LeBron James vs. Dirk Nowitzki Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dirk Nowitzki and LeBron James, 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.

LeBron James played 22 years in the NBA, 1 more than Dirk Nowitzki, who played 21. LeBron James had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, 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
	LeBron James	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2003-04	1998-99
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	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		%
LeBron James	79	39.5	20.9	1.3	4.2	5.5	5.9	1.6	0.7	3.5	1.9	7.9	18.9	.417	0.8	2.7	.290	4.4	5.8	.754
difference:	+32	+19.1	+12.7	+0.4	+1.6	+2.1	+4.9	+1.0	+0.1	-1.9	-0.3	+5.0	+11.8	+.012	+0.5	+1.3	+.084	+2.3	+3.1	+.019
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 LeBron James nor Dirk Nowitzki played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	LeBron James	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2004-05	1999-00
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
LeBron James	80	42.4	27.2	1.4	6.0	7.4	7.2	2.2	0.7	3.3	1.8	9.9	21.1	.472	1.4	3.9	.351	6.0	8.0	.750
difference:	+2	+6.6	+9.7	+0.2	+0.8	+0.9	+4.7	+1.4	+0.1	-1.6	-1.3	+3.6	+7.5	+.011		+0.2	+.028	+2.5	+3.8	+.080
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 LeBron James nor Dirk Nowitzki played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	LeBron James	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2005-06	2000-01
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
LeBron James	79	42.5	31.4	0.9	6.1	7.0	6.6	1.6	0.8	3.3	2.3	11.1	23.1	.480	1.6	4.8	.335	7.6	10.3	.738
difference:	+3	+4.4	+9.6	+0.6	+1.6	+2.2	+4.5	+0.6	+0.4	-1.4	-0.7	+3.9	+7.9	+.006	+0.2		+.052	+2.1	+3.7	+.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		%
LeBron James	13	46.5	30.8	1.7	6.4	8.1	5.8	1.4	0.7	5.0	3.4	11.2	23.6	.476	1.6	4.8	.333	6.7	9.1	.737
difference:	+3	+6.6	+7.4	+0.3	+0.3		+4.4	+0.3	+0.1	-3.6	-0.3	+4.3	+7.3	+.053	+0.3	+0.2	+.050	+1.6	+0.3	+.146
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
	LeBron James	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2006-07	2001-02
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	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		%
LeBron James	78	40.9	27.3	1.1	5.7	6.7	6.0	1.6	0.7	3.2	2.2	9.9	20.8	.476	1.3	4.0	.319	6.3	9.0	.698
difference:	+2	+2.9	+3.9	+0.5	+2.7	+3.2	+3.6	+0.5	+0.3	-1.3	-0.7	+2.0	+4.2	+.001	+0.5	+0.6	+.078	+0.5	+2.2	+.155
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		%
LeBron James	20	44.7	25.1	1.3	6.8	8.1	8.0	1.7	0.5	3.3	2.0	8.3	20.0	.416	1.1	3.8	.280	7.4	9.8	.755
difference:	+12	+0.1	+3.3	+0.8	+4.2	+5.0	+5.7	+0.3	+0.3	-0.5	-1.4	+0.8	+0.5	+.029	+0.9	+0.3	+.291	+0.7	+0.5	+.123
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
	LeBron James	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2007-08	2002-03
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
LeBron James	75	40.4	30.0	1.8	6.1	7.9	7.2	1.8	1.1	3.4	2.2	10.6	21.9	.484	1.5	4.8	.315	7.3	10.3	.712
difference:	+5	+1.4	+4.9	+0.8	+2.8	+2.0	+4.2	+0.4	+0.1	-1.5	-0.4	+2.0	+3.3	+.021	+0.4	+0.1	+.064	+1.3	+3.4	+.169
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		%
LeBron James	13	42.5	28.2	1.2	6.6	7.8	7.6	1.8	1.3	4.2	2.5	8.7	21.2	.411	1.4	5.4	.257	9.4	12.8	.731
difference:	+4		+2.9	+0.3	+4.0	+3.7	+5.4	+0.6	+0.4	-1.8	-0.6	+0.1	+2.8	+.068	+0.2	+1.8	+.186	+3.3	+6.2	+.181
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
	LeBron James	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2008-09	2003-04
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
LeBron James	81	37.7	28.4	1.3	6.3	7.6	7.2	1.7	1.1	3.0	1.7	9.7	19.9	.489	1.6	4.7	.344	7.3	9.4	.780
difference:	+4	+0.2	+6.6	+0.1	+1.2	+1.1	+4.5	+0.5	+0.3	-1.2	-1.1	+1.8	+2.9	+.027	+0.3	+0.9	+.003	+2.5	+3.9	+.097
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		%
LeBron James	14	41.4	35.3	1.4	7.8	9.1	7.3	1.6	0.9	2.7	2.1	11.4	22.3	.510	1.9	5.8	.333	10.6	14.2	.749
difference:	+9	+0.8	+8.7	+1.2	+1.4	+2.7	+5.9	+0.2	+1.7	-1.5	-1.1	+2.4	+2.3	+.060	+0.5	+2.8	+.134	+3.4	+5.8	+.108
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
	LeBron James	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2009-10	2004-05
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
LeBron James	76	39.0	29.7	0.9	6.4	7.3	8.6	1.6	1.0	3.4	1.6	10.1	20.1	.503	1.7	5.1	.333	7.8	10.2	.767
difference:	+2	+0.3	+3.6	+0.3	+2.1	+2.4	+5.5	+0.4	+0.5	-1.1	-1.2	+1.6	+1.6	+.044	+0.5	+2.2	+.066	+0.1	+1.1	+.102
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		%
LeBron James	11	41.8	29.1	1.4	7.9	9.3	7.6	1.7	1.8	3.8	2.1	9.6	19.2	.502	1.8	4.5	.400	8.0	10.9	.733
difference:	+2	+0.7	+5.4	+0.5	+0.3	+0.8	+4.3	+0.3	+0.2	-1.3	-1.1	+1.7	+0.5	+.100	+1.0	+2.2	+.067	+0.9	+2.4	+.096
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
	LeBron James	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2010-11	2005-06
Team	Miami Heat	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	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		%
LeBron James	79	38.8	26.7	1.0	6.5	7.5	7.0	1.6	0.6	3.6	2.1	9.6	18.8	.510	1.2	3.5	.330	6.4	8.4	.759
difference:	+2	+0.7	+0.1	+0.4	+1.1	+1.5	+4.2	+0.9	+0.4	-1.7	-0.1	+0.3	+0.5	+.030	+0.2	+0.2	+.076	+0.3	+1.0	+.142
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		%
LeBron James	21	43.9	23.7	1.6	6.8	8.4	5.9	1.7	1.2	3.1	2.7	8.3	17.8	.466	1.4	4.0	.353	5.7	7.4	.763
difference:	+2	+1.2	+3.3	+0.4	+2.8	+3.3	+3.0	+0.6	+0.6	-1.0	-0.1	+0.2	+0.4	+.002	+0.4	+1.1	+.010	+3.2	+2.6	+.132
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
	LeBron James	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2011-12	2006-07
Team	Miami Heat	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
LeBron James	62	37.5	27.1	1.5	6.4	7.9	6.2	1.9	0.8	3.4	1.5	10.0	18.9	.531	0.9	2.4	.362	6.2	8.1	.771
difference:	+16	+1.3	+2.5	+0.1	+0.9	+1.0	+2.8	+1.2		-1.3	-0.7	+1.4	+1.7	+.029		+0.2	+.054	+0.2	+1.0	+.133
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		%
LeBron James	23	42.7	30.3	2.3	7.4	9.7	5.6	1.9	0.7	3.5	2.0	10.9	21.8	.500	1.0	3.7	.259	7.5	10.2	.739
difference:	+17	+2.9	+10.6	+1.9	+0.2	+1.6	+3.3	+0.1	+0.6	-1.2	-1.3	+4.9	+6.1	+.117	+0.3	+0.5	+.048	+0.5	+1.9	+.101
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
	LeBron James	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2012-13	2007-08
Team	Miami Heat	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
LeBron James	76	37.9	26.8	1.3	6.8	8.0	7.3	1.7	0.9	3.0	1.4	10.1	17.8	.565	1.4	3.3	.406	5.3	7.0	.753
difference:	+1	+1.9	+3.2	+0.1	+0.5	+0.6	+3.8	+1.0		-0.9	-1.2	+1.9	+0.7	+.086	+0.4	+0.4	+.047	+0.9	+0.1	+.126
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		%
LeBron James	23	41.7	25.9	1.6	6.8	8.4	6.6	1.8	0.8	3.0	1.9	9.2	18.8	.491	1.6	4.2	.375	5.9	7.6	.777
difference:	+18	+0.5	+0.9	+0.4	+3.2	+3.6	+2.6	+1.6	+0.6	-1.0	-0.7	+0.6	+0.6	+.018	+0.4	+0.6	+.042	+2.5	+2.8	+.031
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
	LeBron James	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2013-14	2008-09
Team	Miami Heat	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	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		%
LeBron James	77	37.7	27.1	1.1	5.9	6.9	6.3	1.6	0.3	3.5	1.6	10.0	17.6	.567	1.5	4.0	.379	5.7	7.6	.750
difference:	+4		+1.2		+1.4	+1.5	+3.9	+0.8	+0.5	-1.6	-0.6	+0.4	+2.4	+.088	+0.7	+1.9	+.020	+0.3	+0.9	+.140
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		%
LeBron James	20	38.2	27.4	0.7	6.4	7.1	4.8	1.8	0.6	3.1	2.3	9.6	17.0	.565	1.8	4.3	.407	6.5	8.0	.806
difference:	+10	+1.2	+0.6	+0.5	+2.5	+3.0	+1.7	+0.9	+0.2	-0.8	-0.2	+0.8		+.047	+1.2	+2.2	+.121	+2.1	+1.3	+.119
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
	LeBron James	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2014-15	2009-10
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
LeBron James	69	36.1	25.3	0.7	5.3	6.0	7.4	1.6	0.7	3.9	2.0	9.0	18.5	.488	1.7	4.9	.354	5.4	7.7	.710
difference:	+12	+1.4	+0.3	+0.3	+1.4	+1.7	+4.7	+0.7	+0.3	-2.1	-0.6	+0.1		+.007	+1.1	+3.4	+.067	+1.2	+0.5	+.205
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		%
LeBron James	20	42.2	30.1	1.9	9.5	11.3	8.5	1.7	1.1	4.1	2.9	11.4	27.2	.417	1.3	5.5	.227	6.1	8.4	.731
difference:	+14	+3.4	+3.4	+0.7	+2.5	+3.1	+5.5	+0.9	+0.4	-2.4	-0.4	+1.7	+9.5	+.130	+0.6	+4.3	+.344	+0.6	+1.4	+.221
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
	LeBron James	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2015-16	2010-11
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	Finals MVP
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	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		%
LeBron James	76	35.6	25.3	1.5	6.0	7.4	6.8	1.4	0.6	3.3	1.9	9.7	18.6	.520	1.1	3.7	.309	4.7	6.5	.731
difference:	+3	+1.3	+2.3	+0.8	+0.3	+0.4	+4.2	+0.9		-1.4	-0.5	+1.3	+2.4	+.003	+0.2	+1.4	+.084	+0.7	+0.4	+.161
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		%
LeBron James	21	39.1	26.3	2.0	7.5	9.5	7.6	2.3	1.3	3.6	2.6	10.4	19.9	.525	1.5	4.5	.340	3.9	5.9	.661
difference:		+0.2	+1.4	+1.4	+0.1	+1.4	+5.1	+1.7	+0.7	-0.5	-0.4	+1.3	+1.0	+.040	+0.4	+2.1	+.120	+4.4	+3.0	+.280
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
	LeBron James	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2016-17	2011-12
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
LeBron James	74	37.8	26.4	1.3	7.3	8.6	8.7	1.2	0.6	4.1	1.8	9.9	18.2	.548	1.7	4.6	.363	4.8	7.2	.674
difference:	+12	+4.3	+4.8	+0.6	+1.3	+1.9	+6.5	+0.5	+0.1	-2.2	-0.3	+2.3	+1.5	+.091	+0.4	+1.2	+.005	+0.3	+1.5	+.222
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		%
LeBron James	18	41.3	32.8	1.1	8.1	9.1	7.8	1.9	1.3	4.0	2.4	12.1	21.3	.565	2.4	5.9	.411	6.3	9.0	.698
difference:	+14	+2.8	+6.0	+0.3	+2.6	+2.8	+6.0	+1.1	+1.3	-1.5	-0.1	+3.6	+2.0	+.123	+2.1	+4.4	+.244	+3.2	+1.5	+.207
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
	LeBron James	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2017-18	2012-13
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
LeBron James	82	36.9	27.5	1.2	7.5	8.6	9.1	1.4	0.9	4.2	1.7	10.5	19.3	.542	1.8	5.0	.367	4.7	6.5	.731
difference:	+29	+5.6	+10.2	+0.5	+1.3	+1.8	+6.6	+0.7	+0.2	-2.9	-0.1	+4.0	+5.6	+.071	+0.6	+2.0	+.047	+1.6	+2.9	+.129
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		%
LeBron James	22	41.9	34.0	1.4	7.7	9.1	9.0	1.4	1.0	4.3	2.4	12.5	23.2	.539	1.8	5.2	.342	7.2	9.7	.746
Dirk Nowitzki	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 16
	LeBron James	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2018-19	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
LeBron James	55	35.2	27.4	1.0	7.4	8.5	8.3	1.3	0.6	3.6	1.7	10.1	19.9	.510	2.0	5.9	.339	5.1	7.6	.665
difference:	+25	+2.3	+5.7	+0.5	+1.7	+2.3	+5.6	+0.4		-2.1	-0.4	+2.2	+4.0	+.013	+0.4	+1.8	+.059	+0.9	+2.9	+.234
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		%
LeBron James	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	LeBron James	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2019-20	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
LeBron James	67	34.6	25.3	1.0	6.9	7.8	10.2	1.2	0.5	3.9	1.8	9.6	19.4	.493	2.2	6.3	.348	3.9	5.7	.693
difference:	+10	+5.0	+8.0	+0.4	+1.5	+1.9	+8.3	+0.7	+0.1	-2.8	-0.3	+3.3	+5.6	+.034	+0.8	+2.7	+.032	+0.6	+1.9	+.189
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		%
LeBron James	21	36.3	27.6	1.3	9.4	10.8	8.8	1.2	0.9	4.0	1.9	10.2	18.2	.560	2.1	5.7	.370	5.1	7.1	.720
difference:	+16	+0.1	+6.4	+0.5	+0.2	+0.4	+6.4	+0.8	+0.5	-2.0	-1.3	+2.6	+1.4	+.108	+1.3	+2.3	+.135	+0.1	+1.5	+.209
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
	LeBron James	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2020-21	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
LeBron James	45	33.4	25.0	0.6	7.0	7.7	7.8	1.1	0.6	3.7	1.6	9.4	18.3	.513	2.3	6.3	.365	4.0	5.7	.698
difference:	+30	+1.9	+6.7	+0.1	+1.2	+1.2	+6.0	+0.4	+0.1	-2.6	-0.5	+2.8	+3.5	+.065	+0.6	+1.7	+.003	+0.7	+2.0	+.195
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		%
LeBron James	6	37.3	23.3	1.2	6.0	7.2	8.0	1.5	0.3	4.2	1.2	9.0	19.0	.474	3.0	8.0	.375	2.3	3.8	.609
difference:	+1	+3.3	+2.9	+0.6	+1.8	+2.4	+6.4	+1.1	+0.3	-2.8	-0.6	+0.8	+2.4	+.020	+2.2	+5.8	+.011	+0.9	+0.4	+.332
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
	LeBron James	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2021-22	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
LeBron James	56	37.2	30.3	1.1	7.1	8.2	6.2	1.3	1.1	3.5	2.2	11.4	21.8	.524	2.9	8.0	.359	4.5	6.0	.756
difference:	+2	+10.8	+16.1	+0.7	+1.0	+1.7	+4.7	+0.7	+0.4	-2.6	-0.1	+5.9	+9.2	+.087	+1.4	+4.1	+.019	+2.7	+3.9	+.119
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
* Neiher LeBron James nor Dirk Nowitzki played in the postseason in their season 19

Season 20
	LeBron James	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2022-23	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
LeBron James	55	35.5	28.9	1.2	7.1	8.3	6.8	0.9	0.6	3.2	1.6	11.1	22.2	.500	2.2	6.9	.321	4.6	5.9	.768
difference:	+22	+10.8	+16.9	+0.9	+1.7	+2.6	+5.2	+0.3		-2.5	-0.3	+6.6	+12.4	+.044	+0.4	+2.5	+.088	+3.3	+4.5	+.130
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	16	38.7	24.5	1.6	8.3	9.9	6.5	1.1	1.1	2.5	1.8	9.2	18.4	.498	1.8	6.6	.264	4.4	5.8	.761
Dirk Nowitzki	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 21
	LeBron James	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2023-24	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Cup MVP	-
	Cup All-Tournament Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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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		%
LeBron James	71	35.3	25.7	0.9	6.4	7.3	8.3	1.3	0.5	3.5	1.1	9.6	17.9	.540	2.1	5.1	.410	4.3	5.7	.750
difference:	+20	+19.7	+18.4	+0.8	+3.4	+4.2	+7.6	+1.1	+0.1	-3.1	-0.4	+7.0	+10.5	+.181	+0.8	+1.1	+.098	+3.5	+4.7	+.030
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LeBron James	5	40.8	27.8	0.8	6.0	6.8	8.8	2.4	1.0	3.8	2.2	11.2	19.8	.566	2.0	5.2	.385	3.4	4.6	.739
Dirk Nowitzki	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* LeBron James played 1 season more than Dirk Nowitzki in the NBA. In that period—his season 22 in 2025—LeBron James played in the Playoffs. In that extra year over Dirk Nowitzki, LeBron James got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Star Game