DeMarre Carroll vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and DeMarre Carroll, 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.

DeMarre Carroll played 11 years in the NBA, 3 more than Yao Ming, who played 8. DeMarre Carroll had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, 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
DeMarre Carroll	11	7	2009-10 to 2019-20
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


Rookie Season
	DeMarre Carroll	Yao Ming
Season	2009-10	2002-03
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
DeMarre Carroll	71	11.2	2.9	0.7	1.4	2.1	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.3	1.5	1.2	3.1	.396	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.7	.623
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		%
DeMarre Carroll	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	DeMarre Carroll	Yao Ming
Season	2010-11	2003-04
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Houston Rockets	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		%
DeMarre Carroll	12	4.2	0.8	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	1.000
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		%
DeMarre Carroll	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	DeMarre Carroll	Yao Ming
Season	2011-12	2004-05
Team	Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
DeMarre Carroll	24	14.5	4.5	1.2	1.0	2.2	0.8	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.5	1.8	4.4	.410	0.3	0.8	.368	0.6	0.7	.875
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		%
DeMarre Carroll	4	18.3	4.8	1.8	2.0	3.8	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.8	2.3	2.3	4.8	.474	0.3	1.3	.200	0.0	0.0	-
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
	DeMarre Carroll	Yao Ming
Season	2012-13	2005-06
Team	Utah Jazz	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		%
DeMarre Carroll	66	16.8	6.0	1.3	1.5	2.8	0.9	0.9	0.4	0.5	1.8	2.3	4.9	.460	0.3	1.1	.286	1.1	1.5	.765
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		%
DeMarre Carroll	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	DeMarre Carroll	Yao Ming
Season	2013-14	2006-07
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East 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		%
DeMarre Carroll	73	32.1	11.1	1.5	4.1	5.5	1.8	1.5	0.3	1.1	2.6	4.1	8.8	.470	1.3	3.7	.362	1.5	1.9	.773
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		%
DeMarre Carroll	7	35.1	8.9	1.7	3.1	4.9	1.6	0.7	0.4	1.1	3.0	3.3	7.0	.469	1.3	3.1	.409	1.0	1.6	.636
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
	DeMarre Carroll	Yao Ming
Season	2014-15	2007-08
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
DeMarre Carroll	70	31.3	12.6	1.4	3.9	5.3	1.7	1.3	0.2	1.1	2.2	4.5	9.3	.487	1.7	4.3	.395	1.8	2.6	.702
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		%
DeMarre Carroll	16	34.9	14.6	1.6	4.4	6.1	2.0	1.1	0.3	0.9	2.3	5.4	11.1	.486	1.8	4.5	.403	2.0	2.6	.780
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	DeMarre Carroll	Yao Ming
Season	2015-16	2008-09
Team	Toronto Raptors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
DeMarre Carroll	26	30.2	11.0	1.2	3.5	4.7	1.0	1.7	0.2	1.1	2.4	4.0	10.4	.389	1.8	4.5	.390	1.2	1.9	.600
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		%
DeMarre Carroll	20	29.8	8.9	1.2	2.9	4.1	0.9	0.9	0.4	0.9	3.1	3.1	8.0	.390	1.3	4.0	.329	1.4	1.8	.750
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
	DeMarre Carroll	Yao Ming
Season	2016-17	2010-11
Team	Toronto Raptors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors 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		%
DeMarre Carroll	72	26.1	8.9	0.9	2.9	3.8	1.0	1.1	0.4	0.8	2.0	3.1	7.6	.400	1.5	4.4	.341	1.2	1.6	.761
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		%
DeMarre Carroll	10	15.5	4.2	0.4	2.3	2.7	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.5	1.3	1.5	3.7	.405	0.7	2.2	.318	0.5	0.9	.556
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	DeMarre Carroll	Yao Ming
Season	2017-18	-
Team	Brooklyn Nets	-
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		%
DeMarre Carroll	73	29.9	13.5	1.4	5.1	6.6	2.0	0.8	0.4	1.4	2.3	4.5	10.8	.414	2.0	5.4	.371	2.6	3.4	.764
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 10
	DeMarre Carroll	Yao Ming
Season	2018-19	-
Team	Brooklyn Nets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
DeMarre Carroll	67	25.4	11.1	1.0	4.2	5.2	1.3	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.7	3.4	8.6	.395	1.6	4.6	.342	2.7	3.6	.760
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarre Carroll	5	23.8	6.6	1.2	2.8	4.0	0.4	0.8	0.0	0.6	1.6	1.8	7.6	.237	1.4	4.8	.292	1.6	1.6	1.000
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	DeMarre Carroll	Yao Ming
Season	2019-20	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
DeMarre Carroll	24	12.1	3.6	0.5	1.8	2.3	1.0	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.3	1.0	2.8	.379	0.3	1.4	.242	1.2	1.8	.690
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarre Carroll	2	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

DeMarre Carroll vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and DeMarre Carroll, 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