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James Harden vs top-10 defenses

CLE · 2025-26 to 2026-27 · regular season

James Harden has averaged 22.3 points and 7.5 assists per game in 20 games against top-10 defenses, vs 21.3 points and 7.8 assists in 41 games against everyone else (2025-26 to 2026-27, regular season).

Vs top-10 defenses
22.3
points per game · 20 games
Vs everyone else
21.3
points per game · 41 games
Difference
+1.0
per game, top 10 minus everyone else

Career and by season

per game averages · 2025-26 to 2026-27 · regular season
James Harden per game averages against top-10 defenses and everyone else, career and by season
PeriodOpponentsGamesPTSREBAST3PMSTLBLKMINFG%FT%TS%eFG%PTS diff vs others
CareerTop 102022.34.47.52.81.20.335.340.1%87.9%56.6%48.5%+1.0
Everyone else4121.34.67.82.81.10.434.243.7%86.7%61.1%53.4%
2026-27Top 10216.54.57.53.01.50.036.244.4%60.0%56.5%55.6%+0.3
Everyone else516.24.85.82.40.60.432.436.7%83.3%55.3%46.7%
2025-26Top 101822.94.47.42.81.20.335.239.7%89.0%56.6%47.9%+0.8
Everyone else3622.14.68.02.91.20.434.444.5%87.1%61.8%54.1%

Every game against top-10 defenses

20 games · newest first · opponent's defensive rank that day
  1. Nov 2, 2026vs OKC · No. 1 defense (prior season's final)14 pts, 4 reb, 6 ast · 3 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 33 min
  2. Oct 26, 2026vs MIN · No. 8 defense (prior season's final)19 pts, 5 reb, 9 ast · 3 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 39 min
  3. Apr 10, 2026at ATL · No. 9 defense (that season, games so far)20 pts, 0 reb, 5 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 25 min
  4. Apr 8, 2026vs ATL · No. 9 defense (that season, games so far)21 pts, 5 reb, 4 ast · 4 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 34 min
  5. Mar 27, 2026vs MIA · No. 6 defense (that season, games so far)17 pts, 5 reb, 14 ast · 2 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 29 min
  6. Mar 25, 2026vs MIA · No. 6 defense (that season, games so far)18 pts, 9 reb, 7 ast · 3 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 42 min
  7. Mar 11, 2026at ORL · No. 9 defense (that season, games so far)30 pts, 5 reb, 8 ast · 5 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 37 min
  8. Mar 8, 2026vs BOS · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)19 pts, 4 reb, 10 ast · 3 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 38 min
  9. Mar 3, 2026vs DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)18 pts, 5 reb, 7 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 35 min
  10. Feb 24, 2026vs NYK · No. 10 defense (that season, games so far)20 pts, 2 reb, 4 ast · 4 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 32 min
  11. Feb 22, 2026at OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)20 pts, 5 reb, 9 ast · 3 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 34 min
  12. Jan 16, 2026at TOR · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)31 pts, 2 reb, 10 ast · 2 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 42 min
  13. Jan 10, 2026at DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)19 pts, 7 reb, 7 ast · 1 3PM · 3 stl, 0 blk · 38 min
  14. Dec 28, 2025vs DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)28 pts, 4 reb, 7 ast · 3 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 40 min
  15. Dec 23, 2025vs HOU · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)29 pts, 4 reb, 6 ast · 3 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 35 min
  16. Dec 11, 2025at HOU · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)22 pts, 3 reb, 7 ast · 4 3PM · 3 stl, 0 blk · 40 min
  17. Dec 6, 2025at MIN · No. 9 defense (that season, games so far)34 pts, 5 reb, 6 ast · 1 3PM · 4 stl, 1 blk · 39 min
  18. Dec 3, 2025at ATL · No. 9 defense (that season, games so far)27 pts, 4 reb, 9 ast · 5 3PM · 3 stl, 0 blk · 37 min
  19. Dec 1, 2025at MIA · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)11 pts, 2 reb, 3 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 20 min
  20. Nov 29, 2025vs DAL · No. 6 defense (that season, games so far)29 pts, 8 reb, 11 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 37 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.