Yao Ming vs. Paul Mokeski Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul Mokeski 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, 4 less than Paul Mokeski, who played 12. Yao Ming had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Paul Mokeski had his rookie season in 1979-80. 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
Paul Mokeski	12	9	1979-80 to 1990-91

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Yao Ming	Paul Mokeski
Season	2002-03	1979-80
Team	Houston Rockets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First 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	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
Paul Mokeski	12	9.4	2.4	1.2	1.3	2.4	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.8	2.0	0.9	2.8	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.778

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


Season 2
	Yao Ming	Paul Mokeski
Season	2003-04	1980-81
Team	Houston Rockets	Detroit Pistons
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
Paul Mokeski	80	22.7	7.1	1.8	3.5	5.2	1.7	0.5	0.9	2.0	3.3	2.8	5.7	.489	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.5	.600

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
Paul Mokeski	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Yao Ming	Paul Mokeski
Season	2004-05	1981-82
Team	Houston Rockets	Detroit Pistons, Cleveland Cavaliers
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
Paul Mokeski	67	13.0	3.2	0.9	2.2	3.1	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.8	2.6	1.3	2.9	.435	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	0.9	.762

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
Paul Mokeski	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Yao Ming	Paul Mokeski
Season	2005-06	1982-83
Team	Houston Rockets	Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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	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
Paul Mokeski	73	15.5	3.9	1.0	2.5	3.6	0.7	0.3	0.6	0.9	3.1	1.6	3.6	.458	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	0.9	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Mokeski	4	3.0	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 5
	Yao Ming	Paul Mokeski
Season	2006-07	1983-84
Team	Houston Rockets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks 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	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
Paul Mokeski	68	12.3	3.8	0.8	1.7	2.4	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.6	2.5	1.5	3.1	.479	0.0	0.0	.333	0.7	1.1	.694

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
Paul Mokeski	16	20.1	6.1	1.3	4.3	5.5	0.4	0.6	0.7	0.6	3.9	2.1	3.9	.540	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.8	.667


Season 6
	Yao Ming	Paul Mokeski
Season	2007-08	1984-85
Team	Houston Rockets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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	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
Paul Mokeski	79	20.1	6.2	1.4	3.8	5.2	1.3	0.4	0.4	1.1	3.4	2.6	5.4	.478	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.5	.698

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Mokeski	8	19.3	5.5	1.0	3.3	4.3	1.5	0.3	0.5	1.5	3.5	2.0	4.5	.444	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.5	1.000


Season 7
	Yao Ming	Paul Mokeski
Season	2008-09	1985-86
Team	Houston Rockets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Bucks 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	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
Paul Mokeski	45	11.6	3.2	0.8	2.3	3.1	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.6	2.0	1.3	3.1	.424	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.735

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
Paul Mokeski	14	7.2	2.4	0.4	1.4	1.7	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.9	1.0	1.9	.519	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.667

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


Season 8
	Yao Ming	Paul Mokeski
Season	2010-11	1986-87
Team	Houston Rockets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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	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
Paul Mokeski	62	10.1	2.4	0.7	1.5	2.2	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.4	2.0	0.8	2.1	.403	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.0	.719

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Mokeski	12	8.9	2.3	1.0	1.4	2.4	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.8	0.7	1.8	.364	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.3	.800


Season 9
	Yao Ming	Paul Mokeski
Season	-	1987-88
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Mokeski	60	14.1	4.2	1.2	2.5	3.7	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.8	3.2	1.7	3.5	.476	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.2	.708

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Mokeski	4	10.0	3.5	1.3	1.0	2.3	0.0	0.8	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.3	3.5	.357	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.5	.667


Season 10
	Yao Ming	Paul Mokeski
Season	-	1988-89
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Mokeski	74	9.3	2.2	0.9	1.7	2.5	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.5	2.1	0.8	2.2	.360	0.1	0.4	.269	0.5	0.7	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Mokeski	5	12.2	4.6	1.6	1.8	3.4	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.4	3.2	1.6	2.8	.571	0.2	0.2	1.000	1.2	1.6	.750


Season 11
	Yao Ming	Paul Mokeski
Season	-	1989-90
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Cavaliers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Mokeski	38	11.8	4.0	0.7	1.9	2.6	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.7	2.0	1.7	3.9	.420	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	0.9	.694

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Mokeski	3	3.3	1.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 12
	Yao Ming	Paul Mokeski
Season	-	1990-91
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Warriors 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Mokeski	36	7.1	1.6	0.6	1.3	1.9	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.2	1.6	0.6	1.6	.356	0.1	0.3	.333	0.3	0.4	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Mokeski	3	2.7	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Yao Ming vs. Paul Mokeski Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul Mokeski 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