Chris Childs vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Chris Childs, 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.

Chris Childs played 9 years in the NBA, 1 more than Yao Ming, who played 8. Chris Childs had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9
Rookie Season
	Chris Childs	Yao Ming
Season	1994-95	2002-03
Team	New Jersey Nets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	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		%
Chris Childs	53	19.3	5.8	0.3	1.0	1.3	4.1	0.8	0.1	1.4	2.2	2.0	5.3	.380	0.8	2.4	.328	1.0	1.4	.753
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		%
Chris Childs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Chris Childs	Yao Ming
Season	1995-96	2003-04
Team	New Jersey Nets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	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		%
Chris Childs	78	30.9	12.8	0.7	2.5	3.1	7.0	1.4	0.1	2.9	3.2	4.2	10.0	.416	1.2	3.3	.367	3.3	3.9	.852
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		%
Chris Childs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Chris Childs	Yao Ming
Season	1996-97	2004-05
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Chris Childs	65	31.9	9.3	0.3	2.6	2.9	6.1	1.2	0.2	2.8	3.3	3.2	7.8	.414	1.1	2.8	.387	1.7	2.3	.758
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		%
Chris Childs	10	32.8	10.4	0.9	4.0	4.9	5.9	2.0	0.0	2.8	3.9	3.8	8.7	.437	0.9	2.6	.346	1.9	2.3	.826
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
	Chris Childs	Yao Ming
Season	1997-98	2005-06
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Chris Childs	68	23.5	6.3	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.9	0.8	0.1	1.5	2.6	2.2	5.2	.421	0.4	1.3	.310	1.5	1.9	.825
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		%
Chris Childs	10	25.5	6.3	0.5	2.0	2.5	3.3	0.6	0.0	2.3	2.9	2.4	5.8	.414	0.4	1.3	.308	1.1	1.5	.733
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Chris Childs	Yao Ming
Season	1998-99	2006-07
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Chris Childs	48	27.0	6.8	0.4	2.4	2.8	4.0	0.9	0.0	1.8	3.3	2.4	5.6	.427	0.8	2.0	.383	1.3	1.6	.821
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		%
Chris Childs	20	24.7	4.7	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.7	0.7	0.1	1.5	3.2	1.7	4.7	.355	0.5	1.4	.321	1.0	1.3	.731
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
	Chris Childs	Yao Ming
Season	1999-00	2007-08
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Chris Childs	71	23.6	5.3	0.2	1.8	2.1	4.0	0.5	0.1	1.5	3.4	2.1	5.0	.409	0.5	1.5	.356	0.7	0.8	.797
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		%
Chris Childs	16	20.9	5.4	0.1	2.3	2.3	2.4	0.4	0.0	0.9	3.3	1.7	4.4	.386	0.6	1.8	.321	1.5	1.8	.857
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Chris Childs	Yao Ming
Season	2000-01	2008-09
Team	New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors 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		%
Chris Childs	77	24.1	4.7	0.3	2.3	2.6	4.6	0.8	0.2	2.0	3.1	1.8	4.4	.403	0.4	1.4	.302	0.8	0.9	.845
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		%
Chris Childs	12	31.6	9.1	0.2	3.0	3.2	6.5	1.0	0.3	2.9	4.0	3.1	7.5	.411	1.3	3.0	.417	1.7	1.9	.870
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
	Chris Childs	Yao Ming
Season	2001-02	2010-11
Team	Toronto Raptors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors 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		%
Chris Childs	69	22.8	4.1	0.3	2.0	2.2	5.1	0.8	0.1	1.8	2.6	1.4	4.3	.328	0.5	1.7	.275	0.8	1.0	.817
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		%
Chris Childs	5	32.8	11.8	0.4	3.4	3.8	7.4	0.8	0.0	4.0	3.0	4.2	10.8	.389	1.6	3.4	.471	1.8	2.0	.900
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-