Reggie Jackson vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Reggie Jackson, 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

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.

Reggie Jackson played 13 years in the NBA, 5 more than Yao Ming, who played 8. Reggie Jackson had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, 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
Reggie Jackson	13	8	2011-12 to 2023-24
Yao Ming	8	4	2002-03 to 2010-11

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Reggie Jackson	Yao Ming
Season	2011-12	2002-03
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	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		%
Reggie Jackson	45	11.1	3.1	0.3	0.9	1.2	1.6	0.6	0.0	0.8	0.7	1.1	3.5	.321	0.3	1.4	.210	0.6	0.6	.862
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		%
Reggie Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Reggie Jackson	Yao Ming
Season	2012-13	2003-04
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder 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		%
Reggie Jackson	70	14.2	5.3	0.3	2.1	2.4	1.7	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.2	2.1	4.6	.458	0.3	1.5	.231	0.7	0.9	.839
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		%
Reggie Jackson	11	33.5	13.9	0.4	4.5	4.9	3.6	0.5	0.5	1.9	3.1	5.2	10.8	.479	1.2	3.9	.302	2.4	2.6	.897
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
	Reggie Jackson	Yao Ming
Season	2013-14	2004-05
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West 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		%
Reggie Jackson	80	28.5	13.1	0.5	3.4	3.9	4.1	1.1	0.1	2.1	1.8	5.0	11.5	.440	1.0	3.1	.339	2.0	2.2	.893
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		%
Reggie Jackson	19	27.9	11.1	0.7	3.1	3.8	2.4	0.3	0.2	2.0	2.6	3.9	8.5	.466	1.1	2.8	.396	2.1	2.3	.886
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
	Reggie Jackson	Yao Ming
Season	2014-15	2005-06
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder, Detroit Pistons	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		%
Reggie Jackson	77	29.5	14.5	0.7	3.5	4.2	6.0	0.8	0.1	2.4	2.2	5.6	12.9	.434	0.9	3.1	.299	2.4	2.8	.830
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		%
Reggie Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Reggie Jackson	Yao Ming
Season	2015-16	2006-07
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Reggie Jackson	79	30.7	18.8	0.7	2.5	3.2	6.2	0.7	0.1	2.8	2.4	6.8	15.7	.434	1.5	4.2	.353	3.7	4.3	.864
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		%
Reggie Jackson	4	36.8	14.3	0.5	2.8	3.3	9.3	1.5	0.5	2.5	2.5	6.3	13.8	.455	0.8	4.5	.167	1.0	1.0	1.000
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
	Reggie Jackson	Yao Ming
Season	2016-17	2007-08
Team	Detroit Pistons	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		%
Reggie Jackson	52	27.4	14.5	0.4	1.8	2.2	5.2	0.7	0.1	2.2	2.5	5.5	13.0	.419	1.3	3.5	.359	2.3	2.6	.868
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		%
Reggie Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Reggie Jackson	Yao Ming
Season	2017-18	2008-09
Team	Detroit Pistons	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		%
Reggie Jackson	45	26.7	14.6	0.6	2.1	2.8	5.3	0.6	0.1	2.2	1.9	5.5	12.8	.426	1.2	3.8	.308	2.5	3.0	.836
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		%
Reggie Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Reggie Jackson	Yao Ming
Season	2018-19	2010-11
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Reggie Jackson	82	27.9	15.4	0.5	2.1	2.6	4.2	0.7	0.1	1.8	2.5	5.4	12.8	.421	2.1	5.7	.369	2.5	2.9	.864
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		%
Reggie Jackson	4	27.0	17.8	1.3	2.0	3.3	7.0	0.8	0.0	1.3	3.0	7.0	16.3	.431	2.3	5.3	.429	1.5	1.8	.857
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Reggie Jackson	Yao Ming
Season	2019-20	-
Team	Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Clippers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers 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		%
Reggie Jackson	31	24.0	11.9	0.5	2.4	3.0	4.1	0.4	0.2	1.6	1.9	4.3	10.5	.411	1.8	4.7	.393	1.5	1.7	.833
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Jackson	12	14.2	4.9	0.2	1.6	1.8	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.5	1.8	4.0	.438	1.4	2.7	.531	0.0	0.0	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Reggie Jackson	Yao Ming
Season	2020-21	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West 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		%
Reggie Jackson	67	23.0	10.7	0.4	2.5	2.9	3.1	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.9	3.9	8.7	.450	1.8	4.2	.433	1.0	1.2	.817
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Jackson	19	32.7	17.8	0.4	2.8	3.2	3.4	0.9	0.2	1.5	2.6	6.4	13.3	.484	3.1	7.5	.408	1.9	2.2	.878
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Reggie Jackson	Yao Ming
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
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		%
Reggie Jackson	75	31.2	16.8	0.5	3.1	3.6	4.8	0.7	0.2	2.3	2.1	6.4	16.3	.392	2.2	6.8	.326	1.8	2.2	.847
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 12
	Reggie Jackson	Yao Ming
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Jackson	68	24.4	10.2	0.4	1.8	2.1	3.4	0.7	0.1	1.7	1.7	3.9	9.4	.411	1.4	4.2	.333	1.0	1.1	.910
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Jackson	6	3.0	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.3	.500	0.2	0.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Reggie Jackson	Yao Ming
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets TBD	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Jackson	82	22.2	10.2	0.4	1.5	1.9	3.8	0.5	0.2	1.3	1.8	4.0	9.2	.431	1.2	3.5	.359	1.0	1.2	.806
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Reggie Jackson	11	10.2	3.8	0.2	1.2	1.4	1.1	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.9	1.5	4.3	.340	0.7	2.1	.348	0.2	0.2	1.000
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Reggie Jackson vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Reggie Jackson, 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