Dirk Nowitzki vs. Duncan Robinson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Duncan Robinson 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, 13 more than Duncan Robinson, who played 8. Dirk Nowitzki had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, while Duncan Robinson 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.

Season 3
	Dirk Nowitzki	Duncan Robinson
Season	2000-01	2020-21
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Heat Lost East 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:	+10	+6.7	+8.7	+1.4	+4.3	+5.7	+0.3	+0.4	+0.9	-0.8	-0.5	+2.8	+5.2	+.035	+1.7	+3.7	+.021	+4.6	+5.6	+.011
Duncan Robinson	72	31.4	13.1	0.1	3.4	3.5	1.8	0.6	0.3	1.1	2.5	4.4	10.0	.439	3.5	8.5	.408	0.9	1.0	.827
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:	+6	+14.9	+13.1	+1.4	+3.9	+5.3	+0.6	+0.3	+0.8	-0.4	-0.4	+4.1	+9.0	+.044	+1.2	+2.2	+.087	+6.0	+6.9	+.017
Duncan Robinson	4	25.0	10.3	0.0	2.8	2.8	0.8	0.8	0.0	1.0	3.3	2.8	7.3	.379	2.5	6.8	.370	2.3	2.5	.900

Season 4
	Dirk Nowitzki	Duncan Robinson
Season	2001-02	2021-22
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Heat Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+3	+12.1	+12.5	+1.3	+6.1	+7.3	+0.8	+0.6	+0.8	-1.1	-0.4	+4.2	+7.4	+.078	+1.1	+3.3	+.025	+5.2	+6.0	+.017
Duncan Robinson	79	25.9	10.9	0.3	2.3	2.6	1.6	0.5	0.2	0.8	2.5	3.7	9.2	.399	2.9	7.9	.372	0.6	0.8	.836
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:	+5	+32.4	+22.8	+1.9	+9.4	+11.3	+1.9	+1.7	+0.7	-2.6	-1.7	+7.2	+16.1	+.006	+0.6	+0.1	+.188	+7.7	+8.8	+.045
Duncan Robinson	13	12.2	5.6	0.2	1.6	1.8	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.2	1.7	1.9	4.4	.439	1.4	3.6	.383	0.4	0.5	.833

Season 5
	Dirk Nowitzki	Duncan Robinson
Season	2002-03	2022-23
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Heat Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+38	+22.6	+18.7	+0.8	+7.4	+8.3	+1.9	+1.1	+1.0	-1.2	-0.8	+6.5	+13.0	+.092	+0.4	+0.3	+.051	+5.3	+6.1	+.025
Duncan Robinson	42	16.4	6.4	0.2	1.5	1.6	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.8	2.1	5.6	.371	1.5	4.6	.328	0.7	0.8	.906
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:	+6	+24.3	+16.3	+0.9	+9.2	+10.0	+0.5	+0.9	+0.8	-1.5	-1.5	+5.5	+11.5	+.004	+0.6	+1.3	+.001	+5.8	+6.3	+.037
Duncan Robinson	23	18.2	9.0	0.0	1.4	1.5	1.7	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.6	3.3	6.9	.475	2.2	4.9	.442	0.3	0.3	.875

Season 6
	Dirk Nowitzki	Duncan Robinson
Season	2003-04	2023-24
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+9	+9.9	+8.9	+1.0	+5.2	+6.2	+0.1	+0.5	+1.2	-0.4	-0.4	+3.4	+7.1	+.012	+1.5	+3.2	+.054	+3.6	+4.2	+.012
Duncan Robinson	68	28.0	12.9	0.2	2.3	2.5	2.8	0.7	0.2	1.4	2.4	4.5	9.9	.450	2.8	7.0	.395	1.2	1.3	.889
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
difference:		+30.2	+24.0	+2.6	+8.2	+10.8	+0.2	+1.0	+2.6	-0.2	-2.0	+8.0	+16.8	+.137	+0.8	+0.4	+.236	+7.2	+8.4
Duncan Robinson	5	12.0	2.6	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.2	0.4	0.0	1.0	1.2	1.0	3.2	.313	0.6	2.6	.231	0.0	0.0	-

Season 7
	Dirk Nowitzki	Duncan Robinson
Season	2004-05	2024-25
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+4	+14.6	+15.1	+1.0	+6.5	+7.4	+0.7	+0.7	+1.4	-1.1	-1.0	+4.6	+9.5	+.022	+1.4	+3.6	+.006	+7.3	+8.4	+.018
Duncan Robinson	74	24.1	11.0	0.2	2.0	2.3	2.4	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.8	3.9	9.0	.437	2.6	6.5	.393	0.6	0.7	.887
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
difference:	+9	+27.7	+19.4	+1.9	+7.2	+9.1	+3.0	+1.4	+1.6	-1.0	-1.7	+6.6	+16.2	+.045	+0.2	+0.7		+6.3	+7.5	+.079
Duncan Robinson	4	14.8	4.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	1.3	3.5	.357	1.0	3.0	.333	0.8	1.0	.750

Season 8
	Dirk Nowitzki	Duncan Robinson
Season	2005-06	2025-26
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	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:	+51	+8.2	+14.8	+1.1	+5.0	+6.1	+0.9	+0.1	+0.7	-1.3	-0.4	+5.4	+10.2	+.057	+1.5	+4.1	+.019	+5.5	+5.8	+.114
Duncan Robinson	30	29.9	11.8	0.3	2.6	2.9	1.9	0.8	0.3	0.6	2.4	3.9	9.1	.423	2.9	7.4	.387	1.2	1.6	.787
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
Duncan Robinson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Dirk Nowitzki played 13 seasons more than Duncan Robinson 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 Duncan Robinson, 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