Nuggets vs Kings: head-to-head
39 meetings since 2015-16
Denver Nuggets24wins
Sacramento Kings15Rivalry analysis
Since the 2015-16 season, the Nuggets and the Kings have met 39 times, regular season and playoffs combined. The Nuggets lead the series 24-15.
Over the last 6 meetings, the Nuggets won 5 and the Kings won 1. The most recent game, on December 11, 2025, ended Nuggets 136-105.
The home team won 22 of the 39 games (56%). These matchups averaged 226.3 total points, with a typical winning margin of 9.9 points; 12 of them were decided by five points or fewer.
Season-series sweeps: Nuggets in 2024-25, Nuggets in 2021-22, Kings in 2020-21, Nuggets in 2018-19, Kings in 2015-16. Their next meeting is scheduled for January 25, 2027 in Denver.
Next meetings
| Jan 25, 2027 | Kings @ Nuggets | 9:30 PM EST | DEN 87% |
| Mar 8, 2027 | Nuggets @ Kings | 10:00 PM EST | |
| Mar 29, 2027 | Nuggets @ Kings | 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 | DEN 136 – 105 SAC · 2025-12-11 |
| Kings | DEN 106 – 135 SAC · 2024-02-09 |
2025-26 DEN 3 – 1 SAC
| 2025-12-11 | DEN 136 – 105 SAC | Final |
| 2025-11-22 | SAC 128 – 123 DEN | Final |
| 2025-11-11 | DEN 122 – 108 SAC | Final |
| 2025-11-03 | SAC 124 – 130 DEN | Final |
2024-25 DEN 4 – 0 SAC
| 2025-04-09 | DEN 124 – 116 SAC | Final |
| 2025-03-05 | SAC 110 – 116 DEN | Final |
| 2025-01-23 | SAC 123 – 132 DEN | Final |
| 2024-12-16 | DEN 130 – 129 SAC | Final |
2023-24 DEN 1 – 3 SAC
| 2024-02-28 | SAC 96 – 117 DEN | Final |
| 2024-02-14 | SAC 102 – 98 DEN | Final |
| 2024-02-09 | DEN 106 – 135 SAC | Final |
| 2023-12-02 | DEN 117 – 123 SAC | Final |
2022-23 DEN 2 – 1 SAC
| 2023-04-09 | SAC 95 – 109 DEN | Final |
| 2022-12-28 | DEN 126 – 127 SAC | Final |
| 2022-12-27 | DEN 113 – 106 SAC | Final |
2021-22 DEN 4 – 0 SAC
| 2022-03-09 | DEN 106 – 100 SAC | Final |
| 2022-02-26 | SAC 110 – 115 DEN | Final |
| 2022-02-24 | DEN 128 – 110 SAC | Final |
| 2022-01-07 | SAC 111 – 121 DEN | Final |
2020-21 DEN 0 – 3 SAC
| 2021-02-06 | DEN 114 – 119 SAC | Final |
| 2020-12-29 | DEN 115 – 125 SAC | Final |
| 2020-12-23 | SAC 124 – 122 DEN | Final/OT |
2019-20 DEN 2 – 1 SAC
| 2019-12-29 | SAC 115 – 120 DEN | Final |
| 2019-11-30 | DEN 97 – 100 SAC | Final/OT |
| 2019-10-28 | DEN 101 – 94 SAC | Final |
2018-19 DEN 3 – 0 SAC
| 2019-02-13 | SAC 118 – 120 DEN | Final |
| 2019-01-03 | DEN 117 – 113 SAC | Final |
| 2018-10-23 | SAC 112 – 126 DEN | Final |
2017-18 DEN 3 – 1 SAC
| 2018-03-11 | SAC 104 – 130 DEN | Final |
| 2018-01-06 | DEN 98 – 106 SAC | Final |
| 2017-11-20 | DEN 114 – 98 SAC | Final |
| 2017-10-21 | SAC 79 – 96 DEN | Final |
2016-17 DEN 2 – 2 SAC
| 2017-03-11 | DEN 105 – 92 SAC | Final |
| 2017-03-06 | SAC 96 – 108 DEN | Final |
| 2017-02-23 | DEN 100 – 116 SAC | Final |
| 2017-01-03 | SAC 120 – 113 DEN | Final |
2015-16 DEN 0 – 3 SAC
| 2016-04-02 | SAC 115 – 106 DEN | Final |
| 2016-02-23 | SAC 114 – 110 DEN | Final |
| 2016-02-19 | DEN 110 – 116 SAC | Final |
Results from BALLDONTLIE. Our database starts with the 2015-16 season, so this is not an all-time franchise record.