James Harden (born August 26, 1989 in Los Angeles, California) is an American professional basketball player who plays as a guard for the Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA.

James Harden entered the NBA through the draft in 2009 and has played for the Thunder, Rockets, Nets, 76ers and Clippers, and was named to the All-Rookie Second Team in his rookie season, Sixth Man of the Year in 2011-12, All-NBA Third Team in 2012-13, regular season MVP in 2017-18, NBA scoring champion three-time, NBA assist leader twice, All-Star First Team six-time and All-Star team 10 times. In October 2021, he was selected as one of the NBA's 75 superstars.

James Harden won gold at the London Olympics with the U.S. men's basketball team in 2012 and the men's basketball World Cup in Spain with the U.S. team in 2014.