James Harden vs. Cameron Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cameron Johnson and James Harden, 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.

James Harden played 16 years in the NBA, 10 more than Cameron Johnson, who played 6. James Harden had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Cameron Johnson had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
	James Harden	Cameron Johnson
Season	2009-10	2019-20
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+19	+0.9	+1.1	+0.3	+0.2	+0.1	+0.6	+0.5	+0.1	-0.8	-1.1		+0.5	+.032	+0.7	+1.5	+.015	+1.8	+2.2	+.001
Cameron Johnson	57	22.0	8.8	0.9	2.4	3.3	1.2	0.6	0.4	0.6	1.5	3.1	7.1	.435	1.9	4.8	.390	0.8	1.0	.807
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Cameron Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	James Harden	Cameron Johnson
Season	2011-12	2021-22
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost NBA Finals	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+4	+5.2	+4.3	+0.1	+0.1		+2.2	+0.1		-1.5	-0.7	+0.8	+0.9	+.031	+0.7	+1.2	+.035	+3.5	+4.3	+.014
Cameron Johnson	66	26.2	12.5	0.6	3.5	4.1	1.5	0.9	0.2	0.7	1.7	4.2	9.2	.460	2.5	5.9	.425	1.5	1.7	.860
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+7	+6.9	+5.5		+1.7	+1.6	+1.9	+1.2		-1.2	-1.0	+1.2	+3.1	+.030	+0.1	+0.6	+.037	+3.4	+3.8	+.044
Cameron Johnson	13	24.6	10.8	0.7	2.8	3.5	1.5	0.4	0.1	0.9	2.4	3.5	7.6	.465	1.7	4.5	.373	2.0	2.5	.813

Season 4
	James Harden	Cameron Johnson
Season	2012-13	2022-23
Team	Houston Rockets	Phoenix Suns, Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nets Lost East 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		%
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
difference:	+36	+9.7	+10.4		+0.5	+0.5	+3.9	+0.6	+0.2	-2.9	-0.3	+2.2	+5.8	+.032	+0.2	+0.1	+.036	+6.2	+7.3	+.009
Cameron Johnson	42	28.6	15.5	0.8	3.6	4.4	1.9	1.2	0.3	0.9	2.0	5.3	11.3	.470	2.5	6.1	.404	2.4	2.9	.842
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+2	+2.5	+7.8		+0.8	+0.9	+1.7	+1.2	+0.7	-3.2	-0.5	+0.5	+5.4	+.118	+0.5	+0.3	+.088	+7.3	+9.2	+.054
Cameron Johnson	4	38.0	18.5	0.8	5.0	5.8	2.8	0.8	0.3	1.3	2.5	7.0	13.8	.509	3.0	7.0	.429	1.5	1.8	.857

Season 5
	James Harden	Cameron Johnson
Season	2013-14	2023-24
Team	Houston Rockets	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+15	+10.4	+12.0	+0.1	+0.5	+0.4	+3.7	+0.8	+0.1	-2.6	-0.6	+2.7	+5.8	+.010		+0.5	+.025	+6.4	+7.2	+.077
Cameron Johnson	58	27.6	13.4	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.4	0.8	0.3	1.0	1.8	4.8	10.7	.446	2.4	6.1	.391	1.5	1.9	.789
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Cameron Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	James Harden	Cameron Johnson
Season	2014-15	2024-25
Team	Houston Rockets	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+24	+5.2	+8.6		+1.3	+1.4	+3.6	+1.0	+0.3	-2.3	-0.8	+1.8	+5.0	+.035	+0.2	+0.3	+.015	+5.3	+6.3	+.025
Cameron Johnson	57	31.6	18.8	0.9	3.4	4.3	3.4	0.9	0.4	1.7	1.8	6.2	13.1	.475	2.8	7.2	.390	3.5	3.9	.893
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Cameron Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* James Harden played 10 seasons more than Cameron Johnson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 16, from 2016 to 2025—James Harden played in 10 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over Cameron Johnson, 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 8 All-Star Game