# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yao-ming
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:12:12.493Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yao-ming"
name: "Yao Ming"
slug: "yao-ming"
description: "Yao Ming is a Chinese basketball executive and former professional player. He played for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA), and then spent his entire nine-year National Basketball Association (NBA) career with the Houston Rockets. Yao was selected to start for the Western Conference in the NBA All-Star Game eight times, and was named to the All-NBA Team five times. During his final season, he was the tallest active player in the NBA, at 7 feet 6 inches (2.29 m)."
tagline: "Chinese basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/YaoMingonoffense2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1980-09-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           65.33
  momentum:             29.68391877267808
  historical:           30.19378133333333
  currentAttention:     54.44
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  89
  category: 45
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/yaoming"
    handle:    "yaoming"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/yao/"
    handle:    "yao"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/yao"
    handle:    "yao"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1495244/"
    handle:    "nm1495244"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "ياو مينغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "ياو مينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Min"
    title: "Yao Min"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming"
    title: "Yao Ming"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Яо Мин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yao Ming"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%86_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF"
    title: "یاوۆ مینگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jao Ming"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yao Ming"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yao Ming"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Γιάο Μινγκ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming"
    title: "Yao Ming"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming"
    title: "Yao Ming"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming"
    title: "Yao Ming"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming"
    title: "Yao Ming"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming"
    title: "Yao Ming"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF"
    title: "یائو مینگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming"
    title: "Yao Ming"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming"
    title: "Yao Ming"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming"
    title: "Yao Ming"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%90%D7%95_%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%92"
    title: "יאו מינג"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming"
    title: "Yao Ming"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jao_Ming"
    title: "Jao Ming"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%85%D5%A1%D5%B8_%D5%84%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A3"
    title: "Յաո Մինգ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming"
    title: "Yao Ming"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%90%D7%95_%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%92"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58590"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1223655"
    title: "Yao Ming"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-category-fill