Steve Nash vs. Dirk Nowitzki Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash, 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.

Steve Nash played 18 years in the NBA, 3 less than Dirk Nowitzki, who played 21. Steve Nash 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Steve Nash	18	12	1996-97 to 2013-14
Dirk Nowitzki	21	15	1998-99 to 2018-19

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Steve Nash	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1996-97	1998-99
Team	Phoenix Suns	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Steve Nash	65	10.5	3.3	0.2	0.7	1.0	2.1	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.4	1.1	2.7	.423	0.4	0.8	.418	0.6	0.8	.824
difference:	+18	+9.9	+4.9	+0.7	+1.9	+2.4	+1.1	+0.3	+0.6	-0.6	-0.8	+1.8	+4.4	+.018	+0.1	+0.6	+.212	+1.5	+1.9	+.051
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		%
Steve Nash	4	3.8	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.3	0.5	2.3	.222	0.3	1.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-
Dirk Nowitzki	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Steve Nash	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1997-98	1999-00
Team	Phoenix Suns	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Steve Nash	76	21.9	9.1	0.4	1.7	2.1	3.4	0.8	0.1	1.3	1.9	3.5	7.7	.459	1.1	2.6	.415	1.0	1.1	.860
difference:	+6	+13.9	+8.4	+0.8	+3.5	+4.4	+0.9		+0.7	-0.4	-1.2	+2.8	+5.9	+.002	+0.3	+1.1	+.036	+2.5	+3.1	+.030
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		%
Steve Nash	4	12.8	5.5	0.5	2.0	2.5	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.8	2.0	4.5	.444	0.3	1.3	.200	1.3	2.0	.625
Dirk Nowitzki	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Steve Nash	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1998-99	2000-01
Team	Dallas Mavericks	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		%
Steve Nash	40	31.7	7.9	0.8	2.1	2.9	5.5	0.9	0.1	2.1	2.5	2.9	7.9	.363	1.2	3.3	.374	1.0	1.2	.826
difference:	+42	+6.4	+13.9	+0.7	+5.6	+6.3	+3.4	+0.1	+1.1	-0.2	-0.5	+4.3	+7.3	+.111	+0.6	+1.5	+.013	+4.5	+5.4	+.012
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		%
Steve Nash	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
	Steve Nash	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1999-00	2001-02
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Steve Nash	56	27.4	8.6	0.6	1.6	2.2	4.9	0.7	0.1	1.8	2.2	3.1	6.5	.477	1.1	2.7	.403	1.3	1.5	.882
difference:	+20	+10.6	+14.8	+1.0	+6.8	+7.7	+2.5	+0.4	+0.9	-0.1	-0.7	+4.8	+10.1		+0.7	+1.9	+.006	+4.5	+5.3	+.029
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		%
Steve Nash	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


Season 5
	Steve Nash	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2000-01	2002-03
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Steve Nash	70	34.1	15.6	0.7	2.5	3.2	7.3	1.0	0.1	2.9	2.3	5.5	11.3	.487	1.3	3.1	.406	3.3	3.7	.895
difference:	+10	+4.9	+9.5	+0.3	+6.4	+6.7	+4.3	+0.4	+0.9	-1.0	-0.3	+3.1	+7.3	+.024	+0.6	+1.8	+.027	+2.7	+3.2	+.014
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		%
Steve Nash	10	37.0	13.6	0.6	2.6	3.2	6.4	0.6	0.1	2.5	1.9	4.5	10.8	.417	1.6	3.9	.410	3.0	3.4	.882
difference:	+7	+5.5	+11.7	+0.3	+8.0	+8.3	+4.2	+0.6	+0.8	-0.1	-1.2	+4.3	+7.6	+.062		+0.3	+.033	+3.1	+3.2	+.030
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
	Steve Nash	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2001-02	2003-04
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Steve Nash	82	34.6	17.9	0.6	2.5	3.1	7.7	0.6	0.0	2.8	2.0	6.4	13.3	.483	1.9	4.2	.455	3.2	3.6	.887
difference:	+5	+3.3	+3.9	+0.6	+5.0	+5.6	+5.0	+0.6	+1.4	-1.0	-0.8	+1.5	+3.7	+.021	+0.6	+0.4	+.114	+1.6	+1.9	+.010
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		%
Steve Nash	8	40.5	19.5	0.9	3.1	4.0	8.8	0.5	0.0	3.8	2.5	6.4	14.8	.432	2.5	5.6	.444	4.3	4.4	.971
difference:	+3	+1.7	+7.1	+1.7	+6.1	+7.8	+7.4	+0.9	+2.6	-2.6	-0.7	+2.6	+5.2	+.018	+1.1	+2.6	+.023	+2.9	+4.0	+.114
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
	Steve Nash	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2002-03	2004-05
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Steve Nash	82	33.1	17.7	0.8	2.1	2.9	7.3	1.0	0.1	2.3	1.6	6.3	13.6	.465	1.4	3.3	.413	3.8	4.1	.909
difference:	+4	+5.6	+8.4	+0.4	+6.4	+6.8	+4.2	+0.2	+1.4		-1.2	+2.2	+4.9	+.006	+0.2	+0.4	+.014	+4.1	+5.0	+.040
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		%
Steve Nash	20	36.4	16.1	0.8	2.8	3.5	7.3	0.9	0.1	2.6	2.4	5.8	12.9	.447	1.9	3.8	.487	2.8	3.2	.873
difference:	+7	+6.1	+7.6	+1.1	+5.4	+6.6	+4.0	+0.5	+1.5	-0.1	-0.8	+2.1	+6.8	+.045	+1.1	+1.5	+.154	+4.3	+5.3	+.044
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
	Steve Nash	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2003-04	2005-06
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Steve Nash	78	33.5	14.5	0.8	2.2	3.0	8.8	0.9	0.1	2.7	1.8	5.1	10.8	.470	1.3	3.3	.405	2.9	3.2	.916
difference:	+3	+4.6	+12.1	+0.6	+5.4	+6.0	+6.0	+0.2	+0.9	-0.8	-0.2	+4.2	+8.5	+.010	+0.1		+.001	+3.8	+4.2	+.015
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		%
Steve Nash	5	39.2	13.6	1.2	4.0	5.2	9.0	0.8	0.0	2.4	2.8	5.4	14.0	.386	1.2	3.2	.375	1.6	1.8	.889
difference:	+18	+3.5	+13.4	+0.8	+5.6	+6.5	+6.1	+0.3	+0.6	-0.3		+3.1	+4.2	+.082	+0.2	+0.3	+.032	+7.3	+8.2	+.006
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
	Steve Nash	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2004-05	2006-07
Team	Phoenix Suns	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Steve Nash	75	34.3	15.5	0.8	2.6	3.3	11.5	1.0	0.1	3.3	1.8	5.7	11.4	.502	1.3	2.9	.431	2.8	3.2	.887
difference:	+3	+1.9	+9.1	+0.8	+4.7	+5.6	+8.1	+0.3	+0.7	-1.2	-0.4	+2.9	+5.8		+0.4	+0.7	+.015	+3.6	+3.9	+.017
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		%
Steve Nash	15	40.7	23.9	0.6	4.2	4.8	11.3	0.9	0.2	4.7	2.4	9.3	17.9	.520	1.4	3.6	.389	3.8	4.1	.919
difference:	+9	+0.9	+4.2	+3.6	+3.0	+6.5	+9.0	+0.9	+1.1	-2.4	-0.9	+3.3	+2.2	+.137	+0.7	+0.4	+.178	+3.2	+4.2	+.079
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
	Steve Nash	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2005-06	2007-08
Team	Phoenix Suns	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Steve Nash	79	35.4	18.8	0.6	3.6	4.2	10.5	0.8	0.2	3.5	1.5	6.8	13.4	.512	1.9	4.3	.439	3.3	3.5	.921
difference:	+2	+0.6	+4.8	+0.6	+3.7	+4.4	+7.0	+0.1	+0.7	-1.4	-1.1	+1.4	+3.7	+.033	+0.9	+1.4	+.080	+2.9	+3.6	+.042
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		%
Steve Nash	20	39.9	20.4	0.5	3.2	3.7	10.2	0.4	0.3	3.4	1.9	7.3	14.6	.502	1.6	4.4	.368	4.2	4.6	.912
difference:	+15	+2.3	+6.4	+1.5	+6.8	+8.3	+6.2	+0.2	+1.1	-1.4	-0.7	+1.3	+3.6	+.029	+0.4	+0.8	+.035	+4.2	+5.8	+.104
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
	Steve Nash	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2006-07	2008-09
Team	Phoenix Suns	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Steve Nash	76	35.3	18.6	0.4	3.1	3.5	11.6	0.8	0.1	3.8	1.5	6.8	12.8	.532	2.1	4.5	.455	2.9	3.3	.899
difference:	+5	+2.4	+7.3	+0.7	+4.2	+4.9	+9.2		+0.7	-1.9	-0.7	+2.8	+7.2	+.053	+1.3	+2.4	+.096	+3.1	+3.4	+.009
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		%
Steve Nash	11	37.5	18.9	0.4	2.8	3.2	13.3	0.4	0.1	4.4	1.9	6.7	14.5	.463	1.7	3.5	.487	3.7	4.2	.891
difference:	+1	+1.9	+7.9	+0.8	+6.1	+6.9	+10.2	+0.5	+0.7	-2.1	-0.2	+2.1	+2.5	+.055	+1.1	+1.4	+.201	+4.9	+5.1	+.034
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
	Steve Nash	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2007-08	2009-10
Team	Phoenix Suns	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Steve Nash	81	34.3	16.9	0.3	3.1	3.5	11.1	0.7	0.1	3.6	1.4	6.0	11.9	.504	2.2	4.7	.470	2.7	3.0	.906
difference:		+3.2	+8.1	+0.7	+3.6	+4.2	+8.4	+0.2	+0.9	-1.8	-1.2	+2.9	+6.6	+.023	+1.6	+3.2	+.049	+3.9	+4.2	+.009
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		%
Steve Nash	5	36.6	16.2	0.2	2.6	2.8	7.8	0.4	0.2	2.4	2.0	6.4	14.0	.457	1.2	4.0	.300	2.2	2.4	.917
difference:	+1	+2.2	+10.5	+1.0	+4.4	+5.4	+4.8	+0.4	+0.5	-0.7	-0.5	+3.3	+3.7	+.090	+0.5	+2.8	+.271	+4.5	+4.6	+.035
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
	Steve Nash	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2008-09	2010-11
Team	Phoenix Suns	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Steve Nash	74	33.6	15.7	0.3	2.8	3.0	9.7	0.7	0.1	3.4	1.5	5.8	11.5	.503	1.5	3.3	.439	2.6	2.8	.933
difference:	+1	+0.7	+7.3	+0.4	+3.5	+4.0	+7.1	+0.2	+0.5	-1.5	-0.9	+2.6	+4.7	+.014	+0.6	+1.0	+.046	+2.8	+3.3	+.041
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		%
Steve Nash	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Steve Nash	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2009-10	2011-12
Team	Phoenix Suns	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 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		%
Steve Nash	81	32.8	16.5	0.4	2.9	3.3	11.0	0.5	0.1	3.6	1.3	6.2	12.2	.507	1.5	3.6	.426	2.6	2.8	.938
difference:	+19	+0.7	+5.1	+0.3	+3.1	+3.4	+8.8	+0.2	+0.4	-1.7	-0.8	+1.4	+4.5	+.050	+0.2	+0.2	+.058	+2.5	+2.9	+.042
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		%
Steve Nash	16	33.7	17.8	0.4	2.9	3.3	10.1	0.3	0.1	3.8	1.3	6.2	11.9	.518	1.2	3.1	.380	4.2	4.7	.893
difference:	+12	+4.8	+9.0	+0.4	+2.6	+3.0	+8.3	+0.5	+0.1	-1.3	-1.0	+2.3	+7.4	+.076	+0.9	+1.6	+.213	+5.3	+5.8	+.012
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
	Steve Nash	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2010-11	2012-13
Team	Phoenix Suns	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Assists Leader	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Steve Nash	75	33.3	14.7	0.5	2.9	3.5	11.4	0.6	0.1	3.5	1.2	5.3	10.8	.492	1.1	2.7	.395	3.0	3.3	.912
difference:	+22	+2.0	+2.6	+0.2	+3.3	+3.3	+8.9	+0.1	+0.6	-2.2	-0.6	+1.2	+2.9	+.021	+0.1	+0.3	+.019	+0.1	+0.3	+.052
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
* Neiher Steve Nash nor Dirk Nowitzki played in the postseason in their season 15


Season 16
	Steve Nash	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2011-12	2013-14
Team	Phoenix Suns	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	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		%
Steve Nash	62	31.6	12.5	0.4	2.6	3.0	10.7	0.6	0.1	3.7	0.9	4.8	9.0	.532	0.9	2.3	.390	2.0	2.3	.894
difference:	+18	+1.3	+9.2	+0.1	+3.1	+3.2	+8.0	+0.3	+0.5	-2.2	-1.2	+3.1	+6.9	+.035	+0.7	+1.8	+.008	+2.2	+2.4	+.005
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		%
Steve Nash	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
	Steve Nash	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2012-13	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Steve Nash	50	32.5	12.7	0.5	2.3	2.8	6.7	0.6	0.1	2.5	1.4	4.7	9.5	.497	1.1	2.6	.438	2.1	2.3	.922
difference:	+27	+2.9	+4.6	+0.1	+3.1	+3.1	+4.8	+0.1	+0.3	-1.4	-0.7	+1.6	+4.3	+.038	+0.3	+1.0	+.058	+1.2	+1.5	+.040
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		%
Steve Nash	2	30.5	12.5	1.0	1.5	2.5	4.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.0	5.0	11.5	.435	0.0	1.5	.000	2.5	2.5	1.000
difference:	+3	+5.7	+8.7	+0.2	+8.1	+7.9	+2.1	+0.4	+0.4	-0.5	-2.2	+2.6	+5.3	+.017	+0.8	+1.9	+.235	+2.7	+3.1	+.071
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
	Steve Nash	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2013-14	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Steve Nash	15	20.9	6.8	0.3	1.7	1.9	5.7	0.5	0.1	2.1	1.2	2.4	6.3	.383	0.5	1.6	.333	1.5	1.6	.917
difference:	+60	+10.6	+11.5	+0.4	+4.1	+4.6	+3.9	+0.2	+0.6	-1.0	-0.9	+4.2	+8.5	+.065	+1.2	+3.0	+.035	+1.8	+2.1	+.024
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		%
Steve Nash	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Additional Years
* Dirk Nowitzki played 3 seasons more than Steve Nash 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 Steve Nash, Dirk Nowitzki got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game

Steve Nash vs. Dirk Nowitzki Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

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Season 4

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Season 5

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Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

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Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

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Season 10

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Season 11

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Season 12

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Season 13

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Season 14

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Season 15

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Season 16

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Season 17

17th Season Stats Comparison

Season 18

18th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years