As the new generation of defenders, Chris Paul and James Harden are definitely the best in the guard, and their ability to lead the team is historical. Paul is the league's only traditional point guard, more balanced in terms of points and assists, while Harden is the emerging guard, with a vague sense of position, oscillating between a quarterback and a point guard. So who is better, and to be fair, who has a higher historical status?
Paul has won applause and applause since joining the NBA league in 2004 for his outstanding technique and organizational skills. Paul has scored 19,978 points and 10,310 assists so far, and is about to reach the first 20,000+10,000 in history, which is indeed a remarkable achievement. Since joining the league, Paul has been selected in the NBA's best first team 4 times, the best second team 2 times, the best rookie 1 time, 4 steal kings and 6 assists kings. The achievements are also remarkable, but the lack of hard honors such as championships and MVP, so the historical evaluation that led to Paul is not too high!
When Harden entered the league, it was not the team's first choice, there were Durant and Westbrook pressed on it, so the data of the rookie contract was not eye-catching, but after the Rockets, Harden was completely liberated and ushered in an outbreak. So far, he has scored 22175 points, 4847 rebounds and 5790 assists in the all-around stats. So far in his career, he has won 6 best first-team, 1 best third-team, 3 leading scorers, 1 sixth-time and 1 MVP. It can be seen that Harden's honor column still has a lot of things, and it has more weight!
From the above, it can be seen that from the overall honor, James Harden's comprehensive honor is obviously higher than Chris Paul's, and from the data point of view, the two have their own strengths, Harden's scoring ability is a little stronger, and the three scoring kings have been the best verification. Paul, as a traditional defender, is more inclined to organize the whole team and control the whole field, so Paul has relatively more assists and steals. Throughout the two careers, the two team leaders are very good, in the case of two people leading the team, the team they are in is basically a playoff every year, Harden alone led the best record is the Western Conference Finals, and Paul may not be able to touch the Western Conference Finals floor because of luck!
So from my personal point of view, I think Harden's career is beyond Paul's, and Harden is a little younger than Paul and has the hope of further refreshing his honors in the rest of his career, and even winning the championship!