Dirk Nowitzki Stats, Shot Chart & Advanced Analytics — 2018-19

Inside his season

Through April 10

Nowitzki's three-point attempts have risen the most of his numbers this season, to 12.2 per 100 possessions from 8.6.

He's averaging 7.3 points a game, down from 12.0 last season, and his true shooting is 46.9%, down from 57.5%.

Tonight at Boston

Last time, Jan. 4, 2019: no points on 0 for 10 shooting, no assists and 2 rebounds in a 114-93 loss.
In 6 games against the Celtics, he has averaged 17.0 points, 1.0 assists and 7.2 rebounds.
Of the Celtics, Al Horford has guarded him the most in their careers: 49 possessions over 2 games. Nowitzki has 6 points on 3 for 7 shooting against him, about half his usual scoring rate or less.
On the Celtics' injury report as of Nov. 15: Marcus Smart (out).

Where his shots come from

Zone	Share	Last season	Made	Last season
At the rim	1.3%	4.9%	60.0%	75.7%
Rest of the paint	7.2%	7.0%	48.1%	49.1%
Midrange	37.1%	43.7%	39.6%	46.5%
Corner threes	5.6%	2.2%	33.3%	52.9%
Threes above the break	48.8%	42.1%	31.1%	40.4%

He takes 13.3 free throws per 100 shots, from 14.2 last season.

What changed from last season

The drop is coming from fewer shots, his twos and his threes. His shots have moved away from the basket: more from three, 54.4%, up from 44.4%, and fewer from midrange, 37.1%, down from 43.7%. Fewer of his shots are going in: he's 64 for 205 on threes, 31.2%, down from 40.9%, and he's making 41.5% of his twos, down from 49.4%.

He's taking 7.4 shots a game, down from 9.8, and playing 15.6 minutes a game, down from 24.7. He's averaging 3.1 rebounds a game, down from 5.7.

With him on the floor

The Mavericks have been outscored by 4.6 points per 100 possessions with him on the floor, 107.1 to 111.8, with garbage time left out. They're minus 1.7 overall.

For his age

Since 2015-16, only LeBron James (7.1) has averaged more rebounds at 40 than Nowitzki's 3.1 (25 games or more).

Rebounds a game at 40, since 2015-16, 25 games or more

Player	Games	Rebounds
LeBron James	56	7.1
Dirk Nowitzki	51	3.1
Vince Carter	62	2.4
Manu Ginobili	65	2.2
Jason Terry	51	0.9

Lineup numbers leave garbage time out and count points per 100 the NBA’s way; ages are exact, game by game, from 2015-16 on.

Inside his season

His last game

April 10, 2019, a 105-94 loss at San Antonio

Dirk Nowitzki

2-2 FT31:32 min

Points1st 42nd 03rd 104th 6

His shots in the order he took them: made in blue, traced to the rim, missed in orange.

Before this game he averaged 7.1 points, 3.0 rebounds and 0.7 assists in 50 regular-season games.

Shot making: 18 points from the field on 21 shotsabout what the league scores from the same zones
Biggest shot: Made a 15-foot turnaround jumper1st quarter, 8:53 leftchance to win 42% to 47%
Guarded by: Aldridge: 17 poss, 8 ptsGay: 15 poss, 0 ptsBertans: 12 poss, 2 pts
He guarded: Aldridge: 20 poss, 6 ptsPoeltl: 20 poss, 4 ptsDeRozan: 6 poss, 4 pts
On the move: 1.98 miles3.50 mph on average64 touches
Hustle: 3 deflections4 shots contested5 box-outs
Rating: Performance Score −1.045.7% true shooting32.8% usage

His last game

His season

Career

4 seasons since 2015-16, the seasons the site has

All-Star once.

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3PM	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−	Honors
2015-16DAL	DAL	75	31.5	18.3	6.5	1.8	0.7	0.7	1.1	.448	1.7	.368	.893	.555	+3.4
2016-17DAL	DAL	54	26.4	14.2	6.5	1.5	0.6	0.7	0.9	.437	1.5	.378	.875	.529	−0.2
2017-18DAL	DAL	77	24.7	12.0	5.7	1.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	.456	1.8	.409	.898	.575	−0.6
2018-19DAL	DAL	51	15.6	7.3	3.1	0.7	0.2	0.4	0.4	.359	1.3	.312	.780	.469	−1.3	All-Star
Career4 seasons	4 seasons	257	25.2	13.4	5.6	1.4	0.5	0.6	0.8	.436	1.6	.372	.880	.543	+0.5

Blue: his best season in each column (20 games or more, four in the playoffs; 3P% with two tries a game, FT% with one).

Career bests

Performance Score, 262 games since 2015-16

Best game+12.940 points and 8 rebounds on 16 for 26 shooting against Portland, March 20, 2016The story Best four games+30.026.8 points a game, March 14 to 20, 2016Last game

Where his points come from

This season, against the league

Source	Nowitzki	NBA avg
Paint	8.6%	43.7%
Mid-range	29.5%	9.8%
Threes	51.5%	30.7%
Free throws	10.4%	15.9%
Fast break	4.6%	12.4%
Off turnovers	7.8%	14.8%
Unassisted makes	9.6%	40.2%

Advanced

2018-19, 51 games

Usage rate	21.7%
Assist rate	6.8%
Assists per turnover	1.94
Turnover rate (per 100 plays)	4.0
Offensive rating	104.8
Defensive rating	109.7
Net rating	−4.8
Offensive rebound rate	0.6%
Defensive rebound rate	18.0%
Effective FG%	44.4%
Fouls drawn a game	0.8

Not ranked: NBA ranks need 58+ games, and he has played 51.

Shot profile

Where he shoots, against the league

Zone	Nowitzki	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
At the rim	1.3%	33.0%	60.0%	62.9%
Paint (non-rim)	7.2%	16.0%	48.1%	40.4%
Mid-range	37.0%	15.2%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	FG	3P	FT	TO	PF	+/−
Apr 10	@ SAS	L94–105	31:32	20	10	1	1	0	8–21	2–6	2–2	0	2	−11
Apr 9	vs PHX	W120–109	32:41	30	8	3	0	1	11–31	5–14	3–3	2	3	+11
Apr 7	@ MEM	W129–127	11:52	2	5	1	0	1	1–5	0–2	0–0	0	0	+6
Apr 5	vs MEM	L112–122	24:59	12	7	1	0	0	5–12	2–5	0–0	0	3	−20
Apr 3	vs MIN	L108–110

Stat	Avg	NBA rank
Deflections	0.4
Contested shots	4.3
Twos contested	3.1
Threes contested	1.3
Charges drawn	0.00
Loose balls recovered	0.2
Box outs	3.1
Screen assists	1.0
Points from screen assists	2.3

Per game	Nowitzki	NBA avg
Distance (miles)	1.00	1.87
Average speed (mph)	3.54	4.23
Touches	26.5	43.3
Passes	18.1	30.3
Potential assists	1.4	4.6
Secondary assists	0.2	0.3
Offensive rebound chances	0.7	2.8
Defensive rebound chances	5.9	6.3

Split	GP	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
Location
Home	25	7.8	3.2	0.9	36.8%	34.3%	69.0%	48.1%	−1.4
Away	26	6.8	3.0	0.5	34.9%	28.2%	90.5%	45.6%	−1.1
Result

Corner three		5.6%	8.1%	33.3%	38.2%

Above-break three		48.7%	27.5%	31.1%	34.9%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	FT	TO	+/−
Apr 10	@ SAS	L94–105	31:32	20	10	1	8–21	2–6	2–2	0	−11
Apr 9	vs PHX	W120–109	32:41	30	8	3	11–31	5–14	3–3	2	+11
Apr 7	@ MEM	W129–127	11:52	2	5	1	1–5	0–2	0–0	0	+6
Apr 5	vs MEM	L112–122	24:59	12	7	1	5–12	2–5	0–0	0	−20
Apr 3	vs MIN	L108–110	22:05	9	4	2	4–12	1–8	0–0	1	−7
Apr 1	vs PHI	W122–102	17:24	7	5	0	3–10	1–3	0–0	0	+13
Mar 31	@ OKC	W106–103	26:31	7	13	0	2–10	1–5	2–3	0	+14
Mar 28	@ MIA	L99–105	27:37	13	3	1	5–13	3–9	0–0	0	−12
Mar 26	vs SAC	L121–125	10:56	9	2	0	3–6	1–3	2–2	2	−3
Mar 23	@ GSW	W126–91	26:19	21	5	1	8–14	5–8	0–0	0	+25

Month

Dec

4.4

1.4

0.3

40.0%

35.7%

100.0%

53.6%

−4.8

Jan

4.4

1.8

0.4

31.7%

27.9%

60.0%

42.6%

+0.8

Feb

7.6

3.0

0.8

36.0%

32.7%

85.7%

48.7%

−2.1

Mar

8.6

3.8

0.8

37.5%

32.8%

70.4%

48.9%

−0.5

Apr

13.3

6.5

1.3

35.2%

28.9%

100.0%

42.9%

−1.3

Distance	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Under 8 ft	6–15	4.0%	41.9%	40.0%	57.9%
8–16 ft	30–67	17.8%	13.1%	44.8%	41.2%
16–24 ft	35–89	23.7%	9.2%	39.3%	40.1%
24+ ft	64–204	54.3%	35.6%	31.4%	35.7%
Backcourt	0–1	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%	3.1%

Type	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Dunks	2–2	0.5%	5.8%	100.0%	89.5%
Layups	2–3	0.8%	27.8%	66.7%	54.8%
Floaters	1–4	1.1%	6.6%	25.0%	44.7%
Hooks	0–1	0.3%	3.9%	0.0%	47.6%
Pull-up jumpers	6–17	4.5%	11.4%	35.3%	41.0%
Step-backs	0–2	0.5%	3.6%	0.0%	41.0%
Turnarounds and fadeaways	31–73	19.4%	4.6%	42.5%	41.7%
Other jump shots	93–274	72.9%	36.4%	33.9%	35.2%

Dirk Nowitzki

Inside his season

Tonight at Boston

Where his shots come from

What changed from last season

With him on the floor

For his age

Inside his season

His last game

His last game

His season

Career

Career bests

Where his points come from

Advanced

Shot profile

Game log

Shot chart

Hustle

Movement and touches

Rim defense

Pick your games

Splits

Last 10 games

By distance

By shot type

Clutch

Trends

Career bests

His last game

Inside his season

Tonight at Boston

Where his shots come from

What changed from last season

With him on the floor

For his age