Dirk Nowitzki Profile

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Top 10 comps today

Current players closest to Dirk Nowitzki's latest recorded profile, by DARKO ratings, age and projected box-score style. Reference profile: Apr 10, 2019.

1 Al Horford GSW ↗

-0.8DPMDPM Offense -1.3 Defense +0.5 Per 100 possessions:17.4points10.7rebounds4.9assistsP/R/A
84.0
2 Nikola Vucevic ORL ↗

-1.3DPMDPM Offense -1.7 Defense +0.3 Per 100 possessions:21.6points13.8rebounds4.8assistsP/R/A
80.9
3 Klay Thompson MIA ↗

-1.7DPMDPM Offense -0.9 Defense -0.8 Per 100 possessions:22.3points4.6rebounds3.0assistsP/R/A
77.0
4 Brook Lopez LAC ↗

-0.5DPMDPM Offense -1.9 Defense +1.4 Per 100 possessions:20.7points9.1rebounds2.9assistsP/R/A
75.9
5 Khris Middleton WAS ↗

-1.8DPMDPM Offense -1.3 Defense -0.5 Per 100 possessions:20.9points7.4rebounds6.0assistsP/R/A
74.4
6 Buddy Hield CHI ↗

-1.1DPMDPM Offense -0.9 Defense -0.2 Per 100 possessions:21.2points6.5rebounds4.8assistsP/R/A
73.7
7 Georges Niang GSW ↗

-1.2DPMDPM Offense -0.6 Defense -0.7 Per 100 possessions:22.0points6.7rebounds2.5assistsP/R/A
73.2
8 Bogdan Bogdanovic HOU ↗

-0.6DPMDPM Offense -0.8 Defense +0.1 Per 100 possessions:20.9points6.3rebounds5.3assistsP/R/A
72.5
9 Jordan Clarkson NYK ↗

-1.5DPMDPM Offense -0.7 Defense -0.9 Per 100 possessions:22.9points5.8rebounds3.9assistsP/R/A
72.4
10 Anthony Gill WAS ↗

-1.7DPMDPM Offense -1.5 Defense -0.2 Per 100 possessions:15.5points8.3rebounds3.0assistsP/R/A
72.2

How these matches work

Each player's latest published profile is compared with today's league. The score uses standardized differences in DPM, offense, defense, age, scoring, assists, rebounds, blocks, steals, turnovers, three-point shot share and free-throw rate. DPM and age carry the most weight. Historical trajectory and a same-age cutoff are not used here.

100 is an identical profile, so a current player is his own first match. Scores fall by 8 points per unit of weighted distance, down to zero. This is a similarity index, not a probability. Box-score figures are projections per 100 possessions, so playing time does not distort the comparison.

Career

Season by season

DPM going into each season's last game, since 1996-97.

Dirk Nowitzki, season by season
Season	Team	Age	Games	MPG	DPM	Off	Def	For his age
2018-19	DAL	40	51	15.6	-1.26	-1.25	0.00	10th of 18
2017-18	DAL	39	77	24.7	0.00	-0.41	+0.41	16th of 47
2016-17	DAL	38	54	26.4	+0.59	-0.05	+0.63	19th of 78
2015-16	DAL	37	75 +5	31.5	+2.64	+2.05	+0.58	12th of 118
2014-15	DAL	36	77 +5	29.6	+2.67	+2.49	+0.18	19th of 189
2013-14	DAL	35	80 +7	32.8	+4.78	+4.04	+0.74	9th of 243
2012-13	DAL	34	53	31.3	+4.39	+3.06	+1.34	17th of 337
2011-12	DAL	33	62 +4	33.5	+6.11	+5.11	+1.00	5th of 405
2010-11	DAL	32	73 +21	34.3	+6.38	+5.13	+1.25	5th of 530
2009-10	DAL	31	81 +6	37.5	+6.02	+4.91	+1.11	6th of 616
2008-09	DAL	30	81 +10	37.7	+6.24	+5.39	+0.85	13th of 697
2007-08	DAL	29	77 +5	36.0	+7.22	+5.88	+1.34	6th of 774
2006-07	DAL	28	78 +6	36.2	+8.12	+6.62	+1.50	6th of 858
2005-06	DAL	28	81 +23	38.1	+7.33	+5.77	+1.56	7th of 858
2004-05	DAL	26	78 +13	38.8	+6.58	+5.05	+1.54	6th of 1010
2003-04	DAL	25	77 +5	37.9	+5.02	+4.47	+0.55	14th of 1077
2002-03	DAL	24	80 +17	39.0	+5.73	+5.14	+0.60	7th of 1185
2001-02	DAL	23	76 +8	38.0	+4.26	+4.01	+0.25	13th of 1100
2000-01	DAL	22	82 +10	38.1	+4.29	+3.66	+0.62	8th of 813
1999-00	DAL	21	82	35.9	+1.67	+1.72	-0.05	22nd of 571
1998-99	DAL	20	47	20.4	-1.01	-0.49	-0.51	124th of 354

Games are regular season; +n are playoff games. "For his age" ranks the season's DPM among every season at the same age since 1996-97 with 20 or more games. A season's DPM opens the leaderboard on its last game day.

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