Nuggets vs Lakers: head-to-head
52 meetings since 2015-16
Denver Nuggets30wins
Los Angeles Lakers22Rivalry analysis
Since the 2015-16 season, the Nuggets and the Lakers have met 52 times, regular season and playoffs combined. The Nuggets lead the series 30-22.
Over the last 6 meetings, the Nuggets won 2 and the Lakers won 4. The most recent game, on March 14, 2026, ended Lakers 127-125.
The home team won 33 of the 52 games (63%). These matchups averaged 226.9 total points, with a typical winning margin of 11.1 points; 13 of them were decided by five points or fewer.
Season-series sweeps: Nuggets in 2023-24. They have also met 14 times in the playoffs (2023-24, 2022-23, 2019-20), with the Nuggets winning 9 and the Lakers 5. Their next meeting is scheduled for December 19, 2026 in Denver.
Next meetings
| Dec 19, 2026 | Lakers @ Nuggets | 9:00 PM EST | DEN 54% |
| Dec 23, 2026 | Nuggets @ Lakers | 10:00 PM EST | |
| Feb 12, 2027 | Nuggets @ Lakers | 10:30 PM EST | |
| Feb 26, 2027 | Lakers @ Nuggets | 10:00 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 | LAL 96 – 133 DEN · 2022-01-15 |
| Lakers | LAL 123 – 100 DEN · 2025-02-22 |
2025-26 DEN 1 – 2 LAL
| 2026-03-14 | DEN 125 – 127 LAL | Final/OT |
| 2026-03-05 | LAL 113 – 120 DEN | Final |
| 2026-01-20 | LAL 115 – 107 DEN | Final |
2024-25 DEN 2 – 2 LAL
| 2025-03-19 | DEN 108 – 120 LAL | Final |
| 2025-03-14 | LAL 126 – 131 DEN | Final |
| 2025-02-22 | LAL 123 – 100 DEN | Final |
| 2024-11-23 | DEN 127 – 102 LAL | Final |
2023-24 DEN 7 – 1 LAL
| 2024-04-29 · playoffs | LAL 106 – 108 DEN | Final |
| 2024-04-27 · playoffs | DEN 108 – 119 LAL | Final |
| 2024-04-25 · playoffs | DEN 112 – 105 LAL | Final |
| 2024-04-22 · playoffs | LAL 99 – 101 DEN | Final |
| 2024-04-20 · playoffs | LAL 103 – 114 DEN | Final |
| 2024-03-02 | DEN 124 – 114 LAL | Final |
| 2024-02-08 | DEN 114 – 106 LAL | Final |
| 2023-10-24 | LAL 107 – 119 DEN | Final |
2022-23 DEN 6 – 2 LAL
| 2023-05-22 · playoffs | DEN 113 – 111 LAL | Final |
| 2023-05-20 · playoffs | DEN 119 – 108 LAL | Final |
| 2023-05-18 · playoffs | LAL 103 – 108 DEN | Final |
| 2023-05-16 · playoffs | LAL 126 – 132 DEN | Final |
| 2023-01-09 | LAL 109 – 122 DEN | Final |
| 2022-12-16 | DEN 108 – 126 LAL | Final |
| 2022-10-30 | DEN 110 – 121 LAL | Final |
| 2022-10-26 | LAL 99 – 110 DEN | Final |
2021-22 DEN 2 – 1 LAL
| 2022-04-10 | LAL 146 – 141 DEN | Final/OT |
| 2022-04-03 | DEN 129 – 118 LAL | Final |
| 2022-01-15 | LAL 96 – 133 DEN | Final |
2020-21 DEN 1 – 2 LAL
| 2021-05-03 | DEN 89 – 93 LAL | Final |
| 2021-02-14 | LAL 105 – 122 DEN | Final |
| 2021-02-04 | DEN 93 – 114 LAL | Final |
2019-20 DEN 2 – 7 LAL
| 2020-09-26 · playoffs | DEN 107 – 117 LAL | Final |
| 2020-09-24 · playoffs | LAL 114 – 108 DEN | Final |
| 2020-09-22 · playoffs | LAL 106 – 114 DEN | Final |
| 2020-09-20 · playoffs | DEN 103 – 105 LAL | Final |
| 2020-09-18 · playoffs | DEN 114 – 126 LAL | Final |
| 2020-08-10 | DEN 121 – 124 LAL | Final |
| 2020-02-12 | LAL 120 – 116 DEN | Final/OT |
| 2019-12-22 | DEN 128 – 104 LAL | Final |
| 2019-12-03 | LAL 105 – 96 DEN | Final |
2018-19 DEN 2 – 1 LAL
| 2019-03-06 | DEN 115 – 99 LAL | Final |
| 2018-11-27 | LAL 85 – 117 DEN | Final |
| 2018-10-25 | DEN 114 – 121 LAL | Final |
2017-18 DEN 2 – 2 LAL
| 2018-03-13 | DEN 103 – 112 LAL | Final |
| 2018-03-09 | LAL 116 – 125 DEN | Final |
| 2017-12-02 | LAL 100 – 115 DEN | Final |
| 2017-11-19 | DEN 109 – 127 LAL | Final |
2016-17 DEN 2 – 1 LAL
| 2017-03-13 | LAL 101 – 129 DEN | Final |
| 2017-01-31 | DEN 116 – 120 LAL | Final |
| 2017-01-17 | DEN 127 – 121 LAL | Final |
2015-16 DEN 3 – 1 LAL
| 2016-03-25 | DEN 116 – 105 LAL | Final |
| 2016-03-02 | LAL 107 – 117 DEN | Final |
| 2015-12-22 | LAL 111 – 107 DEN | Final |
| 2015-11-03 | DEN 120 – 109 LAL | Final |
Results from BALLDONTLIE. Our database starts with the 2015-16 season, so this is not an all-time franchise record.