Dirk Nowitzki vs. Anfernee Simons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Anfernee Simons 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.

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.

Dirk Nowitzki played 21 years in the NBA, 13 more than Anfernee Simons, who played 8. Dirk Nowitzki had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, while Anfernee Simons had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
Dirk Nowitzki	21	15	1998-99 to 2018-19
Anfernee Simons	8	3	2018-19 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Dirk Nowitzki	Anfernee Simons
Season	1998-99	2018-19
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did not play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+27	+13.3	+4.4	+0.7	+2.1	+2.7	+0.3	+0.5	+0.6	-1.0	-1.7	+1.5	+3.9	+.039	+0.2	+0.1	+.139	+1.6	+1.9	+.210
Anfernee Simons	20	7.1	3.8	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.5	1.4	3.2	.444	0.5	1.5	.345	0.5	0.8	.563

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dirk Nowitzki	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anfernee Simons	5	2.4	0.8	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	1.4	.000	0.0	0.4	.000	0.8	1.0	.800


Season 2
	Dirk Nowitzki	Anfernee Simons
Season	1999-00	2019-20
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did not play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+12	+15.1	+9.2	+0.8	+3.4	+4.3	+1.1	+0.4	+0.7	-0.8	-1.2	+3.2	+5.9	+.062	+0.3	+0.5	+.047	+2.4	+2.9	+.004
Anfernee Simons	70	20.7	8.3	0.4	1.8	2.2	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.9	3.1	7.7	.399	1.1	3.2	.332	1.1	1.3	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dirk Nowitzki	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anfernee Simons	4	20.5	6.8	0.3	2.5	2.8	2.5	1.5	0.0	1.0	1.8	2.0	6.5	.308	1.5	3.5	.429	1.3	1.5	.833


Season 3
	Dirk Nowitzki	Anfernee Simons
Season	2000-01	2020-21
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+18	+20.8	+14.0	+1.3	+5.7	+7.0	+0.7	+0.7	+1.1	-1.2	-1.5	+4.6	+8.9	+.055	+0.1	+0.4	+.039	+4.8	+5.7	+.031
Anfernee Simons	64	17.3	7.8	0.2	2.0	2.2	1.4	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.5	2.6	6.3	.419	1.9	4.4	.426	0.7	0.9	.807

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
difference:	+4	+22.1	+16.9	+0.9	+4.5	+5.4	+0.6	+0.8	+0.6	-1.2	-2.7	+4.6	+12.1	+.137	+0.5	+1.6	+.328	+8.3	+9.4
Anfernee Simons	6	17.8	6.5	0.5	2.2	2.7	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.2	1.0	2.3	4.2	.560	1.8	3.0	.611	0.0	0.0	-


Season 4
	Dirk Nowitzki	Anfernee Simons
Season	2001-02	2021-22
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Did not play

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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:	+19	+8.5	+6.1	+1.1	+6.2	+7.3	+1.5	+0.6	+0.9	-0.1	-1.0	+1.7	+2.6	+.034	+1.3	+3.2	+.008	+4.0	+4.8	+.035
Anfernee Simons	57	29.5	17.3	0.5	2.2	2.6	3.9	0.5	0.1	2.0	1.9	6.2	14.0	.443	3.1	7.8	.405	1.8	2.0	.888

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
Anfernee Simons	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Dirk Nowitzki	Anfernee Simons
Season	2002-03	2022-23
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Did not play

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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		%
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
difference:	+18	+4.0	+4.0	+0.7	+6.6	+7.3	+1.1	+0.7	+0.8	-0.2	-0.3	+1.1	+1.7	+.016	+1.5	+4.2	+.002	+3.4	+4.0	+.013
Anfernee Simons	62	35.0	21.1	0.3	2.3	2.6	4.1	0.7	0.2	2.1	2.3	7.5	16.9	.447	3.4	9.1	.377	2.6	2.9	.894

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Anfernee Simons	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Dirk Nowitzki	Anfernee Simons
Season	2003-04	2023-24
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did not play

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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		%
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
difference:	+31	+3.5	+0.8	+0.7	+4.3	+5.1	+2.8	+0.7	+1.3	-0.9	-0.7	+0.1	+1.2	+.032	+2.1	+5.0	+.044	+1.3	+1.6	+.039
Anfernee Simons	46	34.4	22.6	0.5	3.2	3.6	5.5	0.5	0.1	2.7	2.1	7.8	18.2	.430	3.4	8.8	.385	3.5	3.9	.916

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Anfernee Simons	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Dirk Nowitzki	Anfernee Simons
Season	2004-05	2024-25
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Did not play

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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		%
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
difference:	+8	+6.0	+6.8	+0.8	+6.2	+7.0	+1.7	+0.3	+1.4	-0.3	-1.1	+1.7	+2.4	+.033	+1.9	+5.6	+.036	+5.4	+6.3	+.033
Anfernee Simons	70	32.7	19.3	0.4	2.3	2.7	4.8	0.9	0.1	2.0	1.7	6.8	16.1	.426	3.1	8.5	.363	2.5	2.8	.902

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Anfernee Simons	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Dirk Nowitzki	Anfernee Simons
Season	2005-06	2025-26
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	Did not play (season in progress)

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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		%
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
difference:	+50	+14.6	+13.8	+1.0	+5.8	+6.8	+0.6	+0.2	+0.9	-0.9		+4.8	+8.6	+.054	+0.8	+2.8	+.039	+5.2	+5.7	+.014
Anfernee Simons	31	23.5	12.8	0.4	1.8	2.2	2.2	0.5	0.1	1.0	2.0	4.5	10.7	.426	2.2	6.1	.367	1.5	1.7	.887

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Anfernee Simons	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Additional Years
* Dirk Nowitzki played 13 seasons more than Anfernee Simons 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 Anfernee Simons, 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

Dirk Nowitzki vs. Anfernee Simons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Anfernee Simons 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.

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

Additional Years