Yao Ming’s annual salary is different at each stage.

After entering the NBA, Yao Ming signed a rookie 3+1 contract with the Rockets with a total value of approximately US$18.04 million. It will expire at the end of the 2005-06 season. Yao Ming’s salary for the 2005-06 season will be is about US$5.6 million.

However, from the 2006-07 season to the 2010-2011 season, Yao Ming will receive about 80 million U.S. dollars in five years, of which the first-year salary is about 12.5 million U.S. dollars, and the final year’s salary is equivalent to The total value of his entire rookie contract.

The annual salary for each season is as follows:

2002-2003 season: 3.86 million;

2003-2004 season: 4.15 million;

2004-2005 season: 4.44 million;

2005-2006 season: 5.59 million;

2006-2007 season: 12.46 million;

2007-2008 season: 13.76 million;

2008-2009 season: 15.07 million;

2009-2010 season: 16.38 million;

2010-2011 season: 17.69 million.

Extended information:

Yao Ming's career:

In April 1998, he was selected for the national team coached by Wang Fei and began his basketball career. In May, he went to Indianapolis, USA to participate in basketball training at the Nike Summer Camp, where his opponents included Tyson Chandler, who later became an NBA star.[18] In the same year, as the main player of the Shanghai team, he won the fifth place in the National Men's Basketball League A and was selected into the Chinese Basketball Star Team.

In May 1999, he was selected for the national men's basketball team and the Chinese Basketball Southern Stars team coached by Jiang Xingquan. He participated in the National Men's Basketball League A, representing the Shanghai team and cooperating with his teammates, finishing fifth. In May, he won the Most Improved Player Award in the 1999 National Men's Basketball League A. In August of the same year, he participated in the Asian Men's Basketball Championship held in Japan and cooperated with the team to win the Asian Men's Basketball Championship.

In February 2000, he was selected for the 1999 Asian All-Star Team. In March, he was selected into the all-star lineup of the National Men's Basketball Team and the National Men's Basketball League A coached by Jiang Xingquan. He also participated in the 1999-2000 National Men's Basketball League A, and cooperated with his teammates to win second place with the Shanghai Oriental Team.

He personally won three individual awards for rebounds, dunks and blocks in the National Men's Basketball League A in the 1999-2000 season. In September, he participated in the men's basketball competition of the 27th Olympic Games in Sydney and won tenth place with his teammates.

In April 2001, he participated in the 2000-2001 National Men's Basketball League A, and cooperated with his teammates to win second place with the Shanghai Oriental Team.

In 2002, he was selected by the NBA's Houston Rockets as the No. 1 pick.

On October 1, 2003, he led the Chinese men's basketball team to win the Asian Championship and also won a ticket to the Athens Olympics.

On February 23, 2004, he scored a career-high 41 points and a career-high 7 assists in a game against the Eagles.

On March 11, 2005, he scored a career-high 22 rebounds in a game against the Suns.

On November 14, 2006, he had a career-high 4 steals against the Spurs. On December 16, he had a career-high 8 blocks against the Lakers.

Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Yao Ming