Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Dirk Nowitzki and Emeka Okafor

This is the detail of NBA games in which Dirk Nowitzki and Emeka Okafor 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.

Player comparisons:
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They faced each other a total of 20 times in NBA games. Dirk Nowitzki has a 15-5 winning record over Emeka Okafor. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Dirk Nowitzki:
1998-99 to 2018-19
Emeka Okafor:
2004-05 to 2017-18
20 Games played
20 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Dirk Nowitzki
15
15
0
Emeka Okafor
5
5
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Dirk Nowitzki 22.5 7.6 2.9 0.90.6
Emeka Okafor 10.7 9.4 0.91.02.1
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Dirk Nowitzki 36 16 7 33
Emeka Okafor 27 17 3 58
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Dirk Nowitzki 17

games
5

games
15

games
4

games
2

games
Emeka Okafor 3

games
13

games
3

games
7

games
14

games
Both had same stat 0

games
2

games
2

games
9

games
4

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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2004-05 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 21, 2005
1. Mavericks 105   Dirk Nowitzki 20 9 2 0 3 3 1 40 7-22 .318 0-4 .000 6-6 1.000
Bobcats 99   Emeka Okafor 24 15 2 1 2 1 3 41 11-18 .611 0-0 - 2-5 .400
Mar. 19, 2005
2. Mavericks 104   Dirk Nowitzki 33 6 1 2 0 3 5 41 12-20 .600 1-4 .250 8-8 1.000
Bobcats 93   Emeka Okafor 12 10 2 0 5 2 5 36 4-11 .364 0-0 - 4-6 .667
2005-06 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 11, 2005
3. Mavericks 98   Dirk Nowitzki 23 16 4 2 0 3 2 40 9-22 .409 1-5 .200 4-5 .800
Bobcats 88   Emeka Okafor 11 5 0 1 1 0 1 27 4-12 .333 0-0 - 3-7 .429
2006-07 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 20, 2006
4. Mavericks 93   Dirk Nowitzki 24 14 4 0 2 1 3 41 7-14 .500 0-1 .000 10-12 .833
Bobcats 85   Emeka Okafor 22 13 3 1 8 3 0 41 8-14 .571 0-0 - 6-9 .667
Dec. 26, 2006
5. Mavericks 97   Dirk Nowitzki 23 7 0 1 0 1 3 36 9-15 .600 0-1 .000 5-5 1.000
Bobcats 84   Emeka Okafor 7 7 1 1 2 2 2 36 2-6 .333 0-0 - 3-6 .500
2007-08 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 23, 2008
6. Mavericks 102   Dirk Nowitzki 20 8 5 0 3 0 3 40 6-19 .316 0-3 .000 8-8 1.000
Bobcats 95   Emeka Okafor 19 10 0 0 1 1 5 38 9-16 .563 0-0 - 1-3 .333
Mar. 12, 2008
7. Mavericks 118   Dirk Nowitzki 26 9 3 3 0 3 4 28 8-14 .571 2-4 .500 8-8 1.000
Bobcats 93   Emeka Okafor 8 11 1 0 1 2 0 28 3-4 .750 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
2008-09 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 18, 2008
8. Mavericks 100   Dirk Nowitzki 32 9 2 0 1 1 3 37 10-21 .476 2-3 .667 10-11 .909
Bobcats 83   Emeka Okafor 5 9 0 1 3 2 1 28 2-6 .333 0-0 - 1-4 .250
Dec. 11, 2008
9. Mavericks 95   Dirk Nowitzki 23 13 5 1 0 2 2 40 9-21 .429 3-6 .500 2-2 1.000
Bobcats 90   Emeka Okafor 27 17 0 0 3 1 2 41 12-17 .706 0-0 - 3-5 .600
2009-10 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 04, 2009
10. Mavericks 107   Dirk Nowitzki 12 5 2 1 0 2 6 37 4-15 .267 0-1 .000 4-5 .800
OT Hornets 114   Emeka Okafor 11 13 3 1 3 3 4 41 5-7 .714 0-0 - 1-4 .250
Dec. 14, 2009
11. Mavericks 94   Dirk Nowitzki 10 7 3 2 1 2 2 35 4-11 .364 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Hornets 90   Emeka Okafor 4 5 1 2 2 3 1 23 2-7 .286 0-0 - 0-1 .000
Feb. 28, 2010
12. Mavericks 108   Dirk Nowitzki 36 8 7 1 0 0 3 39 14-25 .560 0-0 - 8-9 .889
Hornets 100   Emeka Okafor 8 17 1 5 3 2 3 28 3-5 .600 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Mar. 22, 2010
13. Mavericks 99   Dirk Nowitzki 16 5 3 0 0 5 3 35 8-12 .667 0-0 - 0-0 -
Hornets 115   Emeka Okafor 1 6 1 0 2 3 1 21 0-2 .000 0-0 - 1-4 .250
2010-11 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 15, 2010
14. Mavericks 98   Dirk Nowitzki 25 10 3 0 0 3 3 37 7-12 .583 1-2 .500 10-13 .769
Hornets 95   Emeka Okafor 5 14 0 0 3 3 3 33 2-10 .200 0-1 .000 1-2 .500
Nov. 17, 2010
15. Mavericks 97   Dirk Nowitzki 29 9 1 1 1 2 5 36 11-19 .579 0-1 .000 7-7 1.000
Hornets 99   Emeka Okafor 13 10 0 1 2 1 1 38 5-10 .500 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
Mar. 09, 2011
16. Mavericks 92   Dirk Nowitzki 26 4 3 1 0 1 4 35 10-18 .556 0-0 - 6-6 1.000
Hornets 93   Emeka Okafor 8 6 0 2 1 2 5 24 3-4 .750 0-0 - 2-3 .667
Apr. 13, 2011
17. Mavericks 121   Dirk Nowitzki 32 6 2 0 0 3 2 32 10-21 .476 1-3 .333 11-12 .917
Hornets 89   Emeka Okafor 6 4 0 1 0 0 2 19 2-3 .667 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
2011-12 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 07, 2012
18. Mavericks 96   Dirk Nowitzki 10 2 4 2 0 0 2 30 2-11 .182 0-2 .000 6-6 1.000
Hornets 81   Emeka Okafor 9 4 2 2 0 1 1 37 3-7 .429 0-0 - 3-5 .600
2012-13 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 01, 2013
19. Mavericks 103   Dirk Nowitzki 11 2 1 0 0 1 2 17 5-7 .714 1-2 .500 0-0 -
Wizards 94   Emeka Okafor 14 11 1 0 0 2 3 27 5-10 .500 0-0 - 4-6 .667
2017-18 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 20, 2018
20. Mavericks 105   Dirk Nowitzki 19 3 2 0 0 0 3 23 7-13 .538 4-8 .500 1-2 .500
Pelicans 115   Emeka Okafor 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 05 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -