Nuggets vs Rockets: head-to-head
40 meetings since 2015-16
Denver Nuggets21wins
Houston Rockets19Rivalry analysis
Since the 2015-16 season, the Nuggets and the Rockets have met 40 times, regular season and playoffs combined. The Nuggets lead the series 21-19, close to an even split.
Over the last 6 meetings, the Nuggets won 4 and the Rockets won 2. The most recent game, on November 9, 2026, ended Rockets 110-100.
The home team won 26 of the 40 games (65%). These matchups averaged 224.8 total points, with a typical winning margin of 13.9 points; 8 of them were decided by five points or fewer.
Season-series sweeps: Nuggets in 2021-22, Nuggets in 2020-21, Rockets in 2017-18, Rockets in 2016-17, Nuggets in 2015-16. Their next meeting is scheduled for November 20, 2026 in Denver.
Next meetings
| Nov 20, 2026 | Rockets @ Nuggets | 10:00 PM EST | DEN 54% |
| Feb 14, 2027 | Nuggets @ Rockets | 2:00 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
| Nuggets | HOU 93 – 129 DEN · 2026-03-11 |
| Rockets | DEN 95 – 125 HOU · 2017-11-22 |
2026-27 DEN 0 – 1 HOU
| 2026-11-09 | DEN 100 – 110 HOU | Final |
2025-26 DEN 3 – 1 HOU
| 2026-03-11 | HOU 93 – 129 DEN | Final |
| 2025-12-20 | HOU 115 – 101 DEN | Final |
| 2025-12-15 | HOU 125 – 128 DEN | Final/OT |
| 2025-11-21 | DEN 112 – 109 HOU | Final |
2024-25 DEN 2 – 1 HOU
| 2025-04-13 | DEN 126 – 111 HOU | Final |
| 2025-03-23 | DEN 116 – 111 HOU | Final |
| 2025-01-15 | HOU 128 – 108 DEN | Final |
2023-24 DEN 1 – 3 HOU
| 2023-12-08 | HOU 114 – 106 DEN | Final |
| 2023-11-29 | HOU 124 – 134 DEN | Final |
| 2023-11-24 | DEN 86 – 105 HOU | Final |
| 2023-11-12 | DEN 104 – 107 HOU | Final |
2022-23 DEN 3 – 1 HOU
| 2023-04-04 | DEN 103 – 124 HOU | Final |
| 2023-02-28 | DEN 133 – 112 HOU | Final |
| 2022-11-30 | HOU 100 – 120 DEN | Final |
| 2022-11-28 | HOU 113 – 129 DEN | Final |
2021-22 DEN 3 – 0 HOU
| 2022-03-04 | HOU 101 – 116 DEN | Final |
| 2022-01-01 | DEN 124 – 111 HOU | Final |
| 2021-11-06 | HOU 94 – 95 DEN | Final |
2020-21 DEN 3 – 0 HOU
| 2021-04-24 | HOU 116 – 129 DEN | Final |
| 2021-04-16 | DEN 128 – 99 HOU | Final |
| 2020-12-28 | HOU 111 – 124 DEN | Final |
2019-20 DEN 2 – 2 HOU
| 2020-01-26 | HOU 110 – 117 DEN | Final |
| 2020-01-22 | DEN 105 – 121 HOU | Final |
| 2019-12-31 | DEN 104 – 130 HOU | Final |
| 2019-11-20 | HOU 95 – 105 DEN | Final |
2018-19 DEN 1 – 3 HOU
| 2019-03-28 | DEN 85 – 112 HOU | Final |
| 2019-02-01 | HOU 122 – 136 DEN | Final |
| 2019-01-07 | DEN 113 – 125 HOU | Final |
| 2018-11-13 | HOU 109 – 99 DEN | Final |
2017-18 DEN 0 – 3 HOU
| 2018-02-25 | HOU 119 – 114 DEN | Final |
| 2018-02-09 | DEN 104 – 130 HOU | Final |
| 2017-11-22 | DEN 95 – 125 HOU | Final |
2016-17 DEN 0 – 4 HOU
| 2017-04-05 | DEN 104 – 110 HOU | Final |
| 2017-03-20 | DEN 124 – 125 HOU | Final |
| 2017-03-18 | HOU 109 – 105 DEN | Final |
| 2016-12-02 | HOU 128 – 110 DEN | Final |
2015-16 DEN 3 – 0 HOU
| 2015-12-14 | HOU 108 – 114 DEN | Final |
| 2015-11-13 | HOU 98 – 107 DEN | Final |
| 2015-10-28 | DEN 105 – 85 HOU | Final |
Results from BALLDONTLIE. Our database starts with the 2015-16 season, so this is not an all-time franchise record.