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2024 NFL season · final

The luckiest and unluckiest teams of 2024

The Chiefs were the luckiest team of 2024: 15 wins from play that, replayed with the same day’s form, was worth 12.1. The 49ers were the unluckiest: 6 wins from play worth 10.5.

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 Chiefs 15–2 12.1 +2.9 11–0 11.3
2 Steelers 10–7 7.2 +2.8 6–4 8.6
3 Lions 15–2 12.2 +2.8 7–2 11.3
4 Broncos 10–7 7.3 +2.7 1–6 11.9
5 Chargers 11–6 8.5 +2.5 4–4 10.4
6 Vikings 14–3 11.7 +2.3 9–1 10.1
7 Panthers 5–12 2.7 +2.3 4–3 4.0
8 Eagles 14–3 11.8 +2.2 8–2 13.2
9 Seahawks 10–7 8.3 +1.7 6–2 8.4
10 Dolphins 8–9 6.7 +1.3 4–4 7.8
11 Rams 10–7 8.7 +1.3 8–5 7.4
12 Browns 3–14 2.0 +1.0 3–4 3.6
13 Cowboys 7–10 6.1 +0.9 5–5 5.4
14 Bills 13–4 12.3 +0.7 5–3 11.8
15 Bears 5–12 4.4 +0.6 3–7 5.9
16 Texans 10–7 9.5 +0.5 7–5 8.9
17 Commanders 12–5 12.0 0.0 8–4 10.8
18 Patriots 4–13 4.3 −0.3 3–6 6.0
19 Buccaneers 10–7 10.8 −0.8 3–5 9.8
20 Colts 8–9 8.9 −0.9 8–5 7.2
21 Giants 3–14 4.0 −1.1 1–8 5.0
22 Jaguars 4–13 5.4 −1.4 3–10 6.3
23 Packers 11–6 12.4 −1.4 5–5 13.2
24 Bengals 9–8 10.9 −1.9 4–7 10.8
25 Ravens 12–5 13.9 −1.9 5–5 13.7
26 Cardinals 8–9 10.2 −2.2 3–5 8.6
27 Saints 5–12 7.3 −2.3 2–6 6.1
28 Falcons 8–9 10.3 −2.3 6–6 8.8
29 Jets 5–12 7.4 −2.4 3–7 8.2
30 Titans 3–14 5.4 −2.4 2–6 3.4
31 Raiders 4–13 6.8 −2.8 3–4 4.5
32 49ers 6–11 10.5 −4.5 2–6 9.5

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.

Team123456789101112131415161718WCDIVCONFSB
KC
PIT 86 87 72
DET 82
DEN
LAC
MIN 68
CAR 85 95
PHI 65
SEA 81 62
MIA
LA 72 72 83
CLE 91 99
DAL 81
BUF 60 74
CHI 97
HOU
WAS 82 86 62 81
NE 68 91 66
TB 82 62
IND 74 69
NYG 81 85
JAX 91
GB 76 97
CIN 82
BAL 84 99 87 63
ARI 61 62 74 83
NO 70 77
ATL 62 68 77 95
NYJ 91
TEN 78 60
LV 84 70 69
SF 70 65 73 62

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