2020 NFL season · final
The luckiest and unluckiest teams of 2020
The Chiefs were the luckiest team of 2020: 14 wins from play that, replayed with the same day’s form, was worth 9.9. The 49ers were the unluckiest: 6 wins from play worth 9.7.
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
| # | Team | Record | Replay wins | Luck in wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14–2 | 9.9 | +4.1 | |
| 2 | 10–6 | 6.7 | +3.3 | |
| 3 | 8–8 | 4.8 | +3.2 | |
| 4 | 12–4 | 9.6 | +2.4 | |
| 5 | 11–5 | 8.8 | +2.2 | |
| 6 | 12–4 | 10.1 | +1.9 | |
| 7 | 13–3 | 11.2 | +1.8 | |
| 8 | 12–4 | 10.4 | +1.6 | |
| 9 | 13–3 | 11.5 | +1.5 | |
| 10 | 11–5 | 9.7 | +1.3 | |
| 11 | 7–9 | 6.0 | +1.0 | |
| 12 | 4–11–1 | 3.6 | +0.9 | |
| 13 | 11–5 | 10.2 | +0.8 | |
| 14 | 11–5 | 10.6 | +0.4 | |
| 15 | 7–9 | 6.7 | +0.3 | |
| 16 | 11–5 | 10.7 | +0.3 | |
| 17 | 4–11–1 | 4.9 | −0.4 | |
| 18 | 5–11 | 5.7 | −0.7 | |
| 19 | 6–10 | 6.8 | −0.8 | |
| 20 | 8–8 | 9.0 | −1.0 | |
| 21 | 7–9 | 8.1 | −1.1 | |
| 22 | 10–6 | 11.2 | −1.2 | |
| 23 | 2–14 | 3.4 | −1.4 | |
| 24 | 7–9 | 8.5 | −1.5 | |
| 25 | 5–11 | 6.6 | −1.6 | |
| 26 | 6–10 | 7.6 | −1.6 | |
| 27 | 8–8 | 9.8 | −1.8 | |
| 28 | 4–12 | 6.0 | −2.0 | |
| 29 | 1–15 | 3.3 | −2.3 | |
| 30 | 4–12 | 6.6 | −2.6 | |
| 31 | 5–11 | 8.4 | −3.4 | |
| 32 | 6–10 | 9.7 | −3.7 |
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.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | WC | DIV | CONF | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | |||||||||||||||||||||
| MIA | 95 | 91 | |||||||||||||||||||
| CHI | 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PIT | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| CLE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SEA | 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| BUF | |||||||||||||||||||||
| NO | 81 | 69 | |||||||||||||||||||
| GB | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| TEN | 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WAS | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| CIN | 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| BAL | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| IND | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| TB | |||||||||||||||||||||
| PHI | 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| DEN | 82 | 73 | |||||||||||||||||||
| NYG | 73 | 78 | |||||||||||||||||||
| ARI | 70 | 86 | 69 | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
| LAC | 82 | 71 | |||||||||||||||||||
| LA | 75 | 95 | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
| NYJ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| MIN | 69 | 90 | |||||||||||||||||||
| DET | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| DAL | 66 | 82 | |||||||||||||||||||
| LV | 81 | 68 | 91 | ||||||||||||||||||
| ATL | 66 | 82 | 90 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
| JAX | |||||||||||||||||||||
| HOU | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| CAR | 79 | 63 | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
| SF | 74 | 87 | 64 | 70 | 82 |