James Harden vs. Jaime Jaquez Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaime Jaquez Jr. 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 / Games against each other

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, 14 more than Jaime Jaquez Jr., who played 2. James Harden had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Jaime Jaquez Jr. had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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 16 16 2009-10 to 2024-25
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 2 2 2023-24 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
James Harden Jaime Jaquez Jr.
Season 2009-102023-24
Team Oklahoma City ThunderMiami Heat
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Rookie First Team
Achievement All-Rookie Second Team-
Playoffs Thunder Lost West Conf 1st RdHeat Lost East Conf 1st Rd
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+1+5.3+2.0+0.5+0.1+0.6+0.8+0.1-0.1-0.4+1.4+1.7+.086+0.3+0.6+.053+0.7+0.9+.003
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 75 28.2 11.9 1.1 2.7 3.8 2.6 1.0 0.3 1.5 2.2 4.5 9.3 .489 0.9 2.7 .322 1.9 2.3 .811
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
difference:+2+10.8+5.1+0.3+0.5+0.8+1.2+0.2+0.3-1.3-0.8+3.3+7.8+.017+0.2+0.6+.144+1.2+1.4+.015
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 4 30.8 12.8 0.5 2.8 3.3 3.0 0.8 0.5 1.8 1.5 5.3 13.0 .404 0.8 3.3 .231 1.5 1.8 .857

Season 2
James Harden Jaime Jaquez Jr.
Season 2010-112024-25
Team Oklahoma City ThunderMiami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Thunder Lost West Conf FinalsHeat Lost East Conf 1st Rd
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+16+6.0+3.6+0.8+0.5+1.3+0.4+0.2+0.1-0.2-1.3+0.4+1.3+.025+0.8+2.2+.038+1.9+2.0+.089
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 66 20.7 8.6 1.3 3.1 4.4 2.5 0.9 0.2 1.5 1.2 3.2 7.0 .461 0.6 1.8 .311 1.6 2.2 .754
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
difference:+14+25.3+11.7+0.4+4.5+4.1+3.3+1.2+0.8-1.3-2.5+3.6+6.2+.308+1.4+3.8+.303+3.2+4.0+.175
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 3 6.3 1.3 1.0 0.3 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 2.0 .167 0.0 0.7 .000 0.7 0.7 1.000

Additional Years

* James Harden played 14 seasons more than Jaime Jaquez Jr. in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 3 to 16, from 2012 to 2025—James Harden played in 14 Playoffs.

In those 14 extra years over Jaime Jaquez Jr., James Harden got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 1 Season MVP
Achievement 6 All-NBA First Team
Achievement 2 All-NBA Third Team
Achievement 1 Sixth Man of the Year
Achievement 3 Scoring Leader
Achievement 2 Assists Leader
Achievement 11 All-Star Game
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