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The Top 5 Ranked NFL Franchises of the Season
Notes: Ranking Explanation
| Rnk | 1920 |
| 1 | Akron Pros |
| 2 | Decatur Staleys |
| 3 | Buffalo All-Americans |
| 4 | Rock Island Independents |
| 5 | Chicago Cardinals |
| Rnk | 1921 |
| 1 | Buffalo All-Americans |
| 2 | Chicago Staleys |
| 3 | Akron Pros |
| 4 | Canton Bulldogs |
| 5 | Rock Island Independents |
| Rnk | 1922 |
| 1 | Canton Bulldogs |
| 2 | Chicago Bears |
| 3 | Chicago Cardinals |
| 4 | Toledo Maroons |
| 5 | Rock Island Independents |
| Rnk | 1923 |
| 1 | Canton Bulldogs |
| 2 | Chicago Bears |
| 3 | Green Bay Packers |
| 4 | Milwaukee Badgers |
| 5 | Cleveland Indians |
| Rnk | 1924 |
| 1 | Cleveland Bulldogs |
| 2 | Chicago Bears |
| 3 | Frankford Yellow Jackets |
| 4 | Duluth Kelleys |
| 5 | Rock Island Independents |
| Rnk | 1925 |
| 1 | Chicago Cardinals |
| 2 | Pottsville Maroons |
| 3 | Detroit Panthers |
| 4 | New York Giants |
| 5 | Akron Pros |
| Rnk | 1926 |
| 1 | Frankford Yellow Jackets |
| 2 | Chicago Bears |
| 3 | Pottsville Maroons |
| 4 | Kansas City Cowboys |
| 5 | Green Bay Packers |
| Rnk | 1927 |
| 1 | New York Giants |
| 2 | Green Bay Packers |
| 3 | Chicago Bears |
| 4 | Cleveland Bulldogs |
| 5 | Providence Steam Roller |
| Rnk | 1928 |
| 1 | Providence Steam Roller |
| 2 | Frankford Yellow Jackets |
| 3 | Detroit Wolverines |
| 4 | Green Bay Packers |
| 5 | Chicago Bears |
| Rnk | 1929 |
| 1 | Green Bay Packers |
| 2 | New York Giants |
| 3 | Frankford Yellow Jackets |
| 4 | Chicago Cardinals |
| 5 | Boston Bulldogs |
| Rnk | 1930 |
| 1 | Green Bay Packers |
| 2 | New York Giants |
| 3 | Chicago Bears |
| 4 | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| 5 | Providence Steam Roller |
| Rnk | 1931 |
| 1 | Green Bay Packers |
| 2 | Portsmouth Spartans |
| 3 | Chicago Bears |
| 4 | Chicago Cardinals |
| 5 | New York Giants |
| Rnk | 1932 |
| 1 | Chicago Bears |
| 2 | Green Bay Packers |
| 3 | Portsmouth Spartans |
| 4 | Boston Braves |
| 5 | New York Giants |
| Rnk | 1933 |
| 1 | Chicago Bears |
| 2 | New York Giants |
| 3 | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| 4 | Portsmouth Spartans |
| 5 | Boston Redskins |
| Rnk | 1934 |
| 1 | New York Giants |
| 2 | Chicago Bears |
| 3 | Detroit Lions |
| 4 | Green Bay Packers |
| 5 | Boston Redskins |
| Rnk | 1935 |
| 1 | Detroit Lions |
| 2 | New York Giants |
| 3 | Green Bay Packers |
| 4 | Chicago Bears |
| 5 | Chicago Cardinals |
| Rnk | 1936 |
| 1 | Green Bay Packers |
| 2 | Boston Redskins |
| 3 | Chicago Bears |
| 4 | Detroit Lions |
| 5 | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Rnk | 1937 |
| 1 | Washington Redskins |
| 2 | Chicago Bears |
| 3 | New York Giants |
| 4 | Green Bay Packers |
| 5 | Detroit Lions |
| Rnk | 1938 |
| 1 | New York Giants |
| 2 | Green Bay Packers |
| 3 | Washington Redskins |
| 4 | Detroit Lions |
| 5 | Chicago Bears |
| Rnk | 1939 |
| 1 | Green Bay Packers |
| 2 | New York Giants |
| 3 | Washington Redskins |
| 4 | Chicago Bears |
| 5 | Detroit Lions |
| Rnk | 1940 |
| 1 | Chicago Bears |
| 2 | Washington Redskins |
| 3 | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| 4 | Green Bay Packers |
| 5 | New York Giants |
| Rnk | 1941 |
| 1 | Chicago Bears |
| 2 | New York Giants |
| 3 | Green Bay Packers |
| 4 | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| 5 | Washington Redskins |
| Rnk | 1942 |
| 1 | Washington Redskins |
| 2 | Chicago Bears |
| 3 | Green Bay Packers |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 5 | New York Giants |
| Rnk | 1943 |
| 1 | Chicago Bears |
| 2 | Washington Redskins |
| 3 | Green Bay Packers |
| 4 | New York Giants |
| 5 | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers |
| Rnk | 1944 |
| 1 | Green Bay Packers |
| 2 | New York Giants |
| 3 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 4 | Chicago Bears |
| 5 | Detroit Lions |
| Rnk | 1945 |
| 1 | Cleveland Rams |
| 2 | Washington Redskins |
| 3 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 4 | Detroit Lions |
| 5 | Green Bay Packers |
| Rnk | 1946 |
| 1 | Chicago Bears |
| 2 | New York Giants |
| 3 | Los Angeles Rams |
| 4 | Chicago Cardinals |
| 5 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| Rnk | 1947 |
| 1 | Chicago Cardinals |
| 2 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 3 | Chicago Bears |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 5 | Green Bay Packers |
| Rnk | 1948 |
| 1 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 2 | Chicago Cardinals |
| 3 | Chicago Bears |
| 4 | Washington Redskins |
| 5 | Los Angeles Rams |
| Rnk | 1949 |
| 1 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 2 | Los Angeles Rams |
| 3 | Chicago Bears |
| 4 | Chicago Cardinals |
| 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Rnk | 1950 |
| 1 | Cleveland Browns |
| 2 | Los Angeles Rams |
| 3 | New York Giants |
| 4 | Chicago Bears |
| 5 | New York Yanks |
| Rnk | 1951 |
| 1 | Los Angeles Rams |
| 2 | Cleveland Browns |
| 3 | New York Giants |
| 4 | Detroit Lions |
| 5 | San Francisco 49ers |
| Rnk | 1952 |
| 1 | Detroit Lions |
| 2 | Cleveland Browns |
| 3 | Los Angeles Rams |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ers |
| 5 | New York Giants |
| Rnk | 1953 |
| 1 | Detroit Lions |
| 2 | Cleveland Browns |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ers |
| 4 | Los Angeles Rams |
| 5 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| Rnk | 1954 |
| 1 | Cleveland Browns |
| 2 | Detroit Lions |
| 3 | Chicago Bears |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ers |
| 5 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| Rnk | 1955 |
| 1 | Cleveland Browns |
| 2 | Los Angeles Rams |
| 3 | Chicago Bears |
| 4 | Washington Redskins |
| 5 | New York Giants |
| Rnk | 1956 |
| 1 | New York Giants |
| 2 | Chicago Bears |
| 3 | Detroit Lions |
| 4 | Chicago Cardinals |
| 5 | Washington Redskins |
| Rnk | 1957 |
| 1 | Detroit Lions |
| 2 | Cleveland Browns |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ers |
| 4 | Baltimore Colts |
| 5 | New York Giants |
| Rnk | 1958 |
| 1 | Baltimore Colts |
| 2 | New York Giants |
| 3 | Cleveland Browns |
| 4 | Chicago Bears |
| 5 | Los Angeles Rams |
| Rnk | 1959 |
| 1 | Baltimore Colts |
| 2 | New York Giants |
| 3 | Chicago Bears |
| 4 | Cleveland Browns |
| 5 | San Francisco 49ers |
| Rnk | 1960 |
| 1 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 2 | Green Bay Packers |
| 3 | Cleveland Browns |
| 4 | New York Giants |
| 5 | Detroit Lions |
| Rnk | 1961 |
| 1 | Green Bay Packers |
| 2 | New York Giants |
| 3 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 4 | Cleveland Browns |
| 5 | Detroit Lions |
| Rnk | 1962 |
| 1 | Green Bay Packers |
| 2 | New York Giants |
| 3 | Detroit Lions |
| 4 | Chicago Bears |
| 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Rnk | 1963 |
| 1 | Chicago Bears |
| 2 | New York Giants |
| 3 | Green Bay Packers |
| 4 | Cleveland Browns |
| 5 | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Rnk | 1964 |
| 1 | Cleveland Browns |
| 2 | Baltimore Colts |
| 3 | St. Louis Cardinals |
| 4 | Green Bay Packers |
| 5 | Minnesota Vikings |
| Rnk | 1965 |
| 1 | Green Bay Packers |
| 2 | Cleveland Browns |
| 3 | Baltimore Colts |
| 4 | Chicago Bears |
| 5 | San Francisco 49ers |
| Rnk | 1966 |
| 1 | Green Bay Packers |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys |
| 3 | Cleveland Browns |
| 4 | Baltimore Colts |
| 5 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| Rnk | 1967 |
| 1 | Green Bay Packers |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys |
| 3 | Los Angeles Rams |
| 4 | Cleveland Browns |
| 5 | Baltimore Colts |
| Rnk | 1968 |
| 1 | Baltimore Colts |
| 2 | Cleveland Browns |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings |
| 5 | Los Angeles Rams |
| Rnk | 1969 |
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings |
| 2 | Cleveland Browns |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys |
| 4 | Los Angeles Rams |
| 5 | Detroit Lions |
| Rnk | 1970 |
| 1 | Baltimore Colts |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ers |
| 4 | Oakland Raiders |
| 5 | Minnesota Vikings |
| Rnk | 1971 |
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys |
| 2 | Miami Dolphins |
| 3 | Baltimore Colts |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ers |
| 5 | Minnesota Vikings |
| Rnk | 1972 |
| 1 | Miami Dolphins |
| 2 | Washington Redskins |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys |
| 5 | Oakland Raiders |
| Rnk | 1973 |
| 1 | Miami Dolphins |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys |
| 4 | Oakland Raiders |
| 5 | Los Angeles Rams |
| Rnk | 1974 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings |
| 3 | Oakland Raiders |
| 4 | Los Angeles Rams |
| 5 | Miami Dolphins |
| Rnk | 1975 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys |
| 3 | Los Angeles Rams |
| 4 | Oakland Raiders |
| 5 | Minnesota Vikings |
| Rnk | 1976 |
| 1 | Oakland Raiders |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings |
| 3 | Los Angeles Rams |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 5 | Baltimore Colts |
| Rnk | 1977 |
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys |
| 2 | Denver Broncos |
| 3 | Oakland Raiders |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings |
| 5 | Los Angeles Rams |
| Rnk | 1978 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys |
| 3 | Los Angeles Rams |
| 4 | Houston Oilers |
| 5 | New England Patriots |
| Rnk | 1979 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 2 | Los Angeles Rams |
| 3 | Houston Oilers |
| 4 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 5 | San Diego Chargers |
| Rnk | 1980 |
| 1 | Oakland Raiders |
| 2 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys |
| 4 | San Diego Chargers |
| 5 | Atlanta Falcons |
| Rnk | 1981 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ers |
| 2 | Cincinnati Bengals |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys |
| 4 | San Diego Chargers |
| 5 | Miami Dolphins |
| Rnk | 1982 |
| 1 | Washington Redskins |
| 2 | Miami Dolphins |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys |
| 4 | New York Jets |
| 5 | Los Angeles Raiders |
| Rnk | 1983 |
| 1 | Los Angeles Raiders |
| 2 | Washington Redskins |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ers |
| 4 | Seattle Seahawks |
| 5 | Miami Dolphins |
| Rnk | 1984 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ers |
| 2 | Miami Dolphins |
| 3 | Chicago Bears |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 5 | Denver Broncos |
| Rnk | 1985 |
| 1 | Chicago Bears |
| 2 | New England Patriots |
| 3 | Miami Dolphins |
| 4 | Los Angeles Rams |
| 5 | Los Angeles Raiders |
| Rnk | 1986 |
| 1 | New York Giants |
| 2 | Denver Broncos |
| 3 | Cleveland Browns |
| 4 | Washington Redskins |
| 5 | Chicago Bears |
| Rnk | 1987 |
| 1 | Washington Redskins |
| 2 | Denver Broncos |
| 3 | Cleveland Browns |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings |
| 5 | San Francisco 49ers |
| Rnk | 1988 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ers |
| 2 | Cincinnati Bengals |
| 3 | Chicago Bears |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills |
| 5 | Minnesota Vikings |
| Rnk | 1989 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ers |
| 2 | Denver Broncos |
| 3 | Los Angeles Rams |
| 4 | Cleveland Browns |
| 5 | New York Giants |
| Rnk | 1990 |
| 1 | New York Giants |
| 2 | Buffalo Bills |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ers |
| 4 | Los Angeles Raiders |
| 5 | Miami Dolphins |
| Rnk | 1991 |
| 1 | Washington Redskins |
| 2 | Buffalo Bills |
| 3 | Denver Broncos |
| 4 | Detroit Lions |
| 5 | Houston Oilers |
| Rnk | 1992 |
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys |
| 2 | Buffalo Bills |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ers |
| 4 | Miami Dolphins |
| 5 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| Rnk | 1993 |
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys |
| 2 | Buffalo Bills |
| 3 | Kansas City Chiefs |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ers |
| 5 | Houston Oilers |
| Rnk | 1994 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ers |
| 2 | San Diego Chargers |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 5 | Cleveland Browns |
| Rnk | 1995 |
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 3 | Green Bay Packers |
| 4 | Indianapolis Colts |
| 5 | Kansas City Chiefs |
| Rnk | 1996 |
| 1 | Green Bay Packers |
| 2 | New England Patriots |
| 3 | Carolina Panthers |
| 4 | Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 5 | Denver Broncos |
| Rnk | 1997 |
| 1 | Denver Broncos |
| 2 | Green Bay Packers |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ers |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 5 | Kansas City Chiefs |
| Rnk | 1998 |
| 1 | Denver Broncos |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings |
| 4 | New York Jets |
| 5 | San Francisco 49ers |
| Rnk | 1999 |
| 1 | St. Louis Rams |
| 2 | Tennessee Titans |
| 3 | Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 4 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 5 | Indianapolis Colts |
| Rnk | 2000 |
| 1 | Baltimore Ravens |
| 2 | New York Giants |
| 3 | Oakland Raiders |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings |
| 5 | Tennessee Titans |
| Rnk | 2001 |
| 1 | New England Patriots |
| 2 | St. Louis Rams |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 4 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 5 | Chicago Bears |
| Rnk | 2002 |
| 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 2 | Oakland Raiders |
| 3 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 4 | Tennessee Titans |
| 5 | San Francisco 49ers |
| Rnk | 2003 |
| 1 | New England Patriots |
| 2 | Carolina Panthers |
| 3 | Indianapolis Colts |
| 4 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 5 | Kansas City Chiefs |
| Rnk | 2004 |
| 1 | New England Patriots |
| 2 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons |
| 5 | Indianapolis Colts |
| Rnk | 2005 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 2 | Seattle Seahawks |
| 3 | Denver Broncos |
| 4 | Carolina Panthers |
| 5 | Indianapolis Colts |
| Rnk | 2006 |
| 1 | Indianapolis Colts |
| 2 | Chicago Bears |
| 3 | New England Patriots |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints |
| 5 | San Diego Chargers |
| Rnk | 2007 |
| 1 | New York Giants |
| 2 | New England Patriots |
| 3 | Green Bay Packers |
| 4 | San Diego Chargers |
| 5 | Indianapolis Colts |
| Rnk | 2008 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 2 | Arizona Cardinals |
| 3 | Baltimore Ravens |
| 4 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 5 | Tennessee Titans |
| Rnk | 2009 |
| 1 | New Orleans Saints |
| 2 | Indianapolis Colts |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings |
| 4 | New York Jets |
| 5 | San Diego Chargers |
| Rnk | 2010 |
| 1 | Green Bay Packers |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 3 | New York Jets |
| 4 | Chicago Bears |
| 5 | New England Patriots |
| Rnk | 2011 |
| 1 | New York Giants |
| 2 | New England Patriots |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ers |
| 4 | Baltimore Ravens |
| 5 | Green Bay Packers |
| Rnk | 2012 |
| 1 | Baltimore Ravens |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ers |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons |
| 4 | New England Patriots |
| 5 | Denver Broncos |
| Rnk | 2013 |
| 1 | Seattle Seahawks |
| 2 | Denver Broncos |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ers |
| 4 | New England Patriots |
| 5 | Carolina Panthers |
| Rnk | 2014 |
| 1 | New England Patriots |
| 2 | Seattle Seahawks |
| 3 | Green Bay Packers |
| 4 | Indianapolis Colts |
| 5 | Denver Broncos |
| Rnk | 2015 |
| 1 | Denver Broncos |
| 2 | Carolina Panthers |
| 3 | Arizona Cardinals |
| 4 | New England Patriots |
| 5 | Kansas City Chiefs |
| Rnk | 2016 |
| 1 | New England Patriots |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 4 | Green Bay Packers |
| 5 | Dallas Cowboys |
| Rnk | 2017 |
| 1 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 2 | New England Patriots |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings |
| 4 | Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Rnk | 2018 |
| 1 | New England Patriots |
| 2 | Los Angeles Rams |
| 3 | New Orleans Saints |
| 4 | Kansas City Chiefs |
| 5 | Los Angeles Chargers |
| Rnk | 2019 |
| 1 | Kansas City Chiefs |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ers |
| 3 | Green Bay Packers |
| 4 | Tennessee Titans |
| 5 | Baltimore Ravens |
| Rnk | 2020 |
| 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 2 | Kansas City Chiefs |
| 3 | Green Bay Packers |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills |
| 5 | New Orleans Saints |
| Rnk | 2021 |
| 1 | Los Angeles Rams |
| 2 | Cincinnati Bengals |
| 3 | Kansas City Chiefs |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ers |
| 5 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| Rnk | 2022 |
| 1 | Kansas City Chiefs |
| 2 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ers |
| 4 | Cincinnati Bengals |
| 5 | Buffalo Bills |
| Rnk | 2023 |
| 1 | Kansas City Chiefs |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ers |
| 3 | Baltimore Ravens |
| 4 | Detroit Lions |
| 5 | Buffalo Bills |
| Rnk | 2024 |
| 1 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 2 | Kansas City Chiefs |
| 3 | Buffalo Bills |
| 4 | Washington Commanders |
| 5 | Detroit Lions |
| Rnk | 2025 |
| 1 | Seattle Seahawks |
| 2 | New England Patriots |
| 3 | Denver Broncos |
| 4 | Los Angeles Rams |
| 5 | Buffalo Bills |
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