James Harden vs. Dennis Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis 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 17 years in the NBA, 3 more than Dennis Johnson, who played 14. James Harden had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Dennis Johnson had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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	Dennis Johnson
Season	2009-10	1976-77
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Seattle Supersonics
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:	+5	+2.3	+0.7	+1.4	+0.9	+0.5	+0.3	+0.4	+0.4		-0.1	+0.4	+0.6	+.101				+0.4	+0.3	+.184
Dennis Johnson	81	20.6	9.2	2.0	1.7	3.7	1.5	1.5	0.7	-	2.7	3.5	7.0	.504	-	-	-	2.2	3.5	.624
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
Dennis Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	James Harden	Dennis Johnson
Season	2011-12	1978-79
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Sixth Man of the Year	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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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:	+18	+2.6	+0.9	+1.3	+0.7	+0.6	+0.2	+0.3	+1.0	-0.2	-0.2	+1.0	+3.8	+.057				+1.2	+1.1	+.065
Dennis Johnson	80	34.0	15.9	1.8	2.9	4.7	3.5	1.3	1.2	2.4	2.6	6.0	13.9	.434	-	-	-	3.8	4.9	.781
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:	+3	+8.6	+4.6	+1.9	+1.0	+1.0	+0.7		+1.4	-0.9	-0.3	+3.3	+7.1	+.015				+0.5	+0.1	+.086
Dennis Johnson	17	40.1	20.9	2.6	3.5	6.1	4.1	1.6	1.5	3.0	3.7	8.0	17.8	.450	-	-	-	4.9	6.4	.771

Season 4
	James Harden	Dennis Johnson
Season	2012-13	1979-80
Team	Houston Rockets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+3	+2.0	+6.9	+1.3	+1.1	+0.2	+1.7		+0.5	-1.0	-1.0	+0.4	+0.3	+.016	+2.2	+5.5	+.161	+3.9	+4.2	+.071
Dennis Johnson	81	36.3	19.0	2.1	3.0	5.1	4.1	1.8	1.0	2.8	3.3	7.1	16.8	.422	0.1	0.7	.207	4.7	6.0	.780
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:	+9	+1.7	+9.2	+0.9	+3.2	+2.4	+0.7	+0.2	+0.3	-1.6	-0.2	+0.8	+2.9	+.019	+2.2	+6.3	+.008	+5.3	+6.9	+.036
Dennis Johnson	15	38.8	17.1	1.7	2.6	4.3	3.8	1.8	0.7	2.9	3.2	6.7	16.3	.410	0.3	1.0	.333	3.5	4.1	.839

Season 5
	James Harden	Dennis Johnson
Season	2013-14	1980-81
Team	Houston Rockets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+6	+4.9	+6.6	+1.2	+1.3	+0.1	+2.4	+0.1	+0.4	-1.0	-0.7	+0.8	+1.1	+.020	+2.3	+6.0	+.150	+2.7	+2.8	+.046
Dennis Johnson	79	33.1	18.8	2.0	2.6	4.6	3.7	1.7	0.8	2.6	3.1	6.7	15.4	.436	0.1	0.6	.216	5.2	6.3	.820
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
difference:	+1	+5.7	+7.2	+0.2	+0.1		+2.9	+0.7	+1.1	-0.8	-0.9	+0.9	+6.5	+.097	+2.6	+8.3	+.096	+2.9	+2.3	+.138
Dennis Johnson	7	38.1	19.6	1.0	3.7	4.7	2.9	1.3	1.3	2.7	2.6	7.4	15.7	.473	0.1	0.7	.200	4.6	6.0	.762

Season 6
	James Harden	Dennis Johnson
Season	2014-15	1981-82
Team	Houston Rockets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+1	+0.1	+7.9	+0.9	+1.3	+0.6	+2.4	+0.6		-1.1	-0.6	+0.8	+2.7	+.030	+2.5	+6.4	+.185	+3.8	+4.0	+.062
Dennis Johnson	80	36.7	19.5	1.8	3.4	5.1	4.6	1.3	0.7	2.9	3.2	7.2	15.4	.470	0.1	0.5	.190	5.0	6.2	.806
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
difference:	+10	+1.3	+4.9	+1.2	+2.4	+1.3	+2.9	+0.5	+0.2	-0.9	-1.1	+1.4	+1.6	+.038	+2.4	+5.9	+.383	+5.3	+4.9	+.147
Dennis Johnson	7	38.7	22.3	1.9	2.6	4.4	4.6	2.1	0.6	3.6	4.0	9.0	18.9	.477	0.0	0.4	.000	4.3	5.6	.769

Season 7
	James Harden	Dennis Johnson
Season	2015-16	1982-83
Team	Houston Rockets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns 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		%
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:	+5	+5.0	+14.8	+0.4	+2.1	+1.7	+2.5	+0.4	+0.1	-2.0	-0.2	+3.5	+8.5	+.023	+2.8	+7.6	+.198	+5.0	+5.4	+.069
Dennis Johnson	77	33.1	14.2	1.2	3.2	4.4	5.0	1.3	0.5	2.6	2.6	5.2	11.2	.462	0.1	0.4	.161	3.8	4.8	.791
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
difference:	+2	+2.6	+8.6	+0.6	+1.9	+2.5	+1.9	+0.7	+0.5	-2.5	-0.4	+0.9	+4.0	+.048	+2.6	+8.1	+.310	+4.3	+5.0	+.011
Dennis Johnson	3	36.0	18.0	2.0	5.7	7.7	5.7	1.7	0.7	2.7	3.0	7.3	16.0	.458	0.0	0.3	.000	3.3	4.0	.833

Season 8
	James Harden	Dennis Johnson
Season	2016-17	1983-84
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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		%
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
difference:	+1	+3.1	+15.9	+0.1	+4.6	+4.6	+7.0	+0.3	+0.2	-3.5	-0.4	+3.5	+7.9	+.003	+3.1	+8.9	+.222	+5.7	+6.8	+.005
Dennis Johnson	80	33.3	13.2	1.1	2.4	3.5	4.2	1.2	0.7	2.2	3.1	4.8	11.0	.437	0.1	0.4	.125	3.5	4.1	.852
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+11	+0.3	+11.9	+0.8	+2.6	+1.9	+4.1	+0.8	+0.2	-3.0	-0.5	+2.3	+5.3	+.009	+2.8	+10.2	+.151	+4.5	+5.0	+.011
Dennis Johnson	22	36.7	16.6	1.4	2.2	3.6	4.4	1.1	0.3	2.4	3.4	5.9	14.5	.404	0.1	0.3	.429	4.7	5.5	.867

Season 9
	James Harden	Dennis Johnson
Season	2017-18	1984-85
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	Celtics Lost NBA 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		%
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
difference:	+8	+1.8	+14.7	+0.5	+2.0	+1.4	+2.0	+0.6	+0.2	-1.7	-0.5	+2.8	+6.8	+.013	+3.6	+9.7	+.098	+5.4	+6.3	+.005
Dennis Johnson	80	37.2	15.7	1.1	2.8	4.0	6.8	1.2	0.5	2.7	2.8	6.2	13.3	.462	0.1	0.3	.269	3.3	3.8	.853
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+4	+3.9	+11.3	+0.3	+1.5	+1.2	+0.5	+0.7	+0.2	-0.4	-0.4	+2.5	+7.4	+.035	+3.1	+9.5	+.299	+3.1	+3.4	+.027
Dennis Johnson	21	40.4	17.3	1.1	2.9	4.0	7.3	1.5	0.4	3.4	3.1	6.8	15.2	.445	0.0	0.7	.000	3.8	4.4	.860

Season 10
	James Harden	Dennis Johnson
Season	2018-19	1985-86
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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		%
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
difference:		+1.8	+20.5	+0.1	+3.2	+3.2	+1.7	+0.6	+0.3	-2.8	-0.5	+4.6	+10.9	+.013	+4.7	+12.7	+.225	+6.6	+7.2	+.061
Dennis Johnson	78	35.0	15.6	0.9	2.6	3.4	5.8	1.4	0.4	2.2	2.6	6.2	13.6	.455	0.1	0.5	.143	3.1	3.8	.818
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+7	+1.2	+15.4	+0.5	+3.1	+2.6	+0.7		+0.6	-1.8	-0.5	+3.8	+10.4	+.032	+4.1	+11.6	+.025	+3.8	+4.2	+.039
Dennis Johnson	18	39.7	16.2	1.3	2.9	4.2	5.9	2.2	0.3	2.8	3.2	6.1	13.6	.445	0.3	0.9	.375	3.7	4.7	.798

Season 11
	James Harden	Dennis Johnson
Season	2019-20	1986-87
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+11	+0.6	+20.9	+0.4	+2.8	+3.3		+0.7	+0.4	-2.3	-0.8	+4.5	+10.2		+4.3	+11.6	+.242	+7.6	+8.6	+.032
Dennis Johnson	79	37.1	13.4	0.6	2.7	3.3	7.5	1.1	0.5	2.2	2.5	5.4	12.1	.444	0.1	0.8	.113	2.6	3.2	.833
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+11	+4.6	+10.7		+1.7	+1.6	+1.2	+0.8	+0.5	-1.9	-0.5	+1.8	+3.3	+.013	+3.2	+8.7	+.218	+4.0	+4.8	+.005
Dennis Johnson	23	41.9	18.9	1.0	2.9	4.0	8.9	0.7	0.3	1.9	3.1	7.3	15.7	.465	0.1	1.1	.115	4.2	4.9	.850

Season 12
	James Harden	Dennis Johnson
Season	2020-21	1987-88
Team	Houston Rockets, Brooklyn Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+33	+1.9	+12.0		+4.8	+4.8	+3.0		+0.4	-1.5	-0.3	+3.2	+6.3	+.028	+2.6	+7.0	+.101	+3.0	+3.4	+.005
Dennis Johnson	77	34.7	12.6	0.8	2.3	3.1	7.8	1.2	0.4	2.5	2.6	4.6	10.4	.438	0.2	0.6	.261	3.3	3.9	.856
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+8	+5.5	+4.3	+0.1	+2.0	+1.8	+0.4	+0.3	+0.2	-0.3	-0.4	+0.3	+0.4	+.039	+2.3	+6.4	+.011	+1.4	+0.8	+.107
Dennis Johnson	17	41.3	15.9	0.9	3.6	4.5	8.2	1.4	0.5	2.6	3.0	5.4	12.4	.433	0.4	0.9	.375	4.8	6.1	.796

Season 13
	James Harden	Dennis Johnson
Season	2021-22	1988-89
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+7	+5.1	+12.0	+0.4	+4.6	+5.1	+3.7		+0.3	-2.0	-0.5	+2.5	+6.4	+.024	+2.2	+6.2	+.190	+5.0	+5.5	+.056
Dennis Johnson	72	32.1	10.0	0.4	2.2	2.6	6.6	1.3	0.3	2.4	2.9	3.8	8.9	.434	0.1	0.7	.140	2.2	2.7	.821
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+9	+20.2	+15.9	+0.2	+4.1	+4.4	+5.6	+0.2	+0.7	-3.2	-0.3	+4.0	+8.2	+.138	+2.3	+6.3		+5.6	+6.3
Dennis Johnson	3	19.7	2.7	0.7	0.7	1.3	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.7	1.3	5.0	.267	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 14
	James Harden	Dennis Johnson
Season	2022-23	1989-90
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Assists Leader	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+17	+9.7	+13.9	+0.1	+3.4	+3.4	+4.2	+0.1	+0.3	-1.8	-0.5	+3.7	+8.2	+.007	+2.8	+6.9	+.343	+3.8	+4.3	+.024
Dennis Johnson	75	27.1	7.1	0.6	2.0	2.7	6.5	1.1	0.2	1.6	2.4	2.7	6.3	.434	0.0	0.3	.042	1.6	1.9	.843
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+6	+6.4	+6.5	+0.1	+3.2	+3.4	+2.7	+1.4		-1.2	-0.9	+0.5	+4.2	+.091	+2.4	+6.3	+.045	+3.0	+3.6	+.127
Dennis Johnson	5	32.4	13.8	0.4	2.4	2.8	5.6	0.4	0.4	2.0	3.4	6.0	12.4	.484	0.4	1.2	.333	1.4	1.4	1.000

Additional Years
* James Harden played 3 seasons more than Dennis Johnson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 15 to 17, from 2024 to 2026—James Harden played in two Playoffs. In those 3 extra years over Dennis Johnson, James Harden got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Star Game