Dirk Nowitzki vs. Deron Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Deron Williams 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, 9 more than Deron Williams, who played 12. Dirk Nowitzki had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, while Deron Williams had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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
Deron Williams	12	9	2005-06 to 2016-17

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12


Rookie Season
	Dirk Nowitzki	Deron Williams
Season	1998-99	2005-06
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
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:	+33	+8.4	+2.6	+0.5	+0.6	+1.0	+3.5	+0.2	+0.4	-0.2	-0.7	+1.3	+3.0	+.016	+0.8	+1.3	+.210	+0.9	+1.0	+.069
Deron Williams	80	28.8	10.8	0.4	2.0	2.4	4.5	0.8	0.2	1.8	2.9	4.2	10.1	.421	1.1	2.7	.416	1.2	1.7	.704

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dirk Nowitzki nor Deron Williams played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Dirk Nowitzki	Deron Williams
Season	1999-00	2006-07
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did not play	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+2	+1.1	+1.3	+0.7	+2.4	+3.2	+6.8	+0.2	+0.6	-1.4	-0.1	+0.1	+0.1	+.005	+0.4	+0.5	+.057	+0.7	+0.5	+.063
Deron Williams	80	36.9	16.2	0.5	2.8	3.3	9.3	1.0	0.2	3.1	3.2	6.2	13.5	.456	1.0	3.2	.322	2.8	3.7	.767

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dirk Nowitzki	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Deron Williams	17	38.6	19.2	0.5	3.8	4.3	8.6	1.5	0.2	4.0	2.9	7.2	15.9	.452	1.1	3.4	.333	3.8	4.8	.790


Season 3
	Dirk Nowitzki	Deron Williams
Season	2000-01	2007-08
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz 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		%
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:		+0.8	+3.0	+1.1	+5.2	+6.2	+8.4	+0.1	+0.9	-1.5	-0.6	+0.3	+1.6	+.033	+0.8	+2.2	+.008	+1.5	+1.6	+.035
Deron Williams	82	37.3	18.8	0.4	2.5	3.0	10.5	1.1	0.3	3.4	2.4	6.9	13.6	.507	1.0	2.6	.395	4.0	5.0	.803

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:	+2	+2.9	+1.8	+0.1	+4.4	+4.5	+8.6	+0.5	+0.5	-1.7	-0.8	+0.6	+1.0	+.069	+1.0	+0.1	+.217	+4.0	+3.9	+.110
Deron Williams	12	42.8	21.6	1.3	2.3	3.6	10.0	0.6	0.3	3.1	2.9	7.5	15.3	.492	2.3	4.7	.500	4.3	5.5	.773


Season 4
	Dirk Nowitzki	Deron Williams
Season	2001-02	2008-09
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz 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:	+8	+1.2	+4.0	+1.2	+5.9	+7.0	+8.3		+0.7	-1.5	-0.9	+1.1	+2.1	+.006	+0.8	+1.3	+.087	+1.0	+1.2	+.004
Deron Williams	68	36.8	19.4	0.4	2.5	2.9	10.7	1.1	0.3	3.4	2.0	6.8	14.5	.471	1.0	3.3	.310	4.8	5.6	.849

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:	+3	+2.4	+8.2	+1.3	+8.0	+9.3	+8.5	+0.2	+0.4	-1.4		+3.3	+6.5	+.031	+0.2	+1.5	+.211	+1.3	+1.1	+.049
Deron Williams	5	42.2	20.2	0.8	3.0	3.8	10.8	1.8	0.4	4.2	3.4	5.8	14.0	.414	1.8	5.0	.360	6.8	8.2	.829


Season 5
	Dirk Nowitzki	Deron Williams
Season	2002-03	2009-10
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+4	+2.1	+6.4	+0.3	+5.6	+5.9	+7.5	+0.1	+0.8	-1.4	-0.1	+2.1	+4.7	+.006	+0.6	+1.5	+.008	+1.6	+1.4	+.080
Deron Williams	76	36.9	18.7	0.7	3.3	4.0	10.5	1.3	0.2	3.3	2.7	6.5	13.9	.469	1.3	3.4	.371	4.4	5.5	.801

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
difference:	+7	+2.7	+1.0	+0.5	+8.3	+8.8	+8.0	+0.2	+0.5	-0.6	-0.6	+2.1	+3.5	+.029	+0.4	+1.5	+.051	+2.8	+4.5	+.110
Deron Williams	10	39.8	24.3	0.4	2.3	2.7	10.2	1.0	0.4	3.0	3.7	6.7	14.9	.450	2.0	5.1	.392	8.9	11.1	.802


Season 6
	Dirk Nowitzki	Deron Williams
Season	2003-04	2010-11
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz, New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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:	+12		+1.7	+0.6	+4.1	+4.7	+7.6		+1.2	-1.7	-0.1	+1.3	+2.0	+.023	+0.3	+1.1	+.010	+0.6	+0.8	+.032
Deron Williams	65	37.9	20.1	0.6	3.4	4.0	10.3	1.2	0.2	3.5	2.9	6.6	15.0	.439	1.6	4.9	.331	5.4	6.3	.845

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
Deron Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Dirk Nowitzki	Deron Williams
Season	2004-05	2011-12
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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:	+23	+2.4	+5.1	+0.8	+5.6	+6.4	+5.6		+1.1	-1.7	-0.6	+1.4	+1.0	+.052	+0.9	+3.3	+.063	+3.2	+3.6	+.026
Deron Williams	55	36.3	21.0	0.4	2.9	3.3	8.7	1.2	0.4	4.0	2.2	7.1	17.5	.407	2.1	6.2	.336	4.7	5.5	.843

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
Deron Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Dirk Nowitzki	Deron Williams
Season	2005-06	2012-13
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+3	+1.7	+7.7	+1.0	+5.0	+6.0	+4.9	+0.3	+0.6	-0.9	-0.5	+3.0	+4.9	+.040	+0.8	+2.4	+.028	+2.6	+2.7	+.042
Deron Williams	78	36.4	18.9	0.4	2.6	3.0	7.7	1.0	0.4	2.8	2.5	6.3	14.4	.440	2.2	5.7	.378	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	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
difference:	+16	+1.0	+6.4	+1.9	+6.6	+8.6	+5.5	+0.1		-0.9	-0.4	+2.1	+3.1	+.043	+1.4	+3.2	+.052	+3.6	+3.6	+.073
Deron Williams	7	41.7	20.6	0.1	3.0	3.1	8.4	1.0	0.6	3.0	2.4	6.4	15.1	.425	2.4	6.1	.395	5.3	6.4	.822


Season 9
	Dirk Nowitzki	Deron Williams
Season	2006-07	2013-14
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nets Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+14	+4.0	+10.3	+1.4	+4.9	+6.3	+2.7	+0.8	+0.6	-0.1	-0.1	+3.6	+6.0	+.052	+0.6	+2.0	+.050	+3.7	+3.7	+.103
Deron Williams	64	32.2	14.3	0.2	2.4	2.6	6.1	1.5	0.2	2.2	2.3	5.0	11.2	.450	1.5	4.2	.366	2.7	3.4	.801

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+6	+4.1	+5.2	+3.6	+4.6	+8.1	+3.5	+0.7	+1.1		-0.7	+1.0	+3.0	+.012	+0.8	+1.2	+.129	+4.0	+4.5	+.040
Deron Williams	12	35.7	14.5	0.6	2.6	3.2	5.8	1.1	0.2	2.3	2.6	5.0	12.7	.395	1.5	4.4	.340	3.0	3.8	.800


Season 10
	Dirk Nowitzki	Deron Williams
Season	2007-08	2014-15
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nets Lost East 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		%
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
difference:	+9	+4.9	+10.6	+0.8	+4.2	+5.1	+3.1	+0.2	+0.6	-0.2	-0.3	+3.8	+5.8	+.092	+0.3	+0.6	+.008	+3.2	+3.6	+.045
Deron Williams	68	31.1	13.0	0.4	3.1	3.5	6.6	0.9	0.3	2.3	2.3	4.4	11.3	.387	1.3	3.5	.367	3.0	3.5	.834

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dirk Nowitzki	5	42.2	26.8	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
difference:	+1	+10.2	+15.0	+1.5	+4.3	+5.8	+1.5	+1.1	+1.4	-0.7	-0.4	+4.1	+6.7	+.082	+0.6	+0.7	+.090	+7.4	+9.2	+.049
Deron Williams	6	32.0	11.8	0.5	5.7	6.2	5.5	1.3	0.0	2.7	3.0	4.5	11.5	.391	1.8	4.3	.423	1.0	1.2	.857


Season 11
	Dirk Nowitzki	Deron Williams
Season	2008-09	2015-16
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+16	+5.3	+11.8	+0.8	+4.7	+5.5	+3.4	+0.1	+0.6	-0.4	-0.2	+4.7	+8.1	+.065	+0.7	+2.2	+.015	+3.2	+3.5	+.021
Deron Williams	65	32.4	14.1	0.3	2.6	2.9	5.8	0.9	0.2	2.3	2.4	4.9	11.9	.414	1.5	4.3	.344	2.8	3.2	.869

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+7	+23.1	+21.8	+1.2	+8.2	+9.4	+0.4	+0.6	+0.8		-0.1	+6.8	+11.0	+.185	+0.4	+0.2	+.143	+8.6	+9.3
Deron Williams	3	16.3	5.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	2.7	0.3	0.0	2.3	2.0	2.0	6.0	.333	1.0	2.3	.429	0.0	0.0	-


Season 12
	Dirk Nowitzki	Deron Williams
Season	2009-10	2016-17
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Dallas Mavericks, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+17	+11.6	+14.0	+0.8	+4.6	+5.4	+2.9	+0.4	+0.9	-0.4	-0.4	+4.8	+9.1	+.043	+0.7	+2.2	+.058	+5.2	+5.5	+.089
Deron Williams	64	25.9	11.0	0.2	2.1	2.3	5.6	0.5	0.1	2.2	2.2	4.1	9.4	.438	1.3	3.7	.363	1.4	1.7	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+12	+24.2	+22.4	+1.0	+5.9	+6.9	+0.9	+0.2	+0.6	-0.8	-0.9	+8.1	+14.1	+.109		+0.5	+.184	+6.1	+6.4	+.043
Deron Williams	18	14.6	4.3	0.2	1.1	1.3	2.1	0.6	0.1	0.9	1.6	1.6	3.6	.438	0.7	1.7	.387	0.6	0.6	.909


Additional Years
* Dirk Nowitzki played 9 seasons more than Deron Williams in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 21, from 2011 to 2019—Dirk Nowitzki played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 9 extra years over Deron Williams, Dirk Nowitzki got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Star Game

Dirk Nowitzki vs. Deron Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Deron Williams 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

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years