James Harden vs bottom-10 defenses
James Harden has averaged 21.0 points and 8.3 assists per game in 23 games against bottom-10 defenses, vs 22.1 points and 7.3 assists in 38 games against everyone else (2025-26 to 2026-27, regular season).
- Vs bottom-10 defenses
- 21.0
- points per game · 23 games
- Vs everyone else
- 22.1
- points per game · 38 games
- Difference
- −1.1
- per game, bottom 10 minus everyone else
Career and by season
| Period | Opponents | Games | PTS | REB | AST | 3PM | STL | BLK | MIN | FG% | FT% | TS% | eFG% | PTS diff vs others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | Bottom 10 | 23 | 21.0 | 5.3 | 8.3 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 33.6 | 41.3% | 86.2% | 59.8% | 50.9% | −1.1 |
| Everyone else | 38 | 22.1 | 4.1 | 7.3 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 35.1 | 43.0% | 87.8% | 59.3% | 52.0% | ||
| 2026-27 | Bottom 10 | 3 | 13.7 | 5.3 | 6.7 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 31.0 | 29.4% | 88.2% | 49.4% | 38.2% | −4.6 |
| Everyone else | 4 | 18.3 | 4.3 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 35.4 | 45.3% | 72.2% | 59.9% | 56.6% | ||
| 2025-26 | Bottom 10 | 20 | 22.1 | 5.3 | 8.6 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 34.0 | 42.7% | 86.0% | 61.0% | 52.4% | −0.4 |
| Everyone else | 34 | 22.5 | 4.1 | 7.4 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 35.1 | 42.8% | 89.0% | 59.3% | 51.6% |
Every game against bottom-10 defenses
- Oct 31, 2026at MIL · No. 27 defense (prior season's final)13 pts, 6 reb, 7 ast · 3 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 26 min
- Oct 28, 2026vs WAS · No. 30 defense (prior season's final)16 pts, 2 reb, 6 ast · 2 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 34 min
- Oct 24, 2026vs BKN · No. 26 defense (prior season's final)12 pts, 8 reb, 7 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 2 blk · 33 min
- Apr 5, 2026vs IND · No. 26 defense (that season, games so far)28 pts, 4 reb, 7 ast · 5 3PM · 3 stl, 1 blk · 34 min
- Mar 30, 2026at UTA · No. 30 defense (that season, games so far)13 pts, 6 reb, 14 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 39 min
- Mar 21, 2026at NOP · No. 24 defense (that season, games so far)20 pts, 6 reb, 10 ast · 4 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 36 min
- Mar 19, 2026at CHI · No. 23 defense (that season, games so far)36 pts, 7 reb, 9 ast · 7 3PM · 2 stl, 1 blk · 37 min
- Mar 17, 2026at MIL · No. 26 defense (that season, games so far)27 pts, 5 reb, 6 ast · 2 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 34 min
- Mar 1, 2026at BKN · No. 27 defense (that season, games so far)22 pts, 9 reb, 8 ast · 4 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 36 min
- Feb 19, 2026vs BKN · No. 25 defense (that season, games so far)16 pts, 5 reb, 9 ast · 3 3PM · 3 stl, 0 blk · 28 min
- Feb 11, 2026vs WAS · No. 29 defense (that season, games so far)13 pts, 4 reb, 11 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 28 min
- Feb 9, 2026at DEN · No. 24 defense (that season, games so far)22 pts, 10 reb, 7 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 3 blk · 36 min
- Feb 7, 2026at SAC · No. 28 defense (that season, games so far)23 pts, 2 reb, 8 ast · 5 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 32 min
- Jan 30, 2026at DEN · No. 23 defense (that season, games so far)25 pts, 5 reb, 9 ast · 4 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 34 min
- Jan 27, 2026at UTA · No. 30 defense (that season, games so far)16 pts, 3 reb, 10 ast · 3 3PM · 4 stl, 0 blk · 31 min
- Jan 25, 2026vs BKN · No. 26 defense (that season, games so far)19 pts, 6 reb, 8 ast · 3 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 31 min
- Jan 22, 2026vs LAL · No. 26 defense (that season, games so far)18 pts, 7 reb, 10 ast · 2 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 38 min
- Jan 20, 2026at CHI · No. 24 defense (that season, games so far)24 pts, 5 reb, 6 ast · 3 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 31 min
- Jan 19, 2026at WAS · No. 29 defense (that season, games so far)36 pts, 7 reb, 9 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 37 min
- Jan 14, 2026vs WAS · No. 29 defense (that season, games so far)22 pts, 5 reb, 8 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 37 min
- Jan 1, 2026vs UTA · No. 29 defense (that season, games so far)20 pts, 3 reb, 7 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 29 min
- Dec 30, 2025vs SAC · No. 27 defense (that season, games so far)21 pts, 3 reb, 5 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 30 min
- Dec 20, 2025vs LAL · No. 24 defense (that season, games so far)21 pts, 4 reb, 10 ast · 4 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 41 min
What counts: a team's defensive rating is 100 × the points its opponents scored ÷ possessions, with possessions = FGA + 0.44*FTA - OREB + TOV, mean of both teams. A game's rank uses only games played before that date. Until every team has 15 games, the prior season's final ranks are used (7 games here, 54 games ranked on that season's games so far). Games are regular season; games he did not play are not counted. 16 games where the opponent's rank could not be determined are left out of both columns. TS% = PTS ÷ (2 × (FGA + 0.44 × FTA)); eFG% = (FGM + 0.5 × 3PM) ÷ FGA; both from totals for each row. Past results, not a projection.