Best NFL Regular Season Records Through 8 games

Which NFL team has the best record through 8 games?

There are 40 NFL teams which started the season with a 8-0 record. Based on point differential, the best team through 8 games is the 2007 New England Patriots, who had a +204 point differential through 8 games. Their average margin of victory was 25.5 points in this stretch.

What is the most recent team to start the season undefeated through 8 games?

The 2022 Philadelphia Eagles were the most recent team to start the season with a 8-0 record. They finished the season with a 14-3 record.

Which NFL team had the best start through 8 games but still missed the playoffs?

The 1934 Detroit Lions started the season 8-0, but failed to make the playoffs. Since 2000, the best start to the season which still missed the playoffs was the the 2012 Chicago Bears, who were 7-1 through 8 games but didn't make the playoffs.

How did the best NFL teams through 8 games perform in the playoffs?

Starting in 1920, of the 152 teams that each season had the best record or tied for the best record through 8 games, 86.8% of them went on to make the playoffs, and 25.7% of them won the Super Bowl. The most recent 5 teams that had the best record through 8 games and went on to win the Super Bowl are The 2021 Los Angeles Rams, the 2017 Philadelphia Eagles, the 2016 New England Patriots, the 2009 New Orleans Saints and the 2006 Indianapolis Colts.

Are any 2023 teams in the top 50 all-time best NFL starts through 8 games?

The 2023 Philadelphia Eagles are tied for 49th on the all-time best NFL starts through 8 games with their 7-1 record.

Best NFL Start Halfway Through Season

	Team	Year	Record	Point Differential	Final Record	Final Result
1	New England Patriots	2007	8-0	+204	16-0	Lost SB
	Chicago Bears	1942	8-0	+189	11-0	Lost NFLC
	New England Patriots	2019	8-0	+189	12-4	Lost WC
	Green Bay Packers	1962	8-0	+182	13-1	Won NFLC
	San Diego Chargers	1961	8-0	+172	12-2	Lost AFL Championship *
	Chicago Bears	1934	8-0	+161	13-0	Lost NFLC
	Washington Redskins	1991	8-0	+153	14-2	Won SB
	Detroit Lions	1934	8-0	+151	10-3	Missed Playoffs
	Miami Dolphins	1984	8-0	+150	14-2	Lost SB
	Green Bay Packers	1931	8-0	+145	12-2	No Playoffs
	Cleveland Browns	1953	8-0	+138	11-1	Lost NFLC
	Minnesota Vikings	1975	8-0	+134	12-2	Lost Div
	New England Patriots	2015	8-0	+133	12-4	Lost CC
	San Francisco 49ers	2019	8-0	+133	13-3	Lost SB
	Buffalo Bills	1964	8-0	+132	12-2	Won AFL Champ *
	Indianapolis Colts	2005	8-0	+131	14-2	Lost Div
	New Orleans Saints	2009	8-0	+129	13-3	Won SB
	Chicago Bears	1985	8-0	+125	15-1	Won SB
	Dallas Cowboys	1977	8-0	+123	12-2	Won SB
	Kansas City Chiefs	2003	8-0	+116	13-3	Lost Div
	Denver Broncos	1998	8-0	+114	14-2	Won SB
	Green Bay Packers	1930	8-0	+110	10-3-1	No Playoffs
	Indianapolis Colts	2009	8-0	+109	14-2	Lost SB
	Los Angeles Rams	2018	8-0	+109	13-3	Lost SB
	Portsmouth Spartans	1931	8-0	+103	11-3	No Playoffs
	Green Bay Packers	1929	8-0	+100	12-0-1	No Playoffs
	Los Angeles Rams	1969	8-0	+100	11-3	Lost Div
	Green Bay Packers	2011	8-0	+96	15-1	Lost Div
	Tennessee Titans	2008	8-0	+96	13-3	Lost Div
	Miami Dolphins	1972	8-0	+95	14-0	Won SB
	Kansas City Chiefs	2013	8-0	+94	11-5	Lost WC
	New York Giants	1990	8-0	+92	13-3	Won SB
	Philadelphia Eagles	2022	8-0	+90	14-3	Lost SB
	Cincinnati Bengals	2015	8-0	+87	12-4	Lost WC
	Atlanta Falcons	2012	8-0	+77	13-3	Lost CC
	Minnesota Vikings	1973	8-0	+74	12-2	Lost SB
	Pittsburgh Steelers	2020	8-0	+74	12-4	Lost WC
	Carolina Panthers	2015	8-0	+63	15-1	Lost SB
	San Francisco 49ers	1990	8-0	+60	14-2	Lost CC
	Indianapolis Colts	2006	8-0	+59	12-4	Won SB
41	Chicago Bears	1943	7-0-1	+149	8-1-1	Won NFLC
	Akron Pros	1921	7-0-1	+141	8-3-1	No Playoffs
	New York Giants	1929	7-0-1	+141	13-1-1	No Playoffs
	Canton Bulldogs	1923	7-0-1	+139	11-0-1	No Playoffs
	Akron Pros	1920	7-0-1	+130	8-0-3	No Playoffs
	Decatur Staleys	1920	7-0-1	+107	10-1-2	No Playoffs
	Chicago Bears	1926	7-0-1	+98	12-1-3	No Playoffs
	Green Bay Packers	1932	7-0-1	+77	10-3-1	No Playoffs
49	Buffalo All-Americans	1920	7-1	+215	9-1-1	No Playoffs
	Chicago Bears	1941	7-1	+187	10-1	Won NFLC
	Minnesota Vikings	1969	7-1	+176	12-2	Lost SB
	New York Giants	1930	7-1	+175	13-4	No Playoffs
	Buffalo All-Americans	1921	6-0-2	+163	9-1-2	No Playoffs
	Baltimore Colts	1958	7-1	+154	9-3	Won NFLC
	Dallas Cowboys	1968	7-1	+152	12-2	Lost Div
	Oakland Raiders	1967	7-1	+151	13-1	Lost SB
	Baltimore Colts	1964	7-1	+145	12-2	Lost NFLC
	Detroit Lions	1954	7-1	+144	9-2-1	Lost NFLC
	Baltimore Colts	1968	7-1	+141	13-1	Lost SB
	Green Bay Packers	1996	7-1	+141	13-3	Won SB
	Minnesota Vikings	1970	7-1	+137	12-2	Lost Div
	Philadelphia Eagles	1949	7-1	+136	11-1	Won NFLC
	Green Bay Packers	1966	7-1	+135	12-2	Won SB
	Chicago Bears	2006	7-1	+134	13-3	Lost SB
	Jacksonville Jaguars	1999	7-1	+134	14-2	Lost CC
	Miami Dolphins	1975	7-1	+131	10-4	Missed Playoffs
	Chicago Bears	1948	7-1	+130	10-2	Missed Playoffs
	Kansas City Chiefs	1969	7-1	+130	11-3	Won SB
	Houston Oilers	1991	7-1	+126	11-5	Lost Div
	St. Louis Rams	2001	7-1	+126	14-2	Lost SB
	Chicago Bears	1956	7-1	+125	9-2-1	Lost NFLC
	Denver Broncos	2013	7-1	+125	13-3	Lost SB
	Kansas City Chiefs	1968	7-1	+123	12-2	Lost Div
	Green Bay Packers	1963	7-1	+122	11-2-1	Missed Playoffs
	Minnesota Vikings	1998	7-1	+122	15-1	Lost CC
	Pittsburgh Steelers	1975	7-1	+122	12-2	Won SB
	Indianapolis Colts	2007	7-1	+118	13-3	Lost Div
	Chicago Bears	2012	7-1	+116	10-6	Missed Playoffs
	Chicago Cardinals	1948	7-1	+114	11-1	Lost NFLC
	Baltimore Colts	1976	7-1	+113	11-3	Lost Div
	Chicago Cardinals	1923	7-1	+113	8-4	No Playoffs
	Philadelphia Eagles	1980	7-1	+113	12-4	Lost SB
	San Francisco 49ers	1997	7-1	+112	13-3	Lost CC
	Arizona Cardinals	2021	7-1	+108	11-6	Lost WC
	Miami Dolphins	1973	7-1	+107	12-2	Won SB
	Green Bay Packers	1944	7-1	+106	8-2	Won NFLC
	Washington Redskins	1940	7-1	+106	9-2	Lost NFLC
	Denver Broncos	1997	7-1	+105	12-4	Won SB
	Dallas Cowboys	1969	7-1	+104	11-2-1	Lost Div
	Chicago Bears	1963	7-1	+102	11-1-2	Won NFLC
	Baltimore Colts	1967	6-0-2	+101	11-1-2	Missed Playoffs
	Kansas City Chiefs	2020	7-1	+101	14-2	Lost SB
	Pittsburgh Steelers	1978	7-1	+101	14-2	Won SB
	Baltimore Colts	1965	7-1	+100	10-3-1	Lost Div
	Dallas Cowboys	1994	7-1	+100	12-4	Lost CC
	Dallas Cowboys	1995	7-1	+100	12-4	Won SB
	Houston Texans	2012	7-1	+100	12-4	Lost Div
	Pottsville Maroons	1926	7-1	+100	10-2-2	No Playoffs
	Pittsburgh Steelers	1973	7-1	+99	10-4	Lost Div
	Chicago Bears	1990	7-1	+97	11-5	Lost Div
	New York Giants	2008	7-1	+97	12-4	Lost Div
	Chicago Bears	1936	7-1	+94	9-3	Missed Playoffs
	Cleveland Browns	1951	7-1	+94	11-1	Lost NFLC
	New Orleans Saints	1991	7-1	+94	11-5	Lost WC
	Buffalo Bills	1990	7-1	+93	13-3	Lost SB
	Denver Broncos	1977	7-1	+92	12-2	Lost SB
	Dallas Cowboys	2007	7-1	+90	13-3	Lost Div
	Chicago Bears	1986	7-1	+89	14-2	Lost Div
	Denver Broncos	1996	7-1	+89	13-3	Lost Div
	Washington Redskins	1972	7-1	+89	11-3	Lost SB
	Chicago Bears	1987	7-1	+88	11-4	Lost Div
	Cleveland Rams	1945	7-1	+88	9-1	Won NFLC
	Indianapolis Colts	2003	7-1	+88	12-4	Lost CC
	San Francisco 49ers	2011	7-1	+88	13-3	Lost CC
	Chicago Cardinals	1925	7-1	+86	11-2-1	No Playoffs
	Cleveland Browns	1963	7-1	+86	10-4	Missed Playoffs
	Washington Redskins	1942	7-1	+86	10-1	Won NFLC
	Canton Bulldogs	1922	6-0-2	+85	10-0-2	No Playoffs
	Dallas Cowboys	1976	7-1	+85	11-3	Lost Div
	Kansas City Chiefs	2018	7-1	+85	12-4	Lost CC
	New England Patriots	2016	7-1	+85	14-2	Won SB
	Dallas Cowboys	2016	7-1	+83	13-3	Lost Div
	Oakland Raiders	1977	7-1	+83	11-3	Lost CC
	Miami Dolphins	1990	7-1	+82	12-4	Lost Div
	Cincinnati Bengals	1988	7-1	+81	12-4	Lost SB
	Oakland Raiders	1974	7-1	+81	12-2	Lost CC
	Seattle Seahawks	2013	7-1	+80	13-3	Won SB
	Los Angeles Rams	1968	7-1	+79	10-3-1	Missed Playoffs
	San Diego Chargers	1994	7-1	+79	11-5	Lost SB
	Dallas Cowboys	1983	7-1	+78	12-4	Lost WC
	Green Bay Packers	1936	7-1	+78	10-1-1	Won NFLC
	Green Bay Packers	1941	7-1	+78	10-1	Lost Div
	St. Louis Rams	2000	7-1	+78	10-6	Lost WC
	Los Angeles Rams	2021	7-1	+77	12-5	Won SB
	Washington Redskins	1996	7-1	+77	9-7	Missed Playoffs
	New York Giants	1989	7-1	+76	12-4	Lost Div
	Philadelphia Eagles	2017	7-1	+76	13-3	Won SB
	Buffalo Bills	1991	7-1	+75	13-3	Lost SB
	Buffalo Bills	1993	7-1	+75	12-4	Lost SB
	Chicago Bears	1988	7-1	+74	12-4	Lost CC
	Denver Broncos	1986	7-1	+73	11-5	Lost SB
	Philadelphia Eagles	1981	7-1	+71	10-6	Lost WC
	San Francisco 49ers	1984	7-1	+71	15-1	Won SB
	Chicago Cardinals	1947	7-1	+70	9-3	Won NFLC
	Minnesota Vikings	2009	7-1	+70	12-4	Lost CC
	Philadelphia Eagles	1961	7-1	+70	10-4	Missed Playoffs
	San Francisco 49ers	1989	7-1	+70	14-2	Won SB
	Dallas Cowboys	1979	7-1	+68	11-5	Lost Div
	Frankford Yellow Jackets	1925	7-1	+67	13-7	No Playoffs
	Detroit Panthers	1925	6-0-2	+66	8-2-2	No Playoffs
	Oakland Raiders	2000	7-1	+66	12-4	Lost CC
	Dallas Cowboys	1992	7-1	+65	13-3	Won SB
	St. Louis Cardinals	1974	7-1	+65	10-4	Lost Div
	Denver Broncos	1984	7-1	+64	13-3	Lost Div
	Baltimore Colts	1970	7-1	+63	11-2-1	Won SB
	Detroit Lions	1956	7-1	+63	9-3	Missed Playoffs
	Green Bay Packers	2002	7-1	+63	12-4	Lost WC
	Chicago Bears	1922	7-1	+62	9-3	No Playoffs
	Chicago Staleys	1921	7-1	+62	9-1-1	No Playoffs
	Los Angeles Rams	1978	7-1	+62	12-4	Lost CC
	New England Patriots	2004	7-1	+62	14-2	Won SB
	Kansas City Chiefs	1995	7-1	+61	13-3	Lost Div
	New Orleans Saints	2018	7-1	+61	13-3	Lost CC
	Pittsburgh Steelers	2004	7-1	+60	15-1	Lost CC
	Philadelphia Eagles	2004	7-1	+58	13-3	Lost SB
	Baltimore Colts	1977	7-1	+57	10-4	Lost Div
	Los Angeles Raiders	1984	7-1	+57	11-5	Lost WC
	Tennessee Titans	2000	7-1	+54	13-3	Lost Div
	Cincinnati Bengals	1975	7-1	+53	11-3	Lost Div
	Denver Broncos	2015	7-1	+53	12-4	Won SB
	Los Angeles Raiders	1982	7-1	+53	8-1	Lost Div
	Green Bay Packers	2007	7-1	+52	13-3	Lost CC
	Green Bay Packers	2019	7-1	+52	13-3	Lost CC
	Philadelphia Eagles	2023	7-1	+52	11-6	Lost WC
	San Francisco 49ers	1987	7-1	+52	13-2	Lost Div
	Philadelphia Eagles	1960	7-1	+49	10-2	Won NFLC
	Los Angeles Rams	1985	7-1	+46	11-5	Lost CC
	Miami Dolphins	1999	7-1	+46	9-7	Lost Div
	Buffalo Bills	1974	7-1	+43	9-5	Lost Div
	New Orleans Saints	1988	7-1	+43	10-6	Missed Playoffs
	New York Jets	1986	7-1	+40	10-6	Lost Div
	New Orleans Saints	2019	7-1	+39	13-3	Lost WC
	Arizona Cardinals	2014	7-1	+36	11-5	Lost WC
	San Diego Chargers	1987	7-1	+35	8-7	Missed Playoffs
	Washington Redskins	1982	7-1	+34	8-1	Won SB
	Buffalo Bills	1988	7-1	+32	12-4	Lost CC
	Minnesota Vikings	2022	7-1	+32	13-4	Lost WC
	Green Bay Packers	2021	7-1	+25	13-4	Lost Div
	Minnesota Vikings	2000	7-1	+19	11-5	Lost CC
	Oakland Raiders	1976	7-1	+10	13-1	Won SB

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