Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

James Harden vs Karl-Anthony Towns

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Harden · Towns

Harden

Cavaliers

2025-26

Towns

Knicks

Games

availability

34.8

Minutes

per game

31.0

23.6

Points

per game

20.1

4.8

Rebounds

per game

11.9

8.0

Assists

per game

3.0

1.5

Steals + blocks

per game

1.4

3.5

Turnovers

per game · lower is better

2.5

43.4%

Field goal %

50.1%

37.5%

Three-point %

8.2 vs 4.1 attempts

36.8%

88.4%

Free throw %

85.8%

61.0%

True shooting

TS%

61.9%

27.9%

Usage

USG%

25.1%

34.7%

Assist %

of teammates' baskets

14.2%

7.0%

Rebound %

of available

19.2%

+1.8

Net rating

on court

+7.0

14.3%

PIE

player impact estimate

15.4%

+1.4

Plus-minus

per game

+5.0

Bars show each player's share of the pair's total; the better number is in the club's color (turnovers: fewer is better).

Where the gap is

from the numbers above

James Harden scored more in 2025-26, 3.5 points a game apart (23.6 vs 20.1), on Harden's heavier usage (27.9% vs 25.1%).

Efficiency is a wash: true shooting within a point of each other (61.0% vs 61.9%).

Playmaking goes to Harden (8.0 vs 3.0 assists), the glass to Towns (11.9 vs 4.8 rebounds).

With Towns on the floor his team outscored opponents by +7.0 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: Harden $30.6M through 2028-29, Towns $57.1M through 2027-28. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs

Harden

2025-26

Towns

40-30

Record when playing

49-26

21.9

Points at home

20.4

25.1

Points on the road

19.8

24.3

Points in wins

20.1

22.7

Points in losses

20.0

Season high

30-point games

Double-doubles

Last games & contracts

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Harden · last 5

Tue, Oct 13 at ORL13 pts · 0 reb · 2 ast

Sun, Oct 11 vs ORL24 pts · 4 reb · 2 ast

Thu, Oct 8 vs BOS0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast

Mon, May 25 vs NYK12 pts · 4 reb · 2 ast

Sat, May 23 vs NYK19 pts · 5 reb · 5 ast

Towns · last 5

Tue, Oct 20 vs PHI19 pts · 12 reb · 1 ast

Thu, Oct 15 vs TOR13 pts · 15 reb · 9 ast

Mon, Oct 12 vs MIN11 pts · 2 reb · 4 ast

Thu, Oct 8 vs WAS8 pts · 7 reb · 3 ast

Mon, Oct 5 at PHI5 pts · 5 reb · 2 ast

Harden · contract

2026-27$30.6M

2027-28$32.2M

2028-29player option$33.7M

Towns · contract

2026-27$57.1M

2027-28player option$61.0M

More comparisons

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Harden vs
Keyonte George · Cade Cunningham · Austin Reaves · Jamal Murray

Towns vs
Bam Adebayo · Alperen Sengun · Jalen Duren · Evan Mobley

Harden vs the top 40 scorers of 2025-26
Luka Doncic · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Anthony Edwards · Jaylen Brown · Tyrese Maxey · Kawhi Leonard · Donovan Mitchell · Nikola Jokic · Lauri Markkanen · Stephen Curry · Devin Booker · Jalen Brunson · Kevin Durant · Jamal Murray · Victor Wembanyama · Michael Porter Jr. · Deni Avdija · Pascal Siakam · Cade Cunningham · Keyonte George · Austin Reaves · Jalen Johnson · Paolo Banchero · Norman Powell · Brandon Ingram · Trey Murphy III · Julius Randle · Cooper Flagg · Zion Williamson · LeBron James · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Shaedon Sharpe · Alperen Sengun · Brandon Miller · Dillon Brooks · LaMelo Ball · Bam Adebayo · Karl-Anthony Towns · Desmond Bane

Towns vs the top 40 scorers of 2025-26
Luka Doncic · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Anthony Edwards · Jaylen Brown · Tyrese Maxey · Kawhi Leonard · Donovan Mitchell · Nikola Jokic · Lauri Markkanen · Stephen Curry · Devin Booker · Jalen Brunson · Kevin Durant · Jamal Murray · Victor Wembanyama · Michael Porter Jr. · Deni Avdija · Pascal Siakam · Cade Cunningham · Keyonte George · James Harden · Austin Reaves · Jalen Johnson · Paolo Banchero · Norman Powell · Brandon Ingram · Trey Murphy III · Julius Randle · Cooper Flagg · Zion Williamson · LeBron James · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Shaedon Sharpe · Alperen Sengun · Brandon Miller · Dillon Brooks · LaMelo Ball · Bam Adebayo · Desmond Bane

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).