Dirk Nowitzki vs. Alperen Sengun Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alperen Sengun and Dirk Nowitzki, 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.

Dirk Nowitzki played 21 years in the NBA, 17 more than Alperen Sengun, who played 4. Dirk Nowitzki had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, while Alperen Sengun had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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.

Season 3
	Dirk Nowitzki	Alperen Sengun
Season	2000-01	2023-24
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+19	+5.6	+0.7	+1.4	+1.3	+0.1	+2.9	+0.2	+0.5	-0.7	-0.3	+1.2	+0.4	+.063	+1.3	+3.0	+.090	+1.6	+1.0	+.145
Alperen Sengun	63	32.5	21.1	2.9	6.4	9.3	5.0	1.2	0.7	2.6	3.3	8.4	15.6	.537	0.5	1.8	.297	3.9	5.6	.693
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Alperen Sengun	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Dirk Nowitzki	Alperen Sengun
Season	2001-02	2024-25
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Cup All-Tournament Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:		+6.5	+4.3	+1.8	+1.5	+0.4	+2.5		+0.2	-0.7	-0.1	+0.4	+1.6	+.019	+1.5	+3.4	+.164	+1.9	+1.2	+.161
Alperen Sengun	76	31.5	19.1	3.4	6.9	10.3	4.9	1.1	0.8	2.6	2.8	7.5	15.0	.496	0.3	1.2	.233	3.9	5.6	.692
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+1	+8.0	+7.5	+0.9	+2.1	+1.2	+3.0	+0.1	+0.4	-0.7	-0.3	+0.7	+1.8	+.005	+1.6	+2.4	+.196	+4.5	+3.6	+.253
Alperen Sengun	7	36.6	20.9	3.0	8.9	11.9	5.3	1.9	0.4	2.1	3.7	8.4	18.7	.450	0.4	1.1	.375	3.6	5.7	.625

Additional Years
* Dirk Nowitzki played 17 seasons more than Alperen Sengun in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 21, from 2003 to 2019—Dirk Nowitzki played in 13 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 17 extra years over Alperen Sengun, Dirk Nowitzki got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 4 All-NBA First Team 4 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 13 All-Star Game