Yao Ming vs. Nazr Mohammed Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nazr Mohammed 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, 10 less than Nazr Mohammed, who played 18. Yao Ming had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Nazr Mohammed had his rookie season in 1998-99. 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
Nazr Mohammed	18	12	1998-99 to 2015-16

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18


Rookie Season
	Yao Ming	Nazr Mohammed
Season	2002-03	1998-99
Team	Houston Rockets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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	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
Nazr Mohammed	26	4.7	1.6	0.7	0.7	1.4	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.8	0.6	1.6	.357	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.571

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nazr Mohammed	3	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Yao Ming	Nazr Mohammed
Season	2003-04	1999-00
Team	Houston Rockets	Philadelphia 76ers
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
Nazr Mohammed	28	6.8	1.9	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.8	1.9	.389	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.8	.545

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
Nazr Mohammed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Yao Ming	Nazr Mohammed
Season	2004-05	2000-01
Team	Houston Rockets	Philadelphia 76ers, Atlanta Hawks
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
Nazr Mohammed	58	15.7	7.6	2.0	3.3	5.3	0.3	0.5	0.6	1.1	1.9	3.0	6.4	.477	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.2	.706

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
Nazr Mohammed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Yao Ming	Nazr Mohammed
Season	2005-06	2001-02
Team	Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
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
Nazr Mohammed	82	26.4	9.7	3.0	5.0	7.9	0.4	0.8	0.7	1.4	3.1	4.0	8.7	.461	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.7	.617

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


Season 5
	Yao Ming	Nazr Mohammed
Season	2006-07	2002-03
Team	Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second 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	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
Nazr Mohammed	35	12.7	4.6	1.3	2.3	3.7	0.2	0.5	0.6	0.7	2.3	1.9	4.5	.421	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.2	.634

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
Nazr Mohammed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Yao Ming	Nazr Mohammed
Season	2007-08	2003-04
Team	Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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
Nazr Mohammed	80	20.1	7.4	2.2	3.7	5.9	0.5	0.7	0.7	1.2	2.4	3.1	5.9	.521	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.1	.592

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nazr Mohammed	4	24.3	10.3	2.5	3.3	5.8	0.3	1.5	0.8	1.8	4.5	3.8	7.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	4.0	.688


Season 7
	Yao Ming	Nazr Mohammed
Season	2008-09	2004-05
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks, San Antonio Spurs
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
Nazr Mohammed	77	25.1	9.5	3.2	4.4	7.6	0.4	0.8	1.1	1.4	3.1	3.8	7.8	.480	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.9	.674

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
Nazr Mohammed	23	23.1	7.1	3.3	3.4	6.7	0.3	0.6	1.0	1.0	2.8	2.9	5.4	.528	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.3	2.0	.638

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


Season 8
	Yao Ming	Nazr Mohammed
Season	2010-11	2005-06
Team	Houston Rockets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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	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
Nazr Mohammed	80	17.4	6.2	2.0	3.2	5.2	0.5	0.3	0.6	1.1	2.8	2.4	4.7	.504	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.8	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nazr Mohammed	8	11.8	4.5	1.9	2.0	3.9	0.1	0.4	0.8	1.0	2.1	1.4	1.9	.733	0.1	0.1	1.000	1.6	2.3	.722


Season 9
	Yao Ming	Nazr Mohammed
Season	-	2006-07
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nazr Mohammed	51	15.2	5.6	1.7	2.7	4.5	0.2	0.5	0.8	0.8	2.6	2.3	4.4	.532	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.6	.610

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nazr Mohammed	2	3.0	2.5	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.5	1.000


Season 10
	Yao Ming	Nazr Mohammed
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	Detroit Pistons, Charlotte Bobcats
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nazr Mohammed	82	20.1	7.8	2.4	3.7	6.0	0.9	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.8	3.3	6.4	.515	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	2.0	.583

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


Season 11
	Yao Ming	Nazr Mohammed
Season	-	2008-09
Team	-	Charlotte Bobcats
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nazr Mohammed	39	8.7	2.7	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.6	1.1	2.6	.406	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.550

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


Season 12
	Yao Ming	Nazr Mohammed
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bobcats 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nazr Mohammed	58	17.0	7.9	2.0	3.3	5.2	0.5	0.3	0.7	0.9	1.8	3.3	5.9	.553	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.2	.648

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nazr Mohammed	4	12.0	6.0	1.3	0.8	2.0	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.3	3.3	2.8	4.8	.579	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.667


Season 13
	Yao Ming	Nazr Mohammed
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	Charlotte Bobcats, Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Thunder 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nazr Mohammed	75	17.1	7.1	1.9	3.0	4.9	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.9	2.5	3.1	6.0	.522	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.5	.598

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nazr Mohammed	14	10.6	2.3	0.6	1.6	2.3	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.4	1.9	1.0	2.4	.412	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.400


Season 14
	Yao Ming	Nazr Mohammed
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Thunder 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nazr Mohammed	63	11.0	2.7	0.9	1.8	2.7	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.4	1.6	1.3	2.7	.467	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.4	.565

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nazr Mohammed	8	10.4	2.3	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.3	2.4	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500


Season 15
	Yao Ming	Nazr Mohammed
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bulls 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nazr Mohammed	63	11.0	2.6	1.2	1.9	3.1	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.4	1.5	1.0	2.9	.367	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.7	.723

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nazr Mohammed	12	9.5	3.8	1.2	1.5	2.7	0.3	0.2	0.6	0.3	1.3	1.8	3.4	.512	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.6	.571


Season 16
	Yao Ming	Nazr Mohammed
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bulls 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nazr Mohammed	80	7.0	1.6	0.8	1.4	2.2	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.5	1.0	0.7	1.6	.429	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.533

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nazr Mohammed	2	2.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 17
	Yao Ming	Nazr Mohammed
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bulls 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nazr Mohammed	23	5.6	1.2	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.7	0.6	1.3	.433	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.1	.333

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nazr Mohammed	3	4.7	1.3	1.0	0.7	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	2.3	.286	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 18
	Yao Ming	Nazr Mohammed
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Thunder 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nazr Mohammed	5	3.8	1.6	0.2	0.6	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.8	0.6	1.0	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nazr Mohammed	5	2.0	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.4	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Yao Ming vs. Nazr Mohammed Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nazr Mohammed 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.

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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

Season 17

Season 18