Yao Ming vs. Frank Ramsey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Frank Ramsey 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, 1 less than Frank Ramsey, who played 9. Yao Ming had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Frank Ramsey had his rookie season in 1954-55. 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
Frank Ramsey	9	9	1954-55 to 1963-64

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Yao Ming	Frank Ramsey
Season	2002-03	1954-55
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Div 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	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
Frank Ramsey	64	27.4	11.2	-	-	6.3	2.9	-	-	-	3.9	3.7	9.3	.399	-	-	-	3.8	5.0	.755

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Ramsey	7	22.0	10.7	-	-	5.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.9	4.0	7.7	.519	-	-	-	2.7	3.7	.731

Note: Frank Ramsey didn't play in 1955-56.


Season 2
	Yao Ming	Frank Ramsey
Season	2003-04	1956-57
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Frank Ramsey	35	23.1	11.9	-	-	5.1	1.9	-	-	-	3.2	3.9	10.0	.393	-	-	-	4.1	5.2	.791

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
Frank Ramsey	10	22.9	12.2	-	-	4.3	1.7	-	-	-	3.6	3.8	8.2	.463	-	-	-	4.6	5.9	.780


Season 3
	Yao Ming	Frank Ramsey
Season	2004-05	1957-58
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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	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
Frank Ramsey	69	29.7	16.5	-	-	7.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.6	5.5	13.0	.419	-	-	-	5.6	6.8	.811

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
Frank Ramsey	11	32.0	18.4	-	-	8.2	1.5	-	-	-	4.5	6.7	15.8	.425	-	-	-	4.9	5.4	.915


Season 4
	Yao Ming	Frank Ramsey
Season	2005-06	1958-59
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Frank Ramsey	72	28.0	15.4	-	-	6.8	2.0	-	-	-	3.7	5.3	14.1	.378	-	-	-	4.7	6.1	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Ramsey	11	27.5	23.2	-	-	6.2	1.8	-	-	-	4.7	8.6	17.5	.495	-	-	-	5.9	7.4	.802


Season 5
	Yao Ming	Frank Ramsey
Season	2006-07	1959-60
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Frank Ramsey	73	27.5	15.3	-	-	6.9	1.9	-	-	-	3.4	5.8	14.5	.397	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	.787

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
Frank Ramsey	13	35.3	16.7	-	-	7.7	2.1	-	-	-	3.9	6.2	15.1	.413	-	-	-	4.2	4.8	.873


Season 6
	Yao Ming	Frank Ramsey
Season	2007-08	1960-61
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Frank Ramsey	79	25.6	15.1	-	-	5.5	1.8	-	-	-	3.6	5.7	13.9	.407	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Ramsey	10	30.0	17.1	-	-	6.4	2.3	-	-	-	4.0	5.5	13.6	.404	-	-	-	6.1	7.5	.813


Season 7
	Yao Ming	Frank Ramsey
Season	2008-09	1961-62
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	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	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
Frank Ramsey	79	24.2	15.3	-	-	4.9	1.4	-	-	-	3.1	5.5	12.9	.428	-	-	-	4.2	5.1	.825

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
Frank Ramsey	13	16.2	9.2	-	-	2.9	0.8	-	-	-	2.9	3.0	8.0	.375	-	-	-	3.2	3.5	.911

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


Season 8
	Yao Ming	Frank Ramsey
Season	2010-11	1962-63
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Frank Ramsey	77	20.0	10.9	-	-	3.7	1.2	-	-	-	3.4	3.7	9.6	.382	-	-	-	3.5	4.3	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Ramsey	13	19.3	8.3	-	-	2.7	0.9	-	-	-	3.3	2.8	8.0	.356	-	-	-	2.6	3.6	.723


Season 9
	Yao Ming	Frank Ramsey
Season	-	1963-64
Team	-	Boston Celtics
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Ramsey	75	16.4	8.6	-	-	3.0	1.1	-	-	-	3.3	3.0	8.1	.374	-	-	-	2.6	3.1	.841

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Ramsey	10	13.8	6.2	-	-	2.1	1.0	-	-	-	2.5	2.2	6.3	.349	-	-	-	1.8	2.1	.857

Yao Ming vs. Frank Ramsey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Frank Ramsey 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