James Harden vs. Sonny Hertzberg Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sonny Hertzberg 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, 10 more than Sonny Hertzberg, who played 5. James Harden had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Sonny Hertzberg had his rookie season in 1946-47. 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 |
Sonny Hertzberg |
5 |
3 |
1946-47 to 1950-51 |
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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 |
Sonny Hertzberg |
59 |
- |
8.7 |
- |
- |
- |
0.6 |
- |
- |
- |
1.8 |
3.4 |
11.8 |
.289 |
- |
- |
- |
1.9 |
2.5 |
.758 |
|
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 |
Sonny Hertzberg |
5 |
- |
7.2 |
- |
- |
- |
1.0 |
- |
- |
- |
2.8 |
3.0 |
13.8 |
.217 |
- |
- |
- |
1.2 |
1.6 |
.750 |
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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 |
Sonny Hertzberg |
41 |
- |
6.8 |
- |
- |
- |
0.6 |
- |
- |
- |
1.5 |
2.7 |
10.1 |
.266 |
- |
- |
- |
1.4 |
1.8 |
.795 |
|
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 |
Sonny Hertzberg |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Sonny Hertzberg |
60 |
- |
7.4 |
- |
- |
- |
1.9 |
- |
- |
- |
2.3 |
2.6 |
9.0 |
.285 |
- |
- |
- |
2.2 |
2.7 |
.817 |
|
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 |
Sonny Hertzberg |
11 |
- |
10.7 |
- |
- |
- |
2.5 |
- |
- |
- |
3.0 |
3.5 |
10.2 |
.348 |
- |
- |
- |
3.6 |
4.3 |
.851 |
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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 |
Sonny Hertzberg |
68 |
- |
10.2 |
- |
- |
- |
2.9 |
- |
- |
- |
2.3 |
4.0 |
12.7 |
.318 |
- |
- |
- |
2.1 |
2.8 |
.749 |
|
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 |
Sonny Hertzberg |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Sonny Hertzberg |
65 |
- |
9.8 |
- |
- |
4.0 |
3.8 |
- |
- |
- |
2.4 |
3.2 |
10.0 |
.316 |
- |
- |
- |
3.4 |
4.2 |
.826 |
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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 |
Sonny Hertzberg |
2 |
- |
5.0 |
- |
- |
1.0 |
1.5 |
- |
- |
- |
4.0 |
1.5 |
6.5 |
.231 |
- |
- |
- |
2.0 |
2.5 |
.800 |
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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 |
Sonny Hertzberg |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Sonny Hertzberg |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Sonny Hertzberg |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Sonny Hertzberg |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Sonny Hertzberg |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Sonny Hertzberg |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Sonny Hertzberg |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Sonny Hertzberg |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Sonny Hertzberg |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Sonny Hertzberg |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Sonny Hertzberg |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Sonny Hertzberg |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Sonny Hertzberg |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Sonny Hertzberg |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Sonny Hertzberg |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
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 |
Sonny Hertzberg |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Sonny Hertzberg |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Sonny Hertzberg |
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Regular Season Stats |
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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 |
Sonny Hertzberg |
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Playoffs Stats |
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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 |
Sonny Hertzberg |
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