Amar'e Stoudemire vs Yao Ming

Amar'e Stoudemire and Yao Ming compared on their NBA careers: Amar'e Stoudemire played 14 seasons, 2002-03 to 2015-16, Yao Ming 8 seasons, 2002-03 to 2010-11. Amar'e Stoudemire averaged 18.9 points a game to Yao Ming's 19.

Who has the better career numbers?

Amar'e Stoudemire and Yao Ming career per game
846GP486
31MIN32.5
18.9PTS19
7.8REB9.2
1.2AST1.6
0.8STL0.4
1.2BLK1.9
53.7FG%52.4
23.63P%20
76.1FT%83.3
59.7TS%59.6

Career totals

Amar'e Stoudemire and Yao Ming career totals
15,994PTS9,247
6,632REB4,494
1,050AST769
636STL189
1,054BLK920
53.7FG%52.4
23.63P%20
76.1FT%83.3
59.7TS%59.6

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Amar'e Stoudemire and Yao Ming postseason
78GP28
30.7MIN35.3
18.7PTS19.8
7.4REB9.3
0.8AST1
0.8STL0.3
1.3BLK1.5
51.2FG%51.9
253P%0
75FT%83.3
57.9TS%59.9

Where each stands all time

Amar'e Stoudemire and Yao Ming all-time places
117th (15,994)Points
103rd (6,632)Rebounds234th (4,494)
81st (1,054)Blocks107th (920)

Among the NBA players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Amar'e Stoudemire: 0 championships; All-Rookie First Team, Rookie of the Year, All-NBA Second Team ×4, All-NBA First Team
  • Yao Ming: 0 championships; All-Rookie First Team, All-NBA Third Team ×3, All-NBA Second Team ×2

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Amar'e Stoudemire and Yao Ming season by season
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.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.
1st2002-0313.58.812002-0313.58.21.7
2nd2003-0420.691.42003-0417.591.5
3rd2004-05268.91.62004-0518.38.40.8
4th2005-068.75.30.72005-0622.310.21.5
5th2006-0720.49.612006-07259.42
6th2007-0825.29.11.52007-082210.82.3
7th2008-0921.48.122008-0919.79.91.8
8th2009-1023.18.912010-1110.25.40.8
9th2010-1125.38.22.6
10th2011-1217.57.81.1
11th2012-1314.250.4
12th2013-1411.94.90.5
13th2014-1511.55.60.8
14th2015-165.84.30.5

What the columns mean: PTS · REB · AST