Evan Mobley vs. Dirk Nowitzki Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dirk Nowitzki and Evan Mobley, 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.

Evan Mobley played 5 years in the NBA, 16 less than Dirk Nowitzki, who played 21. Evan Mobley had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Dirk Nowitzki had his rookie season in 1998-99. 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.

Rookie Season
	Evan Mobley	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2021-22	1998-99
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First 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		%
Evan Mobley	69	33.8	15.0	2.1	6.2	8.3	2.5	0.8	1.7	1.9	2.1	6.1	12.0	.508	0.3	1.3	.250	2.4	3.7	.663
difference:	+22	+13.4	+6.8	+1.2	+3.6	+4.9	+1.5	+0.2	+1.1	-0.3	-0.1	+3.2	+4.9	+.103		+0.1	+.044	+0.3	+1.0	+.110
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Evan Mobley nor Dirk Nowitzki played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Evan Mobley	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2022-23	1999-00
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Evan Mobley	79	34.4	16.2	2.4	6.6	9.0	2.8	0.8	1.5	1.8	2.8	6.6	12.0	.554	0.3	1.3	.216	2.6	3.8	.674
difference:	+3	+1.4	+1.3	+1.2	+1.4	+2.5	+0.3		+0.7	-0.1	-0.3	+0.3	+1.6	+.093	+1.1	+2.4	+.163	+0.9	+0.4	+.156
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Evan Mobley	5	37.6	9.8	3.0	7.0	10.0	2.0	0.6	1.2	2.4	2.6	4.4	9.6	.458	0.0	0.2	.000	1.0	1.6	.625
Dirk Nowitzki	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Evan Mobley	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2023-24	2000-01
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Evan Mobley	50	30.6	15.7	2.2	7.1	9.4	3.2	0.9	1.4	1.8	2.7	6.4	11.0	.580	0.4	1.2	.373	2.5	3.4	.719
difference:	+32	+7.5	+6.1	+0.7	+0.6	+0.2	+1.1	+0.1	+0.2	-0.1	-0.3	+0.8	+4.2	+.106	+1.4	+3.6	+.014	+3.0	+3.2	+.119
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Evan Mobley	12	35.2	16.0	2.5	6.8	9.3	2.3	0.8	2.2	1.8	2.8	6.8	12.2	.555	0.4	1.5	.278	2.1	3.0	.694
difference:	+2	+4.7	+7.4	+1.1	+0.1	+1.2	+0.9	+0.3	+1.4	-0.4	-0.9	+0.1	+4.1	+.132	+0.9	+3.1	+.005	+6.2	+6.4	+.189
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

Season 4
	Evan Mobley	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2024-25	2001-02
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks 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		%
Evan Mobley	71	30.5	18.5	2.3	7.0	9.3	3.2	0.9	1.6	2.0	2.0	7.1	12.8	.557	1.2	3.2	.370	3.1	4.3	.725
difference:	+5	+7.5	+4.9	+0.7	+1.4	+0.6	+0.8	+0.2	+0.6	-0.1	-0.9	+0.8	+3.8	+.080	+0.6	+1.4	+.027	+2.7	+2.5	+.128
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Evan Mobley	8	32.1	17.1	2.6	5.5	8.1	1.6	1.1	1.0	1.4	1.3	6.4	10.9	.586	1.8	3.9	.452	2.6	3.1	.840
difference:		+12.5	+11.3	+0.5	+5.5	+5.0	+0.7	+0.9	+0.2	-1.4	-2.1	+2.7	+9.6	+.141	+0.2	+0.4	+.119	+5.5	+6.2	+.038
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

Season 5
	Evan Mobley	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2025-26	2002-03
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play (season in progress)	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Evan Mobley	28	33.1	18.3	2.5	6.5	9.0	3.9	0.9	1.6	2.2	2.4	6.8	13.7	.496	1.4	4.0	.336	3.3	5.1	.650
difference:	+52	+5.9	+6.8	+1.5	+2.4	+0.9	+0.9	+0.5	+0.6	-0.3	-0.2	+1.8	+4.9	+.033	+0.5	+0.9	+.043	+2.7	+1.8	+.231
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Evan Mobley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Dirk Nowitzki played 16 seasons more than Evan Mobley in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 21, from 2004 to 2019—Dirk Nowitzki played in 12 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 16 extra years over Evan Mobley, Dirk Nowitzki got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 4 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 12 All-Star Game