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James Harden
James Harden stats, teams and career impact
#20 all-timeCareer averages · 24.0 PPG · 5.6 RPG · 7.3 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded
- Position
- Shooting guard
- 2025–26 teams
- Cleveland Cavaliers and Los Angeles Clippers
- Height / weight
- 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) · 220 lb (100 kg)
- Born
- August 26, 1989 (37 yrs old)
- College
- Arizona State
- NBA seasons
- 17 seasons · 2009–10 to 2025–26
Selected season2025–26 · CLE/LAC · 70 games · 2,438 minutes
- PPG
- 23.6
- RPG
- 4.8
- APG
- 8.0
- #45 of 395 70 games · 2,438 minutes
- 93rd percentile
Impact Rate Rank
Season Value percentile
Career overview
Why James Harden currently ranks #20 all time
James Harden ranks #20 all time. He finished #1 in 2 seasons and in the top five 5 times, giving him an elite peak. His #11 full-career value adds a meaningful longevity advantage.
5 top-five · 8 top-ten finishes
1,221 games · Career Value Rank #11
NBA honors11× All-Star · MVP · 8× All-NBA · Sixth ManContext only; honors are not model inputs.
Head to head
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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources
Full team history
- Teams
- Oklahoma City Thunder, Houston Rockets, Brooklyn Nets, Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Clippers, and Cleveland Cavaliers
Career shooting
NBA regular season- Field goal
- 43.9%FG%
- Three-point
- 36.4%3P%
- Free throw
- 86.3%FT%
1,221 career games · 42,449 minutes
Sources and updateConventional stats and measurements: Basketball Reference, accessed Sep 13, 2026. hussEyquation ranking data through 2025–26. Life dates: Wikidata; conflicting dates checked against Basketball Reference, accessed Sep 17, 2026.
Traditional box score
James Harden stats by season
Start with scoring and impact, then switch views for shooting or the full advanced picture. Career percentages use total makes and attempts.
Box impact is an estimate in points per 100 possessions, not the 0–100 Impact Rate score. Zero is league average; higher is better. Rate rank is a league place: No. 1 is best.
Swipe for PPG · RPG · APG · Box impact · Team · G · GS · MPG →
| pts/100 · higher is better | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 23.6 | 4.8 | 8.0 | +3.19 | CLE/LAC | 70 | 70 | 34.8 | 43.4% | 37.5% | 88.4% | #45 | 77.3 |
| 2024–25 | 22.8 | 5.8 | 8.7 | +3.40 | LAC | 79 | 79 | 35.3 | 41.0% | 35.2% | 87.4% | #26 | 305.7 |
| 2023–24 | 16.6 | 5.1 | 8.5 | +3.40 | LAC | 72 | 72 | 34.3 | 42.8% | 38.1% | 87.8% | #26 | 270.3 |
| 2022–23 | 21.0 | 6.1 | 10.7 | +4.64 | PHI | 58 | 58 | 36.8 | 44.1% | 38.5% | 86.7% | #20 | 286.0 |
| 2021–22 | 22.0 | 7.7 | 10.3 | +3.94 | BRK/PHI | 65 | 65 | 37.2 | 41.0% | 33.0% | 87.7% | #23 | 293.5 |
| 2020–21 | 24.6 | 7.9 | 10.8 | +6.60 | BRK/HOU | 44 | 43 | 36.6 | 46.6% | 36.2% | 86.1% | #9 | 287.9 |
| 2019–20 | 34.3 | 6.6 | 7.5 | +9.33 | HOU | 68 | 68 | 36.5 | 44.4% | 35.5% | 86.5% | #2 | 607.9 |
| 2018–19 | 36.1 | 6.6 | 7.5 | +10.27 | HOU | 78 | 78 | 36.8 | 44.2% | 36.8% | 87.9% | #1 | 717.7 |
| 2017–18 | 30.4 | 5.4 | 8.8 | +8.99 | HOU | 72 | 72 | 35.4 | 44.9% | 36.7% | 85.8% | #1 | 570.0 |
| 2016–17 | 29.1 | 8.1 | 11.2 | +7.99 | HOU | 81 | 81 | 36.4 | 44.0% | 34.7% | 84.7% | #4 | 613.5 |
| 2015–16 | 29.0 | 6.1 | 7.5 | +6.76 | HOU | 82 | 82 | 38.1 | 43.9% | 35.9% | 86.0% | #6 | 556.7 |
| 2014–15 | 27.4 | 5.7 | 7.0 | +8.49 | HOU | 81 | 81 | 36.8 | 44.0% | 37.5% | 86.8% | #4 | 628.9 |
| 2013–14 | 25.4 | 4.7 | 6.1 | +4.48 | HOU | 73 | 73 | 38.0 | 45.6% | 36.6% | 86.6% | #14 | 361.3 |
| 2012–13 | 25.9 | 4.9 | 5.8 | +4.67 | HOU | 78 | 78 | 38.3 | 43.8% | 36.8% | 85.1% | #7 | 398.8 |
| 2011–12 | 16.8 | 4.1 | 3.7 | +2.93 | OKC | 62 | 2 | 31.4 | 49.1% | 39.0% | 84.6% | #35 | 186.0 |
| 2010–11 | 12.2 | 3.1 | 2.1 | +1.20 | OKC | 82 | 5 | 26.7 | 43.6% | 34.9% | 84.3% | #77 | 135.2 |
| 2009–10 | 9.9 | 3.2 | 1.8 | +0.48 | OKC | 76 | 0 | 22.9 | 40.3% | 37.5% | 80.8% | #102 | 83.5 |
| Career | 24.0 | 5.6 | 7.3 | — | BRK/CLE/HOU/LAC/OKC/PHI | 1221 | — | 34.8 | 43.9% | 36.4% | 86.3% | — | — |
Source: Basketball Reference regular-season totals, accessed Sep 13, 2026.
Film evidence
James Harden highlights
Watch the selected footage or film analysis, then use the season record and impact data to put what happened on the floor in context.
Peak-season performance
James Harden's 61-point game at Madison Square Garden
This 2019 performance concentrates the isolation scoring, step-back shooting and foul pressure behind Harden's highest-impact season.
RolePG · Age 36
Availability70 games · 70 starts
Workload34.8 MPG · 2,438 minutes
Relative impactCLE/LAC #1 of 1 · PG #12 of 70
UpdatedOct 6, 2026
What these measures mean
- Box impact
- Estimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average, from the historical box-score model. Zero is league average; higher is better. Historical defense estimates are included where labeled. This is not the live model's lineup-adjusted estimate.
- Impact Rate
- A 0–100 score comparing performance within one season. Higher is better. This is a score, not points per possession.
- Impact estimate
- The season model's final estimated points per 100 possessions above league average, before conversion to the 0–100 Impact Rate score. It includes lineup evidence where available. Zero is league average; higher is better.
- Impact Rate rank
- The player's place among qualified players in that season's Impact Rate ranking. No. 1 is best. This is a rank, not an impact score.
- Value contribution / Season Value
- Completed seasons use a fixed-baseline contribution to Career Value. The live season instead uses Season Value, combining that season's impact with workload.
- Career Impact Rank
- An all-time rank weighted toward the player's best three, five, and ten seasons.
70 games · 2,438 minutes · 83.1 / 100 · higher score is better · No. 1 is the best rank
77.3 total value · 395 qualified players
Career Composite 2.7 · lower is better · 17 seasons
Ranking certainty: Wide, likely #15–#282
- Impact Rate
- 0–100 score within one season. Higher is better.
- Box impact
- Estimated points per 100 possessions above league average, from the historical model. Zero is average; higher is better.
- Impact estimate
- The live model's final estimate in points per 100 possessions, including lineup evidence. It can differ from box impact. Higher is better.
Bottom line · 2025–26
James Harden delivered an outstanding 2025–26 campaign, ranking 45th in per-minute impact. His box-score profile ranked 32nd, led by high-volume, efficient scoring. Playing about 2,400 minutes, he finished in the 93rd percentile for total season value.
2025–26 NBA percentile rankings: What drives James Harden's impact
395 qualified NBA playersEvery player in the comparison logged at least 450 minutes.
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Overall value
Impact Rate
0–100 score · higher is better
83.1 / 100Season Value
93
77.3Scoring role
Usage
94
28.6%True shooting
76
61.0%3-point attempt rate
66
51.0%Free-throw rate
94
46.7%Creation and control
Assist rate
96
34.7%Turnover avoidance
16
15.3%Possession stats
Rebound rate
40
7.9%Steal rate
49
1.6%Block rate
38
1.1%Lineup signal
Offensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
93
+2.54 pts/100Defensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
5
−2.23 pts/100Workload
Minutes per game
97
34.8Games played
72
70Total minutes
94
2,438A 0–100 score comparing performance within one season. Higher is better. This is a score, not points per possession. The other bars show percentiles in the selected comparison group. Farther right means more of the named trait, not automatically better basketball. Turnover avoidance reverses turnover rate. Lineup figures are points per 100 possessions; higher is better. Lineup rows exclude players below the 1,000-possession lineup-sample floor.
Ranking editions
How the ranking changed
Both editions use the source snapshot dated Jul 14, 2026. These are model-version changes, not results from new games. Each edition keeps its original published numbers.
83.1 Impact Rate · 2,438 MP
Ranking edition: Jul 21, 2026
First snapshot83.1 Impact Rate · 2,438 MP
Ranking edition: Oct 6, 2026
No rank changeEvery season
James Harden advanced stats by season
Era-centered box impact supports comparisons through time. Impact Rate and its rank compare players only within that season.
More advanced statsAge, minutes, impact, rank, value and data coverage
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| pts/100 · higher is better | 0–100 · higher is better | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26live model | CLE/LAC | 36 | 70 | 2,438 | +3.19 | 83.1 | #45 | 77.3 | 93rd | Broad |
| 2024–25 | LAC | 35 | 79 | 2,789 | +3.40 | 93.6 | #26 | 305.7 | 98th | Broad |
| 2023–24 | LAC | 34 | 72 | 2,470 | +3.40 | 93.2 | #26 | 270.3 | 95th | Broad |
| 2022–23 | PHI | 33 | 58 | 2,135 | +4.64 | 95.0 | #20 | 286.0 | 96th | Broad |
| 2021–22 | BRK/PHI | 32 | 65 | 2,419 | +3.94 | 94.3 | #23 | 293.5 | 97th | Broad |
| 2020–21 | BRK/HOU | 31 | 44 | 1,609 | +6.60 | 97.8 | #9 | 287.9 | 97th | Broad |
| 2019–20Historical Defense Estimate | HOU | 30 | 68 | 2,483 | +9.33 | 99.7 | #2 | 607.9 | 100th | Broad |
| 2018–19Historical Defense Estimate | HOU | 29 | 78 | 2,867 | +10.27 | 100.0 | #1 | 717.7 | 100th | Broad |
| 2017–18Historical Defense Estimate | HOU | 28 | 72 | 2,551 | +8.99 | 100.0 | #1 | 570.0 | 100th | Broad |
| 2016–17Historical Defense Estimate | HOU | 27 | 81 | 2,947 | +7.99 | 99.2 | #4 | 613.5 | 100th | Broad |
| 2015–16Historical Defense Estimate | HOU | 26 | 82 | 3,125 | +6.76 | 98.6 | #6 | 556.7 | 100th | Broad |
| 2014–15Historical Defense Estimate | HOU | 25 | 81 | 2,981 | +8.49 | 99.2 | #4 | 628.9 | 100th | Broad |
| 2013–14Historical Defense Estimate | HOU | 24 | 73 | 2,777 | +4.48 | 96.2 | #14 | 361.3 | 98th | Broad |
| 2012–13Historical Defense Estimate | HOU | 23 | 78 | 2,985 | +4.67 | 98.3 | #7 | 398.8 | 99th | Broad |
| 2011–12Historical Defense Estimate | OKC | 22 | 62 | 1,946 | +2.93 | 90.1 | #35 | 186.0 | 91st | Broad |
| 2010–11Historical Defense Estimate | OKC | 21 | 82 | 2,189 | +1.20 | 78.3 | #77 | 135.2 | 79th | Broad |
| 2009–10Historical Defense Estimate | OKC | 20 | 76 | 1,738 | +0.48 | 69.9 | #102 | 83.5 | 68th | Broad |
Career movement
James Harden's box impact by season
Peak box impact +10.27 points per 100 possessions in 2018–19 · 17 seasons · 42,449 minutes
Box impact estimates points per 100 possessions above each season's league average. Zero is average; higher is better. Rank labels show Impact Rate league places, not ranks on this chart's box-impact scale.
Box impact · points per 100 possessionsMinutes
Player-specific impact scaleWorkload
Career comparison
Compare the shape, not the calendar
Align by NBA experience to compare season one with season one, or by age to compare players at the same stage of life.
James HardenKevin Durant
| NBA season | James Harden | Kevin Durant |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| 2 | 1.2 | 4.2 |
| 3 | 2.9 | 7.0 |
| 4 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| 5 | 4.5 | 5.7 |
| 6 | 8.5 | 7.9 |
| 7 | 6.8 | 9.1 |
| 8 | 8.0 | 9.1 |
| 9 | 9.0 | 8.7 |
| 10 | 10.3 | 9.2 |
| 11 | 9.3 | 7.3 |
| 12 | 6.6 | 5.4 |
| 13 | 3.9 | 7.1 |
| 14 | 4.6 | 7.0 |
| 15 | 3.4 | 7.4 |
| 16 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
| 17 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
| 18 | Did not play | 4.1 |
NBA season number
Similar career arcs
Players with careers similar to James Harden
The career-similarity score compares era-centered box impact, peak, prime, workload, career length, position, and experience-aligned trajectory. It describes career shape, not playing style, equal ability, or probability.
SF · All-Time Career #18
Kevin Durant
89career similarity score
84/100 closest-season score · 2018–19 ↔ 2015–16SG · All-Time Career #25Dwyane Wade
86career similarity score
92/100 closest-season score · 2018–19 ↔ 2009–10SG · All-Time Career #27Tracy McGrady
86career similarity score
84/100 closest-season score · 2018–19 ↔ 2002–03Why this rank?
Why James Harden ranks #45
The current model starts with box production, checks it against multi-season lineup evidence, caps that correction, then accounts for how many minutes the player was trusted to play each game.
Steps 1–4 use points per 100 possessions. Step 5 converts the final estimate to the 0–100 Impact Rate score. Higher is better on both scales; they are not the same number.
Prior rank #32
Current total +0.76 ±0.9
Split model · O +2.54 · D -2.23 = +0.32
Maximum ±1.25
Points per 100 possessions · higher is better
Higher is better · 83.1 before the MPG adjustment · rank #45
RAPM estimates lineup impact while controlling for the other nine players on the floor. The multi-season blend, current total model, and current offensive/defensive split are separate estimates, so they need not equal one another. hussEyquation uses the multi-season signal as a bounded correction, not as a standalone verdict.
Ranking certaintyWide
The model's 80% impact interval is -0.67 to +3.83. Exact ordering is difficult when many players have overlapping estimates.
- Top 25 chance
- 17%
- Top 50 chance
- 30%
- Top 100 chance
- 49%
- 80% rank range
- #15–#282
Impact Rate shows how strong a player was compared with everyone else that season. Season Value adds how much he played; completed player-profile rows instead show each season's fixed-baseline contribution to Career Value. Career Impact Rank rewards a high peak, a long prime, and repeated seasons near the top. Older seasons use clearly labeled estimates where the NBA did not record today's full set of statistics. Read how every ranking works →