Following his retirement, Nowitzki stood sixth on the NBA all-time scoring list. On December 10, 2012, he became the first non-American player to receive the Naismith Legacy Award. He is the first Maverick voted onto an All-NBA Team and holds several all-time Mavericks franchise records. Nowitzki is the highest-scoring foreign-born player in NBA history. He is a 14-time All-Star, a 12-time All-NBA Team member, the first European player to start in an All-Star Game, and the first European player to receive the NBA Most Valuable Player Award.

Nowitzki is the only player ever to play for a single NBA franchise for 21 seasons. Known for his scoring ability, versatility, accurate outside shooting, and trademark fadeaway jump shot, Nowitzki won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award in 2007 and the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award in 2011. Nowitzki led the Mavericks to 15 NBA playoff appearances ( 2001– 2012 2014– 2016), including the franchise's first Finals appearance in 2006 and its only NBA championship in 2011. Īn alumnus of the DJK Würzburg basketball club, Nowitzki was chosen as the ninth pick in the 1998 NBA draft by the Milwaukee Bucks and was immediately traded to the Dallas Mavericks, where he played his entire 21-year National Basketball Association (NBA) career. In 2023, it was announced that Nowitzki would be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. In 2021, he was selected to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. Listed at 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m), he is widely regarded as one of the greatest power forwards of all time and is considered by many to be the greatest European player of all time.

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2× FIBA Europe Men's Player of the Year (2005, 2011).

2× FIBA World Cup Top Scorer ( 2002, 2006).

NBA Three-Point Contest champion ( 2006).

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