Dominant matchup
65%win rate vs Grizzlies
81-44 across 125 meetings
See the full series →West Conference · Southwest Division
Dallas Mavericks
All-time head-to-head records, rivalries, and franchise history since 1980.
1
NBA Championships
Last in 2011
3
Finals appearances
46
Seasons played
Since 1980
Dallas Mavericks all-time insights
Toughest matchup
34%win rate vs Lakers
69-134 across 203 meetings
See the full series →Headline rivalry
243meetings vs Spurs
103-140 all-time · 42% win rate
See the full series →1 NBA championship (most recent: 2011 vs Miami Heat)· 2 runner-up finishes
The story
Across 3,954 games vs 29 opponents the Dallas Mavericks hold a 1,979-1,975 all-time head-to-head record, winning 50% of meetings. Their longest series is with the San Antonio Spurs: 243 meetings, 42% win rate. They feast on the Memphis Grizzlies (65% win rate) and struggle most with the Los Angeles Lakers (34% win rate). Championship context: 1 NBA title, most recently in 2011 over the Miami Heat.
All-time records vs every opponent
29 of 29 opponentsEvery opponent the Dallas Mavericks have a regular-season or playoff record against. Click any card for the full series page.
Eastern Conference
15 teams- Boston Celtics42-5344%
- Miami Heat45-4650%
- Atlanta Hawks41-4946%
- Chicago Bulls47-4352%
- Brooklyn Nets56-3462%
- New York Knicks48-4253%
- Cleveland Cavaliers41-4846%
- Detroit Pistons43-4648%
- Indiana Pacers49-4055%
- Milwaukee Bucks38-5143%
- Philadelphia 76ers43-4648%
- Washington Wizards51-3857%
- Orlando Magic44-3159%
- Charlotte Hornets45-2663%
- Toronto Raptors34-2558%
Western ConferenceHome
14 teams- San Antonio Spurs103-14042%
- Houston Rockets106-11548%
- Utah Jazz97-11646%
- Denver Nuggets105-10351%
- Oklahoma City Thunder99-10947%
- Sacramento Kings111-9654%
- Los Angeles Lakers69-13434%
- Phoenix Suns89-11244%
- Los Angeles Clippers111-8956%
- Portland Trail Blazers98-10249%
- Golden State Warriors99-9551%
- Minnesota Timberwolves85-6656%
- Memphis Grizzlies81-4465%
- New Orleans Pelicans59-3662%
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| Opponent | W | L | Win % | Last meeting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio Spurs | 103 | 140 | 42.4% | 2026-04-10 |
| Houston Rockets | 106 | 115 | 48.0% | 2026-01-31 |
| Utah Jazz | 97 | 116 | 45.5% | 2026-01-17 |
| Denver Nuggets | 105 | 103 | 50.5% | 2026-03-25 |
| Oklahoma City Thunder | 99 | 109 | 47.1% | 2026-03-01 |
| Sacramento Kings | 111 | 96 | 53.6% | 2026-02-26 |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 69 | 134 | 34.0% | 2026-04-05 |
| Phoenix Suns | 89 | 112 | 44.3% | 2026-04-08 |
| Los Angeles Clippers | 111 | 89 | 55.5% | 2026-04-07 |
| Portland Trail Blazers | 98 | 102 | 48.5% | 2026-03-27 |
| Golden State Warriors | 99 | 95 | 51.0% | 2026-03-23 |
| Minnesota Timberwolves | 85 | 66 | 56.3% | 2026-03-30 |
| Memphis Grizzlies | 81 | 44 | 64.8% | 2026-03-12 |
| Boston Celtics | 42 | 53 | 44.2% | 2026-03-06 |
| New Orleans Pelicans | 59 | 36 | 62.1% | 2026-03-16 |
| Miami Heat | 45 | 46 | 49.5% | 2025-12-03 |
| Atlanta Hawks | 41 | 49 | 45.6% | 2026-03-18 |
| Chicago Bulls | 47 | 43 | 52.2% | 2026-04-12 |
| Brooklyn Nets | 56 | 34 | 62.2% | 2026-02-24 |
| New York Knicks | 48 | 42 | 53.3% | 2026-01-19 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 41 | 48 | 46.1% | 2026-03-15 |
| Detroit Pistons | 43 | 46 | 48.3% | 2025-12-18 |
| Indiana Pacers | 49 | 40 | 55.1% | 2026-02-22 |
| Milwaukee Bucks | 38 | 51 | 42.7% | 2026-03-31 |
| Philadelphia 76ers | 43 | 46 | 48.3% | 2026-01-01 |
| Washington Wizards | 51 | 38 | 57.3% | 2025-11-08 |
| Orlando Magic | 44 | 31 | 58.7% | 2026-04-03 |
| Charlotte Hornets | 45 | 26 | 63.4% | 2026-03-03 |
| Toronto Raptors | 34 | 25 | 57.6% | 2026-03-08 |
Franchise history
Championship moments and W-L across the NBA's structural eras, side by side.
Championship ledger
1 title · 2 runner-ups · 3 Finals appearances2020s
0W · 1L
- 2024lost to Celtics
2010s
1W · 0L
- 2011vs Heat
2000s
0W · 1L
- 2006lost to Heat
ChampionshipFinals lossTeam colors: Dallas Mavericks
Performance by era
Baseline: 50% across all opponentsHow the Dallas Mavericks have performed across 2 of the NBA's structural eras.
Modern era
1980-1999
663-989(40.1%)
-9.9 pp vs baseline
The 3-point line, Magic vs Bird, the 90s Bulls: a commercial and competitive peak.
Cap / luxury-tax era
2000-present
1,316-986(57.2%)
+7.1 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.