Dirk and the 50/40/90 Club

After an injured knee forced him to miss 29 games in the 2012-13 season, some wondered that at age 35, Dirk Nowitzki's days as an NBA superstar might be over . This past summer in ESPN's rankings of all NBA players Dirk came in as only the 26th best player in the league.

So far Dirk has proved those critics who thought time had past him by were dead wrong. He currently ranks 14th in the league in scoring at 21.2 points per game, and has the 7th best Player Efficiency Ranking at 23.7. Maybe most impressively his shooting percentages of .487 FG, .411 3PT and .903 FT, put him within striking distance of his 2nd career 50/40/90 season. In his MVP season of 06-07 Dirk put up a shooting line of .502/.416/.904.

This would make Dirk just the third player to put up multiple 50/40/90 seasons joining Steve Nash (4 times) and Larry Bird. Dirk would also tie Nash for being the oldest player to be a member of this illustrious shooting club. Pretty good for a player who some said "father time" had caught up to.

            All-Time 50/40/90 Season (source: basketball-reference.com)

Player Season ▴ Tm FG% 3P% FT% PTS Larry Bird* 1986-87 BOS .525 .400 .910 28.1 Larry Bird* 1987-88 BOS .527 .414 .916 29.9 Mark Price 1988-89 CLE .526 .441 .901 18.9 Reggie Miller* 1993-94 IND .503 .421 .908 19.9 Steve Nash 2005-06 PHO .512 .439 .921 18.8 Dirk Nowitzki 2006-07 DAL .502 .416 .904 24.6 Steve Nash 2007-08 PHO .504 .470 .906 16.9 Steve Nash 2008-09 PHO .503 .439 .933 15.7 Steve Nash 2009-10 PHO .507 .426 .938 16.5 Kevin Durant 2012-13 OKC .510 .416 .905 28.1