Dominant matchup
67%win rate vs Hornets
29-14 across 43 meetings
See the full series →West Conference · Southwest Division
New Orleans Pelicans
All-time head-to-head records, rivalries, and franchise history since 2002.
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NBA Championships
None yet
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Finals appearances
24
Seasons played
Since 2002
New Orleans Pelicans all-time insights
Toughest matchup
33%win rate vs Warriors
30-60 across 90 meetings
See the full series →Headline rivalry
97meetings vs Spurs
34-63 all-time · 35% win rate
See the full series →The story
Across 1,996 games vs 29 opponents the New Orleans Pelicans hold a 903-1,093 all-time head-to-head record, winning 45% of meetings. Their longest series is with the San Antonio Spurs: 97 meetings, 35% win rate. They feast on the Charlotte Hornets (67% win rate) and struggle most with the Golden State Warriors (33% win rate).
All-time records vs every opponent
29 of 29 opponentsEvery opponent the New Orleans Pelicans have a regular-season or playoff record against. Click any card for the full series page.
Eastern Conference
15 teams- Miami Heat24-3441%
- Philadelphia 76ers27-2849%
- Chicago Bulls25-2847%
- Indiana Pacers22-3142%
- Boston Celtics21-3041%
- Cleveland Cavaliers26-2551%
- Detroit Pistons30-2159%
- Milwaukee Bucks29-2257%
- Orlando Magic20-3139%
- Toronto Raptors21-3041%
- Brooklyn Nets24-2648%
- Atlanta Hawks22-2745%
- New York Knicks24-2549%
- Washington Wizards25-2451%
- Charlotte Hornets29-1467%
Western ConferenceHome
14 teams- San Antonio Spurs34-6335%
- Dallas Mavericks36-5938%
- Golden State Warriors30-6033%
- Houston Rockets39-5143%
- Memphis Grizzlies46-4451%
- Los Angeles Lakers30-5934%
- Phoenix Suns39-4944%
- Denver Nuggets34-5339%
- Portland Trail Blazers44-4351%
- Oklahoma City Thunder32-5437%
- Sacramento Kings48-3757%
- Los Angeles Clippers47-3657%
- Minnesota Timberwolves41-4150%
- Utah Jazz34-4842%
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| Opponent | W | L | Win % | Last meeting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio Spurs | 34 | 63 | 35.1% | 2026-01-25 |
| Dallas Mavericks | 36 | 59 | 37.9% | 2026-03-16 |
| Golden State Warriors | 30 | 60 | 33.3% | 2026-02-24 |
| Houston Rockets | 39 | 51 | 43.3% | 2026-03-29 |
| Memphis Grizzlies | 46 | 44 | 51.1% | 2026-01-30 |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 30 | 59 | 33.7% | 2026-03-03 |
| Phoenix Suns | 39 | 49 | 44.3% | 2026-03-06 |
| Denver Nuggets | 34 | 53 | 39.1% | 2026-01-13 |
| Portland Trail Blazers | 44 | 43 | 50.6% | 2026-04-02 |
| Oklahoma City Thunder | 32 | 54 | 37.2% | 2026-01-27 |
| Sacramento Kings | 48 | 37 | 56.5% | 2026-04-03 |
| Los Angeles Clippers | 47 | 36 | 56.6% | 2026-03-19 |
| Minnesota Timberwolves | 41 | 41 | 50.0% | 2026-04-12 |
| Utah Jazz | 34 | 48 | 41.5% | 2026-04-07 |
| Miami Heat | 24 | 34 | 41.4% | 2026-02-11 |
| Philadelphia 76ers | 27 | 28 | 49.1% | 2026-02-21 |
| Chicago Bulls | 25 | 28 | 47.2% | 2025-12-31 |
| Indiana Pacers | 22 | 31 | 41.5% | 2026-01-16 |
| Boston Celtics | 21 | 30 | 41.2% | 2026-04-10 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 26 | 25 | 51.0% | 2026-03-21 |
| Detroit Pistons | 30 | 21 | 58.8% | 2026-03-26 |
| Milwaukee Bucks | 29 | 22 | 56.9% | 2026-02-20 |
| Orlando Magic | 20 | 31 | 39.2% | 2026-04-05 |
| Toronto Raptors | 21 | 30 | 41.2% | 2026-03-27 |
| Brooklyn Nets | 24 | 26 | 48.0% | 2026-01-14 |
| Atlanta Hawks | 22 | 27 | 44.9% | 2026-01-07 |
| New York Knicks | 24 | 25 | 49.0% | 2026-03-24 |
| Washington Wizards | 25 | 24 | 51.0% | 2026-03-08 |
| Charlotte Hornets | 29 | 14 | 67.4% | 2026-02-02 |
Franchise history
Championship moments and W-L across the NBA's structural eras, side by side.
Performance by era
Baseline: 45% across all opponentsHow the New Orleans Pelicans have performed across 1 of the NBA's structural eras.
Cap / luxury-tax era
2000-present
903-1,093(45.2%)
in line with 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.