Dominant matchup
57%win rate vs Clippers
80-60 across 140 meetings
See the full series →East Conference · Southeast Division
Washington Wizards
All-time head-to-head records, rivalries, and franchise history since 1961.
1
NBA Championships
Last in 1978
4
Finals appearances
65
Seasons played
Since 1961
Washington Wizards all-time insights
Toughest matchup
31%win rate vs Heat
48-108 across 156 meetings
See the full series →Headline rivalry
374meetings vs Knicks
156-218 all-time · 40% win rate
See the full series →1 NBA championship (most recent: 1978 vs Seattle SuperSonics)· 3 runner-up finishes
The story
Across 5,540 games vs 29 opponents the Washington Wizards hold a 2,436-3,104 all-time head-to-head record, winning 44% of meetings. Their longest series is with the New York Knicks: 374 meetings, 40% win rate. They feast on the Los Angeles Clippers (57% win rate) and struggle most with the Miami Heat (31% win rate). Championship context: 1 NBA title, most recently in 1978 over the Seattle SuperSonics.
All-time records vs every opponent
29 of 29 opponentsEvery opponent the Washington Wizards have a regular-season or playoff record against. Click any card for the full series page.
Eastern ConferenceHome
14 teams- New York Knicks156-21840%
- Boston Celtics138-22836%
- Atlanta Hawks169-18647%
- Philadelphia 76ers140-21439%
- Detroit Pistons148-17145%
- Cleveland Cavaliers127-14247%
- Chicago Bulls119-14545%
- Milwaukee Bucks99-14041%
- Brooklyn Nets113-10352%
- Indiana Pacers92-11644%
- Miami Heat48-10831%
- Orlando Magic61-8642%
- Charlotte Hornets65-7546%
- Toronto Raptors49-7340%
Western Conference
15 teams- Golden State Warriors98-13041%
- Sacramento Kings100-11844%
- Los Angeles Lakers81-13635%
- Houston Rockets84-8649%
- Oklahoma City Thunder72-8945%
- Los Angeles Clippers80-6057%
- Phoenix Suns68-7248%
- Portland Trail Blazers59-6847%
- San Antonio Spurs45-7538%
- Utah Jazz54-6446%
- Denver Nuggets43-6141%
- Dallas Mavericks38-5143%
- Minnesota Timberwolves40-3156%
- Memphis Grizzlies26-3344%
- New Orleans Pelicans24-2549%
Show as sortable table
| Opponent | W | L | Win % | Last meeting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Knicks | 156 | 218 | 39.7% | 2026-03-22 |
| Boston Celtics | 138 | 228 | 36.0% | 2026-03-14 |
| Atlanta Hawks | 169 | 186 | 46.9% | 2026-02-26 |
| Philadelphia 76ers | 140 | 214 | 38.9% | 2026-04-01 |
| Detroit Pistons | 148 | 171 | 44.6% | 2026-03-19 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 127 | 142 | 47.2% | 2026-04-12 |
| Chicago Bulls | 119 | 145 | 45.1% | 2026-04-09 |
| Milwaukee Bucks | 99 | 140 | 41.4% | 2026-01-29 |
| Golden State Warriors | 98 | 130 | 40.7% | 2026-03-27 |
| Sacramento Kings | 100 | 118 | 43.9% | 2026-02-01 |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 81 | 136 | 35.1% | 2026-03-30 |
| Brooklyn Nets | 113 | 103 | 52.3% | 2026-04-05 |
| Indiana Pacers | 92 | 116 | 44.0% | 2026-02-20 |
| Houston Rockets | 84 | 86 | 49.4% | 2026-03-02 |
| Oklahoma City Thunder | 72 | 89 | 44.7% | 2026-03-21 |
| Miami Heat | 48 | 108 | 30.8% | 2026-04-10 |
| Orlando Magic | 61 | 86 | 41.5% | 2026-03-12 |
| Los Angeles Clippers | 80 | 60 | 56.7% | 2026-01-19 |
| Phoenix Suns | 68 | 72 | 48.2% | 2026-01-11 |
| Charlotte Hornets | 65 | 75 | 46.4% | 2026-02-22 |
| Portland Trail Blazers | 59 | 68 | 46.5% | 2026-03-29 |
| Toronto Raptors | 49 | 73 | 40.2% | 2026-02-28 |
| San Antonio Spurs | 45 | 75 | 37.5% | 2025-12-21 |
| Utah Jazz | 54 | 64 | 45.8% | 2026-03-25 |
| Denver Nuggets | 43 | 61 | 41.3% | 2026-01-22 |
| Dallas Mavericks | 38 | 51 | 42.7% | 2025-11-08 |
| Minnesota Timberwolves | 40 | 31 | 56.3% | 2026-01-04 |
| Memphis Grizzlies | 26 | 33 | 44.1% | 2025-12-28 |
| New Orleans Pelicans | 24 | 25 | 49.0% | 2026-03-08 |
Franchise history
Championship moments and W-L across the NBA's structural eras, side by side.
Championship ledger
1 title · 3 runner-ups · 4 Finals appearances1970s
1W · 3L
- 1979lost to SuperSonics
- 1978vs SuperSonics
- 1975lost to Warriors
- 1971lost to Bucks
ChampionshipFinals lossTeam colors: Washington Wizards
Performance by era
Baseline: 44% across all opponentsHow the Washington Wizards have performed across 5 of the NBA's structural eras.
BAA / founding
1946-1949
29-12(70.7%)
+26.8 pp vs baseline
Original Basketball Association of America before the NBL merger formed the NBA.
Early NBA
1950-1967
216-381(36.2%)
-7.8 pp vs baseline
Post-merger era of 8-to-10 teams, dominated by Minneapolis and Boston dynasties.
ABA / expansion
1968-1979
628-468(57.3%)
+13.3 pp vs baseline
Rapid expansion and the ABA rival league that folded into the NBA in 1976.
Modern era
1980-1999
692-945(42.3%)
-1.7 pp vs baseline
The 3-point line, Magic vs Bird, the 90s Bulls: a commercial and competitive peak.
Cap / luxury-tax era
2000-present
871-1,298(40.2%)
-3.8 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.