NBA head-to-headCross-Conference

Denver Nuggets vs Milwaukee Bucks Head-to-Head

Denver Nuggets lead the all-time record 72-44 across 116 recorded meetings.

Matchup fact

Home teams won 79 of 116 games in this matchup (68.1%).

By Stats synced Apr 16, 2026
DEN
72
vs
MIL
44
116 meetings
All-time

DEN lead 72-44

Recent form

DEN 6-4 over the latest 10

Last meeting

DEN won 102-100 on Jan 23, 2026

Closeness

28 wins separate the teams

Series context

The average winning margin is 11.4 points across decided games.

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
Jan 23, 26
MIL 100-102 DEN
DEN
Jan 11, 26
DEN 108-104 MIL
DEN
Mar 26, 25
DEN 127-117 MIL
DEN
Feb 27, 25
MIL 121-112 DEN
MIL
Feb 12, 24
MIL 112-95 DEN
MIL
Jan 29, 24
DEN 113-107 MIL
DEN
Mar 25, 23
DEN 129-106 MIL
DEN
Jan 25, 23
MIL 107-99 DEN
MIL
Jan 30, 22
MIL 100-136 DEN
DEN
Nov 26, 21
DEN 109-120 MIL
MIL
Last Meeting
Jan 23, 2026Final
MIL
100
HOME
DEN
102
AWAY
Nuggetswon by2
Nuggets' 3rd straight in this series·Game 116 of all-time series

Matchup context

Denver Nuggets have won 6 of the latest 10 scored meetings. Denver Nuggets lead the complete decided record 72-44. The 11.4-point average margin is reported separately from both win records.

History span
1976 to 2026
50 seasons
Average margin
11.4 points
Across decided games
Playoff history
7
7 playoff meetings across 1 postseason

All-Time Record

Win Percentage
72W
44W
DEN
MIL
62%38%
Denver NuggetsMilwaukee Bucks
Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs playoff record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season109 games
68
41
Playoffs7 games
4
3
Denver Nuggets Biggest Win
136–100+36
Jan 30, 2022
Milwaukee Bucks Biggest Win
143–95+48
Mar 27, 1980
Decade Breakdown
Click a decade to filter stats below
Season by Season
Season ↓DEN ↕MIL ↕Games ↕
2025–26202
2024–25112
2023–24112
2022–23112
2021–22112
2020–21112
2019–20202
2018–19022
2017–18202
2016–17202

Matchup Insights

Home / Away Split
47-12DEN HOME32-25MIL HOME
AWAY
25-32
DEN
AWAY
12-47
MIL
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Denver Nuggets: 3 consecutive wins
3
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 11.4 pts on average
11.4pts
Momentum (Last 10 vs All-Time)
DEN-Neutral
Last 1060%
All-Time62.1%
MIL-Neutral
Last 1040%
All-Time37.9%
Last 10 Results
DEN / MIL

Advanced Stats

1996-presentBased on 42 of 116 all-time meetings that have play-by-play data

Overtime History

Total OT Games
1
DEN OT Wins
1
MIL OT Wins
0
Biggest OT Game
128-125 on Apr 1, 2018 (1OT)

Largest Leads

DEN Biggest Leads
+25pts
Feb 2, 2000
#2:+22 pts·Feb 3, 2017
#3:+21 pts·Jan 17, 2012
MIL Biggest Leads
+36pts
Jan 30, 2022
#2:+31 pts·Mar 2, 2021
#3:+31 pts·Mar 1, 2017

Lead Changes

Most in a Game
20
Feb 22, 2009
Average per Game
5.7
per game

Times Tied

Most Ties in a Game
20
Nov 11, 2018
Average Ties per Game
5.4
per game

Attendance Records

Across covered games (1996+)
Highest
19,838
Mar 9, 2020
Lowest
1,800
Mar 2, 2021
Reduced capacity (COVID era)
Average
15,040

Shooting Percentages

Average per game, 1996 to 2023. Every bar uses the same 0 to 100% scale.
FG%
DEN46.6%
MIL45.2%
DEN +1.4 pp
3P%
DEN34.5%
MIL36.3%
MIL +1.8 pp
FT%
DEN78.0%
MIL75.7%
DEN +2.3 pp
TS%
DEN56.2%
MIL54.0%
DEN +2.2 pp

Top Scorers (1996-present)

Career points, games, and biggest single-game vs this opponent
DEN Top 15 Scorers
DEN top scorers in this matchup (1996-present): total points, games played, average, and best single game
PlayerPtsGAvgBest
Carmelo Anthony3391326.138
Nikola Jokic3001421.437
Jamal Murray1941019.427
Nene1831413.124
Will Barton1771313.624
Nick Van Exel151625.244
Chauncey Billups136817.029
Antonio McDyess132622.035
Danilo Gallinari131718.726
Wilson Chandler117716.724
Gary Harris108715.428
Kenneth Faried107715.326
Andre Miller106715.123
Earl Boykins99616.526
JR Smith98812.320
MIL Top 15 Scorers
MIL top scorers in this matchup (1996-present): total points, games played, average, and best single game
PlayerPtsGAvgBest
Giannis Antetokounmpo4141921.836
Khris Middleton2981816.629
Ray Allen2371023.732
Michael Redd2171021.742
Glenn Robinson194921.631
Sam Cassell150721.429
Ersan Ilyasova1301310.021
Eric Bledsoe108521.631
Brandon Jennings101616.832
Desmond Mason95615.824
Tim Thomas93713.325
Jabari Parker90422.535
Mo Williams90615.028
Brook Lopez87712.428
Andrew Bogut84108.423

Biggest Individual Games (1996-present)

Single-game scoring highs in this matchup
44pts
Nick Van Exel
DENvsMIL
Nov 1, 2001
42pts
Michael Redd
MILvsDEN
Feb 23, 2008
38pts
Carmelo Anthony
DENvsMIL
Feb 16, 2011
38pts
Carmelo Anthony
DENvsMIL
Jan 14, 2006
37pts
Nikola Jokic
DENvsMIL
Mar 2, 2021
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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

46 games with complete quarter lines

DENMIL

How they create points

40 games with complete style splits

Selected comparison

Fast-break points: MIL +3.8 points40 games

DEN highest-scoring quarter

Q1 · 27.0

MIL highest-scoring quarter

Q1 · 27.8

Widest fingerprint gap

MIL +3.8 fast-break points

Questions about this record: Denver Nuggets vs Milwaukee Bucks

What is the Denver Nuggets vs Milwaukee Bucks NBA playoff record?

The playoff subset contains 7 games: Denver Nuggets have 4 wins and Milwaukee Bucks have 3. 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.

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Pre-1996 game scores partially derived from the nbadb dataset by Wyatt Walsh, distributed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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