Charlie Criss vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Charlie Criss, 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

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.

Charlie Criss and Yao Ming both played 8 years in the NBA. Charlie Criss had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, 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
Charlie Criss	8	4	1977-78 to 1984-85
Yao Ming	8	4	2002-03 to 2010-11

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Charlie Criss	Yao Ming
Season	1977-78	2002-03
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Charlie Criss	77	25.1	11.4	0.3	1.3	1.6	3.8	1.4	0.1	1.9	1.9	4.1	9.8	.425	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.797
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		%
Charlie Criss	2	32.5	13.5	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.5	2.0	0.5	2.5	2.5	5.0	12.0	.417	-	-	-	3.5	4.5	.778
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Charlie Criss	Yao Ming
Season	1978-79	2003-04
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Charlie Criss	54	16.3	5.3	0.4	0.8	1.1	2.6	0.8	0.1	1.5	1.3	2.0	5.4	.377	-	-	-	1.2	1.6	.779
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		%
Charlie Criss	9	11.0	3.7	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.6	1.3	3.2	.414	-	-	-	1.0	1.1	.900
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
	Charlie Criss	Yao Ming
Season	1979-80	2004-05
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Charlie Criss	81	22.1	8.3	0.3	1.1	1.4	3.0	0.9	0.0	1.6	1.6	3.1	7.1	.431	0.0	0.2	.059	2.1	2.6	.811
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		%
Charlie Criss	5	30.4	14.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	4.4	1.2	0.0	2.2	2.4	5.8	11.8	.492	0.2	0.6	.333	2.2	2.4	.917
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
	Charlie Criss	Yao Ming
Season	1980-81	2005-06
Team	Atlanta Hawks	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		%
Charlie Criss	66	25.9	9.5	0.4	1.1	1.5	4.3	0.9	0.0	2.0	1.3	3.3	7.3	.454	0.0	0.3	.048	2.8	3.2	.864
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		%
Charlie Criss	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Charlie Criss	Yao Ming
Season	1981-82	2006-07
Team	Atlanta Hawks, San Diego Clippers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second 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		%
Charlie Criss	55	25.3	10.8	0.2	1.3	1.5	3.4	0.8	0.1	1.5	1.7	4.0	9.1	.446	0.2	0.5	.345	2.6	2.9	.887
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		%
Charlie Criss	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Charlie Criss	Yao Ming
Season	1982-83	2007-08
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Charlie Criss	66	14.0	6.2	0.2	1.0	1.2	1.9	0.4	0.0	0.7	0.7	2.6	5.7	.451	0.1	0.5	.194	1.0	1.2	.895
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		%
Charlie Criss	9	12.9	5.2	0.1	1.4	1.6	1.3	1.0	0.0	0.3	1.3	1.7	3.8	.441	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.0	.944
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Charlie Criss	Yao Ming
Season	1983-84	2008-09
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Atlanta Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Charlie Criss	15	14.3	3.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.5	0.5	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.3	3.5	.385	0.1	0.4	.167	0.8	1.1	.750
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		%
Charlie Criss	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Charlie Criss	Yao Ming
Season	1984-85	2010-11
Team	Atlanta Hawks	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		%
Charlie Criss	4	28.8	4.5	0.5	3.0	3.5	5.5	0.8	0.0	2.8	1.3	1.8	4.3	.412	0.0	0.5	.000	1.0	1.5	.667
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		%
Charlie Criss	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Charlie Criss vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Charlie Criss, 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