Cavaliers vs Thunder: head-to-head
24 meetings since 2015-16
Cleveland Cavaliers9wins
Oklahoma City Thunder15Regular season9-15
Avg. margin (CLE)-3.6
CLE at home5-7
OKC at home8-4
Avg. total points221.2
Current streakOKC 5
Rivalry analysis
Since the 2015-16 season, the Cavaliers and the Thunder have met 24 times, regular season and playoffs combined. The Thunder lead the series 15-9.
Over the last 6 meetings, the Cavaliers won 1 and the Thunder won 5. The most recent game, on November 4, 2026, ended Thunder 124-116.
The home team won 13 of the 24 games (54%). These matchups averaged 221.2 total points, with a typical winning margin of 12.4 points; 4 of them were decided by five points or fewer.
Next meeting
No meeting scheduled this season.
Biggest wins
| Cavaliers | CLE 129 – 102 OKC · 2021-04-08 |
| Thunder | OKC 136 – 104 CLE · 2026-01-19 |
2026-27 CLE 0 – 2 OKC
| 2026-11-04 | CLE 116 – 124 OKC | Final |
| 2026-11-02 | OKC 117 – 112 CLE | Final |
2025-26 CLE 0 – 2 OKC
| 2026-02-22 | CLE 113 – 121 OKC | Final |
| 2026-01-19 | OKC 136 – 104 CLE | Final |
2024-25 CLE 1 – 1 OKC
| 2025-01-16 | CLE 114 – 134 OKC | Final |
| 2025-01-08 | OKC 122 – 129 CLE | Final |
2023-24 CLE 0 – 2 OKC
| 2023-11-08 | CLE 120 – 128 OKC | Final |
| 2023-10-27 | OKC 108 – 105 CLE | Final |
2022-23 CLE 1 – 1 OKC
| 2023-01-27 | CLE 100 – 112 OKC | Final |
| 2022-12-10 | OKC 102 – 110 CLE | Final |
2021-22 CLE 2 – 0 OKC
| 2022-01-22 | OKC 87 – 94 CLE | Final |
| 2022-01-15 | CLE 107 – 102 OKC | Final |
2020-21 CLE 1 – 1 OKC
| 2021-04-08 | CLE 129 – 102 OKC | Final |
| 2021-02-21 | OKC 117 – 101 CLE | Final |
2019-20 CLE 0 – 2 OKC
| 2020-02-05 | CLE 103 – 109 OKC | Final |
| 2020-01-04 | OKC 121 – 106 CLE | Final |
2018-19 CLE 0 – 2 OKC
| 2018-11-28 | CLE 83 – 100 OKC | Final |
| 2018-11-07 | OKC 95 – 86 CLE | Final |
2017-18 CLE 1 – 1 OKC
| 2018-02-13 | CLE 120 – 112 OKC | Final |
| 2018-01-20 | OKC 148 – 124 CLE | Final |
2016-17 CLE 1 – 1 OKC
| 2017-02-09 | CLE 109 – 118 OKC | Final |
| 2017-01-29 | OKC 91 – 107 CLE | Final |
2015-16 CLE 2 – 0 OKC
| 2016-02-21 | CLE 115 – 92 OKC | Final |
| 2015-12-17 | OKC 100 – 104 CLE | Final |
Results from BALLDONTLIE. Our database starts with the 2015-16 season, so this is not an all-time franchise record.