How many rebounds did Yao Ming have in 2008-09?
7612008-09 Regular Season
Yao Ming recorded 761 rebounds in the 2008-09 regular season, 8th in the NBA.
- Yao Ming's best regular season for rebounds in 8 seasons on file.
- Up 167 from 594 in 2007-08.
- 23% of the Houston Rockets' rebounds that regular season.
Best of 8 regular seasons, 2002-03 through 2010-11. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3. | REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor. | AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket. | STL: Possessions taken off the opponent by picking off a pass or a dribble. | BLK: Opponent shots swatted away before they reached the rim. | FG%: Share of shots from the floor that went in. League average sits near 47%. | 3P%: Share of three-point attempts that went in. League average sits near 36%. | FT%: Share of free throws that went in. League average sits near 78%. | TS%: Scoring per shot with threes and free throws counted: PTS ÷ (2 × (FGA + 0.44 × FTA)). League average sits near 58%. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-03 |  HOU | 1,104 | 675 | 137 | 31 | 147 | 49.8 | 50.0 | 81.1 | 57.0 |
| 2003-04 | HOU | 1,431 | 735 | 122 | 22 | 156 | 52.2 | 0.0 | 80.9 | 58.6 |
| 2004-05 | HOU | 1,465 | 669 | 61 | 34 | 160 | 55.2 | 0.0 | 78.3 | 61.4 |
| 2005-06 | HOU | 1,271 | 581 | 85 | 30 | 94 | 51.9 | 0.0 | 85.3 | 59.2 |
| 2006-07 | HOU | 1,202 | 452 | 94 | 17 | 94 | 51.6 | 0.0 | 86.2 | 60.1 |
| 2007-08 | HOU | 1,209 | 594 | 129 | 25 | 111 | 50.7 | 0.0 | 85.0 | 58.7 |
| 2008-09 | HOU | 1,514 | 761 | 137 | 30 | 150 | 54.8 | 100.0 | 86.6 | 61.8 |
| 2010-11 | HOU | 51 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 48.6 | 0.0 | 93.8 | 57.9 |
What the columns mean: PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · FG% · 3P% · FT% · TS%