Archie Clark vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Archie Clark, 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.

Archie Clark played 10 years in the NBA, 2 more than Yao Ming, who played 8. Archie Clark had the first of his seasons in 1966-67, 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Archie Clark	Yao Ming
Season	1966-67	2002-03
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	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		%
Archie Clark	76	23.2	10.5	-	-	2.9	2.7	-	-	-	2.5	4.4	9.6	.452	-	-	-	1.8	2.5	.708
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		%
Archie Clark	3	41.7	25.7	-	-	4.3	5.0	-	-	-	3.7	10.7	20.7	.516	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.765
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Archie Clark	Yao Ming
Season	1967-68	2003-04
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Archie Clark	81	37.5	19.9	-	-	4.2	4.4	-	-	-	2.9	7.8	16.2	.480	-	-	-	4.4	5.9	.740
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		%
Archie Clark	15	35.2	15.3	-	-	3.1	4.0	-	-	-	2.8	5.9	13.7	.427	-	-	-	3.5	4.6	.768
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
	Archie Clark	Yao Ming
Season	1968-69	2004-05
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Archie Clark	82	26.1	13.5	-	-	3.2	3.6	-	-	-	2.3	5.4	11.3	.478	-	-	-	2.7	3.8	.697
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		%
Archie Clark	5	37.0	19.4	-	-	3.8	4.4	-	-	-	3.4	8.0	15.4	.519	-	-	-	3.4	3.8	.895
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
	Archie Clark	Yao Ming
Season	1969-70	2005-06
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Archie Clark	76	36.5	19.7	-	-	4.0	5.0	-	-	-	2.6	7.8	15.8	.496	-	-	-	4.1	5.2	.785
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		%
Archie Clark	5	29.2	13.6	-	-	2.8	3.6	-	-	-	2.0	5.2	12.0	.433	-	-	-	3.2	4.4	.727
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Archie Clark	Yao Ming
Season	1970-71	2006-07
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Archie Clark	82	39.6	21.3	-	-	4.8	5.4	-	-	-	2.6	8.1	16.3	.496	-	-	-	5.1	6.5	.787
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		%
Archie Clark	7	42.1	23.6	-	-	4.1	4.9	-	-	-	3.0	9.4	19.9	.475	-	-	-	4.7	6.4	.733
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
	Archie Clark	Yao Ming
Season	1971-72	2007-08
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Baltimore Bullets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Archie Clark	77	42.7	25.2	-	-	3.5	8.0	-	-	-	2.5	9.2	19.7	.470	-	-	-	6.7	8.7	.771
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		%
Archie Clark	6	45.2	26.7	-	-	4.0	7.8	-	-	-	2.5	9.2	21.0	.437	-	-	-	8.3	9.8	.847
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Archie Clark	Yao Ming
Season	1972-73	2008-09
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Archie Clark	39	37.9	18.3	-	-	3.3	7.1	-	-	-	2.8	7.7	15.3	.507	-	-	-	2.8	3.5	.810
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		%
Archie Clark	5	42.8	21.2	-	-	3.4	5.2	-	-	-	4.0	9.2	18.4	.500	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.778
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
	Archie Clark	Yao Ming
Season	1973-74	2010-11
Team	Capital Bullets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Archie Clark	56	31.9	13.1	0.8	1.7	2.5	5.1	1.1	0.1	-	2.2	5.6	12.1	.467	-	-	-	1.8	2.3	.786
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		%
Archie Clark	7	23.1	7.3	0.4	1.4	1.9	2.1	0.7	0.0	-	1.9	2.9	8.4	.339	-	-	-	1.6	2.9	.550
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-