RankedthirdinNBAfieldgoalpercentagein2004-05witha.552average
three-timeNBAAll-Star(2003-05)
AmongNBAleaders,rankedseventhinfieldgoalpercentage,13thinblockedshotspergameand15threboundingaverage(2003-04)
Through2003-04,hasyettomissagameinhisNBAcareer
NamedstartingcenterforWesternConferenceAll-Starteamforsecondconsecutiveseason(2004)
RanksthirdinRocketshistoryincareerblockedshotspergameandeighthincareerblockedshots
Hascompiled60careerdouble-doubles
Earnedfirst-everWesternConferencePlayeroftheWeekhonorson3/8/04
Scoredacareer-highandRocketsindividualseason-high41pointswith16reboundsandacareer-highsevenassistsvs.Atlantaon2/22/04
Scored22pointswithaRocketsindividualseason-highandcareer-high20reboundsvs.Detroiton12/6/03
Blockedacareer-highsevenshotsvs.Miamion11/11/03
VotedTheSportingNewsRookieoftheYearbyNBAexecutives
EarnedunanimousNBAAll-RookieFirstTeamhonorsafteraveraging13.5pointswith8.2reboundsand1.74blocksin82games(2002-03)
Reachedthreeblocks26times,asHoustonhelda22-4recordinthesecontests(2002-03)
StartedatcenterfortheWesternConferenceinthe2003NBAAll-StarGameafterrankingfourthoverallinAll-Starballotingwith1,286,324votes
NamedWesternConferenceRookieoftheMonthforDecember2002
NamedWesternConferenceRookieoftheMonthforFebruary2003
PostedthehighestfieldgoalpercentageinNBAhistoryoverasix-gamestretch,making31-of-35shotattemptsforanaccuracyof88.6percentfrom11/9/02-11/21/02
Scored20pointsonaperfectnine-for-nineshootingagainsttheLALakerson11/17/02
