Wilt Chamberlain vs. Dirk Nowitzki Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dirk Nowitzki and Wilt Chamberlain, 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.

Wilt Chamberlain played 14 years in the NBA, 7 less than Dirk Nowitzki, who played 21. Wilt Chamberlain had the first of his seasons in 1959-60, 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
	Wilt Chamberlain	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1959-60	1998-99
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div 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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	72	46.4	37.6	-	-	27.0	2.3	-	-	-	2.1	14.8	32.1	.461	-	-	-	8.0	13.8	.582
difference:	+25	+26.0	+29.4			+23.6	+1.3				-0.1	+11.9	+25.0	+.056				+5.9	+11.1	+.191
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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	9	46.1	33.2	-	-	25.8	2.1	-	-	-	1.9	13.9	28.0	.496	-	-	-	5.4	12.2	.445
Dirk Nowitzki	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Wilt Chamberlain	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1960-61	1999-00
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div 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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	79	47.8	38.4	-	-	27.2	1.9	-	-	-	1.6	15.8	31.1	.509	-	-	-	6.7	13.3	.504
difference:	+3	+12.0	+20.9			+20.7	+0.6				-1.5	+9.5	+17.5	+.048				+3.2	+9.1	+.326
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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	3	48.0	37.0	-	-	23.0	2.0	-	-	-	3.3	15.0	32.0	.469	-	-	-	7.0	12.7	.553
Dirk Nowitzki	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Wilt Chamberlain	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1961-62	2000-01
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div 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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	80	48.5	50.4	-	-	25.7	2.4	-	-	-	1.5	20.0	39.5	.506	-	-	-	10.4	17.0	.613
difference:	+2	+10.4	+28.6			+16.5	+0.3				-1.5	+12.8	+24.3	+.032				+4.9	+10.4	+.225
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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	12	48.0	35.0	-	-	26.6	3.1	-	-	-	2.3	13.5	28.9	.467	-	-	-	8.0	12.6	.636
difference:	+2	+8.1	+11.6			+18.5	+1.7				-1.4	+6.6	+12.6	+.044				+0.3	+3.2	+.247
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
	Wilt Chamberlain	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1962-63	2001-02
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	80	47.6	44.8	-	-	24.3	3.4	-	-	-	1.7	18.3	34.6	.528	-	-	-	8.3	13.9	.593
difference:	+4	+9.6	+21.4			+14.4	+1.0				-1.2	+10.4	+18.0	+.051				+2.5	+7.1	+.260
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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	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
	Wilt Chamberlain	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1963-64	2002-03
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA 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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	80	46.1	36.9	-	-	22.3	5.0	-	-	-	2.3	15.1	28.7	.524	-	-	-	6.8	12.7	.531
difference:		+7.1	+11.8			+12.4	+2.0				-0.3	+6.5	+10.1	+.061				+0.8	+5.8	+.350
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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	12	46.5	34.7	-	-	25.2	3.3	-	-	-	2.3	14.6	26.8	.543	-	-	-	5.5	11.6	.475
difference:	+5	+4.0	+9.4			+13.7	+1.1				-0.8	+5.8	+8.4	+.064				+0.6	+5.0	+.437
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
	Wilt Chamberlain	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1964-65	2003-04
Team	San Francisco Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	73	45.2	34.7	-	-	22.9	3.4	-	-	-	2.0	14.6	28.5	.510	-	-	-	5.6	12.1	.464
difference:	+4	+7.3	+12.9			+14.2	+0.7				-0.8	+6.7	+11.5	+.048				+0.8	+6.6	+.413
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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	11	48.7	29.3	-	-	27.2	4.4	-	-	-	2.6	11.2	21.1	.530	-	-	-	6.9	12.4	.559
difference:	+6	+6.5	+2.7			+15.4	+3.0				-0.6	+2.2	+1.1	+.080				+0.3	+4.0	+.298
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
	Wilt Chamberlain	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1965-66	2004-05
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div 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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	79	47.3	33.5	-	-	24.6	5.2	-	-	-	2.2	13.6	25.2	.540	-	-	-	6.3	12.4	.513
difference:	+1	+8.6	+7.4			+14.9	+2.1				-0.6	+5.1	+6.7	+.081				+1.6	+3.3	+.356
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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	5	48.0	28.0	-	-	30.2	3.0	-	-	-	2.0	11.2	22.0	.509	-	-	-	5.6	13.6	.412
difference:	+8	+5.5	+4.3			+20.1	+0.3				-1.2	+3.3	+2.3	+.107				+1.5	+5.1	+.417
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
	Wilt Chamberlain	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1966-67	2005-06
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	81	45.5	24.1	-	-	24.2	7.8	-	-	-	1.8	9.7	14.2	.683	-	-	-	4.8	10.8	.441
difference:		+7.4	+2.5			+15.2	+5.0				-0.2	+0.4	+5.1	+.203				+1.9	+3.4	+.460
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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	15	47.9	21.7	-	-	29.1	9.0	-	-	-	2.5	8.8	15.2	.579	-	-	-	4.1	10.7	.388
difference:	+8	+5.2	+5.3			+17.4	+6.1				-0.3	+0.3	+3.0	+.111				+4.8	+0.7	+.507
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
	Wilt Chamberlain	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1967-68	2006-07
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	Rebounds Leader	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div 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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	82	46.8	24.3	-	-	23.8	8.6	-	-	-	2.0	10.0	16.8	.595	-	-	-	4.3	11.4	.380
difference:	+4	+10.6	+0.3			+14.9	+5.2				-0.2	+1.4	+0.4	+.093				+2.1	+4.3	+.524
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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	13	48.5	23.7	-	-	24.7	6.5	-	-	-	2.2	9.5	17.8	.534	-	-	-	4.6	12.2	.380
difference:	+7	+8.7	+4.0			+13.4	+4.2				-1.1	+3.5	+2.1	+.151				+2.4	+3.9	+.460
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
	Wilt Chamberlain	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1968-69	2007-08
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	81	45.3	20.5	-	-	21.1	4.5	-	-	-	1.8	7.9	13.6	.583	-	-	-	4.7	10.6	.446
difference:	+4	+9.3	+3.1			+12.5	+1.0				-0.8	+0.3	+3.5	+.104				+1.5	+3.5	+.433
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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	18	46.2	13.9	-	-	24.7	2.6	-	-	-	3.1	5.3	9.8	.545	-	-	-	3.2	8.2	.392
difference:	+13	+4.0	+12.9			+12.7	+1.4				-0.5	+3.3	+8.4	+.072				+5.2	+2.2	+.416
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
	Wilt Chamberlain	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1969-70	2008-09
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	12	42.1	27.3	-	-	18.4	4.1	-	-	-	2.6	10.8	18.9	.568	-	-	-	5.8	13.1	.446
difference:	+69	+4.4	+1.4			+10.0	+1.7				-0.4	+1.2	+1.1	+.089				+0.2	+6.4	+.444
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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	18	47.3	22.1	-	-	22.2	4.5	-	-	-	2.3	8.8	16.0	.549	-	-	-	4.6	11.2	.406
difference:	+8	+7.9	+4.7			+12.1	+1.4				-0.2		+1.0	+.031				+4.0	+1.9	+.519
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
	Wilt Chamberlain	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1970-71	2009-10
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	82	44.3	20.7	-	-	18.2	4.3	-	-	-	2.1	8.1	15.0	.545	-	-	-	4.4	8.2	.538
difference:	+1	+6.8	+4.3			+10.5	+1.6				-0.5	+0.8	+3.5	+.064				+2.2	+1.0	+.377
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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	12	46.2	18.3	-	-	20.2	4.4	-	-	-	2.8	7.1	15.6	.455	-	-	-	4.2	8.1	.515
difference:	+6	+7.4	+8.4			+12.0	+1.4				-0.3	+2.6	+2.1	+.092				+2.5	+1.1	+.437
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
	Wilt Chamberlain	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1971-72	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	Finals MVP
	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	82	42.3	14.8	-	-	19.2	4.0	-	-	-	2.4	6.0	9.3	.649	-	-	-	2.7	6.4	.422
difference:	+9	+8.0	+8.2			+12.2	+1.4					+2.4	+6.9	+.132				+2.7	+0.3	+.470
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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	15	46.9	14.7	-	-	21.0	3.3	-	-	-	3.1	5.3	9.5	.563	-	-	-	4.0	8.1	.492
difference:	+6	+7.6	+13.0			+12.9	+0.8				-0.9	+3.8	+9.4	+.078				+4.3	+0.8	+.449
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
	Wilt Chamberlain	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	1972-73	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	82	43.2	13.2	-	-	18.6	4.5	-	-	-	2.3	5.2	7.1	.727	-	-	-	2.8	5.5	.510
difference:	+20	+9.7	+8.4			+11.9	+2.3				-0.2	+2.4	+9.6	+.270				+2.3	+0.2	+.386
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		%
Wilt Chamberlain	17	47.1	10.4	-	-	22.5	3.5	-	-	-	2.8	3.8	6.8	.552	-	-	-	2.9	5.8	.500
difference:	+13	+8.6	+16.4			+16.2	+1.7				-0.5	+4.7	+12.5	+.110				+6.6	+4.7	+.405
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

Additional Years
* Dirk Nowitzki played 7 seasons more than Wilt Chamberlain in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 15 to 21, from 2013 to 2019—Dirk Nowitzki played in 3 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Wilt Chamberlain, Dirk Nowitzki got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-Star Game