Yao Ming vs. Detlef Schrempf Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Detlef Schrempf 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

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, 8 less than Detlef Schrempf, who played 16. Yao Ming had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Detlef Schrempf had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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
Detlef Schrempf	16	14	1985-86 to 2000-01

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
	Yao Ming	Detlef Schrempf
Season	2002-03	1985-86
Team	Houston Rockets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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		%
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
Detlef Schrempf	64	15.1	6.2	1.1	2.0	3.1	1.4	0.4	0.2	1.3	2.6	2.2	4.9	.451	0.0	0.1	.429	1.7	2.4	.724

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	10	12.0	3.7	0.7	1.6	2.3	1.4	0.2	0.1	1.0	2.4	1.3	2.8	.464	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.7	.647


Season 2
	Yao Ming	Detlef Schrempf
Season	2003-04	1986-87
Team	Houston Rockets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks 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	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
Detlef Schrempf	81	21.1	9.3	1.1	2.7	3.7	2.0	0.6	0.2	1.4	2.8	3.3	6.9	.472	0.4	0.9	.478	2.4	3.2	.742

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
Detlef Schrempf	4	24.3	7.8	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.5	0.8	0.5	1.5	3.3	3.3	8.8	.371	0.0	0.8	.000	1.3	2.8	.455


Season 3
	Yao Ming	Detlef Schrempf
Season	2004-05	1987-88
Team	Houston Rockets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost West 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	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
Detlef Schrempf	82	19.4	8.5	1.2	2.2	3.4	1.9	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.3	3.0	6.6	.456	0.1	0.4	.156	2.5	3.2	.756

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
Detlef Schrempf	15	18.3	7.8	1.7	2.0	3.7	1.6	0.5	0.5	1.4	1.9	2.7	5.7	.465	0.1	0.2	.333	2.4	3.4	.706


Season 4
	Yao Ming	Detlef Schrempf
Season	2005-06	1988-89
Team	Houston Rockets	Dallas Mavericks, Indiana Pacers
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	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
Detlef Schrempf	69	26.8	12.0	1.8	3.9	5.7	2.6	0.8	0.3	1.9	3.2	4.0	8.4	.474	0.1	0.5	.200	4.0	5.1	.780

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


Season 5
	Yao Ming	Detlef Schrempf
Season	2006-07	1989-90
Team	Houston Rockets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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	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
Detlef Schrempf	78	33.0	16.2	1.9	6.0	7.9	3.2	0.8	0.2	2.3	3.5	5.4	10.5	.516	0.2	0.6	.354	5.2	6.3	.820

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
Detlef Schrempf	3	41.7	20.3	1.7	5.7	7.3	1.7	0.7	0.3	3.3	4.3	7.7	15.7	.489	0.0	1.0	.000	5.0	5.3	.938


Season 6
	Yao Ming	Detlef Schrempf
Season	2007-08	1990-91
Team	Houston Rockets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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	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
Detlef Schrempf	82	32.1	16.1	2.2	5.9	8.0	3.7	0.7	0.3	2.1	3.2	5.3	10.1	.520	0.2	0.5	.375	5.4	6.6	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	5	35.8	15.8	2.0	5.2	7.2	2.2	0.4	0.0	2.2	3.4	5.4	11.4	.474	0.0	0.8	.000	5.0	6.0	.833


Season 7
	Yao Ming	Detlef Schrempf
Season	2008-09	1991-92
Team	Houston Rockets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers 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
Detlef Schrempf	80	32.6	17.3	2.5	7.1	9.6	3.9	0.8	0.5	2.4	3.6	6.2	11.6	.536	0.3	0.9	.324	4.6	5.5	.828

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
Detlef Schrempf	3	40.0	21.0	4.0	9.0	13.0	2.3	0.7	0.3	2.3	3.3	6.0	15.7	.383	0.7	1.3	.500	8.3	9.3	.893

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


Season 8
	Yao Ming	Detlef Schrempf
Season	2010-11	1992-93
Team	Houston Rockets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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	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
Detlef Schrempf	82	37.8	19.1	2.6	7.0	9.5	6.0	1.0	0.3	3.0	3.7	6.3	13.2	.476	0.1	0.6	.154	6.4	8.0	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	4	41.3	19.5	0.8	5.0	5.8	7.3	0.3	0.5	4.3	3.5	6.3	13.5	.463	0.0	0.5	.000	7.0	9.0	.778


Season 9
	Yao Ming	Detlef Schrempf
Season	-	1993-94
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Supersonics 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	81	33.7	15.0	1.8	3.8	5.6	3.4	0.9	0.1	2.1	3.4	5.5	11.1	.493	0.3	0.8	.324	3.7	4.8	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	5	34.8	18.6	1.6	3.8	5.4	2.0	0.2	0.6	1.6	4.2	5.2	10.0	.520	0.4	1.2	.333	7.8	9.0	.867


Season 10
	Yao Ming	Detlef Schrempf
Season	-	1994-95
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Supersonics 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	82	35.2	19.2	1.6	4.5	6.2	3.8	1.1	0.4	2.1	3.1	6.4	12.2	.523	1.1	2.2	.514	5.3	6.4	.839

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	4	38.3	18.8	0.5	4.3	4.8	3.0	0.8	0.5	2.8	3.0	5.8	14.3	.404	2.5	4.5	.556	4.8	6.0	.792


Season 11
	Yao Ming	Detlef Schrempf
Season	-	1995-96
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Supersonics 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		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	63	34.9	17.1	1.2	4.0	5.2	4.4	0.9	0.1	2.3	2.8	5.7	11.7	.486	1.2	2.8	.408	4.6	5.9	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	21	37.6	16.0	0.9	4.1	5.0	3.2	0.7	0.2	3.2	3.0	5.9	12.3	.475	1.0	2.7	.368	3.3	4.4	.750


Season 12
	Yao Ming	Detlef Schrempf
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Supersonics 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		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	61	35.9	16.8	1.4	5.0	6.5	4.4	1.0	0.3	2.5	2.5	5.8	11.9	.492	0.9	2.6	.354	4.1	5.2	.801

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	12	38.1	16.9	1.7	4.1	5.8	3.4	1.1	0.1	1.5	3.3	5.6	11.8	.472	1.3	2.4	.552	4.4	5.4	.815


Season 13
	Yao Ming	Detlef Schrempf
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Supersonics 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		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	78	35.2	15.8	1.7	5.4	7.1	4.4	0.8	0.2	2.2	2.6	5.6	11.5	.487	0.8	1.9	.415	3.8	4.5	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	10	37.4	16.1	1.8	5.9	7.7	3.9	0.7	0.1	2.2	2.1	6.4	12.5	.512	0.2	1.4	.143	3.1	3.8	.816


Season 14
	Yao Ming	Detlef Schrempf
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	50	35.3	15.0	1.5	5.9	7.4	3.7	0.8	0.5	2.1	3.0	5.2	11.0	.472	0.7	1.7	.395	4.0	4.9	.823

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


Season 15
	Yao Ming	Detlef Schrempf
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers Lost West 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	77	21.6	7.5	1.0	3.3	4.3	2.6	0.5	0.2	1.3	2.4	2.4	5.6	.432	0.3	0.7	.404	2.3	2.8	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	15	18.4	5.6	0.7	2.9	3.5	2.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.9	1.5	3.7	.393	0.1	0.4	.167	2.6	3.1	.830


Season 16
	Yao Ming	Detlef Schrempf
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	26	15.3	4.0	0.7	2.3	3.0	1.7	0.3	0.1	1.1	1.7	1.5	3.7	.411	0.1	0.3	.375	0.9	1.0	.852

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	3	10.7	4.7	0.0	1.7	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.0	1.3	2.0	.667	0.7	1.0	.667	1.3	2.0	.667

Yao Ming vs. Detlef Schrempf Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Detlef Schrempf 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

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16