NFL playoff records by team since 1999: who wins in January

No franchise comes close to New England in the postseason of the last 27 years. From the 1999 playoffs through the 2025 playoffs, the Patriots won 33 playoff games, 13 more than the next club on the list. They reached 10 Super Bowls and won six of them. The table below sets every franchise’s playoff record side by side over the same stretch, 309 games in all.

Playoff wins, appearances and Super Bowls by team

NFL playoff records by franchise, 1999–2025 postseasons
Rank	Team	Playoff seasons	W–L	Win %	Super Bowls won	Last playoff game
1	New England Patriots	19	33–13	71.7%	6 of 10	2025: Super Bowl loss vs. Seattle Seahawks
2	Philadelphia Eagles	18	20–16	55.6%	2 of 4	2025: Wild Card round loss vs. San Francisco 49ers
3	Kansas City Chiefs	14	18–11	62.1%	3 of 5	2024: Super Bowl loss vs. Philadelphia Eagles
4	Baltimore Ravens	16	18–14	56.2%	2 of 2	2024: Divisional round loss vs. Buffalo Bills
5	Seattle Seahawks	17	17–15	53.1%	2 of 4	2025: Super Bowl win vs. New England Patriots
6	Los Angeles Rams	12	16–10	61.5%	2 of 4	2025: conference championship loss vs. Seattle Seahawks
7	San Francisco 49ers	10	15–10	60.0%	0 of 3	2025: Divisional round loss vs. Seattle Seahawks
8	Pittsburgh Steelers	17	15–15	50.0%	2 of 3	2025: Wild Card round loss vs. Houston Texans
9	Green Bay Packers	19	15–18	45.5%	1 of 1	2025: Wild Card round loss vs. Chicago Bears
10	Indianapolis Colts	16	13–15	46.4%	1 of 2	2020: Wild Card round loss vs. Buffalo Bills
11	New York Giants	9	11–7	61.1%	2 of 3	2022: Divisional round loss vs. Philadelphia Eagles
12	New Orleans Saints	10	10–9	52.6%	1 of 1	2020: Divisional round loss vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
13	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	11	10–9	52.6%	2 of 2	2024: Wild Card round loss vs. Washington Commanders
14	Carolina Panthers	8	8–8	50.0%	0 of 2	2025: Wild Card round loss vs. Los Angeles Rams
15	Buffalo Bills	9	8–9	47.1%	0	2025: Divisional round loss vs. Denver Broncos
16	Denver Broncos	11	8–10	44.4%	1 of 2	2025: conference championship loss vs. New England Patriots
17	Tennessee Titans	10	8–10	44.4%	0 of 1	2021: Divisional round loss vs. Cincinnati Bengals
18	Houston Texans	9	7–9	43.8%	0	2025: Divisional round loss vs. New England Patriots
19	New York Jets	6	6–6	50.0%	0	2010: conference championship loss vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
20	Atlanta Falcons	8	6–8	42.9%	0 of 1	2017: Divisional round loss vs. Philadelphia Eagles
21	Minnesota Vikings	11	6–11	35.3%	0	2024: Wild Card round loss vs. Los Angeles Rams
22	Arizona Cardinals	5	5–5	50.0%	0 of 1	2021: Wild Card round loss vs. Los Angeles Rams
23	Jacksonville Jaguars	6	5–6	45.5%	0	2025: Wild Card round loss vs. Buffalo Bills
24	Cincinnati Bengals	9	5–9	35.7%	0 of 1	2022: conference championship loss vs. Kansas City Chiefs
25	Los Angeles Chargers	10	5–10	33.3%	0	2025: Wild Card round loss vs. New England Patriots
26	Las Vegas Raiders	5	4–5	44.4%	0 of 1	2021: Wild Card round loss vs. Cincinnati Bengals
27	Chicago Bears	7	4–7	36.4%	0 of 1	2025: Divisional round loss vs. Los Angeles Rams
28	Washington Commanders	7	4–7	36.4%	0	2024: conference championship loss vs. Philadelphia Eagles
29	Dallas Cowboys	11	4–11	26.7%	0	2023: Wild Card round loss vs. Green Bay Packers
30	Detroit Lions	6	2–6	25.0%	0	2024: Divisional round loss vs. Washington Commanders
31	Miami Dolphins	7	2–7	22.2%	0	2023: Wild Card round loss vs. Kansas City Chiefs
32	Cleveland Browns	3	1–3	25.0%	0	2023: Wild Card round loss vs. Houston Texans

What stands out

New England and Green Bay share the most playoff seasons, 19 each, but they reached them in very different ways. The Patriots turned their trips into 33 wins and six titles. The Packers went 15–18 and won one Super Bowl. Volume of appearances and depth of runs are two separate measures, and the table rewards both.

The spread of titles is wider than the Patriots’ total suggests. Thirteen different franchises won the 27 Super Bowls in this period, and every one of the 32 clubs reached the playoffs at least once and won at least one playoff game.

Eleven franchises have not played in a Super Bowl since the 1999 season: Buffalo, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Jacksonville, the Los Angeles Chargers, Miami, Minnesota, the New York Jets and Washington. Cleveland has the fewest playoff wins of anyone, one, with Detroit and Miami next at two each. Dallas is the starkest case: 11 playoff seasons, only four wins.

Why win percentage tells a different story

Deep runs pile up wins quickly. A champion that starts in the Wild Card round collects four victories in a single January, while a club that loses its opening game every year for a decade gains appearances without adding a win. That is why a team with fewer playoff seasons can rank well above one with more.

How we counted

Records cover the 1999 through 2025 postseasons in the WHYNFL results archive. A relocated franchise is treated as one club, so the St. Louis and Los Angeles Rams, the Oakland and Las Vegas Raiders, and the San Diego and Los Angeles Chargers each count once. The Houston Texans entered the league in 2002. A “playoff season” is any season with at least one playoff game, and each team’s last playoff game links to its Game Center.

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