Tyler Herro vs. Dirk Nowitzki Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dirk Nowitzki and Tyler Herro, 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.

Tyler Herro played 7 years in the NBA, 14 less than Dirk Nowitzki, who played 21. Tyler Herro had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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
	Tyler Herro	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2019-20	1998-99
Team	Miami Heat	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Tyler Herro	55	27.4	13.5	0.3	3.8	4.1	2.2	0.6	0.2	1.6	1.4	4.9	11.5	.428	2.1	5.4	.389	1.6	1.8	.870
difference:	+8	+7.0	+5.3	+0.6	+1.2	+0.7	+1.2		+0.4		-0.8	+2.0	+4.4	+.023	+1.8	+4.0	+.183	+0.5	+0.9	+.097
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		%
Tyler Herro	21	33.7	16.0	0.3	4.8	5.1	3.7	0.4	0.1	2.0	1.5	5.7	13.2	.433	2.3	6.1	.375	2.2	2.6	.870
Dirk Nowitzki	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Tyler Herro	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2021-22	2000-01
Team	Miami Heat	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Tyler Herro	66	32.6	20.7	0.5	4.5	5.0	4.0	0.7	0.1	2.6	1.4	7.6	17.0	.447	2.7	6.7	.399	2.9	3.3	.868
difference:	+16	+5.5	+1.1	+1.0	+3.2	+4.2	+1.9	+0.3	+1.1	-0.7	-1.6	+0.4	+1.8	+.027	+0.9	+1.9	+.012	+2.6	+3.3	+.030
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		%
Tyler Herro	15	25.4	12.6	0.5	3.4	3.9	2.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	1.4	4.9	12.1	.409	1.1	4.7	.229	1.7	1.8	.926
difference:	+5	+14.5	+10.8	+0.9	+3.3	+4.2	+1.4	+0.5	+0.4	-0.4	-2.3	+2.0	+4.2	+.014	+0.2	+0.1	+.054	+6.6	+7.6	+.043
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
	Tyler Herro	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2022-23	2001-02
Team	Miami Heat	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Tyler Herro	67	34.9	20.1	0.4	5.0	5.4	4.2	0.8	0.2	2.4	1.5	7.3	16.6	.439	3.0	8.0	.378	2.5	2.7	.934
difference:	+9	+3.1	+3.3	+1.2	+3.4	+4.5	+1.8	+0.3	+0.8	-0.5	-1.4	+0.6		+.038	+1.2	+3.4	+.019	+3.3	+4.1	+.081
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		%
Tyler Herro	1	19.0	12.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	9.0	.556	2.0	4.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+7	+25.6	+16.4	+2.1	+9.0	+11.1	+0.3	+2.0	+0.2	-1.8	-2.4	+4.1	+11.5	+.111		+0.5	+.071	+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
	Tyler Herro	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2023-24	2002-03
Team	Miami Heat	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Tyler Herro	42	33.5	20.8	0.5	4.8	5.3	4.5	0.7	0.1	2.2	1.5	7.7	17.5	.441	3.1	7.9	.396	2.3	2.6	.856
difference:	+38	+5.5	+4.3	+0.5	+4.1	+4.6	+1.5	+0.7	+0.9	-0.3	-1.1	+0.9	+1.1	+.022	+1.2	+3.0	+.017	+3.7	+4.3	+.025
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		%
Tyler Herro	5	37.0	16.8	0.0	3.6	3.6	5.4	0.4	0.0	2.8	2.0	6.0	15.6	.385	3.0	8.6	.349	1.8	2.0	.900
difference:	+12	+5.5	+8.5	+0.9	+7.0	+7.9	+3.2	+0.8	+0.9	-0.4	-1.1	+2.8	+2.8	+.094	+1.4	+5.0	+.094	+4.3	+4.6	+.012
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
	Tyler Herro	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2024-25	2003-04
Team	Miami Heat	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East 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		%
Tyler Herro	77	35.4	23.9	0.5	4.7	5.2	5.5	0.9	0.2	2.6	1.1	8.5	17.9	.472	3.3	8.7	.375	3.7	4.2	.878
difference:		+2.5	+2.1	+0.7	+2.8	+3.5	+2.8	+0.3	+1.2	-0.8	-1.7	+0.6	+0.9	+.010	+2.0	+4.9	+.034	+1.1	+1.3	+.001
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		%
Tyler Herro	4	36.0	17.8	0.0	3.5	3.5	2.8	0.5	0.0	2.3	3.0	6.8	16.3	.415	2.3	7.3	.310	2.0	2.5	.800
difference:	+1	+6.2	+8.8	+2.6	+5.7	+8.3	+1.4	+0.9	+2.6	-1.1	-0.2	+2.2	+3.7	+.035	+0.9	+4.3	+.157	+5.2	+5.9	+.057
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
	Tyler Herro	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2025-26	2004-05
Team	Miami Heat	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play (season in progress)	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		%
Tyler Herro	6	31.8	23.2	0.5	4.5	5.0	2.3	1.0	0.5	1.2	1.5	8.3	16.5	.505	2.5	6.2	.405	4.0	4.3	.923
difference:	+72	+6.9	+2.9	+0.7	+4.0	+4.7	+0.8	+0.2	+1.0	-1.1	-1.3	+0.2	+2.0	+.046	+1.3	+3.3	+.006	+3.9	+4.8	+.054
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		%
Tyler Herro	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

Additional Years
* Dirk Nowitzki played 14 seasons more than Tyler Herro in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 21, from 2006 to 2019—Dirk Nowitzki played in 10 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 14 extra years over Tyler Herro, Dirk Nowitzki got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 3 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 10 All-Star Game