The 2022–23 New Orleans Pelicans season was the 21st season of the New Orleans Pelicans franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). They would make it to the Play-In Tournament in back to back seasons, but lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Play-In game.
Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College / Club 1 8 Dyson Daniels Guard / small forward NBA G League Ignite 2 41 E. J. Liddell Power forward Ohio State 2 52 Karlo Matković Center Mega Mozzart
The Pelicans held one first-round pick and two second-round picks entering the draft.
Roster
<noinclude>
Standings
Division
Conference
Game log
Preseason
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | October 4 | @ Chicago | | Devonte' Graham (21) | Jaxson Hayes (6) | Jose Alvarado (6) | United Center16,322 | 1–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | October 7 | Detroit | | Jose Alvarado (28) | Willy Hernangómez (8) | Daniels, Valančiūnas (5) | Smoothie King Center13,309 | 2–0 |-style="background:#cfc; | 3 | October 9 | @ San Antonio | | Trey Murphy III (27) | Willy Hernangómez (11) | Devonte' Graham (6) | AT&T Center18,193 | 3–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 4 | October 12 | @ Miami | | Willy Hernangómez (17) | Naji Marshall (8) | Williamson, McCollum, Marshall (4) | FTX Arena19,600 | 3–1 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 5 | October 14 | Atlanta | | Brandon Ingram (19) | Jonas Valančiūnas (11) | Jonas Valančiūnas (7) | Legacy Arena12,787 | 4–1
Regular season
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | October 19 | @ Brooklyn | | Brandon Ingram (28) | Jonas Valančiūnas (15) | CJ McCollum (6) | Barclays Center18,003 | 1–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | October 21 | @ Charlotte | | Jonas Valančiūnas (30) | Jonas Valančiūnas (17) | Brandon Ingram (7) | Spectrum Center19,287 | 2–0 |-style="background:#fcc; | 3 | October 23 | Utah | | CJ McCollum (28) | Murphy III, Valančiūnas (9) | CJ McCollum (12) | Smoothie King Center18,665 | 2–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 | October 25 | Dallas | | Trey Murphy III (22) | Jonas Valančiūnas (7) | CJ McCollum (11) | Smoothie King Center14,020 | 3–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 5 | October 28 | @ Phoenix | | Jonas Valančiūnas (25) | Jonas Valančiūnas (10) | CJ McCollum (9) | Footprint Center17,071 | 3–2 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 6 | October 30 | L.A. Clippers | | CJ McCollum (22) | Zion Williamson (12) | Zion Williamson (7) | Crypto.com Arena18,142 | 4–2
|-style="background:#fcc;" | 7 | November 2 | @ L.A. Lakers | | Zion Williamson (27) | Jonas Valančiūnas (10) | CJ McCollum (8) | Crypto.com Arena18,997 | 4–3 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 8 | November 4 | Golden State | | Brandon Ingram (26) | McCollum, Nance Jr. (8) | Ingram, McCollum (5) | Smoothie King Center18,451 | 5–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 9 | November 5 | @ Atlanta | | McCollum, Williamson (29) | Jonas Valančiūnas (17) | Brandon Ingram (7) | State Farm Arena17,654 | 5–4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 10 | November 7 | @ Indiana | | Brandon Ingram (29) | Valančiūnas, Williamson (7) | McCollum, Williamson (7) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse14,052 | 5–5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 11 | November 9 | @ Chicago | | Brandon Ingram (22) | Jonas Valančiuñas (13) | CJ McCollum (5) | United Center19,621 | 6–5 |-style="background:#fcc; | 12 | November 10 | Portland | | Zion Williamson (29) | Jonas Valančiuñas (11) | CJ McCollum (7) | Smoothie King Center14,289 | 6–6 |- style="background:#cfc; | 13 | November 12 | Houston | | Zion Williamson (26) | Larry Nance Jr. (9) | CJ McCollum (7) | Smoothie King Center15,367 | 7–6 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 14 | November 15 | Memphis | | CJ McCollum (30) | Dyson Daniels (9) | CJ McCollum (9) | Smoothie King Center14,032 | 8–6 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 15 | November 16 | Chicago | | CJ McCollum (23) | Trey Murphy III (10) | Brandon Ingram (9) | Smoothie King Center14,658 | 9–6 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 16 | November 18 | Boston | | Brandon Ingram (25) | Larry Nance Jr. (8) | Brandon Ingram (7) | Smoothie King Center17,828 | 9–7 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 17 | November 21 | Golden State | | Brandon Ingram (34) | Jonas Valančiuñas (13) | Naji Marshall (7) | Smoothie King Center18,589 | 10–7 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 18 | November 23 | @ San Antonio | | Zion Williamson (32) | Zion Williamson (11) | Brandon Ingram (10) | AT&T Center14,947 | 11–7 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 19 | November 25 | @ Memphis | | Trey Murphy III (21) | Daniels, Hernangómez, Jones, Williamson (5) | Dyson Daniels (6) | FedExForum17,794 | 11–8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 20 | November 28 | Oklahoma City | | Zion Williamson (23) | Jonas Valančiuñas (10) | Zion Williamson (8) | Smoothie King Center13,109 | 12–8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 21 | November 30 | Toronto | | Zion Williamson (33) | Jonas Valančiuñas (13) | Dyson Daniels (9) | Smoothie King Center14,845 | 13–8
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 22 | December 2 | @ San Antonio | | Zion Williamson (30) | Zion Williamson (15) | Zion Williamson (8) | AT&T Center17,202 | 14–8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 23 | December 4 | Denver | | Jose Alvarado (38) | Willy Hernangómez (8) | Marshall, McCollum (6) | Smoothie King Center15,658 | 15–8 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 24 | December 7 | Detroit | | Zion Williamson (29) | Jonas Valančiūnas (12) | Murphy III, Valančiūnas (5) | Smoothie King Center14,073 | 16–8 |-style="background:#cfc" | 25 | December 9 | Phoenix | | Zion Williamson (35) | Jonas Valančiūnas (10) | McCollum, Nance Jr. (5) | Smoothie King Center16,381 | 17–8 |-style="background:#cfc" | 26 | December 11 | Phoenix | | Zion Williamson (35) | Jonas Valančiūnas (10) | Dyson Daniels (8) | Smoothie King Center18,681 | 18–8 |-style="background:#fcc" | 27 | December 13 | @ Utah | | Zion Williamson (26) | Zion Williamson (9) | Zion Williamson (5) | Vivint Arena18,206 | 18–9 |-style="background:#fcc" | 28 | December 15 | @ Utah | | Zion Williamson (31) | Nance Jr., Valančiūnas (9) | Zion Williamson (8) | Vivint Arena18,206 | 18–10 |-style="background:#fcc" | 29 | December 17 | @ Phoenix | | Zion Williamson (30) | Jonas Valančiūnas (8) | Zion Williamson (9) | Footprint Center17,071 | 18–11 |-style="background:#fcc" | 30 | December 19 | Milwaukee | | Jonas Valančiūnas (37) | Jonas Valančiūnas (18) | CJ McCollum (9) | Smoothie King Center18,271 | 18–12 |-style="background:#cfc" | 31 | December 22 | San Antonio | | CJ McCollum (40) | Jonas Valančiūnas (10) | CJ McCollum (9) | Smoothie King Center16,417 | 19–12 |-style="background:#cfc" | 32 | December 23 | @ Oklahoma City | | Trey Murphy III (23) | Naji Marshall (8) | CJ McCollum (11) | Paycom Center15,214 | 20–12 |-style="background:#cfc" | 33 | December 26 | Indiana | | Naji Marshall (22) | Jonas Valančiūnas (12) | CJ McCollum (6) | Smoothie King Center18,636 | 21–12 |-style="background:#cfc" | 34 | December 28 | Minnesota | | Zion Williamson (43) | Jonas Valančiūnas (11) | CJ McCollum (6) | Smoothie King Center18,669 | 22–12 |-style="background:#cfc" | 35 | December 30 | Philadelphia | | CJ McCollum (42) | Jonas Valančiūnas (9) | CJ McCollum (5) | Smoothie King Center18,656 | 23–12 |-style="background:#fcc" | 36 | December 31 | @ Memphis | | Zion Williamson (20) | Herbert Jones (11) | Naji Marshall (4) | FedExForum17,951 | 23–13
|-style="background:#fcc" | 37 | January 2 | @ Philadelphia | | McCollum, Williamson (26) | Jonas Valančiūnas (12) | Zion Williamson (7) | Wells Fargo Center20,531 | 23–14 |-style="background:#cfc" | 38 | January 4 | Houston | | CJ McCollum (28) | Jonas Valančiūnas (17) | CJ McCollum (6) | Smoothie King Center17,295 | 24–14 |-style="background:#fcc" | 39 | January 6 | Brooklyn | | CJ McCollum (28) | Jonas Valančiūnas (10) | CJ McCollum (6) | Smoothie King Center18,636 | 24–15 |-style="background:#fcc" | 40 | January 7 | @ Dallas | | Jonas Valančiūnas (25) | Hernangómez, Valančiūnas (10) | Jose Alvarado (7) | American Airlines Center20,300 | 24–16 |- style="background:#cfc" | 41 | January 9 | @ Washington | | CJ McCollum (34) | Jonas Valančiūnas (12) | Devonte' Graham (6) | Capital One Arena16,223 | 25–16 |- style="background:#fcc" | 42 | January 11 | @ Boston | | CJ McCollum (38) | Naji Marshall (7) | CJ McCollum (4) | TD Garden19,156 | 25–17 |-style="background:#cfc" | 43 | January 13 | @ Detroit | | Jonas Valančiūnas (33) | Jonas Valančiūnas (16) | CJ McCollum (9) | Little Caesars Arena18,989 | 26–17 |-style="background:#fcc" | 44 | January 16 | @ Cleveland | | CJ McCollum (25) | Jonas Valančiūnas (13) | Jose Alvarado (5) | Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse19,432 | 26–18 |-style="background:#fcc" | 45 | January 18 | Miami
| CJ McCollum (21) | Jonas Valančiūnas (10) | Larry Nance Jr. (6) | Smoothie King Center17,736 | 26–19 |-style="background:#fcc" | 46 | January 20 | @ Orlando | | CJ McCollum (23) | Jonas Valančiūnas (10) | Dyson Daniels (8) | Amway Center19,025 | 26–20 |-style="background:#fcc" | 47 | January 22 | @ Miami | | Trey Murphy III (17) | Jonas Valančiūnas (16) | Dyson Daniels (6) | Miami-Dade Arena19,600 | 26–21 |-style="background:#fcc" | 48 | January 24 | Denver | | CJ McCollum (20) | Jonas Valančiūnas (9) | CJ McCollum (4) | Smoothie King Center14,699 | 26–22 |-style="background:#fcc" | 49 | January 25 | Minnesota | | CJ McCollum (25) | Jonas Valančiūnas (12) | CJ McCollum (8) | Smoothie King Center14,887 | 26–23 |-style="background:#fcc" | 50 | January 28 | Washington | | CJ McCollum (24) | Larry Nance Jr. (8) | CJ McCollum (5) | Smoothie King Center17,692 | 26–24 |-style="background:#fcc" | 51 | January 29 | @ Milwaukee | | Jose Alvarado (18) | Larry Nance Jr. (12) | Alvarado, Marshall (6) | Fiserv Forum17,341 | 26–25 |-style="background:#fcc" | 52 | January 31 | @ Denver
| Jones, McCollum (21) | Larry Nance Jr. (11) | Brandon Ingram (9) | Ball Arena18,868 | 26–26
|-style="background:#fcc" | 53 | February 2 | @ Dallas
| Brandon Ingram (26) | Jonas Valančiūnas (13) | CJ McCollum (8) | American Airlines Center19,670 | 26–27 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 54 | February 4 | L.A. Lakers | | Brandon Ingram (35) | Jonas Valančiūnas (14) | CJ McCollum (7) | Smoothie King Center18,886 | 27–27 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 55 | February 5 | Sacramento | | Trey Murphy III (30) | Willy Hernangómez (16) | Hernangómez, Lewis Jr., Marshall, McCollum (4) | Smoothie King Center17,779 | 28–27 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 56 | February 7 | Atlanta | | Brandon Ingram (30) | Jonas Valančiūnas (14) | Brandon Ingram (8) | Smoothie King Center16,669 | 29–27 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 57 | February 10 | Cleveland | | Brandon Ingram (25) | Jonas Valančiūnas (7) | Brandon Ingram (8) | Smoothie King Center16,398 | 29–28 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 58 | February 13 | @ Oklahoma City | | Brandon Ingram (34) | Jonas Valančiūnas (8) | Marshall, Nance Jr., Richardson (3) | Paycom Center14,920 | 30–28 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 59 | February 15 | @ L.A. Lakers | | Brandon Ingram (25) | Hernangómez, Valančiūnas (11) | CJ McCollum (9) | Crypto.com Arena18,997 | 30–29 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 60 | February 23 | @ Toronto | | Brandon Ingram (36) | Jonas Valančiūnas (12) | CJ McCollum (5) | Scotiabank Arena19,800 | 30–30 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 61 | February 25 | @ New York | | Brandon Ingram (19) | Jonas Valančiūnas (10) | McCollum, Richardson (4) | Madison Square Garden19,812 | 30–31 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 62 | February 27 | Orlando | | Brandon Ingram (25) | Ingram, Jones, Marshall (6) | CJ McCollum (6) | Smoothie King Center16,038 | 30–32
|-style="background:#cfc;" | 63 | March 1 | @ Portland | | Brandon Ingram (40) | Hernangómez, McCollum (7) | CJ McCollum (7) | Moda Center18,566 | 31–32 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 64 | March 2 | @ Golden State | | CJ McCollum (25) | Hernangómez, McCollum (6) | Jones, McCollum (5) | Chase Center18,064 | 31–33 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 65 | March 6 | @ Sacramento | | Brandon Ingram (24) | Jonas Valančiūnas (12) | Herbert Jones (8)