Dominant matchup
54%win rate vs Nets
56-47 across 103 meetings
See the full series →West Conference · Pacific Division
Sacramento Kings
All-time head-to-head records, rivalries, and franchise history since 1945.
1
NBA Championships
Last in 1951
1
Finals appearances
81
Seasons played
Since 1945
Sacramento Kings all-time insights
Toughest matchup
35%win rate vs Lakers
172-303 across 475 meetings
See the full series →Headline rivalry
475meetings vs Lakers
172-303 all-time · 35% win rate
See the full series →1 NBA championship (most recent: 1951 vs New York Knicks)· 0 runner-up finishes
The story
Across 6,162 games vs 29 opponents the Sacramento Kings hold a 2,754-3,408 all-time head-to-head record, winning 45% of meetings. Their longest series is with the Los Angeles Lakers: 475 meetings, 35% win rate. They feast on the Brooklyn Nets (54% win rate) and struggle most with the Los Angeles Lakers (35% win rate). Championship context: 1 NBA title, most recently in 1951 over the New York Knicks.
All-time records vs every opponent
29 of 29 opponentsEvery opponent the Sacramento Kings have a regular-season or playoff record against. Click any card for the full series page.
Eastern Conference
15 teams- Detroit Pistons181-18248%
- Atlanta Hawks160-16549%
- Boston Celtics117-20435%
- Philadelphia 76ers137-18442%
- New York Knicks154-15148%
- Washington Wizards118-10052%
- Chicago Bulls89-9149%
- Milwaukee Bucks60-9938%
- Cleveland Cavaliers66-6450%
- Brooklyn Nets56-4754%
- Indiana Pacers46-5645%
- Miami Heat27-4836%
- Orlando Magic40-3454%
- Charlotte Hornets32-4044%
- Toronto Raptors32-2754%
Western ConferenceHome
14 teams- Los Angeles Lakers172-30335%
- Golden State Warriors194-22245%
- Phoenix Suns115-15942%
- Oklahoma City Thunder102-16438%
- Houston Rockets104-15041%
- Portland Trail Blazers92-14838%
- Los Angeles Clippers125-11253%
- Utah Jazz105-12546%
- Dallas Mavericks96-11146%
- San Antonio Spurs72-13535%
- Denver Nuggets97-10947%
- Minnesota Timberwolves68-7747%
- Memphis Grizzlies60-5353%
- New Orleans Pelicans37-4844%
Show as sortable table
| Opponent | W | L | Win % | Last meeting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Lakers | 172 | 303 | 34.8% | 2026-03-01 |
| Golden State Warriors | 194 | 222 | 45.3% | 2026-04-10 |
| Detroit Pistons | 181 | 182 | 48.4% | 2026-01-25 |
| Atlanta Hawks | 160 | 165 | 48.6% | 2026-03-28 |
| Boston Celtics | 117 | 204 | 35.2% | 2026-01-30 |
| Philadelphia 76ers | 137 | 184 | 42.3% | 2026-03-19 |
| New York Knicks | 154 | 151 | 48.0% | 2026-01-27 |
| Phoenix Suns | 115 | 159 | 41.5% | 2026-03-03 |
| Oklahoma City Thunder | 102 | 164 | 38.2% | 2025-11-19 |
| Houston Rockets | 104 | 150 | 40.9% | 2026-02-25 |
| Portland Trail Blazers | 92 | 148 | 38.3% | 2026-04-12 |
| Los Angeles Clippers | 125 | 112 | 52.7% | 2026-04-05 |
| Utah Jazz | 105 | 125 | 45.7% | 2026-03-15 |
| Washington Wizards | 118 | 100 | 51.8% | 2026-02-01 |
| Dallas Mavericks | 96 | 111 | 46.4% | 2026-02-26 |
| San Antonio Spurs | 72 | 135 | 34.8% | 2026-03-17 |
| Denver Nuggets | 97 | 109 | 46.9% | 2025-12-11 |
| Chicago Bulls | 89 | 91 | 49.4% | 2026-03-08 |
| Milwaukee Bucks | 60 | 99 | 37.5% | 2026-01-04 |
| Minnesota Timberwolves | 68 | 77 | 46.9% | 2025-12-14 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 66 | 64 | 50.4% | 2026-02-07 |
| Memphis Grizzlies | 60 | 53 | 53.1% | 2026-02-23 |
| Brooklyn Nets | 56 | 47 | 54.4% | 2026-03-29 |
| Indiana Pacers | 46 | 56 | 45.1% | 2026-03-10 |
| New Orleans Pelicans | 37 | 48 | 43.5% | 2026-04-03 |
| Miami Heat | 27 | 48 | 36.0% | 2026-01-20 |
| Orlando Magic | 40 | 34 | 54.1% | 2026-03-26 |
| Charlotte Hornets | 32 | 40 | 44.4% | 2026-03-24 |
| Toronto Raptors | 32 | 27 | 54.2% | 2026-04-01 |
Franchise history
Championship moments and W-L across the NBA's structural eras, side by side.
Championship ledger
1 title · 0 runner-ups · 1 Finals appearance1950s
1W · 0L
- 1951vs Knicks
ChampionshipFinals lossTeam colors: Sacramento Kings
Performance by era
Baseline: 45% across all opponentsHow the Sacramento Kings have performed across 5 of the NBA's structural eras.
BAA / founding
1946-1949
3-3(50.0%)
+5.3 pp vs baseline
Original Basketball Association of America before the NBL merger formed the NBA.
Early NBA
1950-1967
668-694(49.0%)
+4.4 pp vs baseline
Post-merger era of 8-to-10 teams, dominated by Minneapolis and Boston dynasties.
ABA / expansion
1968-1979
449-538(45.5%)
in line with baseline
Rapid expansion and the ABA rival league that folded into the NBA in 1976.
Modern era
1980-1999
653-989(39.8%)
-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
981-1,184(45.3%)
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.