Jaylen Brown vs. James Harden Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Harden and Jaylen Brown, 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 / Scoring / Stats / 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.

Jaylen Brown played 10 years in the NBA, 7 less than James Harden, who played 17. Jaylen Brown had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, 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
Jaylen Brown	10	8	2016-17 to 2025-26
James Harden	17	16	2009-10 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jaylen Brown	James Harden
Season	2016-17	2009-10
Team	Boston Celtics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Jaylen Brown	78	17.2	6.6	0.6	2.2	2.8	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.9	1.8	2.5	5.4	.454	0.6	1.7	.341	1.1	1.6	.685
difference:	+2	+5.7	+3.3		+0.4	+0.4	+1.0	+0.7	+0.1	-0.5	-0.8	+0.6	+2.2	+.051	+0.6	+1.6	+.034	+1.5	+1.6	+.123
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		%
Jaylen Brown	17	12.6	5.0	0.7	1.4	2.1	0.8	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.5	2.0	4.2	.479	0.3	1.4	.217	0.7	1.1	.667
difference:	+11	+7.4	+2.7	+0.5	+0.9	+0.4	+1.0	+0.6	+0.1	-0.3	-0.8		+1.0	+.092	+0.7	+1.3	+.158	+2.0	+2.1	+.175
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
	Jaylen Brown	James Harden
Season	2017-18	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Jaylen Brown	70	30.7	14.5	0.9	4.0	4.9	1.6	1.0	0.4	1.8	2.6	5.3	11.5	.465	1.7	4.4	.395	2.1	3.3	.644
difference:	+12	+4.0	+2.3	+0.4	+1.4	+1.8	+0.5	+0.1	+0.1	-0.5	-0.1	+1.7	+3.2	+.029	+0.3	+0.4	+.046	+1.4	+0.9	+.199
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		%
Jaylen Brown	18	32.4	18.0	0.9	3.9	4.8	1.4	0.8	0.6	1.3	3.2	6.9	14.8	.466	2.4	6.2	.393	1.8	2.8	.640
difference:	+1	+0.8	+5.0	+0.3	+0.9	+0.6	+2.2	+0.4	+0.2	-0.3	-0.4	+3.0	+6.6	+.009	+1.0	+1.7	+.090	+2.1	+1.9	+.185
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
	Jaylen Brown	James Harden
Season	2018-19	2011-12
Team	Boston Celtics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Jaylen Brown	74	25.9	13.0	0.9	3.4	4.2	1.4	0.9	0.4	1.3	2.5	5.0	10.7	.465	1.3	3.7	.344	1.8	2.7	.658
difference:	+12	+5.5	+3.8	+0.4	+0.2	+0.1	+2.3	+0.1	+0.2	-0.9	-0.1		+0.6	+.026	+0.5	+1.0	+.046	+3.2	+3.3	+.188
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		%
Jaylen Brown	9	30.4	13.9	0.7	5.1	5.8	1.1	0.7	0.2	1.8	3.3	4.9	9.7	.506	1.6	4.4	.350	2.6	3.3	.767
difference:	+11	+1.1	+2.4		+0.6	+0.7	+2.3	+0.9	+0.1	-0.3	-0.1	+0.2	+1.0	+.071		+0.5	+.060	+2.8	+3.0	+.090
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
	Jaylen Brown	James Harden
Season	2019-20	2012-13
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Jaylen Brown	57	33.9	20.3	1.1	5.3	6.4	2.1	1.1	0.4	2.2	2.9	7.5	15.6	.481	2.3	5.9	.382	3.1	4.3	.724
difference:	+21	+4.4	+5.6	+0.3	+1.2	+1.5	+3.7	+0.7	+0.1	-1.6	-0.6		+1.5	+.043		+0.3	+.014	+5.5	+5.9	+.127
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		%
Jaylen Brown	17	39.5	21.8	1.4	6.1	7.5	2.3	1.5	0.5	2.4	2.8	8.1	16.9	.476	2.5	7.1	.358	3.1	3.7	.841
difference:	+11	+1.0	+4.5	+0.6	+0.3	+0.8	+2.2	+0.5	+0.5	-2.1	-0.2	+0.6	+2.3	+.085		+0.2	+.017	+5.7	+7.3	+.038
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
	Jaylen Brown	James Harden
Season	2020-21	2013-14
Team	Boston Celtics	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		%
Jaylen Brown	58	34.5	24.7	1.2	4.8	6.0	3.4	1.2	0.6	2.7	2.9	9.3	19.2	.484	2.8	7.1	.397	3.3	4.3	.764
difference:	+15	+3.5	+0.7	+0.4	+0.9	+1.3	+2.7	+0.4	+0.2	-0.9	-0.5	+1.8	+2.7	+.028	+0.4	+0.5	+.031	+4.6	+4.8	+.102
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		%
Jaylen Brown	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
	Jaylen Brown	James Harden
Season	2021-22	2014-15
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Jaylen Brown	66	33.6	23.6	0.8	5.3	6.1	3.5	1.1	0.3	2.7	2.5	8.7	18.4	.473	2.5	7.0	.358	3.7	4.8	.758
difference:	+15	+3.2	+3.8	+0.1	+0.6	+0.4	+3.5	+0.8	+0.4	-1.3	-0.1	+0.7	+0.3	+.033	+0.1	+0.1	+.017	+5.1	+5.4	+.110
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		%
Jaylen Brown	24	38.3	23.1	1.4	5.5	6.9	3.5	1.1	0.4	3.1	3.0	8.2	17.5	.470	2.5	6.7	.373	4.2	5.5	.763
difference:	+7	+0.9	+4.1	+0.7	+0.5	+1.2	+4.0	+0.5		-1.4	-0.1	+0.6	+0.2	+.031	+0.1	+0.4	+.010	+5.4	+5.0	+.153
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
	Jaylen Brown	James Harden
Season	2022-23	2015-16
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Jaylen Brown	67	35.9	26.6	1.2	5.7	6.9	3.5	1.1	0.4	2.9	2.6	10.1	20.6	.491	2.4	7.3	.335	3.9	5.1	.765
difference:	+15	+2.2	+2.4	+0.4	+0.4	+0.8	+4.0	+0.6	+0.2	-1.7	-0.2	+1.4	+0.9	+.052	+0.5	+0.7	+.024	+4.9	+5.1	+.095
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		%
Jaylen Brown	20	37.6	22.7	1.3	4.4	5.6	3.4	1.1	0.4	3.3	3.1	9.1	18.3	.496	2.0	5.7	.354	2.6	3.7	.689
difference:	+15	+1.0	+3.9	+0.1	+0.6	+0.4	+4.2	+1.3	+0.2	-1.9	-0.5	+0.9	+1.7	+.086	+0.6	+2.7	+.044	+5.0	+5.3	+.155
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
	Jaylen Brown	James Harden
Season	2023-24	2016-17
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Jaylen Brown	70	33.5	23.0	1.2	4.3	5.5	3.6	1.2	0.5	2.4	2.6	9.0	17.9	.499	2.1	5.9	.354	3.0	4.3	.703
difference:	+11	+2.9	+6.1		+2.7	+2.6	+7.6	+0.3		-3.3	-0.1	+0.7	+1.0	+.059	+1.1	+3.4	+.007	+6.2	+6.6	+.144
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		%
Jaylen Brown	19	37.2	23.9	1.2	4.8	5.9	3.3	1.2	0.6	2.7	2.7	9.2	17.8	.516	1.9	5.8	.327	3.6	5.4	.660
difference:	+8	+0.2	+4.6	+0.6		+0.4	+5.2	+0.7	+0.1	-2.7	-1.2	+1.0	+2.0	+.103	+1.0	+4.7	+.049	+5.6	+5.1	+.218
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


Season 9
	Jaylen Brown	James Harden
Season	2024-25	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Rockets Lost West Conf 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		%
Jaylen Brown	63	34.3	22.2	1.3	4.5	5.8	4.5	1.2	0.3	2.6	2.4	8.2	17.7	.463	1.8	5.7	.324	3.9	5.1	.764
difference:	+9	+1.1	+8.2	+0.7	+0.3	+0.4	+4.3	+0.6	+0.4	-1.8	-0.1	+0.8	+2.4	+.014	+1.9	+4.3	+.043	+4.8	+5.0	+.094
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaylen Brown	11	36.5	22.1	1.2	5.9	7.1	3.9	1.0	0.3	3.5	3.2	7.8	17.7	.441	1.9	5.7	.333	4.5	6.0	.758
difference:	+6		+6.5	+0.4	+1.5	+1.9	+2.9	+1.2	+0.3	-0.3	-0.5	+1.5	+4.9	+.031	+1.2	+4.5	+.034	+2.4	+1.8	+.129
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


Season 10
	Jaylen Brown	James Harden
Season	2025-26	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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		%
Jaylen Brown	5	32.6	26.8	0.4	5.2	5.6	3.8	0.4	0.4	3.6	4.2	9.4	18.0	.522	3.0	6.4	.469	5.0	6.6	.758
difference:	+73	+4.2	+9.3	+0.4	+0.6	+1.0	+3.7	+1.6	+0.3	-1.4	-1.1	+1.4	+6.5	+.080	+1.8	+6.8	+.101	+4.7	+4.4	+.121
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

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


Additional Years
* James Harden played 7 seasons more than Jaylen Brown in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 17, from 2020 to 2026—James Harden played in 6 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Jaylen Brown, James Harden got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Scoring Leader 1 Assists Leader 4 All-Star Game

Jaylen Brown vs. James Harden Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Harden and Jaylen Brown, 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

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years