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Yao Ming

“Dinasty”

Career (regular season)

GP
486
PTS
19.0
REB
9.2
AST
1.6

Personal details

Position
Center
Height and weight
2.29 m (7 ft 6 in) · 141 kg (311 lb)
Born
September 12, 1980 (age 46)
Birthplace
Shanghái, República Popular China
School / club
Shanghai
Draft
2002: round 1, pick 1
NBA career
2002-2010 · 8 seasons

Stats

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Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
2002-03 HOU 82 1,104 675 137 2,382 31 147 173 49.8 50.0 81.1
2003-04 HOU 82 1,431 735 122 2,693 22 156 204 52.2 0.0 80.9
2004-05 HOU 80 1,465 669 61 2,447 34 160 196 55.2 — 78.3
2005-06 HOU 57 1,271 581 85 1,949 30 94 147 51.9 0.0 85.3
2006-07 HOU 48 1,202 452 94 1,624 17 94 167 51.6 0.0 86.2
2007-08 HOU 55 1,209 594 129 2,044 25 111 183 50.7 0.0 85.0
2008-09 HOU 77 1,514 761 137 2,589 30 150 234 54.8 100.0 86.6
2010-11 HOU 5 51 27 4 91 0 8 7 48.6 — 93.8
Career 486 9,247 4,494 769 15,819 189 920 1,311 52.4 20.0 83.3

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
2003-04 HOU 5 75 37 9 185 2 7 13 45.6 — 76.5
2004-05 HOU 7 150 54 5 220 2 19 19 65.5 — 72.7
2006-07 HOU 7 176 72 6 260 1 5 33 44.0 — 88.0
2008-09 HOU 9 154 98 9 323 4 11 17 54.5 — 90.2
Career 28 555 261 29 988 9 42 82 51.9 — 83.3

Awards and titles

  • Hall of Fame: 2016 (as a player)
  • All-NBA Second Team (2): 2006-07, 2008-09
  • All-NBA Third Team (3): 2003-04, 2005-06, 2007-08
  • All-Rookie First Team: 2002-03
  • All-Star (7): 2003 (starter), 2004 (starter), 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
  • Rising Stars: 2004

Retired number

  • Houston Rockets: No. 11 (2002-2011 with the team)

Draft

Transactions

  1. El pívot Yao Ming compra el equipo de Shanghai Sharks (China), donde jugó entre 1997 y 2002.

  2. · Waived

    El pívot Yao Ming anuncia su retirada tras expirar su contrato con Houston.

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Salaries

Season Team Salary
2002-03 HOU $3.9M
2003-04 HOU $4.1M
2004-05 HOU $4.4M
2005-06 HOU $5.6M
2006-07 HOU $12.5M
2007-08 HOU $13.8M
2008-09 HOU $15.1M
2009-10 HOU $16.4M
2010-11 HOU $17.7M
Career total $93.4M

Regular-season salaries; if a team waived him and kept paying, the amounts are added up. Data from Basketball-Reference, cross-checked with HoopsHype and ESPN.

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