Ray Allen vs. Dirk Nowitzki Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dirk Nowitzki and Ray Allen, 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.

Ray Allen played 18 years in the NBA, 3 less than Dirk Nowitzki, who played 21. Ray Allen had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, 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
	Ray Allen	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1996-97	1998-99
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	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		%
Ray Allen	82	30.9	13.4	1.2	2.8	4.0	2.6	0.9	0.1	1.8	2.7	4.8	11.1	.430	1.4	3.6	.393	2.5	3.0	.823
difference:	+35	+10.5	+5.2	+0.3	+0.2	+0.6	+1.6	+0.3	+0.5	-0.2	-0.5	+1.9	+4.0	+.025	+1.1	+2.2	+.187	+0.4	+0.3	+.050
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 Ray Allen nor Dirk Nowitzki played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Ray Allen	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1998-99	2000-01
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Ray Allen	50	34.4	17.1	1.1	3.1	4.2	3.6	1.1	0.1	2.4	2.3	6.1	13.5	.450	1.5	4.2	.356	3.5	3.9	.903
difference:	+32	+3.7	+4.7	+0.4	+4.6	+5.0	+1.5	+0.1	+1.1	-0.5	-0.7	+1.1	+1.7	+.024	+0.3	+0.6	+.031	+2.0	+2.7	+.065
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		%
Ray Allen	3	40.0	22.3	2.7	4.7	7.3	4.3	1.0	0.3	3.7	3.0	8.3	15.7	.532	3.0	6.3	.474	2.7	4.3	.615
difference:	+7	+0.1	+1.1	+1.3	+2.0	+0.8	+2.9	+0.1	+0.5	-2.3	-0.7	+1.4	+0.6	+.109	+1.7	+1.7	+.191	+5.6	+5.1	+.268
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
	Ray Allen	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1999-00	2001-02
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Ray Allen	82	37.4	22.1	1.0	3.4	4.4	3.8	1.3	0.2	2.2	2.3	7.8	17.2	.455	2.1	5.0	.423	4.3	4.9	.887
difference:	+6	+0.6	+1.3	+0.6	+5.0	+5.5	+1.4	+0.2	+0.8	-0.3	-0.6	+0.1	+0.6	+.022	+0.3	+0.4	+.026	+1.5	+1.9	+.034
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		%
Ray Allen	5	37.4	22.0	2.0	4.6	6.6	2.6	1.6	0.0	1.8	2.0	8.0	18.0	.444	2.0	5.2	.385	4.0	4.4	.909
difference:	+3	+7.2	+6.4	+0.1	+6.4	+6.5	+0.3	+0.4	+0.8	-1.0	-1.4	+1.1	+2.5	+.001		+1.7	+.186	+4.1	+4.9	+.031
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
	Ray Allen	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2000-01	2002-03
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Ray Allen	82	38.2	22.0	1.2	4.0	5.2	4.6	1.5	0.2	2.5	2.3	7.7	16.0	.480	2.5	5.7	.433	4.2	4.8	.888
difference:	+2	+0.8	+3.1	+0.2	+4.9	+4.7	+1.6	+0.1	+0.8	-0.6	-0.3	+0.9	+2.6	+.017	+0.6	+0.8	+.054	+1.8	+2.1	+.007
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		%
Ray Allen	18	42.7	25.1	1.1	3.1	4.1	6.0	1.3	0.6	2.4	2.4	8.8	18.4	.477	3.2	6.6	.479	4.4	4.8	.919
difference:	+1	+0.2	+0.2	+0.2	+7.5	+7.4	+3.8	+0.1	+0.3		-0.7			+.002	+1.6	+3.0	+.036	+1.7	+1.8	+.007
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
	Ray Allen	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2001-02	2003-04
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	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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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ray Allen	69	36.6	21.8	1.2	3.3	4.5	3.9	1.3	0.3	2.3	2.3	7.7	16.6	.462	3.3	7.7	.434	3.1	3.6	.873
difference:	+8	+1.3			+4.2	+4.2	+1.2	+0.1	+1.1	-0.5	-0.5	+0.2	+0.4		+2.0	+3.9	+.093	+1.7	+1.9	+.004
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		%
Ray Allen	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Ray Allen	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2002-03	2004-05
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Seattle Supersonics	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		%
Ray Allen	76	37.9	22.5	1.2	3.8	5.0	4.4	1.4	0.2	2.6	2.9	7.9	17.9	.439	2.6	7.0	.377	4.2	4.5	.916
difference:	+2	+0.8	+3.6		+4.7	+4.7	+1.3	+0.2	+1.3	-0.3	-0.1	+0.6	+0.6	+.020	+1.4	+4.1	+.022	+3.7	+4.6	+.047
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		%
Ray Allen	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
	Ray Allen	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2003-04	2005-06
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	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		%
Ray Allen	56	38.4	23.0	1.2	3.9	5.1	4.8	1.3	0.2	2.8	2.4	8.0	18.2	.440	2.6	6.8	.392	4.4	4.8	.904
difference:	+25	+0.3	+3.6	+0.2	+3.7	+3.9	+2.0	+0.6	+0.8	-0.9	-0.4	+1.3	+1.1	+.040	+1.2	+3.5	+.014	+2.3	+2.6	+.003
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		%
Ray Allen	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Ray Allen	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2004-05	2006-07
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Ray Allen	78	39.3	23.9	1.0	3.4	4.4	3.7	1.1	0.1	2.2	2.1	8.2	19.2	.428	2.7	7.1	.376	4.8	5.5	.883
difference:		+3.1	+0.7	+0.6	+3.9	+4.5	+0.3	+0.4	+0.7	-0.1	-0.1	+0.4	+2.0	+.074	+1.8	+4.9	+.040	+1.6	+1.6	+.021
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		%
Ray Allen	11	39.6	26.5	1.1	3.2	4.3	3.9	1.3	0.4	3.1	2.0	9.3	19.5	.474	2.8	7.5	.378	5.1	5.7	.889
difference:	+5	+0.2	+6.8	+3.1	+4.0	+7.0	+1.6	+0.5	+0.9	-0.8	-1.3	+3.3	+3.8	+.091	+2.1	+4.3	+.167	+1.9	+2.6	+.049
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
	Ray Allen	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2005-06	2007-08
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	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		%
Ray Allen	78	38.7	25.1	0.9	3.3	4.3	3.7	1.3	0.2	2.4	1.9	8.7	19.2	.454	3.4	8.4	.412	4.2	4.6	.903
difference:	+1	+2.7	+1.5	+0.3	+4.0	+4.3	+0.2	+0.6	+0.7	-0.3	-0.7	+0.5	+2.1	+.025	+2.4	+5.5	+.053	+2.0	+2.5	+.024
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		%
Ray Allen	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
	Ray Allen	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2006-07	2008-09
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	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		%
Ray Allen	55	40.3	26.4	1.0	3.5	4.5	4.1	1.5	0.2	2.8	2.1	9.2	21.0	.438	3.0	8.1	.372	5.1	5.6	.903
difference:	+26	+2.6	+0.5	+0.1	+3.8	+3.9	+1.7	+0.7	+0.6	-0.9	-0.1	+0.4	+1.0	+.041	+2.2	+6.0	+.013	+0.9	+1.1	+.013
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		%
Ray Allen	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
	Ray Allen	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2007-08	2009-10
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Ray Allen	73	35.9	17.4	1.0	2.6	3.7	3.1	0.9	0.2	1.7	2.0	6.0	13.5	.445	2.5	6.2	.398	2.9	3.2	.907
difference:	+8	+1.6	+7.6		+4.1	+4.0	+0.4		+0.8	-0.1	-0.6	+2.9	+5.0	+.036	+1.9	+4.7	+.023	+3.7	+4.0	+.008
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		%
Ray Allen	26	38.0	15.6	1.0	2.8	3.8	2.7	0.9	0.3	1.5	2.4	5.1	12.0	.428	2.1	5.3	.396	3.2	3.5	.913
difference:	+20	+0.8	+11.1	+0.2	+4.2	+4.4	+0.3	+0.1	+0.4	-0.2	-0.1	+4.6	+5.7	+.119	+1.4	+4.1	+.175	+3.5	+3.5	+.039
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
	Ray Allen	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2008-09	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Ray Allen	79	36.4	18.2	0.8	2.7	3.5	2.8	0.9	0.2	1.7	2.0	6.3	13.2	.480	2.5	6.2	.409	3.0	3.2	.952
difference:	+6	+2.1	+4.8	+0.1	+3.6	+3.5	+0.2	+0.4	+0.4	-0.2	-0.4	+2.1	+3.0	+.037	+1.6	+3.9	+.016	+2.4	+2.9	+.060
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		%
Ray Allen	14	40.4	18.3	0.9	3.0	3.9	2.6	1.1	0.4	1.8	2.5	5.9	14.7	.403	2.5	7.1	.350	3.9	4.1	.948
difference:	+7	+1.1	+9.4	+0.3	+4.6	+4.2	+0.1	+0.5	+0.2	-1.3	-0.3	+3.2	+4.2	+.082	+1.4	+4.7	+.110	+4.4	+4.8	+.007
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
	Ray Allen	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2009-10	2011-12
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Ray Allen	80	35.2	16.3	0.6	2.6	3.2	2.6	0.8	0.3	1.6	2.3	5.8	12.2	.477	1.8	5.0	.363	2.9	3.2	.913
difference:	+18	+1.7	+5.3	+0.1	+3.4	+3.5	+0.4	+0.1	+0.2	-0.3	-0.2	+1.8	+4.5	+.020	+0.5	+1.6	+.005	+2.2	+2.5	+.017
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		%
Ray Allen	24	38.5	16.1	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.6	0.9	0.1	1.5	3.1	5.5	12.7	.431	2.3	6.0	.386	2.9	3.3	.863
difference:	+20		+10.7	+0.3	+2.7	+3.0	+0.8	+0.1	+0.1	-1.0	-0.8	+3.0	+6.6	+.011	+2.0	+4.5	+.219	+6.6	+7.2	+.042
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
	Ray Allen	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2010-11	2012-13
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Ray Allen	80	36.1	16.5	0.6	2.8	3.4	2.7	1.0	0.2	1.5	1.8	6.0	12.2	.491	2.1	4.7	.444	2.4	2.7	.881
difference:	+27	+4.8	+0.8	+0.1	+3.4	+3.4	+0.2	+0.3	+0.5	-0.2		+0.5	+1.5	+.020	+0.9	+1.7	+.030	+0.7	+0.9	+.021
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		%
Ray Allen	9	40.1	18.9	0.6	3.2	3.8	2.4	1.2	0.1	1.1	2.3	6.3	12.1	.523	3.6	6.2	.571	2.7	2.8	.960
Dirk Nowitzki	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 16
	Ray Allen	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2011-12	2013-14
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Ray Allen	46	34.0	14.2	0.3	2.8	3.1	2.4	1.1	0.2	1.5	1.8	4.9	10.7	.458	2.3	5.1	.453	2.1	2.3	.915
difference:	+34	+1.1	+7.5	+0.2	+2.9	+3.1	+0.3	+0.2	+0.4		-0.3	+3.0	+5.2	+.039	+0.7	+1.0	+.055	+2.1	+2.4	+.016
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		%
Ray Allen	18	34.2	10.7	0.4	3.7	4.1	1.0	0.9	0.1	0.9	2.3	3.7	9.3	.395	1.6	5.1	.304	1.8	2.5	.711
difference:	+11	+3.4	+8.4	+0.3	+3.6	+3.9	+0.6		+0.8	-1.2	-0.6	+4.0	+8.7	+.034	+1.5	+3.4	+.221	+1.8	+1.9	+.095
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
	Ray Allen	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2012-13	2014-15
Team	Miami Heat	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Ray Allen	79	25.8	10.9	0.5	2.2	2.7	1.7	0.8	0.2	1.3	1.6	3.7	8.2	.449	1.8	4.2	.419	1.8	2.0	.886
difference:	+2	+3.8	+6.4	+0.1	+3.2	+3.2	+0.2	+0.3	+0.2	-0.2	-0.5	+2.6	+5.6	+.010	+0.4	+0.6	+.039	+1.5	+1.8	+.004
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		%
Ray Allen	23	24.9	10.2	0.6	2.2	2.8	1.3	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.8	3.2	7.5	.430	1.7	4.2	.406	2.0	2.3	.870
difference:	+18	+11.3	+11.0	+0.2	+7.4	+7.6	+1.1	+0.1	+0.3	-0.8	-1.4	+4.4	+9.3	+.022	+0.9	+0.8	+.171	+3.2	+3.3	+.059
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 3 seasons more than Ray Allen in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 19 to 21, from 2017 to 2019—Dirk Nowitzki didn't play in the postseason. In those 3 extra years over Ray Allen, Dirk Nowitzki got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game