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Kevin Garnett vs. Dirk Nowitzki Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dirk Nowitzki and Kevin Garnett, 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.

Kevin Garnett and Dirk Nowitzki both played 21 years in the NBA. Kevin Garnett had the first of his seasons in 1995-96, 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
Kevin Garnett	21	14	1995-96 to 2015-16
Dirk Nowitzki	21	15	1998-99 to 2018-19

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21


Rookie Season
	Kevin Garnett	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1995-96	1998-99
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Kevin Garnett	80	28.7	10.4	2.2	4.1	6.3	1.8	1.1	1.6	1.4	2.4	4.5	9.2	.491	0.1	0.4	.286	1.3	1.9	.705
difference:	+33	+8.3	+2.2	+1.3	+1.5	+2.9	+0.8	+0.5	+1.0	-0.2	-0.2	+1.6	+2.1	+.086	+0.2	+1.0	+.080	+0.8	+0.8	+.068
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 Kevin Garnett nor Dirk Nowitzki played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Kevin Garnett	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1996-97	1999-00
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kevin Garnett	77	38.9	17.0	2.5	5.6	8.0	3.1	1.4	2.1	2.3	2.6	7.1	14.3	.499	0.1	0.3	.286	2.7	3.5	.754
difference:	+5	+3.1	+0.5	+1.3	+0.4	+1.5	+0.6	+0.6	+1.3	-0.6	-0.5	+0.8	+0.7	+.038	+1.3	+3.4	+.093	+0.8	+0.7	+.076
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	3	41.7	17.3	4.7	4.7	9.3	3.7	1.3	1.0	1.3	2.0	8.0	17.0	.471	0.3	0.3	1.000	1.0	1.0	1.000
Dirk Nowitzki	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Kevin Garnett	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1997-98	2000-01
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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		%
Kevin Garnett	82	39.3	18.5	2.7	6.9	9.6	4.2	1.7	1.8	2.3	2.7	7.7	15.8	.491	0.0	0.2	.188	3.0	4.0	.738
difference:		+1.2	+3.3	+1.2	+0.8	+0.4	+2.1	+0.7	+0.6	-0.4	-0.3	+0.5	+0.6	+.017	+1.8	+4.6	+.199	+2.5	+2.6	+.100
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		%
Kevin Garnett	5	38.6	15.8	3.4	6.2	9.6	4.0	0.8	2.4	4.4	3.4	7.2	15.0	.480	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.8	.778
difference:	+5	+1.3	+7.6	+2.0	+0.5	+1.5	+2.6	+0.3	+1.6	-3.0	-0.3	+0.3	+1.3	+.057	+1.3	+4.6		+6.9	+7.6	+.105
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
	Kevin Garnett	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1998-99	2001-02
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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		%
Kevin Garnett	47	37.9	20.8	3.5	6.9	10.4	4.3	1.7	1.8	2.9	3.2	8.8	19.1	.460	0.1	0.3	.286	3.1	4.4	.704
difference:	+29	+0.1	+2.6	+1.9	+1.5	+0.5	+1.9	+0.6	+0.8	-1.0	-0.3	+0.9	+2.5	+.017	+1.7	+4.3	+.111	+2.7	+2.4	+.149
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		%
Kevin Garnett	4	42.5	21.8	4.0	8.0	12.0	3.8	1.8	2.0	3.3	2.5	8.8	19.8	.443	0.0	0.5	.000	4.3	5.8	.739
difference:	+4	+2.1	+6.6	+1.9	+3.0	+1.1	+1.5	+0.2	+1.2	-0.5	-0.9	+0.3	+0.7	+.002	+2.0	+3.0	+.571	+3.8	+3.5	+.139
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
	Kevin Garnett	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1999-00	2002-03
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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		%
Kevin Garnett	81	40.0	22.9	2.8	9.0	11.8	5.0	1.5	1.6	3.3	2.5	9.4	18.8	.497	0.4	1.0	.370	3.8	5.0	.765
difference:	+1	+1.0	+2.2	+1.8	+0.1	+1.9	+2.0	+0.1	+0.6	-1.4	-0.1	+0.8	+0.2	+.034	+1.5	+3.9	+.009	+2.2	+1.9	+.116
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		%
Kevin Garnett	4	42.5	18.8	3.3	7.5	10.8	8.8	1.3	0.8	2.8	3.0	7.5	19.5	.385	0.5	0.8	.667	3.3	4.0	.813
difference:	+13		+6.5	+2.4	+3.1	+0.7	+6.6	+0.1	+0.1	-0.4	-0.1	+1.3	+1.1	+.094	+1.1	+2.8	+.224	+2.8	+2.6	+.099
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
	Kevin Garnett	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2000-01	2003-04
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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		%
Kevin Garnett	81	39.5	22.0	2.7	8.7	11.4	5.0	1.4	1.8	2.8	2.5	8.7	18.2	.477	0.2	0.8	.288	4.4	5.8	.764
difference:	+4	+1.6	+0.2	+1.5	+1.2	+2.7	+2.3	+0.2	+0.4	-1.0	-0.3	+0.8	+1.2	+.015	+1.1	+3.0	+.053	+0.4	+0.3	+.113
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		%
Kevin Garnett	4	41.3	21.0	2.5	9.5	12.0	4.3	1.0	1.5	1.5	3.3	6.8	14.5	.466	0.0	0.8	.000	7.5	9.0	.833
difference:	+1	+0.9	+5.6	+0.1	+0.3	+0.2	+2.9	+0.4	+1.1	-0.3	-0.1	+2.2	+5.5	+.016	+1.4	+2.2	+.467	+0.3	+0.6	+.024
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
	Kevin Garnett	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2001-02	2004-05
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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		%
Kevin Garnett	81	39.2	21.2	3.0	9.1	12.1	5.2	1.2	1.6	2.8	2.3	8.1	17.3	.470	0.5	1.4	.319	4.4	5.5	.801
difference:	+3	+0.5	+4.9	+1.8	+0.6	+2.4	+2.1		+0.1	-0.5	-0.5	+0.4	+1.2	+.011	+0.7	+1.5	+.080	+3.5	+3.6	+.068
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		%
Kevin Garnett	3	43.3	24.0	5.3	13.3	18.7	5.0	1.7	1.7	4.0	3.7	8.0	18.7	.429	0.3	0.7	.500	7.7	10.7	.719
difference:	+10	+0.8	+0.3	+3.4	+5.1	+8.6	+1.7	+0.3	+0.1	-1.5	-0.5	+0.1	+1.0	+.027	+0.5	+1.6	+.167	+0.6	+2.2	+.110
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
	Kevin Garnett	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2002-03	2005-06
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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		%
Kevin Garnett	82	40.5	23.0	3.0	10.5	13.4	6.0	1.4	1.6	2.8	2.4	9.1	18.1	.502	0.2	0.9	.282	4.6	6.1	.751
difference:	+1	+2.4	+3.6	+1.6	+2.9	+4.4	+3.2	+0.7	+0.6	-0.9	-0.4	+0.2	+1.2	+.022	+1.2	+2.4	+.124	+2.1	+1.3	+.150
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		%
Kevin Garnett	6	44.0	27.0	1.8	13.8	15.7	5.2	1.7	1.7	3.0	3.8	11.8	23.0	.514	0.5	1.5	.333	2.8	4.7	.607
difference:	+17	+1.3		+0.2	+4.2	+4.0	+2.3	+0.6	+1.1	-0.9	-1.0	+3.3	+4.8	+.046	+0.5	+1.4	+.010	+6.1	+5.3	+.288
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
	Kevin Garnett	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2003-04	2006-07
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 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		%
Kevin Garnett	82	39.4	24.2	3.0	10.9	13.9	5.0	1.5	2.2	2.6	2.5	9.8	19.6	.499	0.1	0.5	.256	4.5	5.7	.791
difference:	+4	+3.2	+0.4	+1.4	+3.6	+5.0	+1.6	+0.8	+1.4	-0.5	-0.3	+1.2	+2.4	+.003	+0.8	+1.7	+.160	+1.9	+1.4	+.113
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		%
Kevin Garnett	18	43.5	24.3	2.2	12.4	14.6	5.1	1.3	2.3	4.2	3.2	9.3	20.7	.452	0.3	0.9	.313	5.4	6.9	.776
difference:	+12	+3.7	+4.6	+2.0	+5.2	+3.3	+2.8	+0.5	+1.0	-1.9	-0.1	+3.3	+5.0	+.069	+0.4	+2.3	+.102	+1.6	+1.4	+.064
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
	Kevin Garnett	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2004-05	2007-08
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	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		%
Kevin Garnett	82	38.1	22.2	3.0	10.5	13.5	5.7	1.5	1.4	2.7	2.5	8.3	16.6	.502	0.1	0.3	.240	5.4	6.7	.811
difference:	+5	+2.1	+1.4	+1.8	+3.2	+4.9	+2.2	+0.8	+0.5	-0.6	-0.1	+0.1	+0.5	+.023	+0.9	+2.6	+.119	+0.8	+0.4	+.068
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		%
Kevin Garnett	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
	Kevin Garnett	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2005-06	2008-09
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	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		%
Kevin Garnett	76	38.9	21.8	2.8	9.9	12.7	4.1	1.4	1.4	2.4	2.7	8.2	15.7	.526	0.1	0.4	.267	5.2	6.4	.810
difference:	+5	+1.2	+4.1	+1.7	+2.6	+4.3	+1.7	+0.6	+0.6	-0.5	-0.5	+1.4	+4.3	+.047	+0.7	+1.7	+.092	+0.8	+0.3	+.080
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		%
Kevin Garnett	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
	Kevin Garnett	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2006-07	2009-10
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	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		%
Kevin Garnett	76	39.4	22.4	2.4	10.4	12.8	4.1	1.2	1.7	2.7	2.4	8.4	17.6	.476	0.2	0.7	.214	5.5	6.6	.835
difference:	+5	+1.9	+2.6	+1.4	+3.7	+5.1	+1.4	+0.3	+0.7	-0.9	-0.2	+0.5	+0.9	+.005	+0.4	+0.8	+.207	+1.1	+0.6	+.080
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		%
Kevin Garnett	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


Season 13
	Kevin Garnett	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2007-08	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kevin Garnett	71	32.8	18.8	1.9	7.3	9.2	3.4	1.4	1.3	1.9	2.3	7.5	13.9	.539	0.0	0.2	.000	3.8	4.7	.801
difference:	+2	+1.5	+4.2	+1.2	+1.0	+2.2	+0.8	+0.9	+0.7		-0.1	+0.9	+2.3	+.022	+0.9	+2.1	+.393	+1.6	+1.4	+.091
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		%
Kevin Garnett	26	38.0	20.4	2.8	7.8	10.5	3.3	1.3	1.1	2.1	2.8	8.3	16.8	.495	0.1	0.3	.250	3.6	4.5	.810
difference:	+5	+1.3	+7.3	+2.2	+0.2	+2.4	+0.8	+0.7	+0.5	-1.0	-0.6	+0.8	+2.1	+.010	+1.0	+2.1	+.210	+4.7	+4.4	+.131
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
	Kevin Garnett	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2008-09	2011-12
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kevin Garnett	57	31.1	15.8	1.4	7.1	8.5	2.5	1.1	1.2	1.6	2.2	6.9	13.0	.531	0.0	0.1	.250	1.9	2.3	.841
difference:	+5	+2.4	+5.8	+0.7	+1.1	+1.8	+0.3	+0.4	+0.7	-0.3	-0.1	+0.7	+3.7	+.074	+1.3	+3.3	+.118	+3.2	+3.4	+.055
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		%
Kevin Garnett	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Kevin Garnett	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2009-10	2012-13
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Kevin Garnett	69	29.9	14.3	1.1	6.2	7.3	2.7	1.0	0.8	1.5	2.5	5.8	11.2	.521	0.0	0.1	.200	2.7	3.2	.837
difference:	+16	+1.4	+3.0	+0.4		+0.5	+0.2	+0.3	+0.1	-0.2	-0.7	+0.7	+2.5	+.050	+1.2	+2.9	+.214	+0.4	+0.4	+.023
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		%
Kevin Garnett	23	33.3	15.0	1.4	6.0	7.4	2.5	1.1	0.9	1.3	3.2	6.5	13.1	.495	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.4	.839
Dirk Nowitzki	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Kevin Garnett	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2010-11	2013-14
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Kevin Garnett	71	31.3	14.9	1.2	7.7	8.9	2.4	1.3	0.8	1.6	2.1	6.1	11.6	.528	0.0	0.1	.200	2.6	3.1	.862
difference:	+9	+1.6	+6.8	+0.7	+2.0	+2.7	+0.3	+0.4	+0.2	-0.1		+1.8	+4.3	+.031	+1.6	+4.0	+.198	+1.6	+1.6	+.037
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		%
Kevin Garnett	9	36.4	14.9	2.3	8.6	10.9	2.6	1.9	1.0	2.1	3.0	6.2	14.1	.441	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.2	.759
difference:	+2	+1.2	+4.2	+1.6	+1.3	+2.9	+1.0	+1.0	+0.1		-0.1	+1.5	+3.9	+.012	+0.1	+1.6	+.083	+1.2	+1.2	+.047
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
	Kevin Garnett	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2011-12	2014-15
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Kevin Garnett	60	31.1	15.8	1.1	7.1	8.2	2.9	0.9	1.0	1.8	2.4	6.5	13.0	.503	0.1	0.2	.333	2.7	3.2	.857
difference:	+17	+1.5	+1.5	+0.5	+1.7	+2.3	+1.0	+0.4	+0.6	-0.7	-0.3	+0.2	+0.8	+.044	+1.3	+3.4	+.047	+0.6	+0.6	+.025
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		%
Kevin Garnett	20	36.9	19.2	1.6	8.8	10.3	1.5	1.2	1.5	2.2	3.0	8.0	16.0	.497	0.1	0.2	.250	3.3	4.0	.813
difference:	+15	+0.7	+2.0	+0.8	+0.8	+0.1	+0.9	+0.8	+1.1	-0.2	-0.2	+0.4	+0.8	+.045	+0.7	+3.2	+.015	+1.9	+1.6	+.116
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
	Kevin Garnett	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2012-13	2015-16
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Kevin Garnett	68	29.7	14.8	1.1	6.7	7.8	2.3	1.1	0.9	1.6	2.3	6.2	12.5	.496	0.0	0.2	.125	2.3	3.0	.786
difference:	+7	+1.8	+3.5	+0.4	+0.9	+1.3	+0.5	+0.4	+0.2	-0.5	-0.2	+0.4	+2.3	+.048	+1.7	+4.4	+.243	+1.0	+0.7	+.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		%
Kevin Garnett	6	35.3	12.7	1.5	12.2	13.7	3.5	0.8	1.0	3.2	3.8	5.0	10.0	.500	0.0	0.3	.000	2.7	2.8	.941
difference:	+1	+1.3	+7.7	+0.9	+8.0	+8.9	+1.9	+0.4	+0.4	-1.8	-2.0	+3.2	+6.6	+.006	+0.8	+1.9	+.364	+0.5	+0.6
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
	Kevin Garnett	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2013-14	2016-17
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Kevin Garnett	54	20.5	6.5	1.1	5.5	6.6	1.5	0.8	0.7	1.3	2.3	2.9	6.6	.441	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	0.9	.809
difference:		+5.9	+7.7	+0.7	+0.6	+0.1		+0.2		-0.4	-0.2	+2.6	+6.0	+.004	+1.5	+3.8	+.378	+1.1	+1.2	+.066
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		%
Kevin Garnett	12	20.8	6.9	1.6	4.8	6.3	1.3	0.8	0.4	1.1	2.1	2.8	5.3	.524	0.0	0.2	.000	1.4	1.9	.739
Dirk Nowitzki	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 20
	Kevin Garnett	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2014-15	2017-18
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Minnesota Timberwolves	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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20th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	47	20.3	6.9	1.0	5.6	6.6	1.6	1.0	0.4	1.0	2.3	3.0	6.5	.467	0.0	0.1	.143	0.8	1.0	.800
difference:	+30	+4.4	+5.1	+0.7	+0.2	+0.9		+0.4	+0.2	-0.3	-0.4	+1.5	+3.3	+.011	+1.8	+4.3	+.266	+0.5	+0.4	+.098
Dirk Nowitzki	77	24.7	12.0	0.3	5.4	5.7	1.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	1.9	4.5	9.8	.456	1.8	4.4	.409	1.3	1.4	.898

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kevin Garnett nor Dirk Nowitzki played in the postseason in their season 20


Season 21
	Kevin Garnett	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2015-16	2018-19
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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21st Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Garnett	38	14.6	3.2	0.4	3.6	3.9	1.6	0.7	0.3	0.4	1.8	1.4	3.0	.470	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.667
difference:	+13	+1.0	+4.1	+0.3	+0.6	+0.8	+0.9	+0.5	+0.1		-0.3	+1.2	+4.4	+.111	+1.3	+4.0		+0.4	+0.4	+.113
Dirk Nowitzki	51	15.6	7.3	0.1	3.0	3.1	0.7	0.2	0.4	0.4	1.5	2.6	7.4	.359	1.3	4.0	.312	0.8	1.0	.780

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kevin Garnett nor Dirk Nowitzki played in the postseason in their season 21

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