Dirk Nowitzki vs Karl Malone

Who has the better career numbers?

Karl Malone leads in 5 of the 7 lines, Dirk Nowitzki in 2. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Dirk Nowitzki vs Karl Malone head to head

They have faced each other 26 times: Dirk Nowitzki's team won 12, Karl Malone's 14. In the playoffs Dirk Nowitzki leads 3-2.

Every game against each other

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Dirk Nowitzki vs Karl Malone, every game

Date↓	Game↓	Nowitzki's team↓	Dirk Nowitzki↓	Karl Malone↓
Dec 12, 2003	DAL at LAL	W 110-93	27 PTS, 12 REB, 5 AST, 46 MIN	14 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 32 MIN
Oct 28, 2003	DAL at LAL	L 109-93	19 PTS, 13 REB, 1 AST, 33 MIN	15 PTS, 10 REB, 9 AST, 29 MIN
Apr 11, 2003	DAL at UTAH	L 95-92	34 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 43 MIN	23 PTS, 9 REB, 7 AST, 37 MIN
Mar 8, 2003	UTAH at DAL	W 101-77	21 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 25 MIN	16 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 25 MIN
Feb 3, 2003	DAL at UTAH	W 92-90	25 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 45 MIN	18 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 35 MIN
Dec 20, 2002	UTAH at DAL	L 93-81	28 PTS, 17 REB, 1 AST, 48 MIN	16 PTS, 12 REB, 3 AST, 41 MIN
Apr 16, 2002	UTAH at DAL	W 96-87	24 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 37 MIN	24 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 39 MIN
Apr 8, 2002	DAL at UTAH	W 105-96	10 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 16 MIN	22 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 37 MIN
Jan 19, 2002	UTAH at DAL	W 106-103	34 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 43 MIN	28 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 40 MIN
Dec 10, 2001	DAL at UTAH	L 107-98	27 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 44 MIN	30 PTS, 12 REB, 5 AST, 42 MIN
May 3, 2001	DAL at UTAH (playoffs)	W 84-83	18 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 36 MIN	24 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 37 MIN
May 1, 2001	UTAH at DAL (playoffs)	W 107-77	33 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 36 MIN	25 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 34 MIN
Apr 28, 2001	UTAH at DAL (playoffs)	W 94-91	33 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 48 MIN	29 PTS, 13 REB, 6 AST, 43 MIN
Apr 24, 2001	DAL at UTAH (playoffs)	L 109-98	15 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 47 MIN	34 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 44 MIN
Apr 21, 2001	DAL at UTAH (playoffs)	L 88-86	20 PTS, 12 REB, 1 AST, 48 MIN	26 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 41 MIN
Apr 7, 2001	UTAH at DAL	L 116-103	22 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST, 43 MIN	31 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST, 41 MIN
Mar 26, 2001	DAL at UTAH	W 98-90	27 PTS, 13 REB, 2 AST, 41 MIN	21 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST, 36 MIN
Nov 20, 2000	DAL at UTAH	W 107-98	20 PTS, 14 REB, 1 AST, 35 MIN	13 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST, 41 MIN
Nov 4, 2000	UTAH at DAL	L 112-106	20 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST, 34 MIN	35 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 42 MIN
Mar 27, 2000	DAL at UTAH	W 113-105	16 PTS, 17 REB, 8 AST, 47 MIN	26 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST, 39 MIN
Feb 24, 2000	UTAH at DAL	L 92-85	9 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST, 41 MIN	18 PTS, 10 REB, 6 AST, 40 MIN
Jan 6, 2000	UTAH at DAL	L 105-92	24 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 43 MIN	24 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST, 39 MIN
Dec 8, 1999	DAL at UTAH	L 85-79	15 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST, 41 MIN	29 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST, 39 MIN
Mar 5, 1999	DAL at UTAH	L 106-95	10 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 24 MIN	30 PTS, 9 REB, 5 AST, 40 MIN
Feb 26, 1999	DAL at UTAH	L 80-65	5 PTS, 7 REB, 0 AST, 36 MIN	13 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 29 MIN
Feb 9, 1999	UTAH at DAL	L 90-79	15 PTS, 9 REB, 0 AST, 32 MIN	31 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST, 41 MIN

Games both played on opposite sides, from the game logs on file; the record is their teams’.

Career totals

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Where each stands all time

Among the NBA players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.