52pts
LeBron James
CLEvsNYK
Feb 4, 2009
NBA head-to-headClassic Rivalry
Cleveland Cavaliers vs New York Knicks Head-to-Head
New York Knicks lead the all-time record 137-111 across 251 recorded meetings and 3 meetings without a final source score.
Matchup fact
The New York Knicks won 18 straight meetings from 1980 through 1983.
By Erik AnderssonStats synced May 26, 2026CLE
111
vs
NYK
137
251 meetings3 scores unavailable
All-time
NYK lead 137-111
Recent form
CLE 4-6 over the latest 10
Last meeting
NYK won 130-93 on May 25, 2026
Closeness
26 wins separate the teams
Series context
The average winning margin is 11 points across decided games.
Recent Games
Last 10 Games
May 25, 26
CLE 93-130 NYK
NYKMay 23, 26
CLE 108-121 NYK
NYKMay 21, 26
NYK 109-93 CLE
NYKMay 19, 26
NYK 115-104 CLE
NYKFeb 24, 26
CLE 109-94 NYK
CLEDec 25, 25
NYK 126-124 CLE
NYKOct 22, 25
NYK 119-111 CLE
NYKApr 11, 25
NYK 102-108 CLE
CLEApr 2, 25
CLE 124-105 NYK
CLEFeb 21, 25
CLE 142-105 NYK
CLE| Date | Home | Away | Score | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2026 | CLE | NYK | 93–130 | NYK |
| May 23, 2026 | CLE | NYK | 108–121 | NYK |
| May 21, 2026 | NYK | CLE | 109–93 | NYK |
| May 19, 2026 | NYK | CLE | 115–104 | NYK |
| Feb 24, 2026 | CLE | NYK | 109–94 | CLE |
| Dec 25, 2025 | NYK | CLE | 126–124 | NYK |
| Oct 22, 2025 | NYK | CLE | 119–111 | NYK |
| Apr 11, 2025 | NYK | CLE | 102–108 | CLE |
| Apr 2, 2025 | CLE | NYK | 124–105 | CLE |
| Feb 21, 2025 | CLE | NYK | 142–105 | CLE |
Last Meeting
May 25, 2026Final
CLE
93
HOME
NYK
130
AWAY
Knickswon by37
Knicks' 4th straight in this series·Game 251 of all-time series
Matchup context
New York Knicks have won 6 of the latest 10 scored meetings. New York Knicks lead the complete decided record 137-111. The 11-point average margin is reported separately from both win records.
- History span
- 1970 to 2026
- 56 seasons
- Average margin
- 11 points
- Across decided games
- Playoff history
- 16
- 16 playoff meetings across 5 postseasons
All-Time Record
Win Percentage
111W
137W
CLE
NYK
45%55%
Cleveland CavaliersNew York Knicks
Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs playoff record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season232 games
110
122
Playoffs16 games
1
15
Cleveland Cavaliers Biggest Win
142–105+37
Feb 21, 2025
New York Knicks Biggest Win
130–93+37
May 25, 2026Playoff
Decade Breakdown
Click a decade to filter stats below
Season by Season
| Season ↓ | CLE ↕ | NYK ↕ | Games ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2024–25 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023–24 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022–23 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2021–22 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020–21 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019–20 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2018–19 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017–18 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016–17 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Matchup Insights
Home / Away Split
AWAY
43-78
CLE
AWAY
59-68
NYK
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
New York Knicks: 4 consecutive wins
4
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 11.0 pts on average
11.0pts
Momentum (Last 10 vs All-Time)
CLE-Neutral
Last 1040%
All-Time44.8%
NYK-Neutral
Last 1060%
All-Time55.2%
Last 10 Results
CLE / NYK
Advanced Stats
1996-presentBased on 88 of 251 all-time meetings that have play-by-play dataOvertime History
Total OT Games
3
CLE OT Wins
3
NYK OT Wins
0
Biggest OT Game
109-102 on Dec 18, 2010 (1OT)
Largest Leads
CLE Biggest Leads
+43pts
Mar 20, 2001
#2:+42 pts·Dec 3, 2008
#3:+33 pts·Feb 18, 1999
NYK Biggest Leads
+49pts
Mar 1, 2010
#2:+36 pts·Dec 2, 2002
#3:+34 pts·Dec 7, 2016
Lead Changes
Most in a Game
22
Mar 5, 2008
Average per Game
5.2
per game
Times Tied
Most Ties in a Game
16
Mar 5, 2008
Average Ties per Game
4.7
per game
Attendance Records
Across covered games (1996+)
Highest
20,562
Apr 11, 2018
Lowest
12,684
Apr 12, 2003
Average
19,053
Shooting Percentages
Average per game, 1996 to 2023. Every bar uses the same 0 to 100% scale.
FG%
CLE44.8%
NYK45.1%
NYK +0.3 pp
3P%
CLE36.7%
NYK36.6%
CLE +0.1 pp
FT%
CLE74.5%
NYK74.9%
NYK +0.4 pp
TS%
CLE53.8%
NYK53.5%
CLE +0.3 pp
Top Scorers (1996-present)
Career points, games, and biggest single-game vs this opponent
CLE Top 15 Scorers
| Player | Pts | G | Avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James | 897 | 34 | 26.4 | 52 |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas | 393 | 29 | 13.6 | 31 |
| Kevin Love | 365 | 19 | 19.2 | 33 |
| Darius Garland | 266 | 16 | 16.6 | 32 |
| Donovan Mitchell | 232 | 8 | 29.0 | 42 |
| Kyrie Irving | 226 | 10 | 22.6 | 37 |
| Shawn Kemp | 195 | 10 | 19.5 | 30 |
| Cedi Osman | 182 | 18 | 10.1 | 25 |
| Collin Sexton | 169 | 9 | 18.8 | 31 |
| Wesley Person | 162 | 13 | 12.5 | 29 |
| Andre Miller | 147 | 11 | 13.4 | 25 |
| Drew Gooden | 143 | 12 | 11.9 | 25 |
| Mo Williams | 136 | 10 | 13.6 | 23 |
| Tristan Thompson | 134 | 19 | 7.0 | 12 |
| Anderson Varejao | 133 | 18 | 7.4 | 14 |
NYK Top 15 Scorers
| Player | Pts | G | Avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allan Houston | 544 | 27 | 20.1 | 39 |
| Carmelo Anthony | 380 | 18 | 21.1 | 32 |
| Julius Randle | 326 | 16 | 20.4 | 36 |
| Kurt Thomas | 285 | 25 | 11.4 | 33 |
| RJ Barrett | 250 | 17 | 14.7 | 24 |
| Jamal Crawford | 242 | 10 | 24.2 | 37 |
| Amar'e Stoudemire | 218 | 10 | 21.8 | 41 |
| Nate Robinson | 193 | 13 | 14.8 | 32 |
| Jalen Brunson | 192 | 8 | 24.0 | 48 |
| Latrell Sprewell | 187 | 13 | 14.4 | 22 |
| Larry Johnson | 177 | 13 | 13.6 | 24 |
| Stephon Marbury | 174 | 12 | 14.5 | 30 |
| Immanuel Quickley | 173 | 14 | 12.4 | 23 |
| Charlie Ward | 167 | 22 | 7.6 | 15 |
| Kristaps Porzingis | 163 | 10 | 16.3 | 32 |
Biggest Individual Games (1996-present)
Single-game scoring highs in this matchup
50pts
LeBron James
CLEvsNYK
Mar 5, 2008
48pts
Jalen Brunson
NYKvsCLE
Mar 31, 2023
47pts
LeBron James
CLEvsNYK
Feb 6, 2010
45pts
LeBron James
CLEvsNYK
Nov 2, 2007
Rivalry Fingerprint
Focus or tap a row to compare the exact gap. Every value is an average from matched game-level records, not a projection.
Quarter scoring pulse
89 games with complete quarter lines
CLENYK
How they create points
83 games with complete style splits
Selected comparison
Second-chance points: NYK +1.8 points83 games
CLE highest-scoring quarter
Q1 · 25.6
NYK highest-scoring quarter
Q1 · 25.1
Widest fingerprint gap
NYK +1.8 second-chance points
Questions about this record: Cleveland Cavaliers vs New York Knicks
How is the Cleveland Cavaliers vs New York Knicks meeting total counted?
The source contains 251 recorded meetings. 248 meetings have a winner; 3 meetings have no final source score and do not count as a win. This is why the meeting total can be larger than the two win totals combined.
What is the Cleveland Cavaliers vs New York Knicks NBA playoff record?
The playoff subset contains 16 games: Cleveland Cavaliers have 1 wins and New York Knicks have 15. Those games are already included in the complete all-time total.
Methodology & Data Sources
Last updated
Every head-to-head record on SharkBetting is computed from scored game logs. Regular-season and playoff results come from the balldontlie API and historical records cross-checked against basketball-reference.com. All-time records, recent form, postseason splits, margins, streaks, decades, and seasons are calculated from the same listed results. Records without a final score are excluded from decided-game statistics.
Stats are refreshed after completed game days when new source data is available. Each page's Last updated date shows when its underlying data was actually synced. 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.