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:
- 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 (Example: any tie between 11-6 wild card GB and 11-6 NFC West winners LAR).
- Division ties are broken first.
- 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.
- PHI has clinched the NFC East. LAR has clinched the NFC West.
- WAS, DET, MIN, and GB have clinched playoff berths.
- NYG, DAL, CHI, NO, CAR, SEA, ARI, and SF have been eliminated.
The complete tiebreaker rules are here.
Jump to North | South | West | Interdivisional ties 2-way
NFC North
| If these teams tie | at | tie goes to | based on |
|---|---|---|---|
| DET-MIN | 14-2-1 | DET | head-to-head |
NFC South
| If these teams tie | at | tie goes to | based on |
|---|---|---|---|
| TB-ATL | 9-8 | ATL | head-to-head |
NFC West
| If these teams tie | at | tie goes to | based on |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAR-SEA | 10-7 | LAR | strength of victory (BUF+LV+MIN+NO+SF wins v. ARI+ATL+CHI+DEN+MIA wins) |
Interdivisional ties
2-way ties
| If these teams tie | at | tie goes to | based on |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHI-DET | 14-3 | DET | conference record |
| PHI-MIN | 14-3 | PHI | common opponents |
| WAS-GB | WAS | conference record | |
| TB-LAR | 10-7 | TB | conference record |
