Kareem Abdul-Jabbar vs. James Harden Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Harden and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 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.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played 20 years in the NBA, 4 more than James Harden, who played 16. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the first of his seasons in 1969-70, 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.

Rookie Season
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	James Harden
Season	1969-70	2009-10
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Div 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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	82	43.1	28.8	-	-	14.5	4.1	-	-	-	3.5	11.4	22.1	.518	-	-	-	5.9	9.1	.653
difference:	+6	+20.2	+18.9			+11.3	+2.3				-0.9	+8.3	+14.5	+.115				+3.3	+5.9	+.155
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	10	43.5	35.2	-	-	16.8	4.1	-	-	-	2.5	13.9	24.5	.567	-	-	-	7.4	10.1	.733
difference:	+4	+23.5	+27.5			+14.3	+2.3				-0.2	+11.9	+19.3	+.180				+4.7	+6.9	+.109
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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	James Harden
Season	1970-71	2010-11
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	82	40.1	31.7	-	-	16.0	3.3	-	-	-	3.2	13.0	22.5	.577	-	-	-	5.7	8.3	.690
difference:		+13.4	+19.5			+12.9	+1.2				-0.7	+9.4	+14.2	+.141				+2.2	+4.1	+.153
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	14	41.2	26.6	-	-	17.0	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	10.9	21.1	.515	-	-	-	4.9	7.2	.673
difference:	+3	+9.6	+13.6			+11.6	+1.1				-0.4	+7.0	+12.9	+.040				+1.0	+2.5	+.152
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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	James Harden
Season	1971-72	2011-12
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	81	44.2	34.8	-	-	16.6	4.6	-	-	-	2.9	14.3	24.9	.574	-	-	-	6.2	9.0	.689
difference:	+19	+12.8	+18.0			+12.5	+0.9				-0.5	+9.3	+14.8	+.083				+1.2	+3.0	+.157
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	11	46.4	28.7	-	-	18.2	5.1	-	-	-	3.2	12.6	28.9	.437	-	-	-	3.5	4.9	.704
difference:	+9	+14.9	+12.4			+13.1	+1.7				-0.2	+7.9	+18.2	+.002				+1.9	+1.4	+.153
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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	James Harden
Season	1972-73	2012-13
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	76	42.8	30.2	-	-	16.1	5.0	-	-	-	2.7	12.9	23.3	.554	-	-	-	4.3	6.1	.713
difference:	+2	+4.5	+4.3			+11.2	+0.8				-0.4	+5.4	+6.2	+.116				+4.3	+4.1	+.138
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	6	46.0	22.8	-	-	16.2	2.8	-	-	-	4.3	9.8	23.0	.428	-	-	-	3.2	5.8	.543
difference:		+5.5	+3.5			+9.5	+1.7				-1.3	+2.3	+3.8	+.037				+5.6	+5.2	+.260
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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	James Harden
Season	1973-74	2013-14
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	81	43.8	27.0	3.5	11.0	14.5	4.8	1.4	3.5	-	2.9	11.7	21.7	.539	-	-	-	3.6	5.2	.702
difference:	+8	+5.8	+1.6	+2.7	+7.1	+9.8	+1.3	+0.2	+3.1		-0.5	+4.2	+5.2	+.083				+4.3	+3.9	+.164
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	16	47.4	32.2	4.2	11.6	15.8	4.9	1.3	2.4	-	2.6	14.0	25.1	.557	-	-	-	4.2	5.7	.736
difference:	+10	+3.6	+5.4	+3.4	+7.8	+11.1	+0.9	+0.7	+2.2		-0.9	+5.7	+2.9	+.181				+3.3	+2.6	+.164
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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	James Harden
Season	1974-75	2014-15
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	65	42.3	30.0	3.0	11.0	14.0	4.1	1.0	3.3	-	3.2	12.5	24.4	.513	-	-	-	5.0	6.6	.763
difference:	+16	+5.5	+2.6	+2.1	+6.3	+8.3	+2.9	+0.9	+2.6		-0.6	+4.5	+6.3	+.073				+3.8	+3.6	+.105
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	James Harden
Season	1975-76	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	82	41.2	27.7	3.3	13.5	16.9	5.0	1.5	4.1	-	3.6	11.1	21.1	.529	-	-	-	5.5	7.8	.703
difference:		+3.1	+1.3	+2.5	+8.2	+10.8	+2.5	+0.2	+3.5		-0.8	+2.4	+1.4	+.090				+3.3	+2.4	+.157
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	James Harden
Season	1976-77	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	82	36.8	26.2	3.2	10.0	13.3	3.9	1.2	3.2	-	3.2	10.8	18.7	.579	-	-	-	4.6	6.5	.701
difference:	+1	+0.4	+2.9	+2.0	+3.0	+5.2	+7.3	+0.3	+2.7		-0.5	+2.5	+0.2	+.139				+4.6	+4.4	+.146
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	11	42.5	34.6	4.6	13.1	17.7	4.1	1.7	3.5	-	3.8	13.4	22.0	.607	-	-	-	7.9	10.9	.725
difference:		+5.5	+6.1	+4.0	+8.3	+12.2	+4.4	+0.2	+3.0		-0.1	+5.2	+2.2	+.194				+1.3	+0.4	+.153
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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	James Harden
Season	1977-78	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	62	36.5	25.8	3.0	9.9	12.9	4.3	1.7	3.0	3.4	2.9	10.7	19.4	.550	-	-	-	4.4	5.6	.783
difference:	+10	+1.1	+4.6	+2.4	+5.1	+7.5	+4.5	+0.1	+2.3	-1.0	-0.6	+1.7	+0.7	+.101				+4.3	+4.5	+.075
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	3	44.7	27.0	4.7	9.0	13.7	3.7	0.7	4.0	4.7	4.7	12.7	24.3	.521	-	-	-	1.7	3.0	.556
difference:	+14	+8.2	+1.6	+3.9	+4.6	+8.5	+3.1	+1.5	+3.4	-0.9	-2.0	+3.4	+1.7	+.111				+5.2	+4.8	+.331
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
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	James Harden
Season	1978-79	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	80	39.5	23.8	2.6	10.2	12.8	5.4	1.0	4.0	3.5	2.9	9.7	16.8	.577	-	-	-	4.4	5.9	.736
difference:	+2	+2.7	+12.3	+1.8	+4.4	+6.2	+2.1	+1.0	+3.3	-1.5	-0.2	+1.1	+7.7	+.135				+5.3	+5.1	+.143
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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	8	45.9	28.5	2.3	10.4	12.6	4.8	1.0	4.1	3.6	3.3	11.0	19.0	.579	-	-	-	6.5	7.8	.839
difference:	+3	+7.4	+3.1	+1.5	+4.4	+5.8	+1.8	+1.2	+3.2	-1.0	-0.4	+1.1	+5.0	+.166				+1.0	+1.1	+.002
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

Season 11
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	James Harden
Season	1979-80	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	82	38.3	24.8	2.3	8.5	10.8	4.5	1.0	3.4	3.6	2.6	10.2	16.9	.604	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	5.8	.765
difference:	+14	+1.8	+9.5	+1.3	+3.0	+4.2	+3.0	+0.8	+2.5	-0.9	-0.7	+0.3	+5.4	+.160	+4.4	+12.4		+5.8	+6.0	+.100
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	15	41.2	31.9	3.4	8.7	12.1	3.1	1.1	3.9	3.7	3.4	13.2	23.1	.572	0.0	0.0	-	5.5	7.0	.790
difference:	+3	+3.9	+2.3	+2.4	+4.1	+6.5	+4.6	+0.4	+3.1	-0.1	-0.2	+4.1	+4.1	+.094	+3.3	+9.8		+2.7	+2.7	+.055
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

Season 12
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	James Harden
Season	1980-81	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets, Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nets Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	80	37.2	26.2	2.5	7.8	10.3	3.4	0.7	2.9	3.1	3.1	10.5	18.2	.574	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	6.9	.766
difference:	+36	+0.6	+1.6	+1.7	+0.7	+2.4	+7.4	+0.5	+2.1	-0.9	-0.8	+2.7	+1.5	+.108	+2.8	+7.6		+1.0	+0.4	+.095
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	3	44.7	26.7	4.3	12.3	16.7	4.0	1.0	2.7	3.7	4.7	10.0	21.7	.462	0.0	0.0	-	6.7	9.3	.714
difference:	+6	+8.9	+6.5	+3.5	+6.7	+10.4	+4.6	+0.7	+2.0	-0.8	-2.1	+4.3	+9.7	+.010	+2.7	+7.3		+0.5	+2.4	+.189
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

Season 13
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	James Harden
Season	1981-82	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Brooklyn Nets, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	76	35.2	23.9	2.3	6.4	8.7	3.0	0.8	2.7	3.0	2.9	9.9	17.1	.579	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	5.8	.706
difference:	+11	+2.0	+1.9	+1.5	+0.4	+1.0	+7.3	+0.5	+2.1	-1.4	-0.5	+3.6	+1.8	+.169	+2.3	+6.9		+3.1	+2.4	+.171
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	14	35.2	20.4	2.4	6.1	8.5	3.6	1.0	3.2	2.9	3.2	8.2	15.8	.520	0.0	0.0	-	3.9	6.2	.632
difference:	+2	+4.7	+1.8	+1.5	+1.3	+2.8	+5.0	+0.2	+2.5	-1.3	-0.8	+2.9	+2.6	+.115	+2.3	+6.3		+1.7	+0.1	+.261
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

Season 14
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	James Harden
Season	1982-83	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	79	32.3	21.8	2.1	5.4	7.5	2.5	0.8	2.2	2.5	2.8	9.1	15.5	.588	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	4.7	.749
difference:	+21	+4.5	+0.8	+1.4		+1.4	+8.2	+0.4	+1.7	-0.9	-0.9	+2.7	+1.0	+.147	+2.8	+7.2		+1.9	+1.5	+.118
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	15	39.2	27.1	1.7	6.0	7.7	2.8	1.1	3.7	3.3	4.1	10.9	19.1	.568	0.0	0.1	.000	5.3	7.1	.755
difference:	+4	+0.4	+6.8	+1.2	+0.4	+1.5	+5.5	+0.7	+3.3	-0.1	-1.6	+4.4	+2.5	+.175	+2.8	+7.4	+.378	+0.9	+2.1	+.118
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

Season 15
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	James Harden
Season	1983-84	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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15th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	80	32.8	21.5	2.1	5.2	7.3	2.6	0.7	1.8	2.8	2.6	9.0	15.5	.578	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.9	.723
difference:	+8	+1.5	+4.9	+1.6	+0.5	+2.2	+5.9	+0.4	+1.0	-0.2	-0.8	+4.1	+4.1	+.150	+2.6	+6.8		+0.6	+0.1	+.155
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	21	36.5	23.9	2.7	5.6	8.2	3.8	1.1	2.1	2.1	3.4	9.8	17.7	.555	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	5.7	.750
difference:	+15	+3.8	+2.7	+2.2	+1.6	+3.7	+4.2	+0.1	+1.1	-0.2	-1.2	+3.1	+2.9	+.106	+3.0	+7.8		+0.5	+0.4	+.156
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

Season 16
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	James Harden
Season	1984-85	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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16th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	79	33.3	22.0	2.1	5.8	7.9	3.2	0.8	2.1	2.5	3.0	9.2	15.3	.599	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.0	.732
difference:		+2.0	+0.8	+1.4	+0.7	+2.1	+5.5	+0.7	+1.4	-1.8	-0.9	+2.5	+1.1	+.189	+3.0	+8.5		+2.7	+2.3	+.142
James Harden	79	35.3	22.8	0.7	5.1	5.8	8.7	1.5	0.7	4.3	2.1	6.7	16.4	.410	3.0	8.5	.352	6.4	7.3	.874
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	19	32.1	21.9	2.6	5.5	8.1	4.0	1.2	1.9	2.7	3.5	8.8	15.8	.560	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	5.4	.777
difference:	+12	+7.3	+3.2	+2.0	+0.6	+2.7	+5.1	+0.1	+0.9	-0.3	-1.2	+2.5	+1.4	+.124	+2.3	+6.3		+0.3	+0.7	+.041
James Harden	7	39.4	18.7	0.6	4.9	5.4	9.1	1.3	1.0	3.0	2.3	6.3	14.4	.436	2.3	6.3	.364	3.9	4.7	.818

Additional Years
* Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played 4 seasons more than James Harden in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 17 to 20, from 1986 to 1989—Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played in 4 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 4 extra years over James Harden, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 4 All-Star Game