Jerami Grant vs. Dirk Nowitzki Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dirk Nowitzki and Jerami Grant, 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.

Jerami Grant played 12 years in the NBA, 9 less than Dirk Nowitzki, who played 21. Jerami Grant had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, 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.

Season 3
	Jerami Grant	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2016-17	2000-01
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Oklahoma City Thunder	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Thunder 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		%
Jerami Grant	80	19.1	5.5	0.5	2.1	2.6	0.6	0.4	1.0	0.6	1.9	1.9	4.1	.463	0.5	1.5	.371	1.1	1.8	.612
difference:	+2	+19.0	+16.3	+1.0	+5.6	+6.6	+1.5	+0.6	+0.2	-1.3	-1.1	+5.3	+11.1	+.011	+1.3	+3.3	+.016	+4.4	+4.8	+.226
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		%
Jerami Grant	5	22.2	9.2	1.4	2.4	3.8	0.8	0.2	0.4	0.6	1.4	3.8	6.2	.613	0.4	1.2	.333	1.2	1.4	.857
difference:	+5	+17.7	+14.2		+4.3	+4.3	+0.6	+0.9	+0.4	-0.8	-2.3	+3.1	+10.1	+.190	+0.9	+3.4	+.050	+7.1	+8.0	+.026
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
	Jerami Grant	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2017-18	2001-02
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder 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		%
Jerami Grant	81	20.3	8.4	1.1	2.9	3.9	0.7	0.4	1.0	0.7	1.9	3.0	5.6	.535	0.4	1.4	.291	2.0	3.0	.675
difference:	+5	+17.7	+15.0	+0.5	+5.5	+6.0	+1.7	+0.7		-1.2	-1.0	+4.9	+11.0	+.058	+1.4	+3.2	+.106	+3.8	+3.8	+.178
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		%
Jerami Grant	6	22.2	7.2	1.3	2.0	3.3	1.0	0.7	0.5	1.0	2.5	3.0	5.8	.514	0.3	1.3	.250	0.8	1.8	.455
difference:	+2	+22.4	+21.2	+0.8	+9.0	+9.8	+1.3	+1.3	+0.3	-1.8	-0.9	+6.1	+14.7	+.069	+1.7	+2.2	+.321	+7.3	+7.5	+.423
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
	Jerami Grant	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2018-19	2002-03
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder 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		%
Jerami Grant	80	32.7	13.6	1.2	4.0	5.2	1.0	0.8	1.3	0.8	2.7	5.1	10.3	.497	1.4	3.7	.392	2.0	2.8	.710
difference:		+6.3	+11.5	+0.2	+4.9	+4.7	+2.0	+0.6	+0.3	-1.1	-0.1	+3.5	+8.3	+.034	+0.5	+1.2	+.013	+4.0	+4.1	+.171
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		%
Jerami Grant	5	35.2	11.6	1.2	4.2	5.4	0.8	0.6	2.0	0.8	2.6	4.0	8.0	.500	1.8	4.0	.450	1.8	2.6	.692
difference:	+12	+7.3	+13.7	+0.3	+6.4	+6.1	+1.4	+0.6	+1.1	-1.6	-0.5	+4.8	+10.4	+.021	+0.2	+0.4	+.007	+4.3	+4.0	+.220
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
	Jerami Grant	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2019-20	2003-04
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Jerami Grant	71	26.6	12.0	0.8	2.7	3.5	1.2	0.7	0.8	0.9	2.2	4.3	8.9	.478	1.4	3.5	.389	2.1	2.8	.750
difference:	+6	+11.3	+9.8	+0.4	+4.8	+5.2	+1.5	+0.5	+0.6	-0.9	-0.6	+3.6	+8.1	+.016	+0.1	+0.3	+.048	+2.7	+2.7	+.127
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		%
Jerami Grant	19	34.4	11.6	0.4	2.9	3.3	1.3	0.6	0.8	1.3	3.1	3.7	9.2	.406	1.6	5.0	.326	2.5	2.8	.889
difference:	+14	+7.8	+15.0	+2.2	+6.3	+8.5	+0.1	+0.8	+1.8	-0.1	-0.1	+5.3	+10.8	+.044	+0.2	+2.0	+.141	+4.7	+5.6	+.032
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
	Jerami Grant	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2020-21	2004-05
Team	Detroit Pistons	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jerami Grant	54	33.9	22.3	0.6	4.0	4.6	2.8	0.6	1.1	2.0	2.3	7.4	17.3	.429	2.1	6.1	.350	5.4	6.4	.845
difference:	+24	+4.8	+3.8	+0.6	+4.5	+5.1	+0.3	+0.6	+0.4	-0.3	-0.5	+1.1	+1.2	+.030	+0.9	+3.2	+.049	+2.5	+2.7	+.024
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		%
Jerami Grant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jerami Grant	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2021-22	2005-06
Team	Detroit Pistons	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jerami Grant	47	31.9	19.2	0.6	3.5	4.1	2.4	0.9	1.0	1.8	2.3	6.3	14.9	.426	1.9	5.4	.358	4.6	5.5	.838
difference:	+34	+6.2	+7.4	+0.8	+4.1	+4.9	+0.4	+0.2		-0.1	-0.3	+3.0	+4.4	+.054	+0.5	+2.1	+.048	+2.1	+1.9	+.063
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		%
Jerami Grant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jerami Grant	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2022-23	2006-07
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jerami Grant	63	35.7	20.5	0.8	3.7	4.5	2.4	0.8	0.8	1.8	2.4	6.9	14.5	.475	2.3	5.7	.401	4.4	5.4	.813
difference:	+15	+0.5	+4.1	+0.8	+3.6	+4.4	+1.0	+0.1		-0.3	-0.2	+1.7	+2.7	+.027	+1.4	+3.5	+.015	+2.0	+1.7	+.091
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		%
Jerami Grant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jerami Grant	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2023-24	2007-08
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jerami Grant	54	33.9	21.0	0.7	2.9	3.5	2.8	0.8	0.6	2.1	2.2	7.1	15.7	.451	2.1	5.1	.402	4.7	5.8	.817
difference:	+23	+2.1	+2.6	+0.5	+4.4	+5.1	+0.7	+0.1	+0.3		-0.4	+1.1	+1.4	+.028	+1.1	+2.2	+.043	+1.5	+1.3	+.062
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		%
Jerami Grant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jerami Grant	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2024-25	2008-09
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jerami Grant	47	32.4	14.4	0.6	2.9	3.5	2.1	0.9	1.0	1.4	2.3	4.6	12.2	.373	2.3	6.3	.365	3.0	3.5	.849
difference:	+34	+5.3	+11.5	+0.5	+4.4	+4.9	+0.3	+0.1	+0.2	-0.5	-0.1	+5.0	+7.8	+.106	+1.5	+4.2	+.006	+3.0	+3.2	+.041
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		%
Jerami Grant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jerami Grant	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2025-26	2009-10
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jerami Grant	26	30.3	20.0	1.2	2.9	4.0	2.7	0.7	0.6	2.2	3.0	6.0	13.8	.436	2.5	6.4	.389	5.5	6.3	.866
difference:	+55	+7.2	+5.0	+0.2	+3.8	+3.7		+0.2	+0.4	-0.4	-0.4	+2.9	+4.7	+.045	+1.9	+4.9	+.032	+1.1	+0.9	+.049
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		%
Jerami Grant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Dirk Nowitzki played 9 seasons more than Jerami Grant in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 21, from 2011 to 2019—Dirk Nowitzki played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 9 extra years over Jerami Grant, Dirk Nowitzki got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Star Game