Dominant matchup
56%win rate vs Hornets
79-61 across 140 meetings
See the full series →East Conference · Atlantic Division Original NBA (BAA 1946)
New York Knicks
All-time head-to-head records, rivalries, and franchise history since 1946.
2
NBA Championships
Last in 1973
8
Finals appearances
80
Seasons played
Since 1946
New York Knicks all-time insights
Toughest matchup
37%win rate vs Celtics
210-335 across 545 meetings
See the full series →Headline rivalry
545meetings vs Celtics
210-335 all-time · 37% win rate
See the full series →2 NBA championships (most recent: 1973 vs Los Angeles Lakers)· 6 runner-up finishes
The story
Across 6,352 games vs 29 opponents the New York Knicks hold a 3,093-3,259 all-time head-to-head record, winning 49% of meetings. Their longest series is with the Boston Celtics: 545 meetings, 37% win rate. They feast on the Charlotte Hornets (56% win rate) and struggle most with the Boston Celtics (37% win rate). Championship context: 2 NBA titles, most recently in 1973 over the Los Angeles Lakers.
All-time records vs every opponent
29 of 29 opponentsEvery opponent the New York Knicks have a regular-season or playoff record against. Click any card for the full series page.
Eastern ConferenceHome
14 teams- Boston Celtics210-33537%
- Philadelphia 76ers228-28344%
- Detroit Pistons226-18553%
- Atlanta Hawks201-20548%
- Washington Wizards218-15656%
- Chicago Bulls131-15345%
- Indiana Pacers126-12649%
- Cleveland Cavaliers137-11155%
- Milwaukee Bucks115-12747%
- Brooklyn Nets119-11251%
- Miami Heat92-8751%
- Charlotte Hornets79-6156%
- Orlando Magic68-7049%
- Toronto Raptors63-6450%
Western Conference
15 teams- Golden State Warriors154-17543%
- Los Angeles Lakers137-17941%
- Sacramento Kings151-15447%
- Houston Rockets82-8349%
- Oklahoma City Thunder67-7746%
- Los Angeles Clippers75-6852%
- Phoenix Suns67-7447%
- Portland Trail Blazers57-7045%
- San Antonio Spurs49-6443%
- Utah Jazz55-5649%
- Denver Nuggets51-5250%
- Dallas Mavericks42-4847%
- Minnesota Timberwolves38-3254%
- Memphis Grizzlies30-2852%
- New Orleans Pelicans25-2451%
Show as sortable table
| Opponent | W | L | Win % | Last meeting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Celtics | 210 | 335 | 36.5% | 2026-04-09 |
| Philadelphia 76ers | 228 | 283 | 43.5% | 2026-05-10 |
| Detroit Pistons | 226 | 185 | 53.2% | 2026-02-19 |
| Atlanta Hawks | 201 | 205 | 48.0% | 2026-04-30 |
| Washington Wizards | 218 | 156 | 55.5% | 2026-03-22 |
| Golden State Warriors | 154 | 175 | 43.3% | 2026-03-15 |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 137 | 179 | 41.3% | 2026-03-08 |
| Sacramento Kings | 151 | 154 | 47.0% | 2026-01-27 |
| Chicago Bulls | 131 | 153 | 45.3% | 2026-04-03 |
| Indiana Pacers | 126 | 126 | 49.2% | 2026-03-17 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 137 | 111 | 54.6% | 2026-05-25 |
| Milwaukee Bucks | 115 | 127 | 47.3% | 2026-02-27 |
| Brooklyn Nets | 119 | 112 | 51.3% | 2026-03-20 |
| Miami Heat | 92 | 87 | 51.4% | 2025-12-21 |
| Houston Rockets | 82 | 83 | 49.1% | 2026-03-31 |
| Oklahoma City Thunder | 67 | 77 | 46.2% | 2026-03-29 |
| Los Angeles Clippers | 75 | 68 | 52.4% | 2026-03-09 |
| Phoenix Suns | 67 | 74 | 47.2% | 2026-01-17 |
| Charlotte Hornets | 79 | 61 | 56.4% | 2026-04-12 |
| Orlando Magic | 68 | 70 | 49.3% | 2025-12-13 |
| Portland Trail Blazers | 57 | 70 | 44.9% | 2026-01-30 |
| Toronto Raptors | 63 | 64 | 49.6% | 2026-04-10 |
| San Antonio Spurs | 49 | 64 | 43.4% | 2026-03-01 |
| Utah Jazz | 55 | 56 | 49.1% | 2026-03-11 |
| Denver Nuggets | 51 | 52 | 49.5% | 2026-03-06 |
| Dallas Mavericks | 42 | 48 | 46.7% | 2026-01-19 |
| Minnesota Timberwolves | 38 | 32 | 54.3% | 2025-12-23 |
| Memphis Grizzlies | 30 | 28 | 51.7% | 2026-04-01 |
| New Orleans Pelicans | 25 | 24 | 51.0% | 2026-03-24 |
Franchise history
Championship moments and W-L across the NBA's structural eras, side by side.
Championship ledger
2 titles · 6 runner-ups · 8 Finals appearances1990s
0W · 2L
- 1999lost to Spurs
- 1994lost to Rockets
1970s
2W · 1L
- 1973vs Lakers
- 1972lost to Lakers
- 1970vs Lakers
1950s
0W · 3L
- 1953lost to Lakers
- 1952lost to Lakers
- 1951lost to Royals
ChampionshipFinals lossTeam colors: New York Knicks
Performance by era
Baseline: 49% across all opponentsHow the New York Knicks have performed across 5 of the NBA's structural eras.
BAA / founding
1946-1949
10-9(52.6%)
+3.9 pp vs baseline
Original Basketball Association of America before the NBL merger formed the NBA.
Early NBA
1950-1967
583-750(43.7%)
-5.0 pp vs baseline
Post-merger era of 8-to-10 teams, dominated by Minneapolis and Boston dynasties.
ABA / expansion
1968-1979
584-466(55.6%)
+6.9 pp vs baseline
Rapid expansion and the ABA rival league that folded into the NBA in 1976.
Modern era
1980-1999
948-821(53.6%)
+4.9 pp vs baseline
The 3-point line, Magic vs Bird, the 90s Bulls: a commercial and competitive peak.
Cap / luxury-tax era
2000-present
968-1,213(44.4%)
-4.3 pp vs 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.