A.C. Green vs. James Harden Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Harden and A.C. Green, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

A.C. Green played 16 years in the NBA, 1 more than James Harden, who played 15. A.C. Green had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while James Harden had his rookie season in 2009-10. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
A.C. Green	16	13	1985-86 to 2000-01
James Harden	15	15	2009-10 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	A.C. Green	James Harden
Season	1985-86	2009-10
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	82	18.8	6.4	2.0	2.7	4.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	1.2	2.8	2.5	4.7	.539	0.0	0.1	.167	1.2	2.0	.611
James Harden	76	22.9	9.9	0.6	2.6	3.2	1.8	1.1	0.3	1.4	2.6	3.1	7.6	.403	1.2	3.3	.375	2.6	3.2	.808

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	9	11.8	2.4	0.3	1.4	1.8	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.4	1.4	1.0	1.9	.529	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.0	.444
James Harden	6	20.0	7.7	0.2	2.3	2.5	1.8	1.0	0.2	0.5	2.3	2.0	5.2	.387	1.0	2.7	.375	2.7	3.2	.842


Season 2
	A.C. Green	James Harden
Season	1986-87	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	79	28.4	10.8	2.7	5.1	7.8	1.1	0.9	1.0	1.3	2.2	4.0	7.4	.538	0.0	0.1	.000	2.8	3.6	.780
James Harden	82	26.7	12.2	0.5	2.6	3.1	2.1	1.1	0.3	1.3	2.5	3.6	8.3	.436	1.4	4.0	.349	3.5	4.2	.843

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	18	28.1	11.5	3.0	4.9	7.9	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.9	2.6	3.9	7.2	.546	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.8	.747
James Harden	17	31.6	13.0	0.6	4.8	5.4	3.6	1.2	0.8	1.6	2.8	3.9	8.2	.475	1.4	4.5	.303	3.9	4.7	.825


Season 3
	A.C. Green	James Harden
Season	1987-88	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Thunder Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	82	32.1	11.4	3.0	5.7	8.7	1.1	1.1	0.5	1.5	2.5	3.9	7.8	.503	0.0	0.0	.000	3.6	4.6	.773
James Harden	62	31.4	16.8	0.5	3.6	4.1	3.7	1.0	0.2	2.2	2.4	5.0	10.1	.491	1.8	4.7	.390	5.0	6.0	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	24	30.3	10.0	2.4	4.9	7.3	0.8	0.5	0.5	1.1	2.5	3.8	7.0	.544	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.0	.753
James Harden	20	31.5	16.3	0.7	4.5	5.1	3.4	1.6	0.1	2.1	3.4	4.7	10.7	.435	1.6	3.9	.410	5.4	6.3	.857


Season 4
	A.C. Green	James Harden
Season	1988-89	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	82	30.6	13.3	3.1	5.9	9.0	1.3	1.1	0.7	1.5	2.1	4.9	9.2	.529	0.0	0.2	.235	3.4	4.4	.786
James Harden	78	38.3	25.9	0.8	4.1	4.9	5.8	1.8	0.5	3.8	2.3	7.5	17.1	.438	2.3	6.2	.368	8.6	10.2	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	15	33.5	10.1	2.5	6.6	9.1	1.2	1.1	0.4	1.5	2.5	3.1	7.6	.412	0.0	0.2	.000	3.9	5.1	.763
James Harden	6	40.5	26.3	0.8	5.8	6.7	4.5	2.0	1.0	4.5	3.0	7.5	19.2	.391	2.5	7.3	.341	8.8	11.0	.803


Season 5
	A.C. Green	James Harden
Season	1989-90	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	82	33.0	12.9	3.2	5.5	8.7	1.1	0.8	0.6	1.4	2.5	4.7	9.8	.478	0.2	0.6	.283	3.4	4.5	.751
James Harden	73	38.0	25.4	0.8	3.9	4.7	6.1	1.6	0.4	3.6	2.4	7.5	16.5	.456	2.4	6.6	.366	7.9	9.1	.866

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	9	28.0	11.8	3.8	5.2	9.0	1.0	0.6	0.4	1.6	2.4	4.6	8.8	.519	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.6	.750
James Harden	6	43.8	26.8	0.8	3.8	4.7	5.8	2.0	0.2	3.5	3.5	8.3	22.2	.376	2.7	9.0	.296	7.5	8.3	.900


Season 6
	A.C. Green	James Harden
Season	1990-91	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	82	26.4	9.1	2.5	3.8	6.3	0.9	0.7	0.3	1.2	1.4	3.1	6.6	.476	0.1	0.7	.200	2.7	3.7	.738
James Harden	81	36.8	27.4	0.9	4.7	5.7	7.0	1.9	0.7	4.0	2.6	8.0	18.1	.440	2.6	6.9	.375	8.8	10.2	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	19	21.1	6.5	2.4	2.9	5.4	0.5	0.6	0.2	1.0	1.9	2.2	5.1	.423	0.2	0.4	.500	2.0	2.8	.704
James Harden	17	37.4	27.2	0.7	5.0	5.7	7.5	1.6	0.4	4.5	2.9	7.6	17.3	.439	2.4	6.3	.383	9.6	10.5	.916


Season 7
	A.C. Green	James Harden
Season	1991-92	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	82	35.4	13.6	3.7	5.6	9.3	1.4	1.1	0.4	1.4	1.7	4.7	9.8	.476	0.1	0.7	.214	4.1	5.6	.744
James Harden	82	38.1	29.0	0.8	5.3	6.1	7.5	1.7	0.6	4.6	2.8	8.7	19.7	.439	2.9	8.0	.359	8.8	10.2	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	4	38.3	12.8	3.8	5.3	9.0	1.8	1.8	0.0	1.3	2.5	4.0	9.8	.410	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	5.8	.826
James Harden	5	38.6	26.6	1.4	3.8	5.2	7.6	2.4	0.2	5.2	2.6	8.2	20.0	.410	2.6	8.4	.310	7.6	9.0	.844


Season 8
	A.C. Green	James Harden
Season	1992-93	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	82	34.4	12.8	3.5	5.2	8.7	1.4	1.1	0.5	1.4	1.8	4.6	8.6	.537	0.2	0.6	.348	3.4	4.6	.739
James Harden	81	36.4	29.1	1.2	7.0	8.1	11.2	1.5	0.5	5.7	2.7	8.3	18.9	.440	3.2	9.3	.347	9.2	10.9	.847

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	5	44.0	9.8	5.2	9.4	14.6	2.6	1.4	0.6	1.8	2.8	3.6	8.4	.429	0.0	1.0	.000	2.6	4.2	.619
James Harden	11	37.0	28.5	0.6	4.8	5.5	8.5	1.9	0.5	5.4	3.9	8.2	19.8	.413	2.9	10.5	.278	9.2	10.5	.878


Season 9
	A.C. Green	James Harden
Season	1993-94	2017-18
Team	Phoenix Suns	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	82	34.5	14.7	3.4	5.8	9.2	1.7	0.9	0.5	1.2	1.7	5.7	11.3	.502	0.1	0.4	.229	3.2	4.4	.735
James Harden	72	35.4	30.4	0.6	4.8	5.4	8.8	1.8	0.7	4.4	2.3	9.0	20.1	.449	3.7	10.0	.367	8.7	10.1	.858

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	10	35.0	12.5	2.9	5.5	8.4	1.3	1.0	0.2	0.7	2.2	4.0	8.3	.482	0.7	1.7	.412	3.8	6.2	.613
James Harden	17	36.5	28.6	0.8	4.4	5.2	6.8	2.2	0.6	3.8	2.7	9.3	22.6	.410	3.1	10.2	.299	6.9	7.8	.887


Season 10
	A.C. Green	James Harden
Season	1994-95	2018-19
Team	Phoenix Suns	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	82	32.8	11.2	2.4	5.8	8.2	1.5	0.7	0.4	1.4	1.8	3.8	7.5	.504	0.5	1.5	.339	3.1	4.2	.732
James Harden	78	36.8	36.1	0.8	5.8	6.6	7.5	2.0	0.7	5.0	3.1	10.8	24.5	.442	4.8	13.2	.368	9.7	11.0	.879

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	10	36.8	12.8	3.8	8.2	12.0	1.3	0.6	0.2	1.0	2.2	3.6	7.8	.462	0.1	1.2	.083	5.5	6.3	.873
James Harden	11	38.5	31.6	0.8	6.0	6.8	6.6	2.2	0.9	4.6	3.7	9.9	24.0	.413	4.4	12.5	.350	7.5	8.9	.837


Season 11
	A.C. Green	James Harden
Season	1995-96	2019-20
Team	Phoenix Suns	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	82	25.8	7.5	2.0	4.7	6.8	0.9	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.7	2.6	5.4	.484	0.2	0.6	.269	2.0	2.9	.709
James Harden	68	36.5	34.3	1.0	5.5	6.6	7.5	1.8	0.9	4.5	3.3	9.9	22.3	.444	4.4	12.4	.355	10.2	11.8	.865

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	4	21.8	4.8	1.5	3.0	4.5	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.8	1.5	4.3	.353	0.0	0.8	.000	1.8	2.0	.875
James Harden	12	37.3	29.6	1.0	4.6	5.6	7.7	1.5	0.8	3.8	3.6	9.1	19.0	.478	3.3	9.8	.333	8.2	9.7	.845


Season 12
	A.C. Green	James Harden
Season	1996-97	2020-21
Team	Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks	Houston Rockets, Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	83	30.0	7.2	2.7	5.2	7.9	0.8	0.8	0.2	0.9	1.7	2.8	5.8	.483	0.0	0.2	.050	1.5	2.4	.650
James Harden	44	36.6	24.6	0.8	7.1	7.9	10.8	1.2	0.8	4.0	2.3	7.8	16.7	.466	2.8	7.6	.362	6.3	7.3	.861

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Harden	9	35.8	20.2	0.8	5.6	6.3	8.6	1.7	0.7	2.9	2.6	5.7	12.0	.472	2.7	7.3	.364	6.2	6.9	.903


Season 13
	A.C. Green	James Harden
Season	1997-98	2021-22
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Brooklyn Nets, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	82	32.3	7.3	2.7	5.5	8.1	1.5	1.0	0.3	0.8	1.9	3.0	6.5	.453	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.0	.716
James Harden	65	37.2	22.0	0.8	6.8	7.7	10.3	1.3	0.6	4.4	2.4	6.3	15.3	.410	2.3	6.9	.330	7.2	8.2	.877

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Harden	12	39.9	18.6	0.9	4.8	5.7	8.6	0.8	0.7	4.2	2.4	5.3	13.2	.405	2.3	6.3	.368	5.6	6.3	.893


Season 14
	A.C. Green	James Harden
Season	1998-99	2022-23
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	50	18.5	4.9	1.6	2.9	4.6	0.5	0.6	0.2	0.4	1.4	2.2	5.1	.422	0.0	0.2	.000	0.6	1.0	.577
James Harden	58	36.8	21.0	0.7	5.4	6.1	10.7	1.2	0.5	3.4	1.9	6.4	14.5	.441	2.8	7.2	.385	5.4	6.2	.867

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Harden	11	38.8	20.3	0.5	5.6	6.2	8.3	1.8	0.4	3.2	2.5	6.5	16.6	.393	2.8	7.5	.378	4.4	5.0	.873


Season 15
	A.C. Green	James Harden
Season	1999-00	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	82	23.5	5.0	2.0	4.0	5.9	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.6	1.5	2.1	4.7	.447	0.0	0.0	.250	0.8	1.2	.695
James Harden	72	34.3	16.6	0.5	4.7	5.1	8.5	1.1	0.8	2.6	1.8	4.9	11.4	.428	2.6	6.8	.381	4.2	4.8	.878

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	23	18.7	3.9	1.9	2.3	4.2	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.4	1.9	1.6	3.9	.411	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.0	.696
James Harden	6	40.3	21.2	0.5	4.0	4.5	8.0	1.0	1.0	2.3	2.2	6.7	14.8	.449	3.0	7.8	.383	4.8	5.3	.906


Season 16
	A.C. Green	James Harden
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	82	17.2	4.5	1.3	2.5	3.8	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.5	1.8	4.0	.444	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.4	.712
James Harden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
A.C. Green	3	7.0	1.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000
James Harden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A.C. Green vs. James Harden Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Harden and A.C. Green, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16