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2022 NFL playoff results

These are the playoffs for the 2022 NFL season, played in 2023. Follow every result from the Wild Card round to the Super Bowl.

SUPER BOWL CHAMPION

Kansas City Chiefs

Defeated Philadelphia Eagles 38–35 on .

Super Bowl Game Center
Completed games
13
Overtime finishes
0
Postseason opened
Jan 14, 2023

2022 playoff bracket results

Completed matchups in round order. Winners are named first in the summary; each Game Center shows both teams and the recorded result.

Wild Card

  1. Jacksonville Jaguars 31–30 Los Angeles ChargersFinal
  2. San Francisco 49ers 41–23 Seattle SeahawksFinal
  3. Cincinnati Bengals 24–17 Baltimore RavensFinal
  4. New York Giants 31–24 Minnesota VikingsFinal
  5. Buffalo Bills 34–31 Miami DolphinsFinal
  6. Dallas Cowboys 31–14 Tampa Bay BuccaneersFinal

Divisional

  1. Kansas City Chiefs 27–20 Jacksonville JaguarsFinal
  2. Philadelphia Eagles 38–7 New York GiantsFinal
  3. San Francisco 49ers 19–12 Dallas CowboysFinal
  4. Cincinnati Bengals 27–10 Buffalo BillsFinal

Conference championship

  1. Kansas City Chiefs 23–20 Cincinnati BengalsFinal
  2. Philadelphia Eagles 31–7 San Francisco 49ersFinal

Super Bowl

  1. Kansas City Chiefs 38–35 Philadelphia EaglesFinal

Kansas City Chiefs: path to the title

3 postseason wins, ending with the Super Bowl.

  1. DivisionalKansas City Chiefs 27–20 Jacksonville Jaguars
  2. Conference championshipKansas City Chiefs 23–20 Cincinnati Bengals
  3. Super BowlKansas City Chiefs 38–35 Philadelphia Eagles

The three closest games

Ranked by final winning margin. Games with the same margin appear in date order.

  1. 1-point margin · Wild CardJacksonville Jaguars 31–30 Los Angeles Chargers
  2. 3-point margin · Wild CardBuffalo Bills 34–31 Miami Dolphins
  3. 3-point margin · Conference championshipKansas City Chiefs 23–20 Cincinnati Bengals

2022 season, 2023 playoff games

The season label follows the regular season. These playoff games ran from Jan 14, 2023 through Feb 12, 2023. This is a completed results archive; it is not a projection of a future bracket.

Historical team names follow the recorded games. See the 2022 regular-season standings. Explore Super Bowl history.

Updated . Recorded scores and dates; no predicted outcomes.