The Kansas City Chiefs have completed 65 seasons in professional American football and 55 with the National Football League (NFL). This article documents the season-by-season records of the Chiefs franchise from 1960 to the conclusion of their most recent season in , including postseason records, and league awards for individual players or head coaches.
The team began play as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL) in 1960 as the Dallas Texans. In 1963, the team relocated to Kansas City, Missouri and was renamed the Kansas City Chiefs. The team has played in 983 total games in a total of 64 seasons, and a winning percentage of .553. The Chiefs' 15–2 season in 2024 remains their best regular season record to date while their 2–14 records in 2008 and 2012 remain their worst.
The Texans/Chiefs were the winningest team in the history of the AFL, compiling an 87–48 record from 1960 to 1969. The team won three league championships and served as the AFL's representative in Super Bowls I and IV in the 1966 and 1969 seasons. Since the franchise's alignment to the NFL in 1970, they have won 14 division titles, with eight straight from 2016 to 2023, and eight wild card playoff berths, four of which were between 1990 and 1997 when the team never lost as many games as it won. Despite the franchise's early success, the Chiefs did not win a postseason game between the 1993 and 2015 playoffs, and their Super Bowl IV victory on January 11, 1970, was the franchise's lone Super Bowl title until Super Bowl LIV on February 2, 2020. It was also a long drought between AFC Championship games, with their appearance in the 2018 playoffs being their first since 1993. The Chiefs' first home AFC Championship game ended in an overtime defeat as the New England Patriots moved on to win a record-tying sixth Super Bowl ring.
The Chiefs have suffered two main periods of failure. Between 1972 and 1985 the Chiefs never appeared in the postseason and achieved only one winning season (in 1981) from 1974 until 1985. Between 2007 and 2012, the Chiefs also struggled, with two two-win and two four-win seasons. However, the recent Chiefs have done much better, with an 161–61 record (including postseason) and recording more wins than losses every year from the 2013 to 2024 seasons. In their 11 seasons under Andy Reid, the Chiefs have ten consecutive playoff seasons and nine consecutive division titles. In addition, the team competed in five Super Bowls, with three wins (LIV, LVII, LVIII) and two losses (LV, LIX). Their victory in 2023 represented the first time since the 2004 New England Patriots a team repeated as champions, cementing their status as a sports dynasty.
Seasons AFL Champions (1960–1969)§Super Bowl champions (1966–present)†Conference champions*Division champions^Wild card berth#One-game playoff+
SeasonTeamLeagueConferenceDivisionRegular seasonPostseason resultsAwardsHead coach Finish Dallas Texans 1960 1960 AFL Western 2nd 8 6 0 Abner Haynes (UPI/AP AFL MVP)Hank Stram 1961 1961 AFL Western 2nd 6 8 0 1962 1962AFL§Western^1st^ 11 3 0Won AFL Championship (1) (at Oilers) 20–17 Len Dawson (TSN AFL MVP)Kansas City Chiefs 1963 1963 AFL Western 3rd 5 7 2Hank Stram 1964 1964 AFL Western 2nd 7 7 0 1965 1965 AFL Western 3rd 7 5 2 1966 1966AFL§Western^1st^ 11 2 1Won AFL Championship (at Bills) 31–7Lost Super Bowl I (vs. Packers) 10–35 1967 1967 AFL Western 2nd 9 5 0 1968 1968 AFL Western2nd 12 2 0 Lost Divisional Playoff (at Raiders) 6–41 Hank Stram (UPI/PFW AFL COY) 1969 1969AFL† Western2nd# 11 3 0Won Divisional Playoffs (at Jets) 13–6Won AFL Championship (at Raiders) 17–7Won Super Bowl IV (2) (vs. Vikings) 23–7 Len Dawson (SB MVP) 1970 NFL AFC West 2nd 7 5 2 1971 NFL AFCWest^1st^ 10 3 1 Lost Divisional Playoffs (Dolphins) 24–27 Otis Taylor (AFC POY)Willie Lanier (PB Co–MVP) 1972 NFL AFC West 2nd 8 6 0 Willie Lanier (NFL MOY) 1973 NFL AFC West 2nd 7 5 2 Len Dawson (NFL MOY) 1974 NFL AFC West 3rd 5 9 0 1975 NFL AFC West 3rd 5 9 0Paul Wiggin 1976 NFL AFC West 4th 5 9 0 1977 NFL AFC West 5th 2 12 0 Paul Wiggin (1–6)Tom Bettis (1–6) 1978 NFL AFC West 5th 4 12 0Marv Levy 1979 NFL AFC West 5th 7 9 0 1980 NFL AFC West 3rd 8 8 0 1981 NFL AFC West 3rd 9 7 0 1982 NFL AFC 11th 3 6 0 1983 NFL AFC West 5th 6 10 0John Mackovic 1984 NFL AFC West 4th 8 8 0 Bill Maas (DROY) 1985 NFL AFC West 5th 6 10 0 1986 NFL AFC West2nd# 10 6 0 Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Jets) 15–35 1987 NFL AFC West 5th 4 11 0Frank Gansz 1988 NFL AFC West 5th 4 11 1 1989 NFL AFC West 2nd 8 7 1 Derrick Thomas (DROY)Christian Okoye (OPOY)Marty Schottenheimer 1990 NFL AFC West2nd# 11 5 0 Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Dolphins) 16–17 Barry Word (CPOY) 1991 NFL AFC West2nd# 10 6 0 Won Wild Card Playoffs (Raiders) 10–6Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Bills) 14–37 1992 NFL AFC West2nd# 10 6 0 Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Chargers) 0–17 Dale Carter (DROY) 1993 NFL AFCWest^1st^ 11 5 0 Won Wild Card Playoffs (Steelers) 27–24 Won Divisional Playoffs (at Oilers) 28–20Lost AFC Championship (at Bills) 13–30 Marcus Allen (CPOY)Derrick Thomas (MOY) 1994 NFL AFC West2nd# 9 7 0 Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Dolphins) 17–27 1995 NFL AFCWest^1st^ 13 3 0 Lost Divisional Playoffs (Colts) 7–10 Marty Schottenheimer (UPI COY) 1996 NFL AFC West 2nd 9 7 0 1997 NFL AFCWest^1st^ 13 3 0 Lost Divisional Playoffs (Broncos) 10–14 1998 NFL AFC West 4th 7 9 0 1999 NFL AFC West 2nd 9 7 0Gunther Cunningham 2000 NFL AFC West 3rd 7 9 0 2001 NFL AFC West 4th 6 10 0Dick Vermeil 2002 NFL AFC West 4th 8 8 0 Priest Holmes (OPOY) 2003 NFL AFCWest^1st^ 13 3 0 Lost Divisional Playoffs (Colts) 31–38 Will Shields (MOY)Dick Vermeil (MFC COY) 2004 NFL AFC West 3rd 7 9 0 2005 NFL AFC West 2nd 10 6 0 2006 NFL AFC West2nd# 9 7 0 Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Colts) 8–23Herm Edwards 2007 2007 NFL AFC West 3rd 4 12 0 2008 NFL AFC West 4th 2 14 0 2009 NFL AFC West 4th 4 12 0 Brian Waters (MOY)Todd Haley 2010 NFL AFCWest^1st^ 10 6 0 Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Ravens) 7–30 2011 NFL AFC West 4th 7 9 0 Todd Haley (5–8)Romeo Crennel (2–1) 2012 NFL AFC West 4th 2 14 0 Romeo Crennel 2013 NFL AFC West2nd# 11 5 0 Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Colts) 44–45Andy Reid 2014 NFL AFC West 2nd 9 7 0 2015 NFL AFC West2nd# 11 5 0 Won Wild Card Playoffs (at Texans) 30–0Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Patriots) 20–27 Marcus Peters (DROY)Eric Berry (CPOY) 2016 NFL AFCWest^1st^ 12 4 0 Lost Divisional Playoffs (Steelers) 16–18 2017 NFL AFCWest^1st^ 10 6 0 Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Titans) 21–22 2018 NFL AFCWest^1st^ 12 4 0 Won Divisional Playoffs (Colts) 31–13Lost AFC Championship (Patriots) 31–37 Patrick Mahomes (MVP, OPOY) 2019NFL†AFC*West^1st^ 12 4 0Won Divisional Playoffs (Texans) 51–31Won AFC Championship (Titans) 35–24Won Super Bowl LIV (3) (vs. 49ers) 31–20 Patrick Mahomes (SB MVP) 2020 NFLAFC*West^1st^ 14 2 0Won Divisional Playoffs (Browns) 22–17 Won AFC Championship (Bills) 38–24 Lost Super Bowl LV (vs. Buccaneers) 9–31 2021 NFL AFCWest^1st^ 12 5 0 Won Wild Card Playoffs (Steelers) 42–21Won Divisional Playoffs (Bills) 42–36 Lost AFC Championship (Bengals) 24–27 2022NFL†AFC*West^1st^ 14 3 0Won Divisional Playoffs (Jaguars) 27–20Won AFC Championship (Bengals) 23–20Won Super Bowl LVII (4) (vs. Eagles) 38–35 Patrick Mahomes (MVP, SB MVP) 2023NFL†AFC*West^1st^ 11 6 0Won Wild Card Playoffs (Dolphins) 26–7Won Divisional Playoffs (at Bills) 27–24Won AFC Championship (at Ravens) 17–10Won Super Bowl LVIII (5) (vs. 49ers) 25–22 Patrick Mahomes (SB MVP) 2024 NFLAFC*West^1st^ 15 2 0Won Divisional Playoffs (Texans) 23–14Won AFC Championship (Bills) 32–29Lost Super Bowl LIX (vs. Eagles) 22–40 2025 NFL AFC West 3rd 6 11 0 Total 553 452 12Regular season (1960–2025) 26 22 —Postseason (1960–2025) 579 474 12Overall (1960–2025)4 Super Bowl titles, 3 AFL titles, 5 AFC titles, 17 division titles
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