James Harden

2TM · PG · Age 36 · 6'5"

25-26 season · 70 GP · 34.8 MPG

A-

Overall

$39,182,693

25-26 salary

23.6

PPG

4.8

RPG

8.0

APG

1.1

SPG

0.4

BPG

61.0%

TS%

26-27 projection

BPM

2.8-1.1

range 0.3–5.4 · now 3.9

WS / 48

0.137-0.014

range 0.084–0.190 · now 0.151

Bands are the projected range for 26-27. See the full projections.

Contract

James Harden

VETERAN CONTRACTUFA

James Harden signed a 1-2 year, $81,500,000 contract with the LA Clippers on Jul 6, 2025. The contract has a cap hit that ranges from $39,182,693 to $42,317,307.

Total value: $81,500,000
Guaranteed: $52,500,000 (64%)
AAV: $40,750,000
Length: 1 - 2 years
Avg cap %: 25.5%
Signing method: Bird Exception
Signing team: LAC
Signed: July 6, 2025

Season	Option	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed	Likely inc.	Unlikely inc.
2025-26current	—	$39,182,693	25.3%	$39,182,693	$39,182,693	$0	$0
2026-27	player opt	$42,317,307	25.6%	$42,317,307	$13,317,307	$0	$0

Cap hold 2027-28: $63,475,961

Updated 6/13/2026

TRADE KICKER : 15% of the remaining Base Salary

Past contracts (6)

Harden's earlier deals — career earnings history

2024-25 – 2025-26VETERAN CONTRACT

Total $70,000,000AAV $35,000,000Avg cap 23.7%Length 1 - 2 yearsTeam LACVia Bird ExceptionJuly 9, 2024

Season	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed
2024-25	$33,653,846	23.9%	$33,653,846	$33,653,846
2025-26opted out	$36,346,154	23.5%	$36,346,154	$36,346,154

2022-23 – 2023-24VETERAN CONTRACT

Total $68,640,000AAV $34,320,000Avg cap 26.5%Length 1 - 2 yearsTeam PHIVia Bird ExceptionJuly 27, 2022

Season	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed
2022-23	$33,000,000	26.7%	$33,000,000	$33,000,000
2023-24player opt ✓	$35,680,595	26.2%	$35,640,000	$35,640,000

2019-20 – 2022-23DESIGNATED VETERAN EXTENSIONMax

Total $171,131,520AAV $42,782,880Avg cap 37.6%Length 3 - 4 yearsTeam HOUVia Bird ExceptionJuly 7, 2017

Season	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed
2019-20	$38,199,000	35.0%	$38,199,000	$38,199,000
2020-21	$41,254,920	37.8%	$41,254,920	$41,254,920
2021-22	$44,310,840	39.4%	$44,310,840	$44,310,840
2022-23opted out	$47,366,760	38.3%	$47,366,760	$0

2016-17 – 2019-20VETERAN EXTENSIONMax

Total $117,964,846AAV $29,491,212Avg cap 29.1%Length 3 - 4 yearsTeam HOUVia Bird ExceptionJuly 9, 2016

Season	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed
2016-17	$26,540,100	28.2%	$26,540,100	$26,540,100
2017-18	$28,299,399	28.6%	$28,299,399	$28,299,399
2018-19	$30,421,854	29.9%	$30,421,854	$30,421,854
2019-20opted out	$32,703,493	30.0%	$32,703,493	$0

2013-14 – 2017-18ROOKIE SCALE EXTENSIONMax

Total $78,782,188AAV $15,756,438Avg cap 21.0%Length 5 yearsTeam HOUVia Bird ExceptionOctober 31, 2012

Season	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed
2013-14	$13,701,250	23.3%	$13,701,250	$13,701,250
2014-15	$14,728,844	23.4%	$14,728,844	$14,728,844
2015-16	$15,756,438	22.5%	$15,756,438	$15,756,438
2016-17	$16,784,031	17.8%	$16,784,031	$0
2017-18	$17,811,625	18.0%	$17,811,625	$0

2009-10 – 2012-13ROOKIE SCALE CONTRACT

Total $18,733,857AAV $4,683,464Avg cap 8.1%Length 2 - 4 yearsTeam OKCVia Rookie ExceptionJuly 6, 2009

Season	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed
2009-10	$4,004,160	6.9%	$3,803,952	$3,803,952
2010-11	$4,304,520	7.4%	$4,089,294	$4,089,294
2011-12team opt ✓	$4,604,760	7.9%	$4,604,760	$4,604,760
2012-13team opt ✓	$5,820,417	10.0%	$5,820,417	$5,820,417

25-26 scorecard

Overall Impact

A-

PER20.7A

BPM3.9A

VORP3.6A+

Win Shares7.7A

PIE14.3%A

Net Rtg1.8C+

Scoring & Efficiency

PPG23.6A

TS%61.0%A-

eFG%52.9%C

FG%43.4%C-

3P%37.5%B

FT%88.4%A-

Corner 3FG%33.3%—

Playmaking

APG8.0A+

AST%34.7%A

TOV%15.3%D

Rebounding

B-

RPG4.8A

ORB/G0.6C

TRB%7.9%B

ORB%1.9%D

Defense

C+

SPG1.1B

BPG0.4B

STL%1.6%C-

BLK%1.1%C+

DBPM-0.8D

Defensive WS2.1B+

Def Rtg117.0D

Style & Role

USG%28.6%

3PAr0.51

FTr0.47

Dunks1

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