Yao Ming vs. Metta World Peace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Metta World Peace 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, 9 less than Metta World Peace, who played 17. Yao Ming had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Metta World Peace had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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	Metta World Peace
Season	2002-03	1999-00
Team	Houston Rockets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+10	+2.1	+1.5	+1.5	+2.4	+3.9	+1.1	+1.3	+1.3	-0.2	-0.6	+0.6	+0.7	+.091	+0.8	+2.7		+1.1	+0.6	+.137
Metta World Peace	72	31.1	12.0	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.8	1.7	0.5	2.3	2.2	4.3	10.5	.407	0.8	2.7	.314	2.6	3.9	.674
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Yao Ming nor Metta World Peace played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Yao Ming	Metta World Peace
Season	2003-04	2000-01
Team	Houston Rockets	Chicago Bulls
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:	+6	+1.7	+5.6	+1.6	+3.5	+5.1	+1.5	+1.7	+1.3	-0.4		+2.2	+1.8	+.121	+0.6	+1.9		+1.6	+1.7	+.059
Metta World Peace	76	31.1	11.9	0.8	3.1	3.9	3.0	2.0	0.6	2.1	3.3	4.3	10.7	.401	0.6	1.9	.291	2.8	3.7	.750
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
Metta World Peace	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Yao Ming	Metta World Peace
Season	2004-05	2001-02
Team	Houston Rockets	Chicago Bulls, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+25	+0.7	+5.1	+1.3	+2.2	+3.5	+1.5	+2.2	+1.3	-0.4	-0.2	+1.8	+0.6	+.129	+1.0	+3.1		+2.4	+2.5	+.116
Metta World Peace	55	29.9	13.2	1.3	3.6	4.9	2.3	2.6	0.7	2.1	3.9	4.9	11.6	.423	1.0	3.1	.312	2.5	3.7	.667
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
difference:	+2	+1.3	+9.6	+2.1	+0.4	+1.7	+2.5	+2.3	+2.1	-0.9	-0.6	+3.5	+1.2	+.248	+1.2	+2.6		+3.9	+5.3	+.035
Metta World Peace	5	33.2	11.8	1.2	4.8	6.0	3.2	2.6	0.6	1.8	3.8	4.4	10.8	.407	1.2	2.6	.462	1.8	2.6	.692

Season 4
	Yao Ming	Metta World Peace
Season	2005-06	2002-03
Team	Houston Rockets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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:	+12	+0.6	+6.8	+1.1	+3.8	+5.0	+1.4	+1.8	+0.9	-0.5	-0.1	+3.0	+3.5	+.091	+1.0	+3.1		+1.9	+1.5	+.117
Metta World Peace	69	33.6	15.5	1.5	3.8	5.2	2.9	2.3	0.7	2.1	3.5	5.2	12.3	.428	1.0	3.1	.336	4.0	5.4	.736
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Metta World Peace	6	42.2	19.0	1.8	4.0	5.8	2.2	2.5	1.0	2.7	4.2	5.8	15.0	.389	2.0	5.2	.387	5.3	6.7	.800

Season 5
	Yao Ming	Metta World Peace
Season	2006-07	2003-04
Team	Houston Rockets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+25	+3.4	+6.7	+0.7	+3.4	+4.1	+1.7	+1.7	+1.3	-0.7	-0.6	+2.4	+1.9	+.095	+1.0	+3.3		+3.0	+2.6	+.129
Metta World Peace	73	37.2	18.3	1.4	3.9	5.3	3.7	2.1	0.7	2.8	2.7	6.4	15.2	.421	1.0	3.3	.310	4.4	6.0	.733
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
difference:	+8	+2.0	+6.7	+1.7	+2.1	+3.8	+2.3	+1.3	+0.4	-2.2	-0.9	+1.4	+0.6	+.062	+1.3	+4.4		+5.3	+5.0	+.162
Metta World Peace	15	39.1	18.4	1.6	4.9	6.5	3.2	1.4	1.1	2.5	3.0	6.5	17.3	.378	1.3	4.4	.288	4.1	5.7	.718

Season 6
	Yao Ming	Metta World Peace
Season	2007-08	2004-05
Team	Houston Rockets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+48	+4.4	+2.6	+2.0	+2.4	+4.4	+0.8	+1.2	+1.1	-0.9	-0.8	+0.5	+1.5	+.011	+1.0	+2.4		+0.4	+0.1	+.072
Metta World Peace	7	41.6	24.6	1.1	5.3	6.4	3.1	1.7	0.9	2.4	3.9	8.4	17.0	.496	1.0	2.4	.412	6.7	7.3	.922
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Yao Ming nor Metta World Peace played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7
	Yao Ming	Metta World Peace
Season	2008-09	2005-06
Team	Houston Rockets	Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	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:	+21	+5.8	+2.1	+1.3	+3.4	+4.8	+1.8	+1.8	+1.2	-0.7	-0.4	+1.1	+2.1	+.144	+1.4	+4.5		+1.2	+0.3	+.191
Metta World Peace	56	39.4	17.6	1.3	3.8	5.1	3.6	2.2	0.7	2.3	2.9	6.3	15.5	.404	1.4	4.5	.308	3.7	5.4	.675
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	+3.7	+0.3	+0.5	+5.4	+5.9	+2.0	+1.2	+0.4	-0.9		+0.2	+5.2	+.162	+1.8	+5.4		+1.9	+1.1	+.206
Metta World Peace	5	39.6	17.4	1.6	3.4	5.0	3.0	1.6	0.8	1.0	3.0	6.2	16.2	.383	1.8	5.4	.333	3.2	4.6	.696

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

Season 8
	Yao Ming	Metta World Peace
Season	2010-11	2006-07
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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	+19.5	+8.6	+0.1	+1.0	+1.1	+2.6	+2.1	+1.0	-0.7	-0.3	+2.9	+7.5	+.046	+1.3	+3.7		+1.4	+2.7	+.198
Metta World Peace	70	37.7	18.8	1.5	5.0	6.5	3.4	2.1	0.6	2.1	2.9	6.5	14.9	.440	1.3	3.7	.358	4.4	5.9	.740
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Yao Ming nor Metta World Peace played in the postseason in their season 8

Additional Years
* Metta World Peace played 9 seasons more than Yao Ming in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 17, from 2008 to 2017—Metta World Peace played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 9 extra years over Yao Ming, Metta World Peace got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive Second Team