2	+2.6	+7.2	+.065	+0.4	+1.3		+0.8	+0.2	+.115
Chris Webber	75	38.4	24.5	2.5	8.0	10.5	4.6	1.6	1.7	2.9	3.5	10.0	20.6	.483	0.4	1.3	.284	4.1	5.5	.751
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
difference:	+4	+3.3	+7.3	+0.7	+2.0	+1.3	+4.4	+1.2	+0.8	-0.3	-0.2	+3.4	+11.0	+.118	+0.2	+1.0		+0.3	+1.1	+.108
Chris Webber	5	39.2	24.4	2.8	6.8	9.6	5.4	1.6	2.0	1.6	2.8	9.4	22.0	.427	0.2	1.0	.200	5.4	6.8	.794

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

Season 8
	Yao Ming	Chris Webber
Season	2010-11	2000-01
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	Kings Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+65	+22.3	+16.9	+1.2	+4.5	+5.7	+3.4	+1.3	+0.1	-1.4	-0.6	+7.6	+16.0	+.005		+0.4		+1.6	+3.4	+.235
Chris Webber	70	40.5	27.1	2.6	8.5	11.1	4.2	1.3	1.7	2.8	3.2	11.2	23.4	.481	0.0	0.4	.071	4.6	6.6	.703
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Webber	8	43.5	23.3	4.3	7.3	11.5	3.1	1.1	1.0	3.9	3.6	9.5	24.5	.388	0.0	0.1	.000	4.3	6.1	.694

Additional Years
* Chris Webber played 7 seasons more than Yao Ming in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 15, from 2002 to 2008—Chris Webber played in 5 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Yao Ming, Chris Webber got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-Star Game