Harden vs Iverson, who has a higher historical status? After all-round comparison, the gap is huge!
The historical status of a player is usually measured by the aspects of honor achievement, data accumulation, team leadership ability and influence, and Jordan is recognized as the first person in history because he belongs to the ceiling in these aspects. So, let's talk about who Iverson and Harden have a higher historical status, and who is the deserved fourth quarterback in history.
First of all, looking at the data, Harden has played 13 seasons since entering the league in 2009, averaging 24.9 points, 5.6 rebounds, 6.8 assists, 1.5 steals and 0.5 blocks per game, shooting 44.2% from the field. Considering that Harden has been on the bench for the first few seasons of his career, it is already very good to be able to come up with such data. The cumulative stats are 23,472 points+ 5,294 rebounds and 6,397 assists, including 28th in scoring history and 31st in assist history. He averaged 22.9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 6.2 assists per game in his playoff career, shooting 42.6 percent from the field.
Iverson, as the 96 golden generation of the champion show, was already the absolute core of the team when he first entered the league, and enjoyed unlimited firing rights for a long time, averaging 26.7 points, 3.7 rebounds, 6.2 assists, 2.2 steals and 0.2 blocks in his 14-year career, shooting 42.5% from the field, accumulating 24368 points + 3394 rebounds + 5624 assists, ranking 26th in history, 48th in assist history, and 14th in steal history. His playoff career was 29.7 points, 3.8 rebounds and six assists, shooting 40.1 percent from the field.
In contrast, Harden and Iverson are not inferior in data, the former is more efficient and more comprehensive, and the latter is better offensive. But on the playoff stage, Iverson is clearly far better than Harden.
In terms of honors, Harden has been an MVP, 3 scoring champions, 1 assist king, 10 All-Stars, 6 first-time players, and 1 three-time third-time player so far in his career.
Iverson is 1 MVP, 4 scoring kings, 3 steal kings, 11 All-Stars, 3 first-team, 3 second-team, 1 third-time.
It can be seen that iverson is better in terms of the comparison in terms of big honors, and he also has 1 more scoring champion than Harden on the basis of having 1 MVP. And you must know that the competition for the scoring champions at that time was far more intense than it is now, and the players who were contemporaries of Iverson, such as Kobe, O'Neal, and Maddy, were at their peak, and the difficulty could be imagined.
In terms of leading the team, Harden led the Rockets to the playoffs for nine consecutive years, and achieved the best record in team history of 66 wins and 16 losses in 19 years, while the best playoff result was the Western Conference Finals. Iverson led the team to the playoffs 8 times in his core capacity, the best result was to reach the Finals in 2001, and faced the OK combination that was in the sky at that time, he scored 48 points in the opener, becoming a lone hero in the hearts of countless fans.
In summary, whether it is personal data, honorary achievements or team record, it seems that Iverson is better at present, so his historical status is undoubtedly higher than Harden. Of course, Harden's career is not over, and what can be achieved in the future is still unknown, if he can win the championship as a core, he will inevitably surpass Iverson. In this regard, I wonder what the officials have to say?