The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league, which as of the end of its 2025 NFL season, consists of 32 teams. These teams are divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC), and both conferences contain four divisions with four teams each. Since its formation in 1920, as the American Professional Football Association (APFA), NFL game results have been recorded. Games in the NFL can either end with a winner and a loser, or the two teams can tie. The NFL officially counts ties in its standings; ties are registered as a half-win and a half-loss when calculating the win–loss percentage. However, this method of assessing ties in the win–loss percentage has only been in place since the 1972 season, meaning all ties prior do not affect a team's win percentage.
One of only two charter members of the NFL still in existence, the Chicago Bears, have played the most games (1,503) and recorded the most ties (42) in NFL regular season history. Their NFC North divisional rivals, the Green Bay Packers have recorded the most wins (819) in NFL history. The league's other still-active charter member, the Arizona Cardinals, have recorded the most regular season losses (826), through the 2025 season. The Green Bay Packers hold the highest regular season win–loss percentage (), with a 819–611– 39 (8) record through the 2025 season. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers maintain the lowest regular season win–loss percentage (), holding a 326–466–1 record through 2025. Being the most-recently founded franchise in the NFL, the Houston Texans have recorded the fewest regular season games played (389) and wins (174). The Ravens have recorded the fewest regular season losses (208). Through the end of the 2025 regular season, the Jacksonville Jaguars are the only team that has not yet recorded a tie.
Following the regular season, teams that won their respective divisions, in addition to three wild card teams determined by a conference's next best three teams—regardless of division—qualify for the league's postseason, called the playoffs. Ties cannot occur in the playoffs. The Cowboys have played in the most playoff games (67), through the 2025–26 NFL playoffs. The Patriots have the highest playoff win–loss percentage (), with a 40–23 record, as of the end of LX. The San Francisco 49ers and New England Patriots have the most post-season victories (40) in NFL playoff history, while the Minnesota Vikings have the most playoff losses (32). The Los Angeles Chargers have the lowest playoff win–loss percentage of all-time, respectively holding a record of 12–21 (). The Houston Texans have the fewest games played (16), wins (7), and losses (9) in NFL playoff history.
The NFL officially counts and includes the statistical records logged by teams that played in the American Football League (AFL) and All-America Football Conference (AAFC). AFL statistics were incorporated upon the AFL–NFL merger in 1970; meanwhile, though the AAFC merged into the NFL in 1950, the NFL did not begin incorporating AAFC statistics and history into its own record books until April 1, 2025.
Regular season
The following is a listing of all 32 current National Football League (NFL) teams ranked by their regular season win–loss record percentage, accurate as of the end of the 2025 NFL season.
Best win–loss record in division Rank Team Won Lost Tied Pct. First NFL season Division 1 Green Bay Packers 1,469 819 611 39 (8) 1921 NFC North 2 Dallas Cowboys 1,015 576 432 7 (1) 1960 NFC East 3 Baltimore Ravens 485 276 208 1 1996 AFC North 4 New England Patriots 1,017 559 449 9 (0) 1960 AFC East 5 Chicago Bears 1,503 809 652 42 (1) 1920 NFC North 6 Kansas City Chiefs 1,017 553 452 12 (4) 1960 AFC West 7 Minnesota Vikings 1,003 546 446 11 (4) 1961 NFC North 8 Miami Dolphins 933 511 418 4 (1) 1966 AFC East 9 San Francisco 49ers 1,192 646 531 16 (3) 1946 NFC West 10 Pittsburgh Steelers 1,305 691 592 22 (4) 1933 AFC North 11 Denver Broncos 1,017 532 475 10 (4) 1960 AFC West 12 Seattle Seahawks 793 416 376 1 1976 NFC West 13 Indianapolis Colts 1,099 572 519 8 (2) 1953 AFC South 14 New York Giants 1,438 728 676 34 (4) 1925 NFC East 15 Los Angeles Rams 1,268 636 611 21 (3) 1937 NFC West 16 Las Vegas Raiders 1,017 512 494 11 (2) 1960 AFC West 17 Cleveland Browns 1,141 567 560 14 (4) 1946 AFC North 18 Philadelphia Eagles 1,321 649 645 27 (7) 1933 NFC East 19 Los Angeles Chargers 1,017 505 501 11 (2) 1960 AFC West 20 Washington Commanders 1,335 646 660 29 (3) 1932 NFC East 21 Buffalo Bills 1,016 498 510 8 (1) 1960 AFC East 22 Tennessee Titans 1,017 482 529 6 (0) 1960 AFC South 23 New Orleans Saints 919 423 491 5 (1) 1967 NFC South 24 Detroit Lions 1,366 615 717 34 (5) 1930 NFC North 25 Cincinnati Bengals 904 409 490 5 (4) 1968 AFC North 26 Carolina Panthers 501 227 273 1 1995 NFC South 27 Houston Texans 389 174 214 1 2002 AFC South 28 Atlanta Falcons 933 406 521 6 (2) 1966 NFC South 29 New York Jets 1,017 436 573 8 (2) 1960 AFC East 30 Jacksonville Jaguars 501 215 286 0 1995 AFC South 31 Arizona Cardinals 1,463 596 826 41 (6) 1920 NFC West 32 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 793 326 466 1 1976 NFC SouthWin–loss records sourced from Pro-Football-Reference.com
Playoffs
The following is a listing of all 32 current National Football League (NFL) teams ranked by their playoff win–loss percentage, accurate as of the 2025–26 NFL playoffs.
Best win–loss record in division Team active in playoffs Rank Team Won Lost Pct. Last playoffappearance Division 1 New England Patriots 63 40 23 2025 AFC East 2 San Francisco 49ers 66 40 26 2025 NFC West 3 Green Bay Packers 65 37 28 2025 NFC North 4 Baltimore Ravens 32 18 14 2024 AFC North 5 Las Vegas Raiders 45 25 20 2021 AFC West 6 Pittsburgh Steelers 66 36 30 2025 AFC North 7 Washington Commanders 46 25 21 2024 NFC East 8 Kansas City Chiefs 48 26 22 2024 AFC West 9 Dallas Cowboys 67 36 31 2023 NFC East 10 Denver Broncos 45 24 21 2025 AFC West 11 Philadelphia Eagles 56 29 27 2025 NFC East 12 Seattle Seahawks 39 20 19 2025 NFC West 13 Carolina Panthers 18 9 9 2025 NFC South 14 Los Angeles Rams 59 29 30 2025 NFC West 15 New York Giants 51 25 26 2022 NFC East 16 Buffalo Bills 45 22 23 2025 AFC East17(tied) New York Jets 25 12 13 2010 AFC East Tampa Bay Buccaneers 25 12 13 2024 NFC South 19 Indianapolis Colts 48 23 25 2020 AFC South 20 Jacksonville Jaguars 17 8 9 2025 AFC South 21 Miami Dolphins 43 20 23 2023 AFC East 22 Chicago Bears 39 18 21 2025 NFC North 23 Houston Texans 16 7 9 2025 AFC South 24 Cleveland Browns 39 17 22 2023 AFC North 25 New Orleans Saints 23 10 13 2020 NFC South 26 Tennessee Titans 40 17 23 2021 AFC South 27 Atlanta Falcons 24 10 14 2017 NFC South 28 Arizona Cardinals 17 7 10 2021 NFC West 29 Minnesota Vikings 53 21 32 2024 NFC North 30 Cincinnati Bengals 26 10 16 2022 AFC North 31 Detroit Lions 24 9 15 2024 NFC North 32 Los Angeles Chargers 33 12 21 2025 AFC West
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