NBA head-to-headCross-Conference

Denver Nuggets vs Washington Wizards Head-to-Head

Denver Nuggets lead the all-time record 61-43 across 104 recorded meetings.

Matchup fact

Visiting teams won 49 of 104 games in this matchup (47.1%).

By Stats synced Apr 16, 2026
DEN
61
vs
WAS
43
104 meetings
All-time

DEN lead 61-43

Recent form

DEN 8-2 over the latest 10

Last meeting

DEN won 107-97 on Jan 22, 2026

Closeness

18 wins separate the teams

Series context

The average winning margin is 11.1 points across decided games.

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
Jan 22, 26
WAS 97-107 DEN
DEN
Jan 17, 26
DEN 121-115 WAS
DEN
Mar 15, 25
DEN 123-126 WAS
WAS
Dec 7, 24
WAS 122-113 DEN
WAS
Feb 22, 24
DEN 130-110 WAS
DEN
Jan 21, 24
WAS 104-113 DEN
DEN
Mar 22, 23
WAS 104-118 DEN
DEN
Dec 14, 22
DEN 141-128 WAS
DEN
Mar 16, 22
WAS 109-127 DEN
DEN
Dec 13, 21
DEN 113-107 WAS
DEN
Last Meeting
Jan 22, 2026Final
WAS
97
HOME
DEN
107
AWAY
Nuggetswon by10
Nuggets' 2nd straight in this series·Game 104 of all-time series

Matchup context

Denver Nuggets have won 8 of the latest 10 scored meetings. Denver Nuggets lead the complete decided record 61-43. The 11.1-point average margin is reported separately from both win records.

History span
1976 to 2026
50 seasons
Average margin
11.1 points
Across decided games
Playoff history
0
No playoff meeting is present in the source

All-Time Record

Win Percentage
61W
43W
DEN
WAS
59%41%
Denver NuggetsWashington Wizards
Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs playoff record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season104 games
61
43
These teams have never met in the playoffs.
Denver Nuggets Biggest Win
132–99+33
Mar 20, 1994
Washington Wizards Biggest Win
107–75+32
Mar 20, 2002
Decade Breakdown
Click a decade to filter stats below
Season by Season
Season ↓DEN ↕WAS ↕Games ↕
2025–26202
2024–25022
2023–24202
2022–23202
2021–22202
2020–21022
2019–20112
2018–19112
2017–18112
2016–17022

Matchup Insights

Home / Away Split
32-20DEN HOME23-29WAS HOME
AWAY
29-23
DEN
AWAY
20-32
WAS
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Denver Nuggets: 2 consecutive wins
2
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 11.1 pts on average
11.1pts
Momentum (Last 10 vs All-Time)
DEN↑Trending Up
Last 1080%
All-Time58.7%
WAS↓Trending Down
Last 1020%
All-Time41.3%
Last 10 Results
DEN / WAS

Advanced Stats

1996-presentBased on 43 of 104 all-time meetings that have play-by-play data

Overtime History

Total OT Games
1
DEN OT Wins
0
WAS OT Wins
1
Biggest OT Game
115-117 on Jan 25, 2015 (1OT)

Largest Leads

DEN Biggest Leads
+36pts
Feb 6, 2009
#2:+36 pts·Mar 20, 2002
#3:+34 pts·Dec 5, 2014
WAS Biggest Leads
+33pts
Dec 13, 2021
#2:+32 pts·Mar 9, 2004
#3:+26 pts·Mar 25, 2011

Lead Changes

Most in a Game
20
Feb 3, 2001
Average per Game
6.8
per game

Times Tied

Most Ties in a Game
14
Feb 25, 2021
Average Ties per Game
5.7
per game

Attendance Records

Across covered games (1996+)
Highest
20,674
Mar 26, 2002
Lowest
9,525
Feb 5, 1997
Average
16,299

Shooting Percentages

Average per game, 1996 to 2023. Every bar uses the same 0 to 100% scale.
FG%
DEN47.9%
WAS45.8%
DEN +2.1 pp
3P%
DEN35.9%
WAS33.9%
DEN +2.0 pp
FT%
DEN78.3%
WAS76.5%
DEN +1.8 pp
TS%
DEN57.1%
WAS54.0%
DEN +3.1 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
Nikola Jokic3341423.943
Carmelo Anthony3281227.349
Jamal Murray2291219.139
Will Barton1391211.623
Nene1331211.121
Antonio McDyess129718.429
Marcus Camby115912.825
Ty Lawson115716.431
Andre Miller106715.134
JR Smith106813.340
Wilson Chandler98714.021
Gary Harris94910.426
Kenyon Martin94109.416
Danilo Gallinari92615.326
Monte Morris88811.022
WAS Top 15 Scorers
WAS top scorers in this matchup (1996-present): total points, games played, average, and best single game
PlayerPtsGAvgBest
Bradley Beal2921420.933
John Wall1991216.630
Gilbert Arenas187726.736
Antawn Jamison178822.327
Juwan Howard159819.929
Nick Young145916.126
Chris Whitney1251012.524
Marcin Gortat1071010.716
Andray Blatche105813.125
Richard Hamilton99616.530
Mitch Richmond90422.529
Otto Porter Jr.90712.923
Caron Butler84421.026
Rod Strickland79419.828
Troy Brown Jr.78515.625

Biggest Individual Games (1996-present)

Single-game scoring highs in this matchup
49pts
Carmelo Anthony
DENvsWAS
Feb 8, 2008
43pts
Nikola Jokic
DENvsWAS
Dec 14, 2022
40pts
JR Smith
DENvsWAS
Mar 20, 2009
39pts
Jamal Murray
DENvsWAS
Jan 4, 2020
37pts
Carmelo Anthony
DENvsWAS
Dec 13, 2006
Free nbadb sourceCC BY-SA 4.01996 to 2023

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

44 games with complete quarter lines

DENWAS

How they create points

41 games with complete style splits

Selected comparison

Points in paint: DEN +3.1 points41 games

DEN highest-scoring quarter

Q1 · 27.6

WAS highest-scoring quarter

Q2 · 27.3

Widest fingerprint gap

DEN +3.1 points in paint

Questions about this record: Denver Nuggets vs Washington Wizards

How do recent Denver Nuggets vs Washington Wizards results compare with the complete record?

Denver Nuggets have won 8 of the latest 10 decided meetings. Denver Nuggets lead the complete decided record 61-43. 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.

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