Dirk Nowitzki vs. Brandin Podziemski Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brandin Podziemski 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, 18 more than Brandin Podziemski, who played 3. Dirk Nowitzki had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, while Brandin Podziemski had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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
	Dirk Nowitzki	Brandin Podziemski
Season	1998-99	2023-24
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First 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		%
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	+6.2	+1.0	+0.7	+1.6	+2.4	+2.7	+0.2	+0.4	-0.4	-0.6	+0.8	+1.0	+.049	+0.9	+1.8	+.179	+1.4	+1.6	+.140
Brandin Podziemski	74	26.6	9.2	1.6	4.2	5.8	3.7	0.8	0.2	1.2	1.6	3.7	8.1	.454	1.2	3.2	.385	0.7	1.1	.633
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dirk Nowitzki nor Brandin Podziemski played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Dirk Nowitzki	Brandin Podziemski
Season	2000-01	2025-26
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Did not play (season in progress)

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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:	+49	+10.5	+9.5	+0.8	+3.9	+4.7	+1.1	+0.1	+1.0	-0.4	-0.8	+2.8	+5.7	+.014	+0.1		+.008	+3.8	+4.4	+.074
Brandin Podziemski	33	27.6	12.3	0.7	3.8	4.5	3.2	1.1	0.2	1.5	2.2	4.4	9.5	.460	1.9	4.8	.395	1.7	2.2	.764
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
Brandin Podziemski	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Dirk Nowitzki played 18 seasons more than Brandin Podziemski in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 21, from 2002 to 2019—Dirk Nowitzki played in 14 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 18 extra years over Brandin Podziemski, Dirk Nowitzki got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 4 All-NBA First Team 5 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 14 All-Star Game