Dirk Nowitzki vs. Metta World Peace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Metta World Peace 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, 4 more than Metta World Peace, who played 17. Dirk Nowitzki had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, while Metta World Peace had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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
Metta World Peace	17	9	1999-00 to 2016-17

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


Rookie Season
	Dirk Nowitzki	Metta World Peace
Season	1998-99	1999-00
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Chicago Bulls
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:	+25	+10.7	+3.8		+0.8	+0.9	+1.8	+1.1	+0.1	-0.7		+1.4	+3.4	+.002	+0.5	+1.3	+.108	+0.5	+1.2	+.099
Metta World Peace	72	31.1	12.0	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.8	1.7	0.5	2.3	2.2	4.3	10.5	.407	0.8	2.7	.314	2.6	3.9	.674

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dirk Nowitzki nor Metta World Peace played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Dirk Nowitzki	Metta World Peace
Season	1999-00	2000-01
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+6	+4.7	+5.6	+0.4	+2.1	+2.6	+0.5	+1.2	+0.2	-0.4	-0.2	+2.0	+2.9	+.060	+0.8	+1.8	+.088	+0.7	+0.5	+.080
Metta World Peace	76	31.1	11.9	0.8	3.1	3.9	3.0	2.0	0.6	2.1	3.3	4.3	10.7	.401	0.6	1.9	.291	2.8	3.7	.750

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dirk Nowitzki nor Metta World Peace played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Dirk Nowitzki	Metta World Peace
Season	2000-01	2001-02
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Chicago Bulls, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers 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:	+27	+8.2	+8.6	+0.2	+4.1	+4.3	+0.2	+1.6	+0.5	-0.2	-0.9	+2.3	+3.6	+.051	+0.8	+1.7	+.075	+3.0	+2.9	+.171
Metta World Peace	55	29.9	13.2	1.3	3.6	4.9	2.3	2.6	0.7	2.1	3.9	4.9	11.6	.423	1.0	3.1	.312	2.5	3.7	.667

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	+6.7	+11.6	+0.2	+1.9	+2.1	+1.8	+1.5	+0.2	-0.4	-0.1	+2.5	+5.5	+.016	+0.1	+2.0	+.179	+6.5	+6.8	+.191
Metta World Peace	5	33.2	11.8	1.2	4.8	6.0	3.2	2.6	0.6	1.8	3.8	4.4	10.8	.407	1.2	2.6	.462	1.8	2.6	.692


Season 4
	Dirk Nowitzki	Metta World Peace
Season	2001-02	2002-03
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers Lost East 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:	+7	+4.4	+7.9	+0.1	+4.6	+4.7	+0.5	+1.2	+0.3	-0.2	-0.6	+2.7	+4.3	+.049	+0.8	+1.5	+.061	+1.8	+1.4	+.117
Metta World Peace	69	33.6	15.5	1.5	3.8	5.2	2.9	2.3	0.7	2.1	3.5	5.2	12.3	.428	1.0	3.1	.336	4.0	5.4	.736

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:	+2	+2.4	+9.4	+0.3	+7.0	+7.3	+0.1	+0.5	+0.2	-0.1	-0.8	+3.3	+5.5	+.056		+1.7	+.184	+2.8	+2.6	+.078
Metta World Peace	6	42.2	19.0	1.8	4.0	5.8	2.2	2.5	1.0	2.7	4.2	5.8	15.0	.389	2.0	5.2	.387	5.3	6.7	.800


Season 5
	Dirk Nowitzki	Metta World Peace
Season	2002-03	2003-04
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Pacers Lost East Conf 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:	+7	+1.8	+6.8	+0.4	+5.0	+4.6	+0.7	+0.7	+0.3	-0.9	-0.1	+2.2	+3.4	+.042	+0.9	+1.6	+.069	+1.6	+0.9	+.148
Metta World Peace	73	37.2	18.3	1.4	3.9	5.3	3.7	2.1	0.7	2.8	2.7	6.4	15.2	.421	1.0	3.3	.310	4.4	6.0	.733

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:	+2	+3.4	+6.9	+0.7	+5.7	+5.0	+1.0	+0.2	+0.2	-0.1	-0.1	+2.3	+1.1	+.101	+0.3	+0.8	+.155	+2.0	+0.9	+.194
Metta World Peace	15	39.1	18.4	1.6	4.9	6.5	3.2	1.4	1.1	2.5	3.0	6.5	17.3	.378	1.3	4.4	.288	4.1	5.7	.718


Season 6
	Dirk Nowitzki	Metta World Peace
Season	2003-04	2004-05
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	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:	+70	+3.7	+2.8	+0.1	+2.2	+2.3	+0.4	+0.5	+0.5	-0.6	-1.1	+0.5		+.034	+0.3	+1.4	+.071	+1.9	+1.8	+.045
Metta World Peace	7	41.6	24.6	1.1	5.3	6.4	3.1	1.7	0.9	2.4	3.9	8.4	17.0	.496	1.0	2.4	.412	6.7	7.3	.922

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
Metta World Peace	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Dirk Nowitzki	Metta World Peace
Season	2004-05	2005-06
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Kings Lost West 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:	+22	+0.7	+8.5	+0.1	+4.7	+4.6	+0.5	+1.0	+0.8		-0.1	+2.2	+3.0	+.055	+0.2	+1.6	+.091	+4.2	+3.7	+.194
Metta World Peace	56	39.4	17.6	1.3	3.8	5.1	3.6	2.2	0.7	2.3	2.9	6.3	15.5	.404	1.4	4.5	.308	3.7	5.4	.675

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:	+8	+2.9	+6.3	+0.3	+4.8	+5.1	+0.3	+0.2	+0.8	-1.5	-0.2	+1.7	+3.5	+.019	+1.0	+3.1		+3.9	+3.9	+.133
Metta World Peace	5	39.6	17.4	1.6	3.4	5.0	3.0	1.6	0.8	1.0	3.0	6.2	16.2	.383	1.8	5.4	.333	3.2	4.6	.696


Season 8
	Dirk Nowitzki	Metta World Peace
Season	2005-06	2006-07
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+11	+0.4	+7.8	+0.1	+2.6	+2.5	+0.6	+1.4	+0.4	-0.2	-0.9	+2.8	+4.4	+.040	+0.1	+0.4	+.048	+2.3	+1.5	+.161
Metta World Peace	70	37.7	18.8	1.5	5.0	6.5	3.4	2.1	0.6	2.1	2.9	6.5	14.9	.440	1.3	3.7	.358	4.4	5.9	.740

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
Metta World Peace	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Dirk Nowitzki	Metta World Peace
Season	2006-07	2007-08
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+21	+1.9	+4.1	+0.2	+3.3	+3.1	+0.1	+1.6	+0.1	-0.5	-0.6	+1.0	+0.3	+.049	+0.6	+1.7	+.036	+2.7	+1.9	+.185
Metta World Peace	57	38.1	20.5	1.8	4.0	5.8	3.5	2.3	0.7	2.6	2.8	7.6	16.9	.453	1.5	3.9	.380	3.7	5.2	.719

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
Metta World Peace	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Dirk Nowitzki	Metta World Peace
Season	2007-08	2008-09
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+8	+0.5	+6.5	+0.3	+3.0	+3.4	+0.2	+0.8	+0.6	-0.1	-0.4	+2.2	+2.1	+.078	+1.2	+2.7	+.040	+3.4	+3.3	+.131
Metta World Peace	69	35.5	17.1	0.9	4.3	5.2	3.3	1.5	0.3	2.0	2.2	6.0	15.0	.401	2.2	5.6	.399	2.8	3.8	.748

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:	+8	+4.7	+11.2	+1.1	+6.6	+7.7	+0.2	+0.9	+1.2	-0.5	-0.5	+2.4	+2.6	+.079	+0.6	+2.8	+.056	+6.9	+8.2	+.094
Metta World Peace	13	37.5	15.6	0.9	3.4	4.3	4.2	1.1	0.2	2.5	2.1	6.2	15.6	.394	1.8	6.4	.277	1.5	2.2	.714


Season 11
	Dirk Nowitzki	Metta World Peace
Season	2008-09	2009-10
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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:	+4	+3.9	+14.9	+0.2	+4.3	+4.1	+0.6	+0.6	+0.5	-0.3	-0.1	+5.6	+10.4	+.065	+0.6	+1.7	+.004	+4.3	+4.3	+.202
Metta World Peace	77	33.8	11.0	1.3	3.0	4.3	3.0	1.4	0.3	1.6	2.1	4.0	9.6	.414	1.4	3.8	.355	1.7	2.4	.688

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:	+13	+2.9	+15.6	+0.2	+6.4	+6.1	+1.0	+0.6	+0.3	-1.2	-0.8	+4.4	+6.0	+.120	+0.9	+3.0	+.005	+7.6	+7.6	+.346
Metta World Peace	23	36.5	11.2	1.4	2.5	4.0	2.1	1.5	0.5	1.1	2.9	4.4	11.0	.398	1.5	5.1	.291	1.0	1.7	.579


Season 12
	Dirk Nowitzki	Metta World Peace
Season	2009-10	2010-11
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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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	+8.1	+16.5	+0.2	+4.7	+4.4	+0.6	+0.6	+0.6	-0.7	-0.4	+5.7	+10.5	+.084	+0.4	+1.3	+.065	+5.5	+5.5	+.239
Metta World Peace	82	29.4	8.5	1.2	2.0	3.3	2.1	1.5	0.4	1.1	2.2	3.2	8.0	.397	1.0	2.8	.356	1.1	1.7	.676

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:	+3	+6.9	+16.1	+0.7	+4.3	+3.6	+0.8	+0.3	+0.1	-0.7	-0.1	+5.8	+8.9	+.104	+0.3	+1.9	+.250	+4.9	+4.7	+.190
Metta World Peace	9	31.9	10.6	1.9	2.7	4.6	2.2	1.1	0.8	1.0	2.6	3.9	8.8	.443	1.0	3.1	.321	1.8	2.3	.762


Season 13
	Dirk Nowitzki	Metta World Peace
Season	2010-11	2011-12
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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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	+7.4	+15.3	+0.4	+4.0	+3.6	+0.4	+0.6	+0.2	-0.8	-0.3	+5.5	+8.9	+.123		+0.7	+.097	+4.3	+4.3	+.275
Metta World Peace	64	26.9	7.7	1.1	2.3	3.4	2.2	1.1	0.4	1.1	2.1	2.9	7.3	.394	0.9	3.0	.296	1.1	1.8	.617

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:	+15		+16.0	+0.1	+4.6	+4.6	+0.2	+1.6	+0.1	-2.3	-0.8	+5.4	+8.9	+.118	+1.2	+3.6	+.071	+6.3	+6.2	+.191
Metta World Peace	6	39.3	11.7	0.5	3.0	3.5	2.3	2.2	0.7	0.8	3.0	3.7	10.0	.367	2.3	6.0	.389	2.0	2.7	.750


Season 14
	Dirk Nowitzki	Metta World Peace
Season	2011-12	2012-13
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+13	+0.2	+9.2	+0.6	+2.4	+1.7	+0.7	+0.9	+0.1	-0.6	-0.5	+3.2	+5.7	+.054	+0.6	+2.1	+.026	+3.4	+3.4	+.162
Metta World Peace	75	33.7	12.4	1.3	3.6	5.0	1.5	1.6	0.6	1.3	2.6	4.4	11.0	.403	1.9	5.5	.342	1.7	2.3	.734

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:	+1	+10.5	+20.8	+1.2	+3.8	+2.6	+0.1	+0.1	+0.3	-1.5	-0.6	+6.2	+10.0	+.192	+0.4	+3.2	+.024	+8.8	+9.8	+.095
Metta World Peace	3	28.0	6.0	2.0	1.7	3.7	1.7	0.7	0.3	1.0	1.7	2.3	9.3	.250	0.7	4.7	.143	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 15
	Dirk Nowitzki	Metta World Peace
Season	2012-13	2013-14
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+24	+17.9	+12.5	+0.1	+4.8	+4.8	+1.9	+0.1	+0.4	-0.6	-0.3	+4.6	+8.8	+.074	+0.6	+1.1	+.099	+2.8	+3.0	+.235
Metta World Peace	29	13.4	4.8	0.6	1.4	2.0	0.6	0.8	0.3	0.7	1.5	1.9	4.9	.397	0.6	1.9	.315	0.3	0.6	.625

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dirk Nowitzki nor Metta World Peace played in the postseason in their season 15

Note: Metta World Peace didn't play in 2014-15.


Season 16
	Dirk Nowitzki	Metta World Peace
Season	2013-14	2015-16
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+45	+16.0	+16.7		+3.7	+3.7	+1.9	+0.3	+0.3	-1.1	-0.2	+6.3	+10.8	+.186	+0.9	+1.7	+.088	+3.1	+3.1	+.197
Metta World Peace	35	16.9	5.0	0.5	2.0	2.5	0.8	0.6	0.3	0.4	1.9	1.6	5.1	.311	0.7	2.4	.310	1.1	1.6	.702

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
Metta World Peace	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Dirk Nowitzki	Metta World Peace
Season	2014-15	2016-17
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+52	+23.2	+15.0	+0.4	+4.8	+5.1	+1.5	+0.1	+0.3	-0.8	-1.4	+5.5	+11.1	+.180	+1.0	+2.1	+.143	+2.9	+3.2	+.257
Metta World Peace	25	6.4	2.3	0.2	0.6	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.7	0.8	2.7	.279	0.4	1.5	.237	0.4	0.6	.625

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
Metta World Peace	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Additional Years
* Dirk Nowitzki played 4 seasons more than Metta World Peace in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 18 to 21, from 2016 to 2019—Dirk Nowitzki played in one postseason. In those 4 extra years over Metta World Peace, Dirk Nowitzki got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game

Dirk Nowitzki vs. Metta World Peace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Metta World Peace 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

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Season 14

14th Season Stats Comparison

Season 15

15th Season Stats Comparison

Season 16

16th Season Stats Comparison

Season 17

17th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years