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Dirk Nowitzki has dropped the most points by a Mavericks power forward as a starter in a regular-season or postseason game, with 53 points against the Rockets on December 2, 2004.

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	53	12/2/2004	DAL	vs	HOU	49	16	2	3	4	15	32	46.9	2	5	40.0	21	22	95.5	63.6	4	12	1	2	+12
2	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	51	3/23/2006	DAL	vs	GSW	41	9	5	2	1	16	24	66.7	3	4	75.0	16	17	94.1	81.0	3	6	5	3	+3
3	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	50	10/23/2018	DET	vs	PHI	44	14	6	0	1	20	35	57.1	5	10	50.0	5	11	45.5	62.8	3	11	1	4	+4
4	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	50	6/1/2006	DAL	vs	PHX	43	12	3	1	0	14	26	53.8	5	6	83.3	17	18	94.4	73.7	1	11	1	2	+22
5	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	48	5/17/2011	DAL	vs	OKC	41	6	4	0	4	12	15	80.0	0	0		24	24	100.0	93.9	0	6	2	3	+12
6	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	46	12/13/2008	DAL	vs	OKC	40	8	4	0	2	17	30	56.7	2	4	50.0	10	10	100.0	66.9	1	7	5	2	+6
7	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	46	4/19/2003	DAL	vs	POR	47	10	2	1	1	16	27	59.3	4	5	80.0	10	11	90.9	72.2	1	9	2	2	+10
8	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	45	4/5/2019	DET	@	OKC	35	7	3	2	0	11	20	55.0	9	14	64.3	14	16	87.5	83.2	0	7	1	0	-11
9	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	44	1/12/2019	DET	@	LAC	40	8	5	3	1	13	23	56.5	5	13	38.5	13	14	92.9	75.4	0	8	4	4	+11
10	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	44	5/11/2009	DAL	vs	DEN	44	13	3	2	1	14	25	56.0	0	0		16	17	94.1	67.7	1	12	4	1	+12
11	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	44	2/7/2009	DAL	vs	CHI	44	9	1	2	3	16	34	47.1	1	2	50.0	11	11	100.0	56.6	2	7	2	2	0
12	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	44	1/13/2009	DAL	@	DEN	42	14	0	1	0	15	26	57.7	2	6	33.3	12	12	100.0	70.3	2	12	1	3	+7
13	Jerami Grant J. Grant	43	2/17/2021	DET	@	CHI	38	2	0	0	1	15	25	60.0	4	9	44.4	9	9	100.0	74.2	0	2	3	5	-7
14	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	43	1/12/2007	DAL	@	IND	44	12	2	0	0	13	24	54.2	2	4	50.0	15	18	83.3	67.4	3	9	3	1	+18
15	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	42	11/23/2010	DAL	vs	DET	40	12	1	0	2	13	23	56.5	3	3	100.0	13	16	81.3	69.9	5	7	1	4	+9
16	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	42	4/25/2003	DAL	@	POR	47	10	3	2	1	15	20	75.0	5	6	83.3	7	9	77.8	87.6	1	9	2	4	+14
17	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	42	5/14/2001	DAL	@	SAS	47	18	2	6	1	14	24	58.3	0	1	0.0	14	18	77.8	65.8	6	12	3	2	-18
18	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	41	11/18/2009	DAL	vs	SAS	45	12	0	0	1	15	29	51.7	1	1	100.0	10	12	83.3	59.8	3	9	0	3	+4
19	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	41	2/27/2009	DAL	vs	OKC	46	9	2	0	0	16	30	53.3	1	3	33.3	8	10	80.0	59.6	1	8	3	0	+3
20	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	41	11/11/2004	DAL	@	MIA	42	10	4	0	2	12	24	50.0	4	7	57.1	13	13	100.0	69.0	1	9	2	2	+30
21	Terry Mills T. Mills	41	3/1/1993	DET	vs	BOS	42	9	0	1	1	16	26	61.5	1	1	100.0	8	10	80.0	67.4	2	7	0	3
22	Jay Vincent J. Vincent	41	12/29/1981	DAL	vs	KCK	37	8	2	2	0	15	22	68.2	0	0		11	15	73.3	71.7			4	4
23	Jerami Grant J. Grant	40	3/19/2022	DET	@	CLE	35	2	1	1	1	13	22	59.1	7	9	77.8	7	7	100.0	79.7	1	1	2	2	+4
24	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	40	3/20/2016	DAL	vs	POR	39	8	4	2	0	16	26	61.5	3	5	60.0	5	5	100.0	70.9	0	8	2	5	+7
25	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	40	1/11/2014	DAL	vs	NOP	33	4	4	2	0	10	20	50.0	5	9	55.6	15	16	93.8	74.0	0	4	1	2	+11

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