Yao Ming vs. Kevin Restani Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Restani 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 and Kevin Restani both played 8 years in the NBA. Yao Ming had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Kevin Restani 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.

Their Careers

Player		 Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Yao Ming 8 4 2002-03 to 2010-11
Kevin Restani 8 3 1974-75 to 1981-82

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Yao Ming Kevin Restani
Season 2002-031974-75
Team Houston RocketsMilwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie First Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid 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
Kevin Restani 76 23.1 5.4 1.7 3.6 5.3 1.6 0.5 0.3 - 2.3 2.5 5.6 .440 - - - 0.5 0.6 .714
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Yao Ming ------- --- ----------
Kevin Restani ------- --- ----------

Season 2
Yao Ming Kevin Restani
Season 2003-041975-76
Team Houston RocketsMilwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Third Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Rockets Lost West Conf 1st RdBucks 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
Kevin Restani 82 20.1 6.0 1.4 3.2 4.6 1.2 0.4 0.1 - 1.8 2.9 6.0 .475 - - - 0.3 0.5 .571
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
Kevin Restani 3 11.0 0.7 0.0 1.7 1.7 0.3 0.3 0.0 - 0.0 0.3 1.7 .200 - - - 0.0 0.0 -

Season 3
Yao Ming Kevin Restani
Season 2004-051976-77
Team Houston RocketsMilwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Rockets Lost West Conf 1st RdDid 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
Kevin Restani 64 17.4 5.6 1.3 2.8 4.1 1.4 0.5 0.2 - 1.6 2.7 5.2 .518 - - - 0.2 0.4 .500
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
Kevin Restani ------- --- ----------

Season 4
Yao Ming Kevin Restani
Season 2005-061977-78
Team Houston RocketsMilwaukee Bucks, Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Third Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid 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
Kevin Restani 54 10.1 2.8 0.7 1.3 2.0 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.8 1.3 3.1 .431 - - - 0.2 0.2 .692
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Yao Ming ------- --- ----------
Kevin Restani ------- --- ----------

Season 5
Yao Ming Kevin Restani
Season 2006-071978-79
Team Houston RocketsMilwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Rockets Lost West Conf 1st RdDid 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
Kevin Restani 81 19.7 7.1 1.7 3.0 4.8 1.5 0.4 0.3 1.2 1.9 3.2 6.5 .495 - - - 0.6 0.9 .699
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
Kevin Restani ------- --- ----------

Season 6
Yao Ming Kevin Restani
Season 2007-081979-80
Team Houston RocketsSan Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Third Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Did Not PlaySpurs 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
Kevin Restani 82 24.0 10.7 1.7 3.0 4.7 2.3 0.7 0.1 1.6 2.3 4.5 8.9 .508 0.1 0.4 .172 1.6 2.0 .814
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Yao Ming ------- --- ----------
Kevin Restani 3 24.7 12.7 2.7 2.7 5.3 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.7 2.7 5.7 9.3 .607 0.0 0.3 .000 1.3 3.0 .444

Season 7
Yao Ming Kevin Restani
Season 2008-091980-81
Team Houston RocketsSan Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Rockets Lost West Conf SemisSpurs 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 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
Kevin Restani 64 15.6 7.0 1.1 1.6 2.7 1.3 0.3 0.2 1.1 1.6 3.0 5.8 .520 0.0 0.1 .375 1.0 1.4 .705
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
Kevin Restani 3 3.7 0.7 0.0 0.7 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.3 1.0 .333 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 -

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

Season 8
Yao Ming Kevin Restani
Season 2010-111981-82
Team Houston RocketsSan Antonio Spurs, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid 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
Kevin Restani 47 10.3 1.6 0.8 1.6 2.4 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.4 1.2 0.7 1.9 .364 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 0.3 .625
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Yao Ming ------- --- ----------
Kevin Restani ------- --- ----------
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