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Washington Commanders
A franchise in the middle of the most thorough reinvention in NFL history, the Commanders carry three Lombardi Trophies from the Gibbs era and decades of dysfunction they are desperate to leave behind. New ownership and Jayden Daniels have given Washington something it hasn't had in years: a foundation that feels solid enough to build on.
Every season in Washington Commanders history, from the most recent to the founding year.
| Year | Record | Finish | Head Coach |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5–12 | No Playoffs | Dan Quinn |
| 2024 | 12–5 | NFC Championship Game | Dan Quinn |
| 2023 | 4–13 | No Playoffs | Ron Rivera |
| 2022 | 8–8–1 | No Playoffs | Ron Rivera |
| 2021 | 7–10 | No Playoffs | Ron Rivera |
| 2020 | 7–9 | Wild Card | Ron Rivera |
| 2019 | 3–13 | No Playoffs | Jay Gruden / Bill Callahan |
| 2018 | 7–9 | No Playoffs | Jay Gruden |
| 2017 | 7–9 | No Playoffs | Jay Gruden |
| 2016 | 8–7–1 | No Playoffs | Jay Gruden |
| 2015 | 9–7 | Wild Card | Jay Gruden |
| 2014 | 4–12 | No Playoffs | Jay Gruden |
| 2013 | 3–13 | No Playoffs | Mike Shanahan |
| 2012 | 10–6 | Wild Card | Mike Shanahan |
| 2011 | 5–11 | No Playoffs | Mike Shanahan |
| 2010 | 6–10 | No Playoffs | Mike Shanahan |
| 2009 | 4–12 | No Playoffs | Jim Zorn |
| 2008 | 8–8 | No Playoffs | Jim Zorn |
| 2007 | 9–7 | Wild Card | Joe Gibbs |
| 2006 | 5–11 | No Playoffs | Joe Gibbs |
| 2005 | 10–6 | Divisional Round | Joe Gibbs |
| 2004 | 6–10 | No Playoffs | Joe Gibbs |
| 2003 | 5–11 | No Playoffs | Steve Spurrier |
| 2002 | 7–9 | No Playoffs | Steve Spurrier |
| 2001 | 8–8 | No Playoffs | Marty Schottenheimer |
| 2000 | 8–8 | No Playoffs | Norv Turner / Terry Robiskie |
| 1999 | 10–6 | Divisional Round | Norv Turner |
| 1998 | 6–10 | No Playoffs | Norv Turner |
| 1997 | 8–7–1 | No Playoffs | Norv Turner |
| 1996 | 9–7 | No Playoffs | Norv Turner |
| 1995 | 6–10 | No Playoffs | Norv Turner |
| 1994 | 3–13 | No Playoffs | Norv Turner |
| 1993 | 4–12 | No Playoffs | Richie Petitbon |
| 1992 | 9–7 | Divisional Round | Joe Gibbs |
| 1991 | 14–2 | Super Bowl Champions | Joe Gibbs |
| 1990 | 10–6 | Wild Card | Joe Gibbs |
| 1989 | 10–6 | No Playoffs | Joe Gibbs |
| 1988 | 7–9 | No Playoffs | Joe Gibbs |
| 1987 | 11–4 | Super Bowl Champions | Joe Gibbs |
| 1986 | 12–4 | NFC Championship Game | Joe Gibbs |
| 1985 | 10–6 | No Playoffs | Joe Gibbs |
| 1984 | 11–5 | Divisional Round | Joe Gibbs |
| 1983 | 14–2 | Super Bowl (Loss) | Joe Gibbs |
| 1982 | 8–1 | Super Bowl Champions | Joe Gibbs |
| 1981 | 8–8 | No Playoffs | Joe Gibbs |
| 1980 | 6–10 | No Playoffs | Jack Pardee |
| 1979 | 10–6 | No Playoffs | Jack Pardee |
| 1978 | 8–8 | No Playoffs | Jack Pardee |
| 1977 | 9–5 | No Playoffs | George Allen |
| 1976 | 10–4 | Divisional Round | George Allen |
| 1975 | 8–6 | No Playoffs | George Allen |
| 1974 | 10–4 | Divisional Round | George Allen |
| 1973 | 10–4 | Divisional Round | George Allen |
| 1972 | 11–3 | Super Bowl (Loss) | George Allen |
| 1971 | 9–4–1 | Divisional Round | George Allen |
| 1970 | 6–8 | No Playoffs | Bill Austin |
| 1969 | 7–5–2 | No Playoffs | Vince Lombardi |
| 1968 | 5–9 | No Playoffs | Otto Graham |
| 1967 | 5–6–3 | No Playoffs | Otto Graham |
| 1966 | 7–7 | No Playoffs | Otto Graham |
| 1965 | 6–8 | No Playoffs | Bill McPeak |
| 1964 | 6–8 | No Playoffs | Bill McPeak |
| 1963 | 3–11 | No Playoffs | Bill McPeak |
| 1962 | 5–7–2 | No Playoffs | Bill McPeak |
| 1961 | 1–12–1 | No Playoffs | Bill McPeak |
| 1960 | 1–9–2 | No Playoffs | Mike Nixon |
| 1959 | 3–9 | No Playoffs | Mike Nixon |
| 1958 | 4–7–1 | No Playoffs | Joe Kuharich |
| 1957 | 5–6–1 | No Playoffs | Joe Kuharich |
| 1956 | 6–6 | No Playoffs | Joe Kuharich |
| 1955 | 8–4 | No Playoffs | Joe Kuharich |
| 1954 | 3–9 | No Playoffs | Joe Kuharich |
| 1953 | 6–5–1 | No Playoffs | Curly Lambeau |
| 1952 | 4–8 | No Playoffs | Curly Lambeau |
| 1951 | 5–7 | No Playoffs | Herman Ball |
| 1950 | 3–9 | No Playoffs | Herman Ball |
| 1949 | 4–7–1 | No Playoffs | John Whelchel |
| 1948 | 7–5 | No Playoffs | Turk Edwards |
| 1947 | 4–8 | No Playoffs | Turk Edwards |
| 1946 | 5–5–1 | No Playoffs | Turk Edwards |
| 1945 | 8–2 | NFL Championship Game | Dudley DeGroot |
| 1944 | 6–3–1 | No Playoffs | Dudley DeGroot |
| 1943 | 6–3–1 | NFL Championship Game | Dutch Bergman |
| 1942 | 10–1 | NFL Champions | Ray Flaherty |
| 1941 | 6–5 | No Playoffs | Ray Flaherty |
| 1940 | 9–2 | NFL Championship Game | Ray Flaherty |
| 1939 | 8–2–1 | No Playoffs | Ray Flaherty |
| 1938 | 6–3–2 | No Playoffs | Ray Flaherty |
| 1937 | 8–3 | NFL Champions | Ray Flaherty |
| 1936 | 7–5 | NFL Championship Game | Ray Flaherty |
| 1935 | 2–8–1 | No Playoffs | Eddie Casey |
| 1934 | 6–6 | No Playoffs | Lone Star Dietz |
| 1933 | 5–5–2 | No Playoffs | Lone Star Dietz |
| 1932 | 4–4–2 | No Playoffs | Lud Wray |