Bojan Bogdanovic vs. Dirk Nowitzki Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dirk Nowitzki and Bojan 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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.

Bojan Bogdanovic played 10 years in the NBA, 11 less than Dirk Nowitzki, who played 21. Bojan Bogdanovic had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Bojan Bogdanovic	10	7	2014-15 to 2023-24
Dirk Nowitzki	21	15	1998-99 to 2018-19

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bojan Bogdanovic	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2014-15	1998-99
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	78	23.8	9.0	0.6	2.1	2.7	0.9	0.4	0.1	1.0	1.3	3.3	7.4	.453	1.2	3.3	.355	1.1	1.4	.821
difference:	+31	+3.4	+0.8	+0.3	+0.5	+0.7	+0.1	+0.2	+0.5	-0.6	-0.9	+0.4	+0.3	+.048	+0.9	+1.9	+.149	+1.0	+1.3	+.048
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		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	6	34.3	10.3	0.5	3.3	3.8	1.7	0.7	0.3	1.3	2.0	3.8	9.8	.390	1.8	5.5	.333	0.8	1.2	.714
Dirk Nowitzki	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Bojan Bogdanovic	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2015-16	1999-00
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did not play	Did not play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	79	26.8	11.2	0.5	2.8	3.2	1.3	0.4	0.1	1.5	1.5	4.1	9.5	.433	1.6	4.3	.382	1.4	1.7	.833
difference:	+3	+9.0	+6.3	+0.7	+2.4	+3.3	+1.2	+0.4	+0.7	-0.2	-1.6	+2.2	+4.1	+.028	+0.2	+0.6	+.003	+2.1	+2.5	+.003
Dirk Nowitzki	82	35.8	17.5	1.2	5.2	6.5	2.5	0.8	0.8	1.7	3.1	6.3	13.6	.461	1.4	3.7	.379	3.5	4.2	.830

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Bojan Bogdanovic nor Dirk Nowitzki played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Bojan Bogdanovic	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2016-17	2000-01
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Washington Wizards	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Wizards 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		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	81	25.7	13.7	0.5	3.0	3.4	1.4	0.4	0.1	1.6	1.8	4.6	10.4	.445	1.8	4.8	.367	2.7	3.0	.893
difference:	+1	+12.4	+8.1	+1.0	+4.7	+5.8	+0.7	+0.6	+1.1	-0.3	-1.2	+2.6	+4.8	+.029			+.020	+2.8	+3.6	+.055
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		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	13	20.3	8.8	0.8	3.5	4.3	0.7	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.3	2.8	6.7	.414	1.2	3.5	.356	2.1	2.5	.844
difference:	+3	+19.6	+14.6	+0.6	+3.2	+3.8	+0.7	+0.6	+0.7	-0.8	-2.4	+4.1	+9.6	+.009	+0.1	+1.1	+.073	+6.2	+6.9	+.039
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
	Bojan Bogdanovic	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2017-18	2001-02
Team	Indiana Pacers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	80	30.8	14.3	0.4	3.0	3.4	1.5	0.7	0.1	1.3	1.6	5.1	10.7	.474	1.9	4.8	.402	2.2	2.6	.868
difference:	+4	+7.2	+9.1	+1.2	+5.4	+6.5	+0.9	+0.4	+0.9	-0.6	-1.3	+2.8	+5.9	+.003	+0.1	+0.2	+.005	+3.6	+4.2	+.015
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		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	7	34.0	12.4	0.1	3.3	3.4	1.9	0.9	0.0	1.9	3.3	4.6	11.6	.395	2.4	6.4	.378	0.9	1.4	.600
difference:	+1	+10.6	+16.0	+2.0	+7.7	+9.7	+0.4	+1.1	+0.8	-0.9	-0.1	+4.5	+8.9	+.050	+0.4	+2.9	+.193	+7.2	+7.9	+.278
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
	Bojan Bogdanovic	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2018-19	2002-03
Team	Indiana Pacers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	81	31.8	18.0	0.4	3.7	4.1	2.0	0.9	0.0	1.7	1.7	6.4	13.0	.497	2.0	4.8	.425	3.0	3.8	.807
difference:	+1	+7.2	+7.1	+0.6	+5.2	+5.8	+1.0	+0.5	+1.0	-0.2	-0.9	+2.2	+5.6	+.034	+0.1	+0.1	+.046	+3.0	+3.1	+.074
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		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	4	37.0	18.0	0.8	5.0	5.8	2.8	2.0	0.0	1.5	1.8	6.3	15.8	.397	1.8	5.5	.318	3.8	4.3	.882
difference:	+13	+5.5	+7.3	+0.1	+5.6	+5.7	+0.6	+0.8	+0.9	-0.9	-1.3	+2.5	+2.6	+.082	+0.2	+1.9	+.125	+2.3	+2.3	+.030
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
	Bojan Bogdanovic	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2019-20	2003-04
Team	Utah Jazz	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	63	33.1	20.2	0.6	3.5	4.1	2.1	0.5	0.1	2.5	1.7	6.6	14.8	.447	3.0	7.3	.414	4.0	4.4	.903
difference:	+14	+4.8	+1.6	+0.6	+4.0	+4.6	+0.6	+0.7	+1.3	-0.7	-1.1	+1.3	+2.2	+.015	+1.7	+3.5	+.073	+0.8	+1.1	+.026
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		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Bojan Bogdanovic	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2020-21	2004-05
Team	Utah Jazz	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	72	30.8	17.0	0.6	3.3	3.9	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.8	1.6	5.6	12.8	.439	2.5	6.4	.390	3.2	3.7	.879
difference:	+6	+7.9	+9.1	+0.6	+5.2	+5.8	+1.2	+0.6	+1.4	-0.5	-1.2	+2.9	+5.7	+.020	+1.3	+3.5	+.009	+4.7	+5.4	+.010
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		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	11	35.5	18.1	0.5	3.7	4.3	1.5	0.9	0.0	2.1	2.5	5.8	12.5	.467	3.2	6.9	.461	3.3	3.7	.878
difference:	+2	+7.0	+5.6	+1.4	+4.5	+5.8	+1.8	+0.5	+1.6	-0.4	-0.7	+2.1	+7.2	+.065	+2.4	+4.6	+.128	+3.8	+4.8	+.049
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
	Bojan Bogdanovic	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2021-22	2005-06
Team	Utah Jazz	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	69	30.9	18.1	0.8	3.4	4.3	1.7	0.5	0.0	1.7	1.7	6.1	13.4	.455	2.6	6.8	.387	3.2	3.8	.858
difference:	+12	+7.2	+8.5	+0.6	+4.2	+4.7	+1.1	+0.2	+1.0	-0.2	-0.3	+3.2	+5.9	+.025	+1.2	+3.5	+.019	+3.5	+3.6	+.043
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		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	6	35.7	18.0	0.5	3.7	4.2	1.7	0.3	0.0	2.0	4.0	6.5	13.5	.481	1.8	5.5	.333	3.2	4.0	.792
difference:	+17	+7.0	+9.0	+1.5	+5.9	+7.5	+1.2	+0.8	+0.6	-0.1	-1.2	+2.0	+4.7	+.013	+0.8	+2.6	+.010	+5.7	+6.0	+.103
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
	Bojan Bogdanovic	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2022-23	2006-07
Team	Detroit Pistons	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	59	32.1	21.6	0.6	3.2	3.8	2.6	0.6	0.1	2.3	1.9	7.3	14.9	.488	2.5	6.0	.411	4.5	5.1	.884
difference:	+19	+4.1	+3.0	+1.0	+4.1	+5.1	+0.8	+0.1	+0.7	-0.2	-0.3	+1.3	+2.3	+.014	+1.6	+3.8	+.005	+1.9	+2.0	+.020
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		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Bojan Bogdanovic	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2023-24	2007-08
Team	Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	57	25.9	15.2	0.4	2.3	2.7	1.7	0.5	0.1	1.8	1.7	5.4	11.9	.454	2.3	5.9	.398	2.1	2.6	.785
difference:	+20	+10.1	+8.4	+0.8	+5.0	+5.9	+1.8	+0.2	+0.8	-0.3	-0.9	+2.8	+5.2	+.025	+1.3	+3.0	+.039	+4.1	+4.5	+.094
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		%
Bojan Bogdanovic	4	12.8	6.0	0.3	2.8	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.8	6.0	.292	1.5	3.8	.400	1.0	1.8	.571
difference:	+1	+29.4	+20.8	+1.7	+7.2	+9.0	+3.0	+0.2	+1.1	-1.7	-1.8	+6.8	+12.2	+.181	+0.3	+0.2	+.067	+7.4	+8.6	+.237
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


Additional Years
* Dirk Nowitzki played 11 seasons more than Bojan Bogdanovic in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 21, from 2009 to 2019—Dirk Nowitzki played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 11 extra years over Bojan Bogdanovic, Dirk Nowitzki got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 7 All-Star Game

Bojan Bogdanovic vs. Dirk Nowitzki Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dirk Nowitzki and Bojan 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years