Dirk Nowitzki vs. Payton Pritchard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Payton Pritchard 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, 15 more than Payton Pritchard, who played 6. Dirk Nowitzki had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, while Payton Pritchard had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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	Payton Pritchard
Season	2000-01	2022-23
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+34	+24.7	+16.2	+1.0	+6.4	+7.4	+0.8	+0.7	+1.2	-1.1	-2.2	+5.1	+10.1	+.062	+0.6	+1.6	+.023	+5.2	+6.3	+.088
Payton Pritchard	48	13.4	5.6	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.8	2.1	5.1	.412	1.2	3.2	.364	0.3	0.3	.750
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:		+34.2	+20.2	+1.4	+6.1	+7.5	+0.3	+1.0	+0.8	-0.9	-3.4	+5.7	+14.1	+.122	+0.9	+3.6	+.117	+7.9	+8.9	+.083
Payton Pritchard	10	5.7	3.2	0.0	0.6	0.6	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.3	1.2	2.2	.545	0.4	1.0	.400	0.4	0.5	.800

Season 4
	Dirk Nowitzki	Payton Pritchard
Season	2001-02	2023-24
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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	+15.7	+13.8	+0.7	+6.0	+6.7	+1.0	+0.6	+0.9	-1.2	-1.6	+4.3	+8.9	+.009		+0.1	+.012	+5.2	+6.1	+.032
Payton Pritchard	82	22.3	9.6	0.9	2.4	3.2	3.4	0.5	0.1	0.7	1.3	3.6	7.7	.468	1.8	4.7	.385	0.6	0.7	.821
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:	+11	+25.9	+22.0	+1.4	+9.8	+11.2	+0.2	+1.8	+0.8	-2.1	-2.2	+6.8	+15.0	+.026	+0.8	+0.3	+.188	+7.5	+8.7	+.039
Payton Pritchard	19	18.7	6.4	0.7	1.2	1.9	2.1	0.2	0.0	0.7	1.2	2.3	5.5	.419	1.2	3.2	.383	0.6	0.6	.917

Season 5
	Dirk Nowitzki	Payton Pritchard
Season	2002-03	2024-25
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Celtics Lost East 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:		+10.6	+10.8	+0.3	+6.3	+6.1	+0.5	+0.5	+0.8	-0.9	-1.1	+3.5	+7.8	+.009	+1.3	+2.9	+.028	+5.1	+5.8	+.036
Payton Pritchard	80	28.4	14.3	1.3	2.6	3.8	3.5	0.9	0.2	1.0	1.5	5.1	10.8	.472	3.2	7.8	.407	0.9	1.1	.845
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	+15.0	+13.4	+0.1	+9.1	+9.2	+0.7	+0.7	+0.9	-1.6	-1.4	+4.7	+9.4	+.024	+0.9	+2.5	+.040	+4.8	+5.1	+.088
Payton Pritchard	11	27.5	11.9	0.8	1.5	2.3	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.7	4.1	9.0	.455	2.5	6.1	.403	1.3	1.5	.824

Season 6
	Dirk Nowitzki	Payton Pritchard
Season	2003-04	2025-26
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did not play (season in progress)

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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:	+46	+5.2	+4.9	+0.1	+4.1	+4.2	+2.5	+0.4	+1.3	-0.5	-1.2	+1.7	+3.0	+.021	+1.4	+4.2	+.005	+3.0	+3.3	+.026
Payton Pritchard	31	32.7	16.9	1.1	3.4	4.5	5.2	0.8	0.1	1.3	1.6	6.2	14.0	.441	2.7	8.0	.336	1.8	2.2	.851
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
Payton Pritchard	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Dirk Nowitzki played 15 seasons more than Payton Pritchard in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 21, from 2005 to 2019—Dirk Nowitzki played in 11 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 15 extra years over Payton Pritchard, Dirk Nowitzki got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 4 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 11 All-Star Game