James Harden vs. Michael Jordan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Jordan 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, 2 more than Michael Jordan, who played 15. James Harden had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Michael Jordan had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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	Michael Jordan
Season	2009-10	1984-85
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls 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	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:	+6	+15.4	+18.3	+1.4	+1.9	+3.3	+4.1	+1.3	+0.5	-2.1	-0.9	+7.1	+12.2	+.112	+1.1	+2.7	+.202	+5.1	+5.9	+.037
Michael Jordan	82	38.3	28.2	2.0	4.5	6.5	5.9	2.4	0.8	3.5	3.5	10.2	19.8	.515	0.1	0.6	.173	7.7	9.1	.845
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
difference:	+2	+22.8	+21.6	+1.6	+1.7	+3.3	+6.7	+1.8	+0.8	-3.3	-1.5	+6.5	+14.3	+.049	+0.7	+0.7	+.250	+9.3	+11.3	+.014
Michael Jordan	4	42.8	29.3	1.8	4.0	5.8	8.5	2.8	1.0	3.8	3.8	8.5	19.5	.436	0.3	2.0	.125	12.0	14.5	.828

Season 2
	James Harden	Michael Jordan
Season	2010-11	1985-86
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Bulls 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	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:	+64	+1.6	+10.5	+0.8	+0.3	+0.5	+0.8	+1.0	+0.9	-1.2	-0.1	+4.7	+9.9	+.021	+1.2	+3.0	+.182	+2.3	+2.7	+.003
Michael Jordan	18	25.1	22.7	1.3	2.3	3.6	2.9	2.1	1.2	2.5	2.6	8.3	18.2	.457	0.2	1.0	.167	5.8	6.9	.840
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
difference:	+14	+13.4	+30.7	+1.1	+0.1	+0.9	+2.1	+1.1	+0.5	-3.1	-1.5	+12.1	+23.5	+.030	+1.1	+4.2	+.697	+7.4	+8.3	+.047
Michael Jordan	3	45.0	43.7	1.7	4.7	6.3	5.7	2.3	1.3	4.7	4.3	16.0	31.7	.505	0.3	0.3	1.000	11.3	13.0	.872

Season 3
	James Harden	Michael Jordan
Season	2011-12	1986-87
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	Sixth Man of the Year	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost NBA Finals	Bulls 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:	+20	+8.6	+20.3	+1.5	+0.4	+1.1	+0.9	+1.9	+1.3	-1.1	-0.5	+8.4	+17.7	+.009	+1.7	+3.9	+.208	+5.2	+5.9	+.011
Michael Jordan	82	40.0	37.1	2.0	3.2	5.2	4.6	2.9	1.5	3.3	2.9	13.4	27.8	.482	0.1	0.8	.182	10.2	11.9	.857
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:	+17	+11.2	+19.4	+1.6	+0.2	+1.9	+2.6	+0.4	+2.2	-0.6	-0.3	+7.0	+17.3	+.018	+0.9	+2.2	+.010	+6.3	+6.7	+.040
Michael Jordan	3	42.7	35.7	2.3	4.7	7.0	6.0	2.0	2.3	2.7	3.7	11.7	28.0	.417	0.7	1.7	.400	11.7	13.0	.897

Season 4
	James Harden	Michael Jordan
Season	2012-13	1987-88
Team	Houston Rockets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls 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:	+4	+2.1	+9.1	+0.9	+0.3	+0.6	+0.1	+1.4	+1.1	-0.7	-1.0	+5.5	+7.3	+.097	+2.2	+5.6	+.236	+0.2	+0.3	+.010
Michael Jordan	82	40.4	35.0	1.7	3.8	5.5	5.9	3.2	1.6	3.1	3.3	13.0	24.4	.535	0.1	0.6	.132	8.8	10.5	.841
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:	+4	+2.2	+10.0	+1.5	+1.0	+0.4	+0.2	+0.4	+0.1	-0.6	-0.8	+6.3	+6.8	+.140	+2.4	+7.0	+.008	+0.2	+1.1	+.066
Michael Jordan	10	42.7	36.3	2.3	4.8	7.1	4.7	2.4	1.1	3.9	3.8	13.8	26.0	.531	0.1	0.3	.333	8.6	9.9	.869

Season 5
	James Harden	Michael Jordan
Season	2013-14	1988-89
Team	Houston Rockets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+8	+2.2	+7.1	+1.0	+2.3	+3.3	+1.9	+1.3	+0.4		-0.6	+4.4	+5.7	+.082	+2.1	+5.4	+.090	+0.4	+0.7	+.016
Michael Jordan	81	40.2	32.5	1.8	6.2	8.0	8.0	2.9	0.8	3.6	3.0	11.9	22.2	.538	0.3	1.2	.276	8.3	9.8	.850
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:	+11	+1.6	+8.0	+0.7	+1.7	+2.3	+1.8	+0.5	+0.6	-0.5	-0.3	+3.4	+0.7	+.134	+2.1	+6.9	+.010	+3.3	+5.2	+.101
Michael Jordan	17	42.2	34.8	1.5	5.5	7.0	7.6	2.5	0.8	4.0	3.8	11.7	22.9	.510	0.6	2.1	.286	10.8	13.5	.799

Season 6
	James Harden	Michael Jordan
Season	2014-15	1989-90
Team	Houston Rockets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals

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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	+2.2	+6.2	+0.8	+0.4	+1.2	+0.7	+0.9		-1.0	-0.3	+4.6	+5.9	+.086	+1.5	+3.9	+.001	+1.6	+1.7	+.020
Michael Jordan	82	39.0	33.6	1.7	5.1	6.9	6.3	2.8	0.7	3.0	2.9	12.6	24.0	.526	1.1	3.0	.376	7.2	8.5	.848
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:	+1	+4.7	+9.5	+0.8	+0.7	+1.5	+0.7	+1.2	+0.5	-1.0	-0.5	+6.1	+9.3	+.075	+1.4	+3.2	+.063	+1.3	+0.6	+.080
Michael Jordan	16	42.1	36.7	1.5	5.7	7.2	6.8	2.8	0.9	3.5	3.4	13.7	26.6	.514	1.0	3.1	.320	8.3	9.9	.836

Season 7
	James Harden	Michael Jordan
Season	2015-16	1990-91
Team	Houston Rockets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:		+1.1	+2.5	+0.6	+0.7	+0.1	+2.0	+1.0	+0.4	-2.1		+3.4	+2.7	+.100	+2.5	+6.9	+.047	+1.8	+2.0	+.009
Michael Jordan	82	37.0	31.5	1.4	4.6	6.0	5.5	2.7	1.0	2.5	2.8	12.1	22.4	.539	0.4	1.1	.312	7.0	8.2	.851
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:	+12	+1.9	+4.5	+0.3	+1.5	+1.2	+0.8		+1.2	-2.7	-0.5	+3.4	+2.1	+.114	+2.0	+6.9	+.075	+0.2	+0.3	+.001
Michael Jordan	17	40.5	31.1	1.1	5.3	6.4	8.4	2.4	1.4	2.5	3.1	11.6	22.1	.524	0.6	1.5	.385	7.4	8.7	.845

Season 8
	James Harden	Michael Jordan
Season	2016-17	1991-92
Team	Houston Rockets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	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	+2.4	+1.0	+0.1	+1.7	+1.7	+5.1	+0.8	+0.4	-3.2	-0.2	+3.5	+3.8	+.079	+2.9	+8.0	+.077	+3.1	+3.5	+.015
Michael Jordan	80	38.8	30.1	1.1	5.3	6.4	6.1	2.3	0.9	2.5	2.5	11.8	22.7	.519	0.3	1.3	.270	6.1	7.4	.832
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	+4.8	+6.0	+1.1	+0.3	+0.7	+2.7	+0.1	+0.2	-1.7	-1.1	+5.0	+6.6	+.086	+2.1	+8.5	+.108	+1.8	+1.9	+.021
Michael Jordan	22	41.8	34.5	1.7	4.5	6.2	5.8	2.0	0.7	3.7	2.8	13.2	26.4	.499	0.8	2.0	.386	7.4	8.6	.857

Season 9
	James Harden	Michael Jordan
Season	2017-18	1992-93
Team	Houston Rockets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Scoring Leader	Scoring Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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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:	+6	+3.9	+2.2	+1.1	+0.2	+1.3	+3.3	+1.0	+0.1	-1.7	-0.1	+3.7	+5.6	+.046	+2.7	+7.1	+.015	+2.6	+2.8	+.021
Michael Jordan	78	39.3	32.6	1.7	5.0	6.7	5.5	2.8	0.8	2.7	2.4	12.7	25.7	.495	1.0	2.9	.352	6.1	7.3	.837
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:	+2	+4.7	+6.5	+0.9	+0.7	+1.5	+0.8	+0.1	+0.3	-1.4	-0.4	+3.9	+5.2	+.065	+1.6	+6.4	+.090	+0.3	+1.1	+.082
Michael Jordan	19	41.2	35.1	1.7	5.1	6.7	6.0	2.1	0.9	2.4	3.1	13.2	27.8	.475	1.5	3.8	.389	7.2	8.9	.805

Note: Michael Jordan didn't play in 1993-94.

Season 10
	James Harden	Michael Jordan
Season	2018-19	1994-95
Team	Houston Rockets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+61	+2.5	+9.2	+0.7	+0.4	+0.3	+2.2	+0.2	+0.1	-2.9	-0.3	+1.0	+0.7	+.031	+3.9	+11.3	+.132	+3.3	+3.0	+.078
Michael Jordan	17	39.3	26.9	1.5	5.4	6.9	5.3	1.8	0.8	2.1	2.8	9.8	23.8	.411	0.9	1.9	.500	6.4	8.0	.801
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:	+1	+3.5	+0.1	+1.2	+1.5	+0.3	+2.1	+0.1	+0.5	-0.5	-0.7	+2.1	+0.8	+.071	+3.3	+9.5	+.017	+1.1	+1.0	+.027
Michael Jordan	10	42.0	31.5	2.0	4.5	6.5	4.5	2.3	1.4	4.1	3.0	12.0	24.8	.484	1.1	3.0	.367	6.4	7.9	.810

Season 11
	James Harden	Michael Jordan
Season	2019-20	1995-96
Team	Houston Rockets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Scoring Leader	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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:	+14	+1.2	+3.9	+0.8	+0.7		+3.2	+0.4	+0.4	-2.1	-0.9	+1.3	+0.3	+.051	+3.0	+9.2	+.072	+3.5	+3.8	+.031
Michael Jordan	82	37.7	30.4	1.8	4.8	6.6	4.3	2.2	0.5	2.4	2.4	11.2	22.6	.495	1.4	3.2	.427	6.7	8.0	.834
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:	+6	+3.4	+1.1	+0.7	+1.4	+0.7	+3.6	+0.3	+0.5	-1.5	-0.9	+1.3	+3.6	+.019	+1.9	+6.4	+.070	+0.3	+0.7	+.027
Michael Jordan	18	40.7	30.7	1.7	3.2	4.9	4.1	1.8	0.3	2.3	2.7	10.4	22.6	.459	1.4	3.4	.403	8.5	10.4	.818

Season 12
	James Harden	Michael Jordan
Season	2020-21	1996-97
Team	Houston Rockets, Brooklyn Nets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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:	+38	+1.3	+5.0	+0.6	+2.6	+2.0	+6.5	+0.5	+0.3	-2.0	-0.4	+3.4	+6.4	+.020	+1.4	+4.0	+.012	+0.4	+0.3	+.028
Michael Jordan	82	37.9	29.6	1.4	4.5	5.9	4.3	1.7	0.5	2.0	1.9	11.2	23.1	.486	1.4	3.6	.374	5.9	7.0	.833
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:	+10	+6.5	+10.9	+1.4	+0.1	+1.6	+3.8	+0.1	+0.2	-0.3	-0.2	+6.2	+14.2	+.016	+2.0	+3.8	+.170	+0.3	+0.9	+.072
Michael Jordan	19	42.3	31.1	2.2	5.7	7.9	4.8	1.6	0.9	2.6	2.4	11.9	26.2	.456	0.7	3.5	.194	6.5	7.8	.831

Season 13
	James Harden	Michael Jordan
Season	2021-22	1997-98
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Philadelphia 76ers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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:	+17	+1.6	+6.7	+0.8	+2.6	+1.9	+6.8	+0.4	+0.1	-2.1	-0.6	+4.4	+7.8	+.055	+1.9	+5.4	+.092	+0.3	+0.6	+.093
Michael Jordan	82	38.8	28.7	1.6	4.2	5.8	3.5	1.7	0.5	2.3	1.8	10.7	23.1	.465	0.4	1.5	.238	6.9	8.8	.784
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	+1.6	+13.8	+0.7	+1.3	+0.6	+5.1	+0.7	+0.1	-2.1	-0.2	+6.3	+11.8	+.057	+1.7	+4.3	+.066	+3.0	+4.3	+.081
Michael Jordan	21	41.5	32.4	1.6	3.5	5.1	3.5	1.5	0.6	2.1	2.2	11.6	25.0	.462	0.6	2.0	.302	8.6	10.6	.812

Note: Michael Jordan didn't play in 1998-99, 1999-00 and 2000-01.

Season 14
	James Harden	Michael Jordan
Season	2022-23	2001-02
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	Assists Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+2	+1.9	+1.9	+0.1	+0.6	+0.4	+5.5	+0.2	+0.1	-0.7	-0.1	+2.8	+7.6	+.025	+2.6	+6.3	+.196	+1.0	+0.6	+.077
Michael Jordan	60	34.9	22.9	0.8	4.8	5.7	5.2	1.4	0.4	2.7	2.0	9.2	22.1	.416	0.2	0.9	.189	4.4	5.6	.790
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
Michael Jordan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 15
	James Harden	Michael Jordan
Season	2023-24	2002-03
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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:	+10	+2.7	+3.4	+0.4	+0.5	+1.0	+4.7	+0.4	+0.3	-0.5	-0.3	+3.4	+7.2	+.017	+2.4	+6.1	+.090	+1.0	+0.8	+.057
Michael Jordan	82	37.0	20.0	0.9	5.2	6.1	3.8	1.5	0.5	2.1	2.1	8.3	18.6	.445	0.2	0.7	.291	3.2	4.0	.821
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
Michael Jordan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* James Harden played 2 seasons more than Michael Jordan in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 16 to 17, from 2025 to 2026—James Harden played in one postseason. In those 2 extra years over Michael Jordan, James Harden got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Star Game