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2025 NFL season · final

The luckiest and unluckiest teams of 2025

The Eagles were the luckiest team of 2025: 11 wins from play that, replayed with the same day’s form, was worth 6.5. The Raiders were the unluckiest: 3 wins from play worth 6.8.

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 Eagles 11–6 6.5 +4.5 8–4 10.8
2 Jaguars 13–4 8.6 +4.4 6–3 11.4
3 Texans 12–5 8.2 +3.8 7–5 9.8
4 Bears 11–6 7.7 +3.3 7–4 9.4
5 Broncos 14–3 10.7 +3.3 11–2 12.9
6 Steelers 10–7 7.8 +2.2 7–3 7.4
7 Patriots 14–3 12.0 +2.0 7–3 11.6
8 Seahawks 14–3 12.4 +1.6 6–3 12.7
9 Vikings 9–8 7.5 +1.5 5–4 6.4
10 Panthers 8–9 6.6 +1.4 7–3 8.7
11 Chargers 11–6 10.3 +0.7 6–2 8.5
12 Titans 3–14 2.4 +0.6 2–5 4.6
13 Browns 5–12 4.4 +0.6 3–6 5.2
14 Falcons 8–9 7.4 +0.6 5–5 7.7
15 Dolphins 7–10 6.7 +0.3 4–3 7.3
16 49ers 12–5 11.8 +0.2 5–1 8.2
17 Buccaneers 8–9 8.5 −0.5 6–6 7.0
18 Jets 3–14 3.9 −0.9 3–5 4.1
19 Saints 6–11 6.9 −0.9 3–5 7.9
20 Cowboys 7–9–1 8.6 −1.1 4–3–1 7.8
21 Bills 12–5 13.1 −1.1 5–3 12.6
22 Bengals 6–11 7.1 −1.1 3–5 5.9
23 Lions 9–8 10.5 −1.5 3–5 11.6
24 Rams 12–5 13.7 −1.7 4–5 13.3
25 Colts 8–9 9.8 −1.8 3–7 8.8
26 Ravens 8–9 10.1 −2.1 2–5 10.5
27 Giants 4–13 6.2 −2.2 1–7 5.8
28 Commanders 5–12 7.8 −2.8 2–5 5.3
29 Packers 9–7–1 12.5 −3.0 4–5–1 9.0
30 Cardinals 3–14 6.1 −3.1 2–8 4.6
31 Chiefs 6–11 9.4 −3.4 1–9 10.3
32 Raiders 3–14 6.8 −3.8 2–5 4.8

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.

Team123456789101112131415161718WCDIVCONFSB
PHI 90 87 88 84 61
JAX
HOU 89
CHI 82 66
DEN 92 67
PIT 88 64 69
NE 70
SEA 66
MIN
CAR 87
LAC 90
TEN
CLE 82 66 98
ATL 89
MIA 72
SF 68
TB 75 93 80
NYJ 88 69 89
NO 67
DAL 85 71 82
BUF 62 62 64 84
CIN 98
DET 88
LA 87 87 71 64 78
IND 78 64
BAL 63 62
NYG 85 90 82
WAS 65 70
GB 82 73 64 92 63 67
ARI 93 61
KC 90 74 89
LV 82 77 61

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