Yao Ming vs. Corliss Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Corliss Williamson 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.

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.

Yao Ming played 8 years in the NBA, 4 less than Corliss Williamson, who played 12. Yao Ming had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Corliss Williamson had his rookie season in 1995-96. 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
Yao Ming	8	4	2002-03 to 2010-11
Corliss Williamson	12	8	1995-96 to 2006-07

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


Rookie Season
	Yao Ming	Corliss Williamson
Season	2002-03	1995-96
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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		%
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
Corliss Williamson	53	11.5	5.6	1.1	1.1	2.2	0.4	0.2	0.2	1.4	2.2	2.4	5.1	.466	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.6	.560

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Corliss Williamson	1	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 2
	Yao Ming	Corliss Williamson
Season	2003-04	1996-97
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	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	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
Corliss Williamson	79	25.2	11.6	1.8	2.4	4.1	1.6	0.8	0.6	2.0	3.3	4.7	9.4	.498	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	3.2	.689

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
Corliss Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Yao Ming	Corliss Williamson
Season	2004-05	1997-98
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	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	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
Corliss Williamson	79	35.7	17.7	2.1	3.6	5.6	2.9	1.0	0.6	2.5	3.2	7.1	14.4	.495	0.0	0.1	.000	3.5	5.6	.630

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
Corliss Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Yao Ming	Corliss Williamson
Season	2005-06	1998-99
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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		%
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
Corliss Williamson	50	27.5	13.2	1.7	2.4	4.1	1.3	0.6	0.2	1.5	2.4	5.4	11.1	.485	0.0	0.1	.200	2.4	3.8	.638

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Corliss Williamson	5	26.0	10.6	1.4	1.8	3.2	1.2	0.4	0.2	1.2	2.6	4.6	8.0	.575	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.0	.700


Season 5
	Yao Ming	Corliss Williamson
Season	2006-07	1999-00
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Kings 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		%
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
Corliss Williamson	76	22.5	10.3	1.6	2.2	3.8	1.1	0.5	0.3	1.4	2.5	4.1	8.2	.500	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	2.8	.769

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
Corliss Williamson	5	17.6	6.6	0.8	2.2	3.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	1.0	1.6	2.2	3.2	.688	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	2.4	.917


Season 6
	Yao Ming	Corliss Williamson
Season	2007-08	2000-01
Team	Houston Rockets	Toronto Raptors, Detroit Pistons
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		%
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
Corliss Williamson	69	24.4	11.6	1.6	3.1	4.7	0.9	0.7	0.3	1.6	2.7	4.7	9.4	.502	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	3.4	.637

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


Season 7
	Yao Ming	Corliss Williamson
Season	2008-09	2001-02
Team	Houston Rockets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Pistons Lost East 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		%
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
Corliss Williamson	78	21.8	13.6	1.5	2.6	4.1	1.2	0.6	0.3	1.8	2.9	5.3	10.3	.510	0.0	0.1	.200	3.1	3.8	.805

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
Corliss Williamson	10	27.0	13.3	1.9	3.4	5.3	1.0	0.9	0.2	2.2	3.1	5.2	11.2	.464	0.0	0.2	.000	2.9	3.8	.763

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


Season 8
	Yao Ming	Corliss Williamson
Season	2010-11	2002-03
Team	Houston Rockets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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	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
Corliss Williamson	82	25.1	12.0	1.8	2.6	4.4	1.3	0.5	0.3	1.5	2.9	4.6	10.1	.453	0.0	0.1	.182	2.9	3.7	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Corliss Williamson	15	15.6	7.8	0.9	1.3	2.2	1.0	0.3	0.2	1.3	2.5	2.5	6.0	.411	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	3.9	.741


Season 9
	Yao Ming	Corliss Williamson
Season	-	2003-04
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
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		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Corliss Williamson	79	19.9	9.5	1.1	2.1	3.2	0.7	0.4	0.3	1.4	2.6	3.8	7.6	.505	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.5	.731

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Corliss Williamson	22	14.9	5.7	0.9	1.3	2.2	0.7	0.3	0.1	1.1	2.7	2.0	5.5	.364	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.1	.809


Season 10
	Yao Ming	Corliss Williamson
Season	-	2004-05
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Kings 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		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Corliss Williamson	72	21.2	10.3	1.4	2.2	3.6	1.1	0.5	0.2	1.2	3.0	3.8	8.1	.467	0.0	0.0	.000	2.7	3.4	.799

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Corliss Williamson	5	8.0	5.2	0.8	0.4	1.2	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.8	2.2	1.2	3.2	.375	0.0	0.2	.000	2.8	3.6	.778


Season 11
	Yao Ming	Corliss Williamson
Season	-	2005-06
Team	-	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Kings 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		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Corliss Williamson	37	9.8	3.4	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.8	1.5	1.2	2.8	.417	0.1	0.1	1.000	1.0	1.3	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Corliss Williamson	3	3.7	2.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 12
	Yao Ming	Corliss Williamson
Season	-	2006-07
Team	-	Sacramento Kings
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		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Corliss Williamson	68	19.7	9.1	0.9	2.3	3.3	0.6	0.4	0.2	1.4	2.7	3.5	6.8	.510	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	3.0	.715

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

Yao Ming vs. Corliss Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Corliss Williamson 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.

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