51pts
Kobe Bryant
LALvsDEN
Feb 12, 2003
NBA head-to-head
Denver Nuggets vs Los Angeles Lakers Head-to-Head
Los Angeles Lakers lead the all-time record 139-98 across 241 recorded meetings and 4 meetings without a final source score.
Matchup fact
The Los Angeles Lakers led the 1980s 37-16; the Denver Nuggets led the 2020s 19-10.
By Erik AnderssonStats synced Apr 16, 2026DEN
98
vs
LAL
139
241 meetings4 scores unavailable
All-time
LAL lead 139-98
Recent form
DEN 5-5 over the latest 10
Last meeting
LAL won 127-125 on Mar 14, 2026
Closeness
41 wins separate the teams
Series context
The average winning margin is 11.6 points across decided games.
Recent Games
Last 10 Games
Mar 14, 26
LAL 127-125 DEN
LALMar 5, 26
DEN 120-113 LAL
DENJan 20, 26
DEN 107-115 LAL
LALMar 19, 25
LAL 120-108 DEN
LALMar 14, 25
DEN 131-126 LAL
DENFeb 22, 25
DEN 100-123 LAL
LALNov 23, 24
LAL 102-127 DEN
DENApr 29, 24
DEN 108-106 LAL
DENApr 27, 24
LAL 119-108 DEN
LALApr 25, 24
LAL 105-112 DEN
DEN| Date | Home | Away | Score | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2026 | LAL | DEN | 127–125 | LAL |
| Mar 5, 2026 | DEN | LAL | 120–113 | DEN |
| Jan 20, 2026 | DEN | LAL | 107–115 | LAL |
| Mar 19, 2025 | LAL | DEN | 120–108 | LAL |
| Mar 14, 2025 | DEN | LAL | 131–126 | DEN |
| Feb 22, 2025 | DEN | LAL | 100–123 | LAL |
| Nov 23, 2024 | LAL | DEN | 102–127 | DEN |
| Apr 29, 2024 | DEN | LAL | 108–106 | DEN |
| Apr 27, 2024 | LAL | DEN | 119–108 | LAL |
| Apr 25, 2024 | LAL | DEN | 105–112 | DEN |
Last Meeting
Mar 14, 2026Final
LAL
127
HOME
DEN
125
AWAY
Lakerswon by2
Game 241 of all-time series
Matchup context
The latest 10 scored meetings are split 5-5. Los Angeles Lakers lead the complete decided record 139-98. The 11.6-point average margin is reported separately from both win records.
- History span
- 1976 to 2026
- 50 seasons
- Average margin
- 11.6 points
- Across decided games
- Playoff history
- 38
- 38 playoff meetings across 8 postseasons
All-Time Record
Win Percentage
98W
139W
DEN
LAL
41%59%
Denver NuggetsLos Angeles Lakers
Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs playoff record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season199 games
82
117
Playoffs38 games
16
22
Denver Nuggets Biggest Win
133–96+37
Jan 15, 2022
Los Angeles Lakers Biggest Win
153–109+44
May 22, 1985Playoff
Decade Breakdown
Click a decade to filter stats below
Season by Season
| Season ↓ | DEN ↕ | LAL ↕ | Games ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024–25 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023–24 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2022–23 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2021–22 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020–21 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019–20 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2018–19 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017–18 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016–17 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Matchup Insights
Home / Away Split
AWAY
38-81
DEN
AWAY
58-60
LAL
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Los Angeles Lakers won the most recent meeting
1
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 11.6 pts on average
11.6pts
Momentum (Last 10 vs All-Time)
DEN-Neutral
Last 1050%
All-Time41.4%
LAL-Neutral
Last 1050%
All-Time58.6%
Last 10 Results
DEN / LAL
Advanced Stats
1996-presentBased on 104 of 241 all-time meetings that have play-by-play dataOvertime History
Total OT Games
5
DEN OT Wins
3
LAL OT Wins
2
Biggest OT Game
141-146 on Apr 10, 2022 (1OT)
Largest Leads
DEN Biggest Leads
+36pts
Feb 11, 2003
#2:+33 pts·Feb 12, 2003
#3:+32 pts·Nov 27, 2018
LAL Biggest Leads
+42pts
Jan 15, 2022
#2:+38 pts·Jan 10, 2000
#3:+33 pts·Apr 15, 2003
Lead Changes
Most in a Game
23
Apr 3, 2011
Average per Game
7.5
per game
Times Tied
Most Ties in a Game
18
Nov 23, 2014
Average Ties per Game
6.2
per game
Attendance Records
Across covered games (1996+)
Highest
20,096
Mar 2, 2016
Lowest
2,454
May 3, 2021
Reduced capacity (COVID era)
Average
18,520
Shooting Percentages
Average per game, 1996 to 2023. Every bar uses the same 0 to 100% scale.
FG%
DEN45.3%
LAL46.7%
LAL +1.4 pp
3P%
DEN34.6%
LAL35.3%
LAL +0.7 pp
FT%
DEN75.9%
LAL73.5%
DEN +2.4 pp
TS%
DEN54.3%
LAL55.2%
LAL +0.9 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 | 652 | 28 | 23.3 | 39 |
| Nikola Jokic | 590 | 31 | 19.0 | 38 |
| Jamal Murray | 542 | 27 | 20.1 | 37 |
| Ty Lawson | 381 | 24 | 15.9 | 32 |
| Nene | 360 | 34 | 10.6 | 18 |
| Kenneth Faried | 320 | 24 | 13.3 | 32 |
| Andre Miller | 284 | 19 | 14.9 | 24 |
| Gary Harris | 282 | 22 | 12.8 | 25 |
| JR Smith | 279 | 20 | 13.9 | 27 |
| Will Barton | 272 | 19 | 14.3 | 26 |
| Antonio McDyess | 262 | 12 | 21.8 | 28 |
| Nick Van Exel | 254 | 12 | 21.2 | 41 |
| Chauncey Billups | 248 | 14 | 17.7 | 39 |
| Danilo Gallinari | 244 | 17 | 14.3 | 27 |
| Kenyon Martin | 222 | 20 | 11.1 | 18 |
LAL Top 15 Scorers
| Player | Pts | G | Avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kobe Bryant | 1784 | 68 | 26.2 | 51 |
| Shaquille O'Neal | 552 | 21 | 26.3 | 40 |
| Pau Gasol | 531 | 31 | 17.1 | 36 |
| LeBron James | 443 | 17 | 26.1 | 38 |
| Anthony Davis | 412 | 16 | 25.8 | 37 |
| Andrew Bynum | 331 | 24 | 13.8 | 30 |
| Derek Fisher | 310 | 45 | 6.9 | 15 |
| Lamar Odom | 308 | 25 | 12.3 | 20 |
| Kyle Kuzma | 259 | 18 | 14.4 | 26 |
| Jordan Clarkson | 221 | 14 | 15.8 | 30 |
| Rick Fox | 189 | 21 | 9.0 | 22 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 174 | 17 | 10.2 | 18 |
| Eddie Jones | 172 | 9 | 19.1 | 27 |
| Julius Randle | 172 | 13 | 13.2 | 26 |
| Luke Walton | 161 | 19 | 8.5 | 18 |
Biggest Individual Games (1996-present)
Single-game scoring highs in this matchup
49pts
Kobe Bryant
LALvsDEN
Apr 23, 2008
43pts
Kobe Bryant
LALvsDEN
May 8, 2012
42pts
Kobe Bryant
LALvsDEN
Apr 6, 2006
42pts
Kobe Bryant
LALvsDEN
Jan 2, 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
110 games with complete quarter lines
DENLAL
How they create points
96 games with complete style splits
Selected comparison
Second-chance points: LAL +1.7 points96 games
DEN highest-scoring quarter
Q1 · 27.1
LAL highest-scoring quarter
Q1 · 27.0
Widest fingerprint gap
LAL +1.7 second-chance points
Questions about this record: Denver Nuggets vs Los Angeles Lakers
How is the Denver Nuggets vs Los Angeles Lakers meeting total counted?
The source contains 241 recorded meetings. 237 meetings have a winner; 4 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 Denver Nuggets vs Los Angeles Lakers NBA playoff record?
The playoff subset contains 38 games: Denver Nuggets have 16 wins and Los Angeles Lakers have 22. Those games are already included in the complete all-time total.
How do recent Denver Nuggets vs Los Angeles Lakers results compare with the complete record?
The latest 10 decided meetings are split 5-5. Los Angeles Lakers lead the complete decided record 139-98. 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.