Yao Ming
Age 30 · 7'6" · 310 lb · China
Pick #1, 2002 Draft · Rookie 2003 · 486 games · 28 playoff games
DPM
+1.8Game by game
Seismograph
DARKO updates every rating after every game. The lines show the rating going into each game; the bars show how much each game moved it, split into offense and defense.
- Season change
- -1.29
- +3.07 before the first game, +1.77 at the end
- Biggest boost
- +0.23
- Nov 7 vs MIN · 17 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.33
- Oct 30 vs DEN · 23 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.22
- Average size of a game's change this season. Smaller changes mean each game moves DARKO's view less.
Historical comps
Echoes today
Current players whose ten closest comps include one of Yao Ming's seasons, at the same age.
- Dereck Lively II DAL like his 2002-03 82
- Chet Holmgren OKC like his 2004-05 75
Match score out of 100: how close the current player's season is to that one.
Career
Season by season
DPM going into each season's last game, since 1996-97.
| Season | Team | Age | Games | MPG | DPM | Off | Def | For his age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-11 | HOU | 30 | 5 | 18.1 | +1.77 | -1.03 | +2.80 | — |
| 2009-10 | HOU | 29 | 0 | — | +3.35 | -0.32 | +3.67 | — |
| 2008-09 | HOU | 28 | 77 +9 | 33.6 | +3.74 | -0.04 | +3.78 | 34th of 858 |
| 2007-08 | HOU | 27 | 55 | 37.2 | +3.03 | -0.17 | +3.20 | 65th of 924 |
| 2006-07 | HOU | 26 | 48 +7 | 33.8 | +2.91 | -0.41 | +3.32 | 61st of 1010 |
| 2005-06 | HOU | 25 | 57 | 34.2 | +2.41 | -0.32 | +2.72 | 80th of 1078 |
| 2004-05 | HOU | 24 | 80 +7 | 30.7 | +3.13 | +0.53 | +2.60 | 38th of 1185 |
| 2003-04 | HOU | 23 | 82 +5 | 32.9 | +2.64 | +0.14 | +2.51 | 33rd of 1100 |
| 2002-03 | HOU | 22 | 82 | 29.0 | +1.18 | -0.32 | +1.50 | 80th of 813 |
Games are regular season; +n are playoff games. "For his age" ranks the season's DPM among every season at the same age since 1996-97 with 20 or more games. A season's DPM opens the leaderboard on its last game day.