Jason Kidd vs. Dirk Nowitzki Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Kidd, 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.

Jason Kidd played 19 years in the NBA, 2 less than Dirk Nowitzki, who played 21. Jason Kidd had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Jason Kidd	19	17	1994-95 to 2012-13
Dirk Nowitzki	21	15	1998-99 to 2018-19

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19


Rookie Season
	Jason Kidd	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1994-95	1998-99
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
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		%
Jason Kidd	79	33.8	11.7	1.9	3.5	5.4	7.7	1.9	0.3	3.2	1.8	4.2	10.8	.385	0.9	3.3	.272	2.4	3.5	.698
difference:	+32	+13.4	+3.5	+1.0	+0.9	+2.0	+6.7	+1.3	+0.3	-1.6	-0.4	+1.3	+3.7	+.020	+0.6	+1.9	+.066	+0.3	+0.8	+.075
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 Jason Kidd nor Dirk Nowitzki played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Jason Kidd	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1995-96	1999-00
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Jason Kidd	81	37.5	16.6	2.5	4.3	6.8	9.7	2.2	0.3	4.0	1.9	6.1	16.0	.381	1.6	4.9	.336	2.8	4.1	.692
difference:	+1	+1.7	+0.9	+1.3	+0.9	+0.3	+7.2	+1.4	+0.5	-2.3	-1.2	+0.2	+2.4	+.080	+0.2	+1.2	+.043	+0.7	+0.1	+.138
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
* Neiher Jason Kidd nor Dirk Nowitzki played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Jason Kidd	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1996-97	2000-01
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Phoenix Suns	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jason Kidd	55	35.7	10.9	1.2	3.4	4.5	9.0	2.3	0.4	2.6	2.1	3.9	9.6	.403	1.1	3.0	.370	2.0	3.0	.679
difference:	+27	+2.4	+10.9	+0.3	+4.3	+4.7	+6.9	+1.3	+0.8	-0.7	-0.9	+3.3	+5.6	+.071	+0.7	+1.8	+.017	+3.5	+3.6	+.159
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		%
Jason Kidd	5	41.6	12.0	0.8	5.2	6.0	9.8	2.2	0.4	2.6	2.2	4.2	10.6	.396	1.6	4.4	.364	2.0	3.8	.526
difference:	+5	+1.7	+11.4	+0.6	+1.5	+2.1	+8.4	+1.1	+0.4	-1.2	-1.5	+2.7	+5.7	+.027	+0.3	+0.2	+.081	+6.3	+5.6	+.357
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
	Jason Kidd	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1997-98	2001-02
Team	Phoenix Suns	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jason Kidd	82	38.0	11.6	1.3	4.9	6.2	9.1	2.0	0.3	3.2	1.7	4.4	10.5	.416	0.9	2.8	.313	2.0	2.5	.799
difference:	+6		+11.8	+0.3	+3.5	+3.7	+6.7	+0.9	+0.7	-1.3	-1.2	+3.5	+6.1	+.061	+0.9	+1.8	+.084	+3.8	+4.3	+.054
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		%
Jason Kidd	4	42.8	14.3	1.3	4.5	5.8	7.8	4.0	0.5	3.0	3.3	5.5	14.5	.379	0.0	1.8	.000	3.3	4.0	.813
difference:	+4	+1.8	+14.1	+0.8	+6.5	+7.3	+5.5	+2.0	+0.3	-0.2	-0.1	+3.6	+6.0	+.066	+2.0	+1.7	+.571	+4.8	+5.3	+.065
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
	Jason Kidd	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1998-99	2002-03
Team	Phoenix Suns	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jason Kidd	50	41.2	16.9	1.7	5.0	6.8	10.8	2.3	0.4	3.0	2.2	6.2	14.0	.444	0.9	2.5	.366	3.6	4.8	.757
difference:	+30	+2.2	+8.2	+0.7	+3.9	+3.1	+7.8	+0.9	+0.6	-1.1	-0.4	+2.4	+4.6	+.019	+1.0	+2.4	+.013	+2.4	+2.1	+.124
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		%
Jason Kidd	3	42.0	15.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	10.3	1.7	0.3	3.0	4.0	6.0	14.3	.419	1.3	5.3	.250	1.7	2.3	.714
difference:	+14	+0.5	+10.3	+0.6	+8.6	+9.2	+8.1	+0.5	+0.6	-0.6	-0.9	+2.8	+4.1	+.060	+0.3	+1.7	+.193	+4.4	+4.3	+.198
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


Season 6
	Jason Kidd	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1999-00	2003-04
Team	Phoenix Suns	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Jason Kidd	67	39.0	14.3	1.4	5.8	7.2	10.1	2.0	0.4	3.4	2.2	5.2	12.8	.409	0.8	2.5	.337	3.0	3.7	.829
difference:	+10	+1.1	+7.5	+0.2	+1.7	+1.5	+7.4	+0.8	+1.0	-1.6	-0.6	+2.7	+4.2	+.053	+0.5	+1.3	+.004	+1.8	+1.8	+.048
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	6	38.0	9.8	1.3	5.3	6.7	8.8	1.8	0.2	3.8	2.3	3.7	9.2	.400	1.3	3.7	.364	1.2	1.5	.778
difference:	+1	+4.2	+16.8	+1.3	+3.9	+5.1	+7.4	+0.4	+2.4	-2.6	-0.9	+5.3	+10.8	+.050	+0.1	+0.7	+.103	+6.0	+6.9	+.079
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


Season 7
	Jason Kidd	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2000-01	2004-05
Team	Phoenix Suns	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Jason Kidd	77	39.8	16.9	1.2	5.2	6.4	9.8	2.2	0.3	3.7	2.2	5.9	14.2	.411	0.9	3.0	.297	4.3	5.2	.814
difference:	+1	+1.1	+9.2		+3.3	+3.3	+6.7	+1.0	+1.2	-1.4	-0.6	+2.6	+4.3	+.048	+0.3	+0.1	+.102	+3.6	+3.9	+.055
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	4	41.5	14.3	2.3	3.8	6.0	13.3	2.0	0.0	3.0	3.3	5.5	17.3	.319	1.0	4.3	.235	2.3	3.0	.750
difference:	+9	+1.0	+9.4	+0.4	+4.4	+4.1	+10.0	+0.6	+1.6	-0.5	-0.1	+2.4	+2.4	+.083	+0.2	+2.0	+.098	+4.8	+5.5	+.079
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


Season 8
	Jason Kidd	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2001-02	2005-06
Team	New Jersey Nets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost NBA Finals	Mavericks Lost NBA 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		%
Jason Kidd	82	37.3	14.7	1.6	5.7	7.3	9.9	2.1	0.2	3.5	1.7	5.4	13.9	.391	1.4	4.4	.321	2.5	3.0	.814
difference:	+1	+0.8	+11.9	+0.2	+1.9	+1.7	+7.1	+1.4	+0.8	-1.6	-0.3	+3.9	+5.4	+.089		+1.1	+.085	+4.2	+4.4	+.087
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	20	40.3	19.6	2.1	6.1	8.2	9.1	1.7	0.4	3.4	2.0	7.4	17.7	.415	0.9	4.5	.189	4.0	5.0	.808
difference:	+3	+2.4	+7.4	+0.1	+3.5	+3.5	+6.2	+0.6	+0.2	-1.3	-0.8	+1.1	+0.5	+.053	+0.1	+1.6	+.154	+4.9	+5.0	+.087
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


Season 9
	Jason Kidd	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2002-03	2006-07
Team	New Jersey Nets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost NBA Finals	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Jason Kidd	80	37.4	18.7	1.4	4.9	6.3	8.9	2.2	0.3	3.7	1.6	6.4	15.6	.414	1.6	4.6	.341	4.2	5.0	.841
difference:	+2	+1.2	+5.9	+0.2	+2.4	+2.6	+5.5	+1.5	+0.5	-1.6	-0.6	+2.2	+1.6	+.088	+0.7	+2.4	+.075	+2.2	+2.1	+.063
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	20	42.6	20.1	1.8	5.9	7.7	8.2	1.8	0.2	4.0	2.3	6.9	17.1	.402	1.7	5.2	.327	4.7	5.7	.825
difference:	+14	+2.8	+0.4	+2.4	+1.3	+3.6	+5.9		+1.1	-1.7	-1.0	+0.9	+1.4	+.019	+1.0	+2.0	+.116	+2.3	+2.6	+.015
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


Season 10
	Jason Kidd	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2003-04	2007-08
Team	New Jersey Nets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Jason Kidd	67	36.6	15.5	1.3	5.1	6.4	9.2	1.8	0.2	3.2	1.6	5.5	14.3	.384	1.4	4.4	.321	3.1	3.7	.827
difference:	+10	+0.6	+8.1	+0.1	+2.2	+2.2	+5.7	+1.1	+0.7	-1.1	-1.0	+2.7	+2.8	+.095	+0.4	+1.5	+.038	+3.1	+3.4	+.052
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	11	43.4	12.6	1.5	5.2	6.6	9.0	2.3	0.5	3.9	1.4	3.9	11.7	.333	0.9	4.4	.208	3.9	4.8	.811
difference:	+6	+1.2	+14.2	+0.5	+4.8	+5.4	+5.0	+2.1	+0.9	-1.9	-1.2	+4.7	+6.5	+.140	+0.3	+0.8	+.125	+4.5	+5.6	+.003
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


Season 11
	Jason Kidd	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2004-05	2008-09
Team	New Jersey Nets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Jason Kidd	66	36.9	14.4	1.4	6.0	7.4	8.3	1.9	0.1	2.5	1.7	5.2	13.0	.398	2.0	5.4	.360	2.2	2.9	.740
difference:	+15	+0.8	+11.5	+0.3	+1.3	+1.0	+5.9	+1.1	+0.7	-0.6	-0.5	+4.4	+7.0	+.081	+1.2	+3.3	+.001	+3.8	+3.8	+.150
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	4	45.5	17.3	2.5	6.5	9.0	7.3	2.5	0.0	2.3	4.0	6.5	16.8	.388	2.8	7.5	.367	1.5	2.8	.545
difference:	+6	+6.1	+9.5	+1.3	+2.4	+1.1	+4.2	+1.6	+0.8		-1.9	+2.3	+0.2	+.130	+2.2	+5.4	+.081	+7.1	+6.5	+.380
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


Season 12
	Jason Kidd	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2005-06	2009-10
Team	New Jersey Nets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Jason Kidd	80	37.2	13.3	1.1	6.2	7.3	8.4	1.9	0.4	2.4	2.0	4.6	11.3	.404	1.7	4.9	.352	2.4	3.1	.795
difference:	+1	+0.3	+11.7	+0.1	+0.5	+0.4	+5.7	+1.0	+0.6	-0.6	-0.6	+4.3	+7.2	+.077	+1.1	+3.4	+.069	+4.2	+4.1	+.120
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	11	40.9	12.0	2.0	5.6	7.6	9.6	1.5	0.2	2.2	2.8	4.5	12.0	.371	1.4	4.5	.300	1.7	2.1	.826
difference:	+5	+2.1	+14.7	+0.8	+1.4	+0.6	+6.6	+0.7	+0.5	-0.5	-0.3	+5.2	+5.7	+.176	+0.7	+3.3	+.271	+5.0	+4.9	+.126
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


Season 13
	Jason Kidd	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2006-07	2010-11
Team	New Jersey Nets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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		%
Jason Kidd	80	36.7	13.0	1.7	6.5	8.2	9.2	1.6	0.3	2.7	1.8	4.6	11.4	.406	1.6	4.5	.343	2.2	2.9	.778
difference:	+7	+2.4	+10.0	+1.0	+0.2	+1.2	+6.6	+1.1	+0.3	-0.8	-0.6	+3.8	+4.8	+.111	+0.7	+2.2	+.050	+3.2	+3.2	+.114
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	12	40.3	14.6	1.9	9.0	10.9	10.9	1.8	0.4	3.4	2.6	5.3	12.3	.432	2.8	6.8	.420	1.1	2.1	.520
difference:	+9	+1.0	+13.1	+1.3	+1.4	+2.8	+8.4	+1.2	+0.2	-0.3	-0.4	+3.8	+6.6	+.053	+1.7	+4.4	+.040	+7.2	+6.8	+.421
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


Season 14
	Jason Kidd	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2007-08	2011-12
Team	New Jersey Nets, Dallas Mavericks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks 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		%
Jason Kidd	80	36.3	10.8	1.2	6.3	7.5	10.1	1.7	0.3	3.3	2.1	3.8	9.9	.385	1.5	3.9	.381	1.7	2.1	.818
difference:	+18	+2.8	+10.8	+0.5	+0.3	+0.8	+7.9	+1.0	+0.2	-1.4		+3.8	+6.8	+.072	+0.2	+0.5	+.013	+3.4	+3.6	+.078
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	5	36.0	8.6	1.6	4.8	6.4	6.8	1.4	0.4	1.8	2.4	3.2	7.6	.421	1.2	2.6	.462	1.0	1.6	.625
difference:	+1	+2.5	+18.2	+0.8	+0.7	+0.1	+5.0	+0.6	+0.4	-0.7	-0.1	+5.3	+11.7	+.021	+0.9	+1.1	+.295	+8.5	+8.9	+.280
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


Season 15
	Jason Kidd	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2008-09	2012-13
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Jason Kidd	81	35.6	9.0	1.0	5.1	6.2	8.7	2.0	0.5	2.3	2.1	3.2	7.6	.416	1.6	4.0	.406	1.1	1.3	.819
difference:	+28	+4.3	+8.3	+0.3	+1.1	+0.6	+6.2	+1.3	+0.2	-1.0	-0.3	+3.3	+6.1	+.055	+0.4	+1.0	+.008	+2.0	+2.3	+.041
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	10	38.6	11.4	0.7	5.1	5.8	5.9	2.2	0.3	2.0	2.4	3.8	8.3	.458	2.1	4.7	.447	1.7	2.0	.850
Dirk Nowitzki	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Jason Kidd	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2009-10	2013-14
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Jason Kidd	80	36.0	10.3	0.6	5.0	5.6	9.1	1.8	0.4	2.4	1.8	3.6	8.4	.423	2.2	5.2	.425	1.0	1.2	.808
difference:		+3.1	+11.4	+0.1	+0.7	+0.6	+6.4	+0.9	+0.2	-0.9	-0.3	+4.3	+7.5	+.074	+0.6	+1.1	+.027	+3.2	+3.5	+.091
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	6	40.5	8.0	1.0	5.8	6.8	7.0	2.3	0.2	1.5	2.5	2.3	7.7	.304	1.5	4.7	.321	1.8	2.0	.917
difference:	+1	+2.9	+11.1	+0.3	+1.5	+1.2	+5.4	+1.4	+0.7	-0.6	-0.4	+5.4	+10.3	+.125	+1.4	+3.0	+.238	+1.8	+2.4	+.111
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


Season 17
	Jason Kidd	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2010-11	2014-15
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Jason Kidd	80	33.2	7.9	0.4	4.0	4.4	8.2	1.7	0.4	2.2	1.5	2.7	7.5	.361	1.7	4.9	.340	0.8	1.0	.870
difference:	+3	+3.6	+9.4	+0.2	+1.4	+1.5	+6.3	+1.2		-1.1	-0.6	+3.6	+6.3	+.098	+0.3	+1.3	+.040	+2.5	+2.8	+.012
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	21	35.4	9.3	0.5	4.0	4.5	7.3	1.9	0.5	2.7	1.7	3.0	7.7	.398	2.0	5.5	.374	1.1	1.4	.800
difference:	+16	+0.8	+11.9	+0.3	+5.6	+5.9	+4.9	+1.5	+0.1	-0.7	-1.5	+4.6	+9.1	+.054	+1.2	+2.1	+.139	+4.1	+4.2	+.129
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


Season 18
	Jason Kidd	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2011-12	2015-16
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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18th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	48	28.7	6.2	0.3	3.8	4.1	5.5	1.7	0.2	1.9	1.7	2.1	5.7	.363	1.6	4.6	.354	0.5	0.6	.786
difference:	+27	+2.8	+12.1	+0.4	+2.0	+2.4	+3.7	+1.0	+0.5	-0.8	-0.4	+4.5	+9.1	+.085	+0.1		+.014	+2.8	+3.1	+.107
Dirk Nowitzki	75	31.5	18.3	0.7	5.8	6.5	1.8	0.7	0.7	1.1	2.1	6.6	14.8	.448	1.7	4.6	.368	3.3	3.7	.893

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	4	36.0	11.5	0.8	5.3	6.0	6.0	3.0	0.3	2.8	1.8	3.5	10.3	.341	2.3	6.5	.346	2.3	2.5	.900
difference:	+1	+2.0	+8.9	+0.2	+1.1	+1.2	+4.4	+2.6	+0.3	-1.4		+4.7	+6.3	+.153	+1.5	+4.3	+.018	+0.9	+0.9	+.041
Dirk Nowitzki	5	34.0	20.4	0.6	4.2	4.8	1.6	0.4	0.6	1.4	1.8	8.2	16.6	.494	0.8	2.2	.364	3.2	3.4	.941


Season 19
	Jason Kidd	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2012-13	2016-17
Team	New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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19th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	76	26.9	6.0	0.7	3.6	4.3	3.3	1.6	0.3	1.0	1.6	2.0	5.4	.372	1.5	4.3	.351	0.5	0.6	.833
difference:	+22	+0.5	+8.2	+0.3	+2.5	+2.2	+1.8	+1.0	+0.4	-0.1	-0.5	+3.5	+7.2	+.065		+0.4	+.027	+1.3	+1.5	+.042
Dirk Nowitzki	54	26.4	14.2	0.4	6.1	6.5	1.5	0.6	0.7	0.9	2.1	5.5	12.6	.437	1.5	3.9	.378	1.8	2.1	.875

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jason Kidd	12	20.6	0.9	0.6	2.9	3.5	2.0	1.0	0.3	1.1	1.0	0.3	2.1	.120	0.3	1.4	.176	0.2	0.2	1.000
Dirk Nowitzki	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Additional Years
* Dirk Nowitzki played 2 seasons more than Jason Kidd in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 20 to 21, from 2018 to 2019—Dirk Nowitzki didn't play in the postseason. In those 2 extra years over Jason Kidd, Dirk Nowitzki got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game

Jason Kidd vs. Dirk Nowitzki Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Kidd, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

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Season 2

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Season 3

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Season 4

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Season 5

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Season 6

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Season 7

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Season 8

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Season 9

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Season 10

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Season 11

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Season 12

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Season 13

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Season 14

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Season 15

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Season 16

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Season 17

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Season 18

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Season 19

19th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years