Cavaliers vs Knicks: head-to-head
50 meetings since 2015-16
Cleveland Cavaliers27wins
New York Knicks23Rivalry analysis
Since the 2015-16 season, the Cavaliers and the Knicks have met 50 times, regular season and playoffs combined. The Cavaliers lead the series 27-23, close to an even split.
Over the last 6 meetings, the Cavaliers won 1 and the Knicks won 5. The most recent game, on November 11, 2026, ended Cavaliers 115-107.
The home team won 23 of the 50 games (46%). These matchups averaged 210.5 total points, with a typical winning margin of 12.9 points; 8 of them were decided by five points or fewer.
Season-series sweeps: Cavaliers in 2024-25, Cavaliers in 2021-22, Cavaliers in 2018-19, Cavaliers in 2016-17, Cavaliers in 2015-16. They have also met 9 times in the playoffs (2025-26, 2022-23), with the Cavaliers winning 1 and the Knicks 8. Their next meeting is scheduled for November 25, 2026 in New York.
Next meetings
| Nov 25, 2026 | Cavaliers @ Knicks | 7:30 PM EST | NYK 73% |
| Dec 21, 2026 | Knicks @ Cavaliers | 7:00 PM EST |
Probability from today's Elo ratings (home court included); the frozen pre-game figure appears on the game page 7 days before tip-off.
Biggest wins
| Cavaliers | NYK 105 – 142 CLE · 2025-02-21 |
| Knicks | NYK 130 – 93 CLE · 2026-05-25 |
2026-27 CLE 1 – 1 NYK
| 2026-11-11 | CLE 115 – 107 NYK | Final |
| 2026-11-07 | NYK 109 – 97 CLE | Final |
2025-26 CLE 1 – 6 NYK
| 2026-05-25 · playoffs | NYK 130 – 93 CLE | Final |
| 2026-05-23 · playoffs | NYK 121 – 108 CLE | Final |
| 2026-05-21 · playoffs | CLE 93 – 109 NYK | Final |
| 2026-05-19 · playoffs | CLE 104 – 115 NYK | Final/OT |
| 2026-02-24 | NYK 94 – 109 CLE | Final |
| 2025-12-25 | CLE 124 – 126 NYK | Final |
| 2025-10-22 | CLE 111 – 119 NYK | Final |
2024-25 CLE 4 – 0 NYK
| 2025-04-11 | CLE 108 – 102 NYK | Final |
| 2025-04-02 | NYK 105 – 124 CLE | Final |
| 2025-02-21 | NYK 105 – 142 CLE | Final |
| 2024-10-28 | CLE 110 – 104 NYK | Final |
2023-24 CLE 1 – 2 NYK
| 2024-03-03 | NYK 107 – 98 CLE | Final |
| 2023-11-01 | CLE 95 – 89 NYK | Final |
| 2023-10-31 | NYK 109 – 91 CLE | Final |
2022-23 CLE 2 – 7 NYK
| 2023-04-26 · playoffs | NYK 106 – 95 CLE | Final |
| 2023-04-23 · playoffs | CLE 93 – 102 NYK | Final |
| 2023-04-21 · playoffs | CLE 79 – 99 NYK | Final |
| 2023-04-18 · playoffs | NYK 90 – 107 CLE | Final |
| 2023-04-15 · playoffs | NYK 101 – 97 CLE | Final |
| 2023-03-31 | NYK 130 – 116 CLE | Final |
| 2023-01-24 | CLE 103 – 105 NYK | Final |
| 2022-12-04 | CLE 81 – 92 NYK | Final |
| 2022-10-30 | NYK 108 – 121 CLE | Final |
2021-22 CLE 3 – 0 NYK
| 2022-04-02 | CLE 119 – 101 NYK | Final |
| 2022-01-24 | NYK 93 – 95 CLE | Final |
| 2021-11-07 | CLE 126 – 109 NYK | Final |
2020-21 CLE 1 – 2 NYK
| 2021-01-29 | CLE 81 – 102 NYK | Final |
| 2021-01-15 | NYK 103 – 106 CLE | Final |
| 2020-12-29 | NYK 95 – 86 CLE | Final |
2019-20 CLE 1 – 3 NYK
| 2020-02-03 | NYK 139 – 134 CLE | Final/OT |
| 2020-01-20 | NYK 106 – 86 CLE | Final |
| 2019-11-18 | CLE 105 – 123 NYK | Final |
| 2019-11-10 | CLE 108 – 87 NYK | Final |
2018-19 CLE 3 – 0 NYK
| 2019-02-28 | CLE 125 – 118 NYK | Final |
| 2019-02-11 | NYK 104 – 107 CLE | Final |
| 2018-12-12 | NYK 106 – 113 CLE | Final |
2017-18 CLE 2 – 2 NYK
| 2018-04-11 | NYK 110 – 98 CLE | Final |
| 2018-04-09 | CLE 123 – 109 NYK | Final |
| 2017-11-13 | CLE 104 – 101 NYK | Final |
| 2017-10-29 | NYK 114 – 95 CLE | Final |
2016-17 CLE 4 – 0 NYK
| 2017-02-23 | NYK 104 – 119 CLE | Final |
| 2017-02-04 | CLE 111 – 104 NYK | Final |
| 2016-12-07 | CLE 126 – 94 NYK | Final |
| 2016-10-25 | NYK 88 – 117 CLE | Final |
2015-16 CLE 4 – 0 NYK
| 2016-03-26 | CLE 107 – 93 NYK | Final |
| 2015-12-23 | NYK 84 – 91 CLE | Final |
| 2015-11-13 | CLE 90 – 84 NYK | Final |
| 2015-11-04 | NYK 86 – 96 CLE | Final |
Results from BALLDONTLIE. Our database starts with the 2015-16 season, so this is not an all-time franchise record.