The Washington Commanders are a professional American football franchise based in the Washington metropolitan area. They are members of the East division in the National Football Conference (NFC) of the National Football League (NFL). The Commanders were founded in as the Boston Braves, named after the local baseball franchise. The franchise changed its name the following year to the Redskins and moved to Washington, D.C. in . In , the team retired the controversial Redskins name and briefly played as the Washington Football Team before rebranding as the Commanders in .

Over 93 seasons, the Commanders have a regular season record of () and a playoff record of (). They have won three Super Bowls (XVII, XXII, and XXVI), two NFC championships, and 15 NFC East divisional titles. Before the AFL and NFL merged in 1970, Washington won two NFL Championships (1937 and 1942). They also played in and lost the 1936, 1940, 1943, and 1945 Championship games. Only six teams have appeared in more Super Bowls than Washington: the New England Patriots (11), and the Dallas Cowboys, Pittsburgh Steelers, Denver Broncos, and San Francisco 49ers (eight each), and the Kansas City Chiefs (6). Washington's five appearances are tied with the Green Bay Packers, Las Vegas Raiders, Los Angeles Rams, Miami Dolphins, New York Giants, and Philadelphia Eagles.

All of the franchise's championships were attained during two 10-year spans. The first period of success was from 1936 to 1945, when they went to the NFL Championship six times, winning two of them. The second period of success was from 1982 and 1991, when they appeared in the postseason seven times, captured four Conference titles, and won three Super Bowls. This period included the 1983 and 1991 seasons, when the team won 14 games, the most the team have won in a single season. Washington has also experienced periods of extended failure in its history. The most notable period of continued failure was from 1946 to 1970, when they posted only four winning seasons and did not have a single postseason appearance. During this period, they went without a single winning season between 1956 to 1968 and posted their worst regular-season record in franchise history, going 1–12–1 in 1961. Since their last Super Bowl win in 1991, Washington has only four playoff wins and only three seasons with 10 or more wins.

Seasons

+ KeyNFL champions (1920–1969) §Super Bowl champions (1970–present) *Conference champions #Division champions Wild card berth ^

+ List of Boston Braves / Boston Redskins / Washington Redskins / Washington Football Team / Washington Commanders seasonsSeasonConferenceDivisionRegular seasonPostseason resultsGeneral managerHead coachAwardsFinishBoston Braves1932——4th442—George Preston MarshallLud Wray—Boston Redskins1933—East3rd552—Dennis J. SheaLone Star Dietz—1934—East2nd660——1935—East4th281—Eddie Casey—1936—East1st750Lost NFL Championship (Packers) 21–6Ray Flaherty—Washington Redskins1937—East1st830Won NFL Championship (1) (at Bears) 28–21Jack EspeyRay Flaherty—1938—East2nd632——1939—East2nd821——1940—East1st920Lost NFL Championship (Bears) 73–0—1941—East3rd650——1942—East1st1010Won NFL Championship (2) (Bears) 14–6—1943—East1st631Won Eastern Division (at Giants) 28–0Lost NFL Championship (at Bears) 41–21Sid CarrollDutch Bergman—1944—East3rd631—Dudley DeGroot—1945—East1st820Lost NFL Championship (at Rams) 15–14—1946—EastT-3rd551—Turk Edwards—1947—East4th480—Dick McCann—1948—East2nd750——1949—East4th471—John Whelchel (3–3–1) Herman Ball (1–4)—1950American—6th390—Herman Ball—1951American—3rd570—Herman Ball (0–3) Dick Todd (5–4)—1952American—T-5th480—Curly Lambeau—1953Eastern—3rd651——1954Eastern—5th390—Joe Kuharich—1955Eastern—2nd840—Joe Kuharich ()1956Eastern—3rd660——1957Eastern—4th561——1958Eastern—4th471——1959Eastern—5th390—Mike Nixon—1960Eastern—6th192——1961Eastern—7th1121—Bill McPeak—1962Eastern—4th572——1963Eastern—6th3110——1964Eastern—T-3rd680—Charley Taylor (ROY)1965Eastern—4th680——1966Eastern—5th770—Otto Graham—1967EasternCapitol3rd563——1968EasternCapitol3rd590——1969EasternCapitol2nd752—Vince Lombardi—1970NFCEast4th680—Tim TemerarioBill Austin—1971NFCEast2nd^941Lost Divisional Round (at 49ers) 24–20George AllenGeorge Allen ()1972NFC#East1st1130Won Divisional Round (Packers) 16–3Won NFC Championship (Cowboys) 26–3Lost Super Bowl VII (vs. Dolphins) 14–7Larry Brown ( & )1973NFCEast2nd^1040Lost Divisional Round (at Vikings) 27–20—1974NFCEast2nd^1040Lost Divisional Round (at Rams) 19–10—1975NFCEast3rd860—Mike Thomas ()1976NFCEast2nd^1040Lost Divisional Round (at Vikings) 35–20—1977NFCEast2nd950——1978NFCEast3rd880—Bobby BeathardJack PardeeJohn Riggins ()1979NFCEast3rd1060—Jack Pardee ()1980NFCEast3rd6100——1981NFCEast4th880—Joe GibbsKen Houston (Byron "Whizzer" White Award)1982NFC#1st#810Won First Round Playoffs (Lions) 31–7Won Second Round Playoffs (Vikings) 21–7Won NFC Championship (Cowboys) 31–17Won Super Bowl XVII (3) (vs. Dolphins) 27–17Joe Gibbs ()Mark Moseley ()John Riggins ()Joe Theismann ()Bobby Beathard ()1983NFC#East1st1420Won Divisional Round (Rams) 51–7Won NFC Championship (49ers) 24–21Lost Super Bowl XVIII (vs. Raiders) 38–9Joe Gibbs ()Joe Theismann ( & )Bobby Beathard ()1984NFCEast1st1150Lost Divisional Round (Bears) 23–19—1985NFCEast3rd1060——1986NFCEast2nd^1240Won Wild Card Round (Rams) 19–7Won Divisional Round (at Bears) 27–13Lost NFC Championship (at Giants) 17–0—1987NFC#East1st1140Won Divisional Round (at Bears) 21–17Won NFC Championship (Vikings) 17–10Won Super Bowl XXII (4) (vs. Broncos) 42–10Doug Williams ()1988NFCEast3rd790——1989NFCEast3rd1060—Charley Casserly—1990NFCEast3rd^1060Won Wild Card Round (at Eagles) 20–6Lost Divisional Round (at 49ers) 28–10—1991NFC#East1st1420Won Divisional Round (Falcons) 24–7Won NFC Championship (Lions) 41–10Won Super Bowl XXVI (5) (vs. Bills) 37–24Joe Gibbs ()Mark Rypien ( & )1992NFCEast3rd^970Won Wild Card Round (at Vikings) 24–7Lost Divisional Round (at 49ers) 20–13—1993NFCEast5th4120—Richie Petitbon—1994NFCEast5th3130—Norv Turner—1995NFCEast3rd6100——1996NFCEast3rd970—Darrell Green ( & Bart Starr Award)1997NFCEast2nd871——1998NFCEast4th6100——1999NFCEast1st1060Won Wild Card Round (Lions) 27–13Lost Divisional Round (at Buccaneers) 14–13—2000NFCEast3rd880—Vinny CerratoNorv Turner (7–6)Terry Robiskie (1–2)—2001NFCEast2nd880—Marty Schottenheimer—2002NFCEast3rd790—Vinny CerratoSteve Spurrier—2003NFCEast3rd5110——2004NFCEast4th6100—Joe Gibbs—2005NFCEast2nd^1060Won Wild Card Round (at Buccaneers) 17–10Lost Divisional Round (at Seahawks) 20–10—2006NFCEast4th5110——2007NFCEast3rd^970Lost Wild Card Round (at Seahawks) 35–14—2008NFCEast4th880—Jim Zorn—2009NFCEast4th4120——2010NFCEast4th6100—Bruce AllenMike Shanahan—2011NFCEast4th5110—London Fletcher (Bart Starr Award)2012NFCEast1st1060Lost Wild Card Round (Seahawks) 24–14Robert Griffin III ()2013NFCEast4th3130——2014NFCEast4th4120—Jay Gruden—2015NFCEast1st970Lost Wild Card Round (Packers) 35–18Scot McCloughan—2016NFCEast3rd871——2017NFCEast3rd790—Bruce Allen—2018NFCEast3rd790——2019NFCEast4th3130—Jay Gruden (0–5)Bill Callahan (3–8)—Washington Football Team2020NFCEast1st790Lost Wild Card Round (Buccaneers) 31–23Ron RiveraChase Young ()Alex Smith ()2021NFCEast3rd7100—Martin MayhewRon RiveraRon Rivera (George Halas Award)Washington Commanders2022NFCEast4th881—Martin MayhewRon Rivera—2023NFCEast4th4130——2024NFCEast2nd^1250Won Wild Card Round (at Buccaneers) 23–20Won Divisional Round (at Lions) 45–31Lost NFC Championship (at Eagles) 55–23Adam PetersDan QuinnJayden Daniels ()2025NFCEast3rd5120—Bobby Wagner ()Totals64966729All-time regular season record2521—All-time playoff record67468929Combined record

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References

External links Pro Football Reference season history