Yao Ming vs. Evan Turner Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Evan Turner 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, 2 less than Evan Turner, who played 10. Yao Ming had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Evan Turner had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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
Evan Turner	10	8	2010-11 to 2019-20

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Yao Ming	Evan Turner
Season	2002-03	2010-11
Team	Houston Rockets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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	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
Evan Turner	78	23.0	7.2	0.5	3.4	3.9	2.0	0.6	0.2	1.0	1.8	2.9	6.8	.425	0.2	0.6	.318	1.3	1.6	.808

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Evan Turner	5	19.4	8.0	0.8	3.8	4.6	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.0	1.8	3.4	7.6	.447	0.8	1.0	.800	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 2
	Yao Ming	Evan Turner
Season	2003-04	2011-12
Team	Houston Rockets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers 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	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
Evan Turner	65	26.4	9.4	0.4	5.4	5.8	2.8	0.6	0.3	1.6	1.8	4.0	9.1	.446	0.2	0.8	.224	1.1	1.7	.676

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
Evan Turner	13	34.5	11.2	1.1	6.5	7.5	2.5	0.9	0.5	2.3	2.8	4.3	11.8	.364	0.0	0.5	.000	2.5	3.7	.688


Season 3
	Yao Ming	Evan Turner
Season	2004-05	2012-13
Team	Houston Rockets	Philadelphia 76ers
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
Evan Turner	82	35.3	13.3	0.7	5.6	6.3	4.3	0.9	0.2	2.3	2.4	5.4	12.8	.419	0.7	1.9	.365	1.9	2.5	.740

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
Evan Turner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Yao Ming	Evan Turner
Season	2005-06	2013-14
Team	Houston Rockets	Philadelphia 76ers, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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	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
Evan Turner	81	30.3	14.0	0.8	4.3	5.0	3.2	0.8	0.1	2.3	2.4	5.4	12.6	.425	0.6	1.9	.321	2.6	3.2	.813

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Evan Turner	12	12.4	3.3	0.0	2.2	2.2	1.6	0.3	0.0	0.9	0.8	1.3	2.9	.429	0.3	0.6	.571	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 5
	Yao Ming	Evan Turner
Season	2006-07	2014-15
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Evan Turner	82	27.6	9.5	0.5	4.6	5.1	5.5	1.0	0.2	2.4	2.2	3.9	9.1	.429	0.4	1.5	.277	1.3	1.7	.752

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
Evan Turner	4	29.5	10.5	0.5	6.8	7.3	4.8	0.8	0.0	2.3	2.8	4.0	11.0	.364	0.5	1.0	.500	2.0	2.3	.889


Season 6
	Yao Ming	Evan Turner
Season	2007-08	2015-16
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Evan Turner	81	28.0	10.5	0.6	4.3	4.9	4.4	1.0	0.3	2.1	1.7	4.2	9.3	.456	0.2	1.0	.241	1.8	2.2	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Evan Turner	6	35.7	13.2	1.3	4.3	5.7	4.5	1.3	1.0	2.8	3.2	5.2	14.2	.365	0.5	2.3	.214	2.3	3.0	.778


Season 7
	Yao Ming	Evan Turner
Season	2008-09	2016-17
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Trail Blazers 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	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
Evan Turner	65	25.5	9.0	0.6	3.2	3.8	3.2	0.8	0.4	1.5	1.9	3.6	8.5	.426	0.5	1.8	.263	1.3	1.6	.825

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
Evan Turner	4	31.0	10.3	0.8	5.0	5.8	3.8	1.8	0.5	1.8	1.8	3.0	8.3	.364	1.3	3.8	.333	3.0	4.0	.750

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


Season 8
	Yao Ming	Evan Turner
Season	2010-11	2017-18
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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
Evan Turner	79	25.7	8.2	0.4	2.7	3.1	2.2	0.6	0.4	1.3	2.1	3.3	7.3	.447	0.5	1.7	.318	1.2	1.4	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Evan Turner	3	29.0	9.3	1.7	2.3	4.0	3.3	1.0	0.3	2.0	2.7	4.0	11.0	.364	0.7	2.3	.286	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 9
	Yao Ming	Evan Turner
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers Lost West 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Evan Turner	73	22.0	6.8	0.5	4.0	4.5	3.9	0.5	0.2	1.6	1.5	2.8	6.1	.460	0.2	0.7	.212	1.0	1.5	.708

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Evan Turner	16	15.3	2.7	0.8	3.7	4.5	2.2	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.4	0.9	2.9	.326	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.8	0.9	.800


Season 10
	Yao Ming	Evan Turner
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Evan Turner	19	13.2	3.3	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.0	0.5	0.4	1.4	1.1	1.3	3.5	.373	0.0	0.3	.000	0.6	0.7	.857

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

Yao Ming vs. Evan Turner Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Evan Turner 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