Jordan Clarkson vs. Dirk Nowitzki Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dirk Nowitzki and Jordan Clarkson, 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.

Jordan Clarkson played 12 years in the NBA, 9 less than Dirk Nowitzki, who played 21. Jordan Clarkson 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Jordan Clarkson	12	4	2014-15 to 2025-26
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


Rookie Season
	Jordan Clarkson	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2014-15	1998-99
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	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		%
Jordan Clarkson	59	25.0	11.9	0.9	2.3	3.2	3.5	0.9	0.2	1.6	1.8	4.5	10.1	.448	0.6	2.1	.314	2.2	2.7	.829
difference:	+12	+4.6	+3.7		+0.3	+0.2	+2.5	+0.3	+0.4		-0.4	+1.6	+3.0	+.043	+0.3	+0.7	+.108	+0.1		+.056
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 Jordan Clarkson nor Dirk Nowitzki played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Jordan Clarkson	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2015-16	1999-00
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
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		%
Jordan Clarkson	79	32.3	15.5	1.2	2.8	4.0	2.4	1.1	0.1	1.7	2.1	6.0	13.9	.433	1.4	4.1	.347	2.1	2.6	.804
difference:	+3	+3.5	+2.0		+2.4	+2.5	+0.1	+0.3	+0.7		-1.0	+0.3	+0.3	+.028		+0.4	+.032	+1.4	+1.6	+.026
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 Jordan Clarkson nor Dirk Nowitzki played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Jordan Clarkson	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2016-17	2000-01
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	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		%
Jordan Clarkson	82	29.2	14.7	0.6	2.4	3.0	2.6	1.1	0.1	2.0	1.8	5.8	13.1	.445	1.4	4.3	.329	1.6	2.0	.798
difference:		+8.9	+7.1	+0.9	+5.3	+6.2	+0.5	+0.1	+1.1	-0.1	-1.2	+1.4	+2.1	+.029	+0.4	+0.5	+.058	+3.9	+4.6	+.040
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		%
Jordan Clarkson	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
	Jordan Clarkson	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2017-18	2001-02
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Jordan Clarkson	81	23.3	13.9	0.7	2.0	2.7	2.7	0.7	0.1	1.6	1.3	5.3	11.8	.451	1.4	3.9	.352	1.9	2.3	.800
difference:	+5	+14.7	+9.5	+0.9	+6.4	+7.2	+0.3	+0.4	+0.9	-0.3	-1.6	+2.6	+4.8	+.026	+0.4	+0.7	+.045	+3.9	+4.5	+.053
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		%
Jordan Clarkson	19	15.1	4.7	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.1	1.9	6.5	.301	0.6	2.4	.239	0.3	0.3	.833
difference:	+11	+29.5	+23.7	+1.6	+9.8	+11.4	+1.6	+1.6	+0.6	-2.1	-2.3	+7.2	+14.0	+.144	+1.4	+1.1	+.332	+7.8	+9.0	+.045
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
	Jordan Clarkson	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2018-19	2002-03
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Jordan Clarkson	81	27.3	16.8	1.0	2.3	3.3	2.4	0.7	0.2	1.7	1.4	6.5	14.6	.448	1.8	5.5	.324	2.0	2.4	.844
difference:	+1	+11.7	+8.3		+6.6	+6.6	+0.6	+0.7	+0.8	-0.2	-1.2	+2.1	+4.0	+.015	+0.1	+0.6	+.055	+4.0	+4.5	+.037
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		%
Jordan Clarkson	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


Season 6
	Jordan Clarkson	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2019-20	2003-04
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Utah Jazz	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jordan Clarkson	71	24.0	15.2	0.7	1.9	2.6	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.4	1.5	5.5	12.2	.454	2.1	5.8	.368	1.9	2.3	.836
difference:	+6	+13.9	+6.6	+0.5	+5.6	+6.1	+0.8	+0.6	+1.2	-0.4	-1.3	+2.4	+4.8	+.008	+0.8	+2.0	+.027	+2.9	+3.2	+.041
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		%
Jordan Clarkson	7	28.6	16.7	0.3	3.1	3.4	2.1	0.9	0.0	1.0	2.1	6.4	13.9	.464	2.4	7.0	.347	1.4	1.4	1.000
difference:	+2	+13.6	+9.9	+2.3	+6.1	+8.4	+0.7	+0.5	+2.6	-0.2	-1.1	+2.6	+6.1	+.014	+1.0	+4.0	+.120	+5.8	+7.0	+.143
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
	Jordan Clarkson	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2020-21	2004-05
Team	Utah Jazz	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	Sixth Man of the Year	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Jordan Clarkson	68	26.7	18.4	0.7	3.3	4.0	2.5	0.9	0.1	1.7	1.6	6.7	15.8	.425	3.1	8.8	.347	1.9	2.1	.896
difference:	+10	+12.0	+7.7	+0.5	+5.2	+5.7	+0.6	+0.3	+1.4	-0.6	-1.2	+1.8	+2.7	+.034	+1.9	+5.9	+.052	+6.0	+7.0	+.027
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		%
Jordan Clarkson	11	27.1	17.5	0.5	2.5	3.1	1.5	0.6	0.3	2.1	1.4	6.1	15.0	.406	3.1	8.8	.351	2.3	2.4	.962
difference:	+2	+15.4	+6.2	+1.4	+5.7	+7.0	+1.8	+0.8	+1.3	-0.4	-1.8	+1.8	+4.7	+.004	+2.3	+6.5	+.018	+4.8	+6.1	+.133
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
	Jordan Clarkson	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2021-22	2005-06
Team	Utah Jazz	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jordan Clarkson	79	27.1	16.0	0.8	2.6	3.5	2.5	0.8	0.2	1.6	1.9	5.9	14.1	.419	2.4	7.6	.318	1.8	2.2	.828
difference:	+2	+11.0	+10.6	+0.6	+5.0	+5.5	+0.3	+0.1	+0.8	-0.3	-0.1	+3.4	+5.2	+.061	+1.0	+4.3	+.088	+4.9	+5.2	+.073
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		%
Jordan Clarkson	6	28.3	17.5	0.8	2.3	3.2	1.3	0.5	0.2	1.7	2.8	6.7	12.2	.548	1.5	4.0	.375	2.7	3.0	.889
difference:	+17	+14.4	+9.5	+1.2	+7.3	+8.5	+1.6	+0.6	+0.4	-0.4		+1.8	+6.0	+.080	+0.5	+1.1	+.032	+6.2	+7.0	+.006
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
	Jordan Clarkson	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2022-23	2006-07
Team	Utah Jazz	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		%
Jordan Clarkson	61	32.6	20.8	1.2	2.9	4.0	4.4	0.5	0.2	3.0	2.0	7.5	16.9	.444	2.5	7.5	.338	3.3	4.0	.816
difference:	+17	+3.6	+3.8	+0.4	+4.4	+4.9	+1.0	+0.2	+0.6	-0.9	-0.2	+1.1	+0.3	+.058	+1.6	+5.3	+.078	+3.1	+3.1	+.088
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		%
Jordan Clarkson	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
	Jordan Clarkson	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2023-24	2007-08
Team	Utah Jazz	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Jordan Clarkson	55	30.6	17.1	0.9	2.5	3.4	5.0	0.6	0.1	2.7	1.5	6.1	14.8	.413	1.7	5.6	.294	3.2	3.7	.881
difference:	+22	+5.4	+6.5	+0.3	+4.8	+5.2	+1.5	+0.1	+0.8	-0.6	-1.1	+2.1	+2.3	+.066	+0.7	+2.7	+.065	+3.0	+3.4	+.002
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		%
Jordan Clarkson	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
	Jordan Clarkson	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2024-25	2008-09
Team	Utah Jazz	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Jordan Clarkson	37	26.0	16.2	0.7	2.5	3.2	3.7	0.8	0.2	2.3	1.4	5.4	13.3	.408	2.3	6.3	.362	3.1	3.9	.797
difference:	+44	+11.7	+9.7	+0.4	+4.8	+5.2	+1.3		+0.6	-0.4	-0.8	+4.2	+6.7	+.071	+1.5	+4.2	+.003	+2.9	+2.8	+.093
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		%
Jordan Clarkson	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
	Jordan Clarkson	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2025-26	2009-10
Team	New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play (season in progress)	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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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		%
Jordan Clarkson	32	20.3	10.1	0.8	1.1	1.9	1.5	0.5	0.2	1.2	2.1	3.8	8.5	.441	1.4	4.2	.338	1.2	1.6	.780
difference:	+49	+17.2	+14.9	+0.2	+5.6	+5.8	+1.2	+0.4	+0.8	-0.6	-0.5	+5.1	+10.0	+.040	+0.8	+2.7	+.083	+5.4	+5.6	+.135
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		%
Jordan Clarkson	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 Jordan Clarkson 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 Jordan Clarkson, Dirk Nowitzki got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Star Game

Jordan Clarkson vs. Dirk Nowitzki Season by Season Comparison

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

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years