Dallas Mavericks all-time roster and statistics leaders

The Dallas Mavericks are an American professional basketball team based in Dallas. They play in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association. The team joined the NBA in 1980 as an expansion team and won their first NBA championship in 2011. The Mavericks have played their home games at the American Airlines Center since 2001. Their principal owners are Miriam Adelson and Patrick Dumont. Their current staff includes Nico Harrison as general manager and Jason Kidd as head coach.
Dirk Nowitzki, who played his entire NBA career with the Mavericks starting in 1998, is the franchise's longest-serving player. He played more games, played more minutes, scored more points, and recorded more rebounds than any other Maverick. He also leads the franchise in field goals made, three-pointers made, and free throws made. His achievements include the Most Valuable Player Award in 2007, Finals Most Valuable Player Award in 2011, 14 All-Star Game selections, and 12 consecutive All-NBA Team selections.
Other prominent Mavericks include Steve Nash, who was selected to two All-NBA Teams and two All-Star Games. He and Luka Dončić are the only other Mavericks who have been selected to the All-NBA Team. Rolando Blackman and Mark Aguirre were selected to four and three All-Star games, respectively, and Dončić has been selected to five as of 2024. Six other players, James Donaldson, Michael Finley, Chris Gatling, Josh Howard, Kyrie Irving, and Jason Kidd, were selected to the All-Star Game at least once during their Mavericks careers. Three Mavericks have won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award: Roy Tarpley in 1988, Antawn Jamison in 2004, and Jason Terry in 2009. Ten players were selected to the All-Rookie Team, including Kidd, who won the Rookie of the Year Award in 1995, and Dončić, who earned the distinction in 2019. Three players, Adrian Dantley, Alex English, and Dennis Rodman, have been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame, although all of them spent most of their careers elsewhere, and each spent less than two seasons with the Mavericks. Guard Derek Harper, who played 12 seasons with the Mavericks during two separate stints, is the franchise leader in assists and steals. Before being passed by Nowitzki, the blocked shots category was led by center Shawn Bradley, who once led the league in blocks.
The Mavericks have four retired jersey numbers: the number 12 jersey worn by Derek Harper, the number 15 jersey worn by Brad Davis, the number 22 jersey worn by Rolando Blackman, and the number 41 jersey worn by Dirk Nowitzki. Davis, who played 12 seasons with the Mavericks until his retirement in 1992, had his number 15 jersey retired by the franchise in November 1992. Blackman, who played 11 seasons with the Mavericks after being selected by the team in the 1981 draft, had his number 22 jersey retired in March 2000. Harper, who played parts of 12 seasons in two stints with the Mavericks starting with the 1983 draft, had his number 12 jersey retired in January 2018. Nowitzki had his number 41 jersey retired in January 2022. In January 2020 Kobe Bryant's no. 24 jersey was unofficially retired following his death even though he never played for the team.

List

Note: Statistics are correct as of December 30, 2025.

Player	Pos	No	Yrs	From	To	Notes and achievements	Ref.
	F/G	9	2
	G	13	2
	F/G	24	8			3× NBA All-Star
	C	8	1
	G	10	1
	G	8	1
	G	2 / 4	4
	F/C	30	1
	F/C	32	1
	F	7	1
	G/F	1	2
	C/F	11	2
	G	10	2
	G	4	1
	G	23	1
	G	11 / 5	11			NBA champion
	F	40	3
	F	32	2
	G	3	4			NBA champion
	G	3	1
	G	11	1
	F	44	2
	G	3	1
	C	33	4
	G	22^#	11			4× NBA All-Star
	F	45	1
	C	6	1
	G	40	1
	C	52	2
	G/F	6	1			Drafted in the 1980 NBA expansion draft
	C	44	9			NBA blocks leader
	F	42	1
	F	13	1			NBA champion
	F/G	23	2
	G	1	2
	F	6	1
	F	13	1
	F/C	2	1
	C	55	2
	G/F	21 / 1	4
	G/F	25	2
	F	4	2			NBA champion
	F	45	1			Drafted in the 1980 NBA expansion draft
	G	8	1
	F/C	51	1
	F	30	1
	F/G	19	1
	F	35	2			NBA champion
	G	34	1			Drafted in the 1980 NBA expansion draft
	G	13	2
	G	32	1
	G/F	25	3
	G	10	1
	F	23	3
	C	6	2			NBA champion NBA All-Defensive Second Team
	G/F	13	1
	C	30	1
	G	00	1
	G	8	1
	G	4	1
	C/F	43	1
	F	44	1
	F	9	3
	F/C	42	2
	G	1	1
	C	44	1
	F	31	1
	C	52	1
	G	30	3
	C	1	1
	C	25	6
	G/F	6	3			NBA All-Rookie Second Team
	G	5	1
*	F/G	4	2
^	F/C	3	2
	G	15^#	12
	G	24	4
	F	43	1
	F/C	43	5
	G	7	1
	G	17	1
	G	7	1
	G	21	1
	G	26	3
	C	7	4
	C	40	7			NBA All-Star
	G/F	77	5			4x NBA All-Star 3× All-NBA First Team NBA Rookie of the Year NBA All-Rookie First Team
	G	17	1
		40 / 50	2
	C	52	1
	G	42	1			Drafted in the 1980 NBA expansion draft
	G	7	3
	G	9	1
	F/C	54	1
	G	21	1
	G/F	14	3
	G	11	2
*	F	2	1
	C	42	2
	F	21	1
^	G	0	3
	G	21	1
	F	20	1
	G	2	2
	G	11	2
	G/F	4	9			2× NBA All-Star
	F	10	7
	G	6	1
^	G	32	1
	F/C	21	1
^	C	21	3
	F	20	2
	G	5	1
	F/C	25	1			NBA All-Star
	G/F	40	3
	F	90	1
	F/C	50	1
	F/C	45	3
	F/G	8	1
	F	8	4
	G/F	7 / 44	3
	G	10	1
	G	11 / 10	5
^	G	3 / 1	4
	G	12^#	12			2× NBA All-Defensive Second Team
	G	21	1
	G	34 / 20	10
	G	30	3
	G	9	1
	F	1	2
	G/F	23	1
	G	10	1			Drafted in the 1980 NBA expansion draft
	C	33	3			NBA champion
	F	50	1
	C	35	5
	G	0	1
	C	1	1
	F	20	1
	F	41	2
	F/G	5	7			NBA All-Star NBA All-Rookie Second Team
	F	5 / 55	3
	F	3	1
	F	43	1
	G	20	1			Drafted in the 1980 NBA expansion draft
	C	28	3
^	G	2 / 11	3
	G	55 / 13	2
	G	24	5
	G	6	1
	F	43	1
	C	5 / 55	3
	G	13	1
	F	33	1			NBA Sixth Man of the Year
	F/C	11	1			Drafted in the 1980 NBA expansion draft
	F	24	1
	G	12	1
	G	8	1
	G	5 / 6	2
	G/F	21	2
	G	30	1
	G	11	1
	F	55	1
	G	20	3			NBA champion
	G/F	6	1
	F	21	1
	F	54	4
	C	35	1
	F	53	2
	G	43	1
	G	14	1
	G	5 / 2	8			NBA champion 2× NBA All-Star NBA Rookie of the Year NBA All-Rookie First Team NBA Sportsmanship Award
	G	21	1
	F/C	33	1
	F	42	8
	F/C	32	1
	F/C	45	2
	C/F	25	2			Drafted in the 1980 NBA expansion draft
	G	3	1
	G	9	2
	G	7 / 1	2
	F/C	42	1
	G	23	2
	G	21	3
^	C	2	3
	C/F	44	3
	G	10	1
	G	17	2
	C	20	1
	C	28	2			NBA champion
	F/C	6	1
	F	0	5			NBA champion
^	F	13	2
	G/F	1	1
^	F	16	1
	G	2	1
	F	32	4			NBA All-Rookie First Team
	G	23	4
	G	32	1
	F	7	1
	G/F	21	3
	F/G	1	2
	F	20	1
	C	00 / 11	2
	C	50	4
	G	33	1
	F	21	1
	C/F	40	2
	C	2	1
	C	00	1
	G/F	20	2
	C	50	1
	F	13 / 88	3
	G	23	1
	F	6	1
	F	6	1
	F	31 / 13	2
	C	34	1
	F	14	5
*	G	13	6			2× NBA All-Star 2× All-NBA Third Team
	G	14	1
^	G	9	1
	F/G	2	1
	C/F	40	5
	C/F	3	2
	F	21	1
*	F	41^#	21			NBA champion NBA Finals Most Valuable Player NBA Most Valuable Player 14× NBA All-Star 4× All-NBA First Team 5× All-NBA Second Team 3× All-NBA Third Team NBA All-Star Three-Point Shootout champion NBA Teammate of the Year
	G	21	2
	G	21	1
	F	31	1
	F	7	1
	G	3	1
	F/C	27	1
	G	14	4
	C/F	31	1
	C/F	4	1
	F	25	2
	G/F	7	1
	C/F	41 / 44	6			NBA All-Rookie First Team
	G/F	21	1
	G/F	43	1
	G	1	2
	C	24	2
	F/C	6	3
^	F	8 / 7	12
	F	33	1
	F	18 / 8	2
	F	23	1
	G	14	1
	G	6	2
	G	21	1
	G/F	2	1
	G	17	1
	C	50	1
	F/C	44	1
	F	54	1
*	F	70	1
	G	9	1
	C	45	3
	G	6	1
	G	5	1
	F	33	1
	F/C	32	4
	F	7	1
	C	55	1
	F	33	2
	F	52	1
	F	50	1
	G	7	1
	G	1	2			NBA All-Rookie Second Team
	F	34	4
	F/C	4	1
	G	1	1
	G/F	33 / 34	4			Drafted in the 1980 NBA expansion draft
	G/F	42	5
	G	92	2			NBA champion
	F/G	16	1			NBA champion
	F/C	1	1
	G	20	4
	F	0 / 30	1
	G	10	1
	C	40	2
	C/F	42	6			NBA Sixth Man of the Year NBA All-Rookie Second Team
	G	31	8			NBA champion NBA Sixth Man of the Year
	F	40	1
	F	7	1
	F	25	1
^	G/F	31	2
	G/F	33	3
	F/G	41	1
	G	5	2
	G	31	2
	F	2	2
	F	35	1
	F	31	1
	F	3	2
	F	31	5			NBA All-Rookie First Team
	G	10	1
	F	8	1
	F	52	3
	C/F	16	2
	F	32	1
^	F/C	25	3
	F/C	31	1			Drafted in the 1980 NBA expansion draft
	F/G	3	1
	F/G	35	1
	C/F	23	5
	G	13	1
	C/F	45	1
	F	33 / 52	5
	C/F	54	1			Drafted in the 1980 NBA expansion draft
	G	20	4
^	G	10	3
	G	8	2
	F	3	1
	C/F	32	4
	F/C	18	1
	F/C	44	3
	F/C	42	1
	F/C	32	1
	F	4	1
	F/G	43	1
	F/C	45	1
	G/F	4	1
	F	35	1
	F	10	1
	G/F	21	2
	F	34	4
	G	8	1
	F	34	1
	G	23	1
	F	9	1

International players

In the National Basketball Association, foreign players—also known as international players—are those who were born outside of the United States. Players who were born in U.S. overseas territories, such as Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam, are considered international players even if they are U.S. citizens. In some borderline cases, the NBA takes into consideration whether a player desires to be identified as international. 45 international players have played for the Mavericks. The first foreign-born Maverick is Rolando Blackman, who was born in Panama. However, he grew up in the United States and was drafted from Kansas State University in 1981. In the 1985 draft, the Mavericks selected three foreign players in the first round; German forward Detlef Schrempf, Canadian center Bill Wennington and German center Uwe Blab.
In, the Mavericks acquired Canadian guard Steve Nash from the Phoenix Suns and the draft rights to German forward Dirk Nowitzki from the Milwaukee Bucks. Nash and Nowitzki quickly became the cornerstone of the franchise and in they led the Mavericks to their first playoffs in 11 years. However, Nash returned to the Suns as a free agent in, while Nowitzki continued with the team and finally led the Mavericks to their first NBA title in 2011. In the 1999 draft, the Mavericks drafted Chinese center Wang Zhizhi. After almost two years of negotiation with [Bayi Rockets|Wang's China|Chinese team], he was finally signed in April 2001 and became the first Chinese player to play the NBA.
The following is a list of international players who have played for the Mavericks, listed by their national team affiliation.
; Australia

; The Bahamas

Dexter Cambridge

; Belgium

Didier Ilunga-Mbenga

; Brazil

João Vianna

; Canada

; China

; Croatia

Bruno Šundov

; Dominican Republic

Charlie Villanueva

; Estonia

Martin Müürsepp

; France

; Georgia

Zaza Pachulia

; Germany

; Great Britain

; Guinea

Moussa Cissé (basketball)

; Guyana

Rawle Marshall

; Israel

Gal Mekel

; Latvia

; Mexico

Eduardo Nájera

; Nigeria

; Puerto Rico

J. J. Barea

; Russia

Pavel Podkolzin

; Senegal

; Serbia and Montenegro / FR Yugoslavia

; Slovenia

Luka Dončić

; Spain

José Calderón

; Tunisia

Salah Mejri

; United States

; U.S. Virgin Islands

Raja Bell

Statistics leaders

Note: Statistics are correct as of the middle of the 2025–26 NBA regular season.

^	Denotes player who is currently on the Mavericks roster

Games

Rank	Player	Games
1	Dirk Nowitzki	145
2	Jason Terry	87
3	Josh Howard	62
4	Erick Dampier	57
5	Michael Finley	56

Minutes

Rank	Player	Minutes
1	Dirk Nowitzki	5,895
2	Jason Terry	3,076
3	Michael Finley	2,316
4	Josh Howard	2,052
5	Luka Dončić	1,948

Points

Rank	Player	Points
1	Dirk Nowitzki	3,663
2	Luka Dončić	1,546
3	Jason Terry	1,466
4	Rolando Blackman	1,039
5	Mark Aguirre	1,035

Field goals

Rank	Player	FG
1	Dirk Nowitzki	1,220
2	Luka Dončić	545
3	Jason Terry	532
4	Mark Aguirre	415
5	Rolando Blackman	409

3-point field goals

Rank	Player	3P
1	Jason Terry	167
2	Luka Dončić	166
3	Dirk Nowitzki	149
4	Michael Finley	109
5	Jason Kidd	88

Free throws

Rank	Player	FT
1	Dirk Nowitzki	1,074
2	Luka Dončić	290
3	Jason Terry	235
4	Rolando Blackman	218
5	Josh Howard	208

Rebounds

Rank	Player	Rebounds
1	Dirk Nowitzki	1,447
2	Luka Dončić	469
3	Josh Howard	444
4	Erick Dampier	356
5	Roy Tarpley	307

Blocks

Rank	Player	Blocks
1	Dirk Nowitzki	129
2	Raef LaFrentz	65
3	Erick Dampier	59
4	Shawn Bradley	47
5	Roy Tarpley	43

Assists

Rank	Player	Assists
1	Luka Dončić	398
2	Dirk Nowitzki	360
3	Steve Nash	324
4	Jason Kidd	312
5	Jason Terry	302

Steals

Rank	Player	Steals
1	Dirk Nowitzki	149
2	Jason Kidd	95
3	Jason Terry	87
4	Luka Dončić	84
5	Derek Harper	83

Single game leaders

Source: https://stathead.com/tiny/50L9i

Rank	Player	Rebounds	Date
1	Popeye Jones	28	January 9, 1996
2	James Donaldson	27	December 29, 1989
	Popeye Jones	27	April 6, 1996
4	Erick Dampier	26	January 29, 2005
5	Tyson Chandler	25	November 26, 2014
	Roy Tarpley	25	April 1, 1990
7	Roy Tarpley	24	March 22, 1988

Source: https://stathead.com/tiny/hZ75o

Rank	Player	Assists	Date
1	Jason Kidd	25	February 8, 1996
2	Jason Kidd	20	April 5, 2009
	Luka Dončić	20	May 1, 2021
4	Luka Dončić	19	August 8, 2020
	Steve Nash	19	April 1, 2004
6	Derek Harper	18	December 29, 1988
	Jason Kidd	18	October 27, 2010
	Jason Kidd	18	December 2, 1996
	Jason Kidd	18	December 12, 1995

Source: https://stathead.com/tiny/YQ8L6