Derek Fisher vs. Dirk Nowitzki Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dirk Nowitzki and Derek Fisher, 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / 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.

Derek Fisher played 18 years in the NBA, 3 less than Dirk Nowitzki, who played 21. Derek Fisher had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, 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
Derek Fisher	18	16	1996-97 to 2013-14
Dirk Nowitzki	21	15	1998-99 to 2018-19

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Derek Fisher	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1996-97	1998-99
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Derek Fisher	80	11.5	3.9	0.3	0.9	1.2	1.5	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.1	1.3	3.3	.397	0.3	0.9	.301	1.0	1.5	.658
difference:	+33	+8.9	+4.3	+0.6	+1.7	+2.2	+0.5	+0.1	+0.5	-0.7	-1.1	+1.6	+3.8	+.008		+0.5	+.095	+1.1	+1.2	+.115
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		%
Derek Fisher	6	5.7	1.3	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.2	0.0	1.0	0.7	0.5	1.8	.273	0.0	0.8	.000	0.3	0.5	.667
Dirk Nowitzki	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Derek Fisher	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1997-98	1999-00
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Derek Fisher	82	21.5	5.8	0.5	1.9	2.4	4.1	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.5	2.0	4.6	.434	0.4	1.0	.383	1.4	1.9	.757
difference:		+14.3	+11.7	+0.7	+3.3	+4.1	+1.6	+0.1	+0.7	-0.2	-1.6	+4.3	+9.0	+.027	+1.0	+2.7	+.004	+2.1	+2.3	+.073
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	13	21.5	6.0	0.2	1.8	1.9	3.8	1.3	0.0	1.2	2.5	2.1	5.2	.397	0.5	1.5	.300	1.4	2.2	.621
Dirk Nowitzki	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Derek Fisher	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1998-99	2000-01
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Derek Fisher	50	22.6	5.9	0.4	1.4	1.8	3.9	1.2	0.0	1.5	1.9	2.0	5.3	.376	0.8	1.9	.392	1.2	1.6	.759
difference:	+32	+15.5	+15.9	+1.1	+6.3	+7.4	+1.8	+0.2	+1.2	-0.4	-1.1	+5.2	+9.9	+.098	+1.0	+2.9	+.005	+4.3	+5.0	+.079
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		%
Derek Fisher	8	29.8	9.8	0.8	2.9	3.6	4.9	1.0	0.0	1.4	2.5	3.5	8.4	.418	1.3	3.6	.345	1.5	1.9	.800
difference:	+2	+10.1	+13.6	+0.6	+3.8	+4.5	+3.5	+0.1	+0.8		-1.2	+3.4	+7.9	+.005		+1.0	+.062	+6.8	+7.5	+.083
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
	Derek Fisher	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1999-00	2001-02
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Derek Fisher	78	23.1	6.3	0.3	1.6	1.8	2.8	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.9	2.1	6.2	.346	0.7	2.1	.313	1.3	1.9	.724
difference:	+2	+14.9	+17.1	+1.3	+6.8	+8.1	+0.4	+0.1	+1.0	-0.9	-1.0	+5.8	+10.4	+.131	+1.1	+2.5	+.084	+4.5	+4.9	+.129
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		%
Derek Fisher	21	15.3	4.7	0.2	0.9	1.0	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.4	1.4	1.6	3.8	.430	0.6	1.4	.414	0.9	1.2	.760
difference:	+13	+29.3	+23.7	+1.9	+10.1	+12.1	+0.3	+1.5	+0.8	-2.4	-2.0	+7.5	+16.7	+.015	+1.4	+2.1	+.157	+7.2	+8.1	+.118
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
	Derek Fisher	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2000-01	2002-03
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Derek Fisher	20	35.5	11.5	0.3	2.7	3.0	4.4	2.0	0.1	1.5	2.5	3.9	9.4	.412	1.3	3.2	.397	2.5	3.1	.806
difference:	+60	+3.5	+13.6	+0.7	+6.2	+6.9	+1.4	+0.6	+0.9	-0.4	-0.1	+4.7	+9.2	+.051	+0.6	+1.7	+.018	+3.5	+3.8	+.075
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		%
Derek Fisher	16	35.8	13.4	0.3	3.5	3.8	3.0	1.3	0.1	0.8	2.8	4.8	9.9	.484	2.2	4.3	.515	1.6	2.1	.765
difference:	+1	+6.7	+11.9	+0.6	+7.1	+7.7	+0.8	+0.1	+0.8	-1.6	-0.3	+4.0	+8.5	+.005	+0.6	+0.7	+.072	+4.5	+4.5	+.147
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
	Derek Fisher	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2001-02	2003-04
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Derek Fisher	70	28.2	11.2	0.2	1.9	2.1	2.6	0.9	0.1	0.9	1.7	3.9	9.5	.411	2.1	5.0	.413	1.3	1.6	.847
difference:	+7	+9.7	+10.6	+1.0	+5.6	+6.6	+0.1	+0.3	+1.3	-0.9	-1.1	+4.0	+7.5	+.051	+0.8	+1.2	+.072	+3.5	+3.9	+.030
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		%
Derek Fisher	19	34.2	10.2	0.5	2.7	3.3	2.7	1.0	0.1	1.1	2.6	3.2	8.8	.357	1.5	4.3	.358	2.3	2.9	.786
difference:	+14	+8.0	+16.4	+2.1	+6.5	+8.5	+1.3	+0.4	+2.5	-0.1	-0.6	+5.8	+11.2	+.093	+0.1	+1.3	+.109	+4.9	+5.5	+.071
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
	Derek Fisher	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2002-03	2004-05
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Derek Fisher	82	34.5	10.5	0.5	2.4	2.9	3.6	1.1	0.2	1.1	2.4	4.1	9.5	.437	1.0	2.6	.401	1.2	1.5	.800
difference:	+4	+4.2	+15.6	+0.7	+6.1	+6.8	+0.5	+0.1	+1.3	-1.2	-0.4	+4.4	+9.0	+.022	+0.2	+0.3	+.002	+6.7	+7.6	+.069
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		%
Derek Fisher	12	35.4	12.8	0.4	2.6	3.0	1.8	1.5	0.1	1.5	3.3	4.4	8.5	.520	2.4	3.9	.617	1.5	1.8	.818
difference:	+1	+7.1	+10.9	+1.5	+5.6	+7.1	+1.5	+0.1	+1.5	-1.0	-0.1	+3.5	+11.2	+.118	+1.6	+1.6	+.284	+5.6	+6.7	+.011
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
	Derek Fisher	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2003-04	2005-06
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Derek Fisher	82	21.6	7.1	0.4	1.5	1.9	2.3	1.3	0.0	1.0	1.4	2.5	7.0	.352	0.6	2.2	.291	1.5	1.9	.797
difference:	+1	+16.5	+19.5	+1.0	+6.1	+7.1	+0.5	+0.6	+1.0	-0.9	-0.6	+6.8	+12.3	+.128	+0.8	+1.1	+.115	+5.2	+5.5	+.104
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		%
Derek Fisher	22	23.1	7.5	0.5	2.1	2.5	2.2	0.8	0.0	0.9	2.1	2.7	6.7	.405	1.0	2.5	.418	1.0	1.6	.657
difference:	+1	+19.6	+19.5	+1.5	+7.5	+9.2	+0.7	+0.3	+0.6	-1.2	-0.7	+5.8	+11.5	+.063		+0.4	+.075	+7.9	+8.4	+.238
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
	Derek Fisher	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2004-05	2006-07
Team	Golden State Warriors	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		%
Derek Fisher	74	30.0	11.9	0.5	2.4	2.9	4.1	1.0	0.1	1.7	2.4	4.0	10.2	.393	1.5	3.9	.371	2.4	2.7	.862
difference:	+4	+6.2	+12.7	+1.1	+4.9	+6.0	+0.7	+0.3	+0.7	-0.4	-0.2	+4.6	+7.0	+.109	+0.6	+1.7	+.045	+4.0	+4.4	+.042
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		%
Derek Fisher	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
	Derek Fisher	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2005-06	2007-08
Team	Golden State Warriors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Derek Fisher	82	31.6	13.3	0.4	2.1	2.6	4.3	1.5	0.1	1.9	2.9	4.4	10.8	.410	1.4	3.6	.397	3.0	3.6	.833
difference:	+5	+4.4	+10.3	+0.8	+5.2	+6.0	+0.8	+0.8	+0.8	-0.2	-0.3	+3.8	+6.3	+.069	+0.4	+0.7	+.038	+3.2	+3.5	+.046
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		%
Derek Fisher	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Derek Fisher	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2006-07	2008-09
Team	Utah Jazz	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Derek Fisher	82	27.9	10.1	0.4	1.5	1.8	3.3	1.0	0.1	1.5	2.9	3.1	8.2	.382	0.6	1.9	.308	3.2	3.7	.853
difference:	+1	+9.8	+15.8	+0.7	+5.8	+6.6	+0.9	+0.2	+0.7	-0.4	-0.7	+6.5	+11.8	+.097	+0.2	+0.2	+.051	+2.8	+3.0	+.037
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		%
Derek Fisher	16	27.8	9.5	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.6	1.0	0.1	1.2	3.2	3.1	7.6	.405	0.8	2.0	.375	2.6	2.8	.933
difference:	+6	+11.6	+17.3	+0.9	+7.6	+8.5	+0.5	+0.1	+0.7	-1.1	-1.1	+5.7	+9.4	+.113	+0.2	+0.1	+.089	+6.0	+6.5	+.008
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
	Derek Fisher	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2007-08	2009-10
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Derek Fisher	82	27.4	11.7	0.3	1.8	2.1	2.9	1.0	0.0	1.1	2.3	4.1	9.5	.436	1.4	3.4	.406	2.0	2.3	.883
difference:	+1	+10.1	+13.3	+0.7	+4.9	+5.6	+0.2	+0.1	+1.0	-0.7	-0.3	+4.8	+9.0	+.045	+0.8	+1.9	+.015	+4.6	+4.9	+.032
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		%
Derek Fisher	21	31.6	10.2	0.1	2.1	2.2	2.5	2.0	0.1	1.0	3.0	3.1	7.0	.452	1.0	2.4	.440	2.9	3.5	.836
difference:	+15	+7.2	+16.5	+1.1	+4.9	+6.0	+0.5	+1.2	+0.6	-0.7	-0.5	+6.6	+10.7	+.095	+0.3	+1.2	+.131	+3.8	+3.5	+.116
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
	Derek Fisher	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2008-09	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Derek Fisher	82	29.8	9.9	0.3	2.0	2.3	3.2	1.2	0.1	0.9	2.3	3.6	8.4	.424	1.5	3.7	.397	1.3	1.6	.846
difference:	+9	+4.5	+13.1	+0.4	+4.3	+4.7	+0.6	+0.7	+0.5	-1.0	-0.1	+4.8	+7.8	+.093	+0.6	+1.4	+.004	+4.1	+4.5	+.046
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		%
Derek Fisher	22	28.9	8.0	0.3	1.7	2.0	2.2	1.0	0.0	1.1	2.8	2.9	7.3	.394	0.9	3.0	.284	1.4	1.6	.861
difference:	+1	+10.4	+19.7	+0.3	+5.9	+6.1	+0.3	+0.4	+0.6	-2.0	-0.6	+6.2	+11.6	+.091	+0.2	+0.6	+.176	+6.9	+7.3	+.080
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
	Derek Fisher	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2009-10	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Derek Fisher	82	27.2	7.5	0.3	1.8	2.1	2.5	1.1	0.1	1.0	2.5	2.6	6.8	.380	1.0	2.7	.348	1.4	1.6	.856
difference:	+20	+6.3	+14.1	+0.4	+4.2	+4.6	+0.3	+0.4	+0.4	-0.9	-0.4	+5.0	+9.9	+.077	+0.3	+0.7	+.020	+3.7	+4.1	+.040
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		%
Derek Fisher	23	32.8	10.3	0.4	2.1	2.5	2.8	1.2	0.0	1.6	3.6	3.6	8.0	.448	1.2	3.3	.360	2.0	2.4	.821
difference:	+19	+5.7	+16.5	+0.4	+3.4	+3.8	+1.0	+0.4		-0.9	-1.3	+4.9	+11.3	+.006	+0.9	+1.8	+.193	+7.5	+8.1	+.084
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 15
	Derek Fisher	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2010-11	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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15th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	82	28.0	6.8	0.2	1.7	1.9	2.7	1.2	0.1	0.9	2.3	2.5	6.5	.389	0.8	1.9	.396	1.0	1.3	.806
difference:	+29	+3.3	+10.5	+0.5	+4.5	+4.9	+0.2	+0.5	+0.6	-0.4	-0.5	+4.0	+7.2	+.082	+0.4	+1.1	+.018	+2.1	+2.3	+.054
Dirk Nowitzki	53	31.3	17.3	0.7	6.2	6.8	2.5	0.7	0.7	1.3	1.8	6.5	13.7	.471	1.2	3.0	.414	3.1	3.6	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	10	32.5	8.2	0.1	2.6	2.7	3.6	1.4	0.2	0.8	2.5	2.9	6.7	.433	0.7	1.7	.412	1.7	2.1	.810
Dirk Nowitzki	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Derek Fisher	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2011-12	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Oklahoma City Thunder	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost NBA 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		%
Derek Fisher	63	23.9	5.6	0.2	1.7	1.9	2.7	0.8	0.1	1.2	1.9	2.0	5.5	.371	0.6	1.7	.321	0.9	1.1	.851
difference:	+17	+9.0	+16.1	+0.3	+4.0	+4.3		+0.1	+0.5	-0.3	-0.2	+5.9	+10.4	+.126	+1.0	+2.4	+.077	+3.3	+3.6	+.048
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		%
Derek Fisher	20	22.3	6.3	0.1	1.5	1.6	1.3	0.9	0.1	0.3	1.9	2.5	5.9	.415	0.9	2.4	.375	0.5	0.5	1.000
difference:	+13	+15.3	+12.8	+0.6	+5.8	+6.4	+0.3		+0.8	-1.8	-1.0	+5.2	+12.1	+.014	+0.8	+0.7	+.292	+3.1	+3.9	+.194
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
	Derek Fisher	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2012-13	2014-15
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Oklahoma City Thunder	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Derek Fisher	33	17.4	5.3	0.1	1.1	1.1	1.4	0.6	0.1	0.9	1.7	1.7	4.9	.342	0.9	2.4	.375	1.1	1.2	.921
difference:	+44	+12.2	+12.0	+0.5	+4.3	+4.8	+0.5	+0.1	+0.3	-0.2	-0.4	+4.6	+8.9	+.117	+0.5	+1.2	+.005	+2.2	+2.6	+.039
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		%
Derek Fisher	11	23.7	8.7	0.1	1.5	1.5	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.7	3.0	2.9	6.4	.457	2.2	4.6	.471	0.7	1.1	.667
difference:	+6	+12.5	+12.5	+0.7	+8.1	+8.9	+1.7	+0.2	+0.3	-1.3	-0.2	+4.7	+10.4	+.005	+1.4	+1.2	+.236	+4.5	+4.5	+.262
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


Season 18
	Derek Fisher	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2013-14	2015-16
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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18th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	81	17.6	5.2	0.1	1.4	1.5	1.4	0.9	0.0	0.6	1.9	1.7	4.5	.391	1.1	2.8	.384	0.7	0.9	.775
difference:	+6	+13.9	+13.1	+0.6	+4.4	+5.0	+0.4	+0.2	+0.7	-0.5	-0.2	+4.9	+10.3	+.057	+0.6	+1.8	+.016	+2.6	+2.8	+.118
Dirk Nowitzki	75	31.5	18.3	0.7	5.8	6.5	1.8	0.7	0.7	1.1	2.1	6.6	14.8	.448	1.7	4.6	.368	3.3	3.7	.893

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Fisher	19	15.7	3.8	0.3	1.4	1.7	0.8	0.7	0.0	0.3	1.4	1.2	3.8	.315	0.6	2.2	.293	0.8	0.8	1.000
difference:	+14	+18.3	+16.6	+0.3	+2.8	+3.1	+0.8	+0.3	+0.6	-1.1	-0.4	+7.0	+12.8	+.179	+0.2		+.071	+2.4	+2.6	+.059
Dirk Nowitzki	5	34.0	20.4	0.6	4.2	4.8	1.6	0.4	0.6	1.4	1.8	8.2	16.6	.494	0.8	2.2	.364	3.2	3.4	.941


Additional Years
* Dirk Nowitzki played 3 seasons more than Derek Fisher in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 19 to 21, from 2017 to 2019—Dirk Nowitzki didn't play in the postseason. In those 3 extra years over Derek Fisher, Dirk Nowitzki got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game

Derek Fisher vs. Dirk Nowitzki Season by Season Comparison

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

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Rookie Season

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Season 2

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Season 3

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Season 4

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Season 5

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Season 6

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Season 7

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Season 8

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Season 9

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Season 10

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Season 11

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Season 12

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Season 13

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Season 14

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Season 15

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Season 16

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Season 17

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Season 18

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