Luol Deng vs. James Harden Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Harden and Luol Deng, 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.

Luol Deng and James Harden both played 15 years in the NBA. Luol Deng had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, while James Harden had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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
Luol Deng	15	7	2004-05 to 2018-19
James Harden	15	15	2009-10 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Luol Deng	James Harden
Season	2004-05	2009-10
Team	Chicago Bulls	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder 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		%
Luol Deng	61	27.3	11.7	1.5	3.8	5.3	2.2	0.8	0.4	1.9	1.6	4.6	10.6	.434	0.5	1.9	.265	2.0	2.7	.741
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 2
	Luol Deng	James Harden
Season	2005-06	2010-11
Team	Chicago Bulls	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Thunder 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		%
Luol Deng	78	33.4	14.3	1.6	5.0	6.6	1.9	0.9	0.6	1.3	1.6	5.7	12.2	.463	0.3	1.0	.269	2.7	3.5	.750
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	6	30.0	10.2	1.3	3.5	4.8	0.5	0.8	0.7	0.8	2.2	4.0	9.3	.429	0.2	0.8	.200	2.0	3.5	.571
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


Season 3
	Luol Deng	James Harden
Season	2006-07	2011-12
Team	Chicago Bulls	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Thunder 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		%
Luol Deng	82	37.5	18.8	1.8	5.3	7.1	2.5	1.2	0.6	1.9	2.0	7.7	14.9	.517	0.0	0.1	.143	3.4	4.4	.777
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	10	41.0	22.2	3.0	5.7	8.7	2.4	1.0	0.7	2.3	2.2	8.8	16.8	.524	0.0	0.1	.000	4.6	5.7	.807
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


Season 4
	Luol Deng	James Harden
Season	2007-08	2012-13
Team	Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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		%
Luol Deng	63	33.8	17.0	2.2	4.1	6.3	2.5	0.9	0.5	1.9	1.9	6.8	14.2	.479	0.1	0.3	.364	3.2	4.2	.770
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 5
	Luol Deng	James Harden
Season	2008-09	2013-14
Team	Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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		%
Luol Deng	49	34.0	14.1	1.6	4.4	6.0	1.9	1.2	0.5	1.5	1.7	5.4	12.1	.448	0.2	0.4	.400	3.1	3.9	.796
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 6
	Luol Deng	James Harden
Season	2009-10	2014-15
Team	Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets 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		%
Luol Deng	70	37.9	17.6	1.9	5.4	7.3	2.0	0.9	0.9	1.9	1.8	6.8	14.5	.466	0.5	1.2	.386	3.6	4.7	.764
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	5	40.6	18.8	1.6	3.4	5.0	1.4	1.2	0.8	0.6	3.0	7.4	16.0	.463	0.2	2.4	.083	3.8	5.2	.731
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


Season 7
	Luol Deng	James Harden
Season	2010-11	2015-16
Team	Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	Rockets 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		%
Luol Deng	82	39.1	17.4	1.4	4.4	5.8	2.8	1.0	0.6	1.9	2.0	6.5	14.1	.460	1.4	4.1	.345	3.1	4.1	.753
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	16	42.9	16.9	1.7	4.9	6.6	2.7	1.5	0.6	1.6	2.5	6.1	14.4	.426	1.4	4.3	.324	3.3	3.9	.839
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


Season 8
	Luol Deng	James Harden
Season	2011-12	2016-17
Team	Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets 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		%
Luol Deng	54	39.4	15.3	1.4	5.1	6.5	2.9	1.0	0.7	1.8	1.5	5.8	14.0	.412	1.5	4.0	.367	2.4	3.1	.770
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	6	38.0	14.0	1.3	7.0	8.3	1.5	0.8	1.5	1.7	1.7	6.0	13.2	.456	1.3	3.7	.364	0.7	1.2	.571
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


Season 9
	Luol Deng	James Harden
Season	2012-13	2017-18
Team	Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Rockets 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		%
Luol Deng	75	38.7	16.5	2.2	4.2	6.3	3.0	1.1	0.4	1.9	1.4	6.2	14.6	.426	1.0	3.1	.322	3.1	3.8	.816
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	5	44.8	13.8	1.0	6.6	7.6	3.8	1.0	0.6	2.4	2.4	6.4	16.8	.381	0.2	3.6	.056	0.8	2.0	.400
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


Season 10
	Luol Deng	James Harden
Season	2013-14	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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		%
Luol Deng	63	35.1	16.0	1.6	4.2	5.7	2.9	1.0	0.1	1.8	1.8	5.9	13.7	.431	0.9	3.0	.302	3.4	4.3	.791
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 11
	Luol Deng	James Harden
Season	2014-15	2019-20
Team	Miami Heat	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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		%
Luol Deng	72	33.6	14.0	1.4	3.8	5.2	1.9	0.9	0.3	1.5	1.5	5.1	10.9	.469	1.1	3.1	.355	2.7	3.5	.761
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 12
	Luol Deng	James Harden
Season	2015-16	2020-21
Team	Miami Heat	Houston Rockets, Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Semis	Nets Lost East 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		%
Luol Deng	74	32.4	12.3	1.5	4.5	6.0	1.9	1.0	0.4	1.1	1.6	4.6	10.1	.455	1.2	3.5	.344	2.0	2.6	.755
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	14	35.4	13.3	1.4	4.6	5.9	1.6	0.9	0.6	1.6	1.7	4.6	9.9	.471	1.7	4.1	.421	2.3	2.7	.842
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


Season 13
	Luol Deng	James Harden
Season	2016-17	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Brooklyn Nets, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East 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		%
Luol Deng	56	26.5	7.6	1.1	4.1	5.3	1.3	0.9	0.4	0.8	1.1	2.9	7.6	.387	0.9	2.9	.309	0.8	1.1	.730
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 14
	Luol Deng	James Harden
Season	2017-18	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East 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		%
Luol Deng	1	13.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 15
	Luol Deng	James Harden
Season	2018-19	2023-24
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers 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		%
Luol Deng	22	17.8	7.1	0.9	2.4	3.3	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.6	1.1	2.7	5.4	.500	0.6	2.0	.318	1.1	1.6	.714
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luol Deng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Luol Deng vs. James Harden Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Harden and Luol Deng, 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