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. (Example: the only way LAR and ARI wind up with the same record at the end of the season is if ARI beats LAR in Week 17.)
- Tiebreakers that don’t affect playoff berths or seeding are ignored. (Example: If TB and SEA both finish 11-5, SEA wins the NFC West but TB does not win the NFC South.)
- Division ties are broken first. If CHI, LAR, and ARI all finish 9-7, break the NFC West tie between LAR and ARI first, then break the tie between the LAR-ARI winner and CHI.
- 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.
- GB has clinched the NFC North. NO has clinched the NFC South. SEA has clinched the NFC West.
- TB has clinched a playoff berth.
- ATL, CAR, DET, SF, MIN, and PHI have been eliminated.
The complete tiebreaker rules are here.
Jump to East |South | West | Interdivisional ties 2-way • 3-way
NFC East
| If these teams tie | at | tie goes to | based on |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAS-DAL | WAS | head-to-head | |
| NYG-WAS-DAL | 6-10 | NYG | head-to-head |
NFC South
| If these teams tie | at | tie goes to | based on |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO-TB | 11-5 | NO | head-to-head |
NFC West
| If these teams tie | at | tie goes to | based on |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAR-ARI | 9-7 | ARI | division record |
Interdivisional ties
2-way ties
| If these teams tie | at | tie goes to | based on |
|---|---|---|---|
| GB-NO | 12-4 | GB | head-to-head |
| GB-SEA | 12-4 | SEA | common opponents |
| CHI-LAR | 9-7 | LAR | head-to-head |
| CHI-ARI | CHI | common opponents | |
| NO-SEA | NO | conference record | |
| TB-LAR | LAR | head-to-head |
3-way ties
| If these teams tie | at | tie goes to | based on |
|---|---|---|---|
| GB-NO-SEA | 12-4 | NO | conference record |
