Derek Fisher vs. James Harden Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Harden and Derek Fisher, 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / 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.

Derek Fisher played 18 years in the NBA, 2 more than James Harden, who played 16. Derek Fisher had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Derek Fisher	18	16	1996-97 to 2013-14
James Harden	16	16	2009-10 to 2024-25

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
	Derek Fisher	James Harden
Season	1996-97	2009-10
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Derek Fisher	80	11.5	3.9	0.3	0.9	1.2	1.5	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.1	1.3	3.3	.397	0.3	0.9	.301	1.0	1.5	.658
difference:	+4	+11.4	+6.0	+0.3	+1.7	+2.0	+0.3	+0.6	+0.2	-0.5	-1.5	+1.8	+4.3	+.006	+0.9	+2.4	+.074	+1.6	+1.7	+.150
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		%
Derek Fisher	6	5.7	1.3	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.2	0.0	1.0	0.7	0.5	1.8	.273	0.0	0.8	.000	0.3	0.5	.667
difference:		+14.3	+6.4	+0.2	+1.8	+2.0	+0.8	+0.8	+0.2	-0.5	-1.6	+1.5	+3.4	+.114	+1.0	+1.9	+.375	+2.4	+2.7	+.175
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
	Derek Fisher	James Harden
Season	1997-98	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	82	21.5	5.8	0.5	1.9	2.4	4.1	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.5	2.0	4.6	.434	0.4	1.0	.383	1.4	1.9	.757
difference:		+5.2	+6.4		+0.7	+0.7	+2.0	+0.2	+0.2	-0.2	-1.0	+1.6	+3.7	+.002	+1.0	+3.0	+.034	+2.1	+2.3	+.086
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		%
Derek Fisher	13	21.5	6.0	0.2	1.8	1.9	3.8	1.3	0.0	1.2	2.5	2.1	5.2	.397	0.5	1.5	.300	1.4	2.2	.621
difference:	+4	+10.1	+7.0	+0.4	+3.0	+3.5	+0.2	+0.1	+0.8	-0.4	-0.3	+1.8	+3.0	+.078	+0.9	+3.0	+.003	+2.5	+2.5	+.204
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
	Derek Fisher	James Harden
Season	1998-99	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Derek Fisher	50	22.6	5.9	0.4	1.4	1.8	3.9	1.2	0.0	1.5	1.9	2.0	5.3	.376	0.8	1.9	.392	1.2	1.6	.759
difference:	+12	+8.8	+10.9	+0.1	+2.2	+2.3	+0.2	+0.2	+0.2	-0.7	-0.5	+3.0	+4.8	+.115	+1.0	+2.8	+.002	+3.8	+4.4	+.087
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		%
Derek Fisher	8	29.8	9.8	0.8	2.9	3.6	4.9	1.0	0.0	1.4	2.5	3.5	8.4	.418	1.3	3.6	.345	1.5	1.9	.800
difference:	+12	+1.7	+6.5	+0.1	+1.6	+1.5	+1.5	+0.6	+0.1	-0.7	-0.9	+1.2	+2.3	+.017	+0.3	+0.3	+.065	+3.9	+4.4	+.057
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
	Derek Fisher	James Harden
Season	1999-00	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Derek Fisher	78	23.1	6.3	0.3	1.6	1.8	2.8	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.9	2.1	6.2	.346	0.7	2.1	.313	1.3	1.9	.724
difference:		+15.2	+19.6	+0.5	+2.5	+3.1	+3.0	+0.8	+0.5	-2.8	-0.4	+5.4	+10.9	+.092	+1.6	+4.1	+.055	+7.3	+8.3	+.127
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		%
Derek Fisher	21	15.3	4.7	0.2	0.9	1.0	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.4	1.4	1.6	3.8	.430	0.6	1.4	.414	0.9	1.2	.760
difference:	+15	+25.2	+21.6	+0.6	+4.9	+5.7	+2.5	+1.5	+1.0	-4.1	-1.6	+5.9	+15.4	+.039	+1.9	+5.9	+.073	+7.9	+9.8	+.043
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
	Derek Fisher	James Harden
Season	2000-01	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Derek Fisher	20	35.5	11.5	0.3	2.7	3.0	4.4	2.0	0.1	1.5	2.5	3.9	9.4	.412	1.3	3.2	.397	2.5	3.1	.806
difference:	+53	+2.5	+13.9	+0.5	+1.2	+1.7	+1.7	+0.4	+0.3	-2.1	-0.1	+3.6	+7.1	+.044	+1.1	+3.4	+.031	+5.4	+6.0	+.060
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		%
Derek Fisher	16	35.8	13.4	0.3	3.5	3.8	3.0	1.3	0.1	0.8	2.8	4.8	9.9	.484	2.2	4.3	.515	1.6	2.1	.765
difference:	+10	+8.0	+13.4	+0.5	+0.3	+0.9	+2.8	+0.7	+0.1	-2.7	-0.7	+3.5	+12.3	+.108	+0.5	+4.7	+.219	+5.9	+6.2	+.135
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
	Derek Fisher	James Harden
Season	2001-02	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Derek Fisher	70	28.2	11.2	0.2	1.9	2.1	2.6	0.9	0.1	0.9	1.7	3.9	9.5	.411	2.1	5.0	.413	1.3	1.6	.847
difference:	+11	+8.6	+16.2	+0.7	+2.8	+3.6	+4.4	+1.0	+0.6	-3.1	-0.9	+4.1	+8.6	+.029	+0.5	+1.9	+.038	+7.5	+8.6	+.021
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		%
Derek Fisher	19	34.2	10.2	0.5	2.7	3.3	2.7	1.0	0.1	1.1	2.6	3.2	8.8	.357	1.5	4.3	.358	2.3	2.9	.786
difference:	+2	+3.2	+17.0	+0.2	+2.3	+2.4	+4.8	+0.6	+0.3	-3.4	-0.3	+4.4	+8.5	+.082	+0.9	+2.0	+.025	+7.3	+7.6	+.130
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
	Derek Fisher	James Harden
Season	2002-03	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Derek Fisher	82	34.5	10.5	0.5	2.4	2.9	3.6	1.1	0.2	1.1	2.4	4.1	9.5	.437	1.0	2.6	.401	1.2	1.5	.800
difference:		+3.6	+18.5	+0.3	+2.9	+3.2	+3.9	+0.6	+0.4	-3.5	-0.4	+4.6	+10.2	+.002	+1.9	+5.4	+.042	+7.6	+8.7	+.060
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		%
Derek Fisher	12	35.4	12.8	0.4	2.6	3.0	1.8	1.5	0.1	1.5	3.3	4.4	8.5	.520	2.4	3.9	.617	1.5	1.8	.818
difference:	+7	+3.2	+13.8	+1.0	+1.2	+2.2	+5.8	+0.9	+0.1	-3.7	-0.7	+3.8	+11.5	+.110	+0.2	+4.5	+.307	+6.1	+7.2	+.026
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
	Derek Fisher	James Harden
Season	2003-04	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Derek Fisher	82	21.6	7.1	0.4	1.5	1.9	2.3	1.3	0.0	1.0	1.4	2.5	7.0	.352	0.6	2.2	.291	1.5	1.9	.797
difference:	+1	+14.8	+22.0	+0.8	+5.5	+6.2	+8.9	+0.2	+0.5	-4.7	-1.3	+5.8	+11.9	+.088	+2.6	+7.1	+.056	+7.7	+9.0	+.050
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		%
Derek Fisher	22	23.1	7.5	0.5	2.1	2.5	2.2	0.8	0.0	0.9	2.1	2.7	6.7	.405	1.0	2.5	.418	1.0	1.6	.657
difference:	+11	+13.9	+21.0	+0.1	+2.7	+3.0	+6.3	+1.1	+0.5	-4.5	-1.8	+5.5	+13.1	+.008	+1.9	+8.0	+.140	+8.2	+8.9	+.221
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
	Derek Fisher	James Harden
Season	2004-05	2017-18
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	74	30.0	11.9	0.5	2.4	2.9	4.1	1.0	0.1	1.7	2.4	4.0	10.2	.393	1.5	3.9	.371	2.4	2.7	.862
difference:	+2	+5.4	+18.5	+0.1	+2.4	+2.5	+4.7	+0.8	+0.6	-2.7	-0.1	+5.0	+9.9	+.056	+2.2	+6.1	+.004	+6.3	+7.4	+.004
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		%
Derek Fisher	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Derek Fisher	James Harden
Season	2005-06	2018-19
Team	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	82	31.6	13.3	0.4	2.1	2.6	4.3	1.5	0.1	1.9	2.9	4.4	10.8	.410	1.4	3.6	.397	3.0	3.6	.833
difference:	+4	+5.2	+22.8	+0.4	+3.7	+4.0	+3.2	+0.5	+0.6	-3.1	-0.2	+6.4	+13.7	+.032	+3.4	+9.6	+.029	+6.7	+7.4	+.046
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		%
Derek Fisher	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Derek Fisher	James Harden
Season	2006-07	2019-20
Team	Utah Jazz	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	82	27.9	10.1	0.4	1.5	1.8	3.3	1.0	0.1	1.5	2.9	3.1	8.2	.382	0.6	1.9	.308	3.2	3.7	.853
difference:	+14	+8.6	+24.2	+0.6	+4.0	+4.8	+4.2	+0.8	+0.8	-3.0	-0.4	+6.8	+14.1	+.062	+3.8	+10.5	+.047	+7.0	+8.1	+.012
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		%
Derek Fisher	16	27.8	9.5	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.6	1.0	0.1	1.2	3.2	3.1	7.6	.405	0.8	2.0	.375	2.6	2.8	.933
difference:	+4	+9.5	+20.1	+0.7	+3.3	+4.0	+5.1	+0.5	+0.7	-2.6	-0.4	+6.0	+11.4	+.073	+2.5	+7.8	+.042	+5.6	+6.9	+.088
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
	Derek Fisher	James Harden
Season	2007-08	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets, Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Nets Lost East Conf Semis

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	82	27.4	11.7	0.3	1.8	2.1	2.9	1.0	0.0	1.1	2.3	4.1	9.5	.436	1.4	3.4	.406	2.0	2.3	.883
difference:	+38	+9.2	+12.9	+0.5	+5.3	+5.8	+7.9	+0.2	+0.8	-2.9		+3.7	+7.2	+.030	+1.4	+4.2	+.044	+4.3	+5.0	+.022
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		%
Derek Fisher	21	31.6	10.2	0.1	2.1	2.2	2.5	2.0	0.1	1.0	3.0	3.1	7.0	.452	1.0	2.4	.440	2.9	3.5	.836
difference:	+12	+4.2	+10.0	+0.7	+3.5	+4.1	+6.1	+0.3	+0.6	-1.9	-0.4	+2.6	+5.0	+.020	+1.7	+4.9	+.076	+3.3	+3.4	+.067
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
	Derek Fisher	James Harden
Season	2008-09	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Brooklyn Nets, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	82	29.8	9.9	0.3	2.0	2.3	3.2	1.2	0.1	0.9	2.3	3.6	8.4	.424	1.5	3.7	.397	1.3	1.6	.846
difference:	+17	+7.4	+12.1	+0.5	+4.8	+5.4	+7.1	+0.1	+0.5	-3.5	-0.1	+2.7	+6.9	+.014	+0.8	+3.2	+.067	+5.9	+6.6	+.031
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		%
Derek Fisher	22	28.9	8.0	0.3	1.7	2.0	2.2	1.0	0.0	1.1	2.8	2.9	7.3	.394	0.9	3.0	.284	1.4	1.6	.861
difference:	+10	+11.0	+10.6	+0.6	+3.1	+3.7	+6.4	+0.2	+0.7	-3.1	-0.4	+2.4	+5.9	+.011	+1.4	+3.3	+.084	+4.2	+4.7	+.032
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
	Derek Fisher	James Harden
Season	2009-10	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	82	27.2	7.5	0.3	1.8	2.1	2.5	1.1	0.1	1.0	2.5	2.6	6.8	.380	1.0	2.7	.348	1.4	1.6	.856
difference:	+24	+9.6	+13.5	+0.4	+3.6	+4.0	+8.2	+0.1	+0.4	-2.4	-0.6	+3.8	+7.7	+.061	+1.8	+4.5	+.037	+4.0	+4.6	+.011
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		%
Derek Fisher	23	32.8	10.3	0.4	2.1	2.5	2.8	1.2	0.0	1.6	3.6	3.6	8.0	.448	1.2	3.3	.360	2.0	2.4	.821
difference:	+12	+6.0	+10.0	+0.1	+3.5	+3.7	+5.5	+0.6	+0.4	-1.6	-1.1	+2.9	+8.6	+.055	+1.6	+4.2	+.018	+2.4	+2.6	+.052
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
	Derek Fisher	James Harden
Season	2010-11	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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15th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	82	28.0	6.8	0.2	1.7	1.9	2.7	1.2	0.1	0.9	2.3	2.5	6.5	.389	0.8	1.9	.396	1.0	1.3	.806
difference:	+10	+6.3	+9.8	+0.3	+3.0	+3.2	+5.8	+0.1	+0.7	-1.7	-0.5	+2.4	+4.9	+.039	+1.8	+4.9	+.015	+3.2	+3.5	+.072
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		%
Derek Fisher	10	32.5	8.2	0.1	2.6	2.7	3.6	1.4	0.2	0.8	2.5	2.9	6.7	.433	0.7	1.7	.412	1.7	2.1	.810
difference:	+4	+7.8	+13.0	+0.4	+1.4	+1.8	+4.4	+0.4	+0.8	-1.5	-0.3	+3.8	+8.1	+.016	+2.3	+6.1	+.029	+3.1	+3.2	+.096
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
	Derek Fisher	James Harden
Season	2011-12	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Oklahoma City Thunder	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost NBA Finals	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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16th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	63	23.9	5.6	0.2	1.7	1.9	2.7	0.8	0.1	1.2	1.9	2.0	5.5	.371	0.6	1.7	.321	0.9	1.1	.851
difference:	+16	+11.4	+17.2	+0.5	+3.4	+3.9	+6.0	+0.7	+0.6	-3.1	-0.2	+4.7	+10.9	+.039	+2.4	+6.8	+.031	+5.5	+6.2	+.023
James Harden	79	35.3	22.8	0.7	5.1	5.8	8.7	1.5	0.7	4.3	2.1	6.7	16.4	.410	3.0	8.5	.352	6.4	7.3	.874

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	20	22.3	6.3	0.1	1.5	1.6	1.3	0.9	0.1	0.3	1.9	2.5	5.9	.415	0.9	2.4	.375	0.5	0.5	1.000
difference:	+13	+17.1	+12.4	+0.5	+3.4	+3.8	+7.8	+0.4	+0.9	-2.7	-0.4	+3.8	+8.5	+.021	+1.4	+3.9	+.011	+3.4	+4.2	+.182
James Harden	7	39.4	18.7	0.6	4.9	5.4	9.1	1.3	1.0	3.0	2.3	6.3	14.4	.436	2.3	6.3	.364	3.9	4.7	.818

Additional Years

* Derek Fisher played 2 seasons more than James Harden in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 17 to 18, from 2013 to 2014—Derek Fisher played in two Playoffs.

Derek Fisher vs. James Harden Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Harden and Derek Fisher, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Season 14

14th Season Stats Comparison

Season 15

15th Season Stats Comparison

Season 16

16th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years