Professional DNA

James Harden: OFFENSIVE ENGINE

Playmaking · 2025-26 · 70 games

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Confidence: lowData through: 2025-26

The question

What kind of player is James Harden?

The evidence

James Harden · Playmaking: 99th percentile (8.0 assists per game)

99 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+49) · 452 players with a sample in 2025-26

James Harden: what moved most is Rebounding

71 percentilcompared against: 85 percentil (-14) · James Harden, from 2020-21 to 2025-26

The read

What they are, the role they held and what sets them apart. Every line comes from a figure further down this same page.

What they areOFFENSIVE ENGINE
RoleFeatured starter: 34.8 minutes per game across 70 games
What sets them apartPlaymaking · 99th percentile
8.0 assists per game

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 452 players with a sample in 2025-26. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

Scoring95th percentile
23.6 points per game
Playmaking99th percentile
8.0 assists per game
Outside shooting73th percentile
37.5 % from three · 573 attempts
Defensive impact72th percentile
DBPM 0.8: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player
Finishing at the rim36th percentile
65.3 % · 219 attempts
Rebounding71th percentile
4.8 rebounds per game

Strengths

Playmaking99th percentile
Elite · 8.0 assists per game
Scoring95th percentile
Elite · 23.6 points per game

Limitations

Finishing at the rim36th percentile
Low · 65.3 % · 219 attempts
Availability70/82
missed 12 of his team's games in 2025-26
This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
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Recent change

Scoring: 95th percentile → 95th percentile (0) · Playmaking: 100th percentile → 99th percentile (-1) · Rebounding: 93th percentile → 71th percentile (-22)

2020-2193th percentile
44 games · 36.6 minutes per game
Scoring
95th percentile
Playmaking
100th percentile
Rebounding
93th percentile
2021-2291th percentile
65 games · 37.2 minutes per game
Scoring
94th percentile
Playmaking
100th percentile
Rebounding
91th percentile
2022-2384th percentile
58 games · 36.8 minutes per game
Scoring
90th percentile
Playmaking
100th percentile
Rebounding
84th percentile
2023-2477th percentile
72 games · 34.3 minutes per game
Scoring
83th percentile
Playmaking
99th percentile
Rebounding
77th percentile
2024-2582th percentile
79 games · 35.3 minutes per game
Scoring
94th percentile
Playmaking
99th percentile
Rebounding
82th percentile
2025-2671th percentile
70 games · 34.8 minutes per game
Scoring
95th percentile
Playmaking
99th percentile
Rebounding
71th percentile

Context

2025-26 · 70 games · 34.8 minutes per game · Percentile against 452 measured players in 2025-26 · SportiveWorld own data

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What this does not prove

Percentiles compare inside the NBA. Outside it they do not mean the same thing.
It portrays the 2025-26 season, already closed. It is not what comes next.
This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.

From here

What if…?

What happened to his team when he did not play

Career atlas

When his game changed, season by season

Forecast

What is projected for his team next season

Where it comes from

Source

not stated

Model input

not stated

Computation

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This answer

2026-10-12

Where this comes from

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