There are 133 NFL teams which started the season with a 5-0 record. Based on point differential, the best team through 5 games is the 1921 Buffalo All-Americans, who had a +159 point differential through 5 games. Their average margin of victory was 31.8 points in this stretch.
A total of 15 different teams started the season 5-0 and failed to make the playoffs. The most recent example was the 2016 Minnesota Vikings.
Starting in 1920, of the 210 teams that each season had the best record or tied for the best record through 5 games, 78.6% of them went on to make the playoffs, and 16.2% of them won the Super Bowl. The most recent 5 teams that had the best record through 5 games and went on to win the Super Bowl are The 2015 Denver Broncos, the 2009 New Orleans Saints, the 2006 Indianapolis Colts, the 2004 New England Patriots and the 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
There are multiple recent teams on the list of all-time best NFL starts through 5 games. The 2023 San Francisco 49ers and 2023 Philadelphia Eagles are all tied at 1st place with their 5-0 records.
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