ABA Rivalries With the Most Lead Changes

The series where the all-time lead has changed hands the most times. New York Nets and Utah Stars have traded the lead 8 times.

Team

#	Series	Lead changes	Record	Games
1	New York Nets vs Utah Stars31-31 in 62 games	8	31-31	62
2	Utah Stars vs Virginia Squires37-33 in 70 games	7	37-33	70
3	New York Nets vs Spirits of St. Louis55-46 in 101 games	6	55-46	101
4	Denver Nuggets vs Virginia Squires57-36 in 93 games	6	57-36	93
5	New York Nets vs San Antonio Spurs37-36 in 73 games	6	37-36	73
6	Indiana Pacers vs Virginia Squires41-30 in 71 games	5	41-30	71
7	Carolina Cougars vs The Floridians24-19 in 43 games	5	24-19	43
8	Indiana Pacers vs Kentucky Colonels61-50 in 111 games	4	61-50	111
9	Memphis Sounds vs Spirits of St. Louis36-35 in 71 games	4	36-35	71
10	Kentucky Colonels vs The Floridians41-21 in 62 games	4	41-21	62
11	Memphis Tams vs Pittsburgh Condors20-17 in 37 games	4	20-17	37
12	New York Nets vs Virginia Squires58-47 in 105 games	3	58-47	105
13	Spirits of St. Louis vs Virginia Squires55-42 in 97 games	3	55-42	97
14	Kentucky Colonels vs Virginia Squires66-31 in 97 games	3	66-31	97
15	Denver Nuggets vs Memphis Sounds46-38 in 84 games	3	46-38	84
16	New York Nets vs Memphis Sounds39-24 in 63 games	3	39-24	63
17	Spirits of St. Louis vs San Diego Sails16-10 in 26 games	3	16-10	26
18	New York Nets vs San Diego Sails15-9 in 24 games	3	15-9	24
19	Denver Nuggets vs San Antonio Spurs58-46 in 104 games	2	58-46	104
20	Indiana Pacers vs Spirits of St. Louis45-28 in 73 games	2	45-28	73
21	Indiana Pacers vs Memphis Sounds49-17 in 66 games	2	49-17	66
22	Kentucky Colonels vs Utah Stars33-31 in 64 games	2	33-31	64
23	Utah Stars vs Spirits of St. Louis41-21 in 62 games	2	41-21	62
24	Kentucky Colonels vs Pittsburgh Condors28-24 in 52 games	2	28-24	52
25	Indiana Pacers vs Pittsburgh Condors30-17 in 47 games	2	30-17	47
26	The Floridians vs Memphis Tams19-15 in 34 games	2	19-15	34
27	Utah Stars vs Pittsburgh Condors20-10 in 30 games	2	20-10	30
28	San Diego Sails vs Virginia Squires16-10 in 26 games	2	16-10	26
29	Kentucky Colonels vs New York Nets63-57 in 120 games	1	63-57	120
30	Indiana Pacers vs Denver Nuggets56-54 in 110 games	1	56-54	110
31	Kentucky Colonels vs Spirits of St. Louis67-41 in 108 games	1	67-41	108
32	San Antonio Spurs vs Indiana Pacers54-51 in 105 games	1	54-51	105
33	Utah Stars vs San Antonio Spurs62-41 in 103 games	1	62-41	103
34	Utah Stars vs Denver Nuggets55-47 in 102 games	1	55-47	102
35	Utah Stars vs Memphis Sounds43-36 in 79 games	1	43-36	79
36	Virginia Squires vs Memphis Sounds45-34 in 79 games	1	45-34	79
37	Denver Nuggets vs Spirits of St. Louis46-27 in 73 games	1	46-27	73
38	Kentucky Colonels vs Memphis Sounds51-17 in 68 games	1	51-17	68
39	Kentucky Colonels vs San Antonio Spurs41-25 in 66 games	1	41-25	66
40	Pittsburgh Condors vs The Floridians34-32 in 66 games	1	34-32	66
41	The Floridians vs New York Nets28-24 in 52 games	1	28-24	52
42	Indiana Pacers vs The Floridians30-19 in 49 games	1	30-19	49
43	Virginia Squires vs The Floridians29-15 in 44 games	1	29-15	44
44	Virginia Squires vs Pittsburgh Condors27-13 in 40 games	1	27-13	40
45	San Antonio Spurs vs San Diego Sails25-11 in 36 games	1	25-11	36
46	Dallas Chaparrals vs Pittsburgh Condors16-14 in 30 games	1	16-14	30
47	Denver Rockets vs The Floridians17-13 in 30 games	1	17-13	30
48	Denver Rockets vs Pittsburgh Condors17-13 in 30 games	1	17-13	30
49	The Floridians vs Utah Stars16-14 in 30 games	1	16-14	30

How this list works

A lead change is the other team moving ahead in the all-time series, counted game by game from the first meeting. Drawing level and then going back ahead does not count, and series whose lead never changed sides are left out.

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Sources

Records are computed from every final game result in the Matchup Index database. About the data.