Dirk Nowitzki vs. John Stockton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Stockton 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 / 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, 2 more than John Stockton, who played 19. Dirk Nowitzki had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, while John Stockton had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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
John Stockton	19	19	1984-85 to 2002-03

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19


Rookie Season
	Dirk Nowitzki	John Stockton
Season	1998-99	1984-85
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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	+2.2	+2.6	+0.6	+1.6	+2.1	+4.1	+0.7	+0.5	-0.2	-0.3	+1.0	+3.0	+.066	+0.3	+1.3	+.024	+0.4	+0.3	+.037
John Stockton	82	18.2	5.6	0.3	1.0	1.3	5.1	1.3	0.1	1.8	2.5	1.9	4.1	.471	0.0	0.1	.182	1.7	2.4	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dirk Nowitzki	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Stockton	10	18.6	6.8	0.7	2.1	2.8	4.3	1.1	0.2	1.6	3.0	2.1	4.5	.467	0.0	0.2	.000	2.6	3.5	.743


Season 2
	Dirk Nowitzki	John Stockton
Season	1999-00	1985-86
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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:		+12.2	+9.8	+0.8	+3.4	+4.3	+4.9	+1.1	+0.7	-0.3	-0.3	+3.5	+7.9	+.028	+1.4	+3.5	+.246	+1.4	+1.7	+.009
John Stockton	82	23.6	7.7	0.4	1.8	2.2	7.4	1.9	0.1	2.0	2.8	2.8	5.7	.489	0.0	0.2	.133	2.1	2.5	.839

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dirk Nowitzki	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Stockton	4	18.3	6.8	0.8	0.8	1.5	3.5	1.3	0.0	1.0	2.5	2.3	4.3	.529	0.3	0.3	1.000	2.0	2.3	.889


Season 3
	Dirk Nowitzki	John Stockton
Season	2000-01	1986-87
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz 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:		+15.4	+13.9	+1.1	+6.2	+7.4	+6.1	+1.2	+1.0	-0.1	-0.3	+4.4	+9.6	+.025	+1.7	+4.3	+.208	+3.3	+3.8	+.056
John Stockton	82	22.7	7.9	0.4	1.5	1.8	8.2	2.2	0.2	2.0	2.7	2.8	5.6	.499	0.1	0.5	.179	2.2	2.8	.782

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:	+5	+8.5	+13.4	+1.0	+4.9	+5.9	+6.6	+1.9	+0.6	-0.8	-0.1	+3.3	+10.5	+.198	+0.5	+3.6	+.517	+6.3	+6.8	+.114
John Stockton	5	31.4	10.0	0.4	1.8	2.2	8.0	3.0	0.2	2.2	3.6	3.6	5.8	.621	0.8	1.0	.800	2.0	2.6	.769


Season 4
	Dirk Nowitzki	John Stockton
Season	2001-02	1987-88
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+6	+3.3	+8.7	+0.9	+6.2	+7.0	+11.4	+1.9	+0.8	-1.3	-0.1	+2.4	+7.0	+.097	+1.5	+3.8	+.039	+2.5	+2.8	+.013
John Stockton	82	34.7	14.7	0.7	2.2	2.9	13.8	3.0	0.2	3.2	3.0	5.5	9.6	.574	0.3	0.8	.358	3.3	4.0	.840

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	+1.1	+8.9	+0.8	+8.2	+9.0	+12.5	+1.4	+0.5	-1.6	-0.1	+2.9	+8.3	+.062	+1.6	+2.2	+.285	+1.3	+1.0	+.054
John Stockton	11	43.5	19.5	1.3	2.8	4.1	14.8	3.4	0.3	4.4	3.3	6.2	12.2	.507	0.4	1.3	.286	6.8	8.3	.824


Season 5
	Dirk Nowitzki	John Stockton
Season	2002-03	1988-89
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+2	+0.3	+8.0		+6.9	+6.9	+10.6	+1.8	+0.8	-1.9	-0.3	+2.5	+7.3	+.075	+1.7	+4.1	+.137	+1.2	+1.4	+.018
John Stockton	82	38.7	17.1	1.0	2.0	3.0	13.6	3.2	0.2	3.8	2.9	6.1	11.3	.538	0.2	0.8	.242	4.8	5.5	.863

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:	+14	+3.8	+2.0	+0.2	+7.9	+8.2	+11.5	+2.5	+0.8	-1.3	-1.9	+1.2	+1.3	+.029	+0.6	+2.3	+.307	+0.2	+0.4	+.007
John Stockton	3	46.3	27.3	0.7	2.7	3.3	13.7	3.7	1.7	3.7	5.0	10.0	19.7	.508	1.0	1.3	.750	6.3	7.0	.905


Season 6
	Dirk Nowitzki	John Stockton
Season	2003-04	1989-90
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West 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:	+1	+0.5	+4.6	+0.5	+5.6	+6.1	+11.8	+1.5	+1.2	-1.7	-0.2	+1.8	+5.2	+.052	+0.7	+2.4	+.075	+0.3		+.058
John Stockton	78	37.4	17.2	0.7	1.9	2.6	14.5	2.7	0.2	3.5	3.0	6.1	11.8	.514	0.6	1.4	.416	4.5	5.5	.819

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:		+3.4	+11.6	+1.8	+6.8	+8.6	+13.6	+0.2	+2.6	-1.6	-0.8	+3.2	+6.2	+.030	+1.2	+0.4	+.390	+4.0	+4.4	+.057
John Stockton	5	38.8	15.0	0.8	2.4	3.2	15.0	1.2	0.0	2.8	4.0	5.8	13.8	.420	0.2	2.6	.077	3.2	4.0	.800


Season 7
	Dirk Nowitzki	John Stockton
Season	2004-05	1990-91
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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	+0.9	+8.9	+0.6	+6.2	+6.8	+11.1	+1.7	+1.3	-1.3		+2.5	+6.6	+.048	+0.5	+0.9	+.054	+3.5	+3.8	+.033
John Stockton	82	37.8	17.2	0.6	2.3	2.9	14.2	2.9	0.2	3.6	2.8	6.0	11.9	.507	0.7	2.0	.345	4.4	5.3	.836

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:	+4	+1.1	+5.5	+0.8	+4.6	+5.4	+10.5	+0.8	+1.4	-1.1	-0.5	+1.5	+7.7	+.135	+0.4	+0.7	+.074	+3.0	+3.6	+.012
John Stockton	9	41.4	18.2	1.1	3.6	4.7	13.8	2.2	0.2	3.6	3.7	6.4	12.0	.537	1.2	3.0	.407	4.1	4.9	.841


Season 8
	Dirk Nowitzki	John Stockton
Season	2005-06	1991-92
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+1	+1.5	+10.8	+0.6	+5.1	+5.7	+10.9	+2.3	+0.7	-1.6	-0.9	+3.8	+7.8	+.002	+0.4	+0.8	+.001	+2.9	+2.9	+.059
John Stockton	82	36.6	15.8	0.8	2.5	3.3	13.7	3.0	0.3	3.5	2.9	5.5	11.5	.482	1.0	2.5	.407	3.8	4.5	.842

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:	+7	+3.8	+12.2	+1.4	+7.3	+8.8	+10.7	+1.0	+0.3	-1.5	-0.4	+3.7	+6.8	+.045	+0.1	+0.7	+.033	+4.8	+5.1	+.062
John Stockton	16	38.9	14.8	0.6	2.3	2.9	13.6	2.1	0.3	3.6	2.4	4.8	11.4	.423	1.1	3.6	.310	4.1	4.9	.833


Season 9
	Dirk Nowitzki	John Stockton
Season	2006-07	1992-93
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+4	+1.3	+9.5	+0.8	+5.2	+6.0	+8.6	+1.7	+0.5	-1.1	-0.5	+3.3	+6.2	+.016		+0.1	+.031	+2.8	+2.6	+.106
John Stockton	82	34.9	15.1	0.8	2.1	2.9	12.0	2.4	0.3	3.2	2.7	5.3	11.0	.486	0.9	2.3	.385	3.6	4.5	.798

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:	+1	+1.2	+6.5	+3.2	+5.8	+8.9	+8.7	+0.6	+1.3	-0.7	-0.1	+1.4	+5.5	+.068	+0.3	+0.6	+.174	+4.0	+4.7	+.007
John Stockton	5	38.6	13.2	1.0	1.4	2.4	11.0	2.4	0.0	3.0	3.2	4.6	10.2	.451	1.0	2.6	.385	3.0	3.6	.833


Season 10
	Dirk Nowitzki	John Stockton
Season	2007-08	1993-94
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+5	+0.2	+8.5	+0.3	+5.0	+5.5	+9.1	+1.7	+0.6	-1.1	-0.3	+2.6	+6.5	+.049	+0.4	+1.1	+.037	+2.9	+3.0	+.074
John Stockton	82	36.2	15.1	0.9	2.3	3.1	12.6	2.4	0.3	3.2	2.9	5.6	10.6	.528	0.6	1.8	.322	3.3	4.1	.805

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:	+11	+4.9	+12.4	+1.1	+7.6	+8.7	+5.8	+1.5	+0.9	-0.5	-0.2	+3.1	+6.1	+.017	+0.9	+2.1	+.166	+5.2	+6.5	+.002
John Stockton	16	37.3	14.4	0.9	2.4	3.3	9.8	1.7	0.5	2.5	2.8	5.5	12.1	.456	0.3	1.5	.167	3.2	3.9	.810


Season 11
	Dirk Nowitzki	John Stockton
Season	2008-09	1994-95
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz 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:	+1	+2.7	+11.2	+0.4	+4.9	+5.3	+9.9	+1.6	+0.5	-1.4	-0.4	+4.4	+10.4	+.063	+0.4	+0.7	+.090	+3.0	+3.0	+.086
John Stockton	82	35.0	14.7	0.7	2.4	3.1	12.3	2.4	0.3	3.3	2.6	5.2	9.6	.542	1.2	2.8	.449	3.0	3.7	.804

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:	+5	+0.8	+9.0		+6.7	+6.7	+7.1	+0.5	+0.6	-0.5	-0.5	+2.0	+2.2	+.059	+1.0	+1.9	+.114	+6.0	+5.9	+.160
John Stockton	5	38.6	17.8	1.2	2.2	3.4	10.2	1.4	0.2	2.8	2.6	6.8	14.8	.459	1.6	4.0	.400	2.6	3.4	.765


Season 12
	Dirk Nowitzki	John Stockton
Season	2009-10	1995-96
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 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:	+1	+2.0	+10.3	+0.3	+4.6	+4.9	+8.5	+0.8	+0.8	-1.2	-0.1	+3.5	+8.5	+.057	+0.6	+1.2	+.001	+3.7	+3.8	+.085
John Stockton	82	35.5	14.7	0.7	2.1	2.8	11.2	1.7	0.2	3.0	2.5	5.4	10.0	.538	1.2	2.7	.422	2.9	3.4	.830

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	+1.1	+15.6	+0.4	+4.6	+5.0	+7.8	+0.8	+0.3	-1.5	-0.3	+5.8	+9.0	+.101	+0.1	+0.9	+.282	+4.0	+3.7	+.138
John Stockton	18	37.7	11.1	0.8	2.4	3.2	10.8	1.6	0.4	3.2	2.8	3.9	8.7	.446	0.6	2.1	.289	2.7	3.3	.814


Season 13
	Dirk Nowitzki	John Stockton
Season	2010-11	1996-97
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz Lost NBA Finals

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13th 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	73	34.3	23.0	0.7	6.3	7.0	2.6	0.5	0.6	1.9	2.4	8.4	16.2	.517	0.9	2.3	.393	5.4	6.1	.892
difference:	+9	+1.0	+8.6	+0.2	+4.1	+4.2	+7.9	+1.5	+0.4	-1.1		+3.3	+6.9	+.031		+0.1	+.029	+2.0	+2.1	+.046
John Stockton	82	35.3	14.4	0.5	2.2	2.8	10.5	2.0	0.2	3.0	2.4	5.1	9.3	.548	0.9	2.2	.422	3.4	4.0	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dirk Nowitzki	21	39.3	27.7	0.6	7.6	8.1	2.5	0.6	0.6	3.1	2.2	9.1	18.9	.485	1.1	2.4	.460	8.3	8.9	.941
difference:	+1	+2.4	+11.6	+0.3	+4.6	+4.2	+7.1	+1.1	+0.3		-0.4	+3.4	+8.0	+.036	+0.1	+0.1	+.080	+4.4	+4.4	+.085
John Stockton	20	36.9	16.1	0.9	3.0	3.9	9.6	1.7	0.3	3.1	2.6	5.7	10.9	.521	1.0	2.5	.380	3.9	4.5	.856


Season 14
	Dirk Nowitzki	John Stockton
Season	2011-12	1997-98
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost NBA Finals

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14th 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	62	33.5	21.6	0.7	6.0	6.7	2.2	0.7	0.5	1.9	2.1	7.6	16.7	.457	1.3	3.4	.368	5.1	5.7	.896
difference:	+2	+4.5	+9.6	+0.2	+4.0	+4.1	+6.3	+0.7	+0.3	-0.6	-0.1	+3.4	+8.7	+.071	+0.7	+2.0	+.061	+2.1	+2.1	+.069
John Stockton	64	29.0	12.0	0.5	2.0	2.6	8.5	1.4	0.2	2.5	2.2	4.2	8.0	.528	0.6	1.4	.429	3.0	3.6	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dirk Nowitzki	4	38.5	26.8	0.8	5.5	6.3	1.8	0.8	0.0	2.5	2.3	8.5	19.3	.442	0.3	1.5	.167	9.5	10.5	.905
difference:	+16	+8.8	+15.7		+3.3	+3.3	+6.0	+0.8	+0.2	-0.1	-0.4	+4.4	+11.1	+.052	+0.2	+0.2	+.179	+6.9	+6.9	+.187
John Stockton	20	29.7	11.1	0.8	2.2	3.0	7.8	1.6	0.2	2.4	2.7	4.1	8.2	.494	0.5	1.3	.346	2.6	3.6	.718


Season 15
	Dirk Nowitzki	John Stockton
Season	2012-13	1998-99
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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15th 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	53	31.3	17.3	0.7	6.2	6.8	2.5	0.7	0.7	1.3	1.8	6.5	13.7	.471	1.2	3.0	.414	3.1	3.6	.860
difference:	+3	+3.1	+6.2	+0.1	+3.9	+3.9	+5.0	+0.9	+0.4	-0.9	-0.3	+2.5	+5.5	+.017	+0.9	+2.0	+.094	+0.4	+0.2	+.049
John Stockton	50	28.2	11.1	0.6	2.3	2.9	7.5	1.6	0.3	2.2	2.1	4.0	8.2	.488	0.3	1.0	.320	2.7	3.4	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dirk Nowitzki	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Stockton	11	32.0	11.1	1.0	2.3	3.3	8.4	1.6	0.1	2.8	2.9	3.8	9.5	.400	0.4	1.1	.333	3.1	4.2	.739


Season 16
	Dirk Nowitzki	John Stockton
Season	2013-14	1999-00
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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16th 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	32.9	21.7	0.5	5.7	6.2	2.7	0.9	0.6	1.5	2.1	7.9	15.9	.497	1.6	4.1	.398	4.2	4.7	.899
difference:	+2	+3.2	+9.6		+3.6	+3.6	+5.9	+0.8	+0.4	-0.7	-0.2	+3.5	+7.1	+.004	+1.1	+2.6	+.043	+1.5	+1.6	+.039
John Stockton	82	29.7	12.1	0.5	2.1	2.6	8.6	1.7	0.2	2.2	2.3	4.4	8.8	.501	0.5	1.5	.355	2.7	3.1	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dirk Nowitzki	7	37.6	19.1	0.7	7.3	8.0	1.6	0.9	0.9	2.1	2.9	7.7	18.0	.429	0.1	1.7	.083	3.6	4.4	.806
difference:	+3	+2.7	+7.9		+5.0	+5.0	+8.7	+0.4	+0.7	-0.5	-0.1	+3.6	+9.1	+.032	+0.6	+0.1	+.306	+1.3	+1.4	+.039
John Stockton	10	34.9	11.2	0.7	2.3	3.0	10.3	1.3	0.2	2.6	3.0	4.1	8.9	.461	0.7	1.8	.389	2.3	3.0	.767


Season 17
	Dirk Nowitzki	John Stockton
Season	2014-15	2000-01
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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17th 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	29.6	17.3	0.6	5.4	5.9	1.9	0.5	0.4	1.1	2.1	6.3	13.8	.459	1.4	3.6	.380	3.3	3.8	.882
difference:	+5	+0.4	+5.8	+0.1	+3.3	+3.1	+6.8	+1.1	+0.1	-1.4	-0.3	+2.3	+5.9	+.045	+0.7	+2.0	+.082	+0.5	+0.4	+.065
John Stockton	82	29.2	11.5	0.7	2.1	2.8	8.7	1.6	0.3	2.5	2.4	4.0	7.9	.504	0.7	1.6	.462	2.8	3.4	.817

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dirk Nowitzki	5	36.2	21.2	0.8	9.6	10.4	2.4	0.4	0.4	2.0	3.2	7.6	16.8	.452	0.8	3.4	.235	5.2	5.6	.929
difference:		+1.2	+11.4	+1.4	+6.2	+4.8	+9.0	+1.6	+0.2	-0.6	-0.6	+4.2	+9.4	+.007	+0.8	+1.8	+.235	+2.2	+1.4	+.215
John Stockton	5	37.4	9.8	2.2	3.4	5.6	11.4	2.0	0.6	1.4	3.8	3.4	7.4	.459	0.0	1.6	.000	3.0	4.2	.714


Season 18
	Dirk Nowitzki	John Stockton
Season	2015-16	2001-02
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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18th 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	75	31.5	18.3	0.7	5.8	6.5	1.8	0.7	0.7	1.1	2.1	6.6	14.8	.448	1.7	4.6	.368	3.3	3.7	.893
difference:	+7	+0.2	+4.9		+3.3	+3.3	+6.4	+1.2	+0.4	-1.4	-0.4	+1.7	+5.3	+.069	+1.4	+3.6	+.047	+0.1	+0.2	+.036
John Stockton	82	31.3	13.4	0.7	2.5	3.2	8.2	1.9	0.3	2.5	2.5	4.9	9.5	.517	0.3	1.0	.321	3.4	3.9	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dirk Nowitzki	5	34.0	20.4	0.6	4.2	4.8	1.6	0.4	0.6	1.4	1.8	8.2	16.6	.494	0.8	2.2	.364	3.2	3.4	.941
difference:	+1	+1.5	+7.9	+0.2	+0.9	+0.8	+8.4	+2.4	+0.3	-0.6	-2.2	+3.7	+6.6	+.044	+0.3	+0.4	+.078	+0.2	+0.1	+.018
John Stockton	4	35.5	12.5	0.8	3.3	4.0	10.0	2.8	0.3	2.0	4.0	4.5	10.0	.450	0.5	1.8	.286	3.0	3.3	.923


Season 19
	Dirk Nowitzki	John Stockton
Season	2016-17	2002-03
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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19th 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	54	26.4	14.2	0.4	6.1	6.5	1.5	0.6	0.7	0.9	2.1	5.5	12.6	.437	1.5	3.9	.378	1.8	2.1	.875
difference:	+28	+1.3	+3.4	+0.2	+4.3	+4.0	+6.2	+1.1	+0.5	-1.3	-0.1	+1.7	+4.8	+.046	+1.1	+2.9	+.015	+1.1	+1.4	+.049
John Stockton	82	27.7	10.8	0.6	1.8	2.5	7.7	1.7	0.2	2.2	2.2	3.8	7.8	.483	0.4	1.0	.363	2.9	3.5	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dirk Nowitzki	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Stockton	5	29.6	11.2	1.0	2.2	3.2	5.2	1.6	0.2	2.8	2.6	3.6	7.8	.462	0.0	0.2	.000	4.0	4.0	1.000


Additional Years
* Dirk Nowitzki played 2 seasons more than John Stockton in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 20 to 21, from 2018 to 2019—Dirk Nowitzki didn't play in the postseason. In those 2 extra years over John Stockton, Dirk Nowitzki got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game

Dirk Nowitzki vs. John Stockton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Stockton 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.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

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Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

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Season 4

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Season 5

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Season 6

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Season 7

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Season 8

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Season 9

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Season 10

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Season 11

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Season 12

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Season 13

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Season 14

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Season 15

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Season 16

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Season 17

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Season 18

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Season 19

19th Season Stats Comparison

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