Jalen Duren vs. James Harden Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Harden and Jalen Duren, 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.

Jalen Duren played 3 years in the NBA, 13 less than James Harden, who played 16. Jalen Duren had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, 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
	Jalen Duren	James Harden
Season	2022-23	2009-10
Team	Detroit Pistons	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		%
Jalen Duren	67	24.9	9.1	3.4	5.5	8.9	1.1	0.7	0.9	1.4	2.7	3.9	5.9	.648	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.3	.611
difference:	+9	+2.0	+0.8	+2.8	+2.9	+5.7	+0.7	+0.4	+0.6		-0.1	+0.8	+1.7	+.245	+1.2	+3.3		+1.2	+0.9	+.197
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		%
Jalen Duren	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
	Jalen Duren	James Harden
Season	2024-25	2011-12
Team	Detroit Pistons	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Jalen Duren	78	26.1	11.8	3.6	6.8	10.3	2.7	0.7	1.1	1.7	3.2	4.8	7.0	.692	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.1	.669
difference:	+16	+5.3	+5.0	+3.1	+3.2	+6.2	+1.0	+0.3	+0.9	-0.5	-0.8	+0.2	+3.1	+.201	+1.8	+4.7		+2.9	+2.9	+.177
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		%
Jalen Duren	6	33.8	11.8	4.3	6.3	10.7	3.5	0.3	1.7	1.7	4.3	4.3	6.7	.650	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	3.8	.826
difference:	+14	+2.3	+4.5	+3.6	+1.8	+5.6	+0.1	+1.3	+1.6	-0.4	-0.9	+0.4	+4.0	+.215	+1.6	+3.9		+2.2	+2.5	+.031
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

Additional Years
* James Harden played 13 seasons more than Jalen Duren in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 16, from 2013 to 2025—James Harden played in 13 Playoffs. In those 13 extra years over Jalen Duren, James Harden got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 6 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 3 Scoring Leader 2 Assists Leader 11 All-Star Game