James Harden vs. Zaza Pachulia Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zaza Pachulia and James Harden, 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 / Games against each other

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.

James Harden played 15 years in the NBA, 1 less than Zaza Pachulia, who played 16. James Harden had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Zaza Pachulia had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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
James Harden	15	15	2009-10 to 2023-24
Zaza Pachulia	16	9	2003-04 to 2018-19

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
	James Harden	Zaza Pachulia
Season	2009-10	2003-04
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	59	11.3	3.3	1.2	1.8	2.9	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.6	1.5	1.2	3.0	.389	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.5	.644

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	James Harden	Zaza Pachulia
Season	2010-11	2004-05
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	74	18.9	6.2	1.8	3.3	5.1	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.9	2.2	2.2	4.8	.452	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.5	.746

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	James Harden	Zaza Pachulia
Season	2011-12	2005-06
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	78	31.4	11.7	3.4	4.5	7.9	1.7	1.1	0.5	2.3	3.7	3.9	8.7	.451	0.0	0.0	.000	3.8	5.2	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	James Harden	Zaza Pachulia
Season	2012-13	2006-07
Team	Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	72	28.1	12.2	2.8	4.2	6.9	1.5	1.1	0.5	2.3	3.7	4.0	8.5	.474	0.0	0.0	.000	4.1	5.2	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	James Harden	Zaza Pachulia
Season	2013-14	2007-08
Team	Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks 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		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	62	15.2	5.2	1.4	2.6	4.0	0.6	0.4	0.2	1.1	2.3	1.7	4.0	.437	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.5	.706

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	7	15.0	4.1	1.3	1.6	2.9	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.3	3.1	1.0	3.6	.280	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	3.0	.714


Season 6
	James Harden	Zaza Pachulia
Season	2014-15	2008-09
Team	Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	Hawks 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		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	77	19.1	6.2	2.2	3.4	5.7	0.7	0.5	0.3	1.2	2.7	2.1	4.2	.497	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.0	.709

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	11	23.6	6.9	2.5	4.4	6.9	0.3	0.5	0.3	1.3	3.6	2.0	4.8	.415	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	3.8	.762


Season 7
	James Harden	Zaza Pachulia
Season	2015-16	2009-10
Team	Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks 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		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	78	14.0	4.3	1.5	2.3	3.8	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.7	2.4	1.5	3.2	.488	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.8	.650

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	11	14.6	4.6	1.7	1.7	3.5	0.3	0.2	0.6	0.8	3.1	1.6	3.2	.514	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.2	.625


Season 8
	James Harden	Zaza Pachulia
Season	2016-17	2010-11
Team	Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks 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		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	79	15.7	4.4	1.5	2.7	4.2	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.9	2.3	1.4	2.9	.461	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.3	.754

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	11	17.7	3.5	1.5	3.4	4.9	1.2	0.2	0.1	0.8	3.4	1.0	2.1	.478	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.0	.773


Season 9
	James Harden	Zaza Pachulia
Season	2017-18	2011-12
Team	Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	58	28.3	7.8	2.7	5.2	7.9	1.4	0.9	0.5	1.4	3.0	2.9	5.8	.499	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.7	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	James Harden	Zaza Pachulia
Season	2018-19	2012-13
Team	Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	52	21.8	5.9	2.5	3.9	6.5	1.5	0.7	0.2	1.3	2.5	2.2	4.6	.473	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	2.0	.757

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	James Harden	Zaza Pachulia
Season	2019-20	2013-14
Team	Houston Rockets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	53	25.0	7.7	2.7	3.6	6.3	2.6	0.8	0.3	1.7	2.3	2.8	6.6	.427	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	2.5	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	James Harden	Zaza Pachulia
Season	2020-21	2014-15
Team	Houston Rockets, Brooklyn Nets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Bucks 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		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	73	23.7	8.3	2.7	4.2	6.8	2.4	1.1	0.3	1.8	2.3	3.3	7.2	.454	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.2	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	6	21.5	6.7	1.8	4.8	6.7	1.5	1.7	0.5	0.8	2.5	2.7	6.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.2	.615


Season 13
	James Harden	Zaza Pachulia
Season	2021-22	2015-16
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Philadelphia 76ers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks 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		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	76	26.4	8.6	3.3	6.2	9.4	1.7	0.8	0.3	1.6	2.4	2.9	6.2	.466	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	3.6	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	5	22.4	6.6	2.0	3.4	5.4	3.2	0.6	0.2	0.4	2.6	1.8	4.8	.375	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.4	.882


Season 14
	James Harden	Zaza Pachulia
Season	2022-23	2016-17
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Assists Leader	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	70	18.1	6.1	2.0	3.9	5.9	1.9	0.8	0.5	1.2	2.4	2.3	4.4	.534	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	1.8	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	15	14.1	5.1	1.2	2.6	3.8	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.9	2.1	2.1	4.0	.533	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.1	.765


Season 15
	James Harden	Zaza Pachulia
Season	2023-24	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	69	14.1	5.4	1.3	3.4	4.7	1.6	0.6	0.2	1.0	1.8	2.2	3.8	.564	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.3	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Zaza Pachulia	7	3.7	2.4	0.9	0.9	1.7	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.0	.571	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.7	.750


Season 16
	James Harden	Zaza Pachulia
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pistons 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		%
James Harden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zaza Pachulia	68	12.9	3.9	1.5	2.4	3.9	1.3	0.5	0.3	0.8	2.2	1.3	2.8	.440	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	1.8	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Harden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zaza Pachulia	2	11.0	2.5	0.5	4.0	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500

James Harden vs. Zaza Pachulia Season by Season Comparison

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

Their Careers

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