Dirk Nowitzki vs Michael Jordan
4of 8 lines
4of 8 lines
Dirk Nowitzki and Michael Jordan compared on their NBA careers: Dirk Nowitzki played 21 seasons, 1998-99 to 2018-19, Michael Jordan 15 seasons, 1984-85 to 2002-03. Dirk Nowitzki averaged 20.7 points a game to Michael Jordan's 30.1. They have faced each other 3 times: Dirk Nowitzki's team won 3, Michael Jordan's 0. Dirk Nowitzki won 1 title, Michael Jordan won 6 titles.
Who has the better career numbers?
They are level: each leads in 4 of the 8 lines. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.
Dirk Nowitzki vs Michael Jordan head to head
They have faced each other 3 times: Dirk Nowitzki's team won 3, Michael Jordan's 0.
Every game against each other
| Feb 23, 2003 |  DAL at  WSH | W 106-101 OT | 29 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 52 MIN | 30 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST, 52 MIN |
| Dec 23, 2002 | WSH at DAL | W 92-86 | 30 PTS, 17 REB, 2 AST, 48 MIN | 13 PTS, 7 REB, 8 AST, 36 MIN |
| Mar 31, 2002 | DAL at WSH | W 110-103 | 23 PTS, 12 REB, 1 AST, 45 MIN | 10 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 28 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.