Yao Ming vs. Campy Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Campy Russell and Yao Ming, 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.

Yao Ming played 8 years in the NBA, 1 less than Campy Russell, who played 9. Yao Ming had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Campy Russell had his rookie season in 1974-75. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9
Rookie Season
	Yao Ming	Campy Russell
Season	2002-03	1974-75
Team	Houston Rockets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	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		%
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
Campy Russell	68	11.1	6.2	0.6	1.6	2.2	0.7	0.3	0.0	-	1.5	2.2	5.4	.411	-	-	-	1.8	2.4	.752
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Campy Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Yao Ming	Campy Russell
Season	2003-04	1975-76
Team	Houston Rockets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
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
Campy Russell	82	23.9	15.0	1.6	2.6	4.2	1.3	0.8	0.1	-	2.8	5.9	12.2	.482	-	-	-	3.2	4.2	.773
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Campy Russell	13	25.2	13.6	1.9	3.5	5.5	1.1	0.6	0.5	-	3.9	5.0	12.4	.404	-	-	-	3.6	4.2	.855

Season 3
	Yao Ming	Campy Russell
Season	2004-05	1976-77
Team	Houston Rockets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers 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		%
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
Campy Russell	70	30.1	16.5	2.1	3.9	6.0	2.7	1.0	0.3	-	2.8	6.2	14.3	.434	-	-	-	4.1	5.3	.778
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Campy Russell	3	33.3	17.7	3.3	5.3	8.7	3.3	1.0	0.3	-	3.3	7.0	18.0	.389	-	-	-	3.7	5.0	.733

Season 4
	Yao Ming	Campy Russell
Season	2005-06	1977-78
Team	Houston Rockets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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		%
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
Campy Russell	72	35.0	19.4	2.1	4.2	6.4	3.9	1.2	0.2	2.9	2.7	7.3	16.2	.448	-	-	-	4.9	6.5	.751
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Campy Russell	2	44.0	27.5	3.5	4.0	7.5	5.5	1.5	0.5	5.0	4.5	9.5	19.5	.487	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.810

Season 5
	Yao Ming	Campy Russell
Season	2006-07	1978-79
Team	Houston Rockets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	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		%
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
Campy Russell	74	38.6	21.9	2.0	4.8	6.8	4.7	1.3	0.3	3.5	3.0	8.1	17.1	.476	-	-	-	5.6	7.1	.797
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Campy Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Yao Ming	Campy Russell
Season	2007-08	1979-80
Team	Houston Rockets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	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		%
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
Campy Russell	41	32.5	18.2	1.9	3.6	5.5	4.2	1.8	0.5	3.6	2.8	6.9	15.4	.451	0.0	0.2	.111	4.3	5.8	.745
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Campy Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Yao Ming	Campy Russell
Season	2008-09	1980-81
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Knicks 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		%
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
Campy Russell	79	36.3	16.4	1.4	3.1	4.5	3.3	1.3	0.1	2.7	3.1	6.4	13.9	.464	0.1	0.3	.308	3.4	4.3	.781
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Campy Russell	2	44.5	23.0	0.5	4.0	4.5	4.5	2.0	0.5	4.0	4.5	7.5	17.0	.441	0.0	1.0	.000	8.0	8.5	.941

Note: Yao Ming didn't play in 2009-10.

Season 8
	Yao Ming	Campy Russell
Season	2010-11	1981-82
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks
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		%
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
Campy Russell	77	30.6	13.9	1.1	1.9	3.1	3.7	1.0	0.2	2.5	2.9	5.3	11.1	.478	0.3	0.7	.439	3.0	3.8	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Campy Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Campy Russell didn't play in 1982-83 and 1983-84.