James Harden
Age 36 · 6'5" · 220 lb · USA
Pick #3, 2009 Draft · Rookie 2010 · 1,221 games · 191 playoff games
DPM · May 3, 2025
+4.5 Offense +3.9 Defense +0.6
Game by game
Seismograph
DARKO updates every rating after every game. The lines show the rating going into each game; the bars show how much each game moved it, split into offense and defense.
- Season change
- +1.32
- +3.18 before the first game, +4.51 before the last game
- Biggest boost
- +0.33
- Nov 27 vs WAS · 32 min
- Biggest drop
- -0.43
- Jan 16 vs POR · 29 min
- Typical change per game
- 0.07
- Last 20 games, vs 0.10 in the first 20. Smaller changes mean each game moves DARKO's view less.
Career
Season by season
DPM going into each season's last game, since 1996-97.
| Season | Team | Age | Games | MPG | DPM | Off | Def | For his age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | LAC | 35 | 79 +7 | 35.3 | +4.51 | +3.91 | +0.59 | 10th of 243 |
| 2023-24 | LAC | 34 | 72 +6 | 34.3 | +3.27 | +3.33 | -0.06 | 24th of 336 |
| 2022-23 | PHI | 33 | 58 +11 | 36.8 | +4.22 | +4.05 | +0.17 | 15th of 406 |
| 2021-22 | PHI | 32 | 65 +12 | 37.2 | +3.77 | +3.65 | +0.12 | 19th of 530 |
| 2020-21 | BKN | 31 | 44 +9 | 36.6 | +4.91 | +5.20 | -0.28 | 15th of 616 |
| 2019-20 | HOU | 31 | 68 +12 | 36.5 | +5.95 | +5.77 | +0.18 | 6th of 616 |
| 2018-19 | HOU | 29 | 78 +11 | 36.7 | +5.21 | +5.87 | -0.67 | 17th of 774 |
| 2017-18 | HOU | 28 | 72 +17 | 35.4 | +5.68 | +6.39 | -0.72 | 15th of 858 |
| 2016-17 | HOU | 27 | 81 +11 | 36.4 | +5.09 | +6.29 | -1.20 | 18th of 924 |
| 2015-16 | HOU | 26 | 82 +5 | 38.1 | +5.43 | +6.20 | -0.77 | 12th of 1010 |
| 2014-15 | HOU | 25 | 81 +17 | 36.8 | +5.99 | +6.62 | -0.63 | 7th of 1078 |
| 2013-14 | HOU | 24 | 73 +6 | 38.0 | +4.49 | +5.82 | -1.33 | 16th of 1185 |
| 2012-13 | HOU | 23 | 78 +6 | 38.3 | +4.33 | +5.31 | -0.97 | 10th of 1100 |
| 2011-12 | OKC | 22 | 62 +20 | 31.4 | +3.31 | +3.73 | -0.42 | 14th of 813 |
| 2010-11 | OKC | 21 | 82 +17 | 26.7 | +2.86 | +2.38 | +0.48 | 10th of 571 |
| 2009-10 | OKC | 20 | 76 +6 | 22.9 | +2.16 | +0.85 | +1.31 | 6th of 354 |
Games are regular season; +n are playoff games. "For his age" ranks the season's DPM among every season at the same age since 1996-97 with 20 or more games. A season's DPM opens the leaderboard on its last game day.
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