Rick Fox vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Rick Fox, 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.

Rick Fox played 13 years in the NBA, 5 more than Yao Ming, who played 8. Rick Fox had the first of his seasons in 1991-92, 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
Rick Fox	13	9	1991-92 to 2003-04
Yao Ming	8	4	2002-03 to 2010-11

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Rick Fox	Yao Ming
Season	1991-92	2002-03
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Rick Fox	81	19.0	8.0	0.9	1.8	2.7	1.6	1.0	0.4	1.5	2.8	3.0	6.5	.459	0.3	0.9	.329	1.7	2.3	.755
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		%
Rick Fox	8	8.4	3.6	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.4	1.4	2.9	.478	0.4	0.8	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Rick Fox	Yao Ming
Season	1992-93	2003-04
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Rick Fox	71	15.2	6.4	0.8	1.5	2.2	1.6	0.9	0.3	1.1	1.9	2.6	5.4	.484	0.1	0.3	.174	1.1	1.4	.802
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		%
Rick Fox	4	17.8	4.3	2.0	2.8	4.8	1.3	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.8	1.8	6.3	.280	0.3	0.8	.333	0.5	0.5	1.000
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
	Rick Fox	Yao Ming
Season	1993-94	2004-05
Team	Boston Celtics	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		%
Rick Fox	82	25.6	10.8	1.3	3.0	4.3	2.6	1.0	0.6	1.9	3.0	4.1	8.9	.467	0.4	1.2	.330	2.1	2.8	.757
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		%
Rick Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Rick Fox	Yao Ming
Season	1994-95	2005-06
Team	Boston Celtics	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		%
Rick Fox	53	19.6	8.8	1.2	1.8	2.9	2.6	1.0	0.4	1.5	2.9	3.2	6.6	.481	0.6	1.4	.413	1.8	2.3	.772
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		%
Rick Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Rick Fox	Yao Ming
Season	1995-96	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second 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		%
Rick Fox	81	32.0	14.0	2.0	3.6	5.6	4.6	1.4	0.5	2.7	3.6	5.2	11.5	.454	1.2	3.4	.364	2.4	3.1	.772
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		%
Rick Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Rick Fox	Yao Ming
Season	1996-97	2007-08
Team	Boston Celtics	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		%
Rick Fox	76	34.9	15.4	1.5	3.7	5.2	3.8	2.2	0.5	2.3	3.7	5.7	12.5	.456	1.3	3.7	.363	2.7	3.5	.787
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		%
Rick Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Rick Fox	Yao Ming
Season	1997-98	2008-09
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Rick Fox	82	33.0	12.0	1.0	3.4	4.4	3.4	1.2	0.6	2.5	3.8	4.4	9.4	.471	1.0	3.2	.325	2.1	2.8	.743
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		%
Rick Fox	13	33.1	10.9	1.4	3.1	4.5	3.9	0.8	0.2	1.6	3.6	3.9	8.8	.447	1.6	4.1	.396	1.5	1.8	.826
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
	Rick Fox	Yao Ming
Season	1998-99	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
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		%
Rick Fox	44	21.5	9.0	0.6	1.4	2.0	2.0	0.6	0.2	1.3	2.6	3.4	7.5	.448	0.7	2.2	.337	1.5	2.0	.742
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		%
Rick Fox	8	22.6	6.6	1.1	1.6	2.8	1.5	0.5	0.6	1.8	3.3	3.0	7.5	.400	0.5	2.6	.190	0.1	0.1	1.000
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Rick Fox	Yao Ming
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
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		%
Rick Fox	82	18.0	6.5	0.8	1.6	2.4	1.7	0.6	0.3	1.1	2.5	2.5	6.1	.414	0.7	2.2	.326	0.8	1.0	.808
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Fox	23	14.4	4.3	0.5	1.2	1.7	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.7	3.0	1.4	3.2	.452	0.8	1.7	.462	0.7	0.9	.762
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Rick Fox	Yao Ming
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
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		%
Rick Fox	82	27.9	9.6	1.0	3.0	4.0	3.2	0.9	0.4	1.7	2.7	3.5	7.9	.444	1.4	3.7	.393	1.2	1.5	.779
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Fox	16	35.8	10.0	0.8	4.1	4.9	3.6	1.9	0.4	2.3	3.4	3.6	8.1	.450	1.1	3.6	.316	1.6	1.9	.867
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Rick Fox	Yao Ming
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
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		%
Rick Fox	82	27.9	7.9	1.1	3.6	4.7	3.5	0.8	0.3	1.6	3.0	3.1	7.4	.421	0.8	2.5	.313	0.9	1.0	.824
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Fox	19	34.5	9.8	1.3	4.1	5.4	3.4	1.1	0.3	2.4	3.7	3.5	7.3	.482	0.8	2.3	.349	1.9	2.6	.755
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Rick Fox	Yao Ming
Season	2002-03	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Rick Fox	76	28.7	9.0	0.8	3.4	4.3	3.3	0.9	0.2	1.6	2.8	3.4	8.2	.422	1.4	3.7	.375	0.7	0.9	.754
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Fox	4	20.0	6.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	0.3	0.3	1.0	3.8	2.0	4.5	.444	1.3	2.5	.500	0.8	1.0	.750
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Rick Fox	Yao Ming
Season	2003-04	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Rick Fox	38	22.3	4.8	0.8	1.9	2.7	2.6	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.6	1.9	4.9	.392	0.4	1.6	.246	0.6	0.8	.733
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Fox	16	9.2	1.1	0.4	1.1	1.4	1.1	0.2	0.1	0.6	1.3	0.5	1.3	.400	0.1	0.4	.143	0.1	0.1	.500
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rick Fox vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Rick Fox, 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