Jarrett Allen vs. James Harden Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Harden and Jarrett Allen, 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 / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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.

Jarrett Allen played 8 years in the NBA, 8 less than James Harden, who played 16. Jarrett Allen had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while James Harden had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Jarrett Allen	8	5	2017-18 to 2024-25
James Harden	16	16	2009-10 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jarrett Allen	James Harden
Season	2017-18	2009-10
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder 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		%
Jarrett Allen	72	20.0	8.2	2.0	3.4	5.4	0.7	0.4	1.2	1.1	2.0	3.3	5.5	.589	0.1	0.2	.333	1.6	2.0	.776
difference:	+4	+2.9	+1.7	+1.4	+0.8	+2.2	+1.1	+0.7	+0.9	-0.3	-0.6	+0.2	+2.1	+.186	+1.1	+3.1	+.042	+1.0	+1.2	+.032
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 2
	Jarrett Allen	James Harden
Season	2018-19	2010-11
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Jarrett Allen	80	26.2	10.9	2.4	6.0	8.4	1.4	0.5	1.5	1.3	2.3	4.2	7.1	.590	0.1	0.6	.133	2.5	3.5	.709
difference:	+2	+0.5	+1.3	+1.9	+3.4	+5.3	+0.7	+0.6	+1.2		-0.2	+0.6	+1.2	+.154	+1.3	+3.4	+.216	+1.0	+0.7	+.134
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	5	22.0	11.0	3.0	3.8	6.8	2.2	0.6	0.6	1.6	2.6	3.8	6.4	.594	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	4.0	.850
difference:	+12	+9.6	+2.0	+2.4	+1.0	+1.4	+1.4	+0.6	+0.2		-0.2	+0.1	+1.8	+.119	+1.4	+4.5		+0.5	+0.7	+.025
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


Season 3
	Jarrett Allen	James Harden
Season	2019-20	2011-12
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Jarrett Allen	70	26.5	11.1	3.1	6.5	9.6	1.6	0.6	1.3	1.1	2.3	4.3	6.6	.649	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.9	.633
difference:	+8	+4.9	+5.7	+2.6	+2.9	+5.5	+2.1	+0.4	+1.1	-1.1	-0.1	+0.7	+3.5	+.158	+1.8	+4.6	+.390	+2.6	+2.1	+.213
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	4	33.0	10.3	4.3	10.5	14.8	2.3	0.5	1.8	2.8	1.8	3.5	6.0	.583	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.0	.813
difference:	+16	+1.5	+6.0	+3.6	+6.0	+9.7	+1.1	+1.1	+1.7	-0.7	-1.6	+1.2	+4.7	+.148	+1.6	+3.9		+2.1	+2.3	+.044
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


Season 4
	Jarrett Allen	James Harden
Season	2020-21	2012-13
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Jarrett Allen	63	29.6	12.8	3.1	6.9	10.0	1.7	0.5	1.4	1.6	1.5	4.7	7.7	.618	0.1	0.3	.316	3.2	4.6	.703
difference:	+15	+8.7	+13.1	+2.3	+2.8	+5.1	+4.1	+1.3	+0.9	-2.2	-0.8	+2.8	+9.4	+.180	+2.2	+5.9	+.052	+5.4	+5.6	+.148
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 5
	Jarrett Allen	James Harden
Season	2021-22	2013-14
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Jarrett Allen	56	32.3	16.1	3.4	7.3	10.8	1.6	0.8	1.3	1.7	1.7	6.6	9.7	.677	0.0	0.2	.100	2.9	4.2	.708
difference:	+17	+5.7	+9.3	+2.6	+3.4	+6.1	+4.5	+0.8	+0.9	-1.9	-0.7	+0.9	+6.8	+.221	+2.4	+6.4	+.266	+5.0	+4.9	+.158
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 6
	Jarrett Allen	James Harden
Season	2022-23	2014-15
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Jarrett Allen	68	32.6	14.3	3.3	6.5	9.8	1.7	0.8	1.2	1.4	2.3	5.9	9.2	.644	0.0	0.1	.100	2.4	3.3	.733
difference:	+13	+4.2	+13.1	+2.4	+1.8	+4.1	+5.3	+1.1	+0.5	-2.6	-0.3	+2.1	+8.9	+.204	+2.6	+6.8	+.275	+6.4	+6.9	+.135
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	5	38.2	9.4	3.0	4.4	7.4	2.4	0.8	1.0	0.6	2.0	4.4	7.2	.611	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.2	.500
difference:	+12	+0.8	+17.8	+2.3	+0.6	+1.7	+5.1	+0.8	+0.6	-3.9	-0.9	+3.2	+10.1	+.172	+2.4	+6.3		+9.0	+9.3	+.416
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


Season 7
	Jarrett Allen	James Harden
Season	2023-24	2015-16
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Rockets 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		%
Jarrett Allen	77	31.7	16.5	3.2	7.4	10.5	2.7	0.7	1.1	1.6	1.9	6.7	10.6	.634	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	4.1	.742
difference:	+5	+6.4	+12.5	+2.4	+2.1	+4.4	+4.8	+1.0	+0.5	-3.0	-0.9	+2.0	+9.1	+.195	+2.9	+7.9	+.359	+5.8	+6.1	+.118
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	4	31.8	17.0	3.8	10.0	13.8	1.3	1.3	1.0	1.3	2.0	6.3	9.3	.676	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	6.5	.692
difference:	+1	+6.8	+9.6	+2.4	+6.2	+8.6	+6.3	+1.1	+0.8	-3.9	-0.6	+1.9	+10.7	+.266	+2.6	+8.4		+3.1	+2.5	+.152
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


Season 8
	Jarrett Allen	James Harden
Season	2024-25	2016-17
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Jarrett Allen	82	28.0	13.5	2.6	7.1	9.7	1.9	0.9	0.9	1.2	1.5	5.5	7.8	.706	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.4	.718
difference:	+1	+8.4	+15.6	+1.4	+0.1	+1.6	+9.3	+0.6	+0.4	-4.5	-1.2	+2.8	+11.1	+.266	+3.2	+9.2	+.347	+6.8	+7.5	+.129
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarrett Allen	9	29.0	13.4	2.3	6.1	8.4	1.3	1.4	0.9	1.9	1.7	4.9	6.8	.721	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	3.9	.943
difference:	+2	+8.0	+15.1	+1.7	+1.3	+2.9	+7.2	+0.5	+0.4	-3.5	-2.2	+3.3	+13.0	+.308	+2.9	+10.5		+5.5	+6.6	+.065
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


Additional Years
* James Harden played 8 seasons more than Jarrett Allen in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 16, from 2018 to 2025—James Harden played in 8 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Jarrett Allen, James Harden got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 3 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 3 Scoring Leader 1 Assists Leader 6 All-Star Game

Jarrett Allen vs. James Harden Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Harden and Jarrett Allen, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years