The following charts seek to answer the following question: If these two (or more) teams finish with the same record, who wins the tiebreaker?
Notes and assumptions:
- No possibility of future tie games.
- Tiebreaker winners are as they would be if the teams were tied at the end of the season, NOT as if the season ended right now.
- Tiebreakers that don’t affect playoff berths or seeding are ignored. If PHI and MIN both finish 9-7, PHI wins the NFC East but MIN does not win the NFC North.
- Division ties are broken first. If MIN, CHI, and LAR all finish 9-7, break the NFC North tie between MIN-CHI first, then break the tie between the MIN-CHI winner and LAR.
- If three or more teams are tied, apply that tiebreaker, not the two-team tiebreaker.
- Strength of victory is the combined winning percentage (essentially, the number of wins) of the teams a team has beaten. It has nothing to do with point totals.
NO has clinched the NFC South. ARI, ATL, CAR, DET, NYG, and WAS have been eliminated. No playoff seeds have been locked.
The complete tiebreaker rules are here.
Jump to East | North | South | West | Interdivisional ties 2-way • 3-way • 4-way
NFC East
If these teams tie | at | with these things happening | tie goes to | based on |
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DAL-PHI | DAL beats PHI | DAL | head-to-head | |
DAL-PHI | 8-8 |
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DAL | division record |
DAL-PHI | 8-8 |
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PHI | common opponents |
DAL-PHI | 7-9 | PHI beats DAL; loses to WAS, NYG | DAL | division record |
NFC North
If these teams tie | at | with these things happening | tie goes to | based on |
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GB-MIN | 11-5 | GB beats MIN | GB | head-to-head |
GB-MIN | 12-4 |
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GB | division record |
GB-MIN | 11-5 |
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MIN | conference record |
GB-MIN | 11-5 |
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GB | division record |
GB-MIN | 10-6 |
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MIN | conference record |
GB-CHI | CHI | division record | ||
MIN-CHI | CHI | head-to-head | ||
GB-MIN-CHI | 10-6 | CHI | head-to-head |
NFC South
The Saints have won the division outright.
NFC West
If these teams tie | at | with these things happening | tie goes to | based on |
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SEA-SF | SEA beats SF | SEA | head-to-head | |
SEA-SF | 12-4 |
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? | strength of victory |
SEA-SF | 11-5 |
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SF | division record |
SEA-LAR | 11-5 | SEA beats exactly 1 of SF, ARI | LAR | conference record |
SEA-LAR |
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LAR | division record | |
SEA-LAR | 10-6 | LAR beats exactly 1 of SF, ARI | LAR | conference record |
SF-LAR | 11-5 | LAR | division record | |
SEA-SF-LAR | 11-5 | SEA | head-to-head |
NFC interdivisional ties
2-way ties
If these teams tie | at | with these things happening | tie goes to | based on |
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DAL-MIN | 9-7 | MIN | head-to-head | |
DAL-CHI | 9-7 | CHI | head-to-head | |
DAL-TB | 9-7 | DAL | conference record | |
DAL-LAR | 9-7 | DAL | head-to-head | |
GB-NO | NO beats IND, TEN | GB | conference record | |
GB-NO | 12-4 |
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? | strength of victory |
GB-NO | 12-4 |
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NO | common opponents |
GB-NO | 11-5 |
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GB | common opponents |
GB-NO | 11-5 |
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? | strength of victory |
GB-NO | NO loses to IND, TEN | NO | conference record | |
GB-SEA | SEA | common opponents | ||
GB-SF | SF | head-to-head | ||
GB-LAR | LAR | conference record | ||
MIN-NO | 12-4 | NO beats IND, TEN | MIN | conference record |
MIN-NO |
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NO | common opponents | |
MIN-NO | 11-5 |
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MIN | conference record |
MIN-NO |
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NO | conference record | |
MIN-NO |
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NO | common opponents | |
MIN-TB | 9-7 | MIN beats LAC | ? | strength of victory |
MIN-TB | MIN loses to LAC | MIN | conference record | |
MIN-SEA | SEA | head-to-head | ||
MIN-SF | 12-4 | SF beats exactly 1 of ATL, SEA | ? | strength of victory |
MIN-SF |
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MIN | common opponents | |
MIN-SF | 11-5 |
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? | strength of victory |
MIN-SF | 11-5 | MIN loses to LAC | MIN | conference record |
MIN-LAR | MIN beats LAC | LAR | conference record | |
MIN-LAR |
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LAR | common opponents | |
MIN-LAR |
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? | strength of victory | |
MIN-LAR |
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LAR | common opponents | |
CHI-NO | 10-6 | NO | head-to-head | |
CHI-TB | 9-7 | CHI | conference record | |
CHI-SEA | 10-6 | CHI | conference record | |
CHI-LAR | LAR | head-to-head | ||
NO-SEA | NO | head-to-head | ||
NO-SF | SF | head-to-head | ||
NO-LAR | LAR | head-to-head |
3-way ties
If these teams tie | at | with these things happening | tie goes to | based on |
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DAL-MIN-TB | 9-7 | DAL | conference record | |
DAL-MIN-LAR | 9-7 | DAL | conference record | |
DAL-CHI-TB | 9-7 | CHI beats KC | DAL | conference record |
DAL-CHI-TB | 9-7 | CHI loses to KC | CHI |
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DAL-CHI-LAR | 9-7 | CHI beats KC | DAL | conference record |
DAL-CHI-LAR | 9-7 | CHI loses to KC | CHI |
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DAL-TB-LAR | 9-7 | DAL |
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GB-NO-SEA | 12-4 |
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SEA |
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GB-NO-SEA | NO beats exactly 1 of IND, TEN | ? | strength of victory | |
GB-NO-SEA | NO loses to IND, TEN | NO | conference record | |
GB-NO-SF | SF | head-to-head | ||
MIN-NO-SEA | 12-4 | NO beats IND, TEN | SEA |
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MIN-NO-SEA |
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? | strength of victory | |
MIN-NO-SEA | 11-5 |
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MIN | conference record |
MIN-NO-SEA |
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NO | conference record | |
MIN-NO-SEA |
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NO |
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MIN-NO-SF | 12-4 |
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MIN or SF |
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MIN-NO-SF | 12-4 |
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MIN |
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MIN-NO-SF |
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? | strength of victory | |
MIN-NO-SF | 11-5 |
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MIN | conference record |
MIN-NO-SF |
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NO | conference record | |
MIN-NO-SF |
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NO |
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MIN-TB-LAR | 9-7 | LAR beats DAL | LAR |
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MIN-TB-LAR | 9-7 | LAR loses to DAL | LAR |
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CHI-TB-LAR | 9-7 | CHI beats KC | LAR |
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CHI-TB-LAR | 9-7 | CHI loses to KC | CHI | conference record |
4-way ties
If these teams tie | at | with these things happening | tie goes to | based on |
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DAL-MIN-TB-LAR | 9-7 | DAL | conference record | |
DAL-CHI-TB-LAR | 9-7 | CHI beats KC | DAL | conference record |
DAL-CHI-TB-LAR | 9-7 | CHI loses to KC | CHI |
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