James Harden vs. Pascal Siakam Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Pascal Siakam 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, 7 more than Pascal Siakam, who played 9. James Harden had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Pascal Siakam had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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	Pascal Siakam
Season	2009-10	2016-17
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+21	+7.3	+5.7	+0.6	+0.4	+0.2	+1.5	+0.6	+0.5	-0.8	-0.6	+1.2	+3.9	+.099	+1.2	+3.2	+.232	+2.2	+2.6	+.120
Pascal Siakam	55	15.6	4.2	1.2	2.2	3.4	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.6	2.0	1.9	3.7	.502	0.0	0.1	.143	0.4	0.6	.688
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:	+4	+15.0	+7.7	+0.8	+1.8	+1.0	+1.3	+0.5	+0.2	-0.5	-1.8	+2.0	+4.2	+.387	+1.0	+2.7		+2.7	+3.2
Pascal Siakam	2	5.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 3
	James Harden	Pascal Siakam
Season	2011-12	2018-19
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
	-	Most Improved Player
Playoffs	Thunder Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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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	+0.5	+0.1	+1.1	+1.7	+2.8	+0.6	+0.1	+0.5	-0.3	-0.6	+1.5	+1.7	+.058	+0.8	+2.0	+.021	+2.0	+2.2	+.061
Pascal Siakam	80	31.9	16.9	1.6	5.3	6.9	3.1	0.9	0.7	1.9	3.0	6.5	11.8	.549	1.0	2.7	.369	3.0	3.8	.785
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:	+4	+5.6	+2.7	+1.0	+1.0	+2.0	+0.6	+0.6	+0.6	-0.7	-0.6	+2.8	+5.3	+.035	+0.4	+0.4	+.131	+2.6	+2.7	+.098
Pascal Siakam	24	37.1	19.0	1.7	5.5	7.1	2.8	1.0	0.7	1.4	2.8	7.5	16.0	.470	1.2	4.3	.279	2.8	3.6	.759

Season 4
	James Harden	Pascal Siakam
Season	2012-13	2019-20
Team	Houston Rockets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Raptors 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:	+18	+3.1	+3.0	+0.3	+2.2	+2.4	+2.3	+0.8	+0.4	-1.3	-0.5	+0.8	+1.3	+.015	+0.1	+0.1	+.009	+4.6	+5.1	+.059
Pascal Siakam	60	35.2	22.9	1.1	6.3	7.3	3.5	1.0	0.9	2.5	2.8	8.3	18.4	.453	2.2	6.1	.359	4.0	5.1	.792
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:	+5	+2.5	+9.3	+0.5	+0.5	+0.8	+0.7	+0.9	+0.6	-2.5		+1.0	+2.7	+.005	+1.6	+2.5	+.152	+5.8	+6.8	+.086
Pascal Siakam	11	38.0	17.0	1.3	6.3	7.5	3.8	1.1	0.4	2.0	3.0	6.5	16.5	.396	0.9	4.8	.189	3.0	4.2	.717

Season 5
	James Harden	Pascal Siakam
Season	2013-14	2020-21
Team	Houston Rockets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	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:	+17	+2.2	+4.0	+0.9	+1.6	+2.5	+1.6	+0.5	+0.3	-1.3	-0.7	+0.3	+0.7	+.001	+1.1	+2.2	+.069	+3.5	+3.7	+.039
Pascal Siakam	56	35.8	21.4	1.7	5.5	7.2	4.5	1.1	0.7	2.3	3.1	7.8	17.2	.455	1.3	4.4	.297	4.4	5.4	.827
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
Pascal Siakam	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	James Harden	Pascal Siakam
Season	2014-15	2021-22
Team	Houston Rockets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+13	+1.1	+4.6	+1.0	+1.9	+2.8	+1.7	+0.6	+0.1	-1.3	-0.7	+0.8	+0.3	+.054	+1.5	+3.7	+.031	+4.6	+4.6	+.119
Pascal Siakam	68	37.9	22.8	1.9	6.6	8.5	5.3	1.3	0.6	2.7	3.3	8.8	17.8	.494	1.1	3.2	.344	4.2	5.6	.749
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:	+11	+5.9	+4.4	+0.6	+0.8	+1.5	+1.7	+0.4	+0.6	-2.3	-1.1	+0.9	+0.5	+.038	+1.7	+3.5	+.148	+4.4	+4.5	+.055
Pascal Siakam	6	43.3	22.8	1.3	5.8	7.2	5.8	1.2	1.0	2.2	4.0	8.5	17.8	.477	0.7	2.8	.235	5.2	6.0	.861

Season 7
	James Harden	Pascal Siakam
Season	2015-16	2022-23
Team	Houston Rockets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+11	+0.7	+4.8	+1.0	+0.7	+1.7	+1.7	+0.8	+0.1	-2.2	-0.4	+0.2	+1.2	+.041	+1.6	+4.0	+.035	+3.6	+3.5	+.086
Pascal Siakam	71	37.4	24.2	1.8	6.0	7.8	5.8	0.9	0.5	2.4	3.2	8.9	18.5	.480	1.3	4.0	.324	5.2	6.7	.774
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
Pascal Siakam	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	James Harden	Pascal Siakam
Season	2016-17	2023-24
Team	Houston Rockets	Toronto Raptors, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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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	+3.2	+7.4	+0.5	+1.7	+1.0	+6.9	+0.7	+0.2	-3.9	-0.3	+0.2	+3.0	+.096	+2.1	+6.2	+.001	+5.6	+5.9	+.115
Pascal Siakam	80	33.2	21.7	1.7	5.3	7.1	4.3	0.8	0.3	1.8	2.4	8.5	15.9	.536	1.1	3.1	.346	3.6	5.0	.732
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:	+6	+1.5	+6.9	+1.9	+0.3	+2.0	+4.7	+1.1	+0.1	-4.3	-1.1	+1.0	+2.7	+.128	+2.1	+7.7	+.020	+6.9	+6.8	+.259
Pascal Siakam	17	35.5	21.6	2.5	5.1	7.5	3.8	0.8	0.4	1.1	2.8	9.2	17.1	.541	0.8	2.8	.298	2.3	3.7	.619

Season 9
	James Harden	Pascal Siakam
Season	2017-18	2024-25
Team	Houston Rockets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	Pacers Lost NBA Finals

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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	+2.7	+10.2	+1.1	+0.4	+1.5	+5.4	+0.9	+0.2	-3.0	-0.1	+1.1	+4.9	+.070	+2.1	+5.8	+.022	+5.8	+6.2	+.124
Pascal Siakam	78	32.7	20.2	1.7	5.2	6.9	3.4	0.9	0.5	1.4	2.4	7.9	15.2	.519	1.6	4.2	.389	2.9	3.9	.734
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:	+6	+3.0	+8.1	+0.5	+0.6	+1.1	+3.4	+1.0	+0.1	-2.5	-0.2	+1.7	+7.8	+.103	+1.6	+6.6	+.128	+3.1	+2.5	+.174
Pascal Siakam	23	33.5	20.5	1.3	5.0	6.3	3.4	1.2	0.7	1.3	2.9	7.6	14.8	.513	1.5	3.6	.427	3.8	5.3	.713

Additional Years
* James Harden played 7 seasons more than Pascal Siakam in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 16, from 2019 to 2025—James Harden played in 7 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Pascal Siakam, James Harden got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 2 Scoring Leader 1 Assists Leader 5 All-Star Game