Patrick Beverley vs. James Harden Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Harden and Patrick Beverley, 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.

Patrick Beverley played 12 years in the NBA, 4 less than James Harden, who played 16. Patrick Beverley had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, 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
	Patrick Beverley	James Harden
Season	2012-13	2009-10
Team	Houston Rockets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Patrick Beverley	41	17.4	5.6	1.1	1.6	2.7	2.9	0.9	0.5	1.1	2.0	1.9	4.6	.418	0.9	2.3	.375	0.8	1.0	.829
difference:	+35	+5.5	+4.3	+0.5	+1.0	+0.5	+1.1	+0.2	+0.2	-0.3	-0.6	+1.2	+3.0	+.015	+0.3	+1.0		+1.8	+2.2	+.021
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		%
Patrick Beverley	6	33.3	11.8	1.8	3.7	5.5	2.8	1.2	0.7	1.0	4.0	4.7	10.8	.431	1.3	4.0	.333	1.2	1.2	1.000
difference:		+13.3	+4.1	+1.6	+1.4	+3.0	+1.0	+0.2	+0.5	-0.5	-1.7	+2.7	+5.6	+.044	+0.3	+1.3	+.042	+1.5	+2.0	+.158
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
	Patrick Beverley	James Harden
Season	2013-14	2010-11
Team	Houston Rockets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Patrick Beverley	56	31.3	10.2	1.3	2.2	3.5	2.7	1.4	0.4	1.2	3.1	3.6	8.6	.414	1.6	4.6	.361	1.5	1.8	.814
difference:	+26	+4.6	+2.0	+0.8	+0.4	+0.4	+0.6	+0.3	+0.1	-0.1	-0.6		+0.3	+.022	+0.2	+0.6	+.012	+2.0	+2.4	+.029
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		%
Patrick Beverley	6	33.7	8.7	2.2	2.0	4.2	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.7	3.5	3.2	8.3	.380	1.2	3.7	.318	1.2	1.7	.700
difference:	+11	+2.1	+4.3	+1.6	+2.8	+1.2	+1.8	+0.7	+0.5	-0.9	-0.7	+0.7	+0.1	+.095	+0.2	+0.8	+.015	+2.7	+3.0	+.125
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
	Patrick Beverley	James Harden
Season	2014-15	2011-12
Team	Houston Rockets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Patrick Beverley	56	30.8	10.1	1.2	3.0	4.2	3.4	1.1	0.4	1.5	3.3	3.6	9.5	.383	2.1	5.8	.356	0.8	1.1	.750
difference:	+6	+0.6	+6.7	+0.7	+0.6	+0.1	+0.3	+0.1	+0.2	-0.7	-0.9	+1.4	+0.6	+.108	+0.3	+1.1	+.034	+4.2	+4.9	+.096
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		%
Patrick Beverley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Patrick Beverley	James Harden
Season	2015-16	2012-13
Team	Houston Rockets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Patrick Beverley	71	28.7	9.9	1.0	2.5	3.5	3.4	1.3	0.4	1.3	3.3	3.6	8.4	.434	1.7	4.4	.400	0.8	1.2	.682
difference:	+7	+9.6	+16.0	+0.2	+1.6	+1.4	+2.4	+0.5	+0.1	-2.5	-1.0	+3.9	+8.7	+.004	+0.6	+1.8	+.032	+7.8	+9.0	+.169
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		%
Patrick Beverley	5	25.8	5.8	0.8	3.6	4.4	2.2	0.4	0.4	0.8	3.4	2.0	7.4	.270	0.6	2.8	.214	1.2	1.2	1.000
difference:	+1	+14.7	+20.5		+2.2	+2.3	+2.3	+1.6	+0.6	-3.7	-0.4	+5.5	+11.8	+.121	+1.9	+4.5	+.127	+7.6	+9.8	+.197
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
	Patrick Beverley	James Harden
Season	2016-17	2013-14
Team	Houston Rockets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Patrick Beverley	67	30.7	9.5	1.4	4.4	5.9	4.2	1.5	0.4	1.5	3.3	3.4	8.1	.420	1.6	4.3	.382	1.1	1.4	.768
difference:	+6	+7.3	+15.9	+0.6	+0.5	+1.2	+1.9	+0.1		-2.1	-0.9	+4.1	+8.4	+.036	+0.8	+2.3	+.016	+6.8	+7.7	+.098
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		%
Patrick Beverley	11	29.5	11.1	1.9	3.6	5.5	3.0	1.5	0.2	1.6	3.5	4.1	9.9	.413	1.9	4.7	.404	1.0	1.3	.786
difference:	+5	+14.3	+15.7	+1.1	+0.2	+0.8	+2.8	+0.5		-1.9		+4.2	+12.3	+.037	+0.8	+4.3	+.108	+6.5	+7.0	+.114
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
	Patrick Beverley	James Harden
Season	2017-18	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	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		%
Patrick Beverley	11	30.4	12.2	1.5	2.6	4.1	2.9	1.7	0.5	2.3	3.1	4.4	10.8	.403	2.2	5.5	.400	1.3	1.5	.824
difference:	+70	+6.4	+15.2	+0.6	+2.1	+1.6	+4.1	+0.2	+0.2	-1.7	-0.5	+3.6	+7.3	+.037	+0.4	+1.4	+.025	+7.5	+8.7	+.044
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		%
Patrick Beverley	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
	Patrick Beverley	James Harden
Season	2018-19	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Patrick Beverley	78	27.4	7.6	1.0	4.0	5.0	3.8	0.9	0.6	1.1	3.4	2.5	6.1	.407	1.4	3.6	.397	1.2	1.6	.780
difference:	+4	+10.7	+21.4	+0.2	+1.3	+1.1	+3.7	+0.8		-3.5	-0.6	+6.2	+13.6	+.032	+1.5	+4.4	+.038	+7.6	+8.6	+.080
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		%
Patrick Beverley	6	32.5	9.8	1.3	6.7	8.0	4.7	1.0	1.0	1.7	3.5	3.3	7.8	.426	2.2	5.0	.433	1.0	1.3	.750
difference:	+1	+6.1	+16.8	+0.1	+2.9	+2.8	+2.9	+1.4	+0.8	-3.5	-0.9	+4.9	+12.2	+.016	+0.4	+3.4	+.123	+6.6	+7.7	+.094
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
	Patrick Beverley	James Harden
Season	2019-20	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West 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		%
Patrick Beverley	51	26.3	7.9	1.1	4.1	5.2	3.6	1.1	0.5	1.3	3.1	2.9	6.7	.431	1.6	4.0	.388	0.6	0.9	.660
difference:	+30	+10.1	+21.2	+0.1	+2.9	+2.9	+7.6	+0.4		-4.4	-0.4	+5.4	+12.2	+.009	+1.6	+5.3	+.041	+8.6	+10.0	+.187
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		%
Patrick Beverley	8	20.8	6.3	1.1	3.0	4.1	2.4	1.0	0.4	0.9	3.9	2.5	4.9	.513	1.0	2.8	.364	0.3	0.5	.500
difference:	+3	+16.2	+22.2	+0.5	+1.8	+1.4	+6.1	+0.9	+0.1	-4.5		+5.7	+14.9	+.100	+1.9	+7.7	+.086	+8.9	+10.0	+.378
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
	Patrick Beverley	James Harden
Season	2020-21	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Patrick Beverley	37	22.5	7.5	0.8	2.4	3.2	2.1	0.8	0.8	0.9	2.9	2.5	5.9	.423	1.5	3.8	.397	1.0	1.2	.800
difference:	+35	+12.9	+22.9	+0.2	+2.4	+2.2	+6.7	+1.0	+0.1	-3.5	-0.6	+6.5	+14.2	+.026	+2.2	+6.2	+.030	+7.7	+8.9	+.058
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		%
Patrick Beverley	17	19.0	4.9	0.6	1.8	2.4	1.4	0.7	0.7	0.2	2.1	1.7	4.0	.426	0.8	2.2	.351	0.7	0.8	.857
difference:		+17.5	+23.7	+0.2	+2.6	+2.8	+5.4	+1.5	+0.1	-3.6	-0.6	+7.6	+18.6	+.016	+2.3	+8.0	+.052	+6.2	+7.0	+.030
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
	Patrick Beverley	James Harden
Season	2021-22	2018-19
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Patrick Beverley	58	25.4	9.2	1.1	3.1	4.1	4.6	1.2	0.9	1.3	3.0	3.1	7.5	.406	1.4	4.2	.343	1.7	2.3	.722
difference:	+20	+11.4	+26.9	+0.3	+2.7	+2.5	+2.9	+0.8	+0.2	-3.7	-0.1	+7.7	+17.0	+.036	+3.4	+9.0	+.025	+8.0	+8.7	+.157
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		%
Patrick Beverley	6	32.3	11.0	0.7	2.5	3.2	4.8	1.2	1.2	2.0	4.7	3.5	8.2	.429	1.5	4.3	.346	2.5	3.7	.682
difference:	+5	+6.2	+20.6	+0.1	+3.5	+3.6	+1.8	+1.0	+0.3	-2.6	-1.0	+6.4	+15.8	+.016	+2.9	+8.2	+.004	+5.0	+5.2	+.155
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
	Patrick Beverley	James Harden
Season	2022-23	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Chicago Bulls	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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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Beverley	67	27.1	6.2	0.7	3.0	3.7	2.9	0.9	0.6	0.9	2.8	2.1	5.4	.400	1.2	3.6	.335	0.7	1.0	.723
difference:	+1	+9.4	+28.1	+0.3	+2.5	+2.9	+4.6	+0.9	+0.3	-3.6	-0.5	+7.8	+16.9	+.044	+3.2	+8.8	+.020	+9.5	+10.8	+.142
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		%
Patrick Beverley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Patrick Beverley	James Harden
Season	2023-24	2020-21
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets, Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Patrick Beverley	73	20.0	6.2	0.7	2.6	3.3	2.9	0.6	0.4	0.9	1.8	2.2	5.2	.417	0.8	2.5	.337	1.0	1.2	.822
difference:	+29	+16.6	+18.4	+0.1	+4.5	+4.6	+7.9	+0.6	+0.4	-3.1	-0.5	+5.6	+11.5	+.049	+2.0	+5.1	+.025	+5.3	+6.1	+.039
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		%
Patrick Beverley	6	35.0	8.2	0.7	2.7	3.3	5.5	1.0	0.7	1.0	2.7	2.7	6.5	.410	0.7	1.8	.364	2.2	2.5	.867
difference:	+3	+0.8	+12.0	+0.1	+2.9	+3.0	+3.1	+0.7		-1.9	-0.1	+3.0	+5.5	+.062	+2.0	+5.5		+4.0	+4.4	+.036
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

Additional Years
* James Harden played 4 seasons more than Patrick Beverley in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 16, from 2022 to 2025—James Harden played in 4 Playoffs. In those 4 extra years over Patrick Beverley, James Harden got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Assists Leader 2 All-Star Game