Dominant matchup
64%win rate vs Hornets
93-52 across 145 meetings
See the full series →East Conference · Central Division
Chicago Bulls
All-time head-to-head records, rivalries, and franchise history since 1966.
6
NBA Championships
Last in 1998
6
Finals appearances
60
Seasons played
Since 1966
Chicago Bulls all-time insights
Toughest matchup
41%win rate vs Spurs
42-60 across 102 meetings
See the full series →Headline rivalry
323meetings vs Pistons
164-159 all-time · 51% win rate
See the full series →6 NBA championships (most recent: 1998 vs Utah Jazz)· 0 runner-up finishes
The story
Across 5,177 games vs 29 opponents the Chicago Bulls hold a 2,630-2,547 all-time head-to-head record, winning 51% of meetings. Their longest series is with the Detroit Pistons: 323 meetings, 51% win rate. They feast on the Charlotte Hornets (64% win rate) and struggle most with the San Antonio Spurs (41% win rate). Championship context: 6 NBA titles, most recently in 1998 over the Utah Jazz.
All-time records vs every opponent
29 of 29 opponentsEvery opponent the Chicago Bulls have a regular-season or playoff record against. Click any card for the full series page.
Eastern ConferenceHome
14 teams- Detroit Pistons164-15951%
- Milwaukee Bucks147-15149%
- Atlanta Hawks153-13253%
- New York Knicks153-13153%
- Cleveland Cavaliers154-12156%
- Boston Celtics115-15442%
- Philadelphia 76ers124-14246%
- Washington Wizards145-11955%
- Indiana Pacers115-11251%
- Brooklyn Nets108-9453%
- Miami Heat87-8351%
- Charlotte Hornets93-5264%
- Orlando Magic75-6753%
- Toronto Raptors62-5254%
Western Conference
15 teams- Los Angeles Lakers80-11541%
- Sacramento Kings91-8951%
- Golden State Warriors90-8751%
- Oklahoma City Thunder81-8649%
- Phoenix Suns76-8248%
- Houston Rockets74-7749%
- Portland Trail Blazers72-7349%
- Los Angeles Clippers70-6153%
- Utah Jazz68-5954%
- Denver Nuggets46-5944%
- San Antonio Spurs42-6041%
- Dallas Mavericks43-4748%
- Minnesota Timberwolves40-3156%
- Memphis Grizzlies34-2756%
- New Orleans Pelicans28-2553%
Show as sortable table
| Opponent | W | L | Win % | Last meeting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Pistons | 164 | 159 | 50.6% | 2026-02-21 |
| Milwaukee Bucks | 147 | 151 | 49.3% | 2026-03-01 |
| Atlanta Hawks | 153 | 132 | 52.9% | 2025-12-23 |
| New York Knicks | 153 | 131 | 52.9% | 2026-04-03 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 154 | 121 | 55.8% | 2026-03-19 |
| Boston Celtics | 115 | 154 | 42.1% | 2026-02-11 |
| Philadelphia 76ers | 124 | 142 | 46.4% | 2026-03-25 |
| Washington Wizards | 145 | 119 | 54.9% | 2026-04-09 |
| Indiana Pacers | 115 | 112 | 50.7% | 2026-04-01 |
| Brooklyn Nets | 108 | 94 | 53.2% | 2026-02-09 |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 80 | 115 | 41.0% | 2026-03-12 |
| Sacramento Kings | 91 | 89 | 50.6% | 2026-03-08 |
| Golden State Warriors | 90 | 87 | 50.8% | 2026-03-10 |
| Miami Heat | 87 | 83 | 51.2% | 2026-02-01 |
| Oklahoma City Thunder | 81 | 86 | 48.5% | 2026-03-27 |
| Phoenix Suns | 76 | 82 | 48.1% | 2026-04-05 |
| Houston Rockets | 74 | 77 | 49.0% | 2026-03-23 |
| Portland Trail Blazers | 72 | 73 | 49.0% | 2026-02-26 |
| Charlotte Hornets | 93 | 52 | 63.7% | 2026-02-24 |
| Orlando Magic | 75 | 67 | 52.8% | 2026-04-10 |
| Los Angeles Clippers | 70 | 61 | 53.4% | 2026-03-13 |
| Utah Jazz | 68 | 59 | 53.5% | 2026-01-14 |
| Toronto Raptors | 62 | 52 | 54.4% | 2026-03-18 |
| Denver Nuggets | 46 | 59 | 43.8% | 2026-02-07 |
| San Antonio Spurs | 42 | 60 | 40.8% | 2026-03-30 |
| Dallas Mavericks | 43 | 47 | 47.8% | 2026-04-12 |
| Minnesota Timberwolves | 40 | 31 | 56.3% | 2026-01-22 |
| Memphis Grizzlies | 34 | 27 | 55.7% | 2026-03-28 |
| New Orleans Pelicans | 28 | 25 | 52.8% | 2025-12-31 |
Franchise history
Championship moments and W-L across the NBA's structural eras, side by side.
Championship ledger
6 titles · 0 runner-ups · 6 Finals appearances1990s
6W · 0L
- 1998vs Jazz
- 1997vs Jazz
- 1996vs SuperSonics
- 1993vs Suns
- 1992vs Blazers
- 1991vs Lakers
ChampionshipFinals lossTeam colors: Chicago Bulls
Performance by era
Baseline: 51% across all opponentsHow the Chicago Bulls have performed across 4 of the NBA's structural eras.
Early NBA
1950-1967
63-108(36.8%)
-14.0 pp vs baseline
Post-merger era of 8-to-10 teams, dominated by Minneapolis and Boston dynasties.
ABA / expansion
1968-1979
517-510(50.3%)
in line with baseline
Rapid expansion and the ABA rival league that folded into the NBA in 1976.
Modern era
1980-1999
1,033-758(57.7%)
+6.9 pp vs baseline
The 3-point line, Magic vs Bird, the 90s Bulls: a commercial and competitive peak.
Cap / luxury-tax era
2000-present
1,017-1,171(46.5%)
-4.3 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.