Jaime Jaquez Jr. vs. Dirk Nowitzki Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dirk Nowitzki and Jaime Jaquez Jr., 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.

Jaime Jaquez Jr. played 3 years in the NBA, 18 less than Dirk Nowitzki, who played 21. Jaime Jaquez Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, 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
	Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2023-24	1998-99
Team	Miami Heat	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	75	28.2	11.9	1.1	2.7	3.8	2.6	1.0	0.3	1.5	2.2	4.5	9.3	.489	0.9	2.7	.322	1.9	2.3	.811
difference:	+28	+7.8	+3.7	+0.2	+0.1	+0.4	+1.6	+0.4	+0.3	-0.1		+1.6	+2.2	+.084	+0.6	+1.3	+.116	+0.2	+0.4	+.038
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	4	30.8	12.8	0.5	2.8	3.3	3.0	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.5	5.3	13.0	.404	0.8	3.3	.231	1.5	1.8	.857
Dirk Nowitzki	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2025-26	2000-01
Team	Miami Heat	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Did not play (season in progress)	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		%
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	32	29.7	16.4	1.3	4.1	5.4	4.8	0.8	0.2	2.2	2.1	6.6	12.5	.526	0.5	1.7	.273	2.8	3.6	.759
difference:	+50	+8.4	+5.4	+0.2	+3.6	+3.8	+2.7	+0.2	+1.0	-0.3	-0.9	+0.6	+2.7	+.052	+1.3	+3.1	+.114	+2.7	+3.0	+.079
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		%
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Dirk Nowitzki played 18 seasons more than Jaime Jaquez Jr. in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 21, from 2002 to 2019—Dirk Nowitzki played in 14 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 18 extra years over Jaime Jaquez Jr., Dirk Nowitzki got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 4 All-NBA First Team 5 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 14 All-Star Game