At the start of the 2022 National Football League (NFL) season, the Chicago Bears had won the most regular-season games in the history of the competition. The Bears have made two Super Bowl appearances and were crowned champions for the only time in the 1985 season.
How is an NFL season structured?
Each NFL season is split into two distinct competition formats: regular season and postseason. The regular season refers to the sport’s league format, where a team competes to finish as high as possible in their respective division and overall conference. The postseason is a knockout tournament involving the best teams from each conference. The final game of the postseason is called the Super Bowl and is played between the winners of the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC).
The origins of the game
The Chicago Bears and Arizona Cardinals are the only two teams currently playing that were founder members of the original American Professional Football Association in 1920 – the competition was renamed the NFL in 1922. Interestingly, the Arizona Cardinals were named the Chicago Cardinals for that inaugural season in 1920, whereas the Chicago Bears were known as the Decatur Staleys.
NFL teams ranked by wins in the regular season all-time at the start of the 2022 NFL season
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Pro Football Reference. (March 1, 2022). NFL teams ranked by wins in the regular season all-time at the start of the 2022 NFL season [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 26, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/784521/nfl-team-ranking-by-all-time-regular-season-wins/
Pro Football Reference. "NFL teams ranked by wins in the regular season all-time at the start of the 2022 NFL season." Chart. March 1, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 26, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/784521/nfl-team-ranking-by-all-time-regular-season-wins/
Pro Football Reference. (2022). NFL teams ranked by wins in the regular season all-time at the start of the 2022 NFL season. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 26, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/784521/nfl-team-ranking-by-all-time-regular-season-wins/
Pro Football Reference. "Nfl Teams Ranked by Wins in The Regular Season All-time at The Start of The 2022 Nfl Season." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/784521/nfl-team-ranking-by-all-time-regular-season-wins/
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