43pts
De'Aaron Fox
SACvsNOP
Apr 12, 2021
NBA head-to-headModern Rivalry
New Orleans Pelicans vs Sacramento Kings Head-to-Head
New Orleans Pelicans lead the all-time record 48-37 across 85 recorded meetings.
Matchup fact
The highest-scoring meeting between these two came on October 19, 2018: Sacramento Kings 129, New Orleans Pelicans 149, 278 points in all.
By Erik AnderssonStats synced Apr 16, 2026NOP
48
vs
SAC
37
85 meetings
All-time
NOP lead 48-37
Recent form
NOP 6-4 over the latest 10
Last meeting
SAC won 117-113 on Apr 3, 2026
Closeness
11 wins separate the teams
Series context
The average winning margin is 11.2 points across decided games.
Recent Games
Last 10 Games
Apr 3, 26
SAC 117-113 NOP
SACMar 5, 26
SAC 123-133 NOP
NOPFeb 9, 26
NOP 120-94 SAC
NOPFeb 13, 25
NOP 140-133 SAC
NOPFeb 12, 25
NOP 111-119 SAC
SACFeb 8, 25
SAC 123-118 NOP
SACDec 12, 24
NOP 109-111 SAC
SACApr 19, 24
NOP 105-98 SAC
NOPApr 11, 24
SAC 123-135 NOP
NOPJan 7, 24
SAC 100-133 NOP
NOP| Date | Home | Away | Score | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2026 | SAC | NOP | 117–113 | SAC |
| Mar 5, 2026 | SAC | NOP | 123–133 | NOP |
| Feb 9, 2026 | NOP | SAC | 120–94 | NOP |
| Feb 13, 2025 | NOP | SAC | 140–133 | NOP |
| Feb 12, 2025 | NOP | SAC | 111–119 | SAC |
| Feb 8, 2025 | SAC | NOP | 123–118 | SAC |
| Dec 12, 2024 | NOP | SAC | 109–111 | SAC |
| Apr 19, 2024 | NOP | SAC | 105–98 | NOP |
| Apr 11, 2024 | SAC | NOP | 123–135 | NOP |
| Jan 7, 2024 | SAC | NOP | 100–133 | NOP |
Last Meeting
Apr 3, 2026Final
SAC
117
HOME
NOP
113
AWAY
Kingswon by4
Game 85 of all-time series
Matchup context
New Orleans Pelicans have won 6 of the latest 10 scored meetings. New Orleans Pelicans lead the complete decided record 48-37. The 11.2-point average margin is reported separately from both win records.
- History span
- 2002 to 2026
- 24 seasons
- Average margin
- 11.2 points
- Across decided games
- Playoff history
- 0
- No playoff meeting is present in the source
All-Time Record
Win Percentage
48W
37W
NOP
SAC
56%44%
New Orleans PelicansSacramento Kings
Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs playoff record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season85 games
48
37
These teams have never met in the playoffs.
New Orleans Pelicans Biggest Win
129–93+36
Nov 20, 2023
Sacramento Kings Biggest Win
107–71+36
Dec 19, 2004
Decade Breakdown
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Season by Season
| Season ↓ | NOP ↕ | SAC ↕ | Games ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024–25 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023–24 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2022–23 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021–22 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2020–21 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019–20 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018–19 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2017–18 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016–17 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Matchup Insights
Home / Away Split
AWAY
19-23
NOP
AWAY
14-29
SAC
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Sacramento Kings won the most recent meeting
1
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 11.2 pts on average
11.2pts
Momentum (Last 10 vs All-Time)
NOP-Neutral
Last 1060%
All-Time56.5%
SAC-Neutral
Last 1040%
All-Time43.5%
Last 10 Results
NOP / SAC
Advanced Stats
1996-presentBased on 58 of 85 all-time meetings that have play-by-play dataOvertime History
Total OT Games
1
NOP OT Wins
0
SAC OT Wins
1
Biggest OT Game
109-116 on Dec 8, 2017 (1OT)
Largest Leads
NOP Biggest Leads
+35pts
Feb 5, 2023
#2:+30 pts·Mar 2, 2022
#3:+28 pts·Jan 13, 2016
SAC Biggest Leads
+40pts
Dec 19, 2004
#2:+32 pts·Mar 31, 2017
#3:+28 pts·Oct 19, 2018
Lead Changes
Most in a Game
23
Aug 11, 2020
Average per Game
6.4
per game
Times Tied
Most Ties in a Game
17
Dec 23, 2013
Average Ties per Game
5.0
per game
Attendance Records
Across covered games (1996+)
Highest
19,163
Nov 1, 2005
Lowest
1,440
Feb 1, 2021
Reduced capacity (COVID era)
Average
15,417
Shooting Percentages
Average per game, 1996 to 2023. Every bar uses the same 0 to 100% scale.
FG%
NOP47.1%
SAC46.5%
NOP +0.6 pp
3P%
NOP36.1%
SAC35.1%
NOP +1.0 pp
FT%
NOP76.6%
SAC75.7%
NOP +0.9 pp
TS%
NOP55.4%
SAC54.9%
NOP +0.5 pp
Top Scorers (1996-present)
Career points, games, and biggest single-game vs this opponent
NOP Top 15 Scorers
| Player | Pts | G | Avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Davis | 422 | 19 | 22.2 | 34 |
| David West | 377 | 22 | 17.1 | 40 |
| Chris Paul | 349 | 18 | 19.4 | 34 |
| Jrue Holiday | 265 | 17 | 15.6 | 27 |
| Brandon Ingram | 217 | 9 | 24.1 | 34 |
| Tyreke Evans | 175 | 9 | 19.4 | 27 |
| Ryan Anderson | 162 | 8 | 20.3 | 36 |
| P.J. Brown | 119 | 10 | 11.9 | 20 |
| Tyson Chandler | 118 | 9 | 13.1 | 21 |
| DeMarcus Cousins | 116 | 3 | 38.7 | 41 |
| Peja Stojakovic | 111 | 7 | 15.9 | 25 |
| E'Twaun Moore | 108 | 10 | 10.8 | 15 |
| Ian Clark | 103 | 7 | 14.7 | 31 |
| Emeka Okafor | 102 | 8 | 12.8 | 20 |
| Zion Williamson | 102 | 4 | 25.5 | 31 |
SAC Top 15 Scorers
| Player | Pts | G | Avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeMarcus Cousins | 454 | 19 | 23.9 | 39 |
| De'Aaron Fox | 392 | 17 | 23.1 | 43 |
| Harrison Barnes | 260 | 14 | 18.6 | 30 |
| Buddy Hield | 258 | 16 | 16.1 | 28 |
| Brad Miller | 217 | 15 | 14.5 | 24 |
| Mike Bibby | 199 | 14 | 14.2 | 23 |
| Kevin Martin | 191 | 12 | 15.9 | 32 |
| Rudy Gay | 186 | 10 | 18.6 | 41 |
| Peja Stojakovic | 182 | 8 | 22.8 | 37 |
| Jason Thompson | 167 | 16 | 10.4 | 22 |
| Tyreke Evans | 164 | 9 | 18.2 | 25 |
| John Salmons | 150 | 10 | 15.0 | 29 |
| Francisco Garcia | 136 | 11 | 12.4 | 19 |
| Omri Casspi | 136 | 13 | 10.5 | 22 |
| Ben McLemore | 132 | 14 | 9.4 | 26 |
Biggest Individual Games (1996-present)
Single-game scoring highs in this matchup
43pts
De'Aaron Fox
SACvsNOP
Jan 17, 2021
41pts
DeMarcus Cousins
NOPvsSAC
Oct 26, 2017
41pts
Rudy Gay
SACvsNOP
Jan 21, 2014
40pts
David West
NOPvsSAC
Mar 31, 2009
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
60 games with complete quarter lines
NOPSAC
How they create points
58 games with complete style splits
Selected comparison
Q1 scoring: NOP +2.1 points60 games
NOP highest-scoring quarter
Q1 · 27.4
SAC highest-scoring quarter
Q2 · 26.2
Widest fingerprint gap
NOP +2.1 q1 scoring
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.