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2019 NFL season · final

The luckiest and unluckiest teams of 2019

The Packers were the luckiest team of 2019: 13 wins from play that, replayed with the same day’s form, was worth 8.0. The Chargers were the unluckiest: 5 wins from play worth 10.8.

Luck here is wins minus replay wins: for each game, how often this team wins it when it’s replayed with the way both teams actually played, added up over the season. Regular season only. How the replay works

#TeamRecordReplay winsLuck in winsOne-scoreCoin-flip winsThrough the season
1 Packers 13–3 8.0 +5.0 8–1 10.1
2 Bears 8–8 4.0 +4.0 6–5 6.3
3 Seahawks 11–5 7.1 +3.9 10–2 7.7
4 Jets 7–9 4.5 +2.5 5–2 8.0
5 Titans 9–7 6.6 +2.4 3–3 10.0
6 Patriots 12–4 9.8 +2.2 4–3 11.9
7 Saints 13–3 10.9 +2.1 7–1 12.5
8 Steelers 8–8 6.6 +1.4 6–5 5.9
9 Chiefs 12–4 10.7 +1.3 5–4 11.3
10 49ers 13–3 11.7 +1.3 5–3 11.6
11 Dolphins 5–11 3.7 +1.3 5–2 3.9
12 Texans 10–6 8.7 +1.3 8–3 7.2
13 Panthers 5–11 4.1 +0.9 2–6 4.4
14 Bills 10–6 9.2 +0.8 4–5 9.1
15 Jaguars 6–10 5.4 +0.6 2–3 6.4
16 Broncos 7–9 6.4 +0.6 4–5 6.1
17 Vikings 10–6 9.5 +0.5 2–4 11.6
18 Ravens 14–2 13.8 +0.2 5–1 12.9
19 Eagles 9–7 9.0 0.0 5–5 9.0
20 Browns 6–10 6.6 −0.6 2–4 5.8
21 Rams 9–7 10.1 −1.1 3–3 9.6
22 Raiders 7–9 8.1 −1.1 7–3 8.3
23 Cardinals 5–10–1 6.7 −1.2 3–5–1 6.8
24 Washington 3–13 4.5 −1.5 3–3 3.8
25 Falcons 7–9 8.7 −1.7 3–4 7.5
26 Giants 4–12 6.2 −2.2 2–5 4.7
27 Bengals 2–14 4.4 −2.4 0–8 4.5
28 Colts 7–9 9.4 −2.4 5–6 8.3
29 Lions 3–12–1 6.6 −3.1 3–8–1 5.3
30 Buccaneers 7–9 10.6 −3.6 3–6 8.8
31 Cowboys 8–8 13.5 −5.5 1–6 9.9
32 Chargers 5–11 10.8 −5.8 2–9 6.8

Replay wins: the sum, over every game, of how often the team wins a replay with the same day’s form. Coin-flip wins: the same with only kicks, bounces, drops, conversions and calls re-rolled; it is the number that best predicts the rest of a season (validation). One-score: games decided by 8 points or fewer.

Did luck add wins or take them away?

Each logo is a team. Across: the wins its play was worth (replay wins). Up: the wins it actually got. On the diagonal the two match; above it, luck added wins; below it, luck cost wins.

Game by game

The luck index of every game: 100 × (the result − how often they win the replay). A loss in a game they win 9 times in 10 scores −90. Teams sorted luckiest to unluckiest.

Team1234567891011121314151617WCDIVCONFSB
GB 93
CHI 90 86 87 91
SEA
NYJ 96
TEN 80 84
NE 86 61
NO 65
PIT 83
KC 60 64
SF
MIA 92
HOU 78 88 92
CAR
BUF 70 62
JAX 85
DEN 90 85 86 87
MIN 91
BAL 72
PHI
CLE
LA 64 78
OAK 62 75 87
ARI
WAS 87 72
ATL 74 73 69 63 86
NYG 83
CIN 62 62
IND 88 75 92 76
DET 60 86 87
TB 83 84 92 86
DAL 93 96 86 87
LAC 72 64 83 80 64 86

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