Dirk Nowitzki vs. Collin Sexton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Collin Sexton 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, 14 more than Collin Sexton, who played 7. Dirk Nowitzki had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, while Collin Sexton 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.

Rookie Season
	Dirk Nowitzki	Collin Sexton
Season	1998-99	2018-19
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second 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:	+35	+11.4	+8.5	+0.2	+0.4	+0.5	+2.0	+0.1	+0.5	-0.7	-0.1	+3.4	+7.6	+.025	+1.2	+2.2	+.196	+0.5	+0.4	+.066
Collin Sexton	82	31.8	16.7	0.7	2.2	2.9	3.0	0.5	0.1	2.3	2.3	6.3	14.7	.430	1.5	3.6	.402	2.6	3.1	.839
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dirk Nowitzki nor Collin Sexton played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Dirk Nowitzki	Collin Sexton
Season	2000-01	2020-21
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
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:	+22	+2.8	+2.5	+0.5	+5.5	+6.1	+2.3		+1.0	-0.9	-0.4	+1.6	+3.2	+.001	+0.2	+0.4	+.016	+0.3	+0.2	+.023
Collin Sexton	60	35.3	24.3	1.0	2.2	3.1	4.4	1.0	0.2	2.8	2.6	8.8	18.4	.475	1.6	4.4	.371	5.2	6.4	.815
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
Collin Sexton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Dirk Nowitzki	Collin Sexton
Season	2001-02	2021-22
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	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:	+65	+9.3	+7.4	+0.4	+6.3	+6.6	+0.3	+0.2	+1.0	-0.9	-0.6	+1.7	+2.9	+.027	+0.8	+0.5	+.153	+3.2	+3.3	+.109
Collin Sexton	11	28.7	16.0	1.2	2.1	3.3	2.1	0.9	0.0	2.8	2.3	6.2	13.7	.450	1.0	4.1	.244	2.6	3.5	.744
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
Collin Sexton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Dirk Nowitzki	Collin Sexton
Season	2002-03	2022-23
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	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:	+32	+15.1	+10.8	+0.2	+7.5	+7.7	+0.1	+0.8	+0.9	-0.1	-0.3	+3.7	+8.8	+.043	+0.9	+2.4	+.014	+2.6	+2.8	+.062
Collin Sexton	48	23.9	14.3	0.8	1.4	2.2	2.9	0.6	0.1	1.8	2.3	4.9	9.8	.506	1.0	2.5	.393	3.4	4.1	.819
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
Collin Sexton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Dirk Nowitzki	Collin Sexton
Season	2003-04	2023-24
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	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:	+1	+11.3	+3.1	+0.3	+5.8	+6.1	+2.2	+0.4	+1.2	-0.3	-0.8	+1.4	+3.7	+.025	+0.3	+0.4	+.053	+0.7	+0.8	+.018
Collin Sexton	78	26.6	18.7	0.9	1.7	2.6	4.9	0.8	0.2	2.1	2.0	6.5	13.3	.487	1.6	4.2	.394	4.1	4.7	.859
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
Collin Sexton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Dirk Nowitzki	Collin Sexton
Season	2004-05	2024-25
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	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:	+15	+10.8	+7.7	+0.2	+6.7	+7.0	+1.1	+0.5	+1.4	-0.2	-0.5	+1.9	+4.7	+.021	+0.5	+1.4	+.007	+4.5	+5.1	+.004
Collin Sexton	63	27.9	18.4	1.0	1.8	2.7	4.2	0.7	0.1	2.5	2.3	6.6	13.8	.480	1.7	4.3	.406	3.4	4.0	.865
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
Collin Sexton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Dirk Nowitzki played 14 seasons more than Collin Sexton in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 21, from 2006 to 2019—Dirk Nowitzki played in 10 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 14 extra years over Collin Sexton, Dirk Nowitzki got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 3 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 10 All-Star Game