Dirk Nowitzki

**Dirk Werner Nowitzki** (born June 19, 1978 in Würzburg, Germany; pronounced _durk VER-ner nah-VIT-skee_) is a former German basketball player. He played for the Dallas Mavericks in the United States' National Basketball Association's (NBA).

Nowitzki started playing in the NBA in 1998. He is only the second player who was born in Germany to play in the  Finals.

He is a 12-time NBA All Star. Nowitkzi won the 2006-07 NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award. The Mavericks, led by Nowitzki, defeated the Miami Heat 4-2 in the 2011 NBA Finals. In addition to performing very well in general in the Finals, his 101-degree fever in Game 4 didn't stop him from scoring the winning basket to tie the series 2-2. This amazing feat is a lot like when Michael Jordan played well despite the flu in the 1997 Finals against the Utah Jazz.
Dirk's jersey number is 41.

## Other websites

- The Dirk Nowitzki Foundation
- Dirk Nowitzki at fiba.com

## Infobox (basketball biography)

- **name**: Dirk Nowitzki
- **image**: Dirk Nowitzki - 2019202181209 2019-07-21 Champions for Charity - 1829 - B70I1864.jpg
- **caption**: Nowitzki in 2019
- **birth place**: Würzburg, West Germany
- **nationality**: German
- **height ft**: 7
- **height in**: 0
- **weight lb**: 245
- **draft year**: 1998
- **draft round**: 1
- **draft pick**: 9
- **draft team**: Milwaukee Bucks
- **career start**: 1994
- **career end**: 2019
- **career position**: Power forward (basketball), Power forward
- **career number**: 41
- **years1**: 1994–1998
- **team1**: DJK Würzburg
- **years2**: –
- **team2**: Dallas Mavericks
- **highlights**: * List of NBA champions, NBA Champion (2011 NBA Finals, 2011)
* Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award, NBA Finals MVP (2011 NBA Finals, 2011)
* NBA Most Valuable Player Award, NBA Most Valuable Player ()
* 14× NBA All-Star (–, , , )
* 4× All-NBA First Team (–, )
* 5× All-NBA Second Team (, , , , )
* 3× All-NBA Third Team (, , )
* 50–40–90 club ()
* NBA All-Star Weekend Three-Point Shootout, NBA Three-Point Shootout champion ()
* Twyman–Stokes Teammate of the Year Award, NBA Teammate of the Year ()
* Basketball Bundesliga MVP, BBL Most Valuable Player (1999)
* Basketball Bundesliga Top Scorer, BBL Top Scorer (1999)
* FIBA Basketball World Cup Most Valuable Player, FIBA World Championship MVP (2002 FIBA World Championship, 2002)
* FIBA EuroBasket MVP (EuroBasket 2005, 2005)
* 3× FIBA EuroBasket Top Scorer (2001 EuroBasket, 2001, 2005 EuroBasket, 2005, 2007 EuroBasket, 2007)
* 6× Euroscar Player of the Year (2002–2006, 2011)
* 2× FIBA Europe Men's Player of the Year Award, FIBA Europe Men's Player of the Year (2005, 2011)
* 11× All-Europeans First Team (2003–2011, 2013, 2014)
* 9× All-Europeans Power Forward of the Year (2005–2011, 2013, 2014)
* Mr. Europa, Mister Europa Player of the Year (2005)
* Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (2011)
* German Sports Personality of the Year (2011)
* Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award (2020)
- **stat1label**: Point (basketball), Points
- **stat1value**: 31,560 (20.7 ppg)
- **stat2label**: Rebound (basketball), Rebounds
- **stat2value**: 11,489 (7.5 rpg)
- **stat3label**: Assist (basketball), Assists
- **stat3value**: 3,651 (2.4 apg)
- **profile**: dirk_nowitzki
- **bbr**: nowitdi01