James Harden vs. Dikembe Mutombo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dikembe Mutombo 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings

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, 1 less than Dikembe Mutombo, who played 18. James Harden had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Dikembe Mutombo had his rookie season in 1991-92. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
James Harden	17	16	2009-10 to 2025-26
Dikembe Mutombo	18	13	1991-92 to 2008-09

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	James Harden	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2009-10	1991-92
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
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	+15.4	+6.7	+3.9	+5.2	+9.1	+0.4	+0.5	+2.7	-2.1	-1.2	+2.9	+4.6	+.090	+1.2	+3.3		+1.9	+3.8	+.166
Dikembe Mutombo	71	38.3	16.6	4.5	7.8	12.3	2.2	0.6	3.0	3.5	3.8	6.0	12.2	.493	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	7.0	.642

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
Dikembe Mutombo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	James Harden	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2010-11	1992-93
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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2nd 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	26.7	12.2	0.5	2.6	3.1	2.1	1.1	0.3	1.3	2.5	3.6	8.3	.436	1.4	4.0	.349	3.5	4.2	.843
difference:		+10.2	+1.6	+3.7	+6.3	+9.9	+0.3	+0.6	+3.2	-1.3	-1.0	+1.3	+1.2	+.074	+1.4	+4.0		+0.6	+1.8	+.162
Dikembe Mutombo	82	36.9	13.8	4.2	8.9	13.0	1.8	0.5	3.5	2.6	3.5	4.9	9.5	.510	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	6.0	.681

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Harden	17	31.6	13.0	0.6	4.8	5.4	3.6	1.2	0.8	1.6	2.8	3.9	8.2	.475	1.4	4.5	.303	3.9	4.7	.825
Dikembe Mutombo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	James Harden	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2011-12	1993-94
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Thunder Lost NBA Finals	Nuggets 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:	+20	+3.4	+4.8	+3.0	+4.8	+7.7	+2.2	+0.3	+3.9	-0.3	-0.8	+0.5	+2.3	+.078	+1.8	+4.7		+1.9	+0.6	+.263
Dikembe Mutombo	82	34.8	12.0	3.5	8.4	11.8	1.5	0.7	4.1	2.5	3.2	4.5	7.8	.569	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	5.4	.583

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:	+8	+11.1	+3.0	+2.6	+4.2	+6.9	+1.6	+0.9	+5.7	-0.4	-0.1	+0.5	+1.7	+.028	+1.6	+3.9		+0.5	+1.9	+.255
Dikembe Mutombo	12	42.6	13.3	3.3	8.7	12.0	1.8	0.7	5.8	2.5	3.5	4.2	9.0	.463	0.0	0.0	-	4.9	8.2	.602


Season 4
	James Harden	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2012-13	1994-95
Team	Houston Rockets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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		%
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:	+4	+0.5	+14.4	+3.1	+4.6	+7.6	+4.4	+1.3	+3.4	-1.5	-1.2	+3.2	+9.4	+.118	+2.3	+6.2		+5.6	+5.6	+.197
Dikembe Mutombo	82	37.8	11.5	3.9	8.7	12.5	1.4	0.5	3.9	2.3	3.5	4.3	7.7	.556	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.6	.654

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:	+3	+12.5	+20.3	+0.5	+0.8	+0.4	+4.2	+2.0	+1.3	-2.2	-2.0	+5.5	+15.9	+.209	+2.5	+7.3		+6.8	+8.0	+.136
Dikembe Mutombo	3	28.0	6.0	1.3	5.0	6.3	0.3	0.0	2.3	2.3	5.0	2.0	3.3	.600	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.0	.667


Season 5
	James Harden	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2013-14	1995-96
Team	Houston Rockets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	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:	+1	+1.3	+14.4	+2.6	+4.5	+7.1	+4.6	+1.1	+4.1	-1.6	-1.1	+3.7	+8.8	+.043	+2.4	+6.6		+4.6	+4.3	+.171
Dikembe Mutombo	74	36.7	11.0	3.4	8.4	11.8	1.5	0.5	4.5	2.0	3.5	3.8	7.7	.499	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.8	.695

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
Dikembe Mutombo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	James Harden	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2014-15	1996-97
Team	Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	Hawks Lost East 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	+0.4	+14.1	+2.5	+3.6	+5.9	+5.6	+1.3	+2.6	-1.7	-0.5	+3.2	+9.1	+.087	+2.6	+6.9		+5.0	+4.8	+.163
Dikembe Mutombo	80	37.2	13.3	3.4	8.3	11.6	1.4	0.6	3.3	2.3	3.1	4.8	9.0	.527	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	5.4	.705

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:	+7	+4.1	+11.8	+3.0	+3.6	+6.6	+6.2	+1.5	+2.2	-2.5	-0.1	+2.2	+8.7	+.189	+2.4	+6.3		+5.0	+4.1	+.197
Dikembe Mutombo	10	41.5	15.4	3.7	8.6	12.3	1.3	0.1	2.6	2.0	3.0	5.4	8.6	.628	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	6.4	.719


Season 7
	James Harden	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2015-16	1997-98
Team	Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost East 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:		+2.5	+15.6	+2.6	+2.7	+5.3	+6.5	+1.3	+2.8	-2.6	-0.3	+3.8	+10.6	+.098	+2.9	+8.0		+5.1	+4.7	+.190
Dikembe Mutombo	82	35.6	13.4	3.4	8.0	11.4	1.0	0.4	3.4	2.0	3.1	4.9	9.1	.537	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.5	.670

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:	+1	+4.6	+18.6	+1.9	+5.7	+7.6	+7.3	+2.1	+2.1	-3.2	-0.1	+5.4	+14.0	+.048	+2.6	+8.4		+5.1	+5.0	+.219
Dikembe Mutombo	4	34.0	8.0	3.3	9.5	12.8	0.3	0.3	2.3	2.0	2.5	2.8	6.0	.458	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	4.0	.625


Season 8
	James Harden	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2016-17	1998-99
Team	Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+31	+0.2	+18.3	+2.6	+1.4	+4.1	+10.1	+1.2	+2.4	-3.8	-0.2	+4.8	+12.1	+.072	+3.2	+9.3		+5.3	+5.2	+.163
Dikembe Mutombo	50	36.6	10.8	3.8	8.4	12.2	1.1	0.3	2.9	1.9	2.9	3.5	6.8	.512	0.0	0.0	-	3.9	5.7	.684

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:	+2	+5.2	+15.9	+3.4	+5.1	+8.4	+7.3	+1.3	+2.1	-3.4	-0.8	+3.8	+11.9	+.150	+2.9	+10.5		+5.5	+5.3	+.176
Dikembe Mutombo	9	42.2	12.6	4.0	9.9	13.9	1.2	0.6	2.6	2.0	3.1	4.4	7.9	.563	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.2	.702


Season 9
	James Harden	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2017-18	1999-00
Team	Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+10	+1.0	+18.9	+3.1	+5.6	+8.7	+7.5	+1.5	+2.6	-2.3	-0.7	+5.1	+13.1	+.113	+3.7	+10.0		+5.1	+5.0	+.150
Dikembe Mutombo	82	36.4	11.5	3.7	10.4	14.1	1.3	0.3	3.3	2.1	3.0	3.9	7.0	.562	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	5.1	.708

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
Dikembe Mutombo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	James Harden	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2018-19	2000-01
Team	Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	Scoring Leader	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	76ers Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+3	+2.3	+26.1	+3.3	+3.6	+6.9	+6.5	+1.6	+2.0	-3.1	-0.4	+7.2	+17.1	+.042	+4.8	+13.2		+6.9	+7.1	+.154
Dikembe Mutombo	75	34.5	10.0	4.1	9.4	13.5	1.0	0.4	2.7	1.9	2.7	3.6	7.4	.484	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.9	.725

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:	+12	+4.2	+17.7	+4.1	+2.8	+6.9	+5.9	+1.5	+2.2	-3.0	-1.3	+5.5	+15.0	+.077	+4.4	+12.5		+2.5	+2.5	+.060
Dikembe Mutombo	23	42.7	13.9	4.9	8.8	13.7	0.7	0.7	3.1	1.6	2.4	4.4	9.0	.490	0.0	0.0	-	5.0	6.4	.777


Season 11
	James Harden	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2019-20	2001-02
Team	Houston Rockets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+12	+0.2	+22.8	+2.2	+2.1	+4.2	+6.5	+1.4	+1.5	-2.5	-0.3	+5.9	+14.3	+.057	+4.4	+12.4		+6.7	+7.2	+.101
Dikembe Mutombo	80	36.3	11.5	3.2	7.6	10.8	1.0	0.4	2.4	2.0	3.0	4.0	8.0	.501	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	4.6	.764

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:	+7	+2.7	+20.8	+1.8	+3.2	+5.0	+7.1	+1.1	+1.0	-1.6	-0.4	+6.3	+12.8	+.026	+3.3	+9.8		+5.0	+4.5	+.230
Dikembe Mutombo	5	34.6	8.8	2.8	7.8	10.6	0.6	0.4	1.8	2.2	3.2	2.8	6.2	.452	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	5.2	.615


Season 12
	James Harden	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2020-21	2002-03
Team	Houston Rockets, Brooklyn Nets	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Nets Lost NBA 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:	+20	+15.2	+18.8	+1.5	+3.0	+1.5	+10.0	+1.0	+0.7	-2.6		+5.8	+11.2	+.092	+2.8	+7.6		+4.6	+5.0	+.134
Dikembe Mutombo	24	21.4	5.8	2.3	4.1	6.4	0.8	0.2	1.5	1.4	2.3	2.0	5.5	.374	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.3	.727

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:	+1	+24.3	+18.4		+3.7	+3.6	+8.0	+1.4	+0.2	-2.1	-0.5	+5.0	+10.5	+.005	+2.7	+7.3		+5.8	+6.5	+.097
Dikembe Mutombo	10	11.5	1.8	0.8	1.9	2.7	0.6	0.3	0.9	0.8	2.1	0.7	1.5	.467	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 13
	James Harden	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2021-22	2003-04
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks 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:		+14.2	+16.4	+1.4	+2.3	+1.0	+9.9	+1.0	+1.3	-3.6	-0.2	+4.1	+10.8	+.068	+2.3	+6.9		+6.0	+6.4	+.196
Dikembe Mutombo	65	23.0	5.6	2.2	4.5	6.7	0.4	0.3	1.9	0.8	2.2	2.2	4.5	.478	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.8	.681

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	+27.6	+16.3	+0.4	+2.8	+2.4	+8.6	+0.5	+0.6	-3.2	-0.4	+4.6	+11.2	+.072	+2.3	+6.3		+4.6	+5.3	+.107
Dikembe Mutombo	3	12.3	2.3	1.3	2.0	3.3	0.0	0.3	1.3	1.0	2.0	0.7	2.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000


Season 14
	James Harden	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2022-23	2004-05
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Assists Leader	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Rockets Lost West 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:	+22	+21.6	+17.0	+1.2	+1.9	+0.8	+10.6	+1.0	+0.8	-2.8	-0.2	+5.0	+11.8	+.057	+2.8	+7.2		+4.1	+4.4	+.126
Dikembe Mutombo	80	15.2	4.0	1.9	3.5	5.3	0.1	0.2	1.3	0.6	1.7	1.4	2.7	.498	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.8	.741

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:	+4	+24.4	+17.2	+1.1	+2.2	+1.2	+8.0	+1.5	+0.6	-2.2	-0.4	+5.6	+15.0	+.152	+2.8	+7.5		+3.0	+3.1	+.104
Dikembe Mutombo	7	14.4	3.1	1.6	3.4	5.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	1.0	2.1	0.9	1.6	.545	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.9	.769


Season 15
	James Harden	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2023-24	2005-06
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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15th 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	34.3	16.6	0.5	4.7	5.1	8.5	1.1	0.8	2.6	1.8	4.9	11.4	.428	2.6	6.8	.381	4.2	4.8	.878
difference:	+8	+19.4	+14.0	+1.1	+1.5	+0.3	+8.4	+0.8	+0.1	-2.1	-0.2	+4.1	+9.9	+.098	+2.6	+6.8		+3.1	+3.4	+.120
Dikembe Mutombo	64	14.9	2.6	1.6	3.2	4.8	0.1	0.3	0.9	0.5	2.0	0.8	1.5	.526	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.4	.758

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Harden	6	40.3	21.2	0.5	4.0	4.5	8.0	1.0	1.0	2.3	2.2	6.7	14.8	.449	3.0	7.8	.383	4.8	5.3	.906
Dikembe Mutombo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	James Harden	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2024-25	2006-07
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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16th 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	79	35.3	22.8	0.7	5.1	5.8	8.7	1.5	0.7	4.3	2.1	6.7	16.4	.410	3.0	8.5	.352	6.4	7.3	.874
difference:	+4	+18.1	+19.7	+1.5	+0.8	+0.7	+8.5	+1.2	+0.3	-3.8		+5.6	+14.4	+.146	+3.0	+8.5		+5.6	+6.1	+.184
Dikembe Mutombo	75	17.2	3.1	2.2	4.3	6.5	0.2	0.3	1.0	0.5	2.1	1.1	2.0	.556	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.690

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Harden	7	39.4	18.7	0.6	4.9	5.4	9.1	1.3	1.0	3.0	2.3	6.3	14.4	.436	2.3	6.3	.364	3.9	4.7	.818
difference:		+33.7	+17.4	+0.1	+4.0	+3.8	+9.0	+1.3	+0.6	-3.0	-1.6	+5.9	+14.0	+.564	+2.3	+6.3		+3.5	+4.3	+.182
Dikembe Mutombo	7	5.7	1.3	0.7	0.9	1.6	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.7	0.4	0.4	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 17
	James Harden	Dikembe Mutombo
Season	2025-26	2007-08
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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17th 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	4	31.8	21.3	0.0	4.8	4.8	8.0	1.3	0.3	4.0	1.8	6.3	12.8	.490	2.5	7.0	.357	6.3	6.8	.926
difference:	+35	+15.9	+18.3	+1.7	+1.4	+0.3	+7.9	+1.0	+0.9	-3.6	-0.4	+5.2	+10.7	+.048	+2.5	+7.0		+5.5	+5.6	+.215
Dikembe Mutombo	39	15.9	3.0	1.7	3.4	5.1	0.1	0.3	1.2	0.4	1.4	1.1	2.1	.538	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.711

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Harden	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dikembe Mutombo	6	20.5	3.8	1.7	4.8	6.5	0.3	0.2	1.8	0.2	1.7	1.3	2.2	.615	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.8	.636

Additional Years

* Dikembe Mutombo played 1 season more than James Harden in the NBA.

In that period—his season 18 in 2009—Dikembe Mutombo played in the Playoffs.

James Harden vs. Dikembe Mutombo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dikembe Mutombo 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Season 14

14th Season Stats Comparison

Season 15

15th Season Stats Comparison

Season 16

16th Season Stats Comparison

Season 17

17th Season Stats Comparison

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