50pts
James Harden
HOUvsDEN
Mar 19, 2015
NBA head-to-head
Denver Nuggets vs Houston Rockets Head-to-Head
Houston Rockets lead the all-time record 112-105 across 217 recorded meetings.
Matchup fact
The highest-scoring meeting between these two came on January 10, 1991: Houston Rockets 156, Denver Nuggets 133, 289 points in all.
By Erik AnderssonStats synced Apr 16, 2026DEN
105
vs
HOU
112
217 meetings
All-time
HOU lead 112-105
Recent form
DEN 6-4 over the latest 10
Last meeting
DEN won 129-93 on Mar 11, 2026
Closeness
7 wins separate the teams
Series context
The average winning margin is 10.6 points across decided games.
Recent Games
Last 10 Games
Mar 11, 26
DEN 129-93 HOU
DENDec 20, 25
DEN 101-115 HOU
HOUDec 15, 25
DEN 128-125 HOU
DENNov 21, 25
HOU 109-112 DEN
DENApr 13, 25
HOU 111-126 DEN
DENMar 23, 25
HOU 111-116 DEN
DENJan 15, 25
DEN 108-128 HOU
HOUDec 8, 23
DEN 106-114 HOU
HOUNov 29, 23
DEN 134-124 HOU
DENNov 24, 23
HOU 105-86 DEN
HOU| Date | Home | Away | Score | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2026 | DEN | HOU | 129–93 | DEN |
| Dec 20, 2025 | DEN | HOU | 101–115 | HOU |
| Dec 15, 2025 | DEN | HOU | 128–125 | DEN |
| Nov 21, 2025 | HOU | DEN | 109–112 | DEN |
| Apr 13, 2025 | HOU | DEN | 111–126 | DEN |
| Mar 23, 2025 | HOU | DEN | 111–116 | DEN |
| Jan 15, 2025 | DEN | HOU | 108–128 | HOU |
| Dec 8, 2023 | DEN | HOU | 106–114 | HOU |
| Nov 29, 2023 | DEN | HOU | 134–124 | DEN |
| Nov 24, 2023 | HOU | DEN | 105–86 | HOU |
Last Meeting
Mar 11, 2026Final
DEN
129
HOME
HOU
93
AWAY
Nuggetswon by36
Game 217 of all-time series
Matchup context
Denver Nuggets have won 6 of the latest 10 scored meetings. Houston Rockets lead the complete decided record 112-105. The 10.6-point average margin is reported separately from both win records.
- History span
- 1977 to 2026
- 50 seasons
- Average margin
- 10.6 points
- Across decided games
- Playoff history
- 6
- 6 playoff meetings across 1 postseason
All-Time Record
Win Percentage
105W
112W
DEN
HOU
48%52%
Denver NuggetsHouston Rockets
Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs playoff record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season211 games
103
108
Playoffs6 games
2
4
Denver Nuggets Biggest Win
130–93+37
Jan 19, 1983
Houston Rockets Biggest Win
129–99+30
Feb 26, 1991
Decade Breakdown
Click a decade to filter stats below
Season by Season
| Season ↓ | DEN ↕ | HOU ↕ | Games ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2024–25 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023–24 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022–23 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021–22 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020–21 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019–20 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018–19 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2017–18 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016–17 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Matchup Insights
Home / Away Split
AWAY
39-69
DEN
AWAY
43-66
HOU
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Denver Nuggets won the most recent meeting
1
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 10.6 pts on average
10.6pts
Momentum (Last 10 vs All-Time)
DEN↑Trending Up
Last 1060%
All-Time48.4%
HOU↓Trending Down
Last 1040%
All-Time51.6%
Last 10 Results
DEN / HOU
Advanced Stats
1996-presentBased on 83 of 217 all-time meetings that have play-by-play dataOvertime History
Total OT Games
6
DEN OT Wins
2
HOU OT Wins
4
Biggest OT Game
112-111 on Dec 20, 2007 (2OT)
Largest Leads
DEN Biggest Leads
+48pts
Nov 22, 2017
#2:+33 pts·Nov 30, 2022
#3:+31 pts·Jan 1, 2022
HOU Biggest Leads
+35pts
Feb 9, 2018
#2:+32 pts·Apr 16, 2002
#3:+31 pts·Feb 14, 2011
Lead Changes
Most in a Game
20
Feb 6, 2012
Average per Game
6.0
per game
Times Tied
Most Ties in a Game
16
Mar 18, 2017
Average Ties per Game
5.0
per game
Attendance Records
Across covered games (1996+)
Highest
20,106
Feb 1, 2019
Lowest
9,671
Nov 6, 2001
Average
16,377
Shooting Percentages
Average per game, 1996 to 2023. Every bar uses the same 0 to 100% scale.
FG%
DEN44.9%
HOU45.6%
HOU +0.7 pp
3P%
DEN34.7%
HOU37.8%
HOU +3.1 pp
FT%
DEN74.0%
HOU74.7%
HOU +0.7 pp
TS%
DEN53.0%
HOU55.6%
HOU +2.6 pp
Top Scorers (1996-present)
Career points, games, and biggest single-game vs this opponent
DEN Top 15 Scorers
| Player | Pts | G | Avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmelo Anthony | 595 | 24 | 24.8 | 50 |
| Nikola Jokic | 380 | 21 | 18.1 | 31 |
| Nene | 278 | 23 | 12.1 | 23 |
| Antonio McDyess | 270 | 14 | 19.3 | 40 |
| Nick Van Exel | 267 | 13 | 20.5 | 35 |
| JR Smith | 243 | 16 | 15.2 | 24 |
| Will Barton | 233 | 18 | 12.9 | 26 |
| Chauncey Billups | 222 | 15 | 14.8 | 28 |
| Ty Lawson | 217 | 15 | 14.5 | 28 |
| Kenneth Faried | 197 | 17 | 11.6 | 23 |
| Jamal Murray | 192 | 14 | 13.7 | 32 |
| Allen Iverson | 187 | 7 | 26.7 | 36 |
| Andre Miller | 185 | 14 | 13.2 | 22 |
| Kenyon Martin | 179 | 19 | 9.4 | 22 |
| Gary Harris | 167 | 14 | 11.9 | 28 |
HOU Top 15 Scorers
| Player | Pts | G | Avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Harden | 642 | 22 | 29.2 | 50 |
| Cuttino Mobley | 368 | 22 | 16.7 | 29 |
| Steve Francis | 331 | 18 | 18.4 | 33 |
| Yao Ming | 306 | 18 | 17.0 | 32 |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 277 | 14 | 19.8 | 48 |
| Luis Scola | 273 | 19 | 14.4 | 28 |
| Tracy McGrady | 267 | 12 | 22.3 | 45 |
| Trevor Ariza | 203 | 14 | 14.5 | 25 |
| Clint Capela | 194 | 13 | 14.9 | 31 |
| Aaron Brooks | 183 | 12 | 15.3 | 31 |
| Rafer Alston | 169 | 12 | 14.1 | 24 |
| Shane Battier | 160 | 15 | 10.7 | 25 |
| Kevin Martin | 151 | 7 | 21.6 | 37 |
| Eric Gordon | 149 | 11 | 13.6 | 19 |
| Luther Head | 137 | 11 | 12.4 | 22 |
Biggest Individual Games (1996-present)
Single-game scoring highs in this matchup
50pts
Carmelo Anthony
DENvsHOU
Feb 7, 2011
48pts
Hakeem Olajuwon
HOUvsDEN
Jan 30, 1997
45pts
Carmelo Anthony
DENvsHOU
Mar 15, 2010
45pts
Tracy McGrady
HOUvsDEN
Jan 9, 2005
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
DENHOU
How they create points
77 games with complete style splits
Selected comparison
Points in paint: DEN +2.7 points77 games
DEN highest-scoring quarter
Q2 · 26.7
HOU highest-scoring quarter
Q1 · 26.7
Widest fingerprint gap
DEN +2.7 points in paint
Questions about this record: Denver Nuggets vs Houston Rockets
What is the Denver Nuggets vs Houston Rockets NBA playoff record?
The playoff subset contains 6 games: Denver Nuggets have 2 wins and Houston Rockets have 4. Those games are already included in the complete all-time total.
How do recent Denver Nuggets vs Houston Rockets results compare with the complete record?
Denver Nuggets have won 6 of the latest 10 decided meetings. Houston Rockets lead the complete decided record 112-105. 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.
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.