Rui Hachimura vs. James Harden Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Harden and Rui Hachimura, 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.

Rui Hachimura played 7 years in the NBA, 10 less than James Harden, who played 17. Rui Hachimura had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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
	Rui Hachimura	James Harden
Season	2019-20	2009-10
Team	Washington Wizards	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	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		%
Rui Hachimura	48	30.1	13.5	1.6	4.5	6.1	1.8	0.8	0.2	1.1	2.2	5.3	11.4	.466	0.5	1.8	.287	2.4	2.9	.829
difference:	+28	+7.2	+3.6	+1.0	+1.9	+2.9		+0.3	+0.1	-0.3	-0.4	+2.2	+3.8	+.063	+0.7	+1.5	+.088	+0.2	+0.3	+.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		%
Rui Hachimura	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 3
	Rui Hachimura	James Harden
Season	2021-22	2011-12
Team	Washington Wizards	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		%
Rui Hachimura	42	22.5	11.3	0.6	3.2	3.8	1.1	0.5	0.2	0.8	1.3	4.5	9.1	.491	1.3	2.9	.447	1.1	1.6	.697
difference:	+20	+8.9	+5.5	+0.1	+0.4	+0.3	+2.6	+0.5		-1.4	-1.1	+0.5	+1.0		+0.5	+1.8	+.057	+3.9	+4.4	+.149
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		%
Rui Hachimura	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
	Rui Hachimura	James Harden
Season	2022-23	2012-13
Team	Washington Wizards, Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Rui Hachimura	63	23.3	11.2	0.8	3.7	4.5	0.9	0.3	0.4	0.8	1.1	4.5	9.3	.486	0.8	2.5	.319	1.4	1.9	.739
difference:	+15	+15.0	+14.7		+0.4	+0.4	+4.9	+1.5	+0.1	-3.0	-1.2	+3.0	+7.8	+.048	+1.5	+3.7	+.049	+7.2	+8.3	+.112
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		%
Rui Hachimura	16	24.3	12.2	0.6	3.1	3.6	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.6	1.6	4.6	8.2	.557	1.2	2.4	.487	1.9	2.1	.882
difference:	+10	+16.2	+14.1	+0.2	+2.7	+3.1	+3.9	+1.5	+0.7	-3.9	-1.4	+2.9	+11.0	+.166	+1.3	+4.9	+.146	+6.9	+8.9	+.079
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
	Rui Hachimura	James Harden
Season	2023-24	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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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		%
Rui Hachimura	68	26.9	13.6	0.9	3.5	4.3	1.2	0.6	0.4	0.7	1.5	5.3	9.9	.537	1.4	3.4	.422	1.5	2.0	.739
difference:	+5	+11.1	+11.8	+0.1	+0.4	+0.4	+4.9	+1.0		-2.9	-0.9	+2.2	+6.6	+.081	+1.0	+3.2	+.056	+6.4	+7.1	+.127
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		%
Rui Hachimura	5	30.4	7.8	1.2	2.6	3.8	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.6	3.0	7.6	.395	1.0	2.8	.357	0.8	1.6	.500
difference:	+1	+13.4	+19.0	+0.4	+1.2	+0.9	+5.0	+2.0	+0.2	-3.1	-1.9	+5.3	+14.6	+.019	+1.7	+6.2	+.061	+6.7	+6.7	+.400
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
	Rui Hachimura	James Harden
Season	2024-25	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Rui Hachimura	59	31.7	13.1	1.3	3.7	5.0	1.4	0.8	0.4	0.8	1.8	5.0	9.8	.509	1.7	4.2	.413	1.5	1.9	.770
difference:	+22	+5.1	+14.3	+0.4	+1.0	+0.7	+5.6	+1.1	+0.3	-3.2	-0.8	+3.0	+8.3	+.069	+0.9	+2.7	+.038	+7.3	+8.3	+.098
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		%
Rui Hachimura	5	36.4	14.8	0.8	3.8	4.6	1.0	0.6	0.6	1.4	2.4	5.6	11.4	.491	3.0	6.2	.484	0.6	0.6	1.000
difference:	+12	+1.0	+12.4	+0.1	+1.2	+1.1	+6.5	+1.0	+0.2	-3.1	-0.5	+2.0	+5.9	+.052	+0.6	+0.1	+.101	+9.0	+9.9	+.084
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
	Rui Hachimura	James Harden
Season	2025-26	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Rui Hachimura	4	36.0	16.5	0.5	3.3	3.8	1.5	0.5	0.3	1.5	2.0	6.5	10.3	.634	1.8	4.0	.438	1.8	2.5	.700
difference:	+78	+2.1	+12.5	+0.3	+2.0	+2.3	+6.0	+1.2	+0.3	-3.1	-0.8	+2.2	+9.4	+.195	+1.1	+4.0	+.079	+7.0	+7.7	+.160
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		%
Rui Hachimura	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

Additional Years
* James Harden played 10 seasons more than Rui Hachimura in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 17, from 2017 to 2026—James Harden played in 9 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over Rui Hachimura, James Harden got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 4 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 3 Scoring Leader 2 Assists Leader 7 All-Star Game