Pelicans vs Suns: head-to-head
44 meetings since 2015-16
New Orleans Pelicans20wins
Phoenix Suns24Rivalry analysis
Since the 2015-16 season, the Pelicans and the Suns have met 44 times, regular season and playoffs combined. The Suns lead the series 24-20, close to an even split.
Over the last 6 meetings, the Pelicans won 1 and the Suns won 5. The most recent game, on March 6, 2026, ended Suns 118-116.
The home team won 20 of the 44 games (45%). These matchups averaged 230.8 total points, with a typical winning margin of 10.9 points; 11 of them were decided by five points or fewer.
Season-series sweeps: Suns in 2025-26, Pelicans in 2017-18. They have also met 6 times in the playoffs (2021-22), with the Pelicans winning 2 and the Suns 4. Their next meeting is scheduled for November 23, 2026 in New Orleans.
Next meetings
| Nov 23, 2026 | Suns @ Pelicans | 8:00 PM EST | PHX 59% |
| Feb 25, 2027 | Suns @ Pelicans | 8:00 PM EST | |
| Feb 27, 2027 | Pelicans @ Suns | 9:00 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
| Pelicans | NOP 115 – 91 PHX · 2017-11-24 |
| Suns | NOP 86 – 111 PHX · 2020-12-29 |
2025-26 NOP 0 – 4 PHX
| 2026-03-06 | NOP 116 – 118 PHX | Final |
| 2025-12-27 | PHX 123 – 114 NOP | Final |
| 2025-12-26 | PHX 115 – 108 NOP | Final |
| 2025-11-10 | NOP 98 – 121 PHX | Final |
2024-25 NOP 2 – 1 PHX
| 2025-02-28 | NOP 108 – 125 PHX | Final |
| 2025-02-27 | NOP 124 – 116 PHX | Final |
| 2024-12-05 | PHX 124 – 126 NOP | Final |
2023-24 NOP 1 – 2 PHX
| 2024-04-07 | NOP 113 – 105 PHX | Final |
| 2024-04-01 | PHX 124 – 111 NOP | Final |
| 2024-01-19 | PHX 123 – 109 NOP | Final |
2022-23 NOP 2 – 2 PHX
| 2022-12-17 | NOP 114 – 118 PHX | Final |
| 2022-12-11 | PHX 124 – 129 NOP | Final/OT |
| 2022-12-09 | PHX 117 – 128 NOP | Final |
| 2022-10-28 | NOP 111 – 124 PHX | Final |
2021-22 NOP 3 – 7 PHX
| 2022-04-28 · playoffs | PHX 115 – 109 NOP | Final |
| 2022-04-26 · playoffs | NOP 97 – 112 PHX | Final |
| 2022-04-24 · playoffs | PHX 103 – 118 NOP | Final |
| 2022-04-22 · playoffs | PHX 114 – 111 NOP | Final |
| 2022-04-19 · playoffs | NOP 125 – 114 PHX | Final |
| 2022-04-17 · playoffs | NOP 99 – 110 PHX | Final |
| 2022-03-15 | PHX 131 – 115 NOP | Final |
| 2022-02-25 | NOP 117 – 102 PHX | Final |
| 2022-01-04 | PHX 123 – 110 NOP | Final |
| 2021-11-02 | NOP 100 – 112 PHX | Final |
2020-21 NOP 1 – 2 PHX
| 2021-02-19 | PHX 132 – 114 NOP | Final |
| 2021-02-03 | PHX 101 – 123 NOP | Final |
| 2020-12-29 | NOP 86 – 111 PHX | Final |
2019-20 NOP 1 – 1 PHX
| 2019-12-05 | PHX 139 – 132 NOP | Final/OT |
| 2019-11-21 | NOP 124 – 121 PHX | Final |
2018-19 NOP 2 – 2 PHX
| 2019-04-05 | NOP 126 – 133 PHX | Final/OT |
| 2019-03-16 | PHX 138 – 136 NOP | Final/OT |
| 2019-03-01 | NOP 130 – 116 PHX | Final |
| 2018-11-10 | PHX 99 – 119 NOP | Final |
2017-18 NOP 3 – 0 PHX
| 2018-04-06 | NOP 122 – 103 PHX | Final |
| 2018-02-26 | PHX 116 – 125 NOP | Final |
| 2017-11-24 | NOP 115 – 91 PHX | Final |
2016-17 NOP 3 – 1 PHX
| 2017-02-13 | NOP 110 – 108 PHX | Final |
| 2017-02-06 | PHX 106 – 111 NOP | Final |
| 2016-12-11 | NOP 120 – 119 PHX | Final |
| 2016-11-04 | PHX 112 – 111 NOP | Final |
2015-16 NOP 2 – 2 PHX
| 2016-04-09 | PHX 121 – 100 NOP | Final |
| 2015-12-18 | NOP 88 – 104 PHX | Final |
| 2015-11-25 | NOP 120 – 114 PHX | Final |
| 2015-11-22 | PHX 116 – 122 NOP | Final |
Results from BALLDONTLIE. Our database starts with the 2015-16 season, so this is not an all-time franchise record.