James Harden vs. Mark Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mark Williams 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, 13 more than Mark Williams, who played 3. James Harden had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Mark Williams had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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	Mark Williams
Season	2009-10	2022-23
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Charlotte Hornets
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:	+33	+3.6	+0.9	+1.6	+2.3	+3.9	+1.4	+0.4	+0.7	-0.5	-0.4	+0.6	+1.8	+.234	+1.2	+3.3		+1.0	+0.9	+.117
Mark Williams	43	19.3	9.0	2.2	4.9	7.1	0.4	0.7	1.0	0.9	2.2	3.7	5.8	.637	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.3	.691
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
Mark Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	James Harden	Mark Williams
Season	2011-12	2024-25
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Charlotte Hornets
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:	+18	+4.8	+1.5	+2.5	+3.6	+6.1	+1.2	+0.3	+1.0	-0.6		+1.1	+0.1	+.113	+1.8	+4.6	+.390	+2.0	+2.3	+.042
Mark Williams	44	26.6	15.3	3.0	7.2	10.2	2.5	0.7	1.2	1.6	2.4	6.1	10.2	.604	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	3.7	.804
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
Mark Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* James Harden played 13 seasons more than Mark Williams in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 16, from 2013 to 2025—James Harden played in 13 Playoffs. In those 13 extra years over Mark Williams, James Harden got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 6 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 3 Scoring Leader 2 Assists Leader 11 All-Star Game