Head-to-Head: Games Played Between DeMarcus Cousins and Dirk Nowitzki

This is the detail of NBA games in which DeMarcus Cousins and Dirk Nowitzki played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

They faced each other a total of 23 times in NBA games. Dirk Nowitzki has a 16-7 winning record over DeMarcus Cousins. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
DeMarcus Cousins:
2010-11 to 2021-22
Dirk Nowitzki:
1998-99 to 2018-19
23 Games played
23 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
DeMarcus Cousins
7
7
0
Dirk Nowitzki
16
16
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
DeMarcus Cousins 21.8 12.5 4.0 1.71.0
Dirk Nowitzki 16.4 6.2 2.50.50.9
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
DeMarcus Cousins 35 22 9 65
Dirk Nowitzki 25 12 7 32
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
DeMarcus Cousins 15

games
19

games
13

games
13

games
9

games
Dirk Nowitzki 7

games
2

games
8

games
3

games
8

games
Both had same stat 1

game
2

games
2

games
7

games
6

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

more >>
2010-11 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 04, 2010
1. Kings 103   DeMarcus Cousins 17 11 2 0 1 0 4 31 6-14 .429 0-0 - 5-7 .714
Mavericks 105   Dirk Nowitzki 25 5 5 0 1 3 2 37 11-15 .733 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
Feb. 09, 2011
2. Kings 100   DeMarcus Cousins 19 15 0 1 1 4 4 38 8-16 .500 0-0 - 3-5 .600
Mavericks 102   Dirk Nowitzki 10 6 2 0 0 2 5 34 4-14 .286 0-2 .000 2-3 .667
Feb. 16, 2011
3. Kings 100   DeMarcus Cousins 16 12 4 3 2 7 5 38 6-19 .316 0-0 - 4-6 .667
Mavericks 116   Dirk Nowitzki 13 3 4 0 0 1 2 23 6-10 .600 1-1 1.000 0-0 -
2011-12 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 14, 2012
4. Kings 60   DeMarcus Cousins 12 10 0 0 0 1 4 29 4-12 .333 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Mavericks 99   Dirk Nowitzki 14 2 1 1 2 0 4 20 6-14 .429 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000
Mar. 09, 2012
5. Kings 110   DeMarcus Cousins 15 4 5 3 2 5 2 31 6-11 .545 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
Mavericks 97   Dirk Nowitzki 13 9 1 1 1 3 1 29 5-13 .385 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
Apr. 10, 2012
6. Kings 100   DeMarcus Cousins 25 18 3 6 2 3 4 38 11-21 .524 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Mavericks 110   Dirk Nowitzki 15 8 0 0 1 1 4 29 4-14 .286 1-3 .333 6-6 1.000
2012-13 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 10, 2013
7. Kings 112   DeMarcus Cousins 29 9 4 1 1 5 6 39 9-14 .643 0-0 - 11-17 .647
OT Mavericks 117   Dirk Nowitzki 17 9 3 1 0 2 3 40 7-21 .333 1-5 .200 2-3 .667
Feb. 13, 2013
8. Kings 100   DeMarcus Cousins 17 13 2 0 0 5 2 29 5-9 .556 0-1 .000 7-9 .778
Mavericks 123   Dirk Nowitzki 17 8 6 3 1 2 1 30 6-9 .667 1-1 1.000 4-4 1.000
Apr. 05, 2013
9. Kings 108   DeMarcus Cousins 6 2 0 0 0 1 2 09 2-5 .400 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Mavericks 117   Dirk Nowitzki 16 6 2 1 0 0 2 29 6-14 .429 1-4 .250 3-3 1.000
2013-14 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 09, 2013
10. Kings 112   DeMarcus Cousins 32 19 3 3 1 9 2 36 10-17 .588 0-0 - 12-14 .857
Mavericks 97   Dirk Nowitzki 18 6 7 2 2 3 0 31 7-15 .467 1-3 .333 3-3 1.000
Mar. 29, 2014
11. Kings 100   DeMarcus Cousins 17 7 5 2 0 3 5 28 8-15 .533 0-0 - 1-3 .333
Mavericks 103   Dirk Nowitzki 19 7 7 0 1 2 4 30 5-10 .500 0-2 .000 9-10 .900
Apr. 06, 2014
12. Kings 91   DeMarcus Cousins 28 10 1 3 2 4 2 38 12-23 .522 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Mavericks 93   Dirk Nowitzki 15 1 3 0 1 0 1 34 5-17 .294 2-6 .333 3-4 .750
2014-15 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 11, 2014
13. Kings 98   DeMarcus Cousins 16 11 5 0 0 5 5 30 7-13 .538 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Mavericks 106   Dirk Nowitzki 23 7 3 0 1 2 2 34 7-12 .583 2-3 .667 7-8 .875
Jan. 13, 2015
14. Kings 104   DeMarcus Cousins 32 16 9 2 1 9 6 40 11-21 .524 0-0 - 10-10 1.000
OT Mavericks 108   Dirk Nowitzki 15 4 0 2 1 0 4 38 5-13 .385 1-3 .333 4-4 1.000
2015-16 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 30, 2015
15. Kings 112   DeMarcus Cousins 31 9 6 0 1 2 2 38 10-24 .417 1-8 .125 10-10 1.000
Mavericks 98   Dirk Nowitzki 13 7 0 0 2 0 3 29 5-15 .333 0-4 .000 3-4 .750
Jan. 05, 2016
16. Kings 116   DeMarcus Cousins 35 17 4 6 1 10 5 49 15-30 .500 2-6 .333 3-6 .500
2OT Mavericks 117   Dirk Nowitzki 23 5 3 0 0 1 3 43 8-19 .421 2-7 .286 5-6 .833
Mar. 03, 2016
17. Kings 104   DeMarcus Cousins 22 13 5 1 2 4 3 36 9-17 .529 0-2 .000 4-8 .500
Mavericks 101   Dirk Nowitzki 16 6 5 0 1 5 5 32 7-16 .438 0-5 .000 2-2 1.000
Mar. 27, 2016
18. Kings 133   DeMarcus Cousins 20 12 5 2 0 3 2 28 7-12 .583 0-1 .000 6-10 .600
Mavericks 111   Dirk Nowitzki 14 5 0 0 0 1 1 27 6-15 .400 2-4 .500 0-0 -
2016-17 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 25, 2017
19. Pelicans 83   DeMarcus Cousins 12 15 6 3 0 7 3 32 3-9 .333 2-5 .400 4-8 .500
Mavericks 96   Dirk Nowitzki 18 9 0 1 1 0 2 28 8-12 .667 2-2 1.000 0-0 -
Mar. 29, 2017
20. Pelicans 121   DeMarcus Cousins 29 16 6 0 1 1 3 40 9-19 .474 1-5 .200 10-12 .833
Mavericks 118   Dirk Nowitzki 23 7 2 0 1 0 3 31 7-14 .500 2-2 1.000 7-7 1.000
2017-18 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 03, 2017
21. Pelicans 99   DeMarcus Cousins 20 22 7 1 0 4 5 39 8-16 .500 0-4 .000 4-4 1.000
Mavericks 94   Dirk Nowitzki 7 6 0 0 0 1 1 22 2-9 .222 0-1 .000 3-3 1.000
Dec. 29, 2017
22. Pelicans 120   DeMarcus Cousins 32 20 8 2 5 6 4 44 11-24 .458 3-10 .300 7-8 .875
Mavericks 128   Dirk Nowitzki 13 12 2 0 1 0 3 25 4-9 .444 3-5 .600 2-3 .667
2018-19 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 23, 2019
23. Warriors 91   DeMarcus Cousins 19 6 3 0 0 3 2 23 8-11 .727 1-1 1.000 2-4 .500
Mavericks 126   Dirk Nowitzki 21 5 1 0 2 0 2 26 8-14 .571 5-8 .625 0-0 -