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 CAR and TB wind up with the same record at the end of the season is if TB beats CAR in Week 18.)
- Tiebreakers that don’t affect playoff berths or seeding are ignored, as are tiebreakers that can’t happen. (Example: If PHI and SF each have 12 wins, PHI wins the NFC East but SF does not win the NFC West.)
- 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.
- DAL, NYG, WAS, MIN, DET, ATL, NO, and ARI have been eliminated.
- PHI has clinched the NFC East and CHI has clinched the NFC North.
- GB, SEA, LAR, and SF have clinched playoff berths.
The complete tiebreaker rules are here.
Jump to South | West | Interdivisional ties 2-way
NFC South
| If these teams tie | at | tie goes to | based on |
|---|---|---|---|
| TB-CAR | 8-9 | TB | common opponents |
| TB-CAR-ATL | 8-9 | CAR | head-to-head |
NFC West
| If these teams tie | at | tie goes to | based on |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAR-SF | 12-5 | LAR | common opponents |
| SEA-SF | 13-4 | SF | head-to-head |
Interdivisional ties
2-way ties
| If these teams tie | at | tie goes to | based on |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHI-CHI | CHI | head-to-head |
