Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Smith

This is the detail of NBA games in which Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Smith 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.

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They faced each other a total of 17 times in NBA games. Dirk Nowitzki has a 9-8 winning record over Steve Smith, but Steve Smith won more matchups in the Playoffs for a 1-0 postseason record.

Games Played Against Each Other

Dirk Nowitzki
vs.
Steve Smith
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Dirk Nowitzki:
1998-99 to 2018-19
Steve Smith:
1991-92 to 2004-05
17 Games played
16 in Regular Season
1 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Dirk Nowitzki
9
9
0
Steve Smith
8
7
1

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Dirk Nowitzki 21.6 10.2 2.7 1.61.2
Steve Smith 9.9 3.3 1.60.60.1
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Dirk Nowitzki 34 21 6 43
Steve Smith 22 7 6 21
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Dirk Nowitzki 14

games		 14

games		 12

games		 10

games		10

games
Steve Smith 3

games 		3

games		 3

games		 3

games		0

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 0

games		 2

games		 4

games		7

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1999-00 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 10, 2000
1. Mavericks 94   Dirk Nowitzki 19 3 1 2 0 0 1 36 6-13 .462 1-3 .333 6-8 .750
Trail Blazers 107   Steve Smith 10 5 6 1 0 1 3 35 3-7 .429 2-4 .500 2-2 1.000
Jan. 15, 2000
2. Mavericks 113   Dirk Nowitzki 11 3 0 0 3 3 6 36 5-16 .313 1-5 .200 0-1 .000
Trail Blazers 105   Steve Smith 19 6 4 0 0 1 5 39 4-12 .333 0-2 .000 11-12 .917
Mar. 30, 2000
3. Mavericks 85   Dirk Nowitzki 16 4 2 3 0 3 2 41 5-13 .385 1-4 .250 5-7 .714
Trail Blazers 96   Steve Smith 22 5 0 0 0 0 3 35 8-10 .800 2-3 .667 4-6 .667
Apr. 11, 2000
4. Mavericks 92   Dirk Nowitzki 21 14 4 2 0 2 2 43 6-15 .400 3-10 .300 6-6 1.000
Trail Blazers 81   Steve Smith 8 5 2 1 0 1 2 29 4-10 .400 0-2 .000 0-2 .000
2000-01 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 30, 2000
5. Mavericks 84   Dirk Nowitzki 17 9 3 0 1 3 3 36 5-11 .455 0-1 .000 7-8 .875
Trail Blazers 95   Steve Smith 19 7 4 1 1 2 4 38 6-13 .462 0-3 .000 7-7 1.000
Dec. 20, 2000
6. Mavericks 106   Dirk Nowitzki 29 12 2 1 2 3 5 38 11-19 .579 1-2 .500 6-6 1.000
Trail Blazers 101   Steve Smith 14 2 2 2 0 0 1 37 4-10 .400 1-5 .200 5-5 1.000
Mar. 20, 2001
7. Mavericks 88   Dirk Nowitzki 15 13 2 3 2 2 3 43 5-14 .357 4-8 .500 1-2 .500
Trail Blazers 96   Steve Smith 8 5 1 0 0 1 2 31 2-3 .667 0-1 .000 4-4 1.000
Mar. 28, 2001
8. Mavericks 94   Dirk Nowitzki 19 14 2 2 2 4 4 43 6-14 .429 3-9 .333 4-4 1.000
Trail Blazers 84   Steve Smith 8 4 0 1 0 2 4 26 2-5 .400 1-3 .333 3-3 1.000
2001-02 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 26, 2001
9. Mavericks 126   Dirk Nowitzki 26 11 3 4 0 3 5 51 9-17 .529 2-5 .400 6-7 .857
OT Spurs 123   Steve Smith 11 4 2 2 0 0 4 44 3-9 .333 2-5 .400 3-3 1.000
Jan. 05, 2002
10. Mavericks 103   Dirk Nowitzki 28 14 4 0 3 2 3 46 9-19 .474 3-7 .429 7-8 .875
Spurs 105   Steve Smith 18 2 1 1 0 0 3 41 8-15 .533 2-5 .400 0-0 -
Apr. 06, 2002
11. Mavericks 87   Dirk Nowitzki 26 21 3 1 0 1 3 47 11-21 .524 1-5 .200 3-4 .750
Spurs 89   Steve Smith 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 11 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 -
2002-03 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 20, 2003
12. Mavericks 110   Dirk Nowitzki 34 12 2 0 1 5 5 51 10-24 .417 1-6 .167 13-14 .929
OT Spurs 112   Steve Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Apr. 16, 2003
13. Mavericks 93   Dirk Nowitzki 25 10 6 4 0 3 3 38 9-24 .375 2-3 .667 5-5 1.000
Spurs 72   Steve Smith 11 5 1 1 0 1 2 37 4-11 .364 1-7 .143 2-2 1.000
2003 Playoffs - Western Conference Finals
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
May. 23, 2003
14. Mavericks 83   Dirk Nowitzki 15 9 2 1 1 3 2 40 7-20 .350 1-4 .250 0-0 -
Spurs 96   Steve Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
2003-04 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 11, 2003
15. Mavericks 125   Dirk Nowitzki 18 5 4 1 1 2 2 30 8-12 .667 1-3 .333 1-1 1.000
Hornets 97   Steve Smith 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 20 1-4 .250 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Feb. 04, 2004
16. Mavericks 113   Dirk Nowitzki 28 11 4 3 1 2 3 38 10-19 .526 1-2 .500 7-7 1.000
Hornets 104   Steve Smith 11 4 4 0 0 0 3 25 4-6 .667 2-3 .667 1-1 1.000
2004-05 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 21, 2005
17. Mavericks 105   Dirk Nowitzki 20 9 2 0 3 3 1 40 7-22 .318 0-4 .000 6-6 1.000
Bobcats 99   Steve Smith 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 13 2-5 .400 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000
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