James Harden

James Edward Harden Jr. ▪ Twitter: @JHarden13

Position: Guard ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 6-5 ▪ Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: August 26, 1989 in Los Angeles, California
High School: Artesia in Lakewood, California
College: Arizona State University
Draft: Oklahoma City Thunder, 1st round (3rd pick, 3rd overall), 2009 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 28, 2009
Age: 23 years, 265 days ▪ Experience: 4 years

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Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2009-10	20	OKC	NBA	SG	76	0	1738	233	578	.403	93	248	.375	194	240	.808	47	197	244	137	80	20	106	200	753
2010-11	21	OKC	NBA	SG	82	5	2189	298	684	.436	113	324	.349	289	343	.843	42	213	255	176	92	24	106	207	998
2011-12	22	OKC	NBA	SG	62	2	1946	309	629	.491	114	292	.390	312	369	.846	30	222	252	229	62	15	137	150	1044
2012-13	23	HOU	NBA	SG	78	78	2985	585	1337	.438	179	486	.368	674	792	.851	62	317	379	455	142	38	295	178	2023
Career			NBA		298	85	8858	1425	3228	.441	499	1350	.370	1469	1744	.842	181	949	1130	997	376	97	644	735	4818

Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2009-10	20	OKC	NBA	SG	76	0	22.9	3.1	7.6	.403	1.2	3.3	.375	2.6	3.2	.808	0.6	2.6	3.2	1.8	1.1	0.3	1.4	2.6	9.9
2010-11	21	OKC	NBA	SG	82	5	26.7	3.6	8.3	.436	1.4	4.0	.349	3.5	4.2	.843	0.5	2.6	3.1	2.1	1.1	0.3	1.3	2.5	12.2
2011-12	22	OKC	NBA	SG	62	2	31.4	5.0	10.1	.491	1.8	4.7	.390	5.0	6.0	.846	0.5	3.6	4.1	3.7	1.0	0.2	2.2	2.4	16.8
2012-13	23	HOU	NBA	SG	78	78	38.3	7.5	17.1	.438	2.3	6.2	.368	8.6	10.2	.851	0.8	4.1	4.9	5.8	1.8	0.5	3.8	2.3	25.9
Career			NBA		298	85	29.7	4.8	10.8	.441	1.7	4.5	.370	4.9	5.9	.842	0.6	3.2	3.8	3.3	1.3	0.3	2.2	2.5	16.2

Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2009-10	20	OKC	NBA	SG	76	0	1738	4.8	12.0	.403	1.9	5.1	.375	4.0	5.0	.808	1.0	4.1	5.1	2.8	1.7	0.4	2.2	4.1	15.6
2010-11	21	OKC	NBA	SG	82	5	2189	4.9	11.2	.436	1.9	5.3	.349	4.8	5.6	.843	0.7	3.5	4.2	2.9	1.5	0.4	1.7	3.4	16.4
2011-12	22	OKC	NBA	SG	62	2	1946	5.7	11.6	.491	2.1	5.4	.390	5.8	6.8	.846	0.6	4.1	4.7	4.2	1.1	0.3	2.5	2.8	19.3
2012-13	23	HOU	NBA	SG	78	78	2985	7.1	16.1	.438	2.2	5.9	.368	8.1	9.6	.851	0.7	3.8	4.6	5.5	1.7	0.5	3.6	2.1	24.4
Career			NBA		298	85	8858	5.8	13.1	.441	2.0	5.5	.370	6.0	7.1	.842	0.7	3.9	4.6	4.1	1.5	0.4	2.6	3.0	19.6

Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
2009-10	20	OKC	NBA	SG	76	1738	14.0	.551	.484	3.2	12.7	8.1	12.3	2.4	0.9	13.4	20.4	109	104	2.0	2.5	4.5	.124
2010-11	21	OKC	NBA	SG	82	2189	16.4	.598	.518	2.3	11.0	6.8	12.8	2.2	0.8	11.3	19.5	119	108	5.0	2.1	7.1	.156
2011-12	22	OKC	NBA	SG	62	1946	21.1	.660	.582	1.9	12.2	7.4	19.3	1.6	0.6	14.8	21.6	125	105	7.5	1.8	9.3	.230
2012-13	23	HOU	NBA	SG	78	2985	22.9	.600	.504	2.4	11.9	7.2	25.7	2.4	1.0	14.9	29.0	116	106	9.8	3.0	12.8	.206
Career			NBA		298	8858	19.2	.603	.519	2.4	11.9	7.3	18.5	2.2	0.8	13.9	23.3	117	106	24.4	9.3	33.8	.183

Playoffs Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2009-10	20	OKC	NBA	SG	6	0	120	12	31	.387	6	16	.375	16	19	.842	1	14	15	11	6	1	3	14	46
2010-11	21	OKC	NBA	SG	17	0	537	66	139	.475	23	76	.303	66	80	.825	10	81	91	61	21	13	28	48	221
2011-12	22	OKC	NBA	SG	20	0	630	93	214	.435	32	78	.410	108	126	.857	13	89	102	68	31	2	42	67	326
2012-13	23	HOU	NBA	SG	6	6	243	45	115	.391	15	44	.341	53	66	.803	5	35	40	27	12	6	27	18	158
Career			NBA		49	6	1530	216	499	.433	76	214	.355	243	291	.835	29	219	248	167	70	22	100	147	751

Playoffs Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2009-10	20	OKC	NBA	SG	6	0	20.0	2.0	5.2	.387	1.0	2.7	.375	2.7	3.2	.842	0.2	2.3	2.5	1.8	1.0	0.2	0.5	2.3	7.7
2010-11	21	OKC	NBA	SG	17	0	31.6	3.9	8.2	.475	1.4	4.5	.303	3.9	4.7	.825	0.6	4.8	5.4	3.6	1.2	0.8	1.6	2.8	13.0
2011-12	22	OKC	NBA	SG	20	0	31.5	4.7	10.7	.435	1.6	3.9	.410	5.4	6.3	.857	0.7	4.5	5.1	3.4	1.6	0.1	2.1	3.4	16.3
2012-13	23	HOU	NBA	SG	6	6	40.5	7.5	19.2	.391	2.5	7.3	.341	8.8	11.0	.803	0.8	5.8	6.7	4.5	2.0	1.0	4.5	3.0	26.3
Career			NBA		49	6	31.2	4.4	10.2	.433	1.6	4.4	.355	5.0	5.9	.835	0.6	4.5	5.1	3.4	1.4	0.4	2.0	3.0	15.3

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2009-10	20	OKC	NBA	SG	6	0	120	3.6	9.3	.387	1.8	4.8	.375	4.8	5.7	.842	0.3	4.2	4.5	3.3	1.8	0.3	0.9	4.2	13.8
2010-11	21	OKC	NBA	SG	17	0	537	4.4	9.3	.475	1.5	5.1	.303	4.4	5.4	.825	0.7	5.4	6.1	4.1	1.4	0.9	1.9	3.2	14.8
2011-12	22	OKC	NBA	SG	20	0	630	5.3	12.2	.435	1.8	4.5	.410	6.2	7.2	.857	0.7	5.1	5.8	3.9	1.8	0.1	2.4	3.8	18.6
2012-13	23	HOU	NBA	SG	6	6	243	6.7	17.0	.391	2.2	6.5	.341	7.9	9.8	.803	0.7	5.2	5.9	4.0	1.8	0.9	4.0	2.7	23.4
Career			NBA		49	6	1530	5.1	11.7	.433	1.8	5.0	.355	5.7	6.8	.835	0.7	5.2	5.8	3.9	1.6	0.5	2.4	3.5	17.7

Playoffs Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
2009-10	20	OKC	NBA	SG	6	120	15.8	.584	.484	0.9	13.0	6.9	17.0	2.6	0.7	7.1	16.1	124	104	0.3	0.2	0.5	.186
2010-11	21	OKC	NBA	SG	17	537	19.1	.634	.558	2.2	16.9	9.8	19.2	2.1	1.9	13.8	17.1	126	106	1.6	0.6	2.2	.193
2011-12	22	OKC	NBA	SG	20	630	20.9	.605	.509	2.5	16.6	9.7	17.2	2.6	0.3	13.5	23.2	118	107	2.0	0.4	2.4	.184
2012-13	23	HOU	NBA	SG	6	243	21.2	.548	.457	2.3	16.3	9.2	21.0	2.5	2.2	15.8	31.0	105	109	0.4	0.1	0.5	.103
Career			NBA		49	1530	19.9	.599	.509	2.2	16.4	9.4	18.5	2.4	1.2	13.8	21.7	117	107	4.3	1.2	5.6	.175

All-Star Games

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2012-13	23	HOU	NBA	SG	1	0	25:50	6	13	.462	3	8	.375	0	0		1	6	3	0	0	2	2	15
Career			NBA		1	0	26	6	13	.462	3	8	.375	0	0		1	6	3	0	0	2	2	15

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 4 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4
James Harden		12.8	9.3	7.1	4.5
Brandon Roy	94.1	13.5	9.1	8.0	4.8
Vince Carter	91.0	12.9	11.8	7.0	5.0
Steve Francis	90.8	12.2	11.1	6.4	4.4
Reggie Miller	88.7	12.5	12.1	6.5	4.2
James Silas	88.3	13.1	9.8	7.9	7.4
Manu Ginobili	87.8	11.0	9.1	8.8	4.2
Eddie Jones	87.7	10.1	9.6	6.8	5.0
Isiah Thomas	86.7	11.2	9.1	7.4	2.3
Deron Williams	86.7	11.3	8.4	7.2	2.8
Dwyane Wade	86.4	14.4	11.0	8.8	4.6

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
James Harden		12.8	9.3	7.1	4.5
Brandon Roy	89.1	13.5	9.1	8.0	4.8	2.1	0.0
Russell Westbrook	85.2	11.6	9.4	7.9	6.1	1.9
Derrick Rose	84.2	13.1	6.0	6.0	4.9
Darel Carrier	76.0	8.7	8.0	7.8	4.9	0.9	0.2
John Logan	74.6	9.2	8.3	5.2	4.3	1.0
Micheal Williams	70.4	9.0	7.6	5.7	5.6	0.7	0.3	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2
George Hill	70.4	9.7	6.7	6.1	4.0	2.1
Stephen Curry	69.9	11.2	6.6	4.7	2.2
Glen Combs	69.2	8.7	8.6	6.7	5.1	2.7	2.5	0.0
Mike Riordan	68.6	11.1	7.0	6.1	3.8	2.1	1.7	1.7	-0.1	-0.1

College

Light text indicates college freshman or JV participant

			Totals																Shooting			Per Game
Season	Age	College	G	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST
2007-08	18	ARIZONAST	34	1158	196	372	44	108	169	224		179	110					605	.527	.407	.754	34.1	17.8	5.3	3.2
2008-09	19	ARIZONAST	35	1254	221	452	58	163	204	270		195	148					704	.489	.356	.756	35.8	20.1	5.6	4.2
Career			69	2412	417	824	102	271	373	494		374	258					1309	.506	.376	.755	35.0	19.0	5.4	3.7

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games 2013 NBA	Awards 2011-12 NBA Sixth Man of the Year	Weekly & Monthly Awards Player of the Week: 3 times (Show/Hide) Nov 4, 2012 Jan 6, 2013 Mar 24, 2013	Honors 2007 McDonald's All American 2008-09 NCAA AP All-America (1st) 2009-10 NBA All-Rookie (2nd)
MVP Award Shares 2012-13 NBA 0.027 (8) Active 0.027 (27) Career 0.027 (128)	Games 2010-11 NBA 82 (2)	Minutes Played 2012-13 NBA 2985 (6)	Field Goal Attempts 2012-13 NBA 1337 (8)
3-Pt Field Goals 2012-13 NBA 179 (6)	3-Pt Field Goal Attempts 2012-13 NBA 486 (5)	Free Throws 2011-12 NBA 312 (8) 2012-13 NBA 674 (2)	Free Throw Attempts 2011-12 NBA 369 (10) 2012-13 NBA 792 (1)
Steals 2012-13 NBA 142 (7)	Turnovers 2012-13 NBA 295 (1)	Points 2012-13 NBA 2023 (4)	Free Throw Pct Career NBA .842 (66) Career .842 (70)
Minutes Per Game 2012-13 NBA 38.3 (6)	Points Per Game 2012-13 NBA 25.9 (5)	Steals Per Game 2012-13 NBA 1.8 (7)	True Shooting Pct 2011-12 NBA .660 (2)
Effective Field Goal Pct 2011-12 NBA .582 (2)	Usage Pct 2012-13 NBA 29.0 (9)	Offensive Rating 2011-12 NBA 125.4 (3)	Offensive Win Shares 2011-12 NBA 7.5 (5) 2012-13 NBA 9.8 (4)
Win Shares 2011-12 NBA 9.3 (6) 2012-13 NBA 12.8 (4)	Win Shares Per 48 Minutes 2011-12 NBA .230 (4) 2012-13 NBA .206 (6)

Transactions

June 25, 2009: Drafted by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 2009 NBA Draft.

October 27, 2012: Traded by the Oklahoma City Thunder with Cole Aldrich, Daequan Cook and Lazar Hayward to the Houston Rockets for Jeremy Lamb, Kevin Martin, a future 1st round draft pick, a future 1st round draft pick and a future 2nd round draft pick.

Salaries

Season	Team	Lg	Salary
2009-10	Oklahoma City Thunder	NBA	$4,054,160
2010-11	Oklahoma City Thunder	NBA	$4,304,520
2011-12	Oklahoma City Thunder	NBA	$4,604,760
Career	(may be incomplete)		$12,963,440

Contract

Free Agent or Unsigned Draft Pick cap hold ▪ Player, Team, or Early Termination option

Team	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18
Houston Rockets	$5,820,417	$13,668,750	$14,693,906	$15,719,063	$16,744,219	$17,769,375

2017-18 is 50% guaranteed.
Figures for extension are based on 2012-13 numbers and need to be updated when true amounts are known.
Extension signed on October 31, 2012 for an assumed maximum salary for 5 years starting in 2013-14.
Signed July 11, 2009.
Team Option for 2011-12 picked up on October 25, 2010.
Team Option for 2012-13 was picked up on June 28, 2011.

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