James Harden vs. Isaac Okoro Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isaac Okoro 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, 11 more than Isaac Okoro, who played 5. James Harden had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Isaac Okoro had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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	Isaac Okoro
Season	2009-10	2020-21
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:	+9	+9.5	+0.3	+0.4	+0.5	+0.1	+0.1	+0.2	+0.1	-0.1	-0.2	+0.4	+0.7	+.017	+0.3	+0.1	+.085	+0.9	+0.9	+.082
Isaac Okoro	67	32.4	9.6	1.0	2.1	3.1	1.9	0.9	0.4	1.3	2.8	3.5	8.3	.420	0.9	3.2	.290	1.7	2.3	.726
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
Isaac Okoro	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	James Harden	Isaac Okoro
Season	2011-12	2022-23
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost NBA Finals	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+14	+9.7	+10.4	+0.2	+1.8	+1.6	+2.6	+0.3	+0.2	-1.6	-0.3	+2.7	+5.4	+.003	+1.0	+2.4	+.027	+4.0	+4.6	+.089
Isaac Okoro	76	21.7	6.4	0.7	1.8	2.5	1.1	0.7	0.4	0.6	2.1	2.3	4.7	.494	0.8	2.3	.363	1.0	1.4	.757
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:	+15	+16.5	+9.9	+0.1	+3.7	+3.7	+2.6	+1.2	+0.3	-1.3	-1.4	+2.5	+6.1	+.043	+0.8	+1.3	+.102	+4.2	+5.1	+.143
Isaac Okoro	5	15.0	6.4	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.8	2.0	2.2	4.6	.478	0.8	2.6	.308	1.2	1.2	1.000

Season 4
	James Harden	Isaac Okoro
Season	2012-13	2023-24
Team	Houston Rockets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+9	+11.0	+16.5	+0.2	+2.1	+1.9	+3.9	+1.0		-3.0	-0.3	+4.1	+10.1	+.052	+1.1	+3.1	+.023	+7.3	+8.2	+.172
Isaac Okoro	69	27.3	9.4	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.9	0.8	0.5	0.8	2.0	3.4	7.0	.490	1.2	3.1	.391	1.3	2.0	.679
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:	+6	+18.6	+20.8	+0.4	+4.5	+4.9	+3.4	+1.1	+0.7	-3.6	-0.5	+5.4	+13.4	+.034	+1.7	+4.4	+.084	+8.2	+10.2	+.025
Isaac Okoro	12	21.9	5.5	0.4	1.3	1.8	1.1	0.9	0.3	0.9	2.5	2.1	5.8	.357	0.8	2.9	.257	0.6	0.8	.778

Season 5
	James Harden	Isaac Okoro
Season	2013-14	2024-25
Team	Houston Rockets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost East 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:	+18	+18.9	+19.3	+0.1	+2.4	+2.3	+4.9	+1.0	+0.1	-3.2	-0.5	+5.2	+11.6	+.008	+1.4	+3.9	+.005	+7.3	+8.3	+.149
Isaac Okoro	55	19.1	6.1	0.9	1.5	2.4	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.4	1.9	2.3	4.9	.464	1.0	2.7	.371	0.6	0.8	.717
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:	+3	+29.6	+22.2	+0.4	+3.0	+3.5	+5.2	+1.3	+0.1	-3.1	-2.1	+6.6	+18.9	+.124	+2.0	+7.2	+.079	+6.9	+7.4	+.275
Isaac Okoro	9	14.2	4.6	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.6	0.7	0.1	0.4	1.4	1.7	3.3	.500	0.7	1.8	.375	0.6	0.9	.625

Additional Years
* James Harden played 11 seasons more than Isaac Okoro in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 16, from 2015 to 2025—James Harden played in 11 Playoffs. In those 11 extra years over Isaac Okoro, James Harden got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 5 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 3 Scoring Leader 2 Assists Leader 9 All-Star Game