Yao Ming vs. Mike O'Koren Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mike O'Koren 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 Mike O'Koren both played 8 years in the NBA. Yao Ming had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Mike O'Koren had his rookie season in 1980-81. 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
Mike O'Koren 8 5 1980-81 to 1987-88

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Yao Ming Mike O'Koren
Season 2002-031980-81
Team Houston RocketsNew Jersey Nets
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
Mike O'Koren 79 31.3 11.0 2.3 3.8 6.1 3.2 1.1 0.3 1.8 3.1 4.6 9.5 .486 0.1 0.2 .278 1.7 2.7 .637
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Yao Ming ------- --- ----------
Mike O'Koren ------- --- ----------

Season 2
Yao Ming Mike O'Koren
Season 2003-041981-82
Team Houston RocketsNew Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Third Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Rockets Lost West Conf 1st RdNets 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 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
Mike O'Koren 80 25.2 11.4 1.4 2.4 3.8 2.4 1.0 0.2 1.8 2.2 4.8 9.7 .492 0.1 0.3 .348 1.7 2.4 .714
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
Mike O'Koren 2 22.0 3.5 0.0 4.0 4.0 1.5 0.5 0.0 1.0 4.0 1.5 5.5 .273 0.0 0.5 .000 0.5 1.0 .500

Season 3
Yao Ming Mike O'Koren
Season 2004-051982-83
Team Houston RocketsNew Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Rockets Lost West Conf 1st RdNets 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
Mike O'Koren 46 17.5 6.7 0.9 1.6 2.5 1.8 0.9 0.2 1.3 1.5 3.0 5.6 .525 0.0 0.2 .222 0.7 1.0 .708
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
Mike O'Koren 2 9.0 2.0 0.5 2.5 3.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.5 1.0 4.0 .250 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 -

Season 4
Yao Ming Mike O'Koren
Season 2005-061983-84
Team Houston RocketsNew Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Third Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Did Not PlayNets 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 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
Mike O'Koren 73 16.3 5.9 1.0 1.4 2.4 1.3 0.5 0.2 1.0 2.0 2.5 5.3 .483 0.1 0.4 .179 0.7 1.2 .609
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Yao Ming ------- --- ----------
Mike O'Koren 11 19.6 5.0 1.6 1.5 3.2 1.9 0.3 0.4 1.1 3.4 2.3 5.4 .424 0.0 0.1 .000 0.5 0.5 .833

Season 5
Yao Ming Mike O'Koren
Season 2006-071984-85
Team Houston RocketsNew Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Rockets Lost West Conf 1st RdNets 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
Mike O'Koren 43 26.0 10.2 1.1 2.8 3.9 2.4 0.7 0.4 1.2 2.7 4.5 9.1 .494 0.2 0.5 .381 1.0 1.6 .627
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
Mike O'Koren 3 11.3 2.0 0.3 3.0 3.3 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 2.0 1.0 2.3 .429 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.7 .000

Season 6
Yao Ming Mike O'Koren
Season 2007-081985-86
Team Houston RocketsNew Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Third Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Did Not PlayNets 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
Mike O'Koren 67 15.4 5.2 0.5 1.5 2.0 1.8 0.4 0.1 0.8 2.0 2.4 5.0 .476 0.1 0.4 .259 0.3 0.6 .590
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Yao Ming ------- --- ----------
Mike O'Koren 2 10.5 1.0 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 1.5 2.5 0.5 3.0 .167 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 -

Season 7
Yao Ming Mike O'Koren
Season 2008-091986-87
Team Houston RocketsWashington Bullets
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Rockets Lost West Conf SemisDid 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 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
Mike O'Koren 15 8.2 2.1 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.7 1.1 2.8 .381 0.0 0.1 .000 0.0 0.1 .000
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
Mike O'Koren ------- --- ----------

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

Season 8
Yao Ming Mike O'Koren
Season 2010-111987-88
Team Houston RocketsNew Jersey Nets
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
Mike O'Koren 4 13.0 4.5 0.3 0.8 1.0 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.0 0.5 2.3 4.0 .563 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 1.0 .000
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Yao Ming ------- --- ----------
Mike O'Koren ------- --- ----------
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