Yao Ming vs. Jeff Mullins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jeff Mullins 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, 4 less than Jeff Mullins, who played 12. Yao Ming had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Jeff Mullins had his rookie season in 1964-65. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12
Rookie Season
	Yao Ming	Jeff Mullins
Season	2002-03	1964-65
Team	Houston Rockets	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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	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
Jeff Mullins	44	11.2	4.9	-	-	2.3	1.0	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	4.8	.416	-	-	-	0.9	1.4	.672
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Mullins	2	5.5	4.0	-	-	3.0	0.5	-	-	-	0.0	2.0	4.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	Yao Ming	Jeff Mullins
Season	2003-04	1965-66
Team	Houston Rockets	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks 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	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
Jeff Mullins	44	13.3	5.8	-	-	1.6	1.5	-	-	-	1.5	2.6	6.7	.382	-	-	-	0.7	0.8	.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
Jeff Mullins	4	3.3	0.8	-	-	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	1.3	0.3	2.3	.111	-	-	-	0.3	0.5	.500

Season 3
	Yao Ming	Jeff Mullins
Season	2004-05	1966-67
Team	Houston Rockets	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost NBA 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	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
Jeff Mullins	77	23.8	12.9	-	-	5.0	2.9	-	-	-	2.5	5.5	11.9	.458	-	-	-	1.9	2.8	.701
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
Jeff Mullins	15	33.2	17.7	-	-	6.1	3.9	-	-	-	3.5	7.3	16.1	.450	-	-	-	3.1	3.9	.797

Season 4
	Yao Ming	Jeff Mullins
Season	2005-06	1967-68
Team	Houston Rockets	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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
Jeff Mullins	79	35.5	18.9	-	-	5.7	4.4	-	-	-	3.4	7.7	17.6	.439	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.794
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Mullins	10	39.0	25.1	-	-	4.4	4.9	-	-	-	3.6	11.0	21.1	.521	-	-	-	3.1	4.3	.721

Season 5
	Yao Ming	Jeff Mullins
Season	2006-07	1968-69
Team	Houston Rockets	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors 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
Jeff Mullins	78	37.4	22.8	-	-	5.9	4.3	-	-	-	3.2	8.9	19.4	.459	-	-	-	4.9	5.8	.843
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
Jeff Mullins	6	30.0	14.3	-	-	3.0	3.8	-	-	-	2.7	6.5	16.0	.406	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.727

Season 6
	Yao Ming	Jeff Mullins
Season	2007-08	1969-70
Team	Houston Rockets	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	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	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
Jeff Mullins	74	38.7	22.1	-	-	5.2	4.9	-	-	-	3.2	8.9	19.3	.460	-	-	-	4.3	5.1	.847
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Mullins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Yao Ming	Jeff Mullins
Season	2008-09	1970-71
Team	Houston Rockets	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Warriors 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	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
Jeff Mullins	75	38.8	20.8	-	-	4.5	4.4	-	-	-	3.3	8.4	17.4	.482	-	-	-	4.0	4.8	.844
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
Jeff Mullins	5	41.0	16.4	-	-	6.4	4.8	-	-	-	2.6	6.0	17.0	.353	-	-	-	4.4	5.0	.880

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

Season 8
	Yao Ming	Jeff Mullins
Season	2010-11	1971-72
Team	Houston Rockets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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	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
Jeff Mullins	80	40.2	21.5	-	-	5.6	5.9	-	-	-	3.3	8.6	18.3	.467	-	-	-	4.4	5.5	.794
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Mullins	5	40.6	14.8	-	-	4.8	5.8	-	-	-	2.2	6.2	14.4	.431	-	-	-	2.4	2.6	.923

Season 11
	Yao Ming	Jeff Mullins
Season	-	1974-75
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Mullins	66	17.3	8.2	0.7	1.2	1.9	2.3	0.9	0.2	-	1.9	3.5	7.8	.455	-	-	-	1.1	1.3	.816
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Mullins	17	18.4	8.1	0.9	1.1	2.1	1.7	0.6	0.1	-	2.5	3.5	7.2	.488	-	-	-	1.1	1.8	.581