Al Horford vs. Dirk Nowitzki Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dirk Nowitzki and Al Horford, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Al Horford played 19 years in the NBA, 2 less than Dirk Nowitzki, who played 21. Al Horford had the first of his seasons in 2007-08, while Dirk Nowitzki had his rookie season in 1998-99. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Al Horford	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2007-08	1998-99
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	81	31.4	10.1	3.1	6.6	9.7	1.5	0.7	0.9	1.7	3.3	4.1	8.2	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.6	.731
difference:	+34	+11.0	+1.9	+2.2	+4.0	+6.3	+0.5	+0.1	+0.3	-0.1	-1.1	+1.2	+1.1	+.094	+0.3	+1.3	+.206	+0.2	+0.1	+.042
Dirk Nowitzki	47	20.4	8.2	0.9	2.6	3.4	1.0	0.6	0.6	1.6	2.2	2.9	7.1	.405	0.3	1.4	.206	2.1	2.7	.773
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	7	39.6	12.6	3.1	7.3	10.4	3.6	0.4	1.0	2.1	3.7	4.9	10.3	.472	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	3.9	.741
Dirk Nowitzki	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Al Horford	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2009-10	2000-01
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	81	35.1	14.2	2.9	7.0	9.9	2.3	0.7	1.1	1.5	2.8	5.8	10.5	.551	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.3	.789
difference:	+1	+3.0	+7.6	+1.4	+0.7	+0.7	+0.2	+0.3	+0.1	-0.4	-0.2	+1.4	+4.7	+.077	+1.8	+4.8		+2.9	+3.3	+.049
Dirk Nowitzki	82	38.1	21.8	1.5	7.7	9.2	2.1	1.0	1.2	1.9	3.0	7.2	15.2	.474	1.8	4.8	.387	5.5	6.6	.838
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	11	35.3	14.6	2.5	6.5	9.0	1.8	0.7	1.7	1.4	3.2	6.1	11.6	.523	0.1	0.1	1.000	2.4	2.8	.839
difference:	+1	+4.6	+8.8	+1.1	+0.2	+0.9	+0.4	+0.4	+0.9		-0.5	+0.8	+4.7	+.100	+1.2	+4.5	+.717	+5.9	+6.6	+.044
Dirk Nowitzki	10	39.9	23.4	1.4	6.7	8.1	1.4	1.1	0.8	1.4	3.7	6.9	16.3	.423	1.3	4.6	.283	8.3	9.4	.883

Season 4
	Al Horford	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2010-11	2001-02
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	77	35.1	15.3	2.4	7.0	9.3	3.5	0.8	1.0	1.5	2.5	6.7	12.0	.557	0.0	0.1	.500	1.9	2.4	.798
difference:	+1	+2.9	+8.1	+0.8	+1.4	+0.6	+1.1	+0.3		-0.4	-0.4	+1.2	+4.6	+.080	+1.8	+4.5	+.103	+3.9	+4.4	+.055
Dirk Nowitzki	76	38.0	23.4	1.6	8.4	9.9	2.4	1.1	1.0	1.9	2.9	7.9	16.6	.477	1.8	4.6	.397	5.8	6.8	.853
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	12	39.0	11.3	2.1	7.5	9.6	3.5	0.4	1.0	1.4	2.8	4.8	11.4	.423	0.0	0.2	.000	1.7	2.2	.769
difference:	+4	+5.6	+17.1		+3.5	+3.5	+1.2	+1.6	+0.2	-1.4	-0.6	+4.3	+9.1	+.022	+2.0	+3.3	+.571	+6.4	+7.1	+.109
Dirk Nowitzki	8	44.6	28.4	2.1	11.0	13.1	2.3	2.0	0.8	2.8	3.4	9.1	20.5	.445	2.0	3.5	.571	8.1	9.3	.878

Season 5
	Al Horford	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2011-12	2002-03
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	11	31.6	12.4	2.4	4.6	7.0	2.2	0.9	1.3	1.5	1.9	5.2	9.4	.553	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.7	.733
difference:	+69	+7.4	+12.7	+1.4	+4.3	+2.9	+0.8	+0.5	+0.3	-0.4	-0.7	+3.4	+9.2	+.090	+1.9	+4.8	+.379	+4.0	+4.2	+.148
Dirk Nowitzki	80	39.0	25.1	1.0	8.9	9.9	3.0	1.4	1.0	1.9	2.6	8.6	18.6	.463	1.9	4.9	.379	6.0	6.9	.881
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	3	36.0	15.3	1.7	6.7	8.3	2.7	1.3	1.3	4.0	3.7	6.7	11.3	.588	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.7	.750
difference:	+14	+6.5	+10.0	+0.8	+3.9	+3.2	+0.5	+0.1	+0.4	-1.6	-0.6	+2.1	+7.1	+.109	+1.6	+3.6		+4.1	+3.9	+.162
Dirk Nowitzki	17	42.5	25.3	0.9	10.6	11.5	2.2	1.2	0.9	2.4	3.1	8.8	18.4	.479	1.6	3.6	.443	6.1	6.6	.912

Season 6
	Al Horford	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2012-13	2003-04
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	74	37.2	17.4	2.6	7.6	10.2	3.2	1.1	1.1	2.0	2.2	7.8	14.3	.543	0.0	0.1	.500	1.8	2.8	.644
difference:	+3	+0.7	+4.4	+1.4	+0.1	+1.5	+0.5	+0.1	+0.3	-0.2	-0.6	+0.1	+2.7	+.081	+1.3	+3.7	+.159	+3.0	+2.7	+.233
Dirk Nowitzki	77	37.9	21.8	1.2	7.5	8.7	2.7	1.2	1.4	1.8	2.8	7.9	17.0	.462	1.3	3.8	.341	4.8	5.5	.877
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	6	36.3	16.7	2.0	6.8	8.8	3.0	1.0	0.8	1.5	2.8	6.8	13.8	.494	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.5	.667
difference:	+1	+5.9	+9.9	+0.6	+2.4	+3.0	+1.6	+0.4	+1.8	-0.3	-0.4	+2.2	+6.2	+.044	+1.4	+3.0		+4.2	+3.9	+.190
Dirk Nowitzki	5	42.2	26.6	2.6	9.2	11.8	1.4	1.4	2.6	1.2	3.2	9.0	20.0	.450	1.4	3.0	.467	7.2	8.4	.857

Season 7
	Al Horford	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2013-14	2004-05
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	29	33.0	18.6	2.3	6.1	8.4	2.6	0.9	1.5	2.2	1.9	8.2	14.5	.567	0.1	0.4	.364	2.0	2.9	.682
difference:	+49	+5.7	+7.5	+1.1	+2.4	+1.3	+0.5	+0.3		-0.1	-0.9	+0.3	+4.0	+.108	+1.1	+2.5	+.035	+5.9	+6.2	+.187
Dirk Nowitzki	78	38.7	26.1	1.2	8.5	9.7	3.1	1.2	1.5	2.3	2.8	8.5	18.5	.459	1.2	2.9	.399	7.9	9.1	.869
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dirk Nowitzki	13	42.5	23.7	1.9	8.2	10.1	3.3	1.4	1.6	2.5	3.2	7.9	19.7	.402	0.8	2.3	.333	7.1	8.5	.829

Season 8
	Al Horford	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2014-15	2005-06
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	76	30.5	15.2	1.7	5.4	7.2	3.2	0.9	1.3	1.3	1.6	6.8	12.7	.538	0.1	0.5	.306	1.4	1.9	.759
difference:	+5	+7.6	+11.4	+0.3	+2.2	+1.8	+0.4	+0.2	+0.3	-0.6	-0.4	+2.5	+6.6	+.058	+1.3	+2.8	+.100	+5.3	+5.5	+.142
Dirk Nowitzki	81	38.1	26.6	1.4	7.6	9.0	2.8	0.7	1.0	1.9	2.0	9.3	19.3	.480	1.4	3.3	.406	6.7	7.4	.901
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	16	32.6	14.4	2.5	6.1	8.6	3.7	0.8	1.4	1.6	2.1	6.7	13.2	.507	0.1	0.6	.222	0.9	1.3	.750
difference:	+7	+10.1	+12.6	+0.5	+3.5	+3.1	+0.8	+0.3	+0.8	-0.5	-0.7	+1.8	+5.0	+.039	+0.9	+2.3	+.121	+8.0	+8.7	+.145
Dirk Nowitzki	23	42.7	27.0	2.0	9.6	11.7	2.9	1.1	0.6	2.1	2.8	8.5	18.2	.468	1.0	2.9	.343	8.9	10.0	.895

Season 9
	Al Horford	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2015-16	2006-07
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	82	32.1	15.2	1.8	5.5	7.3	3.2	0.8	1.5	1.3	2.0	6.5	12.8	.505	1.1	3.1	.344	1.3	1.6	.798
difference:	+4	+4.1	+9.4	+0.2	+1.8	+1.6	+0.2	+0.1	+0.7	-0.8	-0.2	+2.1	+4.4	+.003	+0.2	+0.9	+.072	+5.1	+5.5	+.106
Dirk Nowitzki	78	36.2	24.6	1.6	7.3	8.9	3.4	0.7	0.8	2.1	2.2	8.6	17.2	.502	0.9	2.2	.416	6.4	7.1	.904
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	10	32.7	13.4	1.3	5.2	6.5	3.1	1.2	2.4	1.7	2.5	5.4	11.6	.466	1.1	2.8	.393	1.5	1.6	.938
difference:	+4	+7.1	+6.3	+2.9	+2.0	+4.8	+0.8	+0.6	+1.1	-0.6	-0.8	+0.6	+4.1	+.083	+0.4	+0.4	+.182	+5.5	+6.7	+.098
Dirk Nowitzki	6	39.8	19.7	4.2	7.2	11.3	2.3	1.8	1.3	2.3	3.3	6.0	15.7	.383	0.7	3.2	.211	7.0	8.3	.840

Season 10
	Al Horford	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2016-17	2007-08
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	68	32.3	14.0	1.4	5.4	6.8	5.0	0.8	1.3	1.7	2.0	5.6	11.8	.473	1.3	3.6	.355	1.6	2.0	.800
difference:	+9	+3.7	+9.6	+0.2	+1.9	+1.8	+1.5	+0.1	+0.4	-0.4	-0.6	+2.6	+5.3	+.006	+0.3	+0.7	+.004	+4.6	+5.1	+.079
Dirk Nowitzki	77	36.0	23.6	1.2	7.3	8.6	3.5	0.7	0.9	2.1	2.6	8.2	17.1	.479	1.0	2.9	.359	6.2	7.1	.879
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	18	33.9	15.1	1.7	4.8	6.6	5.4	0.8	0.8	1.8	1.8	6.2	10.6	.584	1.5	2.9	.519	1.2	1.6	.759
difference:	+13	+8.3	+11.7	+0.3	+5.2	+5.4	+1.4	+0.6	+0.6	-0.2	-0.8	+2.4	+7.6	+.111	+0.3	+0.7	+.186	+7.2	+8.8	+.049
Dirk Nowitzki	5	42.2	26.8	2.0	10.0	12.0	4.0	0.2	1.4	2.0	2.6	8.6	18.2	.473	1.2	3.6	.333	8.4	10.4	.808

Season 11
	Al Horford	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2017-18	2008-09
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	72	31.6	12.9	1.4	5.9	7.4	4.7	0.6	1.1	1.8	1.9	5.1	10.5	.489	1.3	3.1	.429	1.3	1.7	.783
difference:	+9	+6.1	+13.0	+0.3	+1.4	+1.0	+2.3	+0.2	+0.3	-0.1	-0.3	+4.5	+9.5	+.010	+0.5	+1.0	+.070	+4.7	+5.0	+.107
Dirk Nowitzki	81	37.7	25.9	1.1	7.3	8.4	2.4	0.8	0.8	1.9	2.2	9.6	20.0	.479	0.8	2.1	.359	6.0	6.7	.890
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	19	35.7	15.7	1.7	6.6	8.3	3.3	1.0	1.2	1.7	2.1	5.8	10.7	.544	0.8	2.3	.349	3.3	3.9	.827
difference:	+9	+3.7	+11.1	+0.5	+2.3	+1.8	+0.2	+0.1	+0.4	-0.6		+3.0	+6.3	+.026	+0.2	+0.2	+.063	+5.3	+5.4	+.098
Dirk Nowitzki	10	39.4	26.8	1.2	8.9	10.1	3.1	0.9	0.8	2.3	2.1	8.8	17.0	.518	0.6	2.1	.286	8.6	9.3	.925

Season 12
	Al Horford	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2018-19	2009-10
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	68	29.0	13.6	1.8	5.0	6.7	4.2	0.9	1.3	1.5	1.9	5.7	10.6	.535	1.1	3.0	.360	1.1	1.4	.821
difference:	+13	+8.5	+11.4	+0.8	+1.7	+1.0	+1.5		+0.3	-0.3	-0.7	+3.2	+7.9	+.054	+0.5	+1.5	+.061	+5.5	+5.8	+.094
Dirk Nowitzki	81	37.5	25.0	1.0	6.7	7.7	2.7	0.9	1.0	1.8	2.6	8.9	18.5	.481	0.6	1.5	.421	6.6	7.2	.915
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	9	34.4	13.9	1.4	7.6	9.0	4.4	0.4	0.8	2.1	2.3	5.1	12.2	.418	2.0	4.9	.409	1.7	2.0	.833
difference:	+3	+4.4	+12.8	+0.2	+0.6	+0.8	+1.4	+0.4	+0.1	-0.4	-0.2	+4.6	+5.5	+.129	+1.3	+3.7	+.162	+5.0	+5.0	+.119
Dirk Nowitzki	6	38.8	26.7	1.2	7.0	8.2	3.0	0.8	0.7	1.7	2.5	9.7	17.7	.547	0.7	1.2	.571	6.7	7.0	.952

Season 13
	Al Horford	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2019-20	2010-11
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	67	30.2	11.9	1.5	5.3	6.8	4.0	0.8	0.9	1.2	2.1	4.8	10.6	.450	1.5	4.2	.350	0.9	1.2	.763
difference:	+6	+4.1	+11.1	+0.8	+1.0	+0.2	+1.4	+0.3	+0.3	-0.7	-0.3	+3.6	+5.6	+.067	+0.6	+1.9	+.043	+4.5	+4.9	+.129
Dirk Nowitzki	73	34.3	23.0	0.7	6.3	7.0	2.6	0.5	0.6	1.9	2.4	8.4	16.2	.517	0.9	2.3	.393	5.4	6.1	.892
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	4	32.3	7.0	2.3	5.0	7.3	2.3	0.3	1.3	0.8	3.5	3.0	6.3	.480	0.0	1.0	.000	1.0	1.8	.571
difference:	+17	+7.0	+20.7	+1.7	+2.6	+0.8	+0.2	+0.3	+0.7	-2.3	-1.3	+6.1	+12.6	+.005	+1.1	+1.4	+.460	+7.3	+7.1	+.370
Dirk Nowitzki	21	39.3	27.7	0.6	7.6	8.1	2.5	0.6	0.6	3.1	2.2	9.1	18.9	.485	1.1	2.4	.460	8.3	8.9	.941

Season 14
	Al Horford	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2020-21	2011-12
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	28	27.9	14.2	1.0	5.7	6.7	3.4	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.7	5.8	12.9	.450	2.0	5.4	.368	0.6	0.8	.818
difference:	+34	+5.6	+7.4	+0.3	+0.3		+1.2	+0.2	+0.4	-0.9	-0.4	+1.8	+3.8	+.007	+0.7	+2.0		+4.5	+4.9	+.078
Dirk Nowitzki	62	33.5	21.6	0.7	6.0	6.7	2.2	0.7	0.5	1.9	2.1	7.6	16.7	.457	1.3	3.4	.368	5.1	5.7	.896
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dirk Nowitzki	4	38.5	26.8	0.8	5.5	6.3	1.8	0.8	0.0	2.5	2.3	8.5	19.3	.442	0.3	1.5	.167	9.5	10.5	.905

Season 16
	Al Horford	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2022-23	2013-14
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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16th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	63	30.5	9.8	1.2	5.0	6.2	3.0	0.5	1.0	0.6	1.9	3.6	7.6	.476	2.3	5.2	.446	0.2	0.3	.714
difference:	+17	+2.4	+11.9	+0.7	+0.7		+0.3	+0.4	+0.4	-0.9	-0.2	+4.3	+8.3	+.021	+0.7	+1.1	+.048	+4.0	+4.4	+.185
Dirk Nowitzki	80	32.9	21.7	0.5	5.7	6.2	2.7	0.9	0.6	1.5	2.1	7.9	15.9	.497	1.6	4.1	.398	4.2	4.7	.899
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	20	30.9	6.7	1.5	5.7	7.2	3.0	1.1	1.7	0.6	2.4	2.6	6.6	.386	1.4	4.7	.298	0.2	0.2	.750
difference:	+13	+6.7	+12.4	+0.8	+1.6	+0.8	+1.4	+0.2	+0.8	-1.5	-0.5	+5.1	+11.4	+.043	+1.3	+3.0	+.215	+3.4	+4.2	+.056
Dirk Nowitzki	7	37.6	19.1	0.7	7.3	8.0	1.6	0.9	0.9	2.1	2.9	7.7	18.0	.429	0.1	1.7	.083	3.6	4.4	.806

Season 17
	Al Horford	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2023-24	2014-15
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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17th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	65	26.8	8.6	1.3	5.1	6.4	2.6	0.6	1.0	0.7	1.4	3.3	6.4	.511	1.7	4.0	.419	0.4	0.5	.867
difference:	+12	+2.8	+8.7	+0.7	+0.3	+0.5	+0.7	+0.1	+0.6	-0.4	-0.7	+3.0	+7.4	+.052	+0.3	+0.4	+.039	+2.9	+3.3	+.015
Dirk Nowitzki	77	29.6	17.3	0.6	5.4	5.9	1.9	0.5	0.4	1.1	2.1	6.3	13.8	.459	1.4	3.6	.380	3.3	3.8	.882
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	19	30.3	9.2	1.8	5.2	7.0	2.1	0.8	0.8	0.6	1.5	3.5	7.3	.478	1.8	5.0	.368	0.4	0.6	.636
difference:	+14	+5.9	+12.0	+1.0	+4.4	+3.4	+0.3	+0.4	+0.4	-1.4	-1.7	+4.1	+9.5	+.026	+1.0	+1.6	+.133	+4.8	+5.0	+.293
Dirk Nowitzki	5	36.2	21.2	0.8	9.6	10.4	2.4	0.4	0.4	2.0	3.2	7.6	16.8	.452	0.8	3.4	.235	5.2	5.6	.929

Additional Years
* Dirk Nowitzki played 2 seasons more than Al Horford in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 20 to 21, from 2018 to 2019—Dirk Nowitzki didn't play in the postseason. In those 2 extra years over Al Horford, Dirk Nowitzki got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game