NFL Tier List: All 32 Teams, Head-to-Head
All 32 teams here, ranked by 170 players. San Francisco 49ers leads: it wins 74.8% of its matchups (n = 476) and was champion in 34 of 170 brackets. Disagree? Your first pick is right here. No sign-up.
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Miami DolphinsAFC East
Houston TexansAFC South
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NFL Teams: the community’s best
Win rate across 4,406 head-to-head picks from 170 finished brackets. n is the number of matchups behind each win rate; only entrants with 30 or more are listed.
| # | NFL team | W–L | Win rate | vs .500 | Titles | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersNFC West | 356–120 | 74.8% | 34 | 476 | |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsAFC East | 308–120 | 72% | 23 | 428 | |
| 3 | Kansas City ChiefsAFC West | 258–135 | 65.6% | 12 | 393 | |
| 4 | Seattle SeahawksNFC West | 258–138 | 65.2% | 11 | 396 | |
| 5 | Los Angeles RamsNFC West | 192–127 | 60.2% | 10 | 319 | |
| 6 | Chicago BearsNFC North | 185–130 | 58.7% | 10 | 315 | |
| 7 | Detroit LionsNFC North | 185–132 | 58.4% | 8 | 317 | |
| 8 | Minnesota VikingsNFC North | 186–134 | 58.1% | 8 | 320 |
NFL Teams: the community tier list
From 4,406 head-to-head picks in 170 finished brackets. Placed by win rate, steadied toward 50% for entrants with few matchups: S is 75% or more, A 60%, B 50%, C 40%, D 25%.
Stier, win rate 75% or more
- Nobody yet
Atier, win rate 60% or more
- San Francisco 49ers
- Buffalo Bills
- Kansas City Chiefs
- Seattle Seahawks
Btier, win rate 50% or more
- Los Angeles Rams
- Chicago Bears
- Detroit Lions
- Minnesota Vikings
- Philadelphia Eagles
- Baltimore Ravens
- New England Patriots
- Green Bay Packers
- + 3 more
Ctier, win rate 40% or more
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Carolina Panthers
- Pittsburgh Steelers
- Houston Texans
- Dallas Cowboys
Dtier, win rate 25% or more
- Las Vegas Raiders
- Cleveland Browns
- Atlanta Falcons
- Indianapolis Colts
- New York Giants
- New Orleans Saints
- Los Angeles Chargers
- Washington Commanders
- + 4 more
Ftier, win rate 0% or more
- Nobody yet
How the NFL Teams bracket works
This NFL team tier list is played, not dragged into rows. You get one matchup at a time — Dallas Cowboys or New England Patriots? Green Bay Packers or Kansas City Chiefs? — and after 15 picks the bracket has a champion, with everything else placed by how far it got. Comparing two contenders is far easier than sorting 32 of them at once, which is why the finished list tends to survive a second look.
This bracket runs 4 rounds at the default 16-slot size (Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final), drawn from a pool of 32 contenders. Entrants are drawn by a seed that changes daily, and New draw picks a fresh one, so an early upset in one run may never happen in the next. You can also play it at 8 or 32 slots for a shorter or longer run.
15 picks, 4 rounds
- Round of 168 matchups
- Quarterfinals4 matchups
- Semifinals2 matchups
- Final1 matchup
Roughly 1-2 minutes start to finish at the default size.
All 32 entrants
All 32 entrants are listed below, including Dallas Cowboys, New England Patriots, Green Bay Packers and Kansas City Chiefs. Updated
- Dallas CowboysNFC East
- New England PatriotsAFC East
- Green Bay PackersNFC North
- Kansas City ChiefsAFC West
- San Francisco 49ersNFC West
- Pittsburgh SteelersAFC North
- Buffalo BillsAFC East
- Philadelphia EaglesNFC East
- Detroit LionsNFC North
- Baltimore RavensAFC North
- Miami DolphinsAFC East
- Seattle SeahawksNFC West
- Tampa Bay BuccaneersNFC South
- Las Vegas RaidersAFC West
- Denver BroncosAFC West
- New York GiantsNFC East
- Chicago BearsNFC North
- Minnesota VikingsNFC North
- New Orleans SaintsNFC South
- Los Angeles RamsNFC West
- Cincinnati BengalsAFC North
- Jacksonville JaguarsAFC South
- Houston TexansAFC South
- Indianapolis ColtsAFC South
- Washington CommandersNFC East
- Arizona CardinalsNFC West
- Carolina PanthersNFC South
- Atlanta FalconsNFC South
- Los Angeles ChargersAFC West
- New York JetsAFC East
- Tennessee TitansAFC South
- Cleveland BrownsAFC North
Tier list instead?
Load all 32 into the tier list maker and sort them into S through F yourself: same entrants, no matchups.
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Build your own NFL team bracket with exactly the entrants you want, then share the link.
Open the bracket makerGetting a ranking you actually agree with
- Decide your criteria before you start — peak, longevity or trophies — and hold to it all the way through.
- Start at 16 slots. If the result feels too obvious, replay at 32 so more of the 32 contenders make the field.
- Watch for the contender you keep beating reluctantly. That is usually the sign you should undo and reconsider the pick before it.
Questions people ask
What is the best NFL team?
According to 170 BracketRanker players, San Francisco 49ers (NFC West). It wins 74.8% of its head-to-head matchups (n = 476) and was champion in 34 of 170 brackets (20%).
How many contenders are in the NFL Teams bracket?
The pool holds 32 contenders. A default run uses 16 of them and takes 15 picks across 4 rounds: Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final. Other field sizes are available too — 8, 16, 32 slots.
Which contenders are included?
Dallas Cowboys, New England Patriots, Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs, San Francisco 49ers, Pittsburgh Steelers, Buffalo Bills, Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit Lions, Baltimore Ravens, Miami Dolphins and Seattle Seahawks, plus 20 more. Every entrant is listed further down this page with its artwork.
How long does the NFL Teams bracket take?
About 1-2 minutes — 15 choices at the default size, or 7 if you drop to an 8-slot bracket. It works the same on a phone as on a desktop, no login is involved, and progress saves as you go.
How does this compare to a drag-and-drop tier list maker?
Both are here, and the bracket is closer to a tier list than it looks. It ends with a champion, a runner-up and then every other contender grouped by the round it went out in — which is exactly a set of tiers, decided by 15 direct comparisons rather than by your first guess at a layout. What it deliberately does not do is claim a precise gap between two contenders that never met. If you would rather place the contenders into S through F rows yourself, the tier list maker loads all 32 of them at bracketranker.com/tier-list-maker.
How did everyone else rank these contenders?
Every completed bracket feeds the NFL Teams community results page, which aggregates win rates across all plays and tracks how often each of the 32 entrants takes the title. It updates continuously, so it moves as more people play.
Can I build my own nfl teams bracket?
Use the bracket maker: add your own contenders, name it, and share the link so other people play the same field. That is the route to take when this pool of 32 is missing something you would have picked, or when you want a version scoped to one era, label or franchise.