Jonathan Kuminga vs. Dirk Nowitzki Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dirk Nowitzki and Jonathan Kuminga, 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.

Jonathan Kuminga played 5 years in the NBA, 16 less than Dirk Nowitzki, who played 21. Jonathan Kuminga 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
	Jonathan Kuminga	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2021-22	1998-99
Team	Golden State Warriors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Jonathan Kuminga	70	16.9	9.3	0.8	2.6	3.3	0.9	0.4	0.3	1.1	2.1	3.4	6.6	.513	0.7	2.1	.336	1.9	2.7	.684
difference:	+23	+3.5	+1.1	+0.1		+0.1	+0.1	+0.2	+0.3	-0.5	-0.1	+0.5	+0.5	+.108	+0.4	+0.7	+.130	+0.2		+.089
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		%
Jonathan Kuminga	16	8.6	5.2	0.3	1.4	1.7	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.7	0.7	1.9	3.8	.500	0.2	0.8	.231	1.3	1.6	.769
Dirk Nowitzki	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Jonathan Kuminga	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2023-24	2000-01
Team	Golden State Warriors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jonathan Kuminga	74	26.3	16.1	1.2	3.6	4.8	2.2	0.7	0.5	1.6	2.3	6.2	11.6	.529	0.7	2.2	.321	3.0	4.0	.746
difference:	+8	+11.8	+5.7	+0.3	+4.1	+4.4	+0.1	+0.3	+0.7	-0.3	-0.7	+1.0	+3.6	+.055	+1.1	+2.6	+.066	+2.5	+2.6	+.092
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		%
Jonathan Kuminga	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

Season 4
	Jonathan Kuminga	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2024-25	2001-02
Team	Golden State Warriors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West 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		%
Jonathan Kuminga	47	24.3	15.3	1.2	3.4	4.6	2.2	0.8	0.4	1.5	1.9	5.5	12.1	.454	1.0	3.2	.305	3.3	5.0	.668
difference:	+29	+13.7	+8.1	+0.4	+5.0	+5.3	+0.2	+0.3	+0.6	-0.4	-1.0	+2.4	+4.5	+.023	+0.8	+1.4	+.092	+2.5	+1.8	+.185
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		%
Jonathan Kuminga	8	23.4	15.3	0.9	1.6	2.5	1.3	0.5	0.5	1.6	1.6	5.6	11.6	.484	1.3	3.1	.400	2.8	3.9	.710
difference:		+21.2	+13.1	+1.2	+9.4	+10.6	+1.0	+1.5	+0.3	-1.2	-1.8	+3.5	+8.9	+.039	+0.7	+0.4	+.171	+5.3	+5.4	+.168
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
	Jonathan Kuminga	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2025-26	2002-03
Team	Golden State Warriors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jonathan Kuminga	14	27.1	13.5	1.6	4.6	6.2	2.8	0.4	0.3	2.6	1.9	4.9	10.3	.479	1.0	3.0	.333	2.6	3.4	.771
difference:	+66	+11.9	+11.6	+0.6	+4.3	+3.7	+0.2	+1.0	+0.7	-0.7	-0.7	+3.7	+8.3	+.016	+0.9	+1.9	+.046	+3.4	+3.5	+.110
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		%
Jonathan Kuminga	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 Jonathan Kuminga 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 Jonathan Kuminga, 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