Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Steven Adams and Dirk Nowitzki

This is the detail of NBA games in which Steven Adams 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 20 times in NBA games. Dirk Nowitzki has a 11-9 winning record over Steven Adams, but Steven Adams won more matchups in the Playoffs for a 4-1 postseason record.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Steven Adams:
2013-14 to 2022-23
Dirk Nowitzki:
1998-99 to 2018-19
20 Games played
15 in Regular Season
5 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Steven Adams
9
5
4
Dirk Nowitzki
11
10
1

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Steven Adams 9.4 6.8 1.1 0.70.7
Dirk Nowitzki 18.2 5.8 2.10.80.4
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Steven Adams 20 15 3 22
Dirk Nowitzki 33 13 6 42
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Steven Adams 3

games
13

games
3

games
6

games
8

games
Dirk Nowitzki 16

games
6

games
10

games
8

games
3

games
Both had same stat 1

game
1

game
7

games
6

games
9

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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2013-14 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 06, 2013
1. Thunder 107   Steven Adams 6 9 0 2 1 0 1 20 2-3 .667 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Mavericks 93   Dirk Nowitzki 16 6 3 3 0 4 2 34 5-12 .417 2-4 .500 4-4 1.000
Mar. 16, 2014
2. Thunder 86   Steven Adams 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 12 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mavericks 109   Dirk Nowitzki 17 4 2 1 0 2 1 30 6-12 .500 2-3 .667 3-3 1.000
Mar. 25, 2014
3. Thunder 119   Steven Adams 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 11 1-1 1.000 0-0 - 0-0 -
OT Mavericks 128   Dirk Nowitzki 32 10 6 4 1 6 4 39 11-23 .478 2-8 .250 8-8 1.000
2014-15 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 28, 2014
4. Thunder 107   Steven Adams 11 6 2 0 1 0 4 25 4-8 .500 0-0 - 3-5 .600
Mavericks 112   Dirk Nowitzki 30 5 2 1 2 1 5 29 8-13 .615 2-3 .667 12-12 1.000
Mar. 16, 2015
5. Thunder 115   Steven Adams 15 8 0 0 0 3 6 30 5-8 .625 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Mavericks 119   Dirk Nowitzki 22 4 2 0 0 0 4 27 8-18 .444 4-7 .571 2-2 1.000
Apr. 01, 2015
6. Thunder 131   Steven Adams 7 2 2 2 0 1 4 24 3-5 .600 0-0 - 1-4 .250
Mavericks 135   Dirk Nowitzki 18 4 3 0 0 1 1 32 8-17 .471 2-5 .400 0-0 -
2015-16 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 22, 2015
7. Thunder 117   Steven Adams 6 4 3 0 0 1 4 25 3-4 .750 0-0 - 0-2 .000
Mavericks 114   Dirk Nowitzki 11 2 3 0 0 1 0 34 5-7 .714 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Feb. 24, 2016
8. Thunder 116   Steven Adams 15 7 0 0 2 0 5 25 7-9 .778 0-0 - 1-3 .333
Mavericks 103   Dirk Nowitzki 33 6 0 2 0 2 4 34 10-16 .625 2-4 .500 11-12 .917
2016 Playoffs - Western Conference First Round
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Apr. 16, 2016
9. Thunder 108   Steven Adams 4 7 0 1 1 2 4 23 2-4 .500 0-0 - 0-1 .000
Mavericks 70   Dirk Nowitzki 18 4 0 0 0 2 2 25 7-15 .467 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Apr. 18, 2016
10. Thunder 84   Steven Adams 9 7 1 0 1 0 2 30 4-6 .667 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Mavericks 85   Dirk Nowitzki 17 4 1 0 0 2 2 38 7-19 .368 1-3 .333 2-2 1.000
Apr. 21, 2016
11. Thunder 131   Steven Adams 4 6 1 1 0 0 2 23 2-4 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mavericks 102   Dirk Nowitzki 16 5 5 1 2 0 2 33 7-12 .583 0-1 .000 2-3 .667
Apr. 23, 2016
12. Thunder 119   Steven Adams 14 8 2 0 0 1 2 25 5-7 .714 0-0 - 4-6 .667
Mavericks 108   Dirk Nowitzki 27 8 2 1 0 2 0 40 12-21 .571 0-1 .000 3-3 1.000
Apr. 25, 2016
13. Thunder 118   Steven Adams 15 10 1 0 1 1 4 38 5-8 .625 0-0 - 5-9 .556
Mavericks 104   Dirk Nowitzki 24 3 0 0 1 1 3 35 8-16 .500 3-6 .500 5-5 1.000
2016-17 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 05, 2017
14. Thunder 89   Steven Adams 19 5 1 1 1 4 2 25 8-10 .800 0-0 - 3-5 .600
Mavericks 104   Dirk Nowitzki 18 13 3 0 0 1 4 30 8-17 .471 1-4 .250 1-1 1.000
Mar. 27, 2017
15. Thunder 92   Steven Adams 8 6 1 2 2 3 3 29 4-6 .667 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mavericks 91   Dirk Nowitzki 8 8 2 0 1 3 3 25 3-9 .333 1-3 .333 1-2 .500
2017-18 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 25, 2017
16. Thunder 81   Steven Adams 6 3 0 1 0 3 3 27 3-8 .375 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mavericks 97   Dirk Nowitzki 19 5 4 2 0 2 1 22 7-10 .700 4-7 .571 1-1 1.000
Dec. 31, 2017
17. Thunder 113   Steven Adams 10 8 0 1 0 3 4 31 5-8 .625 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mavericks 116   Dirk Nowitzki 13 4 0 0 0 0 1 23 6-12 .500 1-4 .250 0-0 -
Feb. 28, 2018
18. Thunder 111   Steven Adams 9 12 2 0 1 4 4 38 4-4 1.000 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
OT Mavericks 110   Dirk Nowitzki 12 5 4 1 0 0 4 24 5-9 .556 2-4 .500 0-0 -
2018-19 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 30, 2018
19. Thunder 103   Steven Adams 8 9 2 2 0 0 5 38 4-5 .800 0-1 .000 0-2 .000
Mavericks 105   Dirk Nowitzki 6 3 0 0 0 0 2 10 2-4 .500 2-3 .667 0-0 -
Mar. 31, 2019
20. Thunder 103   Steven Adams 20 15 2 0 2 0 2 39 10-17 .588 0-1 .000 0-3 .000
Mavericks 106   Dirk Nowitzki 7 13 0 0 1 0 2 27 2-10 .200 1-5 .200 2-3 .667