Nuggets vs Timberwolves: head-to-head
61 meetings since 2015-16
Denver Nuggets34wins
Minnesota Timberwolves27Rivalry analysis
Since the 2015-16 season, the Nuggets and the Timberwolves have met 61 times, regular season and playoffs combined. The Nuggets lead the series 34-27, close to an even split.
Over the last 6 meetings, the Nuggets won 2 and the Timberwolves won 4. The most recent game, on April 30, 2026, ended Timberwolves 110-98 in the playoffs.
The home team won 32 of the 61 games (52%). These matchups averaged 219.3 total points, with a typical winning margin of 11.4 points; 19 of them were decided by five points or fewer.
Season-series sweeps: Timberwolves in 2024-25, Nuggets in 2020-21, Nuggets in 2019-20, Nuggets in 2018-19. They have also met 18 times in the playoffs (2025-26, 2023-24, 2022-23), with the Nuggets winning 9 and the Timberwolves 9. Their next meeting is scheduled for December 28, 2026 in Denver.
Next meetings
| Dec 28, 2026 | Timberwolves @ Nuggets | 10:30 PM EST | DEN 54% |
| Dec 31, 2026 | Nuggets @ Timberwolves | 4:00 PM EST | |
| Jan 27, 2027 | Nuggets @ Timberwolves | 9:30 PM EST | |
| Mar 7, 2027 | Timberwolves @ Nuggets | 3:30 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 | MIN 112 – 146 DEN · 2023-02-07 |
| Timberwolves | DEN 70 – 115 MIN · 2024-05-16 |
2025-26 DEN 5 – 5 MIN
| 2026-04-30 · playoffs | DEN 98 – 110 MIN | Final |
| 2026-04-27 · playoffs | MIN 113 – 125 DEN | Final |
| 2026-04-25 · playoffs | DEN 96 – 112 MIN | Final |
| 2026-04-23 · playoffs | DEN 96 – 113 MIN | Final |
| 2026-04-20 · playoffs | MIN 119 – 114 DEN | Final |
| 2026-04-18 · playoffs | MIN 105 – 116 DEN | Final |
| 2026-03-01 | MIN 117 – 108 DEN | Final |
| 2025-12-25 | MIN 138 – 142 DEN | Final/OT |
| 2025-11-15 | DEN 123 – 112 MIN | Final |
| 2025-10-27 | DEN 127 – 114 MIN | Final |
2024-25 DEN 0 – 4 MIN
| 2025-04-01 | MIN 140 – 139 DEN | Final/2OT |
| 2025-03-12 | MIN 115 – 95 DEN | Final |
| 2025-01-25 | DEN 104 – 133 MIN | Final |
| 2024-11-01 | DEN 116 – 119 MIN | Final |
2023-24 DEN 5 – 6 MIN
| 2024-05-19 · playoffs | MIN 98 – 90 DEN | Final |
| 2024-05-16 · playoffs | DEN 70 – 115 MIN | Final |
| 2024-05-14 · playoffs | MIN 97 – 112 DEN | Final |
| 2024-05-12 · playoffs | DEN 115 – 107 MIN | Final |
| 2024-05-10 · playoffs | DEN 117 – 90 MIN | Final |
| 2024-05-06 · playoffs | MIN 106 – 80 DEN | Final |
| 2024-05-04 · playoffs | MIN 106 – 99 DEN | Final |
| 2024-04-10 | MIN 107 – 116 DEN | Final |
| 2024-03-29 | MIN 111 – 98 DEN | Final |
| 2024-03-19 | DEN 115 – 112 MIN | Final |
| 2023-11-01 | DEN 89 – 110 MIN | Final |
2022-23 DEN 6 – 3 MIN
| 2023-04-25 · playoffs | MIN 109 – 112 DEN | Final |
| 2023-04-23 · playoffs | DEN 108 – 114 MIN | Final/OT |
| 2023-04-21 · playoffs | DEN 120 – 111 MIN | Final |
| 2023-04-19 · playoffs | MIN 113 – 122 DEN | Final |
| 2023-04-16 · playoffs | MIN 80 – 109 DEN | Final |
| 2023-02-07 | MIN 112 – 146 DEN | Final |
| 2023-02-05 | DEN 98 – 128 MIN | Final |
| 2023-01-18 | MIN 118 – 122 DEN | Final |
| 2023-01-02 | DEN 111 – 124 MIN | Final |
2021-22 DEN 1 – 3 MIN
| 2022-04-01 | MIN 136 – 130 DEN | Final |
| 2022-02-01 | DEN 115 – 130 MIN | Final |
| 2021-12-15 | MIN 124 – 107 DEN | Final |
| 2021-10-30 | DEN 93 – 91 MIN | Final |
2020-21 DEN 3 – 0 MIN
| 2021-05-13 | DEN 114 – 103 MIN | Final |
| 2021-01-05 | MIN 116 – 123 DEN | Final |
| 2021-01-03 | DEN 124 – 109 MIN | Final |
2019-20 DEN 4 – 0 MIN
| 2020-02-23 | MIN 116 – 128 DEN | Final |
| 2020-01-20 | DEN 107 – 100 MIN | Final |
| 2019-12-20 | MIN 100 – 109 DEN | Final |
| 2019-11-10 | DEN 100 – 98 MIN | Final/OT |
2018-19 DEN 4 – 0 MIN
| 2019-04-10 | MIN 95 – 99 DEN | Final |
| 2019-03-12 | MIN 107 – 133 DEN | Final |
| 2019-02-02 | DEN 107 – 106 MIN | Final |
| 2018-11-21 | DEN 103 – 101 MIN | Final |
2017-18 DEN 1 – 3 MIN
| 2018-04-11 | DEN 106 – 112 MIN | Final |
| 2018-04-05 | MIN 96 – 100 DEN | Final |
| 2017-12-27 | DEN 125 – 128 MIN | Final |
| 2017-12-20 | MIN 112 – 104 DEN | Final |
2016-17 DEN 2 – 2 MIN
| 2017-02-15 | MIN 112 – 99 DEN | Final |
| 2017-01-22 | DEN 108 – 111 MIN | Final |
| 2016-12-28 | MIN 103 – 105 DEN | Final |
| 2016-11-03 | DEN 102 – 99 MIN | Final |
2015-16 DEN 3 – 1 MIN
| 2016-01-06 | DEN 78 – 74 MIN | Final |
| 2015-12-15 | DEN 112 – 100 MIN | Final |
| 2015-12-11 | MIN 108 – 111 DEN | Final |
| 2015-10-30 | MIN 95 – 78 DEN | Final |
Results from BALLDONTLIE. Our database starts with the 2015-16 season, so this is not an all-time franchise record.