Yao Ming vs. J.J. Redick Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of J.J. Redick 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, 7 less than J.J. Redick, who played 15. Yao Ming had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while J.J. Redick had his rookie season in 2006-07. 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
J.J. Redick	15	13	2006-07 to 2020-21

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	Yao Ming	J.J. Redick
Season	2002-03	2006-07
Team	Houston Rockets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic 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
J.J. Redick	42	14.8	6.0	0.2	1.0	1.2	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.2	1.9	4.6	.410	0.9	2.3	.388	1.3	1.4	.900

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	1	11.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	.500	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Yao Ming	J.J. Redick
Season	2003-04	2007-08
Team	Houston Rockets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Magic 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
J.J. Redick	34	8.1	4.1	0.0	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.9	1.4	3.2	.444	0.5	1.3	.395	0.8	1.0	.794

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
J.J. Redick	2	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 3
	Yao Ming	J.J. Redick
Season	2004-05	2008-09
Team	Houston Rockets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Magic 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
J.J. Redick	64	17.4	6.0	0.1	1.6	1.7	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.1	1.8	4.7	.391	1.0	2.8	.374	1.3	1.5	.871

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
J.J. Redick	16	20.4	6.0	0.1	1.1	1.2	1.9	0.5	0.1	0.4	1.6	1.9	5.2	.373	1.3	3.3	.404	0.8	0.9	.929


Season 4
	Yao Ming	J.J. Redick
Season	2005-06	2009-10
Team	Houston Rockets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic 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
J.J. Redick	82	22.0	9.6	0.2	1.7	1.9	1.9	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.4	3.0	6.7	.439	1.4	3.3	.405	2.3	2.7	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	14	19.2	7.5	0.3	1.4	1.7	1.4	0.7	0.0	1.4	1.6	2.1	5.1	.423	1.1	2.5	.429	2.1	2.5	.857


Season 5
	Yao Ming	J.J. Redick
Season	2006-07	2010-11
Team	Houston Rockets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Magic 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
J.J. Redick	59	25.6	10.1	0.1	1.8	1.9	1.7	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.4	3.3	7.6	.441	1.5	3.7	.397	1.9	2.2	.875

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
J.J. Redick	6	20.0	6.7	0.0	1.8	1.8	1.0	0.2	0.2	1.2	1.3	2.5	7.0	.357	0.2	2.5	.067	1.5	2.0	.750


Season 6
	Yao Ming	J.J. Redick
Season	2007-08	2011-12
Team	Houston Rockets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic 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
J.J. Redick	65	27.2	11.6	0.3	2.0	2.3	2.5	0.4	0.1	1.0	1.4	3.8	9.0	.425	1.7	4.1	.418	2.2	2.4	.911

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	5	24.6	10.8	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.2	0.2	0.0	1.2	0.8	3.8	8.8	.432	0.8	3.8	.211	2.4	2.8	.857


Season 7
	Yao Ming	J.J. Redick
Season	2008-09	2012-13
Team	Houston Rockets	Orlando Magic, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Bucks 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	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
J.J. Redick	78	30.5	14.1	0.2	2.0	2.2	3.8	0.5	0.1	1.8	1.5	4.9	11.3	.434	2.1	5.8	.366	2.2	2.4	.900

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
J.J. Redick	4	17.3	7.3	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.3	0.3	0.0	1.5	2.3	2.8	6.3	.440	1.0	3.0	.333	0.8	0.8	1.000

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


Season 8
	Yao Ming	J.J. Redick
Season	2010-11	2013-14
Team	Houston Rockets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers 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
J.J. Redick	35	28.2	15.2	0.3	1.9	2.1	2.2	0.8	0.1	1.2	1.9	5.2	11.4	.455	2.1	5.3	.395	2.8	3.0	.915

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	13	27.0	13.3	0.3	1.4	1.7	1.5	0.8	0.0	1.0	1.8	4.7	10.2	.459	2.0	5.0	.400	1.9	2.0	.962


Season 9
	Yao Ming	J.J. Redick
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Clippers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	78	30.9	16.4	0.3	1.9	2.1	1.8	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.7	5.7	12.0	.477	2.6	5.9	.437	2.3	2.6	.901

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	14	38.6	14.9	0.0	2.1	2.1	1.7	0.7	0.4	1.9	2.6	5.0	11.5	.435	2.5	6.3	.398	2.4	2.5	.943


Season 10
	Yao Ming	J.J. Redick
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Clippers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	75	28.0	16.3	0.1	1.7	1.9	1.4	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.8	5.6	11.7	.480	2.7	5.6	.475	2.4	2.7	.888

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	6	27.7	13.5	0.2	1.8	2.0	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.8	5.7	13.2	.430	1.8	5.2	.355	0.3	0.5	.667


Season 11
	Yao Ming	J.J. Redick
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Clippers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	78	28.2	15.0	0.1	2.1	2.2	1.4	0.7	0.2	1.3	1.6	5.1	11.4	.445	2.6	6.0	.429	2.3	2.6	.891

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	7	29.4	9.1	0.0	1.7	1.7	0.9	0.3	0.0	1.9	2.4	2.7	7.1	.380	1.3	3.7	.346	2.4	2.9	.850


Season 12
	Yao Ming	J.J. Redick
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	70	30.2	17.1	0.1	2.4	2.5	3.0	0.5	0.1	1.5	1.8	5.8	12.6	.460	2.8	6.6	.420	2.8	3.1	.904

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	10	34.2	18.2	0.3	1.2	1.5	2.6	0.8	0.1	1.1	2.1	6.0	13.5	.444	2.6	7.5	.347	3.6	4.2	.857


Season 13
	Yao Ming	J.J. Redick
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	76	31.3	18.1	0.3	2.2	2.4	2.7	0.4	0.2	1.3	1.7	5.9	13.5	.440	3.2	8.0	.397	3.0	3.4	.894

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	12	31.3	13.4	0.2	1.3	1.5	1.6	0.1	0.3	1.8	2.7	4.5	10.3	.435	3.0	7.3	.414	1.4	1.7	.850


Season 14
	Yao Ming	J.J. Redick
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	New Orleans Pelicans
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	60	26.4	15.3	0.2	2.4	2.5	2.0	0.3	0.2	1.3	1.6	4.8	10.5	.453	3.0	6.6	.453	2.8	3.1	.892

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


Season 15
	Yao Ming	J.J. Redick
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	New Orleans Pelicans, Dallas Mavericks
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.J. Redick	44	16.4	7.4	0.1	1.4	1.5	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.8	1.1	2.4	6.1	.397	1.5	4.0	.371	1.1	1.2	.942

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

Yao Ming vs. J.J. Redick Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of J.J. Redick 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

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15