Cleveland Cavaliers

The Cleveland Cavaliers are a National Basketball Association team in the Central Division (Eastern Conference), founded in 1970. No NBA championship yet.

The basics

Founded	1970
Conference	Eastern
Division	Central Division
NBA championships	0 (all-time)

Record since 2002

Regular-season and play-off results over 2002–2026 (the span the open data covers) — not an all-time record. The championships above are all-time; these win–loss figures are since 2002.

Regular season	1022–985 (.509)
Play-offs	116–80
Seasons counted	25 (2002–2026)

Season by season

Every season the open data covers, 2002–2026, counted game by game from hoopR. This is not an all-time record — the championships above are, these rows are not. Pick a figure to chart it; the year links to that season’s page.

W by season. Every figure is in the table below.

Season	W	L	Pct	Play-off W	Play-off L
2002	29	53	.354	0	0
2003	17	65	.207	0	0
2004	35	47	.427	0	0
2005	42	40	.512	0	0
2006	50	32	.610	7	6
2007	50	32	.610	12	8
2008	45	37	.549	7	6
2009	66	16	.805	10	4
2010	61	21	.744	6	5
2011	19	63	.232	0	0
2012	21	45	.318	0	0
2013	24	58	.293	0	0
2014	33	49	.402	0	0
2015	53	29	.646	14	6
2016	57	25	.695	16	5
2017	51	31	.622	13	5
2018	50	32	.610	12	10
2019	19	63	.232	0	0
2020	19	46	.292	0	0
2021	22	50	.306	0	0
2022	44	38	.537	0	0
2023	51	31	.622	1	4
2024	48	34	.585	5	7
2025	64	18	.780	5	4
2026	52	30	.634	8	10
Since 2002	1022	985	.509	116	80

Where this came from

Founding, conference, division and all-time championships from Wikidata (public domain). Win–loss records are counted from hoopR open data (CC BY 4.0), 2002–2026 only. Both are free and open.

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