Mark Jackson vs. Dirk Nowitzki Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dirk Nowitzki and Mark Jackson, 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.

Mark Jackson played 17 years in the NBA, 4 less than Dirk Nowitzki, who played 21. Mark Jackson had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, 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
	Mark Jackson	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1987-88	1998-99
Team	New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Mark Jackson	82	39.6	13.6	1.5	3.4	4.8	10.6	2.5	0.1	3.1	3.0	5.3	12.4	.432	0.4	1.5	.254	2.5	3.2	.774
difference:	+35	+19.2	+5.4	+0.6	+0.8	+1.4	+9.6	+1.9	+0.5	-1.5	-0.8	+2.4	+5.3	+.027	+0.1	+0.1	+.048	+0.4	+0.5	+.001
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		%
Mark Jackson	4	42.8	14.3	1.5	3.3	4.8	9.8	2.5	0.0	3.5	3.3	5.5	15.0	.367	1.3	3.0	.417	2.0	2.8	.727
Dirk Nowitzki	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Mark Jackson	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1988-89	1999-00
Team	New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Mark Jackson	72	34.4	16.9	1.5	3.3	4.7	8.6	1.9	0.1	3.1	2.3	6.7	14.2	.467	1.1	3.3	.338	2.5	3.6	.698
difference:	+10	+1.4	+0.6	+0.3	+1.9	+1.8	+6.1	+1.1	+0.7	-1.4	-0.8	+0.4	+0.6	+.006	+0.3	+0.4	+.041	+1.0	+0.6	+.132
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		%
Mark Jackson	9	37.3	14.7	0.8	2.7	3.4	10.1	1.1	0.3	3.1	1.0	5.7	11.1	.510	1.2	3.1	.393	2.1	3.1	.679
Dirk Nowitzki	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Mark Jackson	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1989-90	2000-01
Team	New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Mark Jackson	82	29.6	9.9	1.3	2.6	3.9	7.4	1.3	0.0	2.6	1.5	4.0	9.1	.437	0.4	1.6	.267	1.5	2.0	.727
difference:		+8.5	+11.9	+0.2	+5.1	+5.3	+5.3	+0.3	+1.2	-0.7	-1.5	+3.2	+6.1	+.037	+1.4	+3.2	+.120	+4.0	+4.6	+.111
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		%
Mark Jackson	9	9.0	3.8	0.1	0.4	0.6	2.3	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.6	1.4	3.4	.419	0.0	0.2	.000	0.9	1.2	.727
difference:	+1	+30.9	+19.6	+1.3	+6.3	+7.5	+0.9	+0.9	+0.8	-0.6	-3.1	+5.5	+12.9	+.004	+1.3	+4.4	+.283	+7.4	+8.2	+.156
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
	Mark Jackson	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1990-91	2001-02
Team	New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Mark Jackson	72	22.2	8.8	0.9	1.9	2.7	6.3	0.8	0.1	1.9	1.1	3.5	7.1	.492	0.2	0.7	.255	1.6	2.2	.731
difference:	+4	+15.8	+14.6	+0.7	+6.5	+7.2	+3.9	+0.3	+0.9		-1.8	+4.4	+9.5	+.015	+1.6	+3.9	+.142	+4.2	+4.6	+.122
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		%
Mark Jackson	3	12.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0	2.7	0.3	0.3	1.7	0.3	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+5	+32.6	+27.7	+2.1	+11.0	+13.1	+0.4	+1.7	+0.5	-1.1	-3.1	+8.8	+19.5	+.112	+2.0	+3.5		+8.1	+9.3
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
	Mark Jackson	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1991-92	2002-03
Team	New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Mark Jackson	81	30.4	11.3	1.2	2.6	3.8	8.6	1.4	0.2	2.6	1.9	4.5	9.2	.491	0.1	0.5	.256	2.1	2.7	.770
difference:	+1	+8.6	+13.8	+0.2	+6.3	+6.1	+5.6		+0.8	-0.7	-0.7	+4.1	+9.4	+.028	+1.8	+4.4	+.123	+3.9	+4.2	+.111
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		%
Mark Jackson	12	30.7	8.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	7.2	0.8	0.0	2.5	2.2	3.1	7.7	.402	0.3	1.8	.190	1.8	2.3	.815
difference:	+5	+11.8	+17.0	+0.1	+9.3	+9.2	+5.0	+0.4	+0.9	-0.1	-0.9	+5.7	+10.7	+.077	+1.3	+1.8	+.253	+4.3	+4.3	+.097
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
	Mark Jackson	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1992-93	2003-04
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers 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		%
Mark Jackson	82	38.0	14.4	1.6	3.2	4.7	8.8	1.7	0.1	2.7	1.9	5.6	11.5	.486	0.3	1.0	.268	2.9	3.7	.803
difference:	+5	+0.1	+7.4	+0.4	+4.3	+4.0	+6.1	+0.5	+1.3	-0.9	-0.9	+2.3	+5.5	+.024	+1.0	+2.8	+.073	+1.9	+1.8	+.074
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		%
Mark Jackson	5	37.6	15.2	1.6	4.2	5.8	7.6	1.6	0.2	2.6	1.6	5.6	12.8	.438	0.2	0.4	.500	3.8	4.4	.864
difference:		+4.6	+11.4	+1.0	+5.0	+6.0	+6.2	+0.2	+2.4	-1.4	-1.6	+3.4	+7.2	+.012	+1.2	+2.6	+.033	+3.4	+4.0	+.007
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
	Mark Jackson	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1993-94	2004-05
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Mark Jackson	79	34.3	10.9	1.4	3.1	4.4	8.6	1.5	0.1	2.9	1.5	4.2	9.3	.452	0.5	1.6	.283	2.1	2.7	.791
difference:	+1	+4.4	+15.2	+0.2	+5.4	+5.3	+5.5	+0.3	+1.4	-0.6	-1.3	+4.3	+9.2	+.007	+0.7	+1.3	+.116	+5.8	+6.4	+.078
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		%
Mark Jackson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Mark Jackson	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1994-95	2005-06
Team	Indiana Pacers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 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		%
Mark Jackson	82	29.3	7.6	0.9	2.8	3.7	7.5	1.3	0.2	2.6	1.8	2.9	6.9	.422	0.3	1.1	.310	1.5	1.9	.778
difference:	+1	+8.8	+19.0	+0.5	+4.8	+5.3	+4.7	+0.6	+0.8	-0.7	-0.2	+6.4	+12.4	+.058	+1.1	+2.2	+.096	+5.2	+5.5	+.123
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		%
Mark Jackson	17	32.6	9.9	1.6	3.6	5.2	7.2	0.9	0.0	2.4	2.0	3.5	7.6	.454	0.9	2.4	.400	2.0	2.7	.739
difference:	+6	+10.1	+17.1	+0.4	+6.0	+6.5	+4.3	+0.2	+0.6	-0.3	-0.8	+5.0	+10.6	+.014	+0.1	+0.5	+.057	+6.9	+7.3	+.156
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
	Mark Jackson	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1995-96	2006-07
Team	Indiana Pacers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mark Jackson	81	32.6	10.0	0.8	3.0	3.8	7.8	1.2	0.1	2.5	1.9	3.7	7.7	.473	0.8	1.8	.430	1.9	2.4	.785
difference:	+3	+3.6	+14.6	+0.8	+4.3	+5.1	+4.4	+0.5	+0.7	-0.4	-0.3	+4.9	+9.5	+.029	+0.1	+0.4	+.014	+4.5	+4.7	+.119
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		%
Mark Jackson	5	37.2	10.6	0.6	4.4	5.0	6.0	1.2	0.0	2.6	1.8	3.6	10.2	.353	0.8	3.6	.222	2.6	3.4	.765
difference:	+1	+2.6	+9.1	+3.6	+2.8	+6.3	+3.7	+0.6	+1.3	-0.3	-1.5	+2.4	+5.5	+.030	+0.1	+0.4	+.011	+4.4	+4.9	+.075
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
	Mark Jackson	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1996-97	2007-08
Team	Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	Assists Leader	-
	-	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		%
Mark Jackson	82	37.2	9.9	1.1	3.7	4.8	11.4	1.2	0.1	3.3	2.0	3.5	8.3	.426	0.8	2.2	.371	2.0	2.6	.789
difference:	+5	+1.2	+13.7	+0.1	+3.6	+3.8	+7.9	+0.5	+0.8	-1.2	-0.6	+4.7	+8.8	+.053	+0.2	+0.7	+.012	+4.2	+4.5	+.090
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		%
Mark Jackson	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
	Mark Jackson	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1997-98	2008-09
Team	Indiana Pacers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 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		%
Mark Jackson	82	29.4	8.3	0.8	3.1	3.9	8.7	1.0	0.0	2.1	1.6	3.0	7.3	.416	0.5	1.7	.314	1.7	2.2	.761
difference:	+1	+8.3	+17.6	+0.3	+4.2	+4.5	+6.3	+0.2	+0.8	-0.2	-0.6	+6.6	+12.7	+.063	+0.3	+0.4	+.045	+4.3	+4.5	+.129
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		%
Mark Jackson	16	30.9	9.2	1.1	3.4	4.6	8.3	1.4	0.0	2.9	1.8	3.3	7.9	.417	0.9	2.3	.378	1.7	2.1	.794
difference:	+6	+8.5	+17.6	+0.1	+5.5	+5.5	+5.2	+0.5	+0.8	-0.6	-0.3	+5.5	+9.1	+.101	+0.3	+0.2	+.092	+6.9	+7.2	+.131
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
	Mark Jackson	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1998-99	2009-10
Team	Indiana Pacers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 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		%
Mark Jackson	49	28.2	7.6	0.7	3.1	3.8	7.9	0.9	0.1	2.0	1.2	2.8	6.7	.419	0.7	2.1	.311	1.3	1.6	.823
difference:	+32	+9.3	+17.4	+0.3	+3.6	+3.9	+5.2		+0.9	-0.2	-1.4	+6.1	+11.8	+.062	+0.1	+0.6	+.110	+5.3	+5.6	+.092
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		%
Mark Jackson	13	34.8	11.2	1.1	3.5	4.5	8.6	1.1	0.1	2.7	2.5	3.9	7.9	.495	1.1	2.6	.412	2.3	3.2	.714
difference:	+7	+4.0	+15.5	+0.1	+3.5	+3.7	+5.6	+0.3	+0.6	-1.0		+5.8	+9.8	+.052	+0.4	+1.4	+.159	+4.4	+3.8	+.238
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
	Mark Jackson	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1999-00	2010-11
Team	Indiana Pacers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Mark Jackson	81	27.0	8.1	0.8	2.9	3.7	8.0	0.9	0.1	2.1	1.4	3.0	7.0	.432	1.1	2.7	.403	1.0	1.2	.806
difference:	+8	+7.3	+14.9	+0.1	+3.4	+3.3	+5.4	+0.4	+0.5	-0.2	-1.0	+5.4	+9.2	+.085	+0.2	+0.4	+.010	+4.4	+4.9	+.086
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		%
Mark Jackson	23	27.6	8.1	0.5	3.2	3.7	7.7	0.8	0.1	1.9	1.9	3.0	7.7	.392	0.9	2.9	.313	1.2	1.3	.903
difference:	+2	+11.7	+19.6	+0.1	+4.4	+4.4	+5.2	+0.2	+0.5	-1.2	-0.3	+6.1	+11.2	+.093	+0.2	+0.5	+.147	+7.1	+7.6	+.038
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
	Mark Jackson	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2000-01	2011-12
Team	Toronto Raptors, New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mark Jackson	83	31.2	7.6	0.8	2.9	3.7	8.0	1.0	0.1	2.1	1.7	2.9	7.0	.419	0.8	2.5	.338	0.9	1.1	.785
difference:	+21	+2.3	+14.0	+0.1	+3.1	+3.0	+5.8	+0.3	+0.4	-0.2	-0.4	+4.7	+9.7	+.038	+0.5	+0.9	+.030	+4.2	+4.6	+.111
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		%
Mark Jackson	5	31.2	9.0	0.6	4.6	5.2	5.2	1.6	0.0	2.0	1.2	4.0	8.0	.500	0.4	1.6	.250	0.6	0.6	1.000
difference:	+1	+7.3	+17.8	+0.2	+0.9	+1.1	+3.4	+0.8		-0.5	-1.1	+4.5	+11.3	+.058	+0.1	+0.1	+.083	+8.9	+9.9	+.095
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 16
	Mark Jackson	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2002-03	2013-14
Team	Utah Jazz	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mark Jackson	82	17.9	4.7	0.4	1.7	2.1	4.6	0.6	0.0	1.9	1.1	1.8	4.5	.398	0.3	1.2	.284	0.7	1.0	.763
difference:	+2	+15.0	+17.0	+0.1	+4.0	+4.1	+1.9	+0.3	+0.6	-0.4	-1.0	+6.1	+11.4	+.099	+1.3	+2.9	+.114	+3.5	+3.7	+.136
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		%
Mark Jackson	5	16.6	7.2	0.4	0.6	1.0	3.2	0.6	0.0	0.8	2.2	3.0	6.0	.500	1.0	1.8	.556	0.2	0.2	1.000
difference:	+2	+21.0	+11.9	+0.3	+6.7	+7.0	+1.6	+0.3	+0.9	-1.3	-0.7	+4.7	+12.0	+.071	+0.9	+0.1	+.473	+3.4	+4.2	+.194
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
	Mark Jackson	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2003-04	2014-15
Team	Houston Rockets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mark Jackson	42	13.7	2.5	0.2	1.4	1.7	2.8	0.4	0.0	1.3	1.0	0.8	2.4	.340	0.2	1.0	.171	0.7	0.9	.718
difference:	+35	+15.9	+14.8	+0.4	+4.0	+4.2	+0.9	+0.1	+0.4	-0.2	-1.1	+5.5	+11.4	+.119	+1.2	+2.6	+.209	+2.6	+2.9	+.164
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		%
Mark Jackson	5	7.6	0.4	0.0	0.6	0.6	1.0	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.2	1.2	.167	0.0	0.6	.000	0.0	0.0	-
difference:		+28.6	+20.8	+0.8	+9.0	+9.8	+1.4		+0.4	-1.6	-3.0	+7.4	+15.6	+.285	+0.8	+2.8	+.235	+5.2	+5.6
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

Additional Years
* Dirk Nowitzki played 4 seasons more than Mark Jackson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 18 to 21, from 2016 to 2019—Dirk Nowitzki played in one postseason. In those 4 extra years over Mark Jackson, Dirk Nowitzki got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game