James Harden vs. Antonio McDyess Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Antonio McDyess and James Harden, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

James Harden and Antonio McDyess both played 15 years in the NBA. James Harden had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Antonio McDyess had his rookie season in 1995-96. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
James Harden	15	15	2009-10 to 2023-24
Antonio McDyess	15	8	1995-96 to 2010-11

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	James Harden	Antonio McDyess
Season	2009-10	1995-96
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Harden	76	22.9	9.9	0.6	2.6	3.2	1.8	1.1	0.3	1.4	2.6	3.1	7.6	.403	1.2	3.3	.375	2.6	3.2	.808
Antonio McDyess	76	30.0	13.4	3.0	4.5	7.5	1.0	0.7	1.5	2.0	3.3	5.6	11.6	.485	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	3.2	.683

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Harden	6	20.0	7.7	0.2	2.3	2.5	1.8	1.0	0.2	0.5	2.3	2.0	5.2	.387	1.0	2.7	.375	2.7	3.2	.842
Antonio McDyess	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	James Harden	Antonio McDyess
Season	2010-11	1996-97
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Harden	82	26.7	12.2	0.5	2.6	3.1	2.1	1.1	0.3	1.3	2.5	3.6	8.3	.436	1.4	4.0	.349	3.5	4.2	.843
Antonio McDyess	74	34.7	18.3	2.1	5.2	7.3	1.4	0.8	1.7	2.7	3.7	7.2	15.6	.463	0.1	0.5	.171	3.7	5.2	.708

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Harden	17	31.6	13.0	0.6	4.8	5.4	3.6	1.2	0.8	1.6	2.8	3.9	8.2	.475	1.4	4.5	.303	3.9	4.7	.825
Antonio McDyess	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	James Harden	Antonio McDyess
Season	2011-12	1997-98
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost NBA Finals	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Harden	62	31.4	16.8	0.5	3.6	4.1	3.7	1.0	0.2	2.2	2.4	5.0	10.1	.491	1.8	4.7	.390	5.0	6.0	.846
Antonio McDyess	81	30.1	15.1	2.5	5.0	7.6	1.3	1.2	1.7	1.8	3.6	6.1	11.4	.536	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	4.1	.702

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Harden	20	31.5	16.3	0.7	4.5	5.1	3.4	1.6	0.1	2.1	3.4	4.7	10.7	.435	1.6	3.9	.410	5.4	6.3	.857
Antonio McDyess	4	36.3	17.8	4.5	8.8	13.3	1.0	0.5	1.5	1.3	3.0	7.8	16.3	.477	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.5	.643


Season 4
	James Harden	Antonio McDyess
Season	2012-13	1998-99
Team	Houston Rockets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Harden	78	38.3	25.9	0.8	4.1	4.9	5.8	1.8	0.5	3.8	2.3	7.5	17.1	.438	2.3	6.2	.368	8.6	10.2	.851
Antonio McDyess	50	38.7	21.2	3.4	7.4	10.7	1.6	1.5	2.3	2.8	3.5	8.3	17.6	.471	0.0	0.2	.111	4.6	6.8	.680

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Harden	6	40.5	26.3	0.8	5.8	6.7	4.5	2.0	1.0	4.5	3.0	7.5	19.2	.391	2.5	7.3	.341	8.8	11.0	.803
Antonio McDyess	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	James Harden	Antonio McDyess
Season	2013-14	1999-00
Team	Houston Rockets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Harden	73	38.0	25.4	0.8	3.9	4.7	6.1	1.6	0.4	3.6	2.4	7.5	16.5	.456	2.4	6.6	.366	7.9	9.1	.866
Antonio McDyess	81	33.3	19.1	2.9	5.6	8.5	2.0	0.9	1.7	2.8	3.9	7.6	15.0	.507	0.0	0.0	.000	4.0	6.4	.626

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Harden	6	43.8	26.8	0.8	3.8	4.7	5.8	2.0	0.2	3.5	3.5	8.3	22.2	.376	2.7	9.0	.296	7.5	8.3	.900
Antonio McDyess	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	James Harden	Antonio McDyess
Season	2014-15	2000-01
Team	Houston Rockets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Harden	81	36.8	27.4	0.9	4.7	5.7	7.0	1.9	0.7	4.0	2.6	8.0	18.1	.440	2.6	6.9	.375	8.8	10.2	.868
Antonio McDyess	70	36.5	20.8	3.4	8.6	12.1	2.1	0.6	1.5	2.3	3.1	8.2	16.6	.495	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	6.2	.700

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Harden	17	37.4	27.2	0.7	5.0	5.7	7.5	1.6	0.4	4.5	2.9	7.6	17.3	.439	2.4	6.3	.383	9.6	10.5	.916
Antonio McDyess	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	James Harden	Antonio McDyess
Season	2015-16	2001-02
Team	Houston Rockets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Harden	82	38.1	29.0	0.8	5.3	6.1	7.5	1.7	0.6	4.6	2.8	8.7	19.7	.439	2.9	8.0	.359	8.8	10.2	.860
Antonio McDyess	10	23.6	11.3	1.8	3.7	5.5	1.8	1.0	0.8	2.0	2.0	4.3	7.5	.573	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.3	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Harden	5	38.6	26.6	1.4	3.8	5.2	7.6	2.4	0.2	5.2	2.6	8.2	20.0	.410	2.6	8.4	.310	7.6	9.0	.844
Antonio McDyess	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Antonio McDyess didn't play in 2002-03.


Season 8
	James Harden	Antonio McDyess
Season	2016-17	2003-04
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Harden	81	36.4	29.1	1.2	7.0	8.1	11.2	1.5	0.5	5.7	2.7	8.3	18.9	.440	3.2	9.3	.347	9.2	10.9	.847
Antonio McDyess	42	22.1	6.9	1.7	4.5	6.1	0.9	0.9	0.6	1.4	2.8	3.0	6.4	.470	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.6	.551

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Harden	11	37.0	28.5	0.6	4.8	5.5	8.5	1.9	0.5	5.4	3.9	8.2	19.8	.413	2.9	10.5	.278	9.2	10.5	.878
Antonio McDyess	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	James Harden	Antonio McDyess
Season	2017-18	2004-05
Team	Houston Rockets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	Pistons Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Harden	72	35.4	30.4	0.6	4.8	5.4	8.8	1.8	0.7	4.4	2.3	9.0	20.1	.449	3.7	10.0	.367	8.7	10.1	.858
Antonio McDyess	77	23.3	9.6	2.3	4.0	6.3	0.9	0.6	0.7	1.2	2.6	4.0	7.8	.513	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.5	.656

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Harden	17	36.5	28.6	0.8	4.4	5.2	6.8	2.2	0.6	3.8	2.7	9.3	22.6	.410	3.1	10.2	.299	6.9	7.8	.887
Antonio McDyess	25	20.0	8.0	1.8	4.0	5.9	0.8	0.6	0.9	1.0	3.1	3.5	7.2	.486	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.694


Season 10
	James Harden	Antonio McDyess
Season	2018-19	2005-06
Team	Houston Rockets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Harden	78	36.8	36.1	0.8	5.8	6.6	7.5	2.0	0.7	5.0	3.1	10.8	24.5	.442	4.8	13.2	.368	9.7	11.0	.879
Antonio McDyess	82	21.1	7.8	1.9	3.4	5.3	1.1	0.6	0.6	0.9	2.7	3.5	6.8	.509	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.5	.557

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Harden	11	38.5	31.6	0.8	6.0	6.8	6.6	2.2	0.9	4.6	3.7	9.9	24.0	.413	4.4	12.5	.350	7.5	8.9	.837
Antonio McDyess	18	20.6	7.6	2.2	3.9	6.1	0.6	0.4	0.7	0.8	3.0	3.2	5.7	.559	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.3	.548


Season 11
	James Harden	Antonio McDyess
Season	2019-20	2006-07
Team	Houston Rockets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Harden	68	36.5	34.3	1.0	5.5	6.6	7.5	1.8	0.9	4.5	3.3	9.9	22.3	.444	4.4	12.4	.355	10.2	11.8	.865
Antonio McDyess	82	21.1	8.1	2.0	4.0	6.0	0.9	0.7	0.8	0.9	2.9	3.5	6.6	.526	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.7	.691

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Harden	12	37.3	29.6	1.0	4.6	5.6	7.7	1.5	0.8	3.8	3.6	9.1	19.0	.478	3.3	9.8	.333	8.2	9.7	.845
Antonio McDyess	16	22.1	5.8	2.6	4.5	7.1	1.1	0.7	0.9	1.1	3.4	2.3	6.6	.349	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.6	.731


Season 12
	James Harden	Antonio McDyess
Season	2020-21	2007-08
Team	Houston Rockets, Brooklyn Nets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Harden	44	36.6	24.6	0.8	7.1	7.9	10.8	1.2	0.8	4.0	2.3	7.8	16.7	.466	2.8	7.6	.362	6.3	7.3	.861
Antonio McDyess	78	29.3	8.8	2.6	5.9	8.5	1.1	0.8	0.7	1.0	3.2	3.8	7.7	.488	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	2.0	.622

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Harden	9	35.8	20.2	0.8	5.6	6.3	8.6	1.7	0.7	2.9	2.6	5.7	12.0	.472	2.7	7.3	.364	6.2	6.9	.903
Antonio McDyess	17	27.5	8.9	2.8	4.6	7.4	0.9	0.6	0.5	1.2	3.8	3.8	7.0	.538	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.6	.821


Season 13
	James Harden	Antonio McDyess
Season	2021-22	2008-09
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Harden	65	37.2	22.0	0.8	6.8	7.7	10.3	1.3	0.6	4.4	2.4	6.3	15.3	.410	2.3	6.9	.330	7.2	8.2	.877
Antonio McDyess	62	30.1	9.6	3.0	6.8	9.8	1.3	0.7	0.8	0.8	3.1	4.3	8.5	.510	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.698

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Harden	12	39.9	18.6	0.9	4.8	5.7	8.6	0.8	0.7	4.2	2.4	5.3	13.2	.405	2.3	6.3	.368	5.6	6.3	.893
Antonio McDyess	4	34.0	13.0	1.5	7.0	8.5	0.5	0.5	0.8	1.3	4.3	5.8	11.0	.523	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.5	1.000


Season 14
	James Harden	Antonio McDyess
Season	2022-23	2009-10
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	Assists Leader	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Harden	58	36.8	21.0	0.7	5.4	6.1	10.7	1.2	0.5	3.4	1.9	6.4	14.5	.441	2.8	7.2	.385	5.4	6.2	.867
Antonio McDyess	77	21.0	5.8	1.9	4.0	5.9	1.1	0.6	0.4	1.0	1.9	2.7	5.6	.479	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.7	.632

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Harden	11	38.8	20.3	0.5	5.6	6.2	8.3	1.8	0.4	3.2	2.5	6.5	16.6	.393	2.8	7.5	.378	4.4	5.0	.873
Antonio McDyess	10	24.7	6.8	1.8	5.0	6.8	1.2	0.2	0.7	0.9	2.7	3.3	6.2	.532	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	1.000


Season 15
	James Harden	Antonio McDyess
Season	2023-24	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Harden	72	34.3	16.6	0.5	4.7	5.1	8.5	1.1	0.8	2.6	1.8	4.9	11.4	.428	2.6	6.8	.381	4.2	4.8	.878
Antonio McDyess	73	19.0	5.3	1.7	3.7	5.4	1.2	0.5	0.5	1.0	2.2	2.3	4.7	.491	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.1	.675

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Harden	6	40.3	21.2	0.5	4.0	4.5	8.0	1.0	1.0	2.3	2.2	6.7	14.8	.449	3.0	7.8	.383	4.8	5.3	.906
Antonio McDyess	6	24.2	5.7	1.7	3.3	5.0	1.3	0.3	0.8	1.2	3.5	2.5	6.0	.417	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.2	.571

James Harden vs. Antonio McDyess Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Antonio McDyess and James Harden, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15