Tiny Archibald vs. Dirk Nowitzki Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dirk Nowitzki and Tiny Archibald, 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

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.

Tiny Archibald played 13 years in the NBA, 8 less than Dirk Nowitzki, who played 21. Tiny Archibald had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, 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
Tiny Archibald	13	5	1970-71 to 1983-84
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


Rookie Season
	Tiny Archibald	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1970-71	1998-99
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
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		%
Tiny Archibald	82	35.0	16.0	-	-	3.0	5.5	-	-	-	2.7	5.9	13.4	.444	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	.757
difference:	+35	+14.6	+7.8			+0.4	+4.5				-0.5	+3.0	+6.3	+.039				+2.0	+2.7	+.016
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 Tiny Archibald nor Dirk Nowitzki played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Tiny Archibald	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1971-72	1999-00
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
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		%
Tiny Archibald	76	43.1	28.2	-	-	2.9	9.2	-	-	-	2.6	9.7	19.9	.486	-	-	-	8.9	10.8	.822
difference:	+6	+7.3	+10.7			+3.6	+6.7				-0.5	+3.4	+6.3	+.025				+5.4	+6.6	+.008
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 Tiny Archibald nor Dirk Nowitzki played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Tiny Archibald	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1972-73	2000-01
Team	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Tiny Archibald	80	46.0	34.0	-	-	2.8	11.4	-	-	-	2.6	12.9	26.3	.488	-	-	-	8.3	9.8	.847
difference:	+2	+7.9	+12.2			+6.4	+9.3				-0.4	+5.7	+11.1	+.014				+2.8	+3.2	+.009
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		%
Tiny Archibald	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
	Tiny Archibald	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1973-74	2001-02
Team	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	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		%
Tiny Archibald	35	36.3	17.6	0.6	1.8	2.4	7.6	1.6	0.2	-	2.2	6.3	14.1	.451	-	-	-	4.9	6.0	.820
difference:	+41	+1.7	+5.8	+1.0	+6.6	+7.5	+5.2	+0.5	+0.8		-0.7	+1.6	+2.5	+.026				+0.9	+0.8	+.033
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		%
Tiny Archibald	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
	Tiny Archibald	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1974-75	2002-03
Team	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings 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		%
Tiny Archibald	82	39.6	26.5	0.6	2.1	2.7	6.8	1.5	0.1	-	2.3	9.3	20.3	.456	-	-	-	8.0	9.1	.872
difference:	+2	+0.6	+1.4	+0.4	+6.8	+7.2	+3.8	+0.1	+0.9		-0.3	+0.7	+1.7	+.007				+2.0	+2.2	+.009
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		%
Tiny Archibald	6	40.3	20.2	0.3	1.5	1.8	5.3	0.7	0.0	-	3.0	7.2	19.7	.364	-	-	-	5.8	7.2	.814
difference:	+11	+2.2	+5.1	+0.6	+9.1	+9.7	+3.1	+0.5	+0.9		-0.1	+1.6	+1.3	+.115				+0.3	+0.6	+.098
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
	Tiny Archibald	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1975-76	2003-04
Team	Kansas City Kings	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	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		%
Tiny Archibald	78	40.8	24.8	0.9	1.9	2.7	7.9	1.6	0.2	-	2.2	9.2	20.3	.453	-	-	-	6.4	8.0	.802
difference:	+1	+2.9	+3.0	+0.3	+5.6	+6.0	+5.2	+0.4	+1.2		-0.6	+1.3	+3.3	+.009				+1.6	+2.5	+.075
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		%
Tiny Archibald	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
	Tiny Archibald	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1976-77	2004-05
Team	New York Nets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Tiny Archibald	34	37.6	20.5	0.6	1.7	2.4	7.5	1.7	0.3	-	2.3	7.4	16.5	.446	-	-	-	5.8	7.4	.785
difference:	+44	+1.1	+5.6	+0.6	+6.8	+7.3	+4.4	+0.5	+1.2		-0.5	+1.1	+2.0	+.013				+2.1	+1.7	+.084
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		%
Tiny Archibald	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

Note: Tiny Archibald didn't play in 1977-78.


Season 8
	Tiny Archibald	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1978-79	2005-06
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Tiny Archibald	69	24.1	11.0	0.4	1.1	1.5	4.7	0.8	0.1	2.9	1.9	3.8	8.3	.452	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.788
difference:	+12	+14.0	+15.6	+1.0	+6.5	+7.5	+1.9	+0.1	+0.9	-1.0	-0.1	+5.5	+11.0	+.028				+3.2	+3.0	+.113
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		%
Tiny Archibald	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
	Tiny Archibald	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1979-80	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Tiny Archibald	80	35.8	14.1	0.7	1.7	2.5	8.4	1.3	0.1	3.0	2.7	4.8	9.9	.482	0.1	0.2	.222	4.5	5.4	.830
difference:	+2	+0.4	+10.5	+0.9	+5.6	+6.4	+5.0	+0.6	+0.7	-0.9	-0.5	+3.8	+7.3	+.020	+0.8	+2.0	+.194	+1.9	+1.7	+.074
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		%
Tiny Archibald	9	36.9	14.2	0.3	0.9	1.2	7.9	1.1	0.0	4.2	3.1	5.0	9.9	.506	0.1	0.2	.500	4.1	4.7	.881
difference:	+3	+2.9	+5.5	+3.9	+6.3	+10.1	+5.6	+0.7	+1.3	-1.9	-0.2	+1.0	+5.8	+.123	+0.6	+3.0	+.289	+2.9	+3.6	+.041
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
	Tiny Archibald	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1980-81	2007-08
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
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		%
Tiny Archibald	80	35.3	13.8	0.5	1.8	2.2	7.7	0.9	0.2	3.3	2.5	4.8	9.6	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	4.3	5.2	.816
difference:	+3	+0.7	+9.8	+0.7	+5.5	+6.4	+4.2	+0.2	+0.7	-1.2	-0.1	+3.4	+7.5	+.020	+1.0	+2.8	+.359	+1.9	+1.9	+.063
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		%
Tiny Archibald	17	37.1	15.6	0.4	1.3	1.6	6.3	0.8	0.0	2.9	2.3	5.6	12.4	.450	0.0	0.3	.000	4.5	5.5	.809
difference:	+12	+5.1	+11.2	+1.6	+8.7	+10.4	+2.3	+0.6	+1.4	-0.9	-0.3	+3.0	+5.8	+.023	+1.2	+3.3	+.333	+3.9	+4.9	+.001
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
	Tiny Archibald	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1981-82	2008-09
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Tiny Archibald	68	31.9	12.6	0.4	1.3	1.7	8.0	0.8	0.0	2.6	1.9	4.5	9.6	.472	0.1	0.2	.375	3.5	4.6	.747
difference:	+13	+5.8	+13.3	+0.7	+6.0	+6.7	+5.6		+0.8	-0.7	-0.3	+5.1	+10.4	+.007	+0.7	+1.9	+.016	+2.5	+2.1	+.143
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		%
Tiny Archibald	8	34.6	10.6	0.1	2.0	2.1	6.5	0.6	0.3	2.9	2.6	3.8	8.8	.429	0.0	0.5	.000	3.1	3.5	.893
difference:	+2	+4.8	+16.2	+1.1	+6.9	+8.0	+3.4	+0.3	+0.5	-0.6	-0.5	+5.0	+8.2	+.089	+0.6	+1.6	+.286	+5.5	+5.8	+.032
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
	Tiny Archibald	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1982-83	2009-10
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Tiny Archibald	66	27.4	10.5	0.4	1.0	1.4	6.2	0.6	0.1	2.5	1.7	3.6	8.4	.425	0.1	0.4	.208	3.3	4.5	.743
difference:	+15	+10.1	+14.5	+0.6	+5.7	+6.3	+3.5	+0.3	+0.9	-0.7	-0.9	+5.3	+10.1	+.056	+0.5	+1.1	+.213	+3.3	+2.7	+.172
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		%
Tiny Archibald	7	23.0	9.6	0.4	1.0	1.4	6.3	0.3	0.0	1.6	1.7	3.1	9.7	.324	0.1	0.9	.167	3.1	4.1	.759
difference:	+1	+15.8	+17.1	+0.8	+6.0	+6.8	+3.3	+0.5	+0.7	-0.1	-0.8	+6.6	+8.0	+.223	+0.6	+0.3	+.404	+3.6	+2.9	+.193
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
	Tiny Archibald	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1983-84	2010-11
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	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		%
Tiny Archibald	46	22.6	7.4	0.3	1.3	1.7	3.5	0.7	0.0	1.7	1.7	3.0	6.1	.487	0.1	0.4	.222	1.4	2.2	.634
difference:	+27	+11.7	+15.6	+0.4	+5.0	+5.3	+0.9	+0.2	+0.6	-0.2	-0.7	+5.4	+10.1	+.030	+0.8	+1.9	+.171	+4.0	+3.9	+.258
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		%
Tiny Archibald	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


Additional Years
* Dirk Nowitzki played 8 seasons more than Tiny Archibald in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 14 to 21, from 2012 to 2019—Dirk Nowitzki played in 4 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Tiny Archibald, Dirk Nowitzki got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 4 All-Star Game

Tiny Archibald vs. Dirk Nowitzki Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dirk Nowitzki and Tiny Archibald, 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

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years