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Kobe BryantvsDirk Nowitzki

Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.

SF · VAL group F

Kobe Bryant

1997–2016 · 20 seasons

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Dirk Nowitzki

1999–2019 · 21 seasons

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At a glance

Kobe Bryant and Dirk Nowitzki: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Kobe Bryant	Stat	Dirk Nowitzki
20	Seasons	21
228.6	Career VAL	203.6
21.0 (2006)	Peak-season VAL	18.1 (2005)
Inducted 2020	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2023
4	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
15	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	15

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (NBA VAL board). Black and gray ink count seasons from 2002 on.

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both Kobe Bryant and Dirk Nowitzki have
Kobe Bryant	Stat	Dirk Nowitzki
Career
1,342	Games	1,521
Per game
25.0	Points / game	20.7
5.2	Rebounds / game	7.6
4.7	Assists / game	2.4

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Points, Rebounds, Assists, Steals, Blocks, 3-pointers made, FG %, 3P %, FT %, True shooting %, PER, Win shares — Kobe Bryant's career line covers 2002–2016 only (the table behind it does not cover 5 early-career seasons); Dirk Nowitzki's career line covers 2002–2019 only (the table behind it does not cover 3 early-career seasons).

VAL by ageEach season plotted at the player's age that season, so careers line up by age rather than by calendar.

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Age	Kobe Bryant	Dirk Nowitzki
18	0.5	—
19	3.3	—
20	7.8	0.2
21	11.1	7.3
22	14.6	11.4
23	17.3	12.4
24	19.8	17.8
25	13.3	8.8
26	10.8	18.1
27	21	17.9
28	17.6	18.1
29	20.4	14
30	19	11.7
31	13.6	13.5
32	15.4	13.2
33	8.2	8.3
34	14.3	4.8
35	—	11.8
36	0.6	5.8
37	0	4.3
38	—	1.6
39	—	2.6
40	—	0