49ers–Giants rivalry

49ers–Giants rivalry
	The Giants and 49ers playing in the 1985 Wild Card
	San Francisco 49ers New York Giants
Location	San Francisco, New York City
First meeting	November 9, 1952; Giants 23, 49ers 14
Latest meeting	November 2, 2025; 49ers 34, Giants 24
Next meeting	2026
Stadiums	49ers: Levi's Stadium; Giants: MetLife Stadium
Statistics
Meetings total	44
All-time series	49ers: 23–21
Regular season series	49ers: 19–17
Postseason results	Tied: 4–4
Largest victory	49ers: 44–3 (1993); Giants: 49–3 (1986)
Most points scored	49ers: 44 (1993); Giants: 49 (1986)
Longest win streak	49ers: 6 (1992–2002); Giants: 5 (1972–1979)
Current win streak	49ers: 3 (2020–present)
Post–season history
	1981 NFC Divisional: 49ers won: 38–24; 1984 NFC Divisional: 49ers won: 21–10; 1985 NFC Wild Card: Giants won: 17–3; 1986 NFC Divisional: Giants won: 49–3; 1990 NFC Championship: Giants won: 15–13; 1993 NFC Divisional: 49ers won: 44–3; 2002 NFC Wild Card: 49ers won: 39–38; 2011 NFC Championship: Giants won: 20–17 (OT);
	San Francisco 49ers New York Giants

The 49ers–Giants rivalry is a National Football League (NFL) rivalry between the San Francisco 49ers and New York Giants.

It is one of the great inter-division rivalry games in the National Football League (NFL). The two teams do not play each other every year; instead, they play at least once every three years and at least once every six seasons at each team's home stadium, sometimes more often if the two teams finish in the same place in their respective divisions or meet in the playoffs. Since 1982, the 49ers and Giants have met eight times in the postseason (including two NFC Championship Games), the second-most times two teams have met in the playoffs in the NFL since that time (behind 49ers–Packers). CBS Sports ranked this rivalry as the No. 1 NFL rivalry of the 1980s.

The 49ers lead the overall series, 23–21 The two teams have met eight times in the playoffs, with each team winning four games.