Tracy McGrady vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady, 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.

Tracy McGrady played 16 years in the NBA, 8 more than Yao Ming, who played 8. Tracy McGrady had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, 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
Tracy McGrady	16	9	1997-98 to 2012-13
Yao Ming	8	4	2002-03 to 2010-11

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Tracy McGrady	Yao Ming
Season	1997-98	2002-03
Team	Toronto Raptors	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		%
Tracy McGrady	64	18.4	7.0	1.6	2.6	4.2	1.5	0.8	1.0	1.0	1.3	2.8	6.2	.450	0.2	0.6	.341	1.2	1.7	.712
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		%
Tracy McGrady	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Tracy McGrady	Yao Ming
Season	1998-99	2003-04
Team	Toronto Raptors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third 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		%
Tracy McGrady	49	22.6	9.3	2.4	3.2	5.7	2.3	1.1	1.3	1.6	1.9	3.4	7.9	.436	0.2	0.7	.229	2.3	3.2	.726
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		%
Tracy McGrady	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tracy McGrady	Yao Ming
Season	1999-00	2004-05
Team	Toronto Raptors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors 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		%
Tracy McGrady	79	31.2	15.4	2.4	4.0	6.3	3.3	1.1	1.9	2.0	2.5	5.8	12.9	.451	0.2	0.8	.277	3.5	5.0	.707
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		%
Tracy McGrady	3	37.0	16.7	3.3	3.7	7.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	3.3	3.3	5.7	14.7	.386	0.7	2.3	.286	4.7	5.3	.875
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
	Tracy McGrady	Yao Ming
Season	2000-01	2005-06
Team	Orlando Magic	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Tracy McGrady	77	40.1	26.8	2.5	5.0	7.5	4.6	1.5	1.5	2.6	2.1	10.2	22.4	.457	0.8	2.2	.355	5.6	7.6	.733
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		%
Tracy McGrady	4	44.3	33.8	1.5	5.0	6.5	8.3	1.8	1.3	2.0	2.8	12.8	30.8	.415	0.5	2.5	.200	7.8	9.5	.816
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Tracy McGrady	Yao Ming
Season	2001-02	2006-07
Team	Orlando Magic	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Tracy McGrady	76	38.3	25.6	2.0	5.9	7.9	5.3	1.6	1.0	2.5	1.8	9.4	20.9	.451	1.4	3.7	.364	5.5	7.3	.748
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		%
Tracy McGrady	4	44.5	30.8	1.5	4.8	6.3	5.5	0.5	1.8	3.3	2.8	10.5	22.8	.462	1.3	4.0	.313	8.5	11.5	.739
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
	Tracy McGrady	Yao Ming
Season	2002-03	2007-08
Team	Orlando Magic	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Tracy McGrady	75	39.4	32.1	1.6	4.9	6.5	5.5	1.7	0.8	2.6	2.1	11.1	24.2	.457	2.3	6.0	.386	7.7	9.7	.793
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		%
Tracy McGrady	7	44.1	31.7	1.4	5.3	6.7	4.7	2.0	0.9	3.7	2.3	10.6	23.6	.448	2.3	6.7	.340	8.3	10.7	.773
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Tracy McGrady	Yao Ming
Season	2003-04	2008-09
Team	Orlando Magic	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	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		%
Tracy McGrady	67	39.9	28.0	1.4	4.6	6.0	5.5	1.4	0.6	2.7	1.9	9.7	23.4	.417	2.6	7.7	.339	5.9	7.5	.796
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		%
Tracy McGrady	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tracy McGrady	Yao Ming
Season	2004-05	2010-11
Team	Houston Rockets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Tracy McGrady	78	40.8	25.7	0.9	5.3	6.2	5.7	1.7	0.7	2.6	2.1	9.2	21.3	.431	1.8	5.6	.326	5.5	7.1	.774
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		%
Tracy McGrady	7	43.1	30.7	1.7	5.7	7.4	6.7	1.6	1.4	3.7	2.9	11.1	24.4	.456	2.4	6.6	.370	6.0	7.3	.824
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Tracy McGrady	Yao Ming
Season	2005-06	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Tracy McGrady	47	37.1	24.4	1.0	5.6	6.5	4.8	1.3	0.9	2.6	1.9	8.7	21.5	.406	1.6	5.0	.312	5.4	7.2	.747
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 10
	Tracy McGrady	Yao Ming
Season	2006-07	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
Tracy McGrady	71	35.8	24.6	0.8	4.5	5.3	6.5	1.3	0.5	3.0	1.9	9.0	20.8	.431	1.8	5.4	.331	4.9	6.9	.707
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	7	40.0	25.3	0.7	5.1	5.9	7.3	0.7	0.9	3.0	1.7	9.0	22.9	.394	1.3	5.1	.250	6.0	8.1	.737
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Tracy McGrady	Yao Ming
Season	2007-08	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	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		%
Tracy McGrady	66	37.0	21.6	0.6	4.5	5.1	5.9	1.0	0.5	2.4	1.4	8.3	19.8	.419	1.3	4.5	.292	3.7	5.4	.684
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	6	41.2	27.0	1.2	7.0	8.2	6.8	1.5	0.8	3.0	1.3	10.3	24.3	.425	0.8	4.0	.208	5.5	8.8	.623
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Tracy McGrady	Yao Ming
Season	2008-09	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
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		%
Tracy McGrady	35	33.7	15.6	0.6	3.8	4.4	5.0	1.2	0.4	2.0	1.1	5.4	13.9	.388	1.3	3.3	.376	3.6	4.5	.801
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 13
	Tracy McGrady	Yao Ming
Season	2009-10	-
Team	Houston Rockets, New York Knicks	-
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		%
Tracy McGrady	30	22.4	8.2	0.7	2.4	3.1	3.3	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.3	3.0	7.8	.387	0.5	2.1	.250	1.6	2.1	.746
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 14
	Tracy McGrady	Yao Ming
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
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		%
Tracy McGrady	72	23.4	8.0	0.7	2.8	3.5	3.5	0.9	0.5	1.4	1.4	3.2	7.1	.442	0.4	1.2	.341	1.3	1.8	.698
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 15
	Tracy McGrady	Yao Ming
Season	2011-12	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Tracy McGrady	52	16.1	5.3	0.4	2.5	3.0	2.1	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.7	1.9	4.4	.437	0.3	0.6	.455	1.1	1.6	.675
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	6	15.0	4.2	1.0	1.8	2.8	1.0	0.0	0.3	1.7	0.7	1.7	4.3	.385	0.0	0.7	.000	0.8	1.0	.833
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Tracy McGrady	Yao Ming
Season	2012-13	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Tracy McGrady	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tracy McGrady	6	5.2	0.0	0.2	1.2	1.3	1.2	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.0	1.2	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Tracy McGrady vs. Yao Ming Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady, 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

Season 15

Season 16