Arvydas Sabonis vs Yao Ming

Arvydas Sabonis

3of 9 lines

Yao Ming

6of 9 lines

Arvydas Sabonis and Yao Ming compared on their NBA careers: Arvydas Sabonis played 7 seasons, 1995-96 to 2002-03, Yao Ming 8 seasons, 2002-03 to 2010-11. Arvydas Sabonis averaged 12 points a game to Yao Ming's 19. They have faced each other 4 times: Arvydas Sabonis's team won 3, Yao Ming's 1.

Who has the better career numbers?

Yao Ming leads in 6 of the 9 lines, Arvydas Sabonis in 3. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Arvydas Sabonis and Yao Ming career per game
470GP486
24.2MIN32.5
12PTS19, better
7.3REB9.2, better
2.1, betterAST1.6
0.8, betterSTL0.4
1.1BLK1.9, better
50FG%52.4, better
32.8, better3P%20
78.6FT%83.3, better
57.4TS%59.6, better

Arvydas Sabonis vs Yao Ming head to head

They have faced each other 4 times: Arvydas Sabonis's team won 3, Yao Ming's 1.

Arvydas Sabonis and Yao Ming, record against each other
GamesPlayedArvydas Sabonis wonYao Ming won
Regular season43, better1
Arvydas Sabonis and Yao Ming, averages in their games against each other
8.8, betterPTS8.5
7.3, betterREB6.8
2.3, betterAST1.3
23.3MIN23.8

Every game against each other

Arvydas Sabonis vs Yao Ming, every game
Apr 8, 2003POR at HOUW 81-6611 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 22 MIN6 PTS, 12 REB, 0 AST, 31 MIN
Mar 19, 2003HOU at PORW 94-836 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 25 MIN11 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST, 31 MIN
Nov 26, 2002HOU at PORW 77-716 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST, 27 MIN10 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 18 MIN
Nov 12, 2002POR at HOUL 86-8312 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 19 MIN7 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 15 MIN

Games both played on opposite sides, from the game logs on file; the record is their teams’.

Career totals

Arvydas Sabonis and Yao Ming career totals
5,629PTS9,247, better
3,436REB4,494, better
964, betterAST769
370, betterSTL189
494BLK920, better
50FG%52.4, better
32.8, better3P%20
78.6FT%83.3, better
57.4TS%59.6, better

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Arvydas Sabonis and Yao Ming postseason
51GP28
28.8MIN35.3
12.1PTS19.8, better
7.4REB9.3, better
1.9, betterAST1
0.9, betterSTL0.3
0.9BLK1.5, better
45.2FG%51.9, better
31.9, better3P%0
80.2FT%83.3, better
53.4TS%59.9, better

Where each stands all time

Arvydas Sabonis and Yao Ming all-time places
258th (494)Blocks112th (920), better
—Rebounds293rd (4,494), better

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

Arvydas Sabonis and Yao Ming titles and awards
—Championships—
—All-Rookie First Team1, better
—All-NBA Third Team3, better
—All-NBA Second Team2, better

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.

Arvydas Sabonis 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.
1st1995-9614.5, better8.11.8, better2002-0313.58.2, better1.7
2nd1996-9713.47.92.1, better2003-0417.5, better9.0, better1.5
3rd1997-9816.010.0, better3.0, better2004-0518.3, better8.40.8
4th1998-9912.17.92.4, better2005-0622.3, better10.2, better1.5
5th1999-0011.87.81.82006-0725.0, better9.4, better2.0, better
6th2000-0110.15.41.52007-0822.0, better10.8, better2.3, better
7th2002-036.14.31.82008-0919.7, better9.9, better1.8
8th————2010-1110.25.40.8

What the columns mean: PTS · REB · AST