Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Dwight Howard and Dirk Nowitzki

This is the detail of NBA games in which Dwight Howard 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.

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They faced each other a total of 31 times in NBA games. Dwight Howard has a 16-15 winning record over Dirk Nowitzki, including a 4-1 record in Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Dwight Howard
vs.
Dirk Nowitzki
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Dwight Howard:
2004-05 to 2021-22
Dirk Nowitzki:
1998-99 to 2018-19
31 Games played
26 in Regular Season
5 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Dwight Howard
16
12
4
Dirk Nowitzki
15
14
1

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Dwight Howard 18.6 13.3 1.6 1.11.9
Dirk Nowitzki 22.9 8.2 2.90.80.6
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Dwight Howard 35 26 5 45
Dirk Nowitzki 38 17 8 33
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Dwight Howard 11

games		 22

games		 7

games		 12

games		22

games
Dirk Nowitzki 20

games 		7

games		 17

games		 10

games		4

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 2

games		 7

games		 9

games		5

games

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
%
Nov. 09, 2004
1. Magic 94   Dwight Howard 15 11 2 1 1 2 4 27 6-9 .667 0-0 - 3-5 .600
Mavericks 84   Dirk Nowitzki 20 8 1 1 0 4 5 33 5-16 .313 0-1 .000 10-11 .909
Apr. 05, 2005
2. Magic 105   Dwight Howard 8 8 1 2 1 1 3 34 2-6 .333 0-0 - 4-6 .667
Mavericks 114   Dirk Nowitzki 21 9 3 1 1 3 4 29 8-13 .615 3-4 .750 2-3 .667
2005-06 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 16, 2005
3. Magic 103   Dwight Howard 10 10 2 0 5 1 2 40 5-11 .455 0-0 - 0-0 -
OT Mavericks 109   Dirk Nowitzki 31 7 5 2 1 3 1 43 12-19 .632 0-1 .000 7-8 .875
Mar. 31, 2006
4. Magic 108   Dwight Howard 14 10 1 0 1 2 5 38 6-9 .667 0-0 - 2-4 .500
Mavericks 99   Dirk Nowitzki 38 15 4 0 1 3 2 44 15-27 .556 3-10 .300 5-7 .714
2006-07 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 23, 2007
5. Magic 95   Dwight Howard 15 14 1 0 1 3 3 35 4-10 .400 0-0 - 7-14 .500
Mavericks 111   Dirk Nowitzki 33 10 8 0 0 1 3 39 12-17 .706 0-1 .000 9-10 .900
Mar. 03, 2007
6. Magic 98   Dwight Howard 25 10 4 0 4 1 3 41 9-14 .643 0-0 - 7-11 .636
Mavericks 103   Dirk Nowitzki 24 9 7 1 2 1 1 37 10-18 .556 2-3 .667 2-3 .667
2007-08 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 17, 2007
7. Magic 108   Dwight Howard 22 13 5 2 1 2 4 36 9-16 .563 0-0 - 4-5 .800
Mavericks 111   Dirk Nowitzki 31 11 4 0 0 3 3 40 12-24 .500 1-4 .250 6-6 1.000
Feb. 04, 2008
8. Magic 98   Dwight Howard 28 7 3 2 1 1 3 43 11-16 .688 0-1 .000 6-13 .462
Mavericks 107   Dirk Nowitzki 20 9 5 1 0 0 2 39 8-22 .364 0-2 .000 4-6 .667
2008-09 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 14, 2008
9. Magic 102   Dwight Howard 18 13 2 1 2 2 2 42 6-14 .429 0-0 - 6-12 .500
Mavericks 100   Dirk Nowitzki 24 6 1 1 0 0 5 35 10-18 .556 1-1 1.000 3-3 1.000
Feb. 02, 2009
10. Magic 95   Dwight Howard 35 11 3 0 1 3 3 40 13-19 .684 0-0 - 9-12 .750
Mavericks 105   Dirk Nowitzki 29 6 3 0 0 2 1 40 12-21 .571 0-0 - 5-6 .833
2009-10 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 19, 2010
11. Magic 85   Dwight Howard 29 16 1 0 5 2 2 42 11-19 .579 0-0 - 7-10 .700
Mavericks 95   Dirk Nowitzki 23 4 5 2 3 1 3 39 10-24 .417 1-1 1.000 2-2 1.000
Apr. 01, 2010
12. Magic 97   Dwight Howard 17 20 1 1 5 3 0 43 6-11 .545 0-0 - 5-8 .625
Mavericks 82   Dirk Nowitzki 24 6 0 1 1 0 3 36 9-22 .409 0-1 .000 6-6 1.000
2010-11 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 21, 2010
13. Magic 99   Dwight Howard 26 23 0 3 2 3 2 41 11-19 .579 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Mavericks 105   Dirk Nowitzki 17 8 5 1 0 2 3 37 4-13 .308 1-3 .333 8-8 1.000
2011-12 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 30, 2012
14. Magic 98   Dwight Howard 19 15 1 2 1 0 3 44 6-13 .462 0-0 - 7-16 .438
Mavericks 100   Dirk Nowitzki 28 3 2 0 1 1 3 37 9-18 .500 2-3 .667 8-8 1.000
2012-13 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 24, 2013
15. Lakers 103   Dwight Howard 9 13 1 2 1 4 5 33 2-7 .286 0-0 - 5-10 .500
Mavericks 99   Dirk Nowitzki 30 13 1 3 0 2 1 39 11-19 .579 4-4 1.000 4-5 .800
Apr. 02, 2013
16. Lakers 101   Dwight Howard 24 12 1 1 1 2 3 37 7-12 .583 0-0 - 10-20 .500
Mavericks 81   Dirk Nowitzki 11 5 6 1 1 1 2 33 4-13 .308 1-3 .333 2-6 .333
2013-14 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 01, 2013
17. Rockets 113   Dwight Howard 13 16 0 1 1 3 4 32 4-10 .400 0-0 - 5-12 .417
Mavericks 105   Dirk Nowitzki 22 4 2 0 0 1 6 30 6-15 .400 0-2 .000 10-11 .909
Nov. 20, 2013
18. Rockets 120   Dwight Howard 33 11 1 0 0 1 3 36 12-16 .750 0-0 - 9-13 .692
Mavericks 123   Dirk Nowitzki 35 7 4 1 1 1 3 34 13-20 .650 2-5 .400 7-7 1.000
Dec. 23, 2013
19. Rockets 104   Dwight Howard 29 15 4 1 0 4 2 41 10-16 .625 0-0 - 9-13 .692
Mavericks 111   Dirk Nowitzki 31 6 3 1 2 1 0 35 11-18 .611 1-3 .333 8-9 .889
Jan. 29, 2014
20. Rockets 117   Dwight Howard 21 5 1 1 1 4 4 36 6-10 .600 0-0 - 9-11 .818
Mavericks 115   Dirk Nowitzki 38 17 3 0 0 2 1 35 13-21 .619 1-3 .333 11-11 1.000
2014-15 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Apr. 02, 2015
21. Rockets 108   Dwight Howard 8 7 0 0 0 1 2 18 3-7 .429 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Mavericks 101   Dirk Nowitzki 21 7 0 1 0 1 3 32 7-11 .636 2-3 .667 5-6 .833
2015 Playoffs - Western Conference First Round
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Apr. 18, 2015
22. Rockets 118   Dwight Howard 11 5 0 1 5 1 5 17 5-9 .556 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Mavericks 108   Dirk Nowitzki 24 8 2 0 0 6 5 34 10-14 .714 1-1 1.000 3-3 1.000
Apr. 21, 2015
23. Rockets 111   Dwight Howard 28 12 2 0 2 2 4 33 10-15 .667 0-0 - 8-11 .727
Mavericks 99   Dirk Nowitzki 10 13 2 1 0 0 1 37 3-14 .214 0-2 .000 4-4 1.000
Apr. 24, 2015
24. Rockets 130   Dwight Howard 13 26 3 2 2 3 3 38 5-10 .500 0-0 - 3-5 .600
Mavericks 128   Dirk Nowitzki 34 8 4 0 1 1 3 36 10-19 .526 3-7 .429 11-11 1.000
Apr. 26, 2015
25. Rockets 109   Dwight Howard 13 7 1 1 2 2 4 36 5-7 .714 0-0 - 3-13 .231
Mavericks 121   Dirk Nowitzki 16 8 4 0 1 1 2 35 7-14 .500 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Apr. 28, 2015
26. Rockets 103   Dwight Howard 18 19 0 4 4 4 3 39 7-14 .500 0-0 - 4-10 .400
Mavericks 94   Dirk Nowitzki 22 15 0 1 0 2 5 39 8-23 .348 0-6 .000 6-8 .750
2015-16 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Apr. 06, 2016
27. Rockets 86   Dwight Howard 14 16 1 0 1 4 2 34 7-9 .778 0-0 - 0-4 .000
Mavericks 88   Dirk Nowitzki 7 6 1 1 0 0 3 33 2-8 .250 0-2 .000 3-3 1.000
2016-17 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 07, 2017
28. Hawks 97   Dwight Howard 15 20 0 1 0 1 1 31 4-10 .400 0-0 - 7-9 .778
Mavericks 82   Dirk Nowitzki 11 3 2 2 1 3 2 30 4-10 .400 0-3 .000 3-3 1.000
Mar. 01, 2017
29. Hawks 100   Dwight Howard 14 12 4 3 2 5 3 32 5-5 1.000 0-0 - 4-6 .667
Mavericks 95   Dirk Nowitzki 11 10 1 0 0 4 4 28 5-12 .417 0-6 .000 1-1 1.000
2017-18 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 10, 2018
30. Hornets 111   Dwight Howard 15 12 2 1 4 3 1 35 5-5 1.000 0-0 - 5-18 .278
Mavericks 115   Dirk Nowitzki 19 2 2 2 0 0 2 22 8-16 .500 3-7 .429 0-0 -
Mar. 24, 2018
31. Hornets 102   Dwight Howard 18 23 2 0 1 1 2 33 6-12 .500 0-1 .000 6-12 .500
Mavericks 98   Dirk Nowitzki 4 10 1 0 2 1 2 23 2-9 .222 0-5 .000 0-0 -
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