The Chicago Bears franchise was founded as the Decatur Staleys, a charter member of the American Professional Football Association (APFA). The team moved to Chicago, Illinois, in 1921 and changed its name to the Bears in 1922, the same year the APFA changed its name to the National Football League (NFL). This list documents the franchise's completed seasons from 1920 to present, including postseason records and results from postseason games.Note: The Finish, Wins, Losses, and Ties columns list only regular season game results and exclude any postseason play records. Regular and postseason records are combined only at the bottom of the list.

The Chicago Bears have played over 1,000 games in their history, and have had eight NFL Championships victories and one Super Bowl win. The Bears' nine championships are the second most by any team in NFL history. The franchise has captured 18 NFL divisional titles and four NFL conference championships. The Bears have also recorded the second most regular season victories of any NFL franchise.

The franchise has experienced three major periods of continued success in their history. The first period of success came from to when the Bears won six NFL Championships. In this period the Bears participated in the first National Football League playoff game, the first NFL Championship Game, and became the American football sports dynasty of the 1940s. The Bears played in four straight NFL Championship Games between and , winning three of them, including an NFL record 73–0 victory over the Washington Redskins in 1940. The second period of success was between and when the Bears captured six NFC Central Division titles in eight years and won Super Bowl XX. A brief period of success stretched from to 2007 when the franchise captured two straight NFC North titles and a NFC Championship title, which earned them a berth in Super Bowl XLI, a game that the Bears lost to the Indianapolis Colts.

Despite their historic championship record and long periods of success, the Bears have also experienced periods of failure in their history. The franchise finished in last place within its division five times in the 1970s. In 1971, the team moved from Wrigley Field to Soldier Field to play its home games. In the mid- to late 1990s and early 2000s, the Bears posted six seasons with 10 or more losses. In the season, the franchise posted their worst regular season record with a 1–13 showing.

Legend (#)The order of league championship won by the franchiseFinishFinal position in league, division, or conferenceT-#Finished tied in that position with one or more teamsNFL champions (1920–1969)Super Bowl champions (1970–present)Conference championsDivision championsWild Card berthOne-game playoff berth

Season records

SeasonTeamLeagueConferenceDivisionRegular seasonPostseason resultsAwardsHead coachRef.FinishDecatur Staleys 19191919Ind.—6 10Named Central Illinois ChampionsRobert E. Brannan1920APFA2nd10 12The APFA did not hold playoff gamesGeorge HalasChicago Staleys1921APFA 1st9 11Named APFA ChampionsGeorge HalasChicago Bears1922NFL2nd930 The NFL did not hold playoff games until 1932George Halas1923NFL2nd9211924NFL2nd614 1925NFL7th953 1926NFL2nd1213 1927NFL3rd9321928NFL5th7511929NFL9th4921930NFL3rd941Ralph Jones1931NFL3rd8501932NFL1st716 Named NFL Champions 1933NFLWestern1st1021Won NFL Championship (Giants) 23–21George Halas1934NFLWestern1st1300Lost NFL Championship (at Giants) 13–301935NFLWesternT-3rd642 1936NFLWestern2nd9301937NFLWestern1st911Lost NFL Championship (Redskins) 21–281938NFLWestern3rd6501939NFLWestern2nd8301940NFLWestern1st830Won NFL Championship (at Redskins) 73–01941NFLWestern1st1010Won Divisional playoff (Packers) 33–14Won NFL Championship (Giants) 37–91942NFLWestern1st11 00Lost NFL Championship (at Redskins) 6–14George Halas (5–0) Hunk Anderson & Luke Johnsos (6–0)1943NFLWestern1st8 11Won NFL Championship (Redskins) 41–21Sid Luckman (MVP)Hunk Anderson & Luke Johnsos1944NFLWesternT-2nd6311945NFLWestern4th3701946NFLWestern1st8 21Won NFL Championship (at Giants) 24–14George Halas1947NFLWestern2nd8401948NFLWestern2nd10201949NFLWestern2nd9301950NFLNationalT-1st930Lost Conference playoff (at Rams) 14–241951NFLNational4th7501952NFLNational5th5701953NFLWestern4th3811954NFLWestern2nd8401955NFLWestern2nd8401956NFLWestern1st9 21 Lost NFL Championship (at Giants) 7–47George Halas (EOY)Paddy Driscoll1957NFLWestern5th5701958NFLWesternT-2nd840George Halas1959NFLWestern2nd8401960NFLWestern5th5611961NFLWesternT-3rd8601962NFLWestern3rd9501963NFLWestern1st11 12 Won NFL Championship (Giants) 14–10George Halas (COY)1964NFLWestern6th5901965NFLWestern3rd950George Halas (COY)1966NFLWestern5th572 1967NFLWesternCentral2nd7611968NFLWesternCentral2nd770Jim Dooley1969NFLWesternCentral4th113 01970NFLNFCCentral4th6801971NFLNFCCentral3rd6801972NFLNFCCentral4th491 Abe Gibron1973NFLNFCCentral4th3110Wally Chambers (DROY)1974NFLNFCCentral4th41001975NFLNFCCentral3rd4100Jack Pardee1976NFLNFCCentral2nd7701977NFLNFCCentral2nd950Lost Divisional playoffs (at Cowboys) 7–37Walter Payton (MVP, OPOY, WP MOY)1978NFLNFCCentral4th790Neill Armstrong1979NFLNFCCentral2nd1060Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Eagles) 17–271980NFLNFCCentral3rd7901981NFLNFCCentral5th61001982NFLNFC12th360Mike Ditka1983NFLNFCCentral3rd8801984NFLNFCCentral1st1060Won Divisional playoffs (at Redskins) 23–19Lost NFC Championship (at 49ers) 0–231985NFLNFCCentral1st1510Won Divisional playoffs (Giants) 21–0Won NFC Championship (Rams) 24–0Won Super Bowl XX (vs. Patriots) 46–10Richard Dent (SB MVP)Mike Singletary (DPOY)Mike Ditka (COY)1986NFLNFCCentral1st14 20Lost Divisional playoffs (Redskins) 13–271987NFLNFCCentral1st1140Lost Divisional playoffs (Redskins) 17–21Dave Duerson (WP MOY)1988NFLNFCCentral1st12 40Won Divisional playoffs (Eagles) 20–12Lost NFC Championship (49ers) 3–28Mike Singletary (DPOY)Mike Ditka (COY)1989NFLNFCCentral4th61001990NFLNFCCentral1st1150Won Wild Card playoffs (Saints) 16–6Lost Divisional playoffs (at Giants) 3–31Mark Carrier (DROY)Mike Singletary (WP MOY)1991NFLNFCCentral2nd1150Lost Wild Card playoffs (Cowboys) 13–171992NFLNFCCentral4th51101993NFLNFCCentral4th790Dave Wannstedt1994NFLNFCCentral4th970Won Wild Card playoffs (at Vikings) 35–18Lost Divisional playoffs (at 49ers) 15–441995NFLNFCCentral3rd9701996NFLNFCCentral3rd7901997NFLNFCCentral5th41201998NFLNFCCentral5th41201999NFLNFCCentral5th6100Dick Jauron2000NFLNFCCentral5th5110Brian Urlacher (DROY)Jim Flanigan (WP MOY)2001NFLNFCCentral1st1330Lost Divisional playoffs (Eagles) 19–33Dick Jauron (COY)Anthony Thomas (OROY)2002NFLNFCNorth3rd41202003NFLNFCNorth3rd7902004NFLNFCNorth4th5110Lovie Smith2005NFLNFCNorth1st1150Lost Divisional playoffs (Panthers) 21–29Lovie Smith (COY)Brian Urlacher (DPOY)2006NFLNFCNorth1st1330Won Divisional playoffs (Seahawks) 27–24 Won NFC Championship (Saints) 39–14Lost Super Bowl XLI (vs. Colts) 17–2920072007NFLNFCNorth4th7902008NFLNFCNorth2nd970The franchise recorded its 700th victory against the Jacksonville Jaguars on December 7, 2008.2009NFLNFCNorth3rd7902010NFLNFCNorth1st1150Won Divisional playoffs (Seahawks) 35–24Lost NFC Championship (Packers) 14–212011NFLNFCNorth3rd8802012NFLNFCNorth3rd1060 2013NFLNFCNorth2nd880 Charles Tillman (WP MOY) Marc Trestman2014NFLNFCNorth4th5110 2015NFLNFCNorth4th6100 John Fox 2016NFLNFCNorth4th3130 2017NFLNFCNorth4th5110 2018NFLNFCNorth1st1240Lost Wild Card playoffs (Eagles) 15–16Matt Nagy (COY)Matt Nagy2019NFLNFCNorth3rd8802020NFLNFCNorth2nd880Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Saints) 9–21 2021NFLNFCNorth3rd611020222022NFLNFCNorth4th3140Matt Eberflus20232023NFLNFCNorth4th710020242024NFLNFCNorth4th5120Matt Eberflus (4–8) Thomas Brown (1–4)20252025NFLNFCNorth1st1160Won Wild Card playoffs (Packers) 31–27Lost Divisional playoffs (Rams) 17–20 Joe Thuney (POTY) Ben JohnsonTotalsWLTPct1012Decatur Staleys regular season record (1920)911Chicago Staleys regular season record (1921)79065039Chicago Bears regular season record (1922–present)80965242All-time regular season record (1920–present)1821—All-time postseason record (1933–present)82767342All-time regular season and postseason record (1920–present)9 NFL Championships, 4 Conference Championships, 20 Divisional Championships

Footnotes No official standings were maintained for the 1920 season, and the championship was awarded to the Akron Pros in a League meeting on April 30, 1921. Teams played schedules that included games against nonleague opponents. The NFL did not hold playoff games until 1933. The team that finished with the best regular season record was named the league champions. The result of the 1932 NFL Playoff Game to determine the NFL champion between the Bears and the Portsmouth Spartans. The game counted in the standings and broke the tie. The score of the playoff game is in parentheses with the winning score first no matter the outcome for the Bears. The Bears were denied perfect seasons on two accounts. The first one was in the 1934 when the 13–0 Bears lost to the New York Giants in the Championship game. The second occurrence happened in 1942 when the 11–0 Bears were denied perfection and a "three-peat" by the Washington Redskins. The Bears victory over the Redskins in the 1940 NFL Championship is an NFL record for greatest margin of victory and most points scored in a game. The Bears tied with the Rams for 1st place at the end of the season, but they lost a one-game playoff tiebreaker and therefore did not win a Conference Championship. The 1967 NFL season marks the first season in the league's history where the league was divided into two conferences which were subdivided into two divisions. Up to 1967, the league was either divided into two divisions, two conferences, or neither. As a result of the AFL–NFL merger, the league was broken into two conferences, with the AFL teams moving into the American Football Conference. As of the 2010 NFL season, this season marks the last tie game the Bears played. It was a game at Soldier Field on September 24, 1972, against the Los Angeles Rams. The game ended at 13–13. The 1982 season was a strike-shortened season so the league was divided up into two conferences instead of its normal divisional alignment. The Bears win in Super Bowl XX, marked the franchise's first Super Bowl victory and their ninth league championship. The strike of 1987 reduced the regular season schedule from 16 to 15 games. The Divisional Playoff game against the Eagles was known as the Fog Bowl due to the heavy fog that covered the field for most of the game. As of the 2010 NFL season, this is the second postseason meeting of the Bears and Green Bay Packers in their longstanding rivalry.

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