Most Lopsided ABA Rivalries of All Time

The biggest all-time leads, by winning percentage, among series with plenty of meetings. Most one-sided: San Diego Sails leads Memphis Sounds 19-5, winning 79.2% of 24 meetings.

Team

#	Series	Record	Win %	Games
1	San Diego Sails vs Memphis Sounds24 games	19-5	79.2%	24
2	Denver Nuggets vs San Diego Sails35 games	27-8	77.1%	35
3	Kentucky Colonels vs San Diego Sails25 games	19-6	76.0%	25
4	Kentucky Colonels vs Memphis Sounds68 games	51-17	75.0%	68
5	Indiana Pacers vs Memphis Sounds66 games	49-17	74.2%	66
6	Indiana Pacers vs San Diego Sails34 games	25-9	73.5%	34
7	San Antonio Spurs vs San Diego Sails36 games	25-11	69.4%	36
8	Kentucky Colonels vs Virginia Squires97 games	66-31	68.0%	97
9	Virginia Squires vs Pittsburgh Condors40 games	27-13	67.5%	40
10	Utah Stars vs Pittsburgh Condors30 games	20-10	66.7%	30
11	San Antonio Spurs vs Virginia Squires77 games	51-26	66.2%	77
12	Utah Stars vs Spirits of St. Louis62 games	41-21	66.1%	62
13	Kentucky Colonels vs The Floridians62 games	41-21	66.1%	62
14	Virginia Squires vs The Floridians44 games	29-15	65.9%	44
15	Indiana Pacers vs Pittsburgh Condors47 games	30-17	63.8%	47
16	Utah Stars vs San Diego Sails44 games	28-16	63.6%	44
17	Denver Nuggets vs Spirits of St. Louis73 games	46-27	63.0%	73
18	New York Nets vs San Diego Sails24 games	15-9	62.5%	24
19	Kentucky Colonels vs San Antonio Spurs66 games	41-25	62.1%	66
20	Kentucky Colonels vs Spirits of St. Louis108 games	67-41	62.0%	108
21	New York Nets vs Memphis Sounds63 games	39-24	61.9%	63
22	Indiana Pacers vs Spirits of St. Louis73 games	45-28	61.6%	73
23	Kentucky Colonels vs Denver Nuggets73 games	45-28	61.6%	73
24	Spirits of St. Louis vs San Diego Sails26 games	16-10	61.5%	26
25	San Diego Sails vs Virginia Squires26 games	16-10	61.5%	26
26	Denver Nuggets vs Virginia Squires93 games	57-36	61.3%	93
27	Indiana Pacers vs The Floridians49 games	30-19	61.2%	49
28	Utah Stars vs San Antonio Spurs103 games	62-41	60.2%	103
29	The Floridians vs Dallas Chaparrals30 games	18-12	60.0%	30
30	San Antonio Spurs vs Spirits of St. Louis78 games	46-32	59.0%	78
31	Denver Nuggets vs New York Nets74 games	43-31	58.1%	74
32	Indiana Pacers vs Virginia Squires71 games	41-30	57.7%	71
33	Virginia Squires vs Memphis Sounds79 games	45-34	57.0%	79
34	Spirits of St. Louis vs Virginia Squires97 games	55-42	56.7%	97
35	Denver Rockets vs The Floridians30 games	17-13	56.7%	30
36	Denver Rockets vs Pittsburgh Condors30 games	17-13	56.7%	30
37	The Floridians vs Memphis Tams34 games	19-15	55.9%	34
38	Carolina Cougars vs The Floridians43 games	24-19	55.8%	43
39	Denver Nuggets vs San Antonio Spurs104 games	58-46	55.8%	104
40	New York Nets vs Virginia Squires105 games	58-47	55.2%	105
41	Indiana Pacers vs New York Nets87 games	48-39	55.2%	87
42	Indiana Pacers vs Kentucky Colonels111 games	61-50	55.0%	111
43	Denver Nuggets vs Memphis Sounds84 games	46-38	54.8%	84
44	Indiana Pacers vs Utah Stars110 games	60-50	54.5%	110
45	New York Nets vs Spirits of St. Louis101 games	55-46	54.5%	101
46	Utah Stars vs Memphis Sounds79 games	43-36	54.4%	79
47	Memphis Tams vs Pittsburgh Condors37 games	20-17	54.1%	37
48	Utah Stars vs Denver Nuggets102 games	55-47	53.9%	102
49	The Floridians vs New York Nets52 games	28-24	53.8%	52
50	Kentucky Colonels vs Pittsburgh Condors52 games	28-24	53.8%	52
51	Pittsburgh Condors vs Carolina Cougars45 games	24-21	53.3%	45
52	Dallas Chaparrals vs Pittsburgh Condors30 games	16-14	53.3%	30
53	The Floridians vs Utah Stars30 games	16-14	53.3%	30
54	Utah Stars vs Virginia Squires70 games	37-33	52.9%	70
55	Pittsburgh Condors vs New York Nets53 games	28-25	52.8%	53
56	Kentucky Colonels vs New York Nets120 games	63-57	52.5%	120
57	Memphis Sounds vs San Antonio Spurs92 games	48-44	52.2%	92
58	Kentucky Colonels vs Utah Stars64 games	33-31	51.6%	64
59	Pittsburgh Condors vs The Floridians66 games	34-32	51.5%	66
60	San Antonio Spurs vs Indiana Pacers105 games	54-51	51.4%	105
61	Indiana Pacers vs Denver Nuggets110 games	56-54	50.9%	110
62	Memphis Sounds vs Spirits of St. Louis71 games	36-35	50.7%	71
63	New York Nets vs San Antonio Spurs73 games	37-36	50.7%	73
64	New York Nets vs Utah Stars62 games	31-31	50.0%	62

How this list works

Series with at least 20 meetings (15 in college football), ranked by the leader's winning percentage (a tie counts as half a win), then by the number of games.

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Sources

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