List of career achievements by Dirk Nowitzki

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This is a list containing the career achievements of Dallas Mavericks NBA basketball player Dirk Nowitzki.

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[edit] NBA highlights

  • NBA Most Valuable Player: 2007
  • 7-time NBA All-Star: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
  • 8-time All-NBA:
  • First Team: 2005, 2006, 2007
  • Second Team: 2002, 2003, 2008
  • Third Team: 2001, 2004
  • Free throw percentage: Fourth in 2006 (90.1), Third in 2007 (90.4)
  • Points per game: Fourth in 2005 (26.1), Seventh in 2006 (26.6), Eighth in 2008 (23.6)
  • 3-time NBA regular-season leader, Win Shares: 2005 (47), 2006 (52), 2007 (51) [1]
  • 3-time NBA regular-season leader, Offensive Win Shares: 2002 (31.8), 2006 (38.2), 2007 (35.6) [2]
  • 2-time NBA regular-season leader, Win Shares Above Average: 2006 (23.0), 2007 (24.0) [3]
  • 2-time NBA regular-season leader, Player Efficiency Rating (PER) 2006 (28.1), 2007 (27.6) [4]
  • NBA All-Star Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout Champion: 2006

[edit] Lifetime stats

Regular season, after the 2007-08 season

  • Games: 758
  • PTS: 16,990
  • PPG: 22.4
  • RPG: 8.6
  • APG: 2.7
  • SPG: 0.9
  • BPG: 1.0
  • FG%: .471
  • 3P%: .379
  • FT%: .870

Post-season, after the 2008 Playoffs

  • Games: 87
  • PTS: 2,204
  • PPG: 25.3
  • RPG: 11.1
  • APG: 2.5
  • SPG: 1.3
  • BPG: 1.1
  • FG%: .447
  • 3P%: .373
  • FT%: .873

Career highs (as of February 7, 2008)

[edit] Accomplishments/milestones

  • Became the first European, the first person who hasn't attended a U.S. high school or college, and the first Maverick to win the MVP award (2006-2007)
  • Became the only player in NBA history to register 150 three-point field goals and 100 blocks in a season (he had 151 three-point field goals and 101 blocks in the 2000-01 NBA season)
  • Became the first player in Dallas Mavericks history to be named to an All-NBA team (2000-01), and is the only Maverick player to be named to an All-NBA First Team (2004-05, 2005-06, and 2006-2007)
  • Became the first player in NBA history who did not attend a United States high school or college to be on the All-NBA First Team (2004-05)
  • Became the first European player in NBA history to be a starter at the NBA All-Star Game (2006-2007)
  • Became the second player in NBA history to lead the league in Win Shares for at least three consecutive seasons (2005-2007). The other is Michael Jordan.
  • Became the third player in NBA history (after Rick Barry and Larry Bird) to average 26-plus points while shooting 90% or better from the line (2005-06)
  • Became the fifth player in NBA history to shoot better than 50% from the field (50.2), 40% from three-point range (41.6), and 90% from the line (90.4) (2006-07). The others are Larry Bird, Reggie Miller, Mark Price and Steve Nash. Along with Bird, he is the only one of these to average more than 20 points per game.
  • Became the 105th player and the fourth European-born player in NBA history to surpass 15,000 career points on March 30, 2007 in a win over the New York Knicks.
  • Registered his first triple-double on February 6th, 2008 tallying 29 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds. (2007-08)

[edit] NBA records

[edit] Dallas Mavericks franchise records

[edit] Other

  • Named MVP and was the leading scorer of the 2002 Basketball World Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana, winning the bronze medal with the German national team
  • Named MVP and was the leading scorer of the 2005 European Championship, winning the silver medal with the German national team
  • Named FIBA European Basketball Player of the Year in 2005.
  • Named European Basketball Player of the Year by Italian sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport for five years in a row: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
  • Runner-up in the 2005 edition of Germany's Athlete of the Year Award (Sportler des Jahres)
  • He is the tallest NBA player to win the 3-point shootout at 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m).
  • Nowitzki chose his number 41 because he wore 14 during his early days; but when he joined the Mavs, the 14 was taken by Robert Pack. Nowitzki decided to switch the digits and wore 41 from then. [6]

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