Dirk Nowitzki

Seasons 1998-99–2018-19 · 21 on record · Ht 7-0 · b. 1978

★ Hall of Fame★ MVP★ Finals MVP14× All-Star12× All-NBA

Player info

Nickname	The German
Position	PF
Number	#41
Team	Dallas Mavericks
Height	7-0
Weight	245 lb
Born	1978-06-19
Drafted	1998 · Round 1, Pick 9 · Milwaukee Bucks
Seasons	1998-99–2018-19 (21)

Career averages

20.7 PPG, 7.5 RPG, 2.4 APG · 1522 games · .471 FG% · .380 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1998-99	DAL	20	47	20.4	.405	.206	.773	3.4	1.0	0.6	0.6	8.2	12.8	.491
1999-00	DAL	21	82	35.8	.461	.379	.830	6.5	2.5	0.8	0.8	17.5	17.5	.564
2000-01	DAL	22	82	38.1	.474	.387	.838	9.2	2.1	1.0	1.2	21.8	22.8	.601
2001-02	DAL	23	76	38.0	.477	.397	.853	9.9	2.4	1.1	1.0	23.4	24.1	.599
2002-03	DAL	24	80	39.0	.463	.379	.881	9.9	3.0	1.4	1.0	25.1	25.6	.581
2003-04	DAL	25	77	37.9	.462	.341	.877	8.7	2.7	1.2	1.4	21.8	22.5	.561
2004-05	DAL	26	78	38.7	.459	.399	.869	9.7	3.1	1.2	1.5	26.1	26.1	.578
2005-06	DAL	27	81	38.1	.480	.406	.901	9.0	2.8	0.7	1.0	26.6	28.1	.589
2006-07	DAL	28	78	36.2	.502	.416	.904	8.9	3.4	0.7	0.8	24.6	27.6	.605
2007-08	DAL	29	77	36.0	.479	.359	.879	8.6	3.5	0.7	0.9	23.6	24.6	.585
2008-09	DAL	30	81	37.7	.479	.359	.890	8.4	2.4	0.8	0.8	25.9	23.1	.564
2009-10	DAL	31	81	37.5	.481	.421	.915	7.7	2.7	0.9	1.0	25.0	22.9	.578
2010-11	DAL	32	73	34.3	.517	.393	.892	7.0	2.6	0.5	0.6	23.0	23.4	.612
2011-12	DAL	33	62	33.5	.457	.368	.896	6.7	2.2	0.7	0.5	21.6	21.7	.564
2012-13	DAL	34	53	31.3	.471	.414	.860	6.8	2.5	0.7	0.7	17.3	19.8	.564
2013-14	DAL	35	80	32.9	.497	.398	.899	6.2	2.7	0.9	0.6	21.7	23.6	.603
2014-15	DAL	36	77	29.6	.459	.380	.882	5.9	1.9	0.5	0.4	17.3	19.2	.560
2015-16	DAL	37	75	31.5	.448	.368	.893	6.5	1.8	0.7	0.7	18.3	19.0	.555
2016-17	DAL	38	54	26.4	.437	.378	.875	6.5	1.5	0.6	0.7	14.2	17.0	.529
2017-18	DAL	39	77	24.7	.456	.409	.898	5.7	1.6	0.6	0.6	12.0	16.7	.575
2018-19	DAL	40	51	15.6	.359	.312	.780	3.1	0.7	0.2	0.4	7.3	9.6	.469

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1998-99	DAL	47	24	958	136	336	.405	14	68	99	128	162	47	29	27	73	385
1999-00	DAL	82	81	2,938	515	1,118	.461	116	306	289	348	532	203	63	68	141	1,435
2000-01	DAL	82	82	3,125	591	1,247	.474	151	390	451	538	754	173	79	101	156	1,784
2001-02	DAL	76	76	2,891	600	1,258	.477	139	350	440	516	755	186	83	77	145	1,779
2002-03	DAL	80	80	3,117	690	1,489	.463	148	390	483	548	791	239	111	82	152	2,011
2003-04	DAL	77	77	2,915	605	1,310	.462	99	290	371	423	670	207	92	104	135	1,680
2004-05	DAL	78	78	3,020	663	1,445	.459	91	228	615	708	757	240	97	119	176	2,032
2005-06	DAL	81	81	3,089	751	1,564	.480	110	271	539	598	728	226	58	83	156	2,151
2006-07	DAL	78	78	2,820	673	1,341	.502	72	173	498	551	693	263	52	62	167	1,916
2007-08	DAL	77	77	2,769	630	1,314	.479	79	220	478	544	659	266	51	71	160	1,817
2008-09	DAL	81	81	3,050	774	1,616	.479	61	170	485	545	681	197	61	63	157	2,094
2009-10	DAL	81	80	3,039	720	1,496	.481	51	121	536	586	620	218	70	79	149	2,027
2010-11	DAL	73	73	2,504	610	1,179	.517	66	168	395	443	513	190	38	47	137	1,681
2011-12	DAL	62	62	2,079	473	1,034	.457	78	212	318	355	418	136	42	30	117	1,342
2012-13	DAL	53	47	1,661	343	728	.471	65	157	166	193	363	132	38	37	70	917
2013-14	DAL	80	80	2,628	633	1,273	.497	131	329	338	376	498	216	73	45	117	1,735
2014-15	DAL	77	77	2,282	487	1,062	.459	104	274	255	289	457	143	39	33	82	1,333
2015-16	DAL	75	75	2,364	498	1,112	.448	126	342	250	280	489	132	52	52	84	1,372
2016-17	DAL	54	54	1,424	296	678	.437	79	209	98	112	353	82	30	38	51	769
2017-18	DAL	77	77	1,900	346	758	.456	138	337	97	108	438	120	43	45	51	927
2018-19	DAL	51	20	795	135	376	.359	64	205	39	50	158	35	9	18	18	373
Career		1522	—	—	11,169	23,734	.471	1982	5210	7240	8239	11489	3651	1210	1281	2494	31,560

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1998-99	DAL	47	20.4	5.1	12.6	.405	0.5	2.6	3.7	4.8	6.1	1.8	1.1	1.0	2.7	14.5
1999-00	DAL	82	35.8	6.3	13.7	.461	1.4	3.7	3.5	4.3	6.5	2.5	0.8	0.8	1.7	17.6
2000-01	DAL	82	38.1	6.8	14.4	.474	1.7	4.5	5.2	6.2	8.7	2.0	0.9	1.2	1.8	20.6
2001-02	DAL	76	38.0	7.5	15.7	.477	1.7	4.4	5.5	6.4	9.4	2.3	1.0	1.0	1.8	22.2
2002-03	DAL	80	39.0	8.0	17.2	.463	1.7	4.5	5.6	6.3	9.1	2.8	1.3	0.9	1.8	23.2
2003-04	DAL	77	37.9	7.5	16.2	.462	1.2	3.6	4.6	5.2	8.3	2.6	1.1	1.3	1.7	20.7
2004-05	DAL	78	38.7	7.9	17.2	.459	1.1	2.7	7.3	8.4	9.0	2.9	1.2	1.4	2.1	24.2
2005-06	DAL	81	38.1	8.8	18.2	.480	1.3	3.2	6.3	7.0	8.5	2.6	0.7	1.0	1.8	25.1
2006-07	DAL	78	36.2	8.6	17.1	.502	0.9	2.2	6.4	7.0	8.8	3.4	0.7	0.8	2.1	24.5
2007-08	DAL	77	36.0	8.2	17.1	.479	1.0	2.9	6.2	7.1	8.6	3.5	0.7	0.9	2.1	23.6
2008-09	DAL	81	37.7	9.1	19.1	.479	0.7	2.0	5.7	6.4	8.0	2.3	0.7	0.7	1.9	24.7
2009-10	DAL	81	37.5	8.5	17.7	.481	0.6	1.4	6.3	6.9	7.3	2.6	0.8	0.9	1.8	24.0
2010-11	DAL	73	34.3	8.8	17.0	.517	0.9	2.4	5.7	6.4	7.4	2.7	0.5	0.7	2.0	24.2
2011-12	DAL	62	33.5	8.2	17.9	.457	1.4	3.7	5.5	6.1	7.2	2.4	0.7	0.5	2.0	23.2
2012-13	DAL	53	31.3	7.4	15.8	.471	1.4	3.4	3.6	4.2	7.9	2.9	0.8	0.8	1.5	19.9
2013-14	DAL	80	32.9	8.7	17.4	.497	1.8	4.5	4.6	5.2	6.8	3.0	1.0	0.6	1.6	23.8
2014-15	DAL	77	29.6	7.7	16.8	.459	1.6	4.3	4.0	4.6	7.2	2.3	0.6	0.5	1.3	21.0
2015-16	DAL	75	31.5	7.6	16.9	.448	1.9	5.2	3.8	4.3	7.4	2.0	0.8	0.8	1.3	20.9
2016-17	DAL	54	26.4	7.5	17.1	.437	2.0	5.3	2.5	2.8	8.9	2.1	0.8	1.0	1.3	19.4
2017-18	DAL	77	24.7	6.6	14.4	.456	2.6	6.4	1.8	2.0	8.3	2.3	0.8	0.9	1.0	17.6
2018-19	DAL	51	15.6	6.1	17.0	.359	2.9	9.3	1.8	2.3	7.2	1.6	0.4	0.8	0.8	16.9

Counting stats scaled to a per-36-minute pace.

Advanced stats

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1998-99	DAL	47	958	12.8	.491	22.3	0.1	0.7	0.8	.040	-1.8	-0.7	-2.5	-0.1
1999-00	DAL	82	2,938	17.5	.564	21.2	6.1	1.9	8.1	.132	+2.1	-0.5	+1.6	+2.6
2000-01	DAL	82	3,125	22.8	.601	23.8	10.3	4.3	14.6	.224	+4.9	+0.5	+5.4	+5.9
2001-02	DAL	76	2,891	24.1	.599	25.5	10.2	3.1	13.4	.222	+5.4	+0.1	+5.5	+5.5
2002-03	DAL	80	3,117	25.6	.581	27.4	10.8	5.3	16.1	.249	+5.8	+1.4	+7.2	+7.3
2003-04	DAL	77	2,915	22.5	.561	24.5	9.0	2.5	11.5	.190	+3.8	+0.0	+3.8	+4.3
2004-05	DAL	78	3,020	26.1	.578	28.7	10.3	5.2	15.6	.248	+5.8	+1.5	+7.3	+7.1
2005-06	DAL	81	3,089	28.1	.589	30.0	13.5	4.3	17.7	.275	+7.8	+0.4	+8.1	+7.9
2006-07	DAL	78	2,820	27.6	.605	28.9	11.8	4.5	16.3	.278	+7.2	+1.2	+8.3	+7.4
2007-08	DAL	77	2,769	24.6	.585	28.8	8.9	4.0	12.9	.223	+5.6	+1.0	+6.6	+6.0
2008-09	DAL	81	3,050	23.1	.564	30.3	7.5	3.4	10.9	.171	+3.7	-0.3	+3.4	+4.2
2009-10	DAL	81	3,039	22.9	.578	28.8	8.4	3.9	12.3	.194	+3.7	+0.5	+4.2	+4.7
2010-11	DAL	73	2,504	23.4	.612	28.2	7.8	3.3	11.1	.213	+4.3	+0.8	+5.1	+4.5
2011-12	DAL	62	2,079	21.7	.564	29.2	5.0	2.6	7.6	.175	+3.7	+0.1	+3.7	+3.0
2012-13	DAL	53	1,661	19.8	.564	24.2	3.3	1.8	5.0	.145	+3.0	+0.1	+3.1	+2.2
2013-14	DAL	80	2,628	23.6	.603	26.9	8.6	2.3	10.9	.199	+5.0	+0.0	+5.0	+4.7
2014-15	DAL	77	2,282	19.2	.560	24.9	5.2	2.0	7.2	.152	+2.7	-0.5	+2.2	+2.4
2015-16	DAL	75	2,364	19.0	.555	25.5	4.2	2.6	6.8	.138	+2.4	+0.1	+2.5	+2.7
2016-17	DAL	54	1,424	17.0	.529	25.8	0.6	1.9	2.5	.084	+0.8	+0.1	+0.8	+1.0
2017-18	DAL	77	1,900	16.7	.575	20.5	2.6	2.2	4.8	.121	+1.7	+0.6	+2.3	+2.1
2018-19	DAL	51	795	9.6	.469	22.5	-0.5	0.8	0.3	.016	-2.7	-1.2	-3.9	-0.4
Career		1522	—	—	—	—	—	—	206.4	—	—	—	—	+85.0

PER, True Shooting %, Usage %, Win Shares (Off/Def/Total, per 48), Box Plus/Minus (Off/Def/Total) and Value Over Replacement Player.

Playoff stats

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
2000-01	10	39.4	23.4	8.1	1.4	1.1	0.8	.423	.283	.573
2001-02	8	44.1	28.4	13.1	2.2	2.0	0.8	.445	.571	.577
2002-03	20	42.1	21.5	9.8	1.8	1.0	0.8	.479	.443	.593
2003-04	5	41.8	26.6	11.8	1.4	1.4	2.6	.450	.467	.561
2004-05	13	42.1	23.7	10.1	3.3	1.4	1.6	.402	.333	.505
2005-06	23	42.3	27.0	11.7	2.9	1.1	0.6	.468	.343	.596
2006-07	6	39.3	19.7	11.3	2.3	1.8	1.3	.383	.211	.509
2007-08	5	41.6	26.8	12.0	4.0	0.2	1.4	.473	.333	.588
2008-09	10	38.7	26.8	10.1	3.1	0.9	0.8	.518	.286	.635
2009-10	6	38.3	26.7	8.2	3.0	0.8	0.7	.547	.571	.643
2010-11	21	38.8	27.7	8.1	2.5	0.6	0.6	.485	.460	.609
2011-12	4	38.0	26.8	6.2	1.8	0.8	0.0	.442	.167	.560
2013-14	7	37.1	19.1	8.0	1.6	0.9	0.9	.429	.083	.480
2014-15	5	35.8	21.2	10.4	2.4	0.4	0.4	.452	.235	.550
2015-16	5	33.4	20.4	4.8	1.6	0.4	0.6	.494	.364	.564
Career	148	40.2	24.8	9.8	2.4	1.0	0.9	.462	.365	.577

Full postseason box-score averages by season, from every playoff game played.

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	786	20.3	7.5	2.4	535–251
Away	781	19.9	7.2	2.3	404–377
In wins	939	21.8	7.7	2.6	939–0
In losses	628	17.6	6.8	1.9	0–628

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	38	21.1	7.6	2.1	21–17
BOS Boston Celtics	37	24.5	8.3	2.7	26–11
BKN Brooklyn Nets	39	20.6	7.8	2.5	25–14
CHA Charlotte Hornets	53	20.2	7.1	2.3	39–14
CHI Chicago Bulls	36	22.2	7.3	2.4	26–10
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	36	18.0	8.5	2.6	20–16
DEN Denver Nuggets	74	19.7	7.3	2.4	42–32
DET Detroit Pistons	37	21.1	7.9	2.1	24–13
GSW Golden State Warriors	74	19.9	6.9	2.3	42–32
HOU Houston Rockets	77	19.4	6.6	1.9	44–33
IND Indiana Pacers	36	22.1	7.4	2.1	21–15
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	72	19.0	6.6	2.0	46–26
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	71	20.2	9.0	2.2	28–43
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	79	18.7	7.2	2.1	54–25
MIA Miami Heat	40	21.6	6.7	2.4	22–18
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	36	20.0	7.8	3.0	21–15
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	71	19.0	6.8	2.0	44–27
NOP New Orleans Pelicans	22	17.1	5.0	2.0	12–10
NYK New York Knicks	36	22.5	7.5	2.5	27–9
OKC Oklahoma City Thunder	37	19.7	5.9	2.2	17–20
ORL Orlando Magic	36	20.3	6.8	2.6	26–10
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	35	20.7	7.2	2.8	24–11
PHX Phoenix Suns	73	20.5	7.7	2.5	41–32
POR Portland Trail Blazers	73	18.9	6.8	2.4	42–31
SAC Sacramento Kings	74	19.1	7.3	2.6	47–27
SAS San Antonio Spurs	79	18.7	7.9	2.3	29–50
TOR Toronto Raptors	34	20.6	7.0	2.4	22–12
UTA Utah Jazz	71	21.7	7.3	2.0	39–32
WAS Washington Wizards	37	19.9	7.6	2.4	28–9

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 2018-19

Darker = a larger share of this player’s shots came from that range; the number is field-goal % from there.

Range	% of shots	FG%
At the rim (0-3 ft)	1%	.750
In the paint (3-10 ft)	6%	.292
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	14%	.481
Long two (16 ft-3P)	24%	.393
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	55%	.312

Average shot distance 20.9 ft · 0% of attempts were dunks · 10% of threes from the corner

Contract & salary

Nominal salaries; tracked coverage is limited to seasons in the current dataset.

Season	Salary
1998-99	$1,472,640
1999-00	$1,583,000
2000-01	$1,693,000
2001-02	$2,157,000
2002-03	$2,923,000
2005-06	$13,843,156
2006-07	$15,101,622
2007-08	$16,360,094
2008-09	$18,077,904
2009-10	$19,795,714
2010-11	$17,278,618
2011-12	$19,092,873
2012-13	$20,907,128
2013-14	$22,721,381
2014-15	$7,974,482
2015-16	$8,333,334
2016-17	$25,000,000
2017-18	$5,000,000
2018-19	$5,000,000
2019-20	$5,000,000
Career earnings	$229,314,946

Frequently asked questions

What team does Dirk Nowitzki play for?

Dirk Nowitzki plays PF for the Dallas Mavericks.

What are Dirk Nowitzki's career stats?

Dirk Nowitzki has averaged 20.7 PPG, 7.5 RPG, 2.4 APG over 21 seasons (1998-99–2018-19).

How much does Dirk Nowitzki make?

Dirk Nowitzki's salary is $5,000,000 for the 2019-20 season, with career earnings of about $229.3M.

How tall is Dirk Nowitzki?

Dirk Nowitzki is 7-0 (245 lb).

When was Dirk Nowitzki drafted?

Dirk Nowitzki was drafted in 1998, round 1, pick 9, by the Milwaukee Bucks.