Bogdan Bogdanovic vs. James Harden Season by Season Comparison

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

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.

Bogdan Bogdanovic played 8 years in the NBA, 8 less than James Harden, who played 16. Bogdan Bogdanovic had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	James Harden
Season	2017-18	2009-10
Team	Sacramento Kings	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	78	27.9	11.8	0.4	2.5	2.9	3.3	0.9	0.2	1.6	2.2	4.4	9.9	.446	1.7	4.2	.392	1.3	1.5	.840
difference:	+2	+5.0	+1.9	+0.2	+0.1	+0.3	+1.5	+0.2	+0.1	-0.2	-0.4	+1.3	+2.3	+.043	+0.5	+0.9	+.017	+1.3	+1.7	+.032
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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 3
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	James Harden
Season	2019-20	2011-12
Team	Sacramento Kings	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost NBA Finals

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	61	29.0	15.1	0.4	3.0	3.4	3.4	1.0	0.2	1.7	2.2	5.5	12.6	.440	2.7	7.2	.372	1.4	1.9	.741
difference:	+1	+2.4	+1.7	+0.1	+0.6	+0.7	+0.3			-0.5	-0.2	+0.5	+2.5	+.051	+0.9	+2.5	+.018	+3.6	+4.1	+.105
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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	James Harden
Season	2020-21	2012-13
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	44	29.7	16.4	0.5	3.2	3.6	3.3	1.1	0.3	1.2	2.3	6.1	12.8	.473	3.3	7.6	.438	0.9	1.0	.909
difference:	+34	+8.6	+9.5	+0.3	+0.9	+1.3	+2.5	+0.7	+0.2	-2.6		+1.4	+4.3	+.035	+1.0	+1.4	+.070	+7.7	+9.2	+.058
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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	18	33.2	14.1	0.6	3.6	4.2	2.9	1.6	0.3	1.5	2.8	5.4	13.8	.390	2.6	7.9	.329	0.7	0.9	.706
difference:	+12	+7.3	+12.2	+0.2	+2.2	+2.5	+1.6	+0.4	+0.7	-3.0	-0.2	+2.1	+5.4	+.001	+0.1	+0.6	+.012	+8.1	+10.1	+.097
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
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	James Harden
Season	2021-22	2013-14
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	63	29.3	15.1	0.5	3.5	4.0	3.1	1.1	0.2	1.1	2.1	5.4	12.6	.431	2.7	7.3	.368	1.5	1.8	.843
difference:	+10	+8.7	+10.3	+0.3	+0.4	+0.7	+3.0	+0.5	+0.2	-2.5	-0.3	+2.1	+3.9	+.025	+0.3	+0.7	+.002	+6.4	+7.3	+.023
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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	4	26.8	14.3	1.0	3.8	4.8	3.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	3.0	5.0	12.3	.408	2.3	6.5	.346	2.0	2.5	.800
difference:	+2	+17.0	+12.5	+0.2		+0.1	+2.8	+1.7	+0.1	-2.5	-0.5	+3.3	+9.9	+.032	+0.4	+2.5	+.050	+5.5	+5.8	+.100
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
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	James Harden
Season	2022-23	2014-15
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	54	27.9	14.0	0.4	2.6	3.1	2.8	0.8	0.3	1.2	1.6	5.1	11.3	.447	2.7	6.7	.406	1.2	1.4	.831
difference:	+27	+8.9	+13.4	+0.5	+2.1	+2.6	+4.2	+1.1	+0.4	-2.8	-1.0	+2.9	+6.8	+.007	+0.1	+0.2	+.031	+7.6	+8.8	+.037
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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	6	26.2	13.3	0.3	2.7	3.0	2.5	1.0	0.8	0.5	2.7	5.0	9.0	.556	2.5	5.5	.455	0.8	1.2	.714
difference:	+11	+11.2	+13.9	+0.4	+2.3	+2.7	+5.0	+0.6	+0.4	-4.0	-0.2	+2.6	+8.3	+.117	+0.1	+0.8	+.072	+8.8	+9.3	+.202
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
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	James Harden
Season	2023-24	2015-16
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	79	30.4	16.9	0.7	2.8	3.4	3.1	1.2	0.3	1.4	2.3	6.0	13.9	.428	3.0	8.1	.374	1.9	2.1	.921
difference:	+3	+7.7	+12.1	+0.1	+2.5	+2.7	+4.4	+0.5	+0.3	-3.2	-0.5	+2.7	+5.8	+.011	+0.1	+0.1	+.015	+6.9	+8.1	+.061
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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	James Harden
Season	2024-25	2016-17
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Clippers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	54	25.0	10.8	0.4	2.5	2.9	2.7	0.8	0.2	1.4	2.4	3.9	9.1	.427	1.9	5.4	.363	1.1	1.2	.879
difference:	+27	+11.4	+18.3	+0.8	+4.5	+5.2	+8.5	+0.7	+0.3	-4.3	-0.3	+4.4	+9.8	+.013	+1.3	+3.9	+.016	+8.1	+9.7	+.032
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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	7	16.7	6.4	0.7	2.1	2.9	2.1	0.4	0.0	1.6	3.6	2.3	6.3	.364	1.0	3.4	.292	0.9	1.0	.857
difference:	+4	+20.3	+22.1	+0.1	+2.7	+2.6	+6.4	+1.5	+0.5	-3.8	-0.3	+5.9	+13.5	+.049	+1.9	+7.1	+.014	+8.3	+9.5	+.021
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

Additional Years
* James Harden played 8 seasons more than Bogdan Bogdanovic in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 16, from 2018 to 2025—James Harden played in 8 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Bogdan Bogdanovic, James Harden got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 3 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 3 Scoring Leader 1 Assists Leader 6 All-Star Game