| PPG | APG | RPG | MPG | STLS | BLKS | FSP |
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| 22.69 | 7.45 | 4.86 | 34.8 | 1.3 | .5 | 28.77 |
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James Harden Season Outlook — Locked into Cleveland Backcourt
James Harden solidified his immediate future in Cleveland after agreeing to a three-year, $97 million contract extension. Slated as a starting guard alongside Donovan Mitchell, the 17-year veteran holds locked-in rotational security and primary playmaking responsibilities in the Cavaliers' backcourt hierarchy.
Our models project another elite fantasy campaign, expecting 41.0 fantasy points across 35.4 minutes per game. We forecast Harden to provide balanced, high-end output with 21.0 points, 8.8 assists, and 5.5 rebounds per game while maintaining reliable availability across 77 projected appearances (totaling approximately 1,618 points).
With fantasy start rates climbing to 94% alongside 100% rostership, fantasy managers are fully bought into his Cleveland role. His unmatched assist floor and perimeter scoring justify his top-20 ADP, cementing him as an elite early-round anchor whose durability offsets late-career age concerns.
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| DATE | OPP | M | FG | PTS | AST | STL | REB | BLK | TO | FPT | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/25 | NY | 32 | 2/8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 16 |
| 05/23 | NY | 40 | 8/15 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 3 |
| 05/21 | NY | 31 | 6/15 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| 05/19 | NY | 42 | 5/16 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 28 |
| 05/17 | DET | 35 | 2/10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 26 |
| 05/15 | DET | 37 | 6/13 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 37 | 15 |
| 05/13 | DET | 43 | 8/21 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 51 | 0 |
| 05/11 | DET | 37 | 5/14 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 6 |
| 05/09 | DET | 39 | 8/14 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 19 |
| 05/07 | DET | 36 | 3/13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 25 |
| 05/05 | DET | 35 | 6/15 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 41 | 0 |
| 05/03 | TOR | 36 | 3/9 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 6 |
| 05/01 | TOR | 44 | 5/14 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 42 | 0 |
| 04/29 | TOR | 39 | 7/13 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 41 | 3 |
| 04/26 | TOR | 37 | 6/14 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 6 |
| 04/23 | TOR | 33 | 5/13 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 30 |
| 04/20 | TOR | 34 | 9/14 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 47 | 2 |
| 04/18 | TOR | 33 | 8/18 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 7 |
| 04/10 | ATL | 25 | 6/13 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 41 |
| 04/08 | ATL | 33 | 6/23 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 18 |
| 04/05 | IND | 34 | 8/17 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 17 |
| 04/02 | GS | 36 | 7/11 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 18 |
| 03/31 | LAL | 27 | 6/13 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 27 |
| 03/30 | UTA | 38 | 4/9 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 7 |
| 03/27 | MIA | 29 | 4/11 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 0 |
| 03/25 | MIA | 42 | 4/10 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 16 |
| 03/24 | ORL | 37 | 8/16 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 5 |
| 03/21 | NO | 36 | 8/17 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 8 |
| 03/19 | CHI | 36 | 10/23 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 59 | 7 |
| 03/17 | MIL | 33 | 7/10 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 0 |
| 03/15 | DAL | 37 | 4/12 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 21 |
| 03/13 | DAL | 28 | 6/11 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 27 |
| 03/11 | ORL | 36 | 11/16 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 9 |
| 03/09 | PHI | 29 | 6/11 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 3 |
| 03/08 | BOS | 38 | 6/16 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 13 |
| 03/03 | DET | 35 | 5/17 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 31 |
| 03/01 | BKN | 36 | 5/9 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 40 | 14 |
| 02/24 | NY | 32 | 8/18 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 26 |
| 02/22 | OKC | 33 | 8/14 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 39 | 14 |
| 02/20 | CHA | 34 | 6/14 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 13 |
| 02/19 | BKN | 28 | 6/8 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 19 |
| 02/11 | WAS | 28 | 1/4 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 15 |
| 02/09 | DEN | 36 | 7/16 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 5 |
| 02/07 | SAC | 32 | 7/13 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 38 |
| 01/30 | DEN | 33 | 8/17 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 0 |
| 01/27 | UTA | 30 | 5/14 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 3 |
| 01/25 | BKN | 31 | 3/8 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 37 | 5 |
| 01/22 | LAL | 37 | 6/21 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 38 | 5 |
| 01/20 | CHI | 30 | 9/25 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 33 | 22 |
| 01/19 | WAS | 36 | 9/17 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 59 | 0 |
| 01/16 | TOR | 42 | 10/27 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 48 | 0 |
| 01/14 | WAS | 36 | 5/17 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 20 |
| 01/12 | CHA | 37 | 11/28 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 0 |
| 01/10 | DET | 37 | 4/20 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 39 | 12 |
| 01/09 | BKN | 34 | 10/13 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 45 | 2 |
| 01/07 | NY | 37 | 6/17 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 12 |
| 01/03 | BOS | 33 | 7/15 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 19 |
| 01/01 | UTA | 28 | 5/14 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 9 |
| 12/30 | SAC | 30 | 6/14 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 23 |
| 12/28 | DET | 40 | 7/23 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 5 |
| 12/26 | POR | 38 | 10/17 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 13 |
| 12/23 | HOU | 34 | 7/14 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 9 |
| 12/20 | LAL | 40 | 6/20 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 13 |
| 12/15 | MEM | 31 | 4/10 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 29 |
| 12/11 | HOU | 40 | 7/18 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 6 |
| 12/06 | MIN | 38 | 10/18 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 55 | 0 |
| 12/05 | MEM | 35 | 6/13 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 22 |
| 12/03 | ATL | 36 | 11/24 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 5 |
| 12/01 | MIA | 19 | 2/6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 47 |
| 11/29 | DAL | 36 | 5/17 | 29 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 50 | 17 |
| 11/28 | MEM | 40 | 6/18 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 47 | 7 |
| 11/25 | LAL | 36 | 9/21 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 48 | 3 |
| 11/23 | CLE | 31 | 5/16 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 27 |
| 11/22 | CHA | 35 | 17/26 | 55 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 0 |
| 11/20 | ORL | 30 | 8/16 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 48 | 11 |
| 11/17 | PHI | 36 | 7/25 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 45 | 9 |
| 11/16 | BOS | 37 | 9/22 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 7 |
| 11/14 | DAL | 51 | 13/25 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 77 | 0 |
| 11/12 | DEN | 29 | 6/15 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 11 |
| 11/10 | ATL | 38 | 12/23 | 35 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 62 | 0 |
| 11/08 | PHO | 40 | 4/15 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 15 |
| 11/04 | OKC | 30 | 7/17 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 21 |
| 11/03 | MIA | 38 | 8/15 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 44 | 1 |
| 10/31 | NO | 39 | 8/19 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 51 | 9 |
| 10/28 | GS | 31 | 6/15 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 17 |
| 10/26 | POR | 37 | 6/12 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 46 | 34 |
| 10/24 | PHO | 28 | 8/12 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 47 | 2 |
| 10/22 | UTA | 29 | 5/12 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 17 |
| Totals: | 3064 | 589/1372 | 1997 | 656 | 110 | 428 | 40 | 329 | 3469 | ||
| YEAR | TEAM | GP | M | FG% | 3P% | FT% | PPG | AST | REB | BLK | STL | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09-10 | OKC | 76 | 22.8 | .404 | .375 | .808 | 9.9 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| 10-11 | OKC | 82 | 26.5 | .436 | .349 | .843 | 12.2 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| 11-12 | OKC | 62 | 31.2 | .491 | .390 | .846 | 16.8 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 2.2 |
| 12-13 | HOU | 77 | 38.0 | .437 | .368 | .854 | 26.0 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 3.8 |
| 13-14 | HOU | 73 | 37.9 | .456 | .367 | .866 | 25.4 | 6.1 | 4.7 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 3.6 |
| 14-15 | HOU | 80 | 36.5 | .439 | .378 | .868 | 27.2 | 6.9 | 5.7 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 15-16 | HOU | 81 | 37.9 | .437 | .357 | .858 | 28.8 | 7.5 | 6.1 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 4.6 |
| 16-17 | HOU | 79 | 36.5 | .439 | .344 | .848 | 29.1 | 11.2 | 8.1 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 5.8 |
| 17-18 | HOU | 71 | 35.4 | .449 | .366 | .858 | 30.5 | 8.7 | 5.4 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 4.4 |
| 18-19 | HOU | 80 | 36.7 | .441 | .366 | .880 | 36.3 | 7.5 | 6.6 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 5.0 |
| 19-20 | HOU | 60 | 36.5 | .435 | .351 | .859 | 34.2 | 7.4 | 6.3 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 4.4 |
| 20-21 | HOU | 43 | 36.4 | .463 | .365 | .870 | 25.1 | 10.7 | 7.9 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 4.1 |
| 21-22 | BKN | 74 | 36.7 | .411 | .333 | .872 | 21.4 | 10.1 | 7.3 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 4.3 |
| 22-23 | PHI | 63 | 36.4 | .437 | .391 | .867 | 21.1 | 10.5 | 6.0 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 3.4 |
| 23-24 | LAC | 76 | 34.1 | .435 | .387 | .881 | 17.0 | 8.4 | 5.0 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 2.6 |
| 24-25 | LAC | 85 | 35.1 | .413 | .353 | .870 | 22.7 | 8.7 | 5.8 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 4.2 |
| 25-26 | LAC | 76 | 34.5 | .436 | .377 | .880 | 23.4 | 7.9 | 4.8 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 3.7 |
| 3-YEAR AVG | 80 | 34.6 | .426 | .369 | .877 | 21.0 | 8.4 | 5.2 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 3.5 | |
| Totals | 1281 | 34.7 | .438 | .363 | .863 | 23.8 | 7.3 | 5.6 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 3.7 | |
| MIN | FG% | FT% | 3P% | 3PM | 3PA | 2PM | FTA | FTM | FGA | FGM | OREB | DREB | A/T | DD | TD | PF | REB | AST | BLK | PTS | STL | TO | FPTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69.8 | 0.434 | 0.859 | 0.37 | 15.1 | 5.5 | 12.8 | 13.7 | 12 | 29.5 | 12.8 | 1.3 | 9.1 | 2 | 0.54 | 0.05 | 4.4 | 10.5 | 15.3 | 1 | 43 | 2.5 | 7.8 | 39 |
| MIN | FG% | FT% | 3P% | 3PM | 3PA | 2PM | FTA | FTM | FGA | FGM | OREB | DREB | A/T | DD | TD | PF | REB | AST | BLK | PTS | STL | TO | FPTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | OWN | START |
|---|---|---|
| Meleek Thomas SG | 11% | 0% |
| James Harden SG/PG | 100% | 94% |
| Donovan Mitchell SG | 100% | 94% |
| NAME | OWN | START |
|---|---|---|
| Evan Mobley PF/C | 100% | 83% |
| Peyton Watson SF/PF | 22% | 6% |
| Cam Whitmore SF | 11% | 0% |
| NAME | OWN | START |
|---|---|---|
| Jarrett Allen C | 100% | 72% |
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| Cameron Boozer MEM PF | +3.5 |
| Ty Jerome MEM PG | +2.9 |
| Keegan Murray SAC PF | +1.8 |
| Yaxel Lendeborg GS PF | +1.5 |
| Darius Acuff Jr. SAC PG | +1.5 |
| D'Angelo Russell MEM PG | +1.2 |
| Russell Westbrook PG | +1.2 |
| Dereck Lively II DAL C | +0.6 |
| Chris Paul PG | +0.6 |
| Justin Champagnie WAS SG | +0.6 |
| Buddy Hield ATL SF | +0.6 |
| Taylor Hendricks MEM PF | +0.6 |
| Mikel Brown Jr. BKN PG | -4.7 |
| Paul George BOS SF | 0.0 |
| Trey Murphy III NO SF | 0.0 |
| Brandin Podziemski GS SG | 0.0 |
| Davion Mitchell MIA PG | 0.0 |
| Isaiah Hartenstein OKC C | 0.0 |
| Josh Giddey CHI SG | 0.0 |
| Malik Monk SAC SG | 0.0 |
| Nikola Jokic DEN C | 0.0 |
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC PG | 0.0 |
| Anthony Davis WAS C | 0.0 |
| Cody Williams UTA SF | 0.0 |
| Dyson Daniels ATL PG | 0.0 |
| Jaylen Brown PHI SG | 0.0 |
| Kristaps Porzingis GS C | 0.0 |