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Paul PiercevsDirk Nowitzki

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

SF · VAL group F

Paul Pierce

1999–2017 · 19 seasons

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Dirk Nowitzki

1999–2019 · 21 seasons

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At a glance

Paul Pierce and Dirk Nowitzki: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Paul Pierce	Stat	Dirk Nowitzki
19	Seasons	21
188.7	Career VAL	203.6
17.8 (2002)	Peak-season VAL	18.1 (2005)
Inducted 2021	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2023
1	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
8	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 Paul Pierce and Dirk Nowitzki have
Paul Pierce	Stat	Dirk Nowitzki
Career
1,343	Games	1,521
Per game
19.7	Points / game	20.7
5.6	Rebounds / game	7.6
3.5	Assists / game	2.4

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Points, Rebounds, Assists, Steals, Blocks, 3-pointers made, FG %, 3P %, FT %, True shooting %, PER, Win shares — Paul Pierce's career line covers 2002–2017 only (the table behind it does not cover 3 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	Paul Pierce	Dirk Nowitzki
20	—	0.2
21	3.7	7.3
22	7.9	11.4
23	10.4	12.4
24	17.8	17.8
25	14.3	8.8
26	9	18.1
27	14.8	17.9
28	15.7	18.1
29	6.8	14
30	17.4	11.7
31	12.9	13.5
32	10.5	13.2
33	15.3	8.3
34	11	4.8
35	10.5	11.8
36	5.2	5.8
37	5.5	4.3
38	0	1.6
39	0	2.6
40	—	0