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class="content"> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><script>function mfTempOpenSection(id){var block=document.getElementById("mf-section-"+id);block.className+=" open-block";block.previousSibling.className+=" open-block";}</script><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><section class="mf-section-0" id="mf-section-0"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the singer, see <a href="/wiki/Yao_Min" title="Yao Min">Yao Min</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">In this <a href="/wiki/Chinese_name" title="Chinese name">Chinese name</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_surname" title="Chinese surname">family name</a> is <a href="/wiki/Yao_(surname)" title="Yao (surname)">Yao</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style>Yao Ming (<a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: 姚明; born September 12, 1980) is a Chinese <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a> executive and former professional player. He played for the <a href="/wiki/Shanghai_Sharks" title="Shanghai Sharks">Shanghai Sharks</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Basketball_Association" title="Chinese Basketball Association">Chinese Basketball Association</a> (CBA) and the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a> (NBA). Yao was selected to start for the <a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western Conference</a> in the <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Game" title="NBA All-Star Game">NBA All-Star Game</a> eight times, and was named to the <a href="/wiki/All-NBA_Team" title="All-NBA Team">All-NBA Team</a> five times. During his final season, he was the <a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_players_in_National_Basketball_Association_history" class="mw-redirect" title="List of tallest players in National Basketball Association history">tallest active player in the NBA</a>, at 7 feet 6 inches (2.29 m).<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> <table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Yao Ming</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:Yao_Ming_in_2014_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Yao_Ming_in_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Yao_Ming_in_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="294" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Yao_Ming_in_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Yao_Ming_in_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Yao_Ming_in_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Yao_Ming_in_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2806" data-file-height="3744"></a><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Yao in 2014</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">6th President of the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Basketball_Association_(organisation)" title="Chinese Basketball Association (organisation)">Chinese Basketball Association</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none">Assumed office February 23, 2017</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yu_Zaiqing" title="Yu Zaiqing">Yu Zaiqing</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_People%27s_Political_Consultative_Conference" title="Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference">Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference</a> (12th)</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none">In office March 2013 – March 2018</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Chairman</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yu_Zhengsheng" title="Yu Zhengsheng">Yu Zhengsheng</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"> (1980-09-12) September 12, 1980 (age 44) <a href="/wiki/Shanghai" title="Shanghai">Shanghai</a>, China</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ye_Li" title="Ye Li">Ye Li</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style>2007)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Basketball player / administrator</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Basketball career</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Listed height</th><td class="infobox-data">7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Listed weight</th><td class="infobox-data">310 lb (141 kg)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/NBA_draft" title="NBA draft">NBA draft</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_draft" title="2002 NBA draft">2002</a>: 1st round, <a href="/wiki/List_of_first_overall_NBA_draft_picks" title="List of first overall NBA draft picks">1st overall pick</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Selected by the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Playing career</th><td class="infobox-data">1997–2011</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Position</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">Center</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Number</th><td class="infobox-data">11</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Career history<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_CBA_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1997–98 CBA season">1997</a>–<a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_CBA_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2001–02 CBA season">2002</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Shanghai_Sharks" title="Shanghai Sharks">Shanghai Sharks</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_NBA_season" title="2002–03 NBA season">2002</a>–<a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_NBA_season" title="2010–11 NBA season">2011</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li>8× <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Star">NBA All-Star</a> (<a href="/wiki/2003_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2003 NBA All-Star Game">2003</a>–<a href="/wiki/2009_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2009 NBA All-Star Game">2009</a>, <a href="/wiki/2011_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2011 NBA All-Star Game">2011</a>)</li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/All-NBA_Second_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="All-NBA Second Team">All-NBA Second Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_NBA_season" title="2006–07 NBA season">2007</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_NBA_season" title="2008–09 NBA season">2009</a>)</li> <li>3× <a href="/wiki/All-NBA_Third_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="All-NBA Third Team">All-NBA Third Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_NBA_season" title="2003–04 NBA season">2004</a>, <a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_NBA_season" title="2005–06 NBA season">2006</a>, <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_NBA_season" title="2007–08 NBA season">2008</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Rookie_First_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Rookie First Team">NBA All-Rookie First Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_NBA_season" title="2002–03 NBA season">2003</a>)</li> <li>No. 11 <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets#Retired_numbers" title="Houston Rockets">retired by Houston Rockets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CBA_Most_Valuable_Player" title="CBA Most Valuable Player">CBA MVP</a> (<a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_CBA_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2000–01 CBA season">2001</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Basketball_Association_champion" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese Basketball Association champion">CBA champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_CBA_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2001–02 CBA season">2002</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/CBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player" title="CBA Finals Most Valuable Player">CBA Finals MVP</a> (<a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_CBA_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2000–01 CBA season">2001</a>)</li> <li>3× <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Basketball_Association" title="Chinese Basketball Association">CBA</a> rebounding leader (<a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_CBA_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1999–2000 CBA season">2000</a>–<a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_CBA_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2001–02 CBA season">2002</a>)</li> <li>3× <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Basketball_Association" title="Chinese Basketball Association">CBA</a> blocks leader (<a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_CBA_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1999–2000 CBA season">2000</a>–<a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_CBA_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2001–02 CBA season">2002</a>)</li> <li>3× <a href="/wiki/FIBA_Asia_Cup_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="FIBA Asia Cup MVP">FIBA Asia Cup MVP</a> (<a href="/wiki/ABC_Championship_2001" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC Championship 2001">2001</a>, <a href="/wiki/ABC_Championship_2003" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC Championship 2003">2003</a>, <a href="/wiki/FIBA_Asia_Championship_2005" class="mw-redirect" title="FIBA Asia Championship 2005">2005</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Career NBA statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Points</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">9,247 (19.0 ppg)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">4,494 (9.2 rpg)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Block_(basketball)" title="Block (basketball)">Blocks</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">920 (1.9 bpg)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nba.com/player/2397">Stats</a> at NBA.com <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58590#P3647" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20"></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/mingya01.html">Stats</a> at <a 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!important;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/yao-ming">Basketball Hall of Fame</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="font-weight:bold; background-color: #DCDCDC !important;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fiba.basketball/hall-of-fame/Yao-Ming">FIBA Hall of Fame</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><div class="mw-collapsible" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"> <div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="line-height:1.6em; background-color:#ccf; font-size:105%; background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important;"><div style="margin:0 4em;">Medals</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size:105%"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151960987">body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox table{display:table}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox caption{display:table-caption}</style> <table class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; background-color:#f9f9f9; color:#000000; font-weight:normal"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;color:inherit;"> Men's <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;color:inherit;" class="adr">Representing <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"> <a href="/wiki/China_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="China men's national basketball team">China</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#cccccc;color:inherit;"> <a href="/wiki/FIBA_Asia_Cup" title="FIBA Asia Cup">FIBA Asia Cup</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><img alt="Gold medal – first place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16"></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"> <a href="/wiki/1999_ABC_Championship" title="1999 ABC Championship">1999 Fukuoka</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><img alt="Gold medal – first place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16"></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"> <a href="/wiki/2001_ABC_Championship" title="2001 ABC Championship">2001 Shanghai</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><img alt="Gold medal – first place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16"></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"> <a href="/wiki/2003_ABC_Championship" title="2003 ABC Championship">2003 Harbin</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><img alt="Gold medal – first place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16"></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"> <a href="/wiki/2005_FIBA_Asia_Championship" title="2005 FIBA Asia Championship">2005 Doha</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#cccccc;color:inherit;"> <a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_Asian_Games" title="Basketball at the Asian Games">Asian Games</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><img alt="Silver medal – second place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16"></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"> <a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2002_Asian_Games" title="Basketball at the 2002 Asian Games">2002 Busan</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#cccccc;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_East_Asian_Games" title="Basketball at the East Asian Games">East Asian Games</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><img alt="Gold medal – first place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16"></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"> <a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_East_Asian_Games" title="Basketball at the East Asian Games">2001 Osaka</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="color: #202122;background-color:#b0c4de">Yao Ming</th></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image notheme" style="background-color: #f8f9fa;"><a href="/wiki/File:Yao_Ming_(Chinese_characters).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Yao_Ming_%28Chinese_characters%29.svg/90px-Yao_Ming_%28Chinese_characters%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="41" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Yao_Ming_%28Chinese_characters%29.svg/135px-Yao_Ming_%28Chinese_characters%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Yao_Ming_%28Chinese_characters%29.svg/180px-Yao_Ming_%28Chinese_characters%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="695" data-file-height="315"></a><div class="infobox-caption">Yao's name in Chinese characters</div></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data">姚明</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="display:inline-table; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: left;color: #202122; background-color: #f9ffbc;">Transcriptions</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Standard_Chinese" title="Standard Chinese">Standard Mandarin</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hanyu_Pinyin" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanyu Pinyin">Hanyu Pinyin</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Yáo Míng</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Bopomofo" title="Bopomofo">Bopomofo</a></th><td class="infobox-data">ㄧㄠˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Spelling_in_Gwoyeu_Romatzyh" title="Spelling in Gwoyeu Romatzyh">Gwoyeu Romatzyh</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Yau Ming</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Wade%E2%80%93Giles" title="Wade–Giles">Wade–Giles</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Yao2 Ming2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Mandarin" title="Help:IPA/Mandarin">IPA</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Mandarin" title="Help:IPA/Mandarin">[jǎʊ mǐŋ]</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Cantonese" title="Cantonese">Yue: Cantonese</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Yale_romanization_of_Cantonese" title="Yale romanization of Cantonese">Yale Romanization</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Yìuh Mìhng</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping">Jyutping</a></th><td class="infobox-data">jiu4 ming4</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Cantonese" title="Help:IPA/Cantonese">IPA</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Cantonese" title="Help:IPA/Cantonese">[jiw˩ mɪŋ˩]</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Min" title="Southern Min">Southern Min</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hokkien" title="Hokkien">Hokkien</a> <a href="/wiki/Pe%CC%8Dh-%C5%8De-j%C4%AB" title="Pe̍h-ōe-jī">POJ</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Iâu Bêng</td></tr></tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> Yao, who was born in <a href="/wiki/Shanghai" title="Shanghai">Shanghai</a>, started playing for the Sharks as a teenager, and played on their senior team for five years in the CBA, winning a championship in his final year. After negotiating with the CBA and the Sharks to secure his release, Yao was selected by the Rockets as the first overall pick in the <a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_draft" title="2002 NBA draft">2002 NBA draft</a>. He reached the <a href="/wiki/NBA_playoffs" title="NBA playoffs">NBA playoffs</a> four times, and the Rockets won the first-round series in the <a href="/wiki/2009_NBA_playoffs" title="2009 NBA playoffs">2009 postseason</a>, their first playoff series victory since 1997. In July 2011, Yao announced his retirement from professional basketball because of a series of foot and ankle injuries which forced him to miss 250 games in his last six seasons.<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a> In eight seasons with the Rockets, Yao ranks sixth among franchise leaders in total points and total rebounds, and second in total blocks.<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> Yao is one of China's best-known athletes internationally, with sponsorships with several major companies. His rookie year in the NBA was the subject of a documentary film, <a href="/wiki/The_Year_of_the_Yao" title="The Year of the Yao">The Year of the Yao</a>, and he co-wrote, along with NBA analyst <a href="/wiki/Ric_Bucher" title="Ric Bucher">Ric Bucher</a>, an autobiography titled Yao: A Life in Two Worlds. Known in China as the "Yao Ming Phenomenon" and in the United States as the "Ming Dynasty", Yao's success in the NBA, and his popularity among fans, made him a symbol of a new China that was both more modern and more confident.<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> Yao is also an entrepreneur and owner of Yao Family Wines in <a href="/wiki/Napa_Valley,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Napa Valley, California">Napa Valley, California</a>.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> In April 2016, Yao was elected into the <a href="/wiki/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame</a>, alongside <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Allen Iverson</a>, becoming the first Chinese national to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> In February 2017, Yao was unanimously elected as chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Basketball_Association_(organisation)" title="Chinese Basketball Association (organisation)">Chinese Basketball Association</a>.<a href="#cite_note-cbachairman-8">[8]</a> Yao had a storied career as a member of the Chinese national team.<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> With the national team, Yao won the FIBA Asia Cup in 2001, 2003, and 2005, winning MVP of the tournament all three times.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> He also made the All-Tournament Team at the FIBA World Cup in 2002. Yao retired from the Chinese national team after the <a href="/wiki/2008_Beijing_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Beijing Olympics">2008 Beijing Olympics</a>.<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Early_life">1 Early life</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Professional_career">2 Professional career</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Shanghai_Sharks_(1997%E2%80%932002)">2.1 Shanghai Sharks (1997–2002)</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Houston_Rockets_(2002%E2%80%932011)">2.2 Houston Rockets (2002–2011)</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-5"><a href="#Beginning_years_(2002%E2%80%932005)">2.2.1 Beginning years (2002–2005)</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6"><a href="#Career_highs_and_injury-plagued_seasons_(2005%E2%80%932011)">2.2.2 Career highs and injury-plagued seasons (2005–2011)</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Retirement">2.3 Retirement</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#National_team_career">3 National team career</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#2000_and_2004_Olympics">3.1 2000 and 2004 Olympics</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="#Asian_Cup">3.2 Asian Cup</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#2006_World_Championship">3.3 2006 World Championship</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#2008_Olympics">3.4 2008 Olympics</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#Chinese_Basketball_Association">3.5 Chinese Basketball Association</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="#Career_statistics">4 Career statistics</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="#CBA_statistics">4.1 CBA statistics</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"><a href="#NBA_statistics">4.2 NBA statistics</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-17"><a href="#Regular_season">4.2.1 Regular season</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-18"><a href="#Playoffs">4.2.2 Playoffs</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-19"><a href="#Awards_and_achievements">5 Awards and achievements</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-20"><a href="#Personal_life">6 Personal life</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-21"><a href="#Other_activities">7 Other activities</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-22"><a href="#Commercial_engagements">7.1 Commercial engagements</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-23"><a href="#Philanthropy">7.2 Philanthropy</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-24"><a href="#Conservation_work">7.3 Conservation work</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-25"><a href="#Politics">7.4 Politics</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-26"><a href="#See_also">8 See also</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-27"><a href="#References">9 References</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-28"><a href="#Further_reading">10 Further reading</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-29"><a href="#External_links">11 External links</a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2></div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> Yao Ming was born on September 12, 1980, in <a href="/wiki/Shanghai" title="Shanghai">Shanghai</a>, China.<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> He is the only child of 6-foot-7-inch (2.01 m) Yao Zhiyuan and 6-foot-3-inch (1.91 m) Fang Fengdi,<a href="#cite_note-ref1-14">[14]</a> both of whom were former professional basketball players.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> At 11 pounds (5.0 kg), Yao weighed more than twice as much as the average Chinese newborn.<a href="#cite_note-ref3-16">[16]</a> When Yao was nine years old, he began playing basketball and attended a junior sports school.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> The following year, Yao measured 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 m)<a href="#cite_note-book-18">[18]</a> and was examined by sports doctors, who predicted he would grow to 7 feet 3 inches (2.21 m).<a href="#cite_note-book-18">[18]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2></div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shanghai_Sharks_(1997–2002)">Shanghai Sharks (1997–2002)</h3></div> Yao first tried out for the <a href="/wiki/Shanghai_Sharks" title="Shanghai Sharks">Shanghai Sharks</a>' junior team of the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Basketball_Association" title="Chinese Basketball Association">Chinese Basketball Association</a> (CBA) when he was 13 years old, and practiced ten hours a day for his acceptance.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> After playing with the junior team for four years, Yao joined the Sharks' senior team, where he averaged 10 points and 8 <a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">rebounds</a> a game in his <a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_Chinese_Basketball_Association_season" title="1997–98 Chinese Basketball Association season">rookie season</a>. His next season was cut short when he broke his foot for the second time in his career, which Yao said decreased his jumping ability by four to six inches (10 to 15 cm).<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> The Sharks made the finals of the CBA in Yao's <a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_CBA_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1999–2000 CBA season">third season</a> and again the <a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_CBA_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2000–01 CBA season">next year</a>, but lost both times to the <a href="/wiki/Bayi_Rockets" title="Bayi Rockets">Bayi Rockets</a>. When <a href="/wiki/Wang_Zhizhi" title="Wang Zhizhi">Wang Zhizhi</a> left the Bayi Rockets to become the first NBA player from China the <a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_CBA_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2001–02 CBA season">following year</a>, the Sharks finally won their first CBA championship. During the playoffs in his final year with Shanghai, Yao averaged 38.9 points and 20.2 rebounds a game, while shooting 76.6% from the field,<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> and made all 21 of his shots during one game in the finals.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Houston_Rockets_(2002–2011)">Houston Rockets (2002–2011)</h3></div> Yao was pressured to enter the <a href="/wiki/1999_NBA_draft" title="1999 NBA draft">NBA draft in 1999</a> by Li Yaomin, the deputy general manager of the Shanghai Sharks.<a href="#cite_note-ref3-16">[16]</a> Li also influenced Yao to sign a contract for Evergreen Sports Inc. to serve as his agent. The agreement entitled Evergreen to 33% of Yao's earnings,<a href="#cite_note-ref3-16">[16]</a> but the contract was later determined to be invalid.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> As American attention on Yao grew, Chinese authorities also took interest. In 2002, the Chinese government released new regulations that would require him and other Chinese players to turn over half of any NBA earnings to the government and China's national basketball association, including endorsements as well as salaries.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> When Yao decided to enter the <a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_draft" title="2002 NBA draft">2002 NBA draft</a>, a group of advisers was formed that came to be known as "Team Yao". The team consisted of Yao's negotiator, Erik Zhang; his NBA agent, Bill Duffy; his Chinese agent, Lu Hao; <a href="/wiki/University_of_Chicago" title="University of Chicago">University of Chicago</a> economics professor John Huizinga;<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> and the vice president for marketing at BDA Sports Management, Bill Sanders.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> Yao was widely predicted to be picked number one overall.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a><a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a><a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> However, some teams were concerned about Yao's NBA eligibility because of uncertainty over whether the CBA would let Yao play in the United States.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> Shortly after Wang Zhizhi refused to return to China to play for the <a href="/wiki/China_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="China men's national basketball team">national team</a> and was subsequently banned from playing for China,<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> the CBA stipulated that Yao would have to return to play for the national team.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> They also said they would not let him go to the United States unless the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a> would take him first overall.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> After assurances from Team Yao that the Rockets would draft Yao with their number one pick, the CBA gave permission on the morning of the draft for Yao to play in the U.S.<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> When the Rockets selected Yao with the first pick of the draft, he became the first international player ever to be selected first overall without having previously played U.S. <a href="/wiki/College_basketball" title="College basketball">college basketball</a>.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Beginning_years_(2002–2005)">Beginning years (2002–2005)</h4></div> Yao did not participate in the Rockets' pre-season training camp, instead playing for China in the <a href="/wiki/2002_FIBA_World_Championship" title="2002 FIBA World Championship">2002 FIBA World Championships</a>.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> Before the season, several commentators, including <a href="/wiki/Bill_Simmons" title="Bill Simmons">Bill Simmons</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dick_Vitale" title="Dick Vitale">Dick Vitale</a>, predicted that Yao would fail in the NBA,<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a><a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Charles Barkley</a> said he would "kiss <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Smith" title="Kenny Smith">Kenny Smith</a>'s ass" if Yao scored more than 19 points in one of his rookie-season games.<a href="#cite_note-barkleykiss-39">[39]</a> Yao played his first NBA game against the <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a>, scoring no points and grabbing two rebounds,<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a><a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> and scored his first NBA basket against the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a>.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> In his first seven games, he averaged only 14 minutes and 4 points, but on November 17, he scored 20 points on a perfect 9-of-9 from the field and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line against the Lakers.<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> Barkley made good on his bet by kissing the buttock of a donkey purchased by Smith for the occasion (Smith's "ass").<a href="#cite_note-barkleykiss-39">[39]</a> In Yao's first game in Miami on December 16, 2002, the <a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Heat</a> passed out 8,000 <a href="/wiki/Fortune_cookie" title="Fortune cookie">fortune cookies</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Stereotypes_of_East_Asians_in_the_United_States" title="Stereotypes of East Asians in the United States">East Asian cultural stereotype</a>.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a><a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> Yao was not angry with the promotion because he was not familiar with American stereotypes of Chinese.<a href="#cite_note-tang-46">[46]</a> In an earlier interview in 2000, Yao said he had never seen a fortune cookie in China and guessed it must have been an American invention.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> Before Yao's first meeting with <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> on January 17, 2003, O'Neal said, "Tell Yao Ming, <a href="/wiki/Ching_chong" title="Ching chong">ching chong</a>-yang-wah-ah-soh", prompting accusations of racism.<a href="#cite_note-tang-46">[46]</a> O'Neal denied that his comments were racist, and said he was only joking.<a href="#cite_note-racism-48">[48]</a> Yao also said he believed O'Neal was joking, but he said a lot of <a href="/wiki/East_Asian_people" title="East Asian people">Asians</a> would not see the humor.<a href="#cite_note-racism-48">[48]</a><a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> In the game, Yao scored the Rockets' first six points of the game and blocked O'Neal twice in the opening minutes as well as altering two other shots by O'Neal, all 4 of those attempts coming right at the rim, and made a game-sealing dunk with 10 seconds left in overtime.<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> Yao finished with 10 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 blocks; O'Neal recorded 31 points, 13 rebounds, and 0 blocks.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> O'Neal later expressed regret for the way he treated Yao early in his career.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> The NBA began offering <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Game" title="NBA All-Star Game">All-Star</a> ballots in three languages—English, Spanish and Chinese—for fan voting of the starters for the <a href="/wiki/2003_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2003 NBA All-Star Game">2003 NBA All-Star Game</a>.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> Yao was voted to start for the West over O'Neal, who was coming off three consecutive <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals_MVP_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Finals MVP Award">NBA Finals MVP Awards</a>.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> Yao received nearly a quarter million more votes than O'Neal, and he became the first rookie to start in the All-Star Game since <a href="/wiki/Grant_Hill" title="Grant Hill">Grant Hill</a> in <a href="/wiki/1995_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1995 NBA All-Star Game">1995</a>.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yao_Ming_free_throw.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Yao_Ming_free_throw.jpg/220px-Yao_Ming_free_throw.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 165px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Yao_Ming_free_throw.jpg/220px-Yao_Ming_free_throw.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="165" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Yao_Ming_free_throw.jpg/330px-Yao_Ming_free_throw.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Yao_Ming_free_throw.jpg/440px-Yao_Ming_free_throw.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>Yao prepares to shoot a free throw with <a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> in the background</figcaption></figure> Yao finished his rookie season averaging 13.5 points and 8.2 rebounds per game,<a href="#cite_note-ref4-56">[56]</a> and was second in the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Rookie of the Year Award">NBA Rookie of the Year Award</a> voting to <a href="/wiki/Amar%27e_Stoudemire" title="Amar'e Stoudemire">Amar'e Stoudemire</a>,<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> and a unanimous pick for the NBA All-Rookie First Team selection.<a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-58">[58]</a> He was also voted the <a href="/wiki/Sporting_News" class="mw-redirect" title="Sporting News">Sporting News</a> Rookie of the Year,<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> and won the <a href="/wiki/Laureus_World_Sports_Award_for_Breakthrough_of_the_Year" title="Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year">Laureus Newcomer of the Year</a> award.<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2004_Got_Milk_Rookie_Challenge_-_Sophomore_Starting_Lineup.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/2004_Got_Milk_Rookie_Challenge_-_Sophomore_Starting_Lineup.jpg/300px-2004_Got_Milk_Rookie_Challenge_-_Sophomore_Starting_Lineup.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="126" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="412" data-file-height="173"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 300px;height: 126px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/2004_Got_Milk_Rookie_Challenge_-_Sophomore_Starting_Lineup.jpg/300px-2004_Got_Milk_Rookie_Challenge_-_Sophomore_Starting_Lineup.jpg" data-width="300" data-height="126" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/2004_Got_Milk_Rookie_Challenge_-_Sophomore_Starting_Lineup.jpg 1.5x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>Yao (fourth from left) standing with the Sophomores team during the <a href="/wiki/2004_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2004 NBA All-Star Game">2004</a> <a href="/wiki/Rising_Stars_Challenge" title="Rising Stars Challenge">Rookie Challenge</a> game.</figcaption></figure> Before the start of Yao's sophomore season, Rockets' head coach <a href="/wiki/Rudy_Tomjanovich" title="Rudy Tomjanovich">Rudy Tomjanovich</a> resigned because of health issues,<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> and long-time <a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a> head coach <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Van_Gundy" title="Jeff Van Gundy">Jeff Van Gundy</a> was brought in. After Van Gundy began focusing the offense on Yao,<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> Yao averaged career highs in points and rebounds for the season, and had a career-high 41 points and 7 assists in a triple-overtime win against the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a> in February 2004.<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> He was also voted to be the starting center for the <a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western Conference</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2004_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2004 NBA All-Star Game">2004 NBA All-Star Game</a> for the second straight year.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> Yao finished the season averaging 17.5 points and 9.0 rebounds a game.<a href="#cite_note-ref4-56">[56]</a> The Rockets made the playoffs for the first time in Yao's career, claiming the seventh seed in the Western Conference. In the first round, however, the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> eliminated Houston in five games.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> Yao averaged 15.0 points and 7.4 rebounds in his first playoff series.<a href="#cite_note-ref4-56">[56]</a> In the summer of 2004, the Rockets acquired <a href="/wiki/Tracy_McGrady" title="Tracy McGrady">Tracy McGrady</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a> in a seven-player trade that also sent <a href="/wiki/Steve_Francis" title="Steve Francis">Steve Francis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cuttino_Mobley" title="Cuttino Mobley">Cuttino Mobley</a> to Orlando.<a href="#cite_note-ref5-66">[66]</a> Although Yao said that Francis and Mobley had "helped [him] in every way [his] first two seasons", he added, "I'm excited about playing with Tracy McGrady. He can do some amazing things."<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> After the trade, it was predicted that the Rockets would be title contenders.<a href="#cite_note-ref5-66">[66]</a><a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> Both McGrady and Yao were voted to start in the <a href="/wiki/2005_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2005 NBA All-Star Game">2005 NBA All-Star Game</a>, and Yao broke the record previously held by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a> for most All-Star votes, with 2,558,278 total votes.<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> The Rockets won 51 games and finished fifth in the West, and made <a href="/wiki/2005_NBA_playoffs" title="2005 NBA playoffs">the playoffs</a> for the second consecutive year, where they faced the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a>.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> The Rockets won the first two games in Dallas, and Yao made 13 of 14 shots in the second game, the best shooting performance in the playoffs in Rockets history.<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> However, the Rockets lost four of their last five games and lost Game 7 by 40 points, the largest Game 7 deficit in NBA history.<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> Yao's final averages for the series were 21.4 points on 65% shooting and 7.7 rebounds.<a href="#cite_note-ref4-56">[56]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Career_highs_and_injury-plagued_seasons_(2005–2011)">Career highs and injury-plagued seasons (2005–2011)</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:YaoMingonoffense2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/YaoMingonoffense2.jpg/170px-YaoMingonoffense2.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="256" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1236" data-file-height="1858"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 170px;height: 256px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/YaoMingonoffense2.jpg/170px-YaoMingonoffense2.jpg" data-width="170" data-height="256" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/YaoMingonoffense2.jpg/255px-YaoMingonoffense2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/YaoMingonoffense2.jpg/340px-YaoMingonoffense2.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>In his <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_NBA_season" title="2006–07 NBA season">fifth season</a>, Yao averaged a career-high 25 points per game.</figcaption></figure> After missing only two games out of 246 in his first three years of NBA play,<a href="#cite_note-ref1-14">[14]</a> Yao endured an extended period on the inactive list in his fourth season after developing <a href="/wiki/Osteomyelitis" title="Osteomyelitis">osteomyelitis</a> in the big toe on his left foot, and surgery was performed on the toe on December 18, 2005.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> Despite missing 21 games while recovering,<a href="#cite_note-ref1-14">[14]</a> Yao again had the most fan votes to start the <a href="/wiki/2006_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2006 NBA All-Star Game">2006 NBA All-Star Game</a>.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> In 25 games after the All-Star break, Yao averaged 25.7 points and 11.6 rebounds per game, while shooting 53.7% from the field and 87.8% at the free-throw line.<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> His final averages in 57 games were 22.3 points and 10.2 rebounds per game.<a href="#cite_note-ref4-56">[56]</a> It was the first time that he ended the season with a so-called "20/10" average. However, Tracy McGrady played only 47 games in the season, missing time because of back spasms.<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> Yao and McGrady played only 31 games together,<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> and the Rockets did not make the playoffs, winning only 34 games.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> With only four games left in the season, Yao suffered another injury in a game against the <a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a> on April 10, 2006, which left him with a broken bone in his left foot. The injury required six months of rest.<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> Early into his fifth season, Yao was injured again, this time breaking his right knee on December 23, 2006, while attempting to block a shot.<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> Up to that point he had been averaging 26.8 points, 9.7 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game, and had been mentioned as an <a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Valuable Player Award">MVP</a> candidate.<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a><a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> Yao was unable to play in what would have been his fifth All-Star game;<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> he was medically cleared to play on March 4, 2007, after missing 32 games.<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> Despite Yao's absence, the Rockets made the playoffs with the home court advantage against the Utah Jazz in the first round.<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> The Rockets won the first two games, but then lost four of five games<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> and were eliminated in Game 7 at home; Yao scored 29 points—15 in the fourth quarter.<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> Although he averaged 25.1 points and 10.3 rebounds for the series, Yao said afterwards "I didn't do my job".<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> At the end of the season, Yao was selected to the <a href="/wiki/All-NBA_Second_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="All-NBA Second Team">All-NBA Second Team</a> for the first time in his career, after being selected to the All-NBA Third Team twice.<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> On May 18, 2007, only weeks after the Rockets were eliminated from the playoffs, Jeff Van Gundy was dismissed as head coach.<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> Three days later, the Rockets signed former <a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a> coach <a href="/wiki/Rick_Adelman" title="Rick Adelman">Rick Adelman</a>,<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> who was thought to focus more on offense than the defensive-minded Van Gundy.<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a><a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AAAA1801.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/AAAA1801.jpg/220px-AAAA1801.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="260" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="1135"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 260px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/AAAA1801.jpg/220px-AAAA1801.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="260" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/AAAA1801.jpg/330px-AAAA1801.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/AAAA1801.jpg/440px-AAAA1801.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>Yao advanced to the second round of the playoffs for the only time in his career in 2009.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gilbert_Arenas_and_Yao_Ming_(2311322736).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Gilbert_Arenas_and_Yao_Ming_%282311322736%29.jpg/220px-Gilbert_Arenas_and_Yao_Ming_%282311322736%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2336" data-file-height="3504"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 330px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Gilbert_Arenas_and_Yao_Ming_%282311322736%29.jpg/220px-Gilbert_Arenas_and_Yao_Ming_%282311322736%29.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="330" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Gilbert_Arenas_and_Yao_Ming_%282311322736%29.jpg/330px-Gilbert_Arenas_and_Yao_Ming_%282311322736%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Gilbert_Arenas_and_Yao_Ming_%282311322736%29.jpg/440px-Gilbert_Arenas_and_Yao_Ming_%282311322736%29.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>Yao playing against <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Arenas" title="Gilbert Arenas">Gilbert Arenas</a></figcaption></figure> On November 9, 2007, Yao played against fellow Chinese NBA and <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a> player <a href="/wiki/Yi_Jianlian" title="Yi Jianlian">Yi Jianlian</a> for the first time. The game, which the Rockets won 104–88, was broadcast on 19 networks in China, and was watched by over 200 million people in China alone, making it one of the most-watched NBA games in history.<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/2008_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2008 NBA All-Star Game">2008 NBA All-Star Game</a>, Yao was once again voted to start at center for the Western Conference.<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> Before the All-Star weekend, the Rockets had won eight straight games, and after the break, they took their win streak to 12 games. On February 26, 2008, however, it was reported that Yao would miss the rest of the season with a <a href="/wiki/Stress_fracture" title="Stress fracture">stress fracture</a> in his left foot. He missed the <a href="/wiki/2008_NBA_playoffs" title="2008 NBA playoffs">2008 NBA playoffs</a>, but he did not miss the <a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics" title="2008 Summer Olympics">2008 Summer Olympics</a> at Beijing, China in August.<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> After Yao's injury, the Rockets stretched their winning streak to 22 games, at the time the second-longest such streak in NBA history.<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> Yao underwent a successful operation on March 3, which placed screws in his foot to strengthen the bone, and recovery time was estimated at four months.<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> Yao's final averages in 55 games were 22.0 points, 10.8 rebounds, and 2.0 blocks a game.<a href="#cite_note-ref4-56">[56]</a> The <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_NBA_season" title="2008–09 NBA season">next season</a>, Yao played 77 games, his first full season since the <a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_NBA_season" title="2004–05 NBA season">2004–05 season</a>, and averaged 19.7 points and 9.9 rebounds, while shooting 54.8% from the field, and a career-high 86.6% from the free throw line.<a href="#cite_note-ref4-56">[56]</a> Despite McGrady suffering a season-ending injury in February,<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a> the Rockets finished with 53 wins and the fifth seed in the Western Conference.<a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> Facing the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a> in the first round, Yao finished with 24 points on 9-of-9 shooting in the first game, and the Rockets won 108–81, in Portland.<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a> The Rockets won all their games in Houston,<a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> and advanced to the second round of the playoffs for the first time since 1997, and the first time in Yao's career.<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> The Rockets faced the Lakers in the second round, and Yao scored 28 points, with 8 points in the final four minutes, to lead the Rockets to a 100–92 win in Los Angeles.<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> However, the Rockets lost their next two games,<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a><a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> and Yao was diagnosed with a sprained ankle after Game 3.<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a> A follow-up test revealed a <a href="/wiki/Stress_fracture" title="Stress fracture">hairline fracture</a> in his left foot, and he was ruled out for the remainder of the playoffs.<a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> In reaction, Yao said the injury, which did not require surgery, was "better than last year".<a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a> However, follow-up analysis indicated that the injury could be career threatening.<a href="#cite_note-apress-110">[110]</a> The Yao-less Rockets went on to win Game 4 against the Lakers to even the series 2–2.<a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a> The Rockets eventually lost the series in seven games. In July 2009, Yao discussed the injury with his doctors, and the Rockets applied for a disabled player exception, an exception to the <a href="/wiki/NBA_salary_cap" title="NBA salary cap">NBA salary cap</a> which grants the injured player's team money to sign a free agent.<a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a> The Rockets were granted the exception, and used approximately $5.7 million on free agent <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Ariza" title="Trevor Ariza">Trevor Ariza</a>. After weeks of consulting, it was decided that Yao would undergo surgery in order to repair the broken bone in his left foot.<a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> He did not play the entire <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_NBA_season" title="2009–10 NBA season">2009–10 season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-solomon-114">[114]</a> For the <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_NBA_season" title="2010–11 NBA season">2010–11 season</a>, the Rockets said they would limit Yao to 24 minutes a game, with no plan to play him on back-to-back nights. Their goal was to keep Yao healthy in the long term.<a href="#cite_note-solomon-114">[114]</a> On December 16, 2010, it was announced that Yao had developed a stress fracture in his left ankle, related to an older injury, and would miss the rest of the season.<a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a> In January 2011, he was voted as the Western Conference starting center for the <a href="/wiki/2011_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2011 NBA All-Star Game">2011 All-Star Game</a> for the eighth time in nine seasons. Injured All-Stars are usually required to attend the All-Star functions and to be introduced at the game, but Yao was not in Los Angeles because of his rehabilitation schedule after his surgery.<a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a> Yao's contract with the Rockets expired at the end of the season, and he became a free agent.<a href="#cite_note-ap_07112011-117">[117]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Retirement">Retirement</h3></div> On July 20, 2011, Yao announced his retirement from basketball in a press conference in Shanghai.<a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a><a href="#cite_note-ap_07202011-119">[119]</a> He cited injuries to his foot and ankle, including the third fracture to his left foot sustained near the end of 2010.<a href="#cite_note-chron.com-120">[120]</a> His retirement sparked over 1.2 million comments on the Chinese social-networking site <a href="/wiki/Sina_Weibo" class="mw-redirect" title="Sina Weibo">Sina Weibo</a>.<a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a> Reacting to Yao's retirement, NBA commissioner <a href="/wiki/David_Stern" title="David Stern">David Stern</a> said Yao was a "bridge between Chinese and American fans" and that he had "a wonderful mixture of talent, dedication, humanitarian aspirations and a sense of humor."<a href="#cite_note-chron.com-120">[120]</a> Shaquille O'Neal said Yao "was very agile. He could play inside, he could play outside, and if he didn't have those injuries he could've been up there in the top five centers to ever play the game."<a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a> Yao was nominated by a member of the Chinese media for the <a href="/wiki/Naismith_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame">Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame</a> as a contributor to the game. He would have been eligible for induction as early as 2012, but Yao felt it was too soon and requested that the Hall of Fame delay consideration of the nomination. The Hall granted Yao's request, and said it was Yao's decision when the process would be restarted.<a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a> On September 9, 2016, Yao was inducted into the Hall of Fame along with 4-time NBA champion <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Allen Iverson</a>.<a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a> Continuing with the honors, on February 3, 2017, Yao's Number 11 jersey was retired by the Houston Rockets.<a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><h2 id="National_team_career">National team career</h2></div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:YaoMingagainstMelbourne.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/YaoMingagainstMelbourne.jpg/170px-YaoMingagainstMelbourne.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1066" data-file-height="1600"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 170px;height: 255px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/YaoMingagainstMelbourne.jpg/170px-YaoMingagainstMelbourne.jpg" data-width="170" data-height="255" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/YaoMingagainstMelbourne.jpg/255px-YaoMingagainstMelbourne.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/YaoMingagainstMelbourne.jpg/340px-YaoMingagainstMelbourne.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>Yao was the <a href="/wiki/FIBA_World_Cup_Top_Scorer" class="mw-redirect" title="FIBA World Cup Top Scorer">leading scorer</a> of the <a href="/wiki/2006_FIBA_World_Championship" title="2006 FIBA World Championship">2006 FIBA World Championship</a>.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000_and_2004_Olympics">2000 and 2004 Olympics</h3></div> Yao first played for China in the <a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2000 Summer Olympics</a>, and he was dubbed, together with 7 ft (2.1 m) teammates <a href="/wiki/Wang_Zhizhi" title="Wang Zhizhi">Wang Zhizhi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mengke_Bateer" title="Mengke Bateer">Mengke Bateer</a>, "the Walking Great Wall".<a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a> During the <a href="/wiki/2004_Athens_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 Athens Olympics">2004 Athens Olympics</a>, Yao carried the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_China" title="Flag of China">Chinese flag</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Opening_ceremony" title="Opening ceremony">opening ceremony</a>, which he said was a "long dream come true".<a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a> He then vowed to abstain from shaving his beard for half a year unless the <a href="/wiki/China_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="China men's national basketball team">Chinese national team</a> made it into the quarter-finals of the <a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2004 Olympics</a>.<a href="#cite_note-128">[128]</a> After Yao scored 39 points in a win against <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand national basketball team">New Zealand</a>, China lost 58–83, 57–82, and 52–89 against <a href="/wiki/Spain_national_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Spain national basketball team">Spain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Argentina national basketball team">Argentina</a> and <a href="/wiki/Italy_national_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Italy national basketball team">Italy</a> respectively. In the final group game, however, a 67–66 win over the reigning <a href="/wiki/2002_FIBA_World_Championship" title="2002 FIBA World Championship">2002 FIBA World Champions</a> <a href="/wiki/Serbia_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Serbia men's national basketball team">Serbia and Montenegro</a> moved them into the quarterfinals. Yao scored 27 points and had 13 rebounds, and he hit two free throws with 28 seconds left that proved to be the winning margin.<a href="#cite_note-129">[129]</a> He averaged 20.7 points and 9.3 rebounds per game while shooting 55.9% from the field.<a href="#cite_note-130">[130]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Asian_Cup">Asian Cup</h3></div> Yao led the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_national_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese national basketball team">Chinese national team</a> to three consecutive <a href="/wiki/FIBA_Asia_Cup" title="FIBA Asia Cup">FIBA Asia Cup</a> gold medals, winning the <a href="/wiki/2001_ABC_Championship" title="2001 ABC Championship">2001 FIBA Asian Championship</a>, the <a href="/wiki/2003_ABC_Championship" title="2003 ABC Championship">2003 FIBA Asian Championship</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/2005_FIBA_Asia_Championship" title="2005 FIBA Asia Championship">2005 FIBA Asian Championship</a>. He was also named the <a href="/wiki/FIBA_Asia_Cup_Most_Valuable_Player" title="FIBA Asia Cup Most Valuable Player">MVP of all three tournaments</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2006_World_Championship">2006 World Championship</h3></div> Yao's injury at the end of the 2005–06 NBA season required a full six months of rest, threatening his participation in the <a href="/wiki/2006_FIBA_World_Championship" title="2006 FIBA World Championship">2006 FIBA World Championship</a>.<a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a> However, he recovered before the start of the tournament, and in the last game of the preliminary round, he had 36 points and 10 rebounds in a win against <a href="/wiki/Slovenia_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Slovenia men's national basketball team">Slovenia</a> to lead China into the <a href="/wiki/Round_of_16" class="mw-redirect" title="Round of 16">Round of 16</a>.<a href="#cite_note-slov-132">[132]</a> In the first knockout round, however, China was defeated by eventual finalist <a href="/wiki/Greece_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Greece men's national basketball team">Greece</a>.<a href="#cite_note-slov-132">[132]</a> Yao's final averages were 25.3 points, the <a href="/wiki/FIBA_Basketball_World_Cup_Top_Scorer" title="FIBA Basketball World Cup Top Scorer">most in the tournament</a>, and 9.0 rebounds a game, which was fourth overall.<a href="#cite_note-133">[133]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2008_Olympics">2008 Olympics</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LeBron_James_vs_Yao_Ming_-_Olympics_2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/LeBron_James_vs_Yao_Ming_-_Olympics_2008.jpg/170px-LeBron_James_vs_Yao_Ming_-_Olympics_2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="156" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="515" data-file-height="473"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 170px;height: 156px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/LeBron_James_vs_Yao_Ming_-_Olympics_2008.jpg/170px-LeBron_James_vs_Yao_Ming_-_Olympics_2008.jpg" data-width="170" data-height="156" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/LeBron_James_vs_Yao_Ming_-_Olympics_2008.jpg/255px-LeBron_James_vs_Yao_Ming_-_Olympics_2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/LeBron_James_vs_Yao_Ming_-_Olympics_2008.jpg/340px-LeBron_James_vs_Yao_Ming_-_Olympics_2008.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>Yao against <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics" title="2008 Summer Olympics">2008 Summer Olympics</a> in Beijing</figcaption></figure> After having surgery to repair his fractured foot, Yao stated if he could not play in the <a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics" title="2008 Summer Olympics">2008 Summer Olympics</a> in Beijing, "It would be the biggest loss in my career to right now."<a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a> He returned to play with the Chinese national team on July 17, 2008.<a href="#cite_note-135">[135]</a> On August 6, Yao carried the <a href="/wiki/Olympic_flame" title="Olympic flame">Olympic flame</a> into <a href="/wiki/Tiananmen_Square" title="Tiananmen Square">Tiananmen Square</a>, as part of the <a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay" title="2008 Summer Olympics torch relay">Olympic torch relay</a>.<a href="#cite_note-136">[136]</a> He also <a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics_Parade_of_Nations" title="2008 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations">carried the Chinese flag</a> and led his <a href="/wiki/China_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="China at the 2008 Summer Olympics">country's delegation</a> during the <a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony" title="2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony">opening ceremony</a>.<a href="#cite_note-137">[137]</a> Yao scored the first basket of the game, a <a href="/wiki/Three-pointer" class="mw-redirect" title="Three-pointer">three-pointer</a>, in China's opening <a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2008 Olympics Basketball Tournament</a> game against the eventual <a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball_team" title="2008 United States men's Olympic basketball team">gold medal-winning United States</a>.<a href="#cite_note-mahoney-138">[138]</a> "I was just really happy to make that shot", Yao said after the Americans' 101–70 victory. "It was the first score in our Olympic campaign here at home and I'll always remember it. It represents that we can keep our heads up in the face of really tough odds."<a href="#cite_note-mahoney-138">[138]</a> Following an overtime defeat to <a href="/wiki/Spain_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Spain men's national basketball team">Spain</a>,<a href="#cite_note-139">[139]</a> Yao scored 30 points in a win over <a href="/wiki/Angola_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Angola men's national basketball team">Angola</a>,<a href="#cite_note-140">[140]</a> and 25 points in a three-point win against <a href="/wiki/Germany_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Germany men's national basketball team">Germany</a>,<a href="#cite_note-141">[141]</a> which clinched China's place in the quarterfinals. However, China lost to <a href="/wiki/Lithuania_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Lithuania men's national basketball team">Lithuania</a> in the quarterfinals by 26 points,<a href="#cite_note-142">[142]</a> eliminating them from the tournament. Yao's 19 points a game were the second-highest in the Olympics,<a href="#cite_note-143">[143]</a> and his averages of 8.2 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game were third overall.<a href="#cite_note-144">[144]</a><a href="#cite_note-145">[145]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chinese_Basketball_Association">Chinese Basketball Association</h3></div> Yao served as chair of the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Basketball_Association" title="Chinese Basketball Association">Chinese Basketball Association</a> from 2017 until his resignation in 2024 due to personal issues.<a href="#cite_note-146">[146]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><h2 id="Career_statistics">Career statistics</h2></div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <table class="toccolours" style="white-space: nowrap;"> <caption>Legend </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> GP </td> <td>Games played </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> GS </td> <td>Games started </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> MPG </td> <td>Minutes per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> FG% </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Field_goal_(basketball)" title="Field goal (basketball)">Field goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> 3P% </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Three-point_field_goal" title="Three-point field goal">3-point field goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> FT% </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Free_throw" title="Free throw">Free throw</a> percentage </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> RPG </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> APG </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Assists</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> SPG </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steal_(basketball)" title="Steal (basketball)">Steals</a> per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> BPG </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Block_(basketball)" title="Block (basketball)">Blocks</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> PPG </td> <td>Points per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> Bold </td> <td>Career high </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="CBA_statistics">CBA statistics</h3></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Team </th> <th>GP </th> <th>RPG </th> <th>APG </th> <th>FG% </th> <th>FT% </th> <th>PPG </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_CBA_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1997–98 CBA season">1997–98</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shanghai_Sharks" title="Shanghai Sharks">Shanghai</a> </td> <td>21 </td> <td>8.3 </td> <td>1.3 </td> <td>.615 </td> <td>.485 </td> <td>10.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_CBA_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1998–99 CBA season">1998–99</a> </td> <td>Shanghai </td> <td>12 </td> <td>12.9 </td> <td>1.7 </td> <td>.585 </td> <td>.699 </td> <td>20.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_CBA_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1999–2000 CBA season">1999–00</a> </td> <td>Shanghai </td> <td>33 </td> <td>14.5 </td> <td>1.7 </td> <td>.585 </td> <td>.683 </td> <td>21.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_CBA_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2000–01 CBA season">2000–01</a> </td> <td>Shanghai </td> <td>22 </td> <td>19.4 </td> <td>2.2 </td> <td>.679 </td> <td>.799 </td> <td>27.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_CBA_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2001–02 CBA season">2001–02</a> </td> <td>Shanghai </td> <td>24 </td> <td>19.0 </td> <td>1.9 </td> <td>.721 </td> <td>.759 </td> <td>32.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" colspan="2">Career </td> <td>122 </td> <td>15.4 </td> <td>1.8 </td> <td>.651 </td> <td>.723 </td> <td>23.4 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NBA_statistics">NBA statistics</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Regular_season">Regular season</h4></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games started">GS</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Minutes per game">MPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Field goal percentage">FG%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="3-point field-goal percentage">3P%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Free-throw percentage">FT%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Rebounds per game">RPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Assists per game">APG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Steals per game">SPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Blocks per game">BPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Points per game">PPG</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_NBA_season" title="2002–03 NBA season">2002–03</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Houston_Rockets_season" title="2002–03 Houston Rockets season">Houston</a> </td> <td>82</td> <td>72</td> <td>29.0</td> <td>.498</td> <td>.500</td> <td>.811</td> <td>8.2</td> <td>1.7</td> <td>.4</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>13.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_NBA_season" title="2003–04 NBA season">2003–04</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Houston_Rockets_season" title="2003–04 Houston Rockets season">Houston</a> </td> <td>82</td> <td>82</td> <td>32.8</td> <td>.522</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.809</td> <td>9.0</td> <td>1.5</td> <td>.3</td> <td>1.9</td> <td>17.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_NBA_season" title="2004–05 NBA season">2004–05</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Houston_Rockets_season" title="2004–05 Houston Rockets season">Houston</a> </td> <td>80</td> <td>80</td> <td>30.6</td> <td>.552</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.783</td> <td>8.4</td> <td>.8</td> <td>.4</td> <td>2.0</td> <td>18.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_NBA_season" title="2005–06 NBA season">2005–06</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Houston_Rockets_season" title="2005–06 Houston Rockets season">Houston</a> </td> <td>57</td> <td>57</td> <td>34.2</td> <td>.519</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.853</td> <td>10.2</td> <td>1.5</td> <td>.5</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>22.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_NBA_season" title="2006–07 NBA season">2006–07</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Houston_Rockets_season" title="2006–07 Houston Rockets season">Houston</a> </td> <td>48</td> <td>48</td> <td>33.8</td> <td>.516</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.862</td> <td>9.4</td> <td>2.0</td> <td>.4</td> <td>2.0</td> <td>25.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_NBA_season" title="2007–08 NBA season">2007–08</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Houston_Rockets_season" title="2007–08 Houston Rockets season">Houston</a> </td> <td>55</td> <td>55</td> <td>37.2</td> <td>.507</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.850</td> <td>10.8</td> <td>2.3</td> <td>.5</td> <td>2.0</td> <td>22.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_NBA_season" title="2008–09 NBA season">2008–09</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Houston_Rockets_season" title="2008–09 Houston Rockets season">Houston</a> </td> <td>77</td> <td>77</td> <td>33.6</td> <td>.548</td> <td>1.000</td> <td>.866</td> <td>9.9</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>.4</td> <td>1.9</td> <td>19.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_NBA_season" title="2010–11 NBA season">2010–11</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Houston_Rockets_season" title="2010–11 Houston Rockets season">Houston</a> </td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>18.2</td> <td>.486</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.938</td> <td>5.4</td> <td>.8</td> <td>.0</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>10.2 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">Career </td> <td>486</td> <td>476</td> <td>32.5</td> <td>.524</td> <td>.200</td> <td>.833</td> <td>9.2</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>.4</td> <td>1.9</td> <td>19.0 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">All-Star </td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>17.0</td> <td>.500</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.667</td> <td>4.0</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>.2</td> <td>.3</td> <td>7.0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Playoffs">Playoffs</h4></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games started">GS</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Minutes per game">MPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Field goal percentage">FG%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="3-point field-goal percentage">3P%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Free-throw percentage">FT%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Rebounds per game">RPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Assists per game">APG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Steals per game">SPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Blocks per game">BPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Points per game">PPG</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2004_NBA_playoffs" title="2004 NBA playoffs">2004</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Houston_Rockets_season" title="2003–04 Houston Rockets season">Houston</a> </td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>37.0</td> <td>.456</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.765</td> <td>7.4</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>.4</td> <td>1.4</td> <td>15.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2005_NBA_playoffs" title="2005 NBA playoffs">2005</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Houston_Rockets_season" title="2004–05 Houston Rockets season">Houston</a> </td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>31.4</td> <td>.655</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.727</td> <td>7.7</td> <td>.7</td> <td>.3</td> <td>2.7</td> <td>21.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2007_NBA_playoffs" title="2007 NBA playoffs">2007</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Houston_Rockets_season" title="2006–07 Houston Rockets season">Houston</a> </td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>37.1</td> <td>.440</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.880</td> <td>10.3</td> <td>.9</td> <td>.1</td> <td>.7</td> <td>25.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2009_NBA_playoffs" title="2009 NBA playoffs">2009</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Houston_Rockets_season" title="2008–09 Houston Rockets season">Houston</a> </td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>35.9</td> <td>.545</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.902</td> <td>10.9</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>.4</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>17.1 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">Career </td> <td>28</td> <td>28</td> <td>35.3</td> <td>.519</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.833</td> <td>9.3</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>.3</td> <td>1.5</td> <td>19.8 </td></tr></tbody></table> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><h2 id="Awards_and_achievements">Awards and achievements</h2></div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <ul><li>Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame: Class of 2016</li> <li>FIBA Hall of Fame: Class of 2023</li> <li>8× NBA All-Star: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011</li> <li>5× All-NBA Team:</li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li>Second Team: 2007, 2009</li> <li>Third Team: 2004, 2006, 2008</li></ul></dd></dl> <ul><li>NBA All-Rookie First Team: 2003</li> <li>NBA Rookie All-Star Game: 2004</li> <li>Gold medal winner with <a href="/wiki/Chinese_national_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese national basketball team">Team China</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2001_ABC_Championship" title="2001 ABC Championship">2001</a>, <a href="/wiki/2003_ABC_Championship" title="2003 ABC Championship">2003</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2005_FIBA_Asia_Championship" title="2005 FIBA Asia Championship">2005</a> <a href="/wiki/FIBA_Asia_Cup" title="FIBA Asia Cup">FIBA Asia Cups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIBA_Asia_Cup_Most_Valuable_Player" title="FIBA Asia Cup Most Valuable Player">MVP of the 2001, 2003, 2005 FIBA Asia Cups</a></li> <li>FIBA Diamond Ball Top Scorer: <a href="/wiki/2004_FIBA_Diamond_Ball" title="2004 FIBA Diamond Ball">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIBA_Basketball_World_Cup_All-Tournament_Team" title="FIBA Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team">All-Tournament Team</a>, <a href="/wiki/FIBA_World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="FIBA World Cup">FIBA World Cup</a>: <a href="/wiki/2002_FIBA_World_Championship" title="2002 FIBA World Championship">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Basketball_Association" title="Chinese Basketball Association">Chinese Basketball Association</a> Champion: 2001–02</li> <li>Rebounding leader in CBA in 2001–02</li> <li>2003 <a href="/wiki/Sporting_News" class="mw-redirect" title="Sporting News">Sporting News</a> Rookie of the Year</li> <li>2003 <a href="/wiki/Laureus_World_Sports_Award_for_Breakthrough_of_the_Year" title="Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year">Laureus Newcomer of the Year</a></li> <li>2005 Proletarian Award, issued by the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Chinese Communist Party">Chinese Communist Party</a><a href="#cite_note-147">[147]</a></li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2></div><section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> After Yao announced that he would enter the <a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_draft" title="2002 NBA draft">2002 NBA draft</a>, he told one American journalist that he had been studying English for two years, and that he liked the movie <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_(film)" title="Star Wars (film)">Star Wars</a> but disliked <a href="/wiki/Hip_hop" class="mw-redirect" title="Hip hop">hip hop</a>. He was sometimes accompanied during interviews in Shanghai by one of his parents, whose basketball careers were derailed by the 1966–76 <a href="/wiki/Cultural_Revolution" title="Cultural Revolution">Cultural Revolution</a>, and who came to his Shanghai Sharks games on bicycles.<a href="#cite_note-148">[148]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yao_Ming_Interview.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Yao_Ming_Interview.jpg/170px-Yao_Ming_Interview.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="256" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="665" data-file-height="1000"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 170px;height: 256px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Yao_Ming_Interview.jpg/170px-Yao_Ming_Interview.jpg" data-width="170" data-height="256" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Yao_Ming_Interview.jpg/255px-Yao_Ming_Interview.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Yao_Ming_Interview.jpg/340px-Yao_Ming_Interview.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>Yao answers questions from reporters, October 2006</figcaption></figure> Yao met Chinese female basketball player <a href="/wiki/Ye_Li" title="Ye Li">Ye Li</a> when he was 17 years old. Ye was not fond of Yao at first, but finally accepted him after he gave her the team pins he had collected during the <a href="/wiki/2000_Summer_Olympics" title="2000 Summer Olympics">2000 Summer Olympics</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ref6-149">[149]</a> She is the only woman he has ever dated.<a href="#cite_note-parade-150">[150]</a> Their relationship became public when they appeared together during the 2004 Olympics closing ceremony.<a href="#cite_note-ref6-149">[149]</a> On August 6, 2007, Yao and Ye married in a ceremony attended by close friends and family and closed to the media.<a href="#cite_note-151">[151]</a> On May 21, 2010, the couple's daughter Yao Qinlei (whose English name is Amy) was born in Houston, Texas.<a href="#cite_note-ap_07202011-119">[119]</a><a href="#cite_note-152">[152]</a><a href="#cite_note-153">[153]</a> In 2004, Yao co-wrote an autobiography with <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> sportswriter <a href="/wiki/Ric_Bucher" title="Ric Bucher">Ric Bucher</a>, entitled Yao: A Life in Two Worlds.<a href="#cite_note-154">[154]</a> In the same year, he was also the subject of a documentary film, <a href="/wiki/The_Year_of_the_Yao" title="The Year of the Yao">The Year of the Yao</a>, which focuses on his NBA rookie year.<a href="#cite_note-155">[155]</a> The film is narrated by his friend and interpreter, Colin Pine.<a href="#cite_note-156">[156]</a> In 2005, former <a href="/wiki/Newsweek" title="Newsweek">Newsweek</a> writer Brook Larmer published a book entitled Operation Yao Ming, in which he said that Yao's parents were convinced to marry each other so that they would produce a dominant athlete, and that during Yao's childhood, he was given special treatment to help him become a great basketball player.<a href="#cite_note-ref3-16">[16]</a> In a 2015 AMA post on <a href="/wiki/Reddit" title="Reddit">Reddit</a>, Yao stated that this was not true and that he started playing basketball for fun at age 9.<a href="#cite_note-157">[157]</a> In 2009, Yao provided the voice for a character of a Chinese animated film, <a href="/wiki/The_Magic_Aster" title="The Magic Aster">The Magic Aster</a>, released on June 19.<a href="#cite_note-158">[158]</a> Yao enrolled at the Antai College of Economics & Management of <a href="/wiki/Shanghai_Jiao_Tong_University" title="Shanghai Jiao Tong University">Shanghai Jiao Tong University</a> in 2011.<a href="#cite_note-159">[159]</a> He took a tailored degree program with mostly one-on-one lectures to avoid being a distraction on campus.<a href="#cite_note-160">[160]</a> Yao completed his studies in July 2018, graduating with a degree in economics after 7 years of study.<a href="#cite_note-161">[161]</a><a href="#cite_note-162">[162]</a><a href="#cite_note-163">[163]</a><a href="#cite_note-164">[164]</a> In 2016, Yao opened a winery called Yao Family Wines in <a href="/wiki/Napa_Valley,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Napa Valley, California">Napa Valley, California</a>, which serves <a href="/wiki/Cabernet_Sauvignon" title="Cabernet Sauvignon">Cabernet Sauvignon</a> blends and "the kind of rich-but-balanced luxury reds he'd come to enjoy in Houston steakhouses."<a href="#cite_note-wine-165">[165]</a> American wine critic <a href="/wiki/Robert_M._Parker_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Robert M. Parker Jr.">Robert M. Parker Jr.</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Wine_Advocate" title="The Wine Advocate">The Wine Advocate</a> gave Yao's wine a ranking of 96 points and wrote: "I am aware of all the arguments that major celebrities lending their names to wines is generally a formula for mediocrity, but... the two Cabernets are actually brilliant, and the <a href="/wiki/Reserve_wine" title="Reserve wine">reserve bottling</a> ranks alongside just about anything made in Napa."<a href="#cite_note-wine-165">[165]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(7)"><h2 id="Other_activities">Other activities</h2></div><section class="mf-section-7 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-7"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commercial_engagements">Commercial engagements</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Secretary_Kerry_Chats_With_Former_NBA_Player_Yao_After_Wildlife_Trafficking_Event_in_Beijing_(14611584355)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Secretary_Kerry_Chats_With_Former_NBA_Player_Yao_After_Wildlife_Trafficking_Event_in_Beijing_%2814611584355%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Secretary_Kerry_Chats_With_Former_NBA_Player_Yao_After_Wildlife_Trafficking_Event_in_Beijing_%2814611584355%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="379" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="711" data-file-height="1224"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 379px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Secretary_Kerry_Chats_With_Former_NBA_Player_Yao_After_Wildlife_Trafficking_Event_in_Beijing_%2814611584355%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Secretary_Kerry_Chats_With_Former_NBA_Player_Yao_After_Wildlife_Trafficking_Event_in_Beijing_%2814611584355%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="379" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Secretary_Kerry_Chats_With_Former_NBA_Player_Yao_After_Wildlife_Trafficking_Event_in_Beijing_%2814611584355%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Secretary_Kerry_Chats_With_Former_NBA_Player_Yao_After_Wildlife_Trafficking_Event_in_Beijing_%2814611584355%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Secretary_Kerry_Chats_With_Former_NBA_Player_Yao_After_Wildlife_Trafficking_Event_in_Beijing_%2814611584355%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Secretary_Kerry_Chats_With_Former_NBA_Player_Yao_After_Wildlife_Trafficking_Event_in_Beijing_%2814611584355%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>Yao (left) with <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">United States Secretary of State</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">John Kerry</a> at the <a href="/wiki/U.S.%E2%80%93China_Strategic_and_Economic_Dialogue" title="U.S.–China Strategic and Economic Dialogue">U.S.–China Strategic and Economic Dialogue</a> in 2014</figcaption></figure> Yao is one of China's most recognizable athletes, along with <a href="/wiki/Liu_Xiang_(hurdler)" title="Liu Xiang (hurdler)">Liu Xiang</a>.<a href="#cite_note-166">[166]</a> As of 2009, he had led <a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a>' <a href="/wiki/China_Celebrity_100" class="mw-redirect" title="China Celebrity 100">Chinese celebrities list</a> in income and popularity for six straight years, earning US$51 million (<a href="/wiki/CN%C2%A5" class="mw-redirect" title="CN¥">CN¥</a>357 million) in 2008.<a href="#cite_note-167">[167]</a> A major part of his income comes from his sponsorship deals,<a href="#cite_note-ref7-168">[168]</a> as he is under contract with several major companies to endorse their products. He was signed by <a href="/wiki/Nike,_Inc." title="Nike, Inc.">Nike</a> until the end of his rookie season. When Nike decided not to renew his contract, he signed with <a href="/wiki/Reebok" title="Reebok">Reebok</a>.<a href="#cite_note-169">[169]</a> He also had a deal with <a href="/wiki/Pepsi" title="Pepsi">Pepsi</a>, and he successfully sued <a href="/wiki/The_Coca-Cola_Company" title="The Coca-Cola Company">Coca-Cola</a> in 2003 when they used his image on their bottles while promoting the national team.<a href="#cite_note-170">[170]</a> He eventually signed with Coca-Cola for the 2008 Olympics.<a href="#cite_note-ref7-168">[168]</a> His other deals include partnerships with <a href="/wiki/Visa_Inc." title="Visa Inc.">Visa</a>,<a href="#cite_note-171">[171]</a> <a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple</a>,<a href="#cite_note-172">[172]</a> <a href="/wiki/Garmin" title="Garmin">Garmin</a>,<a href="#cite_note-173">[173]</a> and <a href="/wiki/McDonald%27s" title="McDonald's">McDonald's</a>.<a href="#cite_note-174">[174]</a> On July 16, 2009, Yao bought his former club team, the <a href="/wiki/Shanghai_Sharks" title="Shanghai Sharks">Shanghai Sharks</a>, which were on the verge of not being able to play the next season of the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Basketball_Association" title="Chinese Basketball Association">Chinese Basketball Association</a> because of financial troubles.<a href="#cite_note-175">[175]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Philanthropy">Philanthropy</h3></div> Yao has also participated in many charity events during his career, including the NBA's <a href="/wiki/Basketball_Without_Borders" title="Basketball Without Borders">Basketball Without Borders</a> program.<a href="#cite_note-176">[176]</a> In the NBA's offseason in 2003, Yao hosted a telethon, which raised US$300,000 to help stop the spread of <a href="/wiki/Severe_acute_respiratory_syndrome" class="mw-redirect" title="Severe acute respiratory syndrome">SARS</a>.<a href="#cite_note-177">[177]</a> In September 2007, he held an auction that raised US$965,000 (CN¥6.75 million),<a href="#cite_note-178">[178]</a> and competed in a charity basketball match to raise money for underprivileged children in China. He was joined by fellow NBA stars <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Steve Nash</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carmelo_Anthony" title="Carmelo Anthony">Carmelo Anthony</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Baron_Davis" title="Baron Davis">Baron Davis</a>, and Hong Kong actor <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Chan" title="Jackie Chan">Jackie Chan</a>.<a href="#cite_note-179">[179]</a> After the <a href="/wiki/2008_Sichuan_earthquake" title="2008 Sichuan earthquake">2008 Sichuan earthquake</a>, Yao donated $2 million to relief work and created the Yao Ming Foundation to help rebuild schools destroyed in the earthquake.<a href="#cite_note-180">[180]</a><a href="#cite_note-181">[181]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conservation_work">Conservation work</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yao_Ming_in_Beijing_in_2016_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Yao_Ming_in_Beijing_in_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Yao_Ming_in_Beijing_in_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="295" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="734" data-file-height="984"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 295px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Yao_Ming_in_Beijing_in_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Yao_Ming_in_Beijing_in_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="295" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Yao_Ming_in_Beijing_in_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Yao_Ming_in_Beijing_in_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Yao_Ming_in_Beijing_in_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Yao_Ming_in_Beijing_in_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>Yao Ming in Beijing in 2016</figcaption></figure> Yao partnered with <a href="/wiki/WildAid" title="WildAid">WildAid</a> to appear in commercials and documentaries to educate citizens on the harmful effects of <a href="/wiki/Shark_fin_soup" title="Shark fin soup">shark fin soup</a> on shark species. From 2011 to 2018, consumption of shark fin soup dropped by 70% in China.<a href="#cite_note-182">[182]</a> In August 2012, Yao started filming a documentary about the <a href="/wiki/Northern_white_rhinoceros" title="Northern white rhinoceros">northern white rhinoceros</a>.<a href="#cite_note-183">[183]</a> He is also an ambassador for <a href="/wiki/Elephant#Conservation" title="Elephant">elephant conservation</a>.<a href="#cite_note-184">[184]</a> In 2014, he was also part of the documentary <a href="/wiki/The_End_of_the_Wild" title="The End of the Wild">The End of the Wild</a> about elephant conservation. Yao has filmed a number of public service announcements for elephant and rhino conservation for the "Say No" campaign with partners African Wildlife Foundation and WildAid.<a href="#cite_note-185">[185]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics">Politics</h3></div> On March 3, 2013, Yao attended the First Session of the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_People%27s_Political_Consultative_Conference" title="Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference">12th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference</a> as one of its 2,200 members.<a href="#cite_note-186">[186]</a> He was a member of the CPPCC from 2013 to 2018. While he is involved in Chinese politics, he is not a member of the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Chinese Communist Party">Chinese Communist Party</a>, although he has been awarded the Proletarian Award by the party for his spreading of literacy and <a href="/wiki/Socialist" class="mw-redirect" title="Socialist">socialist</a> ideologies.<a href="#cite_note-187">[187]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(8)"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div><section class="mf-section-8 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-8"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_celebrities_who_own_wineries_and_vineyards" title="List of celebrities who own wineries and vineyards">List of celebrities who own wineries and vineyards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_players_in_National_Basketball_Association_history" class="mw-redirect" title="List of tallest players in National Basketball Association history">List of tallest players in National Basketball Association history</a></li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(9)"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div><section class="mf-section-9 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-9"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130629174229/http://www.nba.com/playerfile/yao_ming/index.html">"NBA.com Yao Ming Info Page"</a>. 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data-title="Iâu Bêng" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target">閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Yao Ming" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bikol Central</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BE_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Яо Мин – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Яо Мин" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Yao Ming" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jao_Ming" title="Jao Ming – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Jao Ming" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Yao Ming" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Yao Ming" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Yao Ming" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%B9%CE%AC%CE%BF_%CE%9C%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%B3%CE%BA" title="Γιάο Μινγκ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Γιάο Μινγκ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Yao Ming" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Yao Ming" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Yao Ming" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF" title="یائو مینگ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="یائو مینگ" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Yao Ming" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Yao Ming" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%BC%EC%98%A4%EB%B0%8D" title="야오밍 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="야오밍" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%85%D5%A1%D5%B8_%D5%84%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A3" title="Յաո Մինգ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Յաո Մինգ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Yao Ming" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Yao Ming" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Yao Ming" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%90%D7%95_%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%92" title="יאו מינג – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="יאו מינג" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Yao Ming" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Jawa</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9D_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="იაო მინი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="იაო მინი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jao_Mins" title="Jao Mins – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Jao Mins" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Yao Ming" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lëtzebuergesch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Yao Ming" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jao_Ming" title="Jao Ming – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Jao Ming" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%88%D0%B0%D0%BE_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3" title="Јао Минг – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Јао Минг" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Македонски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Yao Ming" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target">Malagasy</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC" title="ياو مينج – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ياو مينج" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Yao Ming" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Yao Ming" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A7%9A%E6%98%8E" title="姚明 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="姚明" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Yao Ming" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Min" title="Yao Min – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Yao Min" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Yao Ming" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Yao Ming" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Yao Ming" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target">Runa Simi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BE_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Яо Мин – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Яо Мин" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Yao Ming" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target">Scots</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Yao Ming" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%86_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF" title="یاوۆ مینگ – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="یاوۆ مینگ" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target">کوردی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%88%D0%B0%D0%BE_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3" title="Јао Минг – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Јао Минг" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Српски / srpski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Yao Ming" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Suomi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Yao Ming" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Svenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D" title="யாவ் மிங் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="யாவ் மிங்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target">தமிழ்</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BE_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Яо Мин – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Яо Мин" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target">Татарча / tatarça</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B2_%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%87" title="เหยา หมิง – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="เหยา หมิง" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target">ไทย</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Yao Ming" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Türkçe</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BE_%D0%9C%D1%96%D0%BD" title="Яо Мін – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Яо Мін" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Українська</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Di%C3%AAu_Minh" title="Diêu Minh – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Diêu Minh" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Tiếng Việt</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Yao Ming" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target">Volapük</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A7%9A%E6%98%8E" title="姚明 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="姚明" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target">吴语</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue 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