James Harden vs. Sidney Moncrief Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sidney Moncrief 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

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 15 years in the NBA, 4 more than Sidney Moncrief, who played 11. James Harden had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Sidney Moncrief had his rookie season in 1979-80. 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 achivements, 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	15	15	2009-10 to 2023-24
Sidney Moncrief	11	11	1979-80 to 1990-91

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	James Harden	Sidney Moncrief
Season	2009-10	1979-80
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost West Conf Semis

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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
Sidney Moncrief	77	20.2	8.5	2.0	2.4	4.4	1.7	0.9	0.2	1.5	1.4	2.7	5.9	.468	0.0	0.0	.000	3.0	3.8	.795

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
Sidney Moncrief	7	26.0	12.4	2.4	2.0	4.4	1.6	0.7	0.1	2.0	2.0	4.3	7.3	.588	0.0	0.0	-	3.9	4.4	.871


Season 2
	James Harden	Sidney Moncrief
Season	2010-11	1980-81
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis

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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
Sidney Moncrief	80	30.2	14.0	2.3	2.8	5.1	3.3	1.1	0.5	1.8	2.0	5.0	9.2	.541	0.0	0.1	.222	4.0	5.0	.804

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
Sidney Moncrief	7	39.6	14.0	2.7	4.0	6.7	2.9	1.7	0.4	2.9	3.4	4.3	9.9	.435	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	7.3	.745


Season 3
	James Harden	Sidney Moncrief
Season	2011-12	1981-82
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Sixth Man of the Year	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost NBA Finals	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis

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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
Sidney Moncrief	80	37.3	19.8	2.8	3.9	6.7	4.8	1.7	0.3	2.6	2.6	7.0	13.3	.523	0.0	0.2	.071	5.9	7.2	.817

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
Sidney Moncrief	6	42.0	15.3	2.5	2.5	5.0	4.0	1.5	0.3	2.0	3.7	5.2	12.3	.419	0.0	0.2	.000	5.0	6.3	.789


Season 4
	James Harden	Sidney Moncrief
Season	2012-13	1982-83
Team	Houston Rockets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals

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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
Sidney Moncrief	76	35.7	22.5	2.5	3.2	5.8	3.9	1.5	0.3	2.6	2.4	8.0	15.2	.524	0.0	0.1	.100	6.6	7.9	.826

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
Sidney Moncrief	9	41.9	18.9	3.1	3.6	6.7	3.7	2.0	0.3	3.0	2.8	6.9	15.8	.437	0.0	0.1	.000	5.1	6.8	.754


Season 5
	James Harden	Sidney Moncrief
Season	2013-14	1983-84
Team	Houston Rockets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals

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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
Sidney Moncrief	79	38.9	20.9	2.7	4.0	6.7	4.5	1.4	0.3	2.7	2.6	7.1	14.2	.498	0.1	0.2	.278	6.7	7.9	.848

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
Sidney Moncrief	16	38.6	19.1	2.8	4.2	6.9	4.3	1.8	0.6	3.8	3.4	6.2	11.9	.518	0.1	0.3	.250	6.6	8.4	.791


Season 6
	James Harden	Sidney Moncrief
Season	2014-15	1984-85
Team	Houston Rockets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis

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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
Sidney Moncrief	73	37.5	21.7	2.0	3.3	5.4	5.2	1.6	0.5	2.5	2.7	7.7	15.9	.483	0.1	0.5	.273	6.2	7.5	.828

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
Sidney Moncrief	8	39.9	23.0	1.3	3.0	4.3	5.0	0.6	0.5	2.5	3.3	6.9	12.4	.556	0.5	1.3	.400	8.8	9.4	.933


Season 7
	James Harden	Sidney Moncrief
Season	2015-16	1985-86
Team	Houston Rockets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals

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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
Sidney Moncrief	73	35.2	20.2	1.6	3.0	4.6	4.9	1.4	0.2	2.4	2.4	6.4	13.2	.489	0.5	1.4	.320	6.8	7.9	.859

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
Sidney Moncrief	9	36.3	16.9	1.7	2.9	4.6	4.9	0.6	0.6	2.3	3.3	5.8	13.6	.426	0.4	1.6	.286	4.9	7.0	.698


Season 8
	James Harden	Sidney Moncrief
Season	2016-17	1986-87
Team	Houston Rockets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis

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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
Sidney Moncrief	39	25.4	11.8	1.5	1.8	3.3	3.1	0.7	0.3	1.6	1.9	4.1	8.3	.488	0.2	0.8	.258	3.5	4.2	.840

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
Sidney Moncrief	12	35.5	19.4	1.8	2.8	4.5	3.0	1.1	0.5	2.0	3.6	6.5	13.8	.473	0.3	1.2	.286	6.1	7.5	.811


Season 9
	James Harden	Sidney Moncrief
Season	2017-18	1987-88
Team	Houston Rockets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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
Sidney Moncrief	56	25.5	10.8	1.0	2.2	3.2	3.6	0.7	0.3	1.5	1.9	3.9	7.9	.489	0.1	0.6	.161	2.9	3.5	.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
Sidney Moncrief	5	34.6	15.0	1.2	2.6	3.8	5.2	0.6	0.2	2.2	2.8	4.8	10.0	.480	0.2	0.2	1.000	5.2	5.4	.963


Season 10
	James Harden	Sidney Moncrief
Season	2018-19	1988-89
Team	Houston Rockets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis

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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
Sidney Moncrief	62	25.7	12.1	0.7	2.0	2.8	3.0	1.0	0.2	1.5	1.8	4.2	8.6	.491	0.4	1.2	.342	3.3	3.8	.865

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
Sidney Moncrief	9	20.4	6.1	0.9	2.0	2.9	1.4	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.9	2.1	5.3	.396	0.2	0.8	.286	1.7	1.8	.938

Note: Sidney Moncrief didn't play in 1989-90.


Season 11
	James Harden	Sidney Moncrief
Season	2019-20	1990-91
Team	Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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
Sidney Moncrief	72	15.2	4.7	0.4	1.3	1.8	1.4	0.7	0.1	0.9	1.6	1.6	3.3	.488	0.3	0.9	.328	1.1	1.5	.781

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
Sidney Moncrief	5	18.2	7.2	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.4	0.6	0.0	0.6	3.2	2.2	4.4	.500	0.2	1.2	.167	2.6	3.2	.813


Season 12
	James Harden	Sidney Moncrief
Season	2020-21	-
Team	Houston Rockets, Brooklyn Nets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	-

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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
Sidney Moncrief	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Sidney Moncrief	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	James Harden	Sidney Moncrief
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	-

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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
Sidney Moncrief	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Sidney Moncrief	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	James Harden	Sidney Moncrief
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards	Assists Leader	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	-

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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
Sidney Moncrief	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Sidney Moncrief	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	James Harden	Sidney Moncrief
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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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
Sidney Moncrief	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Sidney Moncrief	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

James Harden vs. Sidney Moncrief Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sidney Moncrief 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.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15