updated: 1/31/24

NFL Strength Wins/Pain of Losses

We thought the College strength of wins/pain of losses was so interesting we decided to do one for the NFL and see the results. How it’s devised is if you beat an opponent you get credit for all their wins over their opponents. If you lose you get all their losses.

Strength of Wins

In this first chart below you can see Strength of Wins. Baltimore in the #1 spot. Baltimore has wins over Houston (x2), Cincinnati (x2), Cleveland, Tennessee, Detroit, Seattle, LA Chargers, LA Rams, Jacksonville, San Francisco and Miami and gives them a total of 111 Foe Wins.

Here is the Complete list of Strength of Wins with rank: Games Played thru 1/28/24

  Strength of Wins
    Combined  
Team SU Wins Foe Wins Rank
BALTIMORE 14 111 1
SAN FRANCISCO 14 94 2
PHILADELPHIA 11 94 2
CLEVELAND 11 93 4
DETROIT 14 87 5
BUFFALO 12 77 6
PITTSBURGH 10 77 6
CINCINNATI 9 74 8
JACKSONVILLE 9 73 9
MIAMI 11 67 10
KANSAS CITY 14 66 11
DENVER 8 66 11
HOUSTON  11 65 13
DALLAS 12 64 14
INDIANAPOLIS 9 63 15
GREEN BAY 10 61 16
LA Rams 10 59 17
SEATTLE 9 58 18
ATLANTA 7 58 18
TAMPA BAY 10 57 20
MINNESOTA 7 57 20
LAS VEGAS 8 54 22
NY JETS 7 52 23
CHICAGO 7 39 24
NEW ENGLAND 4 37 25
NEW ORLEANS 9 36 26
TENNESSEE 6 34 27
LA Chargers 5 33 28
ARIZONA 4 29 29
NY GIANTS 6 26 30
WASHINGTON 4 23 31
CAROLINA 2 18 32

 

Pain of Losses

This next chart we will go over is the Pain of Losses. Here if you lose to an opponent you get credit for all their losses. At the top you will see Carolina. Carolina has foe losses vs Atlanta, New Orleans (x2), Seattle, Minnesota, Detroit, Miami, Houston, Indianapolis, Chicago, Dallas, Tennessee, Tampa Bay (x2), Green Bay, Jacksonville and Tampa Bay for a total of 110 foe losses.

Here is your complete Pain of Losses Chart with rank: Games Played thru 1/28/24

Pain of Losses
    Combined  
Team SU Losses Foe Losses Rank
CAROLINA 15 110 32
ARIZONA 13 96 31
NEW ENGLAND 13 94 30
WASHINGTON 13 92 29
ATLANTA 10 85 28
TENNESSEE 11 77 26
NY JETS 10 77 26
CHICAGO 10 76 25
LA Chargers 12 75 24
NY GIANTS 11 73 23
DENVER 9 72 21
GREEN BAY 9 72 21
NEW ORLEANS 8 68 20
MINNESOTA 10 67 19
LAS VEGAS 9 66 18
HOUSTON  8 63 17
PITTSBURGH 8 62 16
INDIANAPOLIS 8 57 15
BUFFALO 7 55 14
CINCINNATI 8 52 13
TAMPA BAY 9 51 12
JACKSONVILLE 8 48 10
LA Rams 8 48 10
KANSAS CITY 6 47 9
SEATTLE 8 45 8
DALLAS 6 39 7
CLEVELAND 7 38 6
DETROIT 6 32 5
MIAMI 7 31 4
SAN FRANCISCO 5 30 3
PHILADELPHIA 7 29 2
BALTIMORE 5 23 1

 

Overall Wins and Losses

In this last chart below you can see the overall wins and losses. At the top you have Baltimore. At the bottom you have Carolina.

Here is the Overall Wins and Losses Chart with %: Games Played thru 1/28/24

Overall 
       
Team Wins Losses %
BALTIMORE 111 23 82.8%
PHILADELPHIA 94 29 76.4%
SAN FRANCISCO 94 30 75.8%
DETROIT 87 32 73.1%
CLEVELAND 93 38 71.0%
MIAMI 67 31 68.4%
DALLAS 64 39 62.1%
JACKSONVILLE 73 48 60.3%
CINCINNATI 74 52 58.7%
KANSAS CITY 66 47 58.4%
BUFFALO 77 55 58.3%
SEATTLE 58 45 56.3%
PITTSBURGH 77 62 55.4%
LA Rams 59 48 55.1%
TAMPA BAY 57 51 52.8%
INDIANAPOLIS 63 57 52.5%
HOUSTON  65 63 50.8%
DENVER 66 72 47.8%
MINNESOTA 57 67 46.0%
GREEN BAY 61 72 45.9%
LAS VEGAS 54 66 45.0%
ATLANTA 58 85 40.6%
NY JETS 52 77 40.3%
NEW ORLEANS 36 68 34.6%
CHICAGO 39 76 33.9%
TENNESSEE 34 77 30.6%
LA Chargers 33 75 30.6%
NEW ENGLAND 37 94 28.2%
NY GIANTS 26 73 26.3%
ARIZONA 29 96 23.2%
WASHINGTON 23 92 20.0%
CAROLINA 18 110 14.1%