Dirk Nowitzki vs. Pascal Siakam Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Pascal Siakam 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, 11 more than Pascal Siakam, who played 10. Dirk Nowitzki had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, while Pascal Siakam had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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	Pascal Siakam
Season	2000-01	2018-19
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	Most Improved Player
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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:	+2	+6.2	+4.9	+0.1	+2.4	+2.3	+1.0	+0.1	+0.5			+0.7	+3.4	+.075	+0.8	+2.1	+.018	+2.5	+2.8	+.053
Pascal Siakam	80	31.9	16.9	1.6	5.3	6.9	3.1	0.9	0.7	1.9	3.0	6.5	11.8	.549	1.0	2.7	.369	3.0	3.8	.785
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:	+14	+2.8	+4.4	+0.3	+1.2	+1.0	+1.4	+0.1	+0.1		-0.9	+0.6	+0.3	+.047	+0.1	+0.3	+.004	+5.5	+5.8	+.124
Pascal Siakam	24	37.1	19.0	1.7	5.5	7.1	2.8	1.0	0.7	1.4	2.8	7.5	16.0	.470	1.2	4.3	.279	2.8	3.6	.759

Season 4
	Dirk Nowitzki	Pascal Siakam
Season	2001-02	2019-20
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Raptors Lost East 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:	+16	+2.8	+0.5	+0.5	+2.1	+2.6	+1.1	+0.1	+0.1	-0.6	-0.1	+0.4	+1.8	+.024	+0.4	+1.5	+.038	+1.8	+1.7	+.061
Pascal Siakam	60	35.2	22.9	1.1	6.3	7.3	3.5	1.0	0.9	2.5	2.8	8.3	18.4	.453	2.2	6.1	.359	4.0	5.1	.792
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	+6.6	+11.4	+0.8	+4.7	+5.6	+1.5	+0.9	+0.4	-0.8	-0.4	+2.6	+4.0	+.049	+1.1	+1.3	+.382	+5.1	+5.1	+.161
Pascal Siakam	11	38.0	17.0	1.3	6.3	7.5	3.8	1.1	0.4	2.0	3.0	6.5	16.5	.396	0.9	4.8	.189	3.0	4.2	.717

Season 5
	Dirk Nowitzki	Pascal Siakam
Season	2002-03	2020-21
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Toronto Raptors
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:	+24	+3.2	+3.7	+0.7	+3.4	+2.7	+1.5	+0.3	+0.3	-0.4	-0.5	+0.8	+1.4	+.008	+0.6	+0.5	+.082	+1.6	+1.5	+.054
Pascal Siakam	56	35.8	21.4	1.7	5.5	7.2	4.5	1.1	0.7	2.3	3.1	7.8	17.2	.455	1.3	4.4	.297	4.4	5.4	.827
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
Pascal Siakam	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Dirk Nowitzki	Pascal Siakam
Season	2003-04	2021-22
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Raptors 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		+1.0	+0.7	+0.9	+0.2	+2.6	+0.1	+0.8	-0.9	-0.5	+0.9	+0.8	+.032	+0.2	+0.6	+.003	+0.6	+0.1	+.128
Pascal Siakam	68	37.9	22.8	1.9	6.6	8.5	5.3	1.3	0.6	2.7	3.3	8.8	17.8	.494	1.1	3.2	.344	4.2	5.6	.749
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:	+1	+1.1	+3.8	+1.3	+3.4	+4.6	+4.4	+0.2	+1.6	-1.0	-0.8	+0.5	+2.2	+.027	+0.7	+0.2	+.232	+2.0	+2.4	+.004
Pascal Siakam	6	43.3	22.8	1.3	5.8	7.2	5.8	1.2	1.0	2.2	4.0	8.5	17.8	.477	0.7	2.8	.235	5.2	6.0	.861

Season 7
	Dirk Nowitzki	Pascal Siakam
Season	2004-05	2022-23
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	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:	+7	+1.3	+1.9	+0.6	+2.5	+1.9	+2.7	+0.3	+1.0	-0.1	-0.4	+0.4		+.021	+0.1	+1.1	+.075	+2.7	+2.4	+.095
Pascal Siakam	71	37.4	24.2	1.8	6.0	7.8	5.8	0.9	0.5	2.4	3.2	8.9	18.5	.480	1.3	4.0	.324	5.2	6.7	.774
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
Pascal Siakam	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Dirk Nowitzki	Pascal Siakam
Season	2005-06	2023-24
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Toronto Raptors, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	Pacers Lost East 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	+4.9	+4.9	+0.3	+2.3	+1.9	+1.5	+0.1	+0.7	-0.1	-0.4	+0.8	+3.4	+.056	+0.3	+0.2	+.060	+3.1	+2.4	+.169
Pascal Siakam	80	33.2	21.7	1.7	5.3	7.1	4.3	0.8	0.3	1.8	2.4	8.5	15.9	.536	1.1	3.1	.346	3.6	5.0	.732
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:	+6	+7.2	+5.4	+0.5	+4.5	+4.2	+0.9	+0.3	+0.2	-1.0		+0.7	+1.1	+.073	+0.2	+0.1	+.045	+6.6	+6.3	+.276
Pascal Siakam	17	35.5	21.6	2.5	5.1	7.5	3.8	0.8	0.4	1.1	2.8	9.2	17.1	.541	0.8	2.8	.298	2.3	3.7	.619

Season 9
	Dirk Nowitzki	Pascal Siakam
Season	2006-07	2024-25
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost NBA Finals

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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:		+3.5	+4.4	+0.1	+2.1	+2.0		+0.2	+0.3	-0.7	-0.2	+0.7	+2.0	+.017	+0.7	+2.0	+.027	+3.5	+3.2	+.170
Pascal Siakam	78	32.7	20.2	1.7	5.2	6.9	3.4	0.9	0.5	1.4	2.4	7.9	15.2	.519	1.6	4.2	.389	2.9	3.9	.734
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:	+17	+6.3	+0.8	+2.9	+2.2	+5.0	+1.1	+0.6	+0.6	-1.0	-0.4	+1.6	+0.9	+.130	+0.8	+0.4	+.216	+3.2	+3.0	+.127
Pascal Siakam	23	33.5	20.5	1.3	5.0	6.3	3.4	1.2	0.7	1.3	2.9	7.6	14.8	.513	1.5	3.6	.427	3.8	5.3	.713

Season 10
	Dirk Nowitzki	Pascal Siakam
Season	2007-08	2025-26
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did not play (season in progress)

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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:	+45	+2.2	+0.2	+0.6	+2.4	+1.9	+0.3	+0.6	+0.5			+0.4	+0.8		+0.8	+1.8	+.014	+1.7	+0.4	+.201
Pascal Siakam	32	33.8	23.4	1.8	4.9	6.7	3.8	1.3	0.4	2.1	2.6	8.6	17.9	.479	1.8	4.7	.373	4.5	6.7	.678
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
Pascal Siakam	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Dirk Nowitzki played 11 seasons more than Pascal Siakam in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 21, from 2009 to 2019—Dirk Nowitzki played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 11 extra years over Pascal Siakam, Dirk Nowitzki got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 7 All-Star Game