D.J. Augustin vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and D.J. Augustin, 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.

D.J. Augustin played 14 years in the NBA, 6 more than Yao Ming, who played 8. D.J. Augustin had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, 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
D.J. Augustin	14	5	2008-09 to 2021-22
Yao Ming	8	4	2002-03 to 2010-11

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	D.J. Augustin	Yao Ming
Season	2008-09	2002-03
Team	Charlotte Bobcats	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second 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		%
D.J. Augustin	72	26.5	11.8	0.2	1.6	1.8	3.5	0.6	0.0	1.7	1.9	3.7	8.6	.430	1.5	3.4	.439	2.9	3.2	.893
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		%
D.J. Augustin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	D.J. Augustin	Yao Ming
Season	2009-10	2003-04
Team	Charlotte Bobcats	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bobcats 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		%
D.J. Augustin	80	18.4	6.4	0.1	1.1	1.2	2.4	0.6	0.1	0.9	1.6	2.1	5.4	.386	0.9	2.2	.393	1.3	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		%
D.J. Augustin	4	18.3	4.3	0.3	0.8	1.0	1.8	0.3	0.3	1.0	1.0	1.3	4.3	.294	0.5	1.5	.333	1.3	1.5	.833
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
	D.J. Augustin	Yao Ming
Season	2010-11	2004-05
Team	Charlotte Bobcats	Houston Rockets
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		%
D.J. Augustin	82	33.6	14.4	0.5	2.3	2.7	6.1	0.7	0.0	1.9	1.9	4.9	11.7	.416	1.4	4.1	.333	3.3	3.6	.906
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		%
D.J. Augustin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	D.J. Augustin	Yao Ming
Season	2011-12	2005-06
Team	Charlotte Bobcats	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		%
D.J. Augustin	48	29.3	11.1	0.5	1.8	2.3	6.4	0.8	0.0	2.3	1.4	3.8	10.1	.376	1.3	3.7	.341	2.2	2.5	.875
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		%
D.J. Augustin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	D.J. Augustin	Yao Ming
Season	2012-13	2006-07
Team	Indiana Pacers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 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		%
D.J. Augustin	76	16.1	4.7	0.3	0.9	1.2	2.2	0.4	0.0	0.9	0.8	1.4	3.9	.350	0.9	2.5	.353	1.1	1.3	.838
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		%
D.J. Augustin	19	16.6	5.2	0.1	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.4	1.4	3.7	.380	1.0	2.5	.396	1.3	1.6	.806
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
	D.J. Augustin	Yao Ming
Season	2013-14	2007-08
Team	Toronto Raptors, Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
D.J. Augustin	71	27.3	13.1	0.2	1.6	1.8	4.4	0.7	0.0	1.8	2.1	4.2	10.1	.415	1.9	4.7	.401	2.8	3.2	.885
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		%
D.J. Augustin	5	28.2	13.2	0.8	0.8	1.6	4.8	0.6	0.0	1.8	3.2	4.2	14.4	.292	1.4	5.2	.269	3.4	3.8	.895
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	D.J. Augustin	Yao Ming
Season	2014-15	2008-09
Team	Detroit Pistons, Oklahoma City Thunder	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		%
D.J. Augustin	82	24.0	9.5	0.2	1.7	2.0	4.3	0.6	0.0	1.8	1.1	3.1	7.9	.399	1.0	3.0	.337	2.2	2.5	.868
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		%
D.J. Augustin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	D.J. Augustin	Yao Ming
Season	2015-16	2010-11
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder, Denver Nuggets	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		%
D.J. Augustin	62	19.0	7.5	0.1	1.4	1.5	3.2	0.6	0.1	1.4	1.4	2.4	5.6	.423	1.1	2.7	.405	1.7	2.1	.805
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		%
D.J. Augustin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	D.J. Augustin	Yao Ming
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Orlando Magic	-
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		%
D.J. Augustin	78	19.7	7.9	0.2	1.3	1.5	2.7	0.4	0.0	1.2	1.3	2.5	6.6	.377	1.2	3.5	.347	1.7	2.1	.814
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D.J. Augustin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	D.J. Augustin	Yao Ming
Season	2017-18	-
Team	Orlando Magic	-
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		%
D.J. Augustin	75	23.5	10.2	0.4	1.7	2.1	3.8	0.7	0.0	1.6	1.3	3.3	7.2	.452	1.5	3.6	.419	2.2	2.5	.868
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D.J. Augustin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	D.J. Augustin	Yao Ming
Season	2018-19	-
Team	Orlando Magic	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
D.J. Augustin	81	28.0	11.7	0.5	2.0	2.5	5.3	0.6	0.0	1.6	1.4	3.9	8.4	.470	1.6	3.8	.421	2.2	2.6	.866
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D.J. Augustin	5	28.2	12.8	0.2	1.4	1.6	3.8	0.4	0.2	1.4	1.4	4.0	8.2	.488	2.0	4.2	.476	2.8	3.2	.875
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	D.J. Augustin	Yao Ming
Season	2019-20	-
Team	Orlando Magic	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
D.J. Augustin	57	24.9	10.5	0.4	1.8	2.1	4.6	0.6	0.0	1.5	1.3	3.2	8.1	.399	1.2	3.5	.348	2.8	3.2	.890
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D.J. Augustin	5	25.6	13.2	0.0	2.0	2.0	6.0	0.2	0.0	2.4	1.2	3.6	9.2	.391	1.6	3.4	.471	4.4	4.6	.957
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	D.J. Augustin	Yao Ming
Season	2020-21	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Houston Rockets	-
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		%
D.J. Augustin	57	19.8	7.7	0.4	1.3	1.6	3.3	0.5	0.0	1.1	1.0	2.4	6.0	.394	1.5	3.8	.382	1.5	1.6	.904
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D.J. Augustin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	D.J. Augustin	Yao Ming
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers	-
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		%
D.J. Augustin	55	16.1	5.3	0.2	1.0	1.2	1.9	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.7	1.7	4.0	.423	1.2	3.0	.415	0.7	0.8	.884
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
D.J. Augustin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

D.J. Augustin vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and D.J. Augustin, 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