James Harden vs. Collin Sexton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Collin Sexton 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, 9 more than Collin Sexton, who played 7. James Harden had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Collin Sexton had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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	Collin Sexton
Season	2009-10	2018-19
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	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:	+6	+8.9	+6.8	+0.1	+0.4	+0.3	+1.2	+0.6	+0.2	-0.9	-0.3	+3.2	+7.1	+.027	+0.3	+0.3	+.027		+0.1	+.031
Collin Sexton	82	31.8	16.7	0.7	2.2	2.9	3.0	0.5	0.1	2.3	2.3	6.3	14.7	.430	1.5	3.6	.402	2.6	3.1	.839
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
Collin Sexton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	James Harden	Collin Sexton
Season	2011-12	2020-21
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+2	+3.9	+7.5	+0.5	+1.4	+1.0	+0.7			-0.6	-0.2	+3.8	+8.3	+.016	+0.2	+0.3	+.019	+0.2	+0.4	+.031
Collin Sexton	60	35.3	24.3	1.0	2.2	3.1	4.4	1.0	0.2	2.8	2.6	8.8	18.4	.475	1.6	4.4	.371	5.2	6.4	.815
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
Collin Sexton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	James Harden	Collin Sexton
Season	2012-13	2021-22
Team	Houston Rockets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+67	+9.6	+9.9	+0.4	+2.0	+1.6	+3.7	+0.9	+0.5	-1.0		+1.3	+3.4	+.012	+1.3	+2.1	+.124	+6.0	+6.7	+.107
Collin Sexton	11	28.7	16.0	1.2	2.1	3.3	2.1	0.9	0.0	2.8	2.3	6.2	13.7	.450	1.0	4.1	.244	2.6	3.5	.744
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
Collin Sexton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	James Harden	Collin Sexton
Season	2013-14	2022-23
Team	Houston Rockets	Utah Jazz
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:	+25	+14.1	+11.1		+2.5	+2.5	+3.2	+1.0	+0.3	-1.8	-0.1	+2.6	+6.7	+.050	+1.4	+4.1	+.027	+4.5	+5.0	+.047
Collin Sexton	48	23.9	14.3	0.8	1.4	2.2	2.9	0.6	0.1	1.8	2.3	4.9	9.8	.506	1.0	2.5	.393	3.4	4.1	.819
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
Collin Sexton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	James Harden	Collin Sexton
Season	2014-15	2023-24
Team	Houston Rockets	Utah Jazz
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:	+3	+10.2	+8.7		+3.0	+3.1	+2.1	+1.1	+0.5	-1.9	-0.6	+1.5	+4.8	+.047	+1.0	+2.7	+.019	+4.7	+5.5	+.009
Collin Sexton	78	26.6	18.7	0.9	1.7	2.6	4.9	0.8	0.2	2.1	2.0	6.5	13.3	.487	1.6	4.2	.394	4.1	4.7	.859
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
Collin Sexton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	James Harden	Collin Sexton
Season	2015-16	2024-25
Team	Houston Rockets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+19	+10.2	+10.6	+0.2	+3.5	+3.4	+3.3	+1.0	+0.5	-2.1	-0.5	+2.1	+5.9	+.041	+1.2	+3.7	+.047	+5.4	+6.2	+.005
Collin Sexton	63	27.9	18.4	1.0	1.8	2.7	4.2	0.7	0.1	2.5	2.3	6.6	13.8	.480	1.7	4.3	.406	3.4	4.0	.865
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Collin Sexton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* James Harden played 9 seasons more than Collin Sexton 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 Collin Sexton, 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