Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Dirk Nowitzki and Karl-Anthony Towns

This is the detail of NBA games in which Dirk Nowitzki and Karl-Anthony Towns 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.

They faced each other a total of 12 times in NBA games. Karl-Anthony Towns has a 7-5 winning record over Dirk Nowitzki. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Dirk Nowitzki
vs.
Karl-Anthony Towns
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Dirk Nowitzki:
1998-99 to 2018-19
Karl-Anthony Towns:
2015-16 to 2023-24
12 Games played
12 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Dirk Nowitzki
5
5
0
Karl-Anthony Towns
7
7
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Dirk Nowitzki 12.6 5.2 1.5 0.50.8
Karl-Anthony Towns 22.0 12.8 3.10.81.5
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Dirk Nowitzki 29 7 4 23
Karl-Anthony Towns 34 21 9 34
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Dirk Nowitzki 2

games		 1

game		 1

game		 3

games		4

games
Karl-Anthony Towns 9

games 		11

games		 8

games		 6

games		6

games
Both had same stat 1

game		 0

games		 3

games		 3

games		2

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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2015-16 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 10, 2016
1. Mavericks 93   Dirk Nowitzki 29 7 1 1 0 0 1 32 12-22 .545 4-7 .571 1-1 1.000
Timberwolves 87   Karl-Anthony Towns 10 4 1 1 2 2 3 25 5-9 .556 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 28, 2016
2. Mavericks 128   Dirk Nowitzki 10 4 1 0 2 1 4 17 4-8 .500 2-3 .667 0-0 -
Timberwolves 101   Karl-Anthony Towns 12 11 3 0 0 4 3 26 6-9 .667 0-0 - 0-2 .000
Apr. 03, 2016
3. Mavericks 88   Dirk Nowitzki 13 4 1 0 0 1 2 33 4-18 .222 2-10 .200 3-4 .750
Timberwolves 78   Karl-Anthony Towns 11 21 9 1 3 6 3 44 5-13 .385 0-3 .000 1-1 1.000
2016-17 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 09, 2017
4. Mavericks 92   Dirk Nowitzki 26 5 4 0 0 0 5 31 8-16 .500 5-10 .500 5-7 .714
Timberwolves 101   Karl-Anthony Towns 34 11 4 1 3 3 4 37 15-19 .789 2-3 .667 2-2 1.000
Jan. 15, 2017
5. Mavericks 98   Dirk Nowitzki 17 6 2 0 3 1 1 28 7-14 .500 3-4 .750 0-0 -
Timberwolves 87   Karl-Anthony Towns 18 9 3 1 1 3 2 38 8-17 .471 1-4 .250 1-2 .500
Feb. 24, 2017
6. Mavericks 84   Dirk Nowitzki 8 7 3 2 2 1 2 29 4-14 .286 0-4 .000 0-0 -
Timberwolves 97   Karl-Anthony Towns 26 18 3 1 0 7 1 39 12-18 .667 0-0 - 2-3 .667
2017-18 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 04, 2017
7. Mavericks 99   Dirk Nowitzki 7 3 0 1 0 0 1 21 3-8 .375 1-2 .500 0-0 -
Timberwolves 112   Karl-Anthony Towns 31 12 2 0 2 2 2 32 11-18 .611 2-5 .400 7-8 .875
Nov. 17, 2017
8. Mavericks 87   Dirk Nowitzki 15 7 1 0 0 0 2 24 6-12 .500 1-5 .200 2-2 1.000
Timberwolves 111   Karl-Anthony Towns 15 11 2 1 0 2 4 37 5-10 .500 1-4 .250 4-5 .800
Dec. 10, 2017
9. Mavericks 92   Dirk Nowitzki 10 5 1 1 1 1 3 25 4-8 .500 2-5 .400 0-0 -
Timberwolves 97   Karl-Anthony Towns 28 12 4 3 0 7 4 38 10-15 .667 2-4 .500 6-6 1.000
Mar. 30, 2018
10. Mavericks 92   Dirk Nowitzki 7 6 2 0 0 1 2 26 3-7 .429 1-3 .333 0-0 -
Timberwolves 93   Karl-Anthony Towns 21 20 1 1 0 0 3 44 8-21 .381 1-7 .143 4-4 1.000
2018-19 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 11, 2019
11. Mavericks 119   Dirk Nowitzki 0 4 0 1 1 0 2 13 0-4 .000 0-4 .000 0-0 -
Timberwolves 115   Karl-Anthony Towns 30 11 2 0 4 0 5 30 12-21 .571 1-3 .333 5-5 1.000
Apr. 03, 2019
12. Mavericks 108   Dirk Nowitzki 9 4 2 0 0 1 0 22 4-12 .333 1-8 .125 0-0 -
Timberwolves 110   Karl-Anthony Towns 28 13 3 0 3 1 2 37 12-15 .800 0-0 - 4-6 .667
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