James Harden vs. Brian Oliver Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brian Oliver 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.
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 played 15 years in the NBA, 11 more than Brian Oliver, who played 4. James Harden had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Brian Oliver had his rookie season in 1990-91. 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 |
Brian Oliver |
4 |
1 |
1990-91 to 1997-98 |
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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 |
Brian Oliver |
73 |
11.0 |
3.8 |
0.2 |
0.8 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
1.5 |
3.7 |
.408 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
.278 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
.732 |
|
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 |
Brian Oliver |
4 |
3.8 |
1.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
.333 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.5 |
0.5 |
1.000 |
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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 |
Brian Oliver |
34 |
8.2 |
2.4 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
0.9 |
0.6 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
2.9 |
.330 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
.682 |
|
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 |
Brian Oliver |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note: Brian Oliver didn't play in 1992-93 and 1993-94.
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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 |
Brian Oliver |
6 |
7.0 |
2.3 |
0.0 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
1.3 |
0.7 |
1.5 |
.444 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.0 |
1.3 |
.750 |
|
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 |
Brian Oliver |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note: Brian Oliver didn't play in 1995-96 and 1996-97.
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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 |
Brian Oliver |
5 |
12.2 |
3.0 |
0.6 |
1.2 |
1.8 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.8 |
1.4 |
3.8 |
.368 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.2 |
0.8 |
.250 |
|
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 |
Brian Oliver |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Brian Oliver |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Brian Oliver |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Brian Oliver |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Brian Oliver |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Brian Oliver |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Brian Oliver |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Brian Oliver |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Brian Oliver |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Brian Oliver |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Brian Oliver |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Brian Oliver |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Brian Oliver |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Brian Oliver |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Brian Oliver |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Brian Oliver |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Brian Oliver |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Brian Oliver |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Brian Oliver |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Brian Oliver |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Brian Oliver |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Brian Oliver |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Brian Oliver |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |