Eddie Jones vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Eddie Jones, 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.

Eddie Jones played 14 years in the NBA, 6 more than Yao Ming, who played 8. Eddie Jones 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Eddie Jones	14	11	1994-95 to 2007-08
Yao Ming	8	4	2002-03 to 2010-11

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Eddie Jones	Yao Ming
Season	1994-95	2002-03
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Eddie Jones	64	31.0	14.0	1.2	2.7	3.9	2.0	2.0	0.6	1.2	2.7	5.3	11.6	.460	1.4	3.8	.370	1.9	2.6	.722
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		%
Eddie Jones	10	28.6	8.7	0.7	2.5	3.2	2.0	0.8	0.9	1.7	2.7	3.0	8.0	.375	1.2	2.7	.444	1.5	2.1	.714
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Eddie Jones	Yao Ming
Season	1995-96	2003-04
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Eddie Jones	70	31.2	12.8	0.6	2.7	3.3	3.5	1.8	0.6	1.4	2.3	4.8	9.8	.492	1.2	3.2	.366	1.9	2.6	.739
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		%
Eddie Jones	4	38.8	17.3	1.8	3.5	5.3	1.5	2.0	0.3	1.0	4.0	6.8	12.3	.551	2.5	4.8	.526	1.3	2.0	.625
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
	Eddie Jones	Yao Ming
Season	1996-97	2004-05
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Eddie Jones	80	37.5	17.2	1.1	3.0	4.1	3.4	2.4	0.6	2.1	2.8	5.9	13.5	.438	1.9	4.9	.391	3.5	4.2	.819
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		%
Eddie Jones	9	31.6	11.2	0.9	2.6	3.4	3.2	1.0	0.4	1.4	2.7	3.7	8.0	.458	1.0	2.7	.375	2.9	3.9	.743
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
	Eddie Jones	Yao Ming
Season	1997-98	2005-06
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Eddie Jones	80	36.4	16.9	1.1	2.7	3.8	3.1	2.0	0.7	1.8	2.1	6.1	12.6	.484	1.8	4.6	.389	2.9	3.8	.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		%
Eddie Jones	13	36.6	17.0	0.9	3.0	3.9	2.5	2.0	1.6	1.3	2.8	5.3	11.4	.466	1.5	3.7	.417	4.8	5.8	.829
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Eddie Jones	Yao Ming
Season	1998-99	2006-07
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Charlotte Hornets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second 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		%
Eddie Jones	50	37.6	15.6	1.0	2.9	3.9	3.7	2.5	1.2	1.9	2.6	5.2	11.9	.437	1.0	2.8	.338	4.2	5.4	.782
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		%
Eddie Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Eddie Jones	Yao Ming
Season	1999-00	2007-08
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets 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		%
Eddie Jones	72	39.0	20.1	1.1	3.6	4.8	4.2	2.7	0.7	2.2	2.4	6.6	15.5	.427	1.8	4.7	.375	5.0	5.8	.864
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		%
Eddie Jones	4	42.8	17.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	4.8	2.5	0.8	1.3	3.0	5.5	14.5	.379	2.3	6.5	.346	3.8	4.0	.938
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Eddie Jones	Yao Ming
Season	2000-01	2008-09
Team	Miami Heat	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Eddie Jones	63	36.2	17.4	1.2	3.4	4.6	2.7	1.7	0.9	2.1	2.9	6.2	13.8	.445	1.4	3.8	.378	3.6	4.3	.844
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		%
Eddie Jones	3	36.0	19.0	0.7	5.3	6.0	2.3	1.0	0.3	2.3	3.0	7.3	14.7	.500	2.3	5.3	.438	2.0	2.3	.857
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
	Eddie Jones	Yao Ming
Season	2001-02	2010-11
Team	Miami Heat	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		%
Eddie Jones	81	39.0	18.3	0.8	3.9	4.7	3.2	1.4	1.0	1.8	3.2	6.4	14.8	.432	1.8	4.7	.390	3.7	4.4	.837
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		%
Eddie Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Eddie Jones	Yao Ming
Season	2002-03	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
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		%
Eddie Jones	47	38.1	18.5	0.7	4.1	4.8	3.7	1.4	0.7	1.8	2.9	6.2	14.6	.423	2.1	5.1	.407	4.0	4.9	.822
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 10
	Eddie Jones	Yao Ming
Season	2003-04	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East 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		%
Eddie Jones	81	37.0	17.3	0.5	3.3	3.8	3.2	1.1	0.4	1.6	2.8	5.8	14.3	.409	2.2	5.9	.370	3.4	4.1	.835
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eddie Jones	13	37.0	13.2	0.2	3.4	3.6	2.2	1.4	0.8	1.5	2.8	4.3	11.8	.366	1.5	5.2	.299	3.1	3.8	.800
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Eddie Jones	Yao Ming
Season	2004-05	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eddie Jones	80	35.5	12.7	0.5	4.6	5.1	2.7	1.1	0.5	1.2	3.1	4.4	10.3	.428	1.8	4.8	.372	2.2	2.7	.806
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eddie Jones	15	40.3	13.7	0.7	5.1	5.8	2.6	1.2	0.6	1.5	3.8	4.7	10.4	.455	2.1	5.3	.400	2.1	2.8	.738
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Eddie Jones	Yao Ming
Season	2005-06	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
Eddie Jones	75	32.5	11.8	0.5	3.3	3.7	2.4	1.7	0.4	1.2	2.7	3.9	9.6	.404	1.8	5.0	.356	2.2	2.9	.781
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eddie Jones	4	29.8	10.3	0.8	2.0	2.8	2.5	0.8	0.3	0.3	2.5	3.5	7.3	.483	0.8	1.8	.429	2.5	3.8	.667
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Eddie Jones	Yao Ming
Season	2006-07	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Eddie Jones	64	24.9	7.7	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.7	1.1	0.2	0.7	1.9	2.8	6.6	.422	1.2	3.5	.351	0.9	1.2	.787
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eddie Jones	3	22.0	3.3	0.3	1.7	2.0	1.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.3	0.7	3.0	.222	0.3	2.0	.167	1.7	2.0	.833
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Eddie Jones	Yao Ming
Season	2007-08	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Eddie Jones	47	19.6	3.7	0.4	2.4	2.8	1.5	0.6	0.2	0.6	1.5	1.4	3.8	.367	0.7	2.5	.293	0.2	0.3	.714
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eddie Jones	3	7.3	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.7	2.0	.333	0.3	1.3	.250	0.3	0.3	1.000
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Eddie Jones vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Eddie Jones, 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