Joe Harris vs. Dan Issel Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dan Issel and Joe Harris, 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

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.

Joe Harris played 10 years in the NBA, 1 more than Dan Issel, who played 9. Joe Harris had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Dan Issel had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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
Joe Harris	10	5	2014-15 to 2023-24
Dan Issel	9	7	1976-77 to 1984-85

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Joe Harris	Dan Issel
Season	2014-15	1976-77
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Nuggets 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		%
Joe Harris	51	9.7	2.7	0.1	0.7	0.8	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.5	1.2	0.9	2.4	.400	0.6	1.6	.369	0.2	0.3	.600
Dan Issel	79	31.7	22.3	2.7	6.1	8.8	2.2	1.2	0.4	-	3.1	8.4	16.2	.515	-	-	-	5.6	7.1	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Harris	6	2.7	1.3	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.3	1.0	.333	0.2	0.5	.333	0.5	0.7	.750
Dan Issel	6	37.0	22.0	3.0	6.7	9.7	2.8	0.8	0.7	-	3.3	8.2	16.0	.510	-	-	-	5.7	7.5	.756


Season 2
	Joe Harris	Dan Issel
Season	2015-16	1977-78
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
Joe Harris	5	3.0	0.6	0.0	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.8	.250	0.2	0.8	.250	0.0	0.0	-
Dan Issel	82	34.8	21.3	3.1	7.0	10.1	3.7	1.2	0.5	3.2	3.4	8.0	15.7	.512	-	-	-	5.2	6.7	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Harris	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dan Issel	13	35.4	20.2	3.2	7.2	10.3	4.1	0.5	0.2	3.0	3.3	7.9	16.3	.486	-	-	-	4.3	5.0	.862


Season 3
	Joe Harris	Dan Issel
Season	2016-17	1978-79
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
Joe Harris	52	21.9	8.2	0.3	2.5	2.8	1.0	0.6	0.2	1.1	2.3	3.0	7.0	.425	1.6	4.3	.385	0.7	0.9	.714
Dan Issel	81	33.9	17.0	3.0	6.1	9.1	3.1	0.8	0.6	2.1	2.9	6.6	12.7	.517	-	-	-	3.9	5.2	.754

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Harris	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dan Issel	3	36.3	24.3	2.3	7.0	9.3	3.3	0.0	0.0	3.0	5.0	8.0	15.0	.533	-	-	-	8.3	10.3	.806


Season 4
	Joe Harris	Dan Issel
Season	2017-18	1979-80
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Joe Harris	78	25.3	10.8	0.7	2.7	3.3	1.6	0.4	0.3	1.2	2.0	3.9	8.0	.491	1.9	4.6	.419	1.1	1.3	.827
Dan Issel	82	35.8	23.8	2.9	5.9	8.8	2.4	1.1	0.7	2.0	2.3	8.7	17.3	.505	0.0	0.1	.333	6.3	8.1	.775

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Harris	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dan Issel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Joe Harris	Dan Issel
Season	2018-19	1980-81
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East 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		%
Joe Harris	76	30.2	13.7	0.7	3.1	3.8	2.4	0.5	0.2	1.6	2.4	4.9	9.8	.500	2.4	5.1	.474	1.4	1.8	.827
Dan Issel	80	33.0	21.9	2.9	5.6	8.5	2.0	1.0	0.7	1.6	3.1	7.7	15.3	.503	0.0	0.2	.167	6.5	8.6	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Harris	5	29.8	8.8	1.2	3.0	4.2	0.6	0.6	0.0	1.8	2.4	3.2	8.6	.372	0.8	4.2	.190	1.6	1.6	1.000
Dan Issel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Joe Harris	Dan Issel
Season	2019-20	1981-82
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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		%
Joe Harris	69	30.8	14.5	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.1	0.6	0.2	1.5	2.3	5.5	11.4	.486	2.5	5.9	.424	0.9	1.3	.719
Dan Issel	81	30.5	22.9	2.1	5.4	7.5	2.2	0.8	0.7	2.1	3.0	8.0	15.3	.527	0.0	0.1	.667	6.7	8.1	.834

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Harris	2	36.0	16.5	1.0	9.0	10.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	4.5	6.0	11.5	.522	3.5	6.0	.583	1.0	2.0	.500
Dan Issel	3	34.3	25.3	2.7	4.3	7.0	1.7	1.0	0.3	2.3	3.3	10.7	20.0	.533	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	4.0	1.000


Season 7
	Joe Harris	Dan Issel
Season	2020-21	1982-83
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Nuggets 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		%
Joe Harris	69	31.0	14.1	0.6	3.0	3.6	1.9	0.7	0.2	0.9	2.0	5.2	10.2	.505	3.1	6.4	.475	0.7	0.9	.778
Dan Issel	80	30.4	21.6	1.9	5.6	7.5	2.8	1.0	0.5	2.2	2.8	8.3	16.2	.510	0.1	0.2	.211	5.0	6.0	.835

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Harris	12	36.2	11.2	0.4	3.2	3.6	1.6	0.3	0.2	0.8	2.8	4.1	10.3	.398	2.8	6.8	.402	0.3	0.3	.750
Dan Issel	8	28.4	20.4	1.6	5.6	7.3	3.1	1.1	0.6	1.3	2.3	8.6	17.0	.507	0.0	0.1	.000	3.1	3.6	.862


Season 8
	Joe Harris	Dan Issel
Season	2021-22	1983-84
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
Joe Harris	14	30.2	11.3	0.4	3.6	4.0	1.0	0.5	0.1	1.1	2.2	4.0	8.9	.452	2.9	6.3	.466	0.4	0.4	.833
Dan Issel	76	27.3	19.8	1.5	5.3	6.8	2.3	0.8	0.6	1.6	2.4	7.5	15.2	.493	0.1	0.3	.211	4.8	5.6	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Harris	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dan Issel	5	30.6	27.4	2.0	6.0	8.0	1.6	1.2	1.2	3.0	3.0	10.4	20.4	.510	0.2	0.4	.500	6.4	7.8	.821


Season 9
	Joe Harris	Dan Issel
Season	2022-23	1984-85
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
Joe Harris	74	20.6	7.6	0.3	1.9	2.2	1.4	0.5	0.2	0.6	1.9	2.7	5.9	.457	1.9	4.5	.426	0.2	0.4	.643
Dan Issel	77	21.9	12.8	1.0	3.3	4.3	1.8	0.8	0.4	1.2	2.2	4.7	10.3	.459	0.0	0.1	.143	3.3	4.1	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Harris	4	11.0	1.8	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.3	0.5	3.3	.154	0.3	3.0	.083	0.5	0.5	1.000
Dan Issel	15	21.7	12.4	0.9	2.7	3.6	1.8	0.8	0.3	0.9	2.4	4.9	10.6	.459	0.1	0.1	1.000	2.6	3.2	.813


Season 10
	Joe Harris	Dan Issel
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Joe Harris	16	10.6	2.4	0.2	0.6	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.3	1.2	0.9	2.4	.359	0.6	1.9	.333	0.1	0.1	.500
Dan Issel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Harris	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dan Issel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Joe Harris vs. Dan Issel Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dan Issel and Joe Harris, 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