Mahdi Abdul-Rahman vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Mahdi Abdul-Rahman, 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.

Mahdi Abdul-Rahman played 10 years in the NBA, 2 more than Yao Ming, who played 8. Mahdi Abdul-Rahman had the first of his seasons in 1964-65, 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
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Rookie Season
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	Yao Ming
Season	1964-65	2002-03
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	66	13.9	4.2	-	-	1.7	2.1	-	-	-	2.0	1.8	4.6	.382	-	-	-	0.7	1.1	.648
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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	7	16.9	7.6	-	-	2.6	4.3	-	-	-	2.6	2.7	8.1	.333	-	-	-	2.1	2.9	.750
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	Yao Ming
Season	1965-66	2003-04
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	80	27.5	13.7	-	-	2.7	4.9	-	-	-	2.8	5.7	12.5	.457	-	-	-	2.3	3.2	.708
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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	14	24.3	11.9	-	-	2.9	3.1	-	-	-	2.9	5.0	10.1	.493	-	-	-	1.9	3.0	.619
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
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	Yao Ming
Season	1966-67	2004-05
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div 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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	79	20.8	9.3	-	-	2.9	4.1	-	-	-	2.6	3.8	8.9	.426	-	-	-	1.6	2.2	.729
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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	3	28.7	6.7	-	-	2.7	5.3	-	-	-	3.7	2.0	8.3	.240	-	-	-	2.7	3.3	.800
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
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	Yao Ming
Season	1967-68	2005-06
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	79	33.7	24.0	-	-	4.2	6.2	-	-	-	3.1	9.3	21.0	.441	-	-	-	5.4	7.0	.774
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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	Yao Ming
Season	1968-69	2006-07
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	80	30.3	11.2	-	-	3.3	5.9	-	-	-	3.3	4.3	10.9	.397	-	-	-	2.6	3.7	.707
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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	11	32.7	14.0	-	-	3.0	3.9	-	-	-	3.5	4.8	12.3	.393	-	-	-	4.4	5.5	.787
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
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	Yao Ming
Season	1969-70	2007-08
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	82	33.6	15.3	-	-	4.0	6.8	-	-	-	3.2	6.0	12.9	.467	-	-	-	3.3	4.0	.809
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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	7	36.4	21.4	-	-	3.4	7.7	-	-	-	3.3	9.3	18.6	.500	-	-	-	2.9	4.6	.625
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	Yao Ming
Season	1970-71	2008-09
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	82	35.1	16.5	-	-	3.7	6.3	-	-	-	3.4	6.3	13.7	.459	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.759
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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	5	40.4	14.0	-	-	5.0	5.4	-	-	-	4.4	5.0	15.2	.329	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.800
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
	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	Yao Ming
Season	1971-72	2010-11
Team	Buffalo Braves	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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	72	33.2	15.8	-	-	3.0	5.6	-	-	-	3.2	6.3	13.9	.451	-	-	-	3.3	4.2	.782
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		%
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-