Terrell Brandon vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Terrell Brandon, 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.

Terrell Brandon played 11 years in the NBA, 3 more than Yao Ming, who played 8. Terrell Brandon 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
Terrell Brandon	11	7	1991-92 to 2001-02
Yao Ming	8	4	2002-03 to 2010-11

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11


Rookie Season
	Terrell Brandon	Yao Ming
Season	1991-92	2002-03
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Terrell Brandon	82	19.6	7.4	0.6	1.4	2.0	3.9	1.0	0.3	1.7	1.3	3.1	7.3	.419	0.0	0.3	.043	1.2	1.5	.806
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		%
Terrell Brandon	12	13.1	3.9	0.3	1.5	1.8	2.5	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.4	1.8	4.6	.400	0.0	0.3	.000	0.3	0.3	.750
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Terrell Brandon	Yao Ming
Season	1992-93	2003-04
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Terrell Brandon	82	19.8	8.8	0.5	1.7	2.2	3.7	1.0	0.3	1.3	1.5	3.6	7.6	.478	0.2	0.5	.310	1.4	1.7	.825
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		%
Terrell Brandon	8	16.5	6.4	0.5	1.6	2.1	2.1	0.9	0.4	1.8	0.8	2.5	5.8	.435	0.3	0.6	.400	1.1	1.1	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
	Terrell Brandon	Yao Ming
Season	1993-94	2004-05
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
Terrell Brandon	73	21.2	8.3	0.5	1.7	2.2	3.8	1.2	0.2	1.5	1.5	3.2	7.5	.420	0.1	0.4	.219	1.9	2.2	.858
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		%
Terrell Brandon	3	18.7	8.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	4.0	6.3	.632	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.0	.667
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
	Terrell Brandon	Yao Ming
Season	1994-95	2005-06
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	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		%
Terrell Brandon	67	29.3	13.3	0.5	2.3	2.8	5.4	1.6	0.2	2.1	1.8	5.1	11.4	.448	0.7	1.8	.397	2.4	2.8	.855
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		%
Terrell Brandon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Terrell Brandon	Yao Ming
Season	1995-96	2006-07
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
Terrell Brandon	75	34.3	19.3	0.6	2.7	3.3	6.5	1.8	0.4	1.9	1.9	6.8	14.6	.465	1.2	3.1	.387	4.5	5.1	.887
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		%
Terrell Brandon	3	41.7	19.3	0.3	2.7	3.0	8.0	1.3	0.3	3.7	3.3	7.0	15.7	.447	1.0	3.0	.333	4.3	5.0	.867
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
	Terrell Brandon	Yao Ming
Season	1996-97	2007-08
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	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		%
Terrell Brandon	78	36.8	19.5	0.6	3.2	3.9	6.3	1.8	0.4	2.3	2.3	7.4	16.8	.438	1.3	3.5	.373	3.4	3.8	.902
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		%
Terrell Brandon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Terrell Brandon	Yao Ming
Season	1997-98	2008-09
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	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		%
Terrell Brandon	50	35.7	16.8	0.5	3.1	3.5	7.7	2.2	0.3	2.9	2.4	6.8	14.6	.464	0.6	1.9	.333	2.6	3.1	.846
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		%
Terrell Brandon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Terrell Brandon	Yao Ming
Season	1998-99	2010-11
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Minnesota Timberwolves	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West 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		%
Terrell Brandon	36	33.8	13.9	0.8	3.0	3.7	8.6	1.8	0.3	2.1	2.3	5.9	14.1	.418	0.3	1.3	.255	1.8	2.2	.833
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		%
Terrell Brandon	4	40.5	19.3	0.5	7.0	7.5	7.0	2.3	0.5	3.5	2.8	7.8	17.3	.449	0.8	1.3	.600	3.0	3.3	.923
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Terrell Brandon	Yao Ming
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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		%
Terrell Brandon	71	36.4	17.1	0.6	2.7	3.4	8.9	1.9	0.4	2.6	2.2	6.8	14.7	.466	0.7	1.9	.402	2.6	2.9	.899
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Terrell Brandon	4	40.5	19.5	1.0	4.8	5.8	8.5	0.8	0.0	2.0	2.8	8.0	15.8	.508	1.0	2.8	.364	2.5	2.8	.909
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Terrell Brandon	Yao Ming
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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		%
Terrell Brandon	78	36.2	16.0	0.8	3.1	3.8	7.5	2.1	0.3	2.0	1.8	6.6	14.5	.451	0.4	1.2	.363	2.5	2.9	.871
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Terrell Brandon	4	38.0	15.3	0.5	3.8	4.3	6.3	1.0	0.5	2.0	2.5	6.8	15.5	.435	1.0	2.3	.444	0.8	0.8	1.000
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Terrell Brandon	Yao Ming
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
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		%
Terrell Brandon	32	30.1	12.4	0.5	2.4	2.9	8.3	1.6	0.2	1.3	1.5	4.8	11.4	.425	0.1	0.7	.174	2.6	2.6	.988
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Terrell Brandon vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Terrell Brandon, 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