Yi Jianlian played 5 seasons (2008–2012) for MIL, NJ, WSH and DAL. Career regular-season line: 2,148 points, 1,339 rebounds and 192 assists. Early Bloomer career, peaking in 2008.

Sport-specific career totals from the active profile tables, with VAL shown whenever the sport has a value file.
| Season | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Guangdong | 36 | — | — | 58.0% | — | 60.0% | 3.3 | 0.2 | — | — | 5.0 |
| 2004 | Guangdong | 28 | — | — | 51.7% | — | 74.1% |
Career boards only, within NBA · corpus from 2002
Cross-sport prominence: 28.0th percentile among NBA careers — a within-sport percentile, because career value is not comparable across sports.
NBA Age Milestones — Youngest to 20 PPG, 10 RPG and 100 Career VALNBA Breakout Seasons — Biggest Career-High LeapsNBA Career Arc TypesNBA Career Dominance — top-25 in multiple all-time categoriesNBA Clutch Delta — Who Rises in the PlayoffsNBA Compilers vs Comets — Career ShapeNBA Consistency Index — Mr. Reliable vs Boom-BustNBA Era-Adjusted Careers — Greatest Careers on One ScaleNBA Era-Adjusted Seasons — Greatest Seasons in Modern TermsNBA Franchise Mt. Rushmores — Four Faces of Every TeamNBA Greatest Single Seasons by VAL (All Positions)NBA Hall of Very Good — Great Careers on the Hall's DoorstepNBA JourneymenNBA League Leader Marks — Most League-Leading SeasonsNBA LoyaltyNBA Only Club — Statistical Exclusivity
Players whose careers had the same shape — total value, peak, best three-season stretch, length and when the value came — measured with VAL against their own leagues.
Box scores, rosters, and draft data (2002+) come from sportsdataverse's hoopR release. College, international, and pre-2002 per-game rows are backfilled additively from Wikipedia.
Fan Rating
Rate Yi Jianlian — All-Time
5 seasons · peak 0.0 in 2008
VAL (Value Above League) measures each NBA season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.
0.0 career wins over 5 seasons · 1 win = 1.73 VAL
Best season · 2012 · −0.1 wins
VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NBA player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.
How often Yi Jianlian led or placed top-ten on a NBA season board, and the shape of the career — computed from the same per-season boards the year pages publish, so every number is checkable.
Career arc
Early Bloomer
Peaked in the first third of their career — came in fast and hot. Peak 2008, 5 rated seasons.
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| 2005 | Guangdong | 53 | — | — | 56.8% | — | 71.7% | 10.2 | 1.4 | — | — | 16.8 |
| 2006 | Guangdong | 53 | — | — | 57.4% | — | 75.4% | 9.7 | 1.2 | — | — | 20.5 |
| 2007 | Guangdong | 39 | — | — | 58.5% | — | 81.6% | 11.5 | 1.1 | — | — | 24.9 |
| 2012 | Guangdong | 4 | — | — | 43.9% | — | 73.7% | 7.8 | 1.3 | — | — | 12.5 |
| 2013 | Guangdong | 38 | — | — | 57.2% | — | 71.8% | 10.5 | 1.4 | — | — | 24.2 |
| 2014 | Guangdong | 42 | — | — | 53.5% | — | 71.2% | 12.8 | 1.5 | — | — | 23.5 |
| 2015 | Guangdong | 45 | — | — | 57.5% | — | 73.5% | 10.9 | 1.3 | — | — | 27.7 |
| 2016 | Guangdong | 43 | — | — | 54.9% | — | 72.4% | 9.2 | 2.1 | — | — | 26.3 |
| 2017 | Guangdong | 28 | — | — | 52.1% | — | 72.7% | 10.4 | 1.1 | — | — | 24.2 |
| 2018 | Guangdong | 38 | — | — | 49.1% | — | 80.2% | 13.3 | 1.8 | — | — | 24.2 |
| 2019 | Guangdong | 38 | — | — | 57.6% | — | 78.0% | 9.3 | 0.9 | — | — | 21.4 |
| 2020 | Guangdong | 14 | — | — | 53.7% | — | 84.6% | 10.1 | 0.9 | — | — | 22.4 |
Wore 4 distinct franchise crests across 5 seasons (2008–2012) — a true nomad. The crest trail: