In May 2012, James Harden won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award for the 2011-12 season as a member of the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Then before the start of the 2012-13 season, he was traded to the Houston Rockets. Since then, he has become one of the NBA’s most prolific scorers and has been labeled the best shooting guard in the league.

Then in June 2018, he was named the MVP of the NBA for the 2017-18 season, when he averaged 30.4 points, 8.8 assists and 5.4 rebounds for a Rockets team that had the league’s best record.

“Sixth man of the year to the MVP,” Harden, 28 at the time, said at his MVP acceptance speech. “Shout out to all the young ones, they got a dream. It’s a vision out there. Go take it, go chase that dream.”

This season, Harden has turned it on to another level. He’s averaging a league-leading 36.3 points per game, adding in 7.5 assists and 6.5 rebounds per game (which is 3rd best in the league). He’s brought a Rockets team that was considered dead at 11-15 and at the bottom of the Western Conference to 41-25 and sitting comfortably in the 3rd seed.

Harden also leads the league in three-pointers made (300) and total points scored this season (2,250).

When you break it down by month … well sheesh, I’m sweating.

(Shoutout to Rockets reddit for sharing this graphic.)

Look at January! Holy cow. THE MAN IS INSANE.

Not only is he doing it on offense, Harden is doing it on defense. He is 2nd in the league in steals per game (2.1) and leads the league in deflections per game (3.8).

When asked about winning another MVP, Harden told the Houston Chronicle in January: “I need it for sure. And I’m going to get it.”

No one’s doubting you, and we’re all rooting for you, Beard.