L.A. Lakers History: Lakers Head-to-Head Records Against all the NBA Teams

All-time Lakers performance against the other NBA franchises. Includes win, losses, total games in the regular season and the playoffs.

The Lakers have played 6086 games in the regular season and 787 in the playoffs. Here you have the details of the Lakers performance against every NBA team. Note that in this list the teams are named with their current name but include all the variants of the franchises, this is the Atlanta Hawks include the Lakers record against the St. Louis Hawks or the Sacramento Kings include the Lakers record head-to-head against the Kansas City Kings and the Rochester Royals and so on... If you want more detailed information we have a detailed list with the head-to-head records against every variant of each franchise.

In the regular season the Lakers have positive records against all the NBA teams with the only exception of the the Boston Celtics. In the playoffs they also win most of the matchups with the exceptions of the Celtics and the Milwaukee Bucks.

Lakers Head-to-Head Records Against All The Other NBA Teams:

Season Playoffs
  G W L Winning % G W L Winning %
  Lakers Totals: 6086 3600 2486 .592   787 466 321 .592  
Season Playoffs
Franchise G W L Winning % G W L Winning %
Atlanta Hawks 342 198 144 .579   56 30 26 .536  
Boston Celtics 302 135 167 .447   74 31 43 .419  
Brooklyn Nets 101 70 31 .693   4 4 0 1.000  
Charlotte Hornets 69 43 26 .623   0 0 0 0  
Chicago Bulls 165 96 69 .582   28 17 11 .607  
Cleveland Cavaliers 125 70 55 .560   -
Dallas Mavericks 177 119 58 .672   22 12 10 .545  
Denver Nuggets 196 115 81 .587   42 26 16 .619  
Detroit Pistons 350 214 136 .611   47 26 21 .553  
Golden State Warriors 442 265 177 .600   42 29 13 .690  
Houston Rockets 240 150 90 .625   40 24 16 .600  
Indiana Pacers 102 67 35 .657   7 5 2 .714  
Los Angeles Clippers 243 156 87 .642   -
Memphis Grizzlies 110 69 41 .627   -
Miami Heat 74 40 34 .541   -
Milwaukee Bucks 148 86 62 .581   16 6 10 .375  
Minnesota Timberwolves 133 87 46 .654   18 10 8 .556  
New Orleans Pelicans 78 50 28 .641   7 5 2 .714  
New York Knicks 301 175 126 .581   29 16 13 .552  
Oklahoma City Thunder 270 157 113 .581   41 26 15 .634  
Orlando Magic 72 46 26 .639   5 4 1 .800  
Philadelphia 76ers 293 148 145 .505   34 20 14 .588  
Phoenix Suns 272 153 119 .563   68 40 28 .588  
Portland Trail Blazers 248 133 115 .536   53 36 17 .679  
Sacramento Kings 453 285 168 .629   37 26 11 .703  
San Antonio Spurs 192 98 94 .510   56 34 22 .607  
Toronto Raptors 57 35 22 .614   -
Utah Jazz 203 120 83 .591   31 17 14 .548  
Washington Wizards 204 127 77 .623   6 4 2 .667  

Against Defunct Franchises

Season Playoffs
  Franchises       Winning %       Winning %
Anderson Packers 2 1 1 .500   2 2 0 1.000  
Baltimore Bullets ** 37 30 7 .811   -
Chicago Stags 12 8 4 .667   4 4 0 1.000  
Denver Nuggets *** 2 2 0 1.000   -
Indianapolis Jets 6 6 0 1.000   -
Indianapolis Olympians 31 19 12 .613   7 6 1 .857  
Providence Steam
Rollers
5 5 0 1.000   -
Sheboygan Redskins 2 1 1 .500   -
St. Louis Bombers 12 9 3 .750   -
Washington Capitols 13 10 3 .769   6 4 2 .667  
Waterloo Hawks 2 2 0 1.000   -

* Lakers played 1 game against the Rochester Royals (win) and 2 against the St: Louis Hawks (1 win, 1 loss). Those games were to decide the final seed after a tie in the standings at the end of the regular season and are considered playoff games here.

** This is the original franchise called Baltimore Bullets and it only shares the name with the Baltimore Bullets version of the Washington Wizards.

*** This is the original franchise called Denver Nuggets. The current Nuggets share the name but are a different franchise.