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Devin Booker
Suns · G · 29
Devin Booker
vs
2025-26
James Harden
Cavaliers · G · 37
James Harden
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Devin Booker vs James Harden

6-11categories
Booker · Harden
BookerHarden
64Games
availability
70
33.5Minutes
per game
34.8
26.1Points
per game
23.6
3.9Rebounds
per game
4.8
6.0Assists
per game
8.0
1.1Steals + blocks
per game
1.5
3.1Turnovers
per game · lower is better
3.5
45.6%Field goal %43.4%
33.0%Three-point %
5.8 vs 8.2 attempts
37.5%
87.3%Free throw %88.4%
58.5%True shooting
TS%
61.0%
30.7%Usage
USG%
27.9%
29.3%Assist %
of teammates' baskets
34.7%
5.5%Rebound %
of available
7.0%
+3.9Net rating
on court
+1.8
14.2%PIE
player impact estimate
14.3%
+3.1Plus-minus
per game
+1.4

Where the gap is

from the numbers above

Devin Booker scored more in 2025-26, 2.5 points a game apart (26.1 vs 23.6), on Booker's heavier usage (30.7% vs 27.9%).

Harden is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 61.0% to 58.5%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Harden (8.0 vs 6.0 assists), the glass to Harden (4.8 vs 3.9 rebounds).

With Booker on the floor his team outscored opponents by +3.9 per 100 possessions, against +1.8 for Harden; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Booker $57.1M through 2029-30, Harden $42.3M through 2026-27. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
BookerHarden
37-27Record when playing40-30
25.8Points at home21.9
26.3Points on the road25.1
25.5Points in wins24.3
26.9Points in losses22.7
43Season high55
2430-point games14
6Double-doubles20
Booker · last 5
Mon, Apr 27 vs OKC24 pts · 0 reb · 6 ast
Sat, Apr 25 vs OKC16 pts · 4 reb · 7 ast
Wed, Apr 22 at OKC22 pts · 7 reb · 4 ast
Sun, Apr 19 at OKC23 pts · 6 reb · 2 ast
Wed, Apr 8 vs DAL37 pts · 5 reb · 9 ast
Harden · last 5
Mon, May 25 vs NYK12 pts · 4 reb · 2 ast
Sat, May 23 vs NYK19 pts · 5 reb · 5 ast
Thu, May 21 at NYK18 pts · 6 reb · 2 ast
Tue, May 19 at NYK15 pts · 4 reb · 3 ast
Sun, May 17 at DET9 pts · 5 reb · 6 ast
Booker · contract
2026-27$57.1M
2027-28$61.0M
2028-29$64.1M
2029-30$69.2M
Harden · contract
2026-27$42.3M

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Per-game numbers and percentages are 2025-26 regular season from stats.nba.com; splits and last games from our own game logs; contract figures are cap hits from public salary data and can lag a signing by a day. Bold marks the better number in each row (turnovers: fewer is better).