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The original was posted on /r/nfl by /u/DiggingNoMore on 2025-04-11 15:01:33+00:00.
NFL teams have played different numbers of games, including playoffs, over the course of their existence1. The Bears have played the most, with 1,523. As it happens, they won their game number 1,523. And, since no other team has played their 1,523rd game yet, NFL teams are a combined 1-0 in that game.
But if, instead, we look at game 1,512, for example, we’ll find that two teams have played that many games (or more). The Bears won their 1,512th game on October 13, 2024 and the Packers won their 1,512th game on December 15, 2024. So NFL teams are currently a combined 2-0 in that particular game.
What I wanted to know was what the best record was across franchises and the answer is 4-0 (the Bears, Packers, Giants, and Cardinals all won on the same game number of their franchise). The Lions next have a chance to bump that to 5-0, by winning whatever game they’re playing twelve games from now (so Week 12 or Week 13, depending on their bye).
Another thing I was curious about was the best record in a given game number that all 32 franchises have played. The Texans have played 386 games, so 32 teams have had a chance to play games 1 through 386. The best record among those was 23-9. There is an upcoming opportunity to top that, as there is another game that currently sits at a combined 22-6. Only 28 teams have played that game so far, as you can see, so we must wait for the Panthers, Jaguars, Ravens, and Texans to get there and see if at least two of them win.
The final thing I’ll note is that the Jaguars and Ravens have both played exactly 500 games, including playoffs, even though the Jaguars had a one season head start. The Panthers, who started the same season as the Jaguars, are currently one game ahead, with 501.
- With the AAFC games recently made official, the game counters for the 49ers and Browns start with their AAFC games in 1946.