LeBron James vs Yao Ming

Who has the better career numbers?

Yao Ming leads in 5 of the 9 lines, LeBron James in 4. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

LeBron James vs Yao Ming head to head

They have faced each other 11 times: LeBron James's team won 3, Yao Ming's 8.

Every game against each other

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LeBron James vs Yao Ming, every game

Date↓	Game↓	James's team↓	LeBron James↓	Yao Ming↓
Feb 26, 2009	CLE at HOU	L 93-74	21 PTS, 1 REB, 0 AST, 34 MIN	28 PTS, 8 REB, 0 AST, 40 MIN
Dec 23, 2008	HOU at CLE	W 99-90	27 PTS, 9 REB, 5 AST, 38 MIN	19 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 23 MIN
Feb 19, 2008	HOU at CLE	L 93-85	26 PTS, 13 REB, 11 AST, 42 MIN	16 PTS, 14 REB, 3 AST, 37 MIN
Feb 7, 2008	CLE at HOU	L 92-77	32 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST, 41 MIN	22 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST, 39 MIN
Mar 5, 2007	HOU at CLE	W 91-85	32 PTS, 12 REB, 8 AST, 42 MIN	16 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST, 27 MIN
Dec 2, 2006	CLE at HOU	L 81-63	21 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 36 MIN	24 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 33 MIN
Mar 26, 2006	CLE at HOU	W 104-102 OT	36 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 49 MIN	27 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST, 44 MIN
Mar 24, 2005	CLE at HOU	L 99-80	19 PTS, 4 REB, 8 AST, 42 MIN	13 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 24 MIN
Dec 29, 2004	HOU at CLE	L 98-87	3 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 17 MIN	20 PTS, 7 REB, 0 AST, 26 MIN
Feb 25, 2004	CLE at HOU	L 90-84	11 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 39 MIN	17 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST, 30 MIN
Dec 17, 2003	HOU at CLE	L 89-85	17 PTS, 1 REB, 3 AST, 36 MIN	12 PTS, 6 REB, 0 AST, 30 MIN

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

Career totals

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Where each stands all time

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

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.