Grayson Allen vs. James Harden Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Harden and Grayson Allen, 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.

Grayson Allen played 7 years in the NBA, 9 less than James Harden, who played 16. Grayson Allen had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, 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
	Grayson Allen	James Harden
Season	2018-19	2009-10
Team	Utah Jazz	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Grayson Allen	38	10.9	5.6	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.9	1.2	1.8	4.7	.376	0.8	2.6	.323	1.2	1.6	.750
difference:	+38	+12.0	+4.3	+0.5	+2.1	+2.6	+1.1	+0.9	+0.1	-0.5	-1.4	+1.3	+2.9	+.027	+0.4	+0.7	+.052	+1.4	+1.6	+.058
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		%
Grayson Allen	2	7.0	4.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.5	.286	0.0	1.5	.000	2.5	3.5	.714
difference:	+4	+13.0	+3.2	+0.2	+1.8	+2.0	+1.8	+1.0	+0.2	-0.5	-2.3	+1.0	+1.7	+.101	+1.0	+1.2	+.375	+0.2	+0.3	+.128
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
	Grayson Allen	James Harden
Season	2020-21	2011-12
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Grayson Allen	50	25.2	10.6	0.4	2.8	3.2	2.2	0.9	0.2	1.0	1.4	3.5	8.3	.418	2.1	5.5	.391	1.6	1.8	.868
difference:	+12	+6.2	+6.2	+0.1	+0.8	+0.9	+1.5	+0.1		-1.2	-1.0	+1.5	+1.8	+.073	+0.3	+0.8	+.001	+3.4	+4.2	+.022
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		%
Grayson Allen	5	23.2	6.4	0.6	2.0	2.6	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.2	2.6	2.4	6.6	.364	1.6	4.2	.381	0.0	0.2	.000
difference:	+15	+8.3	+9.9	+0.1	+2.5	+2.5	+3.2	+1.2	+0.1	-1.9	-0.8	+2.3	+4.1	+.071		+0.3	+.029	+5.4	+6.1	+.857
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
	Grayson Allen	James Harden
Season	2021-22	2012-13
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Grayson Allen	66	27.3	11.1	0.5	2.9	3.4	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.5	3.9	8.6	.448	2.4	5.9	.409	1.0	1.1	.865
difference:	+12	+11.0	+14.8	+0.3	+1.2	+1.5	+4.3	+1.1	+0.2	-3.1	-0.8	+3.6	+8.5	+.010	+0.1	+0.3	+.041	+7.6	+9.1	+.014
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		%
Grayson Allen	12	25.4	8.3	0.4	2.5	2.9	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.8	1.8	3.1	6.8	.451	1.6	4.0	.396	0.6	0.9	.636
difference:	+6	+15.1	+18.0	+0.4	+3.3	+3.8	+3.2	+1.3	+0.7	-3.7	-1.2	+4.4	+12.4	+.060	+0.9	+3.3	+.055	+8.2	+10.1	+.167
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
	Grayson Allen	James Harden
Season	2022-23	2013-14
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Grayson Allen	72	27.4	10.4	0.8	2.4	3.3	2.3	0.9	0.2	1.0	1.6	3.4	7.7	.440	2.0	5.1	.399	1.6	1.8	.905
difference:	+1	+10.6	+15.0		+1.5	+1.4	+3.8	+0.7	+0.2	-2.6	-0.8	+4.1	+8.8	+.016	+0.4	+1.5	+.033	+6.3	+7.3	+.039
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		%
Grayson Allen	5	29.8	11.6	0.2	2.2	2.4	1.8	0.4	0.0	0.8	1.4	3.8	8.2	.463	2.8	5.8	.483	1.2	1.4	.857
difference:	+1	+14.0	+15.2	+0.6	+1.6	+2.3	+4.0	+1.6	+0.2	-2.7	-2.1	+4.5	+14.0	+.087	+0.1	+3.2	+.187	+6.3	+6.9	+.043
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
	Grayson Allen	James Harden
Season	2023-24	2014-15
Team	Phoenix Suns	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Grayson Allen	75	33.5	13.5	0.6	3.3	3.9	3.0	0.9	0.6	1.3	2.1	4.5	9.1	.499	2.7	5.9	.461	1.7	2.0	.878
difference:	+6	+3.3	+13.9	+0.3	+1.4	+1.8	+4.0	+1.0	+0.1	-2.7	-0.5	+3.5	+9.0	+.059	+0.1	+1.0	+.086	+7.1	+8.2	+.010
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		%
Grayson Allen	2	21.5	3.5	1.0	3.0	4.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	2.0	0.5	2.5	.200	0.5	2.5	.200	2.0	2.0	1.000
difference:	+15	+15.9	+23.7	+0.3	+2.0	+1.7	+6.5	+1.1	+0.4	-3.0	-0.9	+7.1	+14.8	+.239	+1.9	+3.8	+.183	+7.6	+8.5	+.084
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
	Grayson Allen	James Harden
Season	2024-25	2015-16
Team	Phoenix Suns	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		%
Grayson Allen	64	24.1	10.6	0.5	2.5	3.0	2.1	0.8	0.3	1.2	1.5	3.4	7.6	.448	2.3	5.5	.426	1.5	1.8	.816
difference:	+18	+14.0	+18.4	+0.3	+2.8	+3.1	+5.4	+0.9	+0.3	-3.4	-1.3	+5.3	+12.1	+.009	+0.6	+2.5	+.067	+7.3	+8.4	+.044
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		%
Grayson Allen	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

Additional Years
* James Harden played 9 seasons more than Grayson Allen in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 16, from 2017 to 2025—James Harden played in 9 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Grayson Allen, James Harden got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 4 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 3 Scoring Leader 2 Assists Leader 7 All-Star Game