Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Kevin Love and Dirk Nowitzki

This is the detail of NBA games in which Kevin Love 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.

They faced each other a total of 23 times in NBA games. Dirk Nowitzki has a 12-11 winning record over Kevin Love. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Kevin Love:
2008-09 to 2023-24
Dirk Nowitzki:
1998-99 to 2018-19
23 Games played
23 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Kevin Love
11
11
0
Dirk Nowitzki
12
12
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kevin Love 20.7 11.9 2.4 0.50.6
Dirk Nowitzki 19.8 6.0 2.00.70.7
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kevin Love 36 18 8 32
Dirk Nowitzki 34 13 6 23
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kevin Love 12

games
18

games
12

games
6

games
5

games
Dirk Nowitzki 10

games
2

games
9

games
10

games
6

games
Both had same stat 1

game
3

games
2

games
7

games
12

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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2008-09 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 01, 2008
1. Timberwolves 85   Kevin Love 9 3 1 0 0 1 2 23 3-7 .429 0-2 .000 3-3 1.000
Mavericks 95   Dirk Nowitzki 21 6 0 0 0 1 0 32 8-17 .471 1-2 .500 4-6 .667
Dec. 30, 2008
2. Timberwolves 100   Kevin Love 0 7 2 0 1 0 3 19 0-4 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mavericks 107   Dirk Nowitzki 24 13 3 2 1 2 1 39 9-18 .500 0-1 .000 6-10 .600
Mar. 31, 2009
3. Timberwolves 88   Kevin Love 23 12 3 2 0 0 2 36 9-17 .529 0-1 .000 5-6 .833
Mavericks 108   Dirk Nowitzki 23 12 0 1 0 2 1 32 11-19 .579 0-1 .000 1-1 1.000
Apr. 13, 2009
4. Timberwolves 94   Kevin Love 10 11 0 0 0 2 3 19 5-11 .455 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mavericks 96   Dirk Nowitzki 34 9 3 1 1 3 1 40 8-19 .421 2-3 .667 16-17 .941
2009-10 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 05, 2010
5. Timberwolves 117   Kevin Love 17 11 2 0 0 5 4 30 8-12 .667 1-2 .500 0-0 -
Mavericks 108   Dirk Nowitzki 21 8 4 0 0 1 4 37 6-15 .400 0-1 .000 9-10 .900
Mar. 03, 2010
6. Timberwolves 109   Kevin Love 14 14 2 0 0 4 4 33 5-9 .556 2-3 .667 2-2 1.000
Mavericks 112   Dirk Nowitzki 22 5 3 1 0 1 4 39 6-14 .429 0-0 - 10-10 1.000
Mar. 08, 2010
7. Timberwolves 112   Kevin Love 6 6 0 0 0 3 2 12 1-7 .143 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Mavericks 125   Dirk Nowitzki 24 6 3 1 1 0 4 30 8-15 .533 0-0 - 8-10 .800
2010-11 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 01, 2010
8. Timberwolves 86   Kevin Love 12 15 3 1 0 2 1 38 3-10 .300 0-2 .000 6-6 1.000
Mavericks 100   Dirk Nowitzki 10 1 1 1 0 0 1 24 4-11 .364 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Mar. 07, 2011
9. Timberwolves 105   Kevin Love 23 17 5 1 1 3 4 36 7-14 .500 4-6 .667 5-6 .833
Mavericks 108   Dirk Nowitzki 25 6 2 0 1 1 4 27 7-12 .583 1-2 .500 10-10 1.000
2011-12 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 01, 2012
10. Timberwolves 99   Kevin Love 25 17 1 1 1 1 1 38 9-16 .563 5-6 .833 2-2 1.000
Mavericks 82   Dirk Nowitzki 21 4 0 1 0 0 2 32 9-20 .450 2-3 .667 1-1 1.000
Feb. 10, 2012
11. Timberwolves 97   Kevin Love 32 12 3 0 0 5 2 41 9-18 .500 0-3 .000 14-14 1.000
Mavericks 104   Dirk Nowitzki 33 4 3 1 3 1 3 35 11-19 .579 4-7 .571 7-10 .700
2013-14 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 08, 2013
12. Timberwolves 116   Kevin Love 32 15 8 0 1 2 2 35 12-21 .571 3-6 .500 5-5 1.000
Mavericks 108   Dirk Nowitzki 14 3 1 1 1 4 2 31 5-11 .455 1-4 .250 3-3 1.000
Nov. 30, 2013
13. Timberwolves 112   Kevin Love 21 11 2 0 1 1 1 35 6-14 .429 2-5 .400 7-11 .636
Mavericks 106   Dirk Nowitzki 23 5 6 1 0 2 3 33 10-13 .769 1-1 1.000 2-2 1.000
Dec. 30, 2013
14. Timberwolves 98   Kevin Love 36 11 4 1 0 1 3 40 14-24 .583 2-7 .286 6-8 .750
Mavericks 100   Dirk Nowitzki 16 5 3 0 0 0 3 33 7-17 .412 0-4 .000 2-3 .667
Mar. 19, 2014
15. Timberwolves 123   Kevin Love 35 8 3 0 1 4 2 41 11-20 .550 2-5 .400 11-14 .786
OT Mavericks 122   Dirk Nowitzki 27 3 0 0 0 2 3 39 11-27 .407 0-7 .000 5-6 .833
2014-15 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 04, 2015
16. Cavaliers 90   Kevin Love 30 10 3 1 1 2 1 32 11-21 .524 3-7 .429 5-6 .833
Mavericks 109   Dirk Nowitzki 15 5 3 0 2 0 0 25 7-12 .583 1-2 .500 0-0 -
Mar. 10, 2015
17. Cavaliers 127   Kevin Love 21 14 2 0 1 3 2 33 9-17 .529 2-6 .333 1-2 .500
Mavericks 94   Dirk Nowitzki 13 4 1 1 1 2 4 29 3-10 .300 1-3 .333 6-7 .857
2015-16 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 12, 2016
18. Cavaliers 110   Kevin Love 15 11 0 0 2 0 3 37 5-19 .263 3-9 .333 2-2 1.000
OT Mavericks 107   Dirk Nowitzki 17 11 3 0 0 3 1 38 7-15 .467 3-5 .600 0-0 -
Mar. 16, 2016
19. Cavaliers 99   Kevin Love 23 18 1 0 2 2 3 34 8-19 .421 2-6 .333 5-6 .833
Mavericks 98   Dirk Nowitzki 20 4 3 0 3 1 1 35 7-17 .412 1-6 .167 5-6 .833
2016-17 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 25, 2016
20. Cavaliers 128   Kevin Love 27 10 4 3 0 1 1 28 8-14 .571 7-9 .778 4-4 1.000
Mavericks 90   Dirk Nowitzki 15 6 3 0 0 1 3 27 7-18 .389 1-5 .200 0-0 -
2017-18 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 11, 2017
21. Cavaliers 111   Kevin Love 29 15 3 0 1 1 1 36 11-19 .579 3-5 .600 4-4 1.000
Mavericks 104   Dirk Nowitzki 14 5 0 1 1 0 0 25 6-9 .667 2-2 1.000 0-0 -
Apr. 01, 2018
22. Cavaliers 98   Kevin Love 13 13 0 1 1 2 1 36 4-13 .308 2-4 .500 3-5 .600
Mavericks 87   Dirk Nowitzki 9 7 1 0 0 0 1 21 4-8 .500 1-4 .250 0-0 -
2018-19 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 16, 2019
23. Cavaliers 116   Kevin Love 22 12 4 0 0 0 1 32 6-15 .400 2-9 .222 8-8 1.000
Mavericks 121   Dirk Nowitzki 14 6 1 2 2 1 4 29 5-13 .385 2-5 .400 2-4 .500