Nuggets vs Suns: head-to-head
50 meetings since 2015-16
Denver Nuggets32wins
Phoenix Suns18Rivalry analysis
Since the 2015-16 season, the Nuggets and the Suns have met 50 times, regular season and playoffs combined. The Nuggets lead the series 32-18.
Over the last 6 meetings, the Nuggets won 6 and the Suns won 0. The most recent game, on October 30, 2026, ended Nuggets 127-120.
The home team won 26 of the 50 games (52%). These matchups averaged 226.7 total points, with a typical winning margin of 12.6 points; 9 of them were decided by five points or fewer.
Season-series sweeps: Nuggets in 2025-26, Nuggets in 2019-20, Nuggets in 2016-17. They have also met 10 times in the playoffs (2022-23, 2020-21), with the Nuggets winning 4 and the Suns 6. Their next meeting is scheduled for November 16, 2026 in Denver.
Next meetings
| Nov 16, 2026 | Suns @ Nuggets | 9:00 PM EST | DEN 70% |
| Jan 5, 2027 | Suns @ Nuggets | 10:00 PM EST | |
| Apr 2, 2027 | Nuggets @ Suns | 10:00 PM EDT |
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 | PHX 95 – 132 DEN · 2019-01-25 |
| Suns | DEN 97 – 126 PHX · 2021-11-21 |
2026-27 DEN 1 – 0 PHX
| 2026-10-30 | DEN 127 – 120 PHX | Final |
2025-26 DEN 3 – 0 PHX
| 2026-03-24 | DEN 125 – 123 PHX | Final |
| 2025-11-29 | DEN 130 – 112 PHX | Final |
| 2025-10-25 | PHX 111 – 133 DEN | Final |
2024-25 DEN 3 – 1 PHX
| 2025-03-07 | PHX 141 – 149 DEN | Final/OT |
| 2025-02-08 | DEN 122 – 105 PHX | Final |
| 2024-12-25 | DEN 100 – 110 PHX | Final |
| 2024-12-23 | PHX 90 – 117 DEN | Final |
2023-24 DEN 1 – 2 PHX
| 2024-03-27 | PHX 104 – 97 DEN | Final |
| 2024-03-05 | PHX 117 – 107 DEN | Final/OT |
| 2023-12-01 | DEN 119 – 111 PHX | Final |
2022-23 DEN 6 – 4 PHX
| 2023-05-11 · playoffs | DEN 125 – 100 PHX | Final |
| 2023-05-09 · playoffs | PHX 102 – 118 DEN | Final |
| 2023-05-07 · playoffs | DEN 124 – 129 PHX | Final |
| 2023-05-05 · playoffs | DEN 114 – 121 PHX | Final |
| 2023-05-01 · playoffs | PHX 87 – 97 DEN | Final |
| 2023-04-29 · playoffs | PHX 107 – 125 DEN | Final |
| 2023-04-06 | DEN 115 – 119 PHX | Final |
| 2023-03-31 | DEN 93 – 100 PHX | Final |
| 2023-01-11 | PHX 97 – 126 DEN | Final |
| 2022-12-25 | PHX 125 – 128 DEN | Final/OT |
2021-22 DEN 1 – 2 PHX
| 2022-03-24 | PHX 140 – 130 DEN | Final |
| 2021-11-21 | DEN 97 – 126 PHX | Final |
| 2021-10-20 | DEN 110 – 98 PHX | Final |
2020-21 DEN 2 – 5 PHX
| 2021-06-13 · playoffs | PHX 125 – 118 DEN | Final |
| 2021-06-11 · playoffs | PHX 116 – 102 DEN | Final |
| 2021-06-09 · playoffs | DEN 98 – 123 PHX | Final |
| 2021-06-07 · playoffs | DEN 105 – 122 PHX | Final |
| 2021-01-23 | DEN 120 – 112 PHX | Final/2OT |
| 2021-01-22 | DEN 130 – 126 PHX | Final/OT |
| 2021-01-01 | PHX 106 – 103 DEN | Final |
2019-20 DEN 4 – 0 PHX
| 2020-02-08 | DEN 117 – 108 PHX | Final |
| 2019-12-23 | DEN 113 – 111 PHX | Final |
| 2019-11-24 | PHX 104 – 116 DEN | Final |
| 2019-10-25 | PHX 107 – 108 DEN | Final/OT |
2018-19 DEN 3 – 1 PHX
| 2019-01-25 | PHX 95 – 132 DEN | Final |
| 2019-01-12 | DEN 93 – 102 PHX | Final |
| 2018-12-29 | DEN 122 – 118 PHX | Final |
| 2018-10-20 | PHX 91 – 119 DEN | Final |
2017-18 DEN 2 – 1 PHX
| 2018-02-10 | DEN 123 – 113 PHX | Final |
| 2018-01-19 | PHX 108 – 100 DEN | Final |
| 2018-01-03 | PHX 111 – 134 DEN | Final |
2016-17 DEN 4 – 0 PHX
| 2017-01-28 | DEN 123 – 112 PHX | Final |
| 2017-01-26 | PHX 120 – 127 DEN | Final |
| 2016-11-27 | DEN 120 – 114 PHX | Final |
| 2016-11-16 | PHX 104 – 120 DEN | Final |
2015-16 DEN 2 – 2 PHX
| 2016-03-10 | PHX 98 – 116 DEN | Final |
| 2015-12-23 | DEN 104 – 96 PHX | Final |
| 2015-11-20 | PHX 114 – 107 DEN | Final |
| 2015-11-14 | DEN 81 – 105 PHX | Final |
Results from BALLDONTLIE. Our database starts with the 2015-16 season, so this is not an all-time franchise record.