Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Dirk Nowitzki and Tristan Thompson

This is the detail of NBA games in which Dirk Nowitzki and Tristan Thompson 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 10 times in NBA games. Overall, they are tied 5-5. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Dirk Nowitzki:
1998-99 to 2018-19
Tristan Thompson:
2011-12 to 2023-24
10 Games played
10 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Dirk Nowitzki
5
5
0
Tristan Thompson
5
5
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Dirk Nowitzki 15.0 7.2 2.2 0.40.7
Tristan Thompson 7.3 7.8 0.80.30.5
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Dirk Nowitzki 23 11 4 23
Tristan Thompson 19 12 2 22
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Dirk Nowitzki 9

games
3

games
9

games
3

games
3

games
Tristan Thompson 1

game
4

games
0

games
2

games
2

games
Both had same stat 0

games
3

games
1

game
5

games
5

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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2012-13 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 15, 2013
1. Mavericks 96   Dirk Nowitzki 13 11 4 2 1 2 1 33 6-17 .353 1-3 .333 0-0 -
Cavaliers 86   Tristan Thompson 12 7 0 0 0 1 1 30 6-8 .750 0-0 - 0-1 .000
2013-14 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 20, 2014
2. Mavericks 102   Dirk Nowitzki 17 10 1 0 0 0 2 35 8-20 .400 0-5 .000 1-2 .500
Cavaliers 97   Tristan Thompson 19 10 0 0 1 2 4 39 6-11 .545 0-0 - 7-10 .700
Feb. 03, 2014
3. Mavericks 124   Dirk Nowitzki 23 8 2 0 0 2 2 30 9-16 .563 3-5 .600 2-2 1.000
Cavaliers 107   Tristan Thompson 17 8 1 0 2 0 4 39 5-10 .500 0-0 - 7-8 .875
2014-15 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 04, 2015
4. Mavericks 109   Dirk Nowitzki 15 5 3 0 2 0 0 25 7-12 .583 1-2 .500 0-0 -
Cavaliers 90   Tristan Thompson 8 11 2 2 1 1 4 39 3-5 .600 0-0 - 2-6 .333
Mar. 10, 2015
5. Mavericks 94   Dirk Nowitzki 13 4 1 1 1 2 4 29 3-10 .300 1-3 .333 6-7 .857
Cavaliers 127   Tristan Thompson 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 12 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
2015-16 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 12, 2016
6. Mavericks 107   Dirk Nowitzki 17 11 3 0 0 3 1 38 7-15 .467 3-5 .600 0-0 -
OT Cavaliers 110   Tristan Thompson 2 6 1 0 0 0 2 23 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 16, 2016
7. Mavericks 98   Dirk Nowitzki 20 4 3 0 3 1 1 35 7-17 .412 1-6 .167 5-6 .833
Cavaliers 99   Tristan Thompson 0 8 2 0 0 1 5 37 0-2 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
2016-17 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 25, 2016
8. Mavericks 90   Dirk Nowitzki 15 6 3 0 0 1 3 27 7-18 .389 1-5 .200 0-0 -
Cavaliers 128   Tristan Thompson 11 12 1 1 0 0 1 29 4-5 .800 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Jan. 30, 2017
9. Mavericks 104   Dirk Nowitzki 8 6 1 1 0 2 1 24 3-4 .750 2-2 1.000 0-0 -
Cavaliers 97   Tristan Thompson 0 8 0 0 0 1 3 26 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
2017-18 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Apr. 01, 2018
10. Mavericks 87   Dirk Nowitzki 9 7 1 0 0 0 1 21 4-8 .500 1-4 .250 0-0 -
Cavaliers 98   Tristan Thompson 4 7 1 0 0 1 1 20 1-5 .200 0-0 - 2-2 1.000