List of career achievements by Dirk Nowitzki

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

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), Second in 2007 (90.4) [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/n/nowitdi01.html]
* Points per game: Fourth in 2005 (26.1), Seventh in 2006 (26.6), Seventh in 2008 (23.6) [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/n/nowitdi01.html]
*3-time NBA regular-season leader, Win Shares: 2005 (47), 2006 (52), 2007 (51) [http://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/ws_yearly.html]
*3-time NBA regular-season leader, Offensive Win Shares: 2002 (31.8), 2006 (38.2), 2007 (35.6) [http://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/ows_yearly.html]
*2-time NBA regular-season leader, Win Shares Above Average: 2006 (23.0), 2007 (24.0) [http://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/wsaa_yearly.html]
*2-time NBA regular-season leader, Player Efficiency Rating (PER) 2006 (28.1), 2007 (27.6) [http://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/per_yearly.html]
*NBA postseason-season leader, Player Efficiency Rating (PER) 2008 (30.8), [http://www.nba.com/statistics/player/Efficiency.jsp?league=00&season=42007&conf=OVERALL&position=0&splitType=9&splitScope=GAME&qualified=Y&yearsExp=-1&splitDD=]
*NBA All-Star Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout Champion: 2006

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)

*Points: 53 (December 2, 2004 vs. Houston Rockets)
*Field Goals Made: 16 (2 Times)
*Field Goals Attempted: 33 (March 10, 2003 vs. Minnesota Timberwolves)
*Three Point Field Goals Made: 8 (January 27, 2004 vs. Seattle SuperSonics)
*Three Point Field Goals Attempted: 15 (January 15, 2002 vs. Atlanta Hawks)
*Free Throws Made: 21 (December 2, 2004 vs. Houston Rockets)
*Free Throws Attempted: 22 (December 2, 2004 vs. Houston Rockets)
*Free Throws Made Consecutively: 60 (January 6, 2006)
*Offensive Rebounds: 7 (January 18, 2001 vs. Orlando Magic)
*Defensive Rebounds: 21 (February 23, 2002 vs. Sacramento Kings)
*Total Rebounds: 23 (February 21, 2002 vs. Boston Celtics)
*Assists: 12 (February 6, 2008 vs. Milwaukee Bucks)
*Steals: 9 (March 7, 2004, vs. Houston Rockets)
*Blocks: 7 (January 6, 2006 vs. Denver Nuggets)
*Minutes Played: 57 (March 14, 2007 vs. Phoenix Suns)

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)

NBA records

*Most free throws made in a playoff run: 205 (in 23 games, April 23–June 20, 2006) [http://www.bleacherreport.com/articles/26258-Kobe-s-Play-the-Product-of-Biased-NBA-officiating]

Dallas Mavericks franchise records

*Most points, franchise leader in total: 16,990 (as of 2008 off-season)
*Most points in a game, season, overtime: 53 (December 2, 2004 vs. Houston Rockets)
*Most points in a game, season, regulation: 51 (March 23, 2006 vs. Golden State Warriors)
*Most points in a game, playoffs: 50 (June 1, 2006 vs. Phoenix Suns)
*Most free throws made, consecutive: 60 (December 22, 2005–January 6, 2006)
*Most free throws in a game, made, none missed: 15 (December 23, 2005 vs. Seattle SuperSonics)
*Most free throws in a game, attempted, playoffs: 24 (May 13, 2006 vs. San Antonio Spurs)
*Most free throws in a game, made, playoffs: 21 (May 13, 2006 vs. San Antonio Spurs)
*Most free throws made in a playoff run: 205 (in 23 games, April 23–June 20, 2006)
*Most rebounds, franchise leader in total: 6,501 (as of 2008 off-season)
*Most defensive rebounds, season: 710 (in the 2002-03 season)
*Named NBA Player of the Week, franchise leader in total: 7 (as of January 17, 2007)

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 height|ft=7.
*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. [http://www.nba.com/germany/LieberDirk3.html]

External links

* [http://www.nba.com/playerfile/dirk_nowitzki/bio.html Dirk Nowitzki nba.com biography]
* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/n/nowitdi01.html Dirk Nowitzki Statistics]