Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Brendan Haywood and Dirk Nowitzki

This is the detail of NBA games in which Brendan Haywood and Dirk Nowitzki played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Games against each other

They faced each other a total of 13 times in NBA games. Dirk Nowitzki has an 8-5 winning record over Brendan Haywood. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Brendan Haywood:
2001-02 to 2014-15
Dirk Nowitzki:
1998-99 to 2018-19
13 Games played
13 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Brendan Haywood
5
5
0
Dirk Nowitzki
8
8
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Brendan Haywood 6.1 6.2 0.3 0.51.1
Dirk Nowitzki 26.8 9.9 3.40.91.2
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Brendan Haywood 20 18 1 54
Dirk Nowitzki 34 17 6 33
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Brendan Haywood 0

games
3

games
0

games
1

game
4

games
Dirk Nowitzki 13

games
10

games
13

games
6

games
5

games
Both had same stat 0

games
0

games
0

games
6

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4

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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2002-03 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 23, 2002
1. Wizards 86   Brendan Haywood 3 4 0 0 0 1 4 12 1-1 1.000 0-0 - 1-4 .250
Mavericks 92   Dirk Nowitzki 30 17 2 2 0 0 1 48 9-23 .391 0-2 .000 12-14 .857
Feb. 23, 2003
2. Wizards 101   Brendan Haywood 5 3 1 1 2 2 1 23 2-5 .400 0-0 - 1-3 .333
OT Mavericks 106   Dirk Nowitzki 29 10 2 1 1 5 3 53 11-23 .478 3-8 .375 4-4 1.000
2003-04 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 05, 2003
3. Wizards 100   Brendan Haywood 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mavericks 90   Dirk Nowitzki 9 2 3 2 0 2 2 33 1-9 .111 0-1 .000 7-8 .875
2004-05 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 14, 2004
4. Wizards 113   Brendan Haywood 20 9 0 5 4 1 3 40 9-10 .900 0-0 - 2-4 .500
Mavericks 122   Dirk Nowitzki 32 13 5 1 0 7 3 38 10-15 .667 3-4 .750 9-11 .818
Jan. 18, 2005
5. Wizards 120   Brendan Haywood 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 07 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-2 .000
Mavericks 137   Dirk Nowitzki 28 11 4 3 3 3 4 44 8-16 .500 0-1 .000 12-12 1.000
2005-06 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 15, 2006
6. Wizards 97   Brendan Haywood 8 5 1 0 1 0 0 22 2-6 .333 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Mavericks 103   Dirk Nowitzki 25 7 4 0 0 3 1 37 8-14 .571 1-3 .333 8-10 .800
Mar. 17, 2006
7. Wizards 94   Brendan Haywood 4 5 0 0 1 0 0 17 2-4 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mavericks 104   Dirk Nowitzki 25 13 2 0 3 3 1 43 10-19 .526 0-1 .000 5-5 1.000
2006-07 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 21, 2006
8. Wizards 80   Brendan Haywood 1 3 0 0 1 1 2 06 0-0 - 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Mavericks 107   Dirk Nowitzki 30 14 5 1 2 3 1 38 11-19 .579 2-4 .500 6-6 1.000
Dec. 04, 2006
9. Wizards 106   Brendan Haywood 3 10 1 0 1 0 3 23 1-5 .200 0-0 - 1-3 .333
Mavericks 97   Dirk Nowitzki 27 9 3 1 0 2 0 37 8-20 .400 4-5 .800 7-8 .875
2007-08 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 26, 2007
10. Wizards 110   Brendan Haywood 7 5 0 0 1 2 5 25 2-3 .667 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
Mavericks 98   Dirk Nowitzki 31 8 6 1 1 1 5 35 10-18 .556 0-1 .000 11-11 1.000
Jan. 21, 2008
11. Wizards 102   Brendan Haywood 6 6 1 0 1 0 1 23 3-6 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mavericks 84   Dirk Nowitzki 21 11 6 0 2 2 2 39 8-17 .471 0-1 .000 5-5 1.000
2009-10 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Oct. 27, 2009
12. Wizards 102   Brendan Haywood 7 10 0 0 0 0 3 38 3-10 .300 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Mavericks 91   Dirk Nowitzki 34 9 1 0 2 3 2 39 10-25 .400 2-5 .400 12-13 .923
Jan. 20, 2010
13. Wizards 93   Brendan Haywood 13 18 0 0 2 1 0 37 6-11 .545 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Mavericks 94   Dirk Nowitzki 28 5 1 0 2 3 5 40 11-19 .579 1-3 .333 5-5 1.000