Yao Ming vs. Greivis Vasquez Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Greivis Vasquez 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, 1 more than Greivis Vasquez, who played 7. Yao Ming had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Greivis Vasquez 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
Greivis Vasquez 7 3 2010-11 to 2016-17

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Yao Ming Greivis Vasquez
Season 2002-032010-11
Team Houston RocketsMemphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie First Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Did Not PlayGrizzlies Lost West 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 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
Greivis Vasquez 70 12.3 3.6 0.2 0.9 1.0 2.2 0.3 0.1 1.0 1.2 1.4 3.3 .408 0.4 1.2 .291 0.5 0.6 .773
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Yao Ming ------- --- ----------
Greivis Vasquez 13 10.9 4.3 0.2 1.2 1.5 1.9 0.4 0.2 0.7 0.8 1.6 3.2 .512 0.3 0.8 .364 0.8 1.0 .769

Season 2
Yao Ming Greivis Vasquez
Season 2003-042011-12
Team Houston RocketsNew Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Third Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Rockets Lost West Conf 1st RdDid 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
Greivis Vasquez 66 25.8 8.9 0.3 2.3 2.6 5.4 0.9 0.1 2.2 1.9 3.4 7.9 .430 0.7 2.0 .319 1.5 1.8 .821
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
Greivis Vasquez ------- --- ----------

Season 3
Yao Ming Greivis Vasquez
Season 2004-052012-13
Team Houston RocketsNew Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Rockets Lost West Conf 1st RdDid 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
Greivis Vasquez 78 34.4 13.9 0.6 3.8 4.3 9.0 0.8 0.1 3.2 2.4 5.6 13.0 .433 1.1 3.1 .342 1.6 2.0 .805
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
Greivis Vasquez ------- --- ----------

Season 4
Yao Ming Greivis Vasquez
Season 2005-062013-14
Team Houston RocketsSacramento Kings, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Third Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Did Not PlayRaptors 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 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
Greivis Vasquez 79 22.5 9.6 0.3 1.9 2.2 4.1 0.4 0.1 1.6 1.8 3.5 8.3 .421 1.4 3.7 .377 1.2 1.4 .880
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Yao Ming ------- --- ----------
Greivis Vasquez 7 27.1 10.1 0.4 3.3 3.7 5.1 0.6 0.1 1.4 3.1 3.9 9.1 .422 1.4 3.9 .370 1.0 1.3 .778

Season 5
Yao Ming Greivis Vasquez
Season 2006-072014-15
Team Houston RocketsToronto Raptors
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Rockets Lost West Conf 1st RdRaptors 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
Greivis Vasquez 82 24.3 9.5 0.3 2.4 2.6 3.7 0.6 0.1 1.5 2.2 3.6 8.8 .408 1.6 4.3 .379 0.6 0.8 .758
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
Greivis Vasquez 4 25.3 7.5 0.0 1.8 1.8 3.0 0.5 0.0 1.0 3.8 2.8 7.3 .379 1.3 3.5 .357 0.8 0.8 1.000

Season 6
Yao Ming Greivis Vasquez
Season 2007-082015-16
Team Houston RocketsMilwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Third Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid 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 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
Greivis Vasquez 23 20.0 5.7 0.2 1.8 2.0 4.0 0.4 0.0 1.7 1.8 2.0 6.0 .326 0.8 3.2 .247 1.0 1.1 .846
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Yao Ming ------- --- ----------
Greivis Vasquez ------- --- ----------

Season 7
Yao Ming Greivis Vasquez
Season 2008-092016-17
Team Houston RocketsBrooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Rockets Lost West Conf SemisDid 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 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
Greivis Vasquez 3 13.0 2.3 0.0 0.7 0.7 1.7 0.3 0.3 0.3 2.0 0.7 2.7 .250 0.3 1.0 .333 0.7 1.0 .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
Greivis Vasquez ------- --- ----------

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

Season 8
Yao Ming Greivis Vasquez
Season 2010-11-
Team Houston Rockets-
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
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 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
Greivis Vasquez ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Yao Ming ------- --- ----------
Greivis Vasquez ------- --- ----------
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