Yao Ming vs. Rasheed Wallace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rasheed Wallace 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, 8 less than Rasheed Wallace, who played 16. Yao Ming had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Rasheed Wallace had his rookie season in 1995-96. 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	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2002-03	1995-96
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Bullets
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:	+17	+1.5	+3.4	+1.0	+2.6	+3.5	+0.4	+0.2	+1.0	-0.5	-0.4	+0.7	+1.1	+.011	+0.4	+1.3		+2.5	+2.7	+.161
Rasheed Wallace	65	27.5	10.1	1.4	3.2	4.7	1.3	0.6	0.8	1.6	3.2	4.2	8.7	.487	0.4	1.3	.329	1.2	1.8	.650
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Yao Ming nor Rasheed Wallace played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Yao Ming	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2003-04	1996-97
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+20	+2.3	+2.4	+0.4	+1.8	+2.2	+0.3	+0.5	+0.9	-0.7	-0.1	+0.4	+1.5	+.036	+0.1	+0.5		+1.7	+1.1	+.171
Rasheed Wallace	62	30.5	15.1	2.0	4.8	6.8	1.2	0.8	1.0	1.8	3.2	6.1	11.0	.558	0.1	0.5	.273	2.7	4.3	.638
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
difference:	+1	+0.3	+4.8	+0.2	+1.2	+1.4	+0.3	+0.1	+0.9	-1.1	-0.3	+2.1	+0.4	+.133	+0.5	+1.3		+0.2	+1.6	+.215
Rasheed Wallace	4	37.3	19.8	2.0	4.0	6.0	1.5	0.5	0.5	1.5	4.3	8.3	14.0	.589	0.5	1.3	.400	2.8	5.0	.550

Season 3
	Yao Ming	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2004-05	1997-98
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West 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:	+3	+7.0	+3.7	+0.9	+1.3	+2.2	+1.7	+0.6	+0.9	-0.3	-0.2	+0.6	+0.8	+.019	+0.1	+0.5		+2.5	+2.6	+.121
Rasheed Wallace	77	37.6	14.6	1.7	4.5	6.2	2.5	1.0	1.1	2.2	3.5	6.1	11.4	.533	0.1	0.5	.205	2.4	3.6	.662
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:	+3	+7.6	+6.9	+1.5	+1.4	+2.9	+2.1	+0.2	+2.2	-1.4	-0.4	+2.1	+0.2	+.166	+1.0	+1.3		+3.7	+3.9	+.227
Rasheed Wallace	4	39.5	14.5	1.8	3.0	4.8	2.8	0.5	0.5	1.3	4.0	5.8	11.8	.489	1.0	1.3	.800	2.0	4.0	.500

Season 4
	Yao Ming	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2005-06	1998-99
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did not play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+8	+5.3	+9.5	+1.4	+3.8	+5.3	+0.3	+0.5	+0.5	-1.0	-0.2	+3.3	+6.1	+.011	+0.3	+0.6		+3.2	+3.2	+.121
Rasheed Wallace	49	28.9	12.8	1.2	3.8	4.9	1.2	1.0	1.1	1.6	3.6	4.9	9.7	.508	0.3	0.6	.419	2.7	3.7	.732
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	13	36.0	14.8	1.3	3.5	4.8	1.5	1.5	0.8	1.2	3.8	5.8	11.2	.514	0.1	0.7	.111	3.2	4.5	.724

Season 5
	Yao Ming	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2006-07	1999-00
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West 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:	+33	+1.3	+8.6	+0.5	+1.9	+2.4	+0.2	+0.7	+0.7	-1.6	-0.6	+2.1	+4.2	+.003	+0.1	+0.6		+4.5	+4.5	+.158
Rasheed Wallace	81	35.1	16.4	1.6	5.4	7.0	1.8	1.1	1.3	1.9	2.7	6.7	12.9	.519	0.1	0.6	.160	2.9	4.1	.704
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:	+9	+0.8	+7.2	+1.4	+2.5	+3.9	+0.9	+0.8	+0.6	-3.3	-0.6	+1.0	+3.8	+.049	+0.5	+0.8		+5.8	+6.0	+.107
Rasheed Wallace	16	37.9	17.9	1.9	4.5	6.4	1.8	0.9	1.3	1.4	3.3	6.9	14.1	.489	0.5	0.8	.615	3.6	4.7	.773

Season 6
	Yao Ming	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2007-08	2000-01
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+22	+1.0	+2.8	+1.2	+1.8	+3.0	+0.5	+0.7	+0.2	-1.2	-0.4	+0.2	+0.2	+.006	+0.7	+2.1		+3.1	+3.2	+.084
Rasheed Wallace	77	38.2	19.2	1.9	5.9	7.8	2.8	1.2	1.8	2.1	2.7	7.7	15.3	.501	0.7	2.1	.321	3.2	4.2	.766
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	3	42.7	16.7	1.7	6.3	8.0	2.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	3.0	6.3	17.0	.373	1.3	3.7	.364	2.7	4.7	.571

Season 7
	Yao Ming	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2008-09	2001-02
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Trail Blazers 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:	+2	+3.9	+0.4	+0.9	+0.8	+1.7	+0.1	+0.9	+0.6	-1.3	-0.6	+0.2	+2.9	+.079	+1.4	+4.0		+2.4	+2.2	+.132
Rasheed Wallace	79	37.5	19.3	1.7	6.4	8.2	1.9	1.3	1.3	1.7	2.7	7.6	16.3	.469	1.4	4.0	.360	2.5	3.5	.734
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:	+6	+5.8	+8.2	+1.2	+0.2	+1.4	+0.7	+0.3	+0.5	-1.2	-1.0	+3.3	+12.0	+.139	+2.3	+5.7		+0.8	+0.4	+.089
Rasheed Wallace	3	41.7	25.3	3.3	9.0	12.3	1.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	4.0	9.3	23.0	.406	2.3	5.7	.412	4.3	5.3	.813

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

Season 8
	Yao Ming	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2010-11	2002-03
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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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:	+69	+18.1	+7.9	+0.1	+1.9	+2.0	+1.3	+0.9	+0.6	-0.5	-0.4	+3.4	+7.4	+.015	+1.5	+4.1		+0.3	+0.5	+.203
Rasheed Wallace	74	36.3	18.1	1.5	5.9	7.4	2.1	0.9	1.0	1.9	3.0	7.0	14.8	.471	1.5	4.1	.358	2.7	3.7	.735
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	7	37.1	17.4	1.4	3.7	5.1	2.6	0.6	0.7	0.9	3.7	6.3	13.9	.454	2.0	5.0	.400	2.9	4.0	.714

Additional Years
* Rasheed Wallace played 8 seasons more than Yao Ming in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 16, from 2004 to 2013—Rasheed Wallace played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 8 extra years over Yao Ming, Rasheed Wallace got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game