Dominant matchup
61%win rate vs Clippers
83-53 across 136 meetings
See the full series →East Conference · Southeast Division Original NBA (BAA 1946)
Atlanta Hawks
All-time head-to-head records, rivalries, and franchise history since 1946.
1
NBA Championships
Last in 1958
4
Finals appearances
80
Seasons played
Since 1946
Atlanta Hawks all-time insights
Toughest matchup
38%win rate vs Celtics
182-290 across 472 meetings
See the full series →Headline rivalry
488meetings vs Pistons
242-246 all-time · 49% win rate
See the full series →1 NBA championship (most recent: 1958 vs Boston Celtics)· 3 runner-up finishes
The story
Across 6,344 games vs 29 opponents the Atlanta Hawks hold a 3,111-3,233 all-time head-to-head record, winning 49% of meetings. Their longest series is with the Detroit Pistons: 488 meetings, 49% win rate. They feast on the Los Angeles Clippers (61% win rate) and struggle most with the Boston Celtics (38% win rate). Championship context: 1 NBA title, most recently in 1958 over the Boston Celtics.
All-time records vs every opponent
29 of 29 opponentsEvery opponent the Atlanta Hawks have a regular-season or playoff record against. Click any card for the full series page.
Eastern ConferenceHome
14 teams- Detroit Pistons242-24649%
- Boston Celtics182-29038%
- Philadelphia 76ers202-20848%
- New York Knicks205-20149%
- Washington Wizards186-16952%
- Chicago Bulls132-15346%
- Milwaukee Bucks135-13750%
- Cleveland Cavaliers135-12851%
- Indiana Pacers124-11651%
- Brooklyn Nets115-9455%
- Miami Heat70-9342%
- Orlando Magic83-7652%
- Charlotte Hornets76-7152%
- Toronto Raptors54-5948%
Western Conference
15 teams- Los Angeles Lakers169-22642%
- Sacramento Kings165-16050%
- Golden State Warriors157-16449%
- Houston Rockets88-8850%
- Oklahoma City Thunder71-7548%
- Phoenix Suns65-7746%
- Los Angeles Clippers83-5361%
- Portland Trail Blazers63-6549%
- Utah Jazz56-5848%
- San Antonio Spurs45-6242%
- Denver Nuggets53-4952%
- Dallas Mavericks49-4154%
- Minnesota Timberwolves43-2861%
- Memphis Grizzlies36-2460%
- New Orleans Pelicans27-2255%
Show as sortable table
| Opponent | W | L | Win % | Last meeting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Pistons | 242 | 246 | 49.2% | 2026-03-25 |
| Boston Celtics | 182 | 290 | 38.2% | 2026-03-30 |
| Philadelphia 76ers | 202 | 208 | 48.2% | 2026-03-07 |
| New York Knicks | 205 | 201 | 48.9% | 2026-04-30 |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 169 | 226 | 42.3% | 2026-01-13 |
| Washington Wizards | 186 | 169 | 51.7% | 2026-02-26 |
| Sacramento Kings | 165 | 160 | 50.2% | 2026-03-28 |
| Golden State Warriors | 157 | 164 | 48.6% | 2026-03-21 |
| Chicago Bulls | 132 | 153 | 45.7% | 2025-12-23 |
| Milwaukee Bucks | 135 | 137 | 49.6% | 2026-03-14 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 135 | 128 | 51.3% | 2026-04-10 |
| Indiana Pacers | 124 | 116 | 50.6% | 2026-01-31 |
| Brooklyn Nets | 115 | 94 | 55.0% | 2026-04-03 |
| Houston Rockets | 88 | 88 | 50.0% | 2026-03-20 |
| Miami Heat | 70 | 93 | 42.4% | 2026-04-12 |
| Orlando Magic | 83 | 76 | 52.2% | 2026-04-01 |
| Charlotte Hornets | 76 | 71 | 51.7% | 2026-02-11 |
| Oklahoma City Thunder | 71 | 75 | 48.3% | 2025-12-29 |
| Phoenix Suns | 65 | 77 | 45.8% | 2026-01-23 |
| Los Angeles Clippers | 83 | 53 | 61.0% | 2025-12-03 |
| Portland Trail Blazers | 63 | 65 | 49.2% | 2026-03-01 |
| Utah Jazz | 56 | 58 | 48.3% | 2026-02-05 |
| Toronto Raptors | 54 | 59 | 47.8% | 2026-01-05 |
| San Antonio Spurs | 45 | 62 | 42.1% | 2025-12-19 |
| Denver Nuggets | 53 | 49 | 51.5% | 2026-01-09 |
| Dallas Mavericks | 49 | 41 | 54.4% | 2026-03-18 |
| Minnesota Timberwolves | 43 | 28 | 60.6% | 2026-02-09 |
| Memphis Grizzlies | 36 | 24 | 60.0% | 2026-03-23 |
| New Orleans Pelicans | 27 | 22 | 55.1% | 2026-01-07 |
Franchise history
Championship moments and W-L across the NBA's structural eras, side by side.
Championship ledger
1 title · 3 runner-ups · 4 Finals appearances1960s
0W · 2L
- 1961lost to Celtics
- 1960lost to Celtics
1950s
1W · 1L
- 1958vs Celtics
- 1957lost to Celtics
ChampionshipFinals lossTeam colors: Atlanta Hawks
Performance by era
Baseline: 49% across all opponentsHow the Atlanta Hawks have performed across 5 of the NBA's structural eras.
BAA / founding
1946-1949
0-4(0.0%)
-49.0 pp vs baseline
Original Basketball Association of America before the NBL merger formed the NBA.
Early NBA
1950-1967
693-707(49.5%)
in line with baseline
Post-merger era of 8-to-10 teams, dominated by Minneapolis and Boston dynasties.
ABA / expansion
1968-1979
491-532(48.0%)
in line with baseline
Rapid expansion and the ABA rival league that folded into the NBA in 1976.
Modern era
1980-1999
909-787(53.6%)
+4.6 pp vs baseline
The 3-point line, Magic vs Bird, the 90s Bulls: a commercial and competitive peak.
Cap / luxury-tax era
2000-present
1,018-1,203(45.8%)
-3.2 pp vs baseline
Luxury tax, player empowerment, positionless basketball, and analytics-led offense.
Methodology & Data Sources
Last updated
Every head-to-head page on SharkBetting is built from verified historical data, not generated prose. Regular-season and playoff game logs are pulled from the balldontlie API (public NBA records from 1946 onward). Playoff series results, arena capacity, and historical context are cross-checked against basketball-reference.com. Player-level top-scorer tables and largest-lead figures use the play-by-play dataset, which has complete coverage only from the 1996-97 season onward; matchups on the page that pre-date 1996 are clearly marked.
Stats are refreshed after every completed game day. If you spot an error, head to our contact page with the game date and we will verify against the source feeds.
Pre-1996 game scores partially derived from the nbadb dataset by Wyatt Walsh, distributed under CC BY-SA 4.0.