57pts
LeBron James
CLEvsWAS
Nov 3, 2017
NBA head-to-headClassic Rivalry
Cleveland Cavaliers vs Washington Wizards Head-to-Head
Cleveland Cavaliers lead the all-time record 142-127 across 269 recorded meetings.
Matchup fact
The Cleveland Cavaliers won 16 straight meetings from 2022 through 2026.
By Erik AnderssonStats synced Apr 16, 2026CLE
142
vs
WAS
127
269 meetings
All-time
CLE lead 142-127
Recent form
CLE 10-0 over the latest 10
Last meeting
CLE won 130-117 on Apr 12, 2026
Closeness
15 wins separate the teams
Series context
The average winning margin is 10.2 points across decided games.
Recent Games
Last 10 Games
Apr 12, 26
CLE 130-117 WAS
CLEFeb 11, 26
CLE 138-113 WAS
CLEDec 12, 25
WAS 126-130 CLE
CLENov 7, 25
WAS 114-148 CLE
CLEFeb 7, 25
WAS 124-134 CLE
CLEDec 13, 24
CLE 115-105 WAS
CLEDec 3, 24
CLE 118-87 WAS
CLEOct 26, 24
WAS 116-135 CLE
CLEFeb 25, 24
WAS 105-114 CLE
CLEFeb 7, 24
WAS 106-114 CLE
CLE| Date | Home | Away | Score | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 2026 | CLE | WAS | 130–117 | CLE |
| Feb 11, 2026 | CLE | WAS | 138–113 | CLE |
| Dec 12, 2025 | WAS | CLE | 126–130 | CLE |
| Nov 7, 2025 | WAS | CLE | 114–148 | CLE |
| Feb 7, 2025 | WAS | CLE | 124–134 | CLE |
| Dec 13, 2024 | CLE | WAS | 115–105 | CLE |
| Dec 3, 2024 | CLE | WAS | 118–87 | CLE |
| Oct 26, 2024 | WAS | CLE | 116–135 | CLE |
| Feb 25, 2024 | WAS | CLE | 105–114 | CLE |
| Feb 7, 2024 | WAS | CLE | 106–114 | CLE |
Last Meeting
Apr 12, 2026Final
CLE
130
HOME
WAS
117
AWAY
Cavalierswon by13
Cavaliers' 16th straight in this series·Game 269 of all-time series
Matchup context
Cleveland Cavaliers have won 10 of the latest 10 scored meetings. Cleveland Cavaliers lead the complete decided record 142-127. The 10.2-point average margin is reported separately from both win records.
- History span
- 1970 to 2026
- 56 seasons
- Average margin
- 10.2 points
- Across decided games
- Playoff history
- 26
- 26 playoff meetings across 5 postseasons
All-Time Record
Win Percentage
142W
127W
CLE
WAS
53%47%
Cleveland CavaliersWashington Wizards
Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs playoff record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season243 games
125
118
Playoffs26 games
17
9
Cleveland Cavaliers Biggest Win
131–92+39
Nov 10, 1992
Washington Wizards Biggest Win
108–72+36
Apr 24, 2008Playoff
Decade Breakdown
Click a decade to filter stats below
Season by Season
| Season ↓ | CLE ↕ | WAS ↕ | Games ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024–25 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023–24 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022–23 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021–22 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2020–21 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019–20 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018–19 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2017–18 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016–17 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Matchup Insights
Home / Away Split
AWAY
58-78
CLE
AWAY
49-84
WAS
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Cleveland Cavaliers: 16 consecutive wins
16
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 10.2 pts on average
10.2pts
Momentum (Last 10 vs All-Time)
CLE↑Trending Up
Last 10100%
All-Time52.8%
WAS↓Trending Down
Last 100%
All-Time47.2%
Last 10 Results
CLE / WAS
Advanced Stats
1996-presentBased on 85 of 269 all-time meetings that have play-by-play dataOvertime History
Total OT Games
4
CLE OT Wins
4
WAS OT Wins
0
Biggest OT Game
117-107 on Oct 23, 2022 (1OT)
Largest Leads
CLE Biggest Leads
+45pts
Jan 23, 2008
#2:+40 pts·Feb 20, 2015
#3:+33 pts·Apr 30, 2021
WAS Biggest Leads
+39pts
Apr 24, 2008
#2:+33 pts·Nov 13, 2004
#3:+30 pts·Feb 28, 2016
Lead Changes
Most in a Game
20
Apr 30, 2007
Average per Game
5.5
per game
Times Tied
Most Ties in a Game
18
Jan 29, 2000
Average Ties per Game
4.6
per game
Attendance Records
Across covered games (1996+)
Highest
20,674
Jan 24, 2002
Lowest
4,148
Apr 30, 2021
Reduced capacity (COVID era)
Average
18,611
Shooting Percentages
Average per game, 1996 to 2023. Every bar uses the same 0 to 100% scale.
FG%
CLE45.9%
WAS46.2%
WAS +0.3 pp
3P%
CLE34.8%
WAS35.1%
WAS +0.3 pp
FT%
CLE75.4%
WAS73.8%
CLE +1.6 pp
TS%
CLE54.4%
WAS53.8%
CLE +0.6 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 | 1171 | 42 | 27.9 | 57 |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas | 511 | 36 | 14.2 | 24 |
| Kyrie Irving | 358 | 16 | 22.4 | 41 |
| Kevin Love | 329 | 23 | 14.3 | 39 |
| Tristan Thompson | 260 | 25 | 10.4 | 23 |
| Collin Sexton | 210 | 9 | 23.3 | 29 |
| Cedi Osman | 199 | 17 | 11.7 | 26 |
| Wesley Person | 192 | 14 | 13.7 | 31 |
| Shawn Kemp | 189 | 8 | 23.6 | 35 |
| Daniel Gibson | 174 | 19 | 9.2 | 22 |
| Drew Gooden | 166 | 13 | 12.8 | 24 |
| Anderson Varejao | 162 | 27 | 6.0 | 14 |
| Darius Garland | 161 | 9 | 17.9 | 32 |
| Larry Hughes | 144 | 8 | 18.0 | 27 |
| Ricky Davis | 143 | 9 | 15.9 | 27 |
WAS Top 15 Scorers
| Player | Pts | G | Avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley Beal | 696 | 31 | 22.4 | 41 |
| Antawn Jamison | 516 | 25 | 20.6 | 38 |
| John Wall | 474 | 27 | 17.6 | 37 |
| Caron Butler | 313 | 17 | 18.4 | 32 |
| Gilbert Arenas | 309 | 16 | 19.3 | 45 |
| Brendan Haywood | 290 | 30 | 9.7 | 17 |
| Juwan Howard | 242 | 13 | 18.6 | 28 |
| Rod Strickland | 240 | 15 | 16.0 | 27 |
| Otto Porter Jr. | 201 | 18 | 11.2 | 25 |
| Marcin Gortat | 192 | 20 | 9.6 | 16 |
| Andray Blatche | 185 | 19 | 9.7 | 36 |
| Antonio Daniels | 174 | 19 | 9.2 | 20 |
| DeShawn Stevenson | 174 | 16 | 10.9 | 19 |
| Michael Jordan | 155 | 7 | 22.1 | 40 |
| Darius Songaila | 152 | 16 | 9.5 | 19 |
Biggest Individual Games (1996-present)
Single-game scoring highs in this matchup
45pts
Gilbert Arenas
WASvsCLE
Nov 18, 2006
41pts
Bradley Beal
WASvsCLE
Feb 6, 2017
41pts
Kyrie Irving
CLEvsWAS
Nov 16, 2013
40pts
Michael Jordan
WASvsCLE
Jan 24, 2002
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
92 games with complete quarter lines
CLEWAS
How they create points
80 games with complete style splits
Selected comparison
Q4 scoring: WAS +0.9 points92 games
CLE highest-scoring quarter
Q1 · 26.5
WAS highest-scoring quarter
Q1 · 26.0
Widest fingerprint gap
WAS +0.9 q4 scoring
Questions about this record: Cleveland Cavaliers vs Washington Wizards
What is the Cleveland Cavaliers vs Washington Wizards NBA playoff record?
The playoff subset contains 26 games: Cleveland Cavaliers have 17 wins and Washington Wizards have 9. Those games are already included in the complete all-time total.
How do recent Cleveland Cavaliers vs Washington Wizards results compare with the complete record?
Cleveland Cavaliers have won 10 of the latest 10 decided meetings. Cleveland Cavaliers lead the complete decided record 142-127. The recent window is a subset of the complete history, so the page reports the two separately.
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.
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Pre-1996 game scores partially derived from the nbadb dataset by Wyatt Walsh, distributed under CC BY-SA 4.0.