Dirk Nowitzki Career Stats: All-Time NBA Rankings

Explore how Dirk Nowitzki statistics rank in NBA history. See his all-time rankings in the key categories for both total numbers and per game averages across his entire NBA career, including regular season and playoffs performance.

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In his 21 seasons playing in the NBA—from 1999 to 2019—Dirk Nowitzki placed himself among the league's all-time leaders in most statistical categories, even reaching the top 10 in some of them.

Here you can take a look at a summary of how he ranks in NBA history in the main categories: points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks (and in 3-pointers made as a bonus). Then you can explore in detail all his stats and their rankings.

Dirk Nowitzki Career Stats Rankings Summary

NBA Career
Totals Stats Per Game Stats
Season Playoffs Season Playoffs
Points
6th
18th
58th
28th
Rebounds
27th
24th
180th
61st
Assists
160th
105th
+300th
+300th
Steals
95th
55th
+300th
276th
Blocks
55th
53rd
226th
188th
3-Pointers Made
20th
62nd
268th
+300th

Note: per game rankings include players with a minimum of games played.

Dirk Nowitzki Career Totals,
Regular Season Rankings

Stats Rankings:

6th
in points (31,560 pts)
27th
in rebounds (11,489 trb)
160th
in assists (3,651 ast)
95th
in steals (1,210 stl)
55th
in blocks (1,281 blk)
236th
in offensive rebounds (1,468 orb)
6th
in defensive rebounds (10,021 drb)
8th
in field goals made (11,169 fgm)
8th
in field goals attempted (23,734 fga)
20th
in 3-pointers made (1,982 3pm)
21st
in 3-pointers attempted (5,210 3pa)
9th
in free throws made (7,240 ftm)
18th
in free throws attempted (8,239 fta)

Games and Years:

5th
in games played (1,522 games)
3rd
in seasons (21 years)

Triple-Doubles:

202nd
in triple-doubles (2 games)

Rankings by Points Scored:

61st
in 40+ point games (20 games)
49th
in 50+ point games (2 games)
-
in 60+ point games (0 games)

Dirk Nowitzki Career Totals,
Playoffs Rankings

Stats Rankings:

18th
in points (3,663 pts)
24th
in rebounds (1,446 trb)
105th
in assists (360 ast)
55th
in steals (149 stl)
53rd
in blocks (129 blk)
83rd
in offensive rebounds (212 orb)
7th
in defensive rebounds (1,234 drb)
21st
in field goals made (1,220 fgm)
21st
in field goals attempted (2,642 fga)
62nd
in 3-pointers made (149 3pm)
63rd
in 3-pointers attempted (408 3pa)
10th
in free throws made (1,074 ftm)
14th
in free throws attempted (1,204 fta)

Games and Years:

54th
in games played (145 games)
17th
in Playoffs (15 years)

Triple-Doubles:

+300th
in triple-doubles (0 games)

Rankings by Points Scored:

20th
in 40+ point games (7 games)
9th
in 50+ point games (1 game)
-
in 60+ point games (0 games)

Dirk Nowitzki Career Per Game Data,
Regular Season Rankings

Stats Rankings:

58th
in points per game (20.7 pts)
180th
in rebounds per game (7.5 trb)
+300th
in assists per game (2.4 ast)
+300th
in steals per game (0.8 stl)
226th
in blocks per game (0.8 blk)
+300th
in offensive rebounds per game (1.0 orb)
53rd
in defensive rebounds per game (6.6 drb)
89th
in field goals made per game (7.3 fgm)
101st
in field goals attempted per game (15.6 fga)
268th
in 3-pointers made per game (1.3 3pm)
208th
in 3-pointers attempted per game (3.4 3pa)
70th
in free throws made per game (4.8 ftm)
106th
in free throws attempted per game (5.4 fta)

Dirk Nowitzki Career Per Game Data,
Playoffs Rankings

Stats Rankings:

28th
in points per game (25.3 pts)
61st
in rebounds per game (10.0 trb)
+300th
in assists per game (2.5 ast)
276th
in steals per game (1.0 stl)
188th
in blocks per game (0.9 blk)
+300th
in offensive rebounds per game (1.5 orb)
11th
in defensive rebounds per game (8.5 drb)
51st
in field goals made per game (8.4 fgm)
58th
in field goals attempted per game (18.2 fga)
+300th
in 3-pointers made per game (1.0 3pm)
+300th
in 3-pointers attempted per game (2.8 3pa)
10th
in free throws made per game (7.4 ftm)
23rd
in free throws attempted per game (8.3 fta)

Note: the per game rankings on this page respect the minimums usually applied by the NBA for all-time leaders, 400 games for regular season stats unless the player reached these thresholds before: 10,000 points; 4,000 rebounds; 2,000 assists; 625 steals; 500 blocks; 250 3-pointers made. Also 3 minimum games for the Playoffs are applied.