Keegan Murray vs. Dirk Nowitzki Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dirk Nowitzki and Keegan Murray, 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.

Keegan Murray played 4 years in the NBA, 17 less than Dirk Nowitzki, who played 21. Keegan Murray had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, 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
	Keegan Murray	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2022-23	1998-99
Team	Sacramento Kings	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Kings Lost West 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		%
Keegan Murray	80	29.8	12.2	1.1	3.5	4.6	1.2	0.8	0.5	0.8	2.0	4.4	9.8	.453	2.6	6.3	.411	0.8	1.0	.765
difference:	+33	+9.4	+4.0	+0.2	+0.9	+1.2	+0.2	+0.2	+0.1	-0.8	-0.2	+1.5	+2.7	+.048	+2.3	+4.9	+.205	+1.3	+1.7	+.008
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		%
Keegan Murray	7	27.7	9.7	2.1	4.1	6.3	0.7	0.6	0.3	0.6	2.6	3.7	8.3	.448	1.7	4.6	.375	0.6	0.9	.667
Dirk Nowitzki	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Keegan Murray	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2024-25	2000-01
Team	Sacramento Kings	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		%
Keegan Murray	76	34.3	12.4	1.9	4.8	6.7	1.4	0.8	0.9	0.8	2.4	4.8	10.8	.444	2.0	5.9	.343	0.8	0.9	.833
difference:	+6	+3.8	+9.4	+0.4	+2.9	+2.5	+0.7	+0.2	+0.3	-1.1	-0.6	+2.4	+4.4	+.030	+0.2	+1.1	+.044	+4.7	+5.7	+.005
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		%
Keegan Murray	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
	Keegan Murray	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2025-26	2001-02
Team	Sacramento Kings	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play (season in progress)	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		%
Keegan Murray	15	37.1	14.9	1.7	4.7	6.4	1.5	1.5	1.7	1.1	2.1	5.9	13.5	.438	1.3	5.1	.263	1.7	2.3	.765
difference:	+61	+0.9	+8.5	+0.1	+3.7	+3.5	+0.9	+0.4	+0.7	-0.8	-0.8	+2.0	+3.1	+.039	+0.5	+0.5	+.134	+4.1	+4.5	+.088
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		%
Keegan Murray	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Dirk Nowitzki played 17 seasons more than Keegan Murray in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 21, from 2003 to 2019—Dirk Nowitzki played in 13 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 17 extra years over Keegan Murray, Dirk Nowitzki got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 4 All-NBA First Team 4 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 13 All-Star Game