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Guard · 6′5″ 220 lb · Born 1989-08-26 in Los Angeles, CA · High school: Artesia · College: Arizona State 2007-08 to 2008-09 · 2009 NBA draft, round 1, pick 3 by Oklahoma City Thunder

Seasons

19 (2 College · 17 NBA)

Teams

7 (1 College · 6 NBA)

NCAA tournaments

NBA playoff seasons

Awards and honours

NBA Most Valuable Player: 2017-18
NBA Sixth Man of the Year: 2011-12
NBA All-NBA Team (first team) ×6: 2013-14, 2014-15, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20
NBA All-NBA Team (third team) ×2: 2012-13, 2024-25
NBA All-Rookie Team (second team): 2009-10
NBA All-Star Game selection ×11: 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2024-25
NCAA Consensus All-America Team (first team): 2008-09

NCAA College career game logs →

2 × 20 min, 35-second clock, arc 20 ft 9 in. Per-game and shooting figures are this league's alone.

Season	Team	G	GS	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%
2007-08	Arizona State	33	22	34.0	589	17.8	5.3	3.3	2.2	0.6	2.6	.530	.410	.757	.635
2008-09	Arizona State	35	30	35.8	704	20.1	5.6	4.2	1.7	0.3	3.4	.489	.356	.756	.607
Total	2 seasons	68	52	34.9	1,293	19.0	5.4	3.8	1.9	0.4	3.0	.507	.377	.756	.619

NCAA tournament

Season	Team	Cl	G	GS	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%
2008-09	Arizona State		2	2	37.0	19	9.5	6.5	4.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	.167	.125	.706	.364

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4 × 12 min, 24-second clock, arc 23 ft 9 in (22 ft corners). Per-game and shooting figures are this league's alone.

Season	Team	G	GS	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%
2009-10	Thunder	76	0	22.9	753	9.9	3.2	1.8	1.1	0.3	1.4	.403	.375	.808	.544
2010-11	Thunder	82	5	26.7	998	12.2	3.1	2.1	1.1	0.3	1.3	.436	.349	.843	.589
2011-12	Thunder	62	2	31.4	1,044	16.8	4.1	3.7	1.0	0.2	2.2	.491	.390	.846	.649
2012-13	Rockets	78	78	38.3	2,023	25.9	4.9	5.8	1.8	0.5	3.8	.438	.368	.851	.590
2013-14	Rockets	73	73	38.0	1,851	25.4	4.7	6.1	1.6	0.4	3.6	.456	.366	.866	.609
2014-15	Rockets	81	81	36.8	2,217	27.4	5.7	7.0	1.9	0.7	4.0	.440	.375	.868	.596
2015-16	Rockets	82	82	38.1	2,376	29.0	6.1	7.5	1.7	0.6	4.6	.439	.359	.860	.590
2016-17	Rockets	81	81	36.4	2,356	29.1	8.1	11.2	1.5	0.5	5.7	.440	.347	.847	.604
2017-18	Rockets	72	72	35.4	2,191	30.4	5.4	8.8	1.8	0.7	4.4	.449	.367	.858	.611
2018-19	Rockets	78	78	36.8	2,818	36.1	6.6	7.5	2.0	0.7	5.0	.442	.368	.879	.608
2019-20	Rockets	68	68	36.5	2,335	34.3	6.6	7.5	1.8	0.9	4.5	.444	.355	.865	.616
2020-21	Rockets	8	8	36.3	198	24.8	5.1	10.4	0.9	0.8	4.2	.444	.347	.883	.606
2020-21	Nets	36	35	36.6	885	24.6	8.5	10.9	1.3	0.8	4.0	.471	.366	.856	.611
2021-22	Nets	44	44	37.0	990	22.5	8.0	10.2	1.3	0.7	4.8	.414	.332	.869	.567
2021-22	76ers	21	21	37.7	442	21.0	7.1	10.5	1.2	0.2	3.4	.402	.326	.892	.590
2022-23	76ers	58	58	36.8	1,216	21.0	6.1	10.7	1.2	0.5	3.4	.441	.385	.867	.600
2023-24	Clippers	72	72	34.3	1,192	16.6	5.1	8.5	1.1	0.8	2.6	.428	.381	.878	.605
2024-25	Clippers	79	79	35.3	1,802	22.8	5.8	8.7	1.5	0.7	4.3	.410	.352	.874	.574
2025-26	Clippers	44	44	35.4	1,118	25.4	4.8	8.1	1.3	0.4	3.7	.419	.347	.901	.589
2025-26	Cavaliers	26	26	33.8	534	20.5	4.8	7.7	0.8	0.5	3.2	.466	.435	.840	.631
Total	17 seasons	1221	1007	34.8	29,339	24.0	5.6	7.3	1.5	0.6	3.7	.439	.364	.863	.599

On the roster (no figures on file): Cavaliers 2009-10, Cavaliers 2010-11, Cavaliers 2011-12, Cavaliers 2012-13, Cavaliers 2013-14, Cavaliers 2014-15, Cavaliers 2015-16, Cavaliers 2016-17, Cavaliers 2017-18, Cavaliers 2018-19, Cavaliers 2019-20, Cavaliers 2020-21, Cavaliers 2021-22, Cavaliers 2022-23, Cavaliers 2023-24, Cavaliers 2024-25, Cavaliers 2026-27

Playoffs

Season	Team	G	GS	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%
2009-10	Thunder	6	0	20.0	46	7.7	2.5	1.8	1.0	0.2	0.5	.387	.375	.842	.575
2010-11	Thunder	17	0	31.6	221	13.0	5.4	3.6	1.2	0.8	1.6	.475	.303	.825	.624
2011-12	Thunder	20	0	31.5	326	16.3	5.1	3.4	1.6	0.1	2.1	.435	.410	.857	.595
2012-13	Rockets	6	6	40.5	158	26.3	6.7	4.5	2.0	1.0	4.5	.391	.341	.803	.540
2013-14	Rockets	6	6	43.9	161	26.8	4.7	5.8	2.0	0.2	3.5	.376	.296	.900	.514
2014-15	Rockets	17	17	37.4	462	27.2	5.7	7.5	1.6	0.4	4.5	.439	.383	.916	.610
2015-16	Rockets	5	5	38.6	133	26.6	5.2	7.6	2.4	0.2	5.2	.410	.310	.844	.548
2016-17	Rockets	11	11	37.0	313	28.5	5.5	8.5	1.9	0.5	5.4	.413	.278	.878	.574
2017-18	Rockets	17	17	36.5	486	28.6	5.2	6.8	2.2	0.6	3.8	.410	.299	.887	.542
2018-19	Rockets	11	11	38.6	348	31.6	6.8	6.6	2.2	0.9	4.6	.413	.350	.837	.560
2019-20	Rockets	12	12	37.3	355	29.6	5.6	7.7	1.5	0.8	3.8	.478	.333	.845	.627
2020-21	Nets	9	9	35.7	182	20.2	6.3	8.6	1.7	0.7	2.9	.472	.364	.903	.662
2021-22	76ers	12	12	39.9	223	18.6	5.7	8.6	0.8	0.7	4.2	.405	.368	.893	.576
2022-23	76ers	11	11	38.8	223	20.3	6.2	8.3	1.8	0.4	3.2	.393	.378	.873	.533
2023-24	Clippers	6	6	40.3	127	21.2	4.5	8.0	1.0	1.0	2.3	.449	.383	.906	.609
2024-25	Clippers	7	7	39.4	131	18.7	5.4	9.1	1.3	1.0	3.0	.436	.364	.818	.561
2025-26	Cavaliers	18	18	37.3	345	19.2	5.1	5.5	1.7	0.7	4.7	.410	.299	.831	.560
Total	17 seasons	191	148	36.3	4,240	22.2	5.4	6.4	1.6	0.6	3.5	.424	.337	.866	.577

NBA advanced measures (as published by NBA Stats)

Season	Team	G	USG%	TS%	eFG%	ORtg	DRtg	Net	AST%	REB%	Pace	PIE
2009-10	Thunder	76	.199	.551	.484	104.8	99.9	4.9	.130	.071	95.3	.097
2010-11	Thunder	82	.193	.598	.518	109.2	104.3	4.9	.136	.060	94.22	.108
2011-12	Thunder	62	.213	.660	.582	113.3	103.5	9.8	.190	.067	93.94	.139
2012-13	Rockets	78	.285	.600	.504	108.8	105.9	2.9	.257	.064	97.59	.149
2013-14	Rockets	73	.270	.618	.529	112.1	104.9	7.2	.266	.060	97.75	.156
2014-15	Rockets	81	.308	.605	.511	109.2	103.5	5.7	.340	.075	97.61	.184
2015-16	Rockets	82	.319	.598	.512	108.6	106.9	1.6	.354	.079	98.74	.174
2016-17	Rockets	81	.333	.613	.525	115.6	108.9	6.7	.505	.109	101.32	.190
2017-18	Rockets	72	.353	.619	.541	116.2	106.2	10.0	.449	.078	98.29	.194
2018-19	Rockets	78	.396	.616	.541	116.6	110.3	6.3	.394	.089	98.06	.201
2019-20	Rockets	68	.356	.626	.543	114.0	108.2	5.8	.366	.083	103.04	.190
2020-21	Nets	44	.283	.618	.548	117.2	114.3	2.9	.442	.111	99.78	.174
2021-22	76ers	65	.266	.583	.485	114.9	111.4	3.5	.401	.103	99.49	.153
2022-23	76ers	58	.247	.607	.536	119.4	113.3	6.1	.439	.088	96.11	.159
2023-24	Clippers	72	.202	.612	.541	120.9	115.2	5.6	.338	.077	96.87	.131
2024-25	Clippers	79	.286	.582	.501	115.4	109.2	6.2	.365	.083	98.82	.145
2025-26	Cavaliers	70	.279	.610	.529	118.8	117.0	1.8	.347	.070	98.24	.143

Ratings and usage need possession counts on the floor, so they are shown as NBA Stats publishes them rather than computed here.

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