List Of All-time NFL Win–loss Records
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(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
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. Ties are registered as a half-win and a half-loss when calculating the win–loss percentage. One of only two charter members of the NFL still in existence, the
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have played the most games (1,452) and recorded the most ties (42) in NFL regular season history. Their NFC North divisional rivals, the
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have recorded the most wins (790) in NFL history. The league's other still-active charter member, the
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, have recorded the most regular season losses (790), through the end of the 2022 season. The
Dallas Cowboys The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The Cowboys compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East divisi ...
hold the highest regular season win–loss percentage (), with a 550–408–6 record through the end of the 2022 season. The
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maintain the lowest regular season win–loss percentage (), holding a 299–442–1 record through 2022. Being the most-recently founded franchise in the NFL, the
Houston Texans The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston. The Texans compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC South, South division, and play their home ga ...
have recorded the fewest games played (338) and wins (142). The
Baltimore Ravens The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore, Maryland. The Ravens compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. The team plays its ...
have recorded the fewest losses (190). Through the end of the 2022 regular season, the Jacksonville Jaguars are the only team yet to record 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
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. Ties cannot occur in the playoffs. The
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have played in the most playoff games (65), through the end of 2022–23 NFL Wild Card round. The
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have the most playoff wins (37) and the highest playoff win–loss percentage (), with a 37–22 record, as of the end of the same Wild Card round. The
Minnesota Vikings The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) North division. Founded in 1960 as an expansion ...
have recorded the most playoff losses (31), whereas the
Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit. The Lions compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) North Division. The team play their home games at Ford ...
have the lowest playoff win–loss percentage (), holding a 7–13 record. The
Houston Texans The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston. The Texans compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC South, South division, and play their home ga ...
have the fewest games played (10), wins (4), and losses (6) in NFL playoff history. The NFL officially counts and includes the statistical records logged by teams that played in the
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(AFL) as part of NFL history. Therefore, these teams' pre-merger win–loss records are accounted for. However, the NFL does not officially count
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statistics, despite the 1950 NFL–AAFC merger.


Regular season

The following is a listing of all 32 current
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(NFL) teams ranked by their regular season win–loss record percentage, accurate as of the end of week 18 of the
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.


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 end of the 2022–23 AFC and NFC Conference Championship Games.


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