Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Tim Duncan and James Harden

This is the detail of NBA games in which Tim Duncan and James Harden played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

They faced each other a total of 26 times in NBA games. Tim Duncan has a 15-11 winning record over James Harden, but James Harden won more matchups in the Playoffs for a 4-2 postseason record.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Tim Duncan:
1997-98 to 2015-16
James Harden:
2009-10 to 2023-24
26 Games played
20 in Regular Season
6 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Tim Duncan
15
13
2
James Harden
11
7
4

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Tim Duncan 15.3 9.7 2.5 0.52.2
James Harden 20.1 4.4 4.11.30.3
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Tim Duncan 30 19 6 36
James Harden 33 9 10 42
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Tim Duncan 7

games
22

games
6

games
4

games
21

games
James Harden 19

games
3

games
17

games
16

games
1

game
Both had same stat 0

games
1

game
3

games
6

games
4

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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2009-10 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 14, 2009
1. Spurs 98   Tim Duncan 22 10 3 0 2 2 3 37 9-14 .643 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Thunder 101   James Harden 8 2 1 1 1 2 4 20 3-6 .500 0-1 .000 2-3 .667
Feb. 24, 2010
2. Spurs 95   Tim Duncan 19 15 6 1 1 2 0 32 6-11 .545 0-0 - 7-8 .875
Thunder 87   James Harden 8 7 0 2 0 1 4 27 3-7 .429 2-4 .500 0-0 -
2010-11 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 14, 2010
3. Spurs 117   Tim Duncan 6 4 1 0 3 0 0 23 2-7 .286 0-0 - 2-4 .500
Thunder 104   James Harden 14 5 1 3 0 1 3 37 5-10 .500 2-5 .400 2-2 1.000
Jan. 01, 2011
4. Spurs 101   Tim Duncan 21 9 1 0 1 2 1 27 10-15 .667 0-0 - 1-3 .333
Thunder 74   James Harden 12 3 0 0 0 3 4 25 4-11 .364 1-1 1.000 3-4 .750
Feb. 23, 2011
5. Spurs 109   Tim Duncan 17 10 0 0 3 1 3 33 7-15 .467 0-0 - 3-6 .500
Thunder 105   James Harden 16 1 2 0 1 0 3 28 5-9 .556 2-5 .400 4-4 1.000
2011-12 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 08, 2012
6. Spurs 96   Tim Duncan 11 7 2 0 0 2 2 23 5-13 .385 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Thunder 108   James Harden 20 2 2 1 0 1 1 22 6-11 .545 2-5 .400 6-9 .667
Feb. 04, 2012
7. Spurs 107   Tim Duncan 13 15 3 1 2 2 2 30 5-16 .313 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
Thunder 96   James Harden 19 5 4 1 0 1 2 30 5-10 .500 0-3 .000 9-10 .900
Mar. 16, 2012
8. Spurs 114   Tim Duncan 16 19 1 0 5 2 0 33 5-13 .385 0-0 - 6-11 .545
Thunder 105   James Harden 19 7 5 1 0 5 2 33 8-11 .727 3-4 .750 0-1 .000
2012 Playoffs - Western Conference Finals
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
May. 27, 2012
9. Spurs 101   Tim Duncan 16 11 2 0 1 2 3 35 6-15 .400 0-0 - 4-6 .667
Thunder 98   James Harden 19 6 1 2 0 4 5 31 7-17 .412 5-9 .556 0-0 -
May. 29, 2012
10. Spurs 120   Tim Duncan 11 12 6 0 4 3 2 36 2-11 .182 0-0 - 7-10 .700
Thunder 111   James Harden 30 7 4 2 0 0 6 34 10-13 .769 0-1 .000 10-13 .769
May. 31, 2012
11. Spurs 82   Tim Duncan 11 2 1 0 5 2 3 26 5-15 .333 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Thunder 102   James Harden 15 4 3 0 0 1 1 26 5-10 .500 1-2 .500 4-4 1.000
Jun. 02, 2012
12. Spurs 103   Tim Duncan 21 8 2 0 1 0 0 36 9-17 .529 0-0 - 3-7 .429
Thunder 109   James Harden 11 7 7 1 0 3 2 32 4-13 .308 2-3 .667 1-2 .500
Jun. 04, 2012
13. Spurs 103   Tim Duncan 18 12 3 1 1 2 4 33 7-10 .700 0-0 - 4-5 .800
Thunder 108   James Harden 20 4 3 2 0 0 3 35 6-11 .545 3-4 .750 5-6 .833
Jun. 06, 2012
14. Spurs 99   Tim Duncan 25 14 2 1 2 2 4 41 11-23 .478 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Thunder 107   James Harden 16 5 4 0 0 3 3 35 4-9 .444 3-4 .750 5-6 .833
2012-13 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 07, 2012
15. Spurs 114   Tim Duncan 12 12 3 0 2 1 1 23 6-13 .462 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 92   James Harden 29 3 5 4 0 3 1 34 10-16 .625 3-6 .500 6-7 .857
Dec. 28, 2012
16. Spurs 122   Tim Duncan 30 5 0 1 2 4 2 34 13-20 .650 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Rockets 116   James Harden 33 5 7 2 0 5 5 41 10-22 .455 3-4 .750 10-13 .769
Mar. 24, 2013
17. Spurs 95   Tim Duncan 17 7 2 1 2 5 2 35 7-18 .389 0-0 - 3-5 .600
Rockets 96   James Harden 29 9 6 2 2 1 1 40 6-16 .375 2-5 .400 15-17 .882
2013-14 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 30, 2013
18. Spurs 106   Tim Duncan 20 8 3 1 3 2 2 33 8-13 .615 0-1 .000 4-5 .800
Rockets 112   James Harden 31 7 6 1 1 3 1 37 10-19 .526 3-5 .600 8-13 .615
Dec. 25, 2013
19. Spurs 98   Tim Duncan 11 14 5 1 6 0 4 34 4-12 .333 0-0 - 3-6 .500
Rockets 111   James Harden 28 6 6 0 2 2 3 42 11-16 .688 3-3 1.000 3-6 .500
Apr. 14, 2014
20. Spurs 98   Tim Duncan 12 9 2 0 0 2 0 30 4-10 .400 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Rockets 104   James Harden 16 2 7 1 0 1 4 35 4-16 .250 0-4 .000 8-8 1.000
2014-15 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 28, 2014
21. Spurs 110   Tim Duncan 16 8 3 3 2 2 4 31 6-12 .500 0-0 - 4-5 .800
Rockets 106   James Harden 28 2 5 2 0 9 5 36 10-18 .556 3-6 .500 5-6 .833
Apr. 08, 2015
22. Spurs 110   Tim Duncan 6 10 1 2 4 2 2 28 2-5 .400 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Rockets 98   James Harden 22 4 4 1 0 1 1 35 6-15 .400 2-6 .333 8-8 1.000
Apr. 10, 2015
23. Spurs 104   Tim Duncan 29 10 2 1 3 3 4 34 12-15 .800 0-0 - 5-8 .625
Rockets 103   James Harden 16 2 10 3 0 4 2 38 5-19 .263 2-5 .400 4-6 .667
2015-16 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 25, 2015
24. Spurs 84   Tim Duncan 13 11 3 0 0 3 4 32 5-10 .500 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Rockets 88   James Harden 20 4 9 0 1 4 3 38 7-21 .333 2-6 .333 4-5 .800
Jan. 02, 2016
25. Spurs 121   Tim Duncan 0 4 2 0 0 1 1 14 0-3 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 103   James Harden 17 2 3 1 0 5 3 30 6-10 .600 2-5 .400 3-3 1.000
Feb. 27, 2016
26. Spurs 104   Tim Duncan 6 6 6 0 1 2 4 25 3-7 .429 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 94   James Harden 27 4 2 1 0 5 2 41 10-25 .400 3-8 .375 4-4 1.000