Head-to-Head: Games Played Between James Harden and David Lee

This is the detail of NBA games in which James Harden and David Lee played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Player comparisons:
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They faced each other a total of 33 times in NBA games. David Lee has a 17-16 winning record over James Harden, including a 7-3 record in Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
James Harden:
2009-10 to 2023-24
David Lee:
2005-06 to 2016-17
33 Games played
23 in Regular Season
10 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
James Harden
16
13
3
David Lee
17
10
7

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
James Harden 23.0 5.1 6.5 1.70.3
David Lee 11.2 6.9 1.70.70.5
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
James Harden 45 12 15 42
David Lee 30 19 10 33
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
James Harden 25

games
13

games
26

games
21

games
3

games
David Lee 6

games
18

games
5

games
7

games
10

games
Both had same stat 2

games
2

games
2

games
5

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20

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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2009-10 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 11, 2010
1. Thunder 106   James Harden 7 1 2 3 0 2 1 28 3-9 .333 0-4 .000 1-1 1.000
Knicks 88   David Lee 11 13 4 0 0 3 2 29 5-18 .278 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Feb. 20, 2010
2. Thunder 121   James Harden 14 5 2 1 1 4 4 31 4-9 .444 1-3 .333 5-7 .714
OT Knicks 118   David Lee 30 10 6 1 3 3 4 42 12-16 .750 0-0 - 6-6 1.000
2010-11 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 05, 2010
3. Thunder 114   James Harden 12 2 1 2 0 1 3 25 3-6 .500 2-3 .667 4-4 1.000
Warriors 109   David Lee 8 9 5 0 0 1 4 30 4-12 .333 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 13, 2011
4. Thunder 94   James Harden 8 0 2 0 0 1 3 15 2-3 .667 1-2 .500 3-3 1.000
Warriors 100   David Lee 23 19 2 3 0 2 3 45 11-22 .500 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Mar. 29, 2011
5. Thunder 115   James Harden 14 5 3 3 0 4 1 31 5-10 .500 1-5 .200 3-3 1.000
OT Warriors 114   David Lee 24 15 4 1 0 4 5 48 11-17 .647 0-0 - 2-3 .667
2011-12 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 27, 2012
6. Thunder 120   James Harden 19 4 2 0 0 2 2 35 5-10 .500 1-4 .250 8-8 1.000
Warriors 109   David Lee 19 7 2 3 2 4 6 36 7-10 .700 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Feb. 07, 2012
7. Thunder 119   James Harden 19 1 7 4 0 0 3 36 6-13 .462 3-8 .375 4-4 1.000
Warriors 116   David Lee 25 11 10 0 1 4 5 44 9-19 .474 0-1 .000 7-7 1.000
Feb. 17, 2012
8. Thunder 110   James Harden 25 4 2 1 0 2 1 30 8-13 .615 4-7 .571 5-5 1.000
Warriors 87   David Lee 23 6 1 0 0 3 2 30 8-17 .471 0-0 - 7-7 1.000
2012-13 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 05, 2013
9. Rockets 140   James Harden 18 2 7 3 0 1 2 30 5-11 .455 4-5 .800 4-8 .500
Warriors 109   David Lee 18 7 2 0 0 2 3 26 8-10 .800 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Feb. 12, 2013
10. Rockets 116   James Harden 27 7 5 3 0 5 0 39 7-22 .318 2-8 .250 11-11 1.000
Warriors 107   David Lee 12 12 4 0 1 2 6 35 3-10 .300 0-0 - 6-8 .750
Mar. 08, 2013
11. Rockets 94   James Harden 20 6 11 3 0 3 1 42 3-17 .176 3-8 .375 11-14 .786
Warriors 88   David Lee 16 5 0 0 0 3 5 25 7-12 .583 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Mar. 17, 2013
12. Rockets 78   James Harden 21 10 8 3 0 3 3 40 6-16 .375 3-7 .429 6-6 1.000
Warriors 108   David Lee 10 10 4 1 0 2 2 35 4-13 .308 0-0 - 2-3 .667
2013-14 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 06, 2013
13. Rockets 105   James Harden 34 7 4 1 1 4 2 40 13-22 .591 1-3 .333 7-9 .778
Warriors 83   David Lee 11 3 0 0 0 1 1 22 4-7 .571 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Dec. 13, 2013
14. Rockets 116   James Harden 26 2 9 0 0 3 1 42 9-22 .409 3-8 .375 5-8 .625
Warriors 112   David Lee 23 10 0 1 2 2 4 37 8-13 .615 0-0 - 7-8 .875
Feb. 20, 2014
15. Rockets 99   James Harden 39 4 5 1 0 2 4 45 14-27 .519 3-8 .375 8-10 .800
OT Warriors 102   David Lee 28 14 0 2 1 5 4 45 11-22 .500 0-0 - 6-7 .857
2014-15 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 17, 2015
16. Rockets 106   James Harden 12 4 4 1 0 3 5 30 4-15 .267 0-4 .000 4-7 .571
Warriors 131   David Lee 18 8 1 0 1 1 3 25 8-13 .615 0-0 - 2-5 .400
Jan. 21, 2015
17. Rockets 113   James Harden 33 4 6 2 1 2 2 32 8-18 .444 3-6 .500 14-16 .875
Warriors 126   David Lee 9 10 3 3 1 2 2 20 4-9 .444 0-0 - 1-2 .500
2015 Playoffs - Western Conference Finals
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
May. 19, 2015
18. Rockets 106   James Harden 28 11 9 4 0 5 4 42 11-20 .550 1-3 .333 5-6 .833
Warriors 110   David Lee 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 04 1-3 .333 0-0 - 0-0 -
May. 23, 2015
19. Rockets 80   James Harden 17 3 4 0 0 1 0 32 3-16 .188 1-5 .200 10-11 .909
Warriors 115   David Lee 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
May. 25, 2015
20. Rockets 128   James Harden 45 9 5 2 2 3 2 40 13-22 .591 7-11 .636 12-13 .923
Warriors 115   David Lee 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 03 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
May. 27, 2015
21. Rockets 90   James Harden 14 6 5 3 0 12 5 43 2-11 .182 0-3 .000 10-13 .769
Warriors 104   David Lee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
2015-16 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 16, 2015
22. Rockets 95   James Harden 16 1 3 0 0 4 4 30 4-10 .400 4-7 .571 4-4 1.000
Celtics 111   David Lee 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 05 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Apr. 06, 2016
23. Rockets 86   James Harden 26 5 4 1 2 6 4 44 8-22 .364 4-10 .400 6-7 .857
Mavericks 88   David Lee 8 8 0 2 0 1 4 20 4-6 .667 0-0 - 0-0 -
2016-17 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 09, 2016
24. Rockets 101   James Harden 24 12 15 1 0 8 1 41 9-19 .474 1-5 .200 5-7 .714
Spurs 99   David Lee 10 4 2 1 0 1 1 16 4-6 .667 0-0 - 2-4 .500
Nov. 12, 2016
25. Rockets 100   James Harden 25 11 13 0 0 7 1 39 7-18 .389 2-9 .222 9-11 .818
Spurs 106   David Lee 6 6 0 0 1 0 3 21 2-3 .667 0-0 - 2-3 .667
Dec. 20, 2016
26. Rockets 100   James Harden 31 10 7 1 0 3 1 37 10-26 .385 1-11 .091 10-10 1.000
Spurs 102   David Lee 6 4 1 0 1 0 1 17 3-5 .600 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 06, 2017
27. Rockets 110   James Harden 39 3 12 0 0 7 2 36 13-20 .650 6-9 .667 7-8 .875
Spurs 112   David Lee 6 8 0 2 1 1 4 23 3-6 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
2017 Playoffs - Western Conference Semifinals
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
May. 01, 2017
28. Rockets 126   James Harden 20 1 14 4 0 3 3 31 6-13 .462 3-8 .375 5-5 1.000
Spurs 99   David Lee 4 7 0 0 0 1 1 29 0-2 .000 0-0 - 4-6 .667
May. 03, 2017
29. Rockets 96   James Harden 13 7 10 2 0 4 4 34 3-17 .176 2-9 .222 5-6 .833
Spurs 121   David Lee 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 11 2-3 .667 0-0 - 0-0 -
May. 05, 2017
30. Rockets 92   James Harden 43 2 5 3 0 5 4 40 14-28 .500 5-13 .385 10-11 .909
Spurs 103   David Lee 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 16 2-2 1.000 0-0 - 0-0 -
May. 07, 2017
31. Rockets 125   James Harden 28 5 12 2 0 4 4 35 10-18 .556 4-11 .364 4-6 .667
Spurs 104   David Lee 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 17 1-5 .200 0-0 - 0-0 -
May. 09, 2017
32. Rockets 107   James Harden 33 10 10 1 1 9 4 43 11-24 .458 4-15 .267 7-8 .875
OT Spurs 110   David Lee 6 3 0 0 1 0 2 11 3-4 .750 0-0 - 0-0 -
May. 11, 2017
33. Rockets 75   James Harden 10 3 7 1 1 6 6 37 2-11 .182 2-9 .222 4-6 .667
Spurs 114   David Lee 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 08 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-1 .000