Andre Miller vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Andre Miller, 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.

Andre Miller played 17 years in the NBA, 9 more than Yao Ming, who played 8. Andre Miller had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Yao Ming had his rookie season in 2002-03. 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
Andre Miller	17	11	1999-00 to 2015-16
Yao Ming	8	4	2002-03 to 2010-11

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Andre Miller	Yao Ming
Season	1999-00	2002-03
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Andre Miller	82	25.5	11.1	1.0	2.4	3.4	5.8	1.0	0.2	2.0	2.4	4.1	9.2	.449	0.1	0.6	.204	2.8	3.6	.774
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

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


Season 2
	Andre Miller	Yao Ming
Season	2000-01	2003-04
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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		%
Andre Miller	82	34.7	15.8	1.1	3.2	4.4	8.0	1.5	0.3	3.2	2.8	5.5	12.2	.452	0.2	0.8	.266	4.6	5.5	.833
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 3
	Andre Miller	Yao Ming
Season	2001-02	2004-05
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Assists Leader	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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		%
Andre Miller	81	37.3	16.5	1.3	3.3	4.7	10.9	1.6	0.4	3.0	2.8	5.9	12.9	.454	0.3	1.1	.253	4.5	5.5	.817
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 4
	Andre Miller	Yao Ming
Season	2002-03	2005-06
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Andre Miller	80	36.4	13.6	1.1	2.9	4.0	6.7	1.2	0.1	2.6	2.5	4.7	11.6	.406	0.3	1.4	.213	3.9	4.9	.795
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

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


Season 5
	Andre Miller	Yao Ming
Season	2003-04	2006-07
Team	Denver Nuggets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets 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		%
Andre Miller	82	34.6	14.8	1.5	2.9	4.5	6.1	1.7	0.3	2.6	2.4	5.2	11.5	.457	0.1	0.8	.185	4.2	5.0	.832
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	5	35.0	15.4	3.0	1.6	4.6	3.2	1.6	0.0	2.0	3.2	6.8	14.4	.472	0.0	0.4	.000	1.8	2.2	.818
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


Season 6
	Andre Miller	Yao Ming
Season	2004-05	2007-08
Team	Denver Nuggets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Andre Miller	82	34.8	13.6	1.2	2.9	4.1	6.9	1.5	0.1	2.7	2.5	5.2	10.9	.477	0.1	0.5	.154	3.1	3.7	.838
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	5	37.2	16.2	1.8	3.4	5.2	5.2	2.0	0.2	2.4	4.4	5.6	13.2	.424	0.4	0.8	.500	4.6	6.4	.719
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Andre Miller	Yao Ming
Season	2005-06	2008-09
Team	Denver Nuggets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets 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		%
Andre Miller	82	35.8	13.7	1.1	3.2	4.3	8.2	1.3	0.2	3.1	2.6	4.9	10.6	.463	0.1	0.3	.185	3.8	5.2	.738
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	5	36.4	16.4	1.6	2.8	4.4	7.2	1.0	0.2	3.2	2.4	6.8	15.4	.442	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.4	.824
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

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


Season 8
	Andre Miller	Yao Ming
Season	2006-07	2010-11
Team	Denver Nuggets, Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Andre Miller	80	37.1	13.4	1.2	3.2	4.4	7.8	1.4	0.1	2.8	2.3	5.3	11.4	.466	0.1	0.4	.143	2.8	3.5	.784
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

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


Season 9
	Andre Miller	Yao Ming
Season	2007-08	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Andre Miller	82	36.8	17.0	1.2	2.8	4.0	6.9	1.3	0.1	2.5	2.2	6.9	14.1	.492	0.0	0.4	.088	3.1	4.1	.772
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	6	38.2	15.3	1.2	2.0	3.2	3.3	0.8	0.0	2.3	2.0	6.5	14.8	.438	0.0	0.5	.000	2.3	3.7	.636
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Andre Miller	Yao Ming
Season	2008-09	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Andre Miller	82	36.3	16.3	1.5	3.0	4.5	6.5	1.3	0.2	2.4	2.4	6.0	12.7	.473	0.2	0.6	.283	4.1	5.0	.826
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	6	43.0	21.2	1.5	4.8	6.3	5.3	1.2	0.2	3.2	2.8	8.0	16.8	.475	0.5	1.7	.300	4.7	5.7	.824
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Andre Miller	Yao Ming
Season	2009-10	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Andre Miller	82	30.5	14.0	1.0	2.3	3.2	5.4	1.1	0.1	2.1	2.1	4.9	11.1	.445	0.2	1.0	.200	3.9	4.8	.821
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	6	35.0	15.7	0.8	2.3	3.2	6.0	1.2	0.2	3.2	2.0	5.0	12.3	.405	0.5	1.2	.429	5.2	6.7	.775
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Andre Miller	Yao Ming
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Andre Miller	81	32.7	12.7	1.2	2.5	3.7	7.0	1.4	0.1	2.4	2.1	4.8	10.4	.460	0.0	0.5	.108	3.1	3.6	.853
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	6	32.3	14.8	0.8	2.3	3.2	5.5	0.3	0.0	2.2	2.8	5.5	11.2	.493	0.7	1.7	.400	3.2	4.0	.792
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Andre Miller	Yao Ming
Season	2011-12	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Andre Miller	66	27.4	9.7	0.8	2.5	3.3	6.7	1.0	0.1	2.7	2.0	3.7	8.4	.438	0.3	1.3	.217	2.1	2.6	.811
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	7	28.6	11.3	2.0	3.6	5.6	6.0	1.3	0.1	2.4	2.7	4.4	10.4	.425	0.6	1.0	.571	1.9	2.1	.867
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Andre Miller	Yao Ming
Season	2012-13	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Andre Miller	82	26.2	9.6	0.7	2.2	2.9	5.9	0.9	0.1	2.1	1.9	3.7	7.7	.479	0.2	0.8	.266	2.0	2.4	.840
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	6	25.7	14.0	1.8	1.5	3.3	3.8	0.3	0.0	2.7	1.3	4.8	11.5	.420	0.8	1.8	.455	3.5	4.5	.778
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Andre Miller	Yao Ming
Season	2013-14	-
Team	Denver Nuggets, Washington Wizards	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Wizards 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		%
Andre Miller	58	16.9	4.9	0.5	1.8	2.2	3.4	0.6	0.2	1.1	1.3	1.8	4.0	.459	0.2	0.4	.524	1.0	1.3	.779
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	11	9.8	4.0	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.1	1.7	3.7	.463	0.1	0.3	.333	0.5	0.8	.556
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Andre Miller	Yao Ming
Season	2014-15	-
Team	Washington Wizards, Sacramento Kings	-
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		%
Andre Miller	81	15.5	4.4	0.5	1.4	1.9	3.5	0.4	0.1	1.3	1.3	1.8	3.6	.500	0.1	0.4	.206	0.7	1.0	.753
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 17
	Andre Miller	Yao Ming
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Andre Miller	39	11.8	3.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.2	0.4	0.0	0.9	1.2	1.5	2.7	.557	0.1	0.2	.250	0.6	0.8	.750
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andre Miller	5	7.0	1.8	0.4	0.6	1.0	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.6	1.4	.429	0.2	0.6	.333	0.4	0.4	1.000
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Andre Miller vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Andre Miller, 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

Season 16

Season 17