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James Harden
2017-18

James Harden

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Prime #1 FR
Age:28
Position:SG
Team:HOU
Games:72
Minutes (Per Game):35.4
Total Minutes:2551
Franchise
Rating
S+
100.0
FR rank #1 (2017-18)

Archetypes

🔥 Volume Scorer 🎭 Playmaker 🧠 Floor General ⚖️ Two-Way
  • Franchise Rating (FR) — A measure of how valuable a player is to a franchise given the player's contract value, production, availability, and overall impact both in the regular season and postseason. Scored 0–100, graded D- to S+.
  • Potential Rating (POT) — A measure of how high a player's FR can be: the projected FR ceiling if they continue their current trajectory next season. Same 0–100 scale and grade thresholds as FR; shown only for players under 25. POT blends the legacy formula (45%) with the Performance Potential Score / PPS from per-100 stats (55%).

Season Badges

  • Peak — Career-high OVR season (only one per player, once decline from that peak is visible).
  • Prime — One of the three seasons in the player's best 3-year stretch by average OVR.
  • Lookout — A or better Potential Rating (POT) in the player’s second year (year_exp = 1).
  • #1 FR — Ranked #1 in the league in Franchise Rating that season.
  • #1 POT — Ranked #1 in the league in Potential Rating that season.

Score Thresholds for Each Grade (FR and POT Share the Same 0–100 Scale):

FR = Franchise Rating  |  POT = Potential Rating

S+
FR/POT: ≥95
S
FR/POT: 90–94
A+
FR/POT: 85–89
A
FR/POT: 80–84
A-
FR/POT: 75–79
B+
FR/POT: 70–74
B
FR/POT: 60–69
B-
FR/POT: 55–59
C+
FR/POT: 50–54
C
FR/POT: 45–49
C-
FR/POT: 40–44
D+
FR/POT: 35–39
D
FR/POT: 30–34
D-
FR/POT: <30
Points 30.4
Rebounds 5.4
Assists 8.8
Steals 1.8
Blocks 0.7
Field Goal Pct 44.9%
Field Goals Made 9.0
Field Goals Attempted 20.1
Three Point Pct 36.7%
Three Pointers Made 3.7
Three Pointers Attempted 10.0
Free Throw Pct 85.8%
Free Throws Made 8.7
Free Throws Attempted 10.1
Turnovers 4.4
Personal Fouls 2.3
Win Shares 15.4
True Shooting Pct 61.9%
Player Efficiency Rating 29.8
Usage Pct 36.1%
Box Plus Minus 9.9
Value Over Replacement Player 7.7

Misc

Year of Experience 9
Potential Win Shares 15.3
Reg. Win Burden % 46.6%

Impact

Reg. Season ISR 436.9
Postseason ISR 393.8
Reg. Season ICS (%) 33.8%
Postseason ICS (%) 33.8%

ROI

Salary $28,299,399
Overpay Index 0.58
Contract Value Rating 10/10

Performance

Performance Rating 98.8· Rank #3

Availability

Cap Hole $3,493,753
Availability % 87.8%
Cap Wasted % 3.50%