Bogdan Bogdanovic vs. Dirk Nowitzki Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dirk Nowitzki and Bogdan Bogdanovic, 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.

Bogdan Bogdanovic played 8 years in the NBA, 13 less than Dirk Nowitzki, who played 21. Bogdan Bogdanovic had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, 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
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2017-18	1998-99
Team	Sacramento Kings	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	78	27.9	11.8	0.4	2.5	2.9	3.3	0.9	0.2	1.6	2.2	4.4	9.9	.446	1.7	4.2	.392	1.3	1.5	.840
difference:	+31	+7.5	+3.6	+0.5	+0.1	+0.5	+2.3	+0.3	+0.4			+1.5	+2.8	+.041	+1.4	+2.8	+.186	+0.8	+1.2	+.067
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
* Neiher Bogdan Bogdanovic nor Dirk Nowitzki played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2019-20	2000-01
Team	Sacramento Kings	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	61	29.0	15.1	0.4	3.0	3.4	3.4	1.0	0.2	1.7	2.2	5.5	12.6	.440	2.7	7.2	.372	1.4	1.9	.741
difference:	+21	+9.1	+6.7	+1.1	+4.7	+5.8	+1.3		+1.0	-0.2	-0.8	+1.7	+2.6	+.034	+0.9	+2.4	+.015	+4.1	+4.7	+.097
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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2020-21	2001-02
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	44	29.7	16.4	0.5	3.2	3.6	3.3	1.1	0.3	1.2	2.3	6.1	12.8	.473	3.3	7.6	.438	0.9	1.0	.909
difference:	+32	+8.3	+7.0	+1.1	+5.2	+6.3	+0.9		+0.7	-0.7	-0.6	+1.8	+3.8	+.004	+1.5	+3.0	+.041	+4.9	+5.8	+.056
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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	18	33.2	14.1	0.6	3.6	4.2	2.9	1.6	0.3	1.5	2.8	5.4	13.8	.390	2.6	7.9	.329	0.7	0.9	.706
difference:	+10	+11.4	+14.3	+1.5	+7.4	+8.9	+0.6	+0.4	+0.5	-1.3	-0.6	+3.7	+6.7	+.055	+0.6	+4.4	+.242	+7.4	+8.4	+.172
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
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2021-22	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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	63	29.3	15.1	0.5	3.5	4.0	3.1	1.1	0.2	1.1	2.1	5.4	12.6	.431	2.7	7.3	.368	1.5	1.8	.843
difference:	+17	+9.7	+10.0	+0.5	+5.4	+5.9	+0.1	+0.3	+0.8	-0.8	-0.5	+3.2	+6.0	+.032	+0.8	+2.4	+.011	+4.5	+5.1	+.038
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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	4	26.8	14.3	1.0	3.8	4.8	3.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	3.0	5.0	12.3	.408	2.3	6.5	.346	2.0	2.5	.800
difference:	+13	+15.7	+11.0	+0.1	+6.8	+6.7	+0.8	+0.9	+0.6	-1.4	-0.1	+3.8	+6.1	+.071	+0.7	+2.9	+.097	+4.1	+4.1	+.112
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
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2022-23	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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	54	27.9	14.0	0.4	2.6	3.1	2.8	0.8	0.3	1.2	1.6	5.1	11.3	.447	2.7	6.7	.406	1.2	1.4	.831
difference:	+23	+10.0	+7.8	+0.8	+4.9	+5.6	+0.1	+0.4	+1.1	-0.6	-1.2	+2.8	+5.7	+.015	+1.4	+2.9	+.065	+3.6	+4.1	+.046
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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	6	26.2	13.3	0.3	2.7	3.0	2.5	1.0	0.8	0.5	2.7	5.0	9.0	.556	2.5	5.5	.455	0.8	1.2	.714
difference:	+1	+16.0	+13.3	+2.3	+6.5	+8.8	+1.1	+0.4	+1.8	-0.7	-0.5	+4.0	+11.0	+.106	+1.1	+2.5	+.012	+6.4	+7.2	+.143
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
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2023-24	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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	79	30.4	16.9	0.7	2.8	3.4	3.1	1.2	0.3	1.4	2.3	6.0	13.9	.428	3.0	8.1	.374	1.9	2.1	.921
difference:	+1	+8.3	+9.2	+0.5	+5.7	+6.3			+1.2	-0.9	-0.5	+2.5	+4.6	+.031	+1.8	+5.2	+.025	+6.0	+7.0	+.052
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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	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
	Bogdan Bogdanovic	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2024-25	2005-06
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Clippers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	54	25.0	10.8	0.4	2.5	2.9	2.7	0.8	0.2	1.4	2.4	3.9	9.1	.427	1.9	5.4	.363	1.1	1.2	.879
difference:	+27	+13.1	+15.8	+1.0	+5.1	+6.1	+0.1	+0.1	+0.8	-0.5	-0.4	+5.4	+10.2	+.053	+0.5	+2.1	+.043	+5.6	+6.2	+.022
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		%
Bogdan Bogdanovic	7	16.7	6.4	0.7	2.1	2.9	2.1	0.4	0.0	1.6	3.6	2.3	6.3	.364	1.0	3.4	.292	0.9	1.0	.857
difference:	+16	+26.0	+20.6	+1.3	+7.5	+8.8	+0.8	+0.7	+0.6	-0.5	-0.8	+6.2	+11.9	+.104		+0.5	+.051	+8.0	+9.0	+.038
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

Additional Years
* Dirk Nowitzki played 13 seasons more than Bogdan Bogdanovic in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 21, from 2007 to 2019—Dirk Nowitzki played in 9 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 13 extra years over Bogdan Bogdanovic, Dirk Nowitzki got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 9 All-Star Game