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AFC South

Indianapolis Colts: how lucky, season by season

Since 2019, the Colts have won 56.5 regular-season games; replayed with the same day’s form, their play was worth 61.4. Luck cost them 4.9 wins. Their luckiest season was 2023 (+0.6 wins), the unluckiest 2019 (−2.4).

2026: 0–2 so far, replay wins 0.6 (−0.6 luck). 2026 game by game

Luck in wins, by season

Wins minus replay wins in the regular season. Right: luck added wins. Left: luck cost wins.

SeasonRecordReplay winsLuckOne-scoreCalls, pts per gamePlayoffs
2026 0–2 0.6 −0.6 0–1 +7.45 –
2025 8–9 9.8 −1.8 3–7 −0.56 –
2024 8–9 8.9 −0.9 8–5 +0.58 –
2023 9–8 8.4 +0.6 6–3 +0.28 –
2022 4–12–1 4.3 +0.2 4–6–1 −0.75 –
2021 9–8 9.9 −0.9 2–5 +1.39 –
2020 11–5 10.6 +0.4 5–2 −1.59 0–1
2019 7–9 9.4 −2.4 5–6 +1.52 –

Luckiest wins

Wins the Colts take least often when the game is replayed with the way both teams played.

WeekGameResultWins the replayLuck index
2022 Week 5 @ Broncos W 12–9 3% +97
2022 Week 3 vs Chiefs W 20–17 5% +95
2019 Week 7 vs Texans W 30–23 12% +88
2022 Week 6 vs Jaguars W 34–27 25% +75
2020 Week 11 vs Packers W 34–31 30% +70

Unluckiest losses

Losses the Colts would win most often in a replay.

WeekGameResultWins the replayLuck index
2019 Week 10 vs Dolphins L 12–16 92% −92
2023 Week 7 vs Browns L 38–39 89% −89
2025 Week 9 @ Steelers L 20–27 78% −78
2019 Week 13 vs Titans L 17–31 76% −76
2022 Week 18 vs Texans L 31–32 75% −75