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AFC East

New York Jets: how lucky, season by season

Since 2019, the Jets have won 35 regular-season games; replayed with the same day’s form, their play was worth 35.9. Luck cost them 0.9 wins. Their luckiest season was 2019 (+2.5 wins), the unluckiest 2024 (−2.4).

2026: 1–1 so far, replay wins 1.5 (−0.5 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 1–1 1.5 −0.5 0–1 −3.38 –
2025 3–14 3.9 −0.9 3–5 +1.00 –
2024 5–12 7.4 −2.4 3–7 +0.35 –
2023 7–10 5.3 +1.7 4–4 −1.56 –
2022 7–10 6.5 +0.5 4–6 −0.82 –
2021 4–13 4.9 −0.9 4–5 +0.24 –
2020 2–14 3.4 −1.4 2–4 −0.73 –
2019 7–9 4.5 +2.5 5–2 −3.13 –

Luckiest wins

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

WeekGameResultWins the replayLuck index
2022 Week 2 @ Browns W 31–30 2% +98
2019 Week 6 vs Cowboys W 24–22 4% +96
2023 Week 16 vs Commanders W 30–28 9% +91
2025 Week 13 vs Falcons W 27–24 11% +89
2023 Week 6 vs Eagles W 20–14 18% +82

Unluckiest losses

Losses the Jets would win most often in a replay.

WeekGameResultWins the replayLuck index
2024 Week 8 @ Patriots L 22–25 91% −91
2025 Week 1 vs Steelers L 32–34 88% −88
2023 Week 17 @ Browns L 20–37 72% −72
2025 Week 4 @ Dolphins L 21–27 69% −69
2026 Week 2 vs Packers L 17–20 66% −66