James Harden vs. Peja Stojakovic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Peja Stojakovic 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, 3 more than Peja Stojakovic, who played 13. James Harden had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Peja Stojakovic had his rookie season in 1998-99. 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	Peja Stojakovic
Season	2009-10	1998-99
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Kings Lost West 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:	+28	+1.5	+1.5	+0.3	+0.5	+0.2	+0.3	+0.2	+0.2	-0.3	-1.7	+0.2	+0.2	+.025		+0.4	+.055	+1.3	+1.7	+.043
Peja Stojakovic	48	21.4	8.4	0.9	2.1	3.0	1.5	0.9	0.1	1.1	0.9	2.9	7.8	.378	1.2	3.7	.320	1.3	1.5	.851
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:	+1	+1.6	+2.9	+2.2	+0.9	+1.3	+1.4	+0.4	+0.2	-0.7	-0.9	+0.2		+.041	+0.4	+0.1	+.161	+2.1	+2.6	+.158
Peja Stojakovic	5	21.6	4.8	2.4	1.4	3.8	0.4	0.6	0.0	1.2	1.4	1.8	5.2	.346	0.6	2.8	.214	0.6	0.6	1.000

Season 3
	James Harden	Peja Stojakovic
Season	2011-12	2000-01
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost NBA Finals	Kings Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+13	+7.3	+3.6	+0.7	+0.9	+1.7	+1.5	+0.2		-0.3	-0.5	+2.5	+5.8	+.021	+0.1	+0.1	+.010	+1.4	+1.8	+.010
Peja Stojakovic	75	38.7	20.4	1.2	4.5	5.8	2.2	1.2	0.2	1.9	1.9	7.5	15.9	.470	1.9	4.8	.400	3.6	4.2	.856
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:	+12	+7.0	+5.3	+1.4	+0.2	+1.3	+3.0	+1.0	+0.3	-0.2	-1.3	+1.8	+5.3	+.029	+0.5	+0.6	+.064	+2.1	+1.5	+.111
Peja Stojakovic	8	38.5	21.6	2.1	4.3	6.4	0.4	0.6	0.4	2.3	2.1	6.5	16.0	.406	1.1	3.3	.346	7.5	7.8	.968

Season 4
	James Harden	Peja Stojakovic
Season	2012-13	2001-02
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Kings Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+7	+1.0	+4.7	+0.2	+0.1	+0.4	+3.3	+0.7	+0.3	-1.8	-0.6	+0.2	+1.2	+.046	+0.5	+1.8	+.048	+4.6	+5.7	+.025
Peja Stojakovic	71	37.3	21.2	1.0	4.2	5.3	2.5	1.1	0.2	2.0	1.7	7.7	15.9	.484	1.8	4.4	.416	4.0	4.5	.876
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	+6.7	+11.5	+0.8	+1.1	+0.4	+3.5	+1.5	+1.0	-2.6	-0.8	+2.5	+5.9	+.015	+1.2	+2.5	+.070	+5.3	+7.1	+.094
Peja Stojakovic	10	33.8	14.8	1.6	4.7	6.3	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.9	2.2	5.0	13.3	.376	1.3	4.8	.271	3.5	3.9	.897

Season 5
	James Harden	Peja Stojakovic
Season	2013-14	2002-03
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Kings Lost West 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:	+1	+4.0	+6.2		+0.8	+0.8	+4.1	+0.6	+0.3	-2.2	-0.4	+0.6	+2.1	+.025	+0.2	+1.0	+.016	+4.7	+5.4	+.009
Peja Stojakovic	72	34.0	19.2	0.8	4.7	5.5	2.0	1.0	0.1	1.4	2.0	6.9	14.4	.481	2.2	5.6	.382	3.2	3.7	.875
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:	+6	+3.3	+3.7	+0.6	+1.7	+2.2	+3.3	+1.2	+0.2	-2.5	-0.7	+0.2	+5.4	+.104		+3.2	+.161	+3.2	+3.3	+.050
Peja Stojakovic	12	40.5	23.1	1.4	5.5	6.9	2.5	0.8	0.4	1.0	2.8	8.1	16.8	.480	2.7	5.8	.457	4.3	5.0	.850

Season 6
	James Harden	Peja Stojakovic
Season	2014-15	2003-04
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	Kings Lost West Conf Semis

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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:		+3.5	+3.2	+0.2	+0.4	+0.6	+4.9	+0.6	+0.5	-2.1	-0.6	+0.2	+1.0	+.040	+0.4	+0.1	+.058	+3.9	+5.0	+.059
Peja Stojakovic	81	40.3	24.2	1.1	5.1	6.3	2.1	1.3	0.2	1.9	2.0	8.2	17.1	.480	3.0	6.8	.433	4.9	5.2	.927
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:	+5	+5.7	+9.7	+0.6	+0.8	+1.3	+6.0	+0.2	+0.1	-3.3	-0.7	+1.3	+0.8	+.055	+0.5	+0.2	+.068	+6.7	+7.2	+.019
Peja Stojakovic	12	43.1	17.5	1.3	5.8	7.0	1.5	1.8	0.3	1.2	2.2	6.3	16.5	.384	1.9	6.1	.315	2.9	3.3	.897

Season 7
	James Harden	Peja Stojakovic
Season	2015-16	2004-05
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+16	+0.3	+8.9	+0.1	+1.9	+1.8	+5.4	+0.5	+0.4	-3.1	-0.4	+1.9	+4.3	+.005	+0.3	+1.4	+.043	+5.0	+6.0	+.060
Peja Stojakovic	66	38.4	20.1	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.1	1.2	0.2	1.5	2.4	6.8	15.4	.444	2.6	6.6	.402	3.8	4.2	.920
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:		+1.8	+4.6	+0.2	+0.2		+6.2	+1.6		-4.8	-0.4	+0.4	+3.4	+.060	+0.4	+2.4	+.057	+3.4	+4.6	+.111
Peja Stojakovic	5	40.4	22.0	1.2	4.0	5.2	1.4	0.8	0.2	0.4	3.0	7.8	16.6	.470	2.2	6.0	.367	4.2	4.4	.955

Season 8
	James Harden	Peja Stojakovic
Season	2016-17	2005-06
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+10	+0.2	+10.9	+0.1	+2.3	+2.3	+9.3	+0.9	+0.4	-4.2	-0.3	+2.0	+4.6	+.003	+0.9	+3.6	+.054	+5.8	+7.2	+.068
Peja Stojakovic	71	36.6	18.2	1.1	4.7	5.8	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.5	2.4	6.3	14.3	.437	2.3	5.7	.401	3.4	3.7	.915
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:	+9	+11.5	+17.5	+0.6	+0.3	+1.0	+6.5	+1.4		-4.9	-1.9	+4.2	+10.8	+.031	+2.9	+9.0	+.278	+6.2	+7.0	+.021
Peja Stojakovic	2	25.5	11.0	0.0	4.5	4.5	2.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	2.0	4.0	9.0	.444	0.0	1.5	.000	3.0	3.5	.857

Season 9
	James Harden	Peja Stojakovic
Season	2017-18	2006-07
Team	Houston Rockets	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+59	+2.7	+12.6	+0.2	+1.5	+1.2	+8.0	+1.2	+0.4	-2.9	-0.1	+2.6	+5.0	+.026	+1.1	+3.5	+.038	+6.3	+7.2	+.042
Peja Stojakovic	13	32.7	17.8	0.8	3.3	4.2	0.8	0.6	0.3	1.5	2.2	6.4	15.1	.423	2.6	6.5	.405	2.4	2.9	.816
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
Peja Stojakovic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	James Harden	Peja Stojakovic
Season	2018-19	2007-08
Team	Houston Rockets	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Hornets Lost West 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:	+1	+1.6	+19.7		+2.3	+2.3	+6.3	+1.3	+0.6	-4.2	-1.5	+4.9	+11.2	+.002	+1.8	+6.4	+.073	+8.0	+9.2	+.050
Peja Stojakovic	77	35.2	16.4	0.8	3.5	4.3	1.2	0.7	0.1	0.8	1.6	5.9	13.3	.440	3.0	6.8	.441	1.7	1.8	.929
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	+0.6	+17.5	+0.3	+1.1	+1.4	+6.1	+1.7	+0.8	-3.9	-2.1	+5.1	+12.9	+.023	+2.1	+8.2	+.199	+5.4	+6.6	+.089
Peja Stojakovic	12	37.9	14.1	0.5	4.9	5.4	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.7	1.6	4.8	11.1	.436	2.3	4.3	.549	2.1	2.3	.926

Season 11
	James Harden	Peja Stojakovic
Season	2019-20	2008-09
Team	Houston Rockets	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Hornets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+7	+2.3	+21.0	+0.3	+1.9	+2.3	+6.3	+0.9	+0.9	-3.7	-1.6	+5.2	+10.5	+.045	+2.0	+6.1	+.023	+8.7	+10.1	+.029
Peja Stojakovic	61	34.2	13.3	0.7	3.6	4.3	1.2	0.9	0.0	0.8	1.7	4.7	11.8	.399	2.4	6.3	.378	1.5	1.7	.894
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:	+7	+4.9	+18.4	+0.2	+2.6	+2.8	+7.3	+0.7	+0.6	-2.6	-0.2	+5.5	+9.2	+.111	+1.7	+4.6	+.025	+5.8	+7.1	+.078
Peja Stojakovic	5	32.4	11.2	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.4	0.8	0.2	1.2	3.4	3.6	9.8	.367	1.6	5.2	.308	2.4	2.6	.923

Season 12
	James Harden	Peja Stojakovic
Season	2020-21	2009-10
Team	Houston Rockets, Brooklyn Nets	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+18	+5.2	+12.0	+0.2	+4.1	+4.2	+9.3	+0.4	+0.7	-3.1	-1.0	+3.3	+5.6	+.062	+0.7	+1.9	+.013	+4.8	+5.6	+.036
Peja Stojakovic	62	31.4	12.6	0.6	3.0	3.7	1.5	0.8	0.1	0.9	1.3	4.5	11.1	.404	2.1	5.7	.375	1.5	1.7	.897
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
Peja Stojakovic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 13
	James Harden	Peja Stojakovic
Season	2021-22	2010-11
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Philadelphia 76ers	New Orleans Hornets, Toronto Raptors, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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:	+32	+18.5	+13.5	+0.4	+5.0	+5.4	+9.4	+0.9	+0.5	-3.9	-1.7	+3.3	+8.4	+.031	+0.6	+2.8	+.089	+6.5	+7.4	+.043
Peja Stojakovic	33	18.7	8.5	0.4	1.8	2.3	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.7	3.0	6.9	.441	1.7	4.1	.419	0.7	0.8	.920
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:	+7	+21.5	+11.5	+0.7	+3.3	+4.0	+8.2	+0.2	+0.6	-3.7	-1.3	+2.7	+6.9	+.003	+0.8	+2.2	+.009	+5.2	+5.8	+.115
Peja Stojakovic	19	18.4	7.1	0.2	1.5	1.7	0.4	0.6	0.1	0.5	1.1	2.6	6.3	.408	1.5	4.1	.377	0.4	0.5	.778

Additional Years
* James Harden played 3 seasons more than Peja Stojakovic in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 14 to 16, from 2023 to 2025—James Harden played in 3 Playoffs. In those 3 extra years over Peja Stojakovic, James Harden got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Assists Leader 1 All-Star Game