List of NFL team records
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This is a list of records set by various teams in various categories in the National Football League (NFL).
Championships
- Most Super Bowl wins, 6
Pittsburgh Steelers 1974–75, 1978–79, 2005, 2008
New England Patriots 2001, 2003–04, 2014, 2016, 2018
- Most consecutive Super Bowl wins, 2
Green Bay Packers 1966–67
Miami Dolphins 1972–73
Pittsburgh Steelers 1974–75, 1978–79
San Francisco 49ers 1988–89
Dallas Cowboys 1992–93
Denver Broncos 1997–98
New England Patriots 2003–04
Kansas City Chiefs 2022–23
- Most Super Bowl appearances, 12
New England Patriots 1985, 1996, 2001, 2003–04, 2007, 2011, 2014, 2016–18, 2026
- Most consecutive Super Bowl appearances, 4
Buffalo Bills 1990–93
- Most league championships, 13
Green Bay Packers 1929–31, 1936, 1939, 1944, 1961–62, 1965–67, 1996, 2010
- Most consecutive league championships, 3
Green Bay Packers 1929–31, 1965–67
- Most league championship game appearances, 19
New York Giants 1933–35, 1938–39, 1941, 1944, 1946, 1956, 1958–59, 1961–63, 1986, 1990, 2000, 2007, 2011
- Most consecutive league championship game appearances, 6
Cleveland Browns 1950–55
- Most Conference Championship Game appearances, 19
San Francisco 49ers 1970–71, 1981, 1983–84, 1988–90, 1992–94, 1997, 2011–13, 2019, 2021–23
- Most consecutive Conference Championship Game appearances, 8
New England Patriots 2011–18
Games won
- Highest winning percentage for regular season, .571 (819–611–39)
Green Bay Packers 1921–2025
- Highest winning percentage for regular season and postseason combined, .586 (856–639–38)
Green Bay Packers 1921–2025
- Most games won (regular season only), franchise history, 819
Green Bay Packers 1921–2025
- Most games won (including playoffs), franchise history, 856
Green Bay Packers 1920–2025
- Most games won (regular season only), since 1970 merger, 534
Pittsburgh Steelers: 1970–2025
- Most games won (including playoffs), since 1970 merger, 570
Pittsburgh Steelers: 1970–2025
- Most consecutive winning seasons, franchise history, 20
Dallas Cowboys: 1965–1985
Losses
- Lowest all-time winning percentage for regular season, current franchises, .412 (326–466–1)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1976–2024
- Lowest all-time winning percentage for postseason, .364 (12–21)
Los Angeles Chargers, 1960–2025
- Lowest all-time winning percentage, combined regular season and postseason, .414 (338–479–1)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1976–2025
- Longest losing streak, multiple seasons, 26 games
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 1976–1977
Tie games
- Most ties in a season, 6
- Most consecutive ties, 3
- Most ties all-time, 42
Chicago Bears: 1920–2025
Scoring
- Most games scoring 50+ points, season, 3
San Diego Chargers: 1963 (including a playoff win)
- Most points overcome to win game, 33
Minnesota Vikings vs Indianapolis Colts, December 17, 2022 (trailed 0–33, won 39–36, OT)
- Worst point differential, 16-game season, −274
Offense
Yards gained
- Most seasons leading league yards gained, 12
Chicago Bears: 1932, 1934–35, 1939, 1941–1944, 1947, 1949, 1955–56
- Most consecutive seasons leading league yards gained, 4
Chicago Bears: 1941–1944
San Diego Chargers: 1980–1983
- Most yards gained, season, 7,474
- Fewest yards gained, 16-game season, 3,374
- Fewest yards gained, season, 1,150
- Most yards gained, single team, game, 726
Miami Dolphins vs Denver Broncos, Sep 24, 2023
- Fewest yards gained, single team, game, −7
Seattle Seahawks vs Los Angeles Rams, Nov 4, 1979
- Most yards gained, both teams, game, 1,151
New England Patriots (613) vs. Philadelphia Eagles (538), Feb 4, 2018 (Super Bowl LII)
- Fewest yards gained, both teams, game, 30
Chicago Cardinals (14) vs Detroit Lions (16), Sep 15, 1940
- Most consecutive games, 500 or more yards gained, 3
- Most consecutive games, 450 or more yards gained, 4
- Most consecutive games, 400 or more yards gained, 11
- Most consecutive games, 350 or more yards gained, 17
New England Patriots : 2011–2012
- Most consecutive games, 300 or more yards gained, 36
Passing
- Most passes attempted, season, 751
- Fewest passes attempted, season, 102
- Fewest passes attempted, 12-game season, 187
- Fewest passes attempted, 14-game season, 205
- Fewest passes attempted, 16-game season, 336
- Most passes attempted, game, 70
New England Patriots vs Minnesota Vikings, Nov 13, 1994
- Fewest passes attempted, game, 0 (zero)
Green Bay Packers vs Portsmouth Spartans, Oct 8, 1933
Detroit Lions vs Cleveland Rams, Sep 10, 1937
Pittsburgh Steelers vs Brooklyn Dodgers, Nov 16, 1941
Pittsburgh Steelers vs Los Angeles Rams, Nov 13, 1949
Cleveland Browns vs Philadelphia Eagles, Dec 3, 1950
- Most passes attempted, both teams, game, 112
New England Patriots (70) vs Minnesota Vikings (42), Nov 13, 1994
- Fewest passes attempted, both teams, game, 4
Chicago Cardinals (1) vs Detroit Lions (3), Nov 3, 1935
Detroit Lions (0) vs Cleveland Rams (4), Sep 10, 1937
- Most passes completed, season, 499
- Fewest passes completed, season, 25
- Fewest passes completed, 12-game season, 66
- Fewest passes completed, 14-game season, 78
- Fewest passes completed, 16-game season, 151
- Most passes completed, game, 47
Arizona Cardinals vs San Francisco 49ers, Nov 16, 2025
- Fewest passes completed, single team, game, 0
By Many NFL Teams; Last Time: Buffalo Bills vs New York Jets, Sep 29, 1974
- Most passes completed, both teams, game, 85
Detroit Lions (41) vs Tennessee Titans (44) (OT), Sep 23, 2012
- Fewest passes completed, both teams, game, 1
Chicago Cardinals (0) vs Philadelphia Eagles (1), Nov 8, 1936
Detroit Lions (0) vs Cleveland Rams (1), Sep 10, 1937
Chicago Cardinals (0) vs Detroit Lions (1), Sep 15, 1940
Brooklyn Dodgers (0) vs Pittsburgh Steelers (1), Nov 29, 1942
- Most Seasons Leading League, Net Passing Yards, 10
San Diego Chargers: 1965, 1968, 1971, 1978–83, 1985
- Most consecutive seasons leading league, net passing yards, 6
San Diego Chargers: 1978–83
- Most net passing yards gained, season, 5,444
- Fewest net passing yards gained, 14-game season, 997
- Fewest net passing yards gained, 16-game season, 1,660
- Most net passing yards gained, single team, game, 541
Los Angeles Rams (vs New York Yanks, Sep 28, 1951)
- Fewest net passing yards gained, single team, game, −53
Denver Broncos (vs Oakland Raiders, Sep 10, 1967)
- Most net passing yards gained, both teams, game, 971
Green Bay Packers (469) vs Detroit Lions (502), Jan 1, 2012
- Fewest net passing yards gained, both teams, game, −11
Green Bay Packers (−10) vs Dallas Cowboys (−1), Oct 24, 1965
- Most consecutive games passing for 300+ yards, single team, 8
- Most seasons leading league, fewest times sacked, 10
Miami Dolphins: 1973, 1982–90
- Most consecutive seasons leading league, fewest times sacked, 9
Miami Dolphins: 1982–90
- Most times sacked, season, 104
- Fewest times sacked, season, 7
- Most times sacked, single team, game, 12
Pittsburgh Steelers (vs Dallas Cowboys, Nov 20, 1966)
Baltimore Colts (vs St. Louis Cardinals, Oct 26, 1980)
Detroit Lions (vs Chicago Bears, Dec 16, 1984)
Houston Oilers (vs Dallas Cowboys, Sep 29, 1985)
Philadelphia Eagles (vs New York Giants, Sep 30, 2007)
- Most times sacked, both teams, game, 18
Green Bay Packers (10) vs San Diego Chargers (8), Sep 24, 1978
- Most seasons leading league, in completion percentage, 14
San Francisco 49ers: 1952, 1957–58, 1965, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1992–97
- Most consecutive seasons leading league, completion percentage, 6
San Francisco 49ers: 1992–97
- Highest completion percentage, season, 71.3
New Orleans Saints (662 attempts, 472 completions): 2011
- Highest completion percentage, game, 96.7
Tennessee Titans (22 completions, 23 attempts) vs. Houston Texans, Nov 26, 2018
- Lowest completion percentage, season, 22.9
Philadelphia Eagles (170–39) 1936
- Most touchdowns passing, season, 55
- Fewest touchdowns, passing, season, 0 (zero)
- Fewest touchdowns, passing, 14-game season, 3
- Fewest touchdowns, passing, 16-game season, 5
- Most touchdowns, passing, single team, game, 7
Chicago Bears (vs New York Giants, Nov 14, 1943)
Cleveland Browns (vs Los Angeles Dons, Oct 14, 1949)
Philadelphia Eagles (vs Washington Redskins, Oct 17, 1954)
Houston Oilers (vs New York Titans, Nov 19, 1961)
Houston Oilers (vs New York Titans, Oct 14, 1962)
New York Giants (vs Washington Redskins, Oct 28, 1962)
Minnesota Vikings (vs Baltimore Colts, Sep 28, 1969)
San Diego Chargers (vs Oakland Raiders, Nov 22, 1981)
Denver Broncos (vs Baltimore Ravens, Sep 5, 2013)
Philadelphia Eagles (vs Oakland Raiders, Nov 3, 2013)
New Orleans Saints (vs New York Giants, Nov 1, 2015)
- Most touchdowns, passing, both teams, game, 13
New Orleans Saints (7) vs New York Giants (6), Nov 1, 2015
- Most consecutive games, one or more passing touchdowns, 54
New Orleans Saints October 18, 2009–November 25, 2012
- Most consecutive games, no passing touchdowns, 10
Brooklyn Dodgers November 1, 1942–October 17, 1943
- Most consecutive games, no passing touchdowns, current franchises, 9
Pittsburgh Steelers October 7, 1945–December 2, 1945
- Most consecutive games, no passing touchdowns, since 1950, 8
Tampa Bay Buccaneers October 1, 1995–November 26, 1995
- Most interceptions thrown, team, season, 48
- Most interceptions returned for touchdowns by opponents, season, 8
- Fewest interceptions thrown, team, season, 2
- Most interceptions thrown, single team, game, 9
Detroit Lions (vs Green Bay Packers, Oct 24, 1943)
Pittsburgh Steelers (vs Philadelphia Eagles, Dec 12, 1965)
- Most interceptions thrown, both teams, game, 13
Denver Broncos (8) vs Houston Oilers (5), Dec 2, 1962
- Most consecutive pass attempts without an interception, 379
Washington Redskins December 2, 2007–November 3, 2008
- Most consecutive pass attempts at home without an interception, 291
New England Patriots December 29, 2002–September 9, 2004
- Consecutive pass attempts on the road without an interception, 332
New England Patriots December 27, 2015–present
- Most consecutive games without allowing an interception returned for a touchdown, 110
Los Angeles Rams October 21, 1973–November 30, 1980
Rushing
- Most seasons leading league, rushing, 12
Chicago Bears: 1932, 1934–35, 1939–1942, 1951, 1955–56, 1968, 1977, 1983–1986
- Most consecutive seasons leading league, rushing, 4
Chicago Bears (2): 1939–1942, 1983–1986
- Most rushing attempts, season, 681
- Fewest rushing attempts, season, 211
Philadelphia Eagles: 1982 (9 game, strike-shortened season)
- Fewest rushing attempts, 16-game season, 304
- Most rushing attempts, single team, game, 72
Chicago Bears (vs. Brooklyn Dodgers) Oct 20, 1935
- Fewest rushing attempts, single team, game, 5
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (vs. New Orleans Saints) Nov 8, 2020
- Most rushing attempts, both teams, game, 108
Chicago Cardinals (70) vs. Green Bay Packers (38), Dec 5, 1948
- Fewest rushing attempts, both teams, game, 16
Chicago Cardinals (6) vs. Boston Redskins (10), Oct 29, 1933
- Most yards gained rushing, season, 3,296
- Fewest yards gained rushing, season, 298
- Fewest yards gained rushing, 14-game season, 978
- Fewest yards gained rushing, 16-game season, 1,062
- Most yards gained rushing, single team, game, 426
Detroit Lions (vs. Pittsburgh Pirates) Nov 4, 1934
- Most yards gained rushing, single team, game, since 1951, 407
Cincinnati Bengals (vs. Denver Broncos) Oct 22, 2000
- Fewest yards gained rushing, single team, game, −53
Detroit Lions (vs. Chicago Cardinals) Oct 17, 1943
- Most yards gained rushing, both teams, game, 595
Los Angeles Rams (371) vs. New York Yanks (224), Nov 18, 1951
- Fewest yards gained rushing, both teams, game, −15
Detroit Lions (−53) vs. Chicago Cardinals (38) Oct 17, 1943
- Highest average gain, rushing, season, 5.74
- Lowest average gain, rushing, season, 0.94
- Most touchdowns, rushing, season, 36
- Fewest touchdowns, rushing, season, 1
- Fewest touchdowns, rushing, 16-game season, 2
- Most touchdowns, rushing, both teams, game, 9
Rock Island Independents (9) vs. Evansville Crimson Giants (0) Oct 15, 1922
Racine Legion (9) vs. Louisville Brecks (0), Nov 5, 1922
- Most touchdowns, rushing, both teams, game, since 1940, 9
Baltimore Ravens vs Cleveland Browns, Dec 14, 2020
Minnesota Vikings vs New Orleans Saints, Dec 25, 2020
- Most consecutive games, one or more rushing touchdowns, 24
San Diego Chargers December 21, 2003 – October 16, 2005
- Most consecutive games, no rushing touchdowns, 13
San Diego Chargers October 15, 2012 – September 15, 2013
First downs
- Most seasons leading league, first downs, 9
Chicago Bears: 1935, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1945, 1947–1949, 1955
- Most consecutive seasons leading league first downs, 4
San Diego Chargers: 1980–1983
- Most first downs, season, 444
- Fewest first downs, 16-game season, 176
- Fewest first downs, season, 51
- Most first downs, single team, game, regulation time, 40
New Orleans Saints (vs Dallas Cowboys) Nov 10, 2013
- Fewest first downs, single team, game, 0 (zero)
New York Giants (vs Green Bay Packers) Oct 1, 1933
Pittsburgh Pirates (vs Boston Redskins) Oct 29, 1933
Philadelphia Eagles (vs Detroit Lions) Sep 20, 1935
New York Giants (vs Washington Redskins) Sep 27, 1942
Denver Broncos (vs Houston Oilers) Sep 3, 1966
- Most first downs, both teams, game, 64
Kansas City Chiefs (32) vs. Seattle Seahawks (32), Nov 24, 2002
- Fewest first downs, both teams, game, 7
Chicago Cardinals (2) vs Detroit Lions (5), Sep 15, 1940
- Most first downs, rushing, season, 181
- Fewest first downs, rushing, season, 36
- Most first downs, rushing, game, 25
Philadelphia Eagles vs Washington Redskins, Dec 2, 1951
- Fewest first downs, rushing, single team, game, 0 (zero)
Several Teams; Last Time: Carolina Panthers (vs. San Diego Chargers) Dec 17, 2000
- Most first downs, rushing, both teams, game, 36
Philadelphia Eagles (25) vs Washington Redskins (11), Dec 2, 1951
- Fewest first downs, rushing, both teams, game, 2
Houston Oilers (0) vs Denver Broncos (2), Dec 2, 1962
New York Jets (1) vs St. Louis Rams (1), Dec 3, 1995
Miami Dolphins (1) vs San Diego Chargers (1), Dec 19, 1999
New Orleans Saints (1) vs Baltimore Ravens (1), Dec 19, 1999
- Most first downs, passing, season, 280
- Fewest first downs, passing, season,18
- Most first downs, passing, single team, game, 29
New York Giants (vs Cincinnati Bengals) Oct 13, 1985
- Fewest first downs, passing, single team, game, 0 (zero)
By Several Teams; Last Time: Cleveland Browns (vs. Jacksonville Jaguars) Dec 3, 2000
- Most first downs, passing, both teams, game, 47
Detroit Lions (20) vs Green Bay Packers (27), Jan 1, 2012
- Fewest first downs, passing, both teams, game, 0 (zero)
Brooklyn Dodgers vs Pittsburgh Steelers, Nov 29, 1942
- Most first downs gained, penalty, season, 43
- Fewest first downs, penalty, season, 2
- Most first downs, penalty, game, 11
Denver Broncos vs Houston Oilers, Oct 6, 1985
- Most first downs, penalty, both teams, game, 13
Baltimore Ravens (5) vs New England Patriots (8), Sep 23, 2012
Defense
Points allowed
- Most seasons leading league, fewest points allowed, 11
New York Giants: 1927, 1935, 1938–39, 1941, 1958–59, 1961, 1990, 1993
- Most consecutive seasons leading league, fewest points allowed, 5
Cleveland Browns: 1953–1957
- Most consecutive seasons leading league, fewest points allowed (since 1970 merger), 4
Seattle Seahawks: 2012–2015
- Fewest points allowed, season, 7
- Fewest points allowed, season (13-game season), 20
- Fewest points allowed, season (since 1932), 44
- Fewest points allowed, 14-game season, 129
- Fewest points allowed, 16-game season, 165
- Fewest points allowed on the road, 8 road game season, since 1940, 64
Philadelphia Eagles: 2001
- Fewest points allowed at home, 8 home game season, since 1940, 61
Chicago Bears: 2005
- Fewest points allowed at home, 7 home game season, since 1940, 45
Los Angeles Rams: 1977
- Fewest points allowed at home, 6 home game season, since 1940, 37
New York Giants: 1944
- Most points allowed, season, 534
- Most points allowed, 14-game season, 501
- Most points allowed on the road, season (7-game season), 321
- Most points allowed at home, season, 292
- Most shutouts, season, 10
- Most shutouts, season, (since 1940), 5
- Fewest points allowed in 1st quarter, season, 3
Los Angeles Rams: 1974
- Fewest points allowed in 1st quarter, 16-game season, 6
Pittsburgh Steelers: 1978
- Fewest points allowed in 2nd quarter, season, 19
Cleveland Browns: 1951
- Fewest points allowed in 2nd quarter, 16-game season, 31
Chicago Bears: 2001
- Fewest points allowed in 3rd quarter, season, 6
Detroit Lions: 1934
- Fewest points allowed in 3rd quarter, 16-game season, 9
Miami Dolphins: 2000
- Fewest points allowed in 4th quarter, season, 7
New York Giants: 1944
- Fewest points allowed in 4th quarter, 16-game season, 26
Denver Broncos: 1978
Touchdowns allowed
- Fewest touchdowns allowed, season (since 1932), 6
- Fewest touchdowns allowed, 16-game season, 18
Baltimore Ravens: 2000
- Most touchdowns allowed, season, 68
- Most consecutive games allowing one or more touchdowns, 133
Denver Broncos September 9, 1960–October 26, 1969
- Most consecutive games without allowing a touchdown, current franchises, 7
Detroit Lions: 1934
- Most consecutive games without allowing a touchdown, since 1935, 5
Pittsburgh Steelers: 1976
Baltimore Ravens: 2000
- Most consecutive quarters without allowing a touchdown, since 1935, 22
Pittsburgh Steelers: 1976
- Fewest touchdowns allowed, 3rd quarter, season, 0
Miami Dolphins: 2000
Detroit Lions: 1934
- Fewest touchdowns allowed, rushing, season, 2
- Fewest touchdowns allowed, rushing, 16-game season, 3
- Most touchdowns allowed, rushing, season, 36
- Most consecutive games, allowing one or more rushing touchdowns, 27
Chicago Rockets/Chicago Hornets: September 26, 1947 – September 9, 1949
- Most consecutive games, allowing one or more rushing touchdowns, current franchises, 23
Minnesota Vikings: September 17, 1961 – November 11, 1962
- Most consecutive games without allowing a rushing touchdown, 16
Buffalo Bills: October 24, 1964 – October 31, 1965
- Fewest touchdowns allowed, passing, season, 1
- Most touchdowns allowed, passing, national football league, season, 45
- Fewest touchdowns allowed, passing, 16-game season, 6
- Fewest touchdowns allowed, passing, 14-game season, 5
- Most consecutive games, allowing one or more passing touchdowns, 34
St. Louis Cardinals: December 11, 1983-December 21, 1985
- Most consecutive games without allowing a passing touchdown, 8
Green Bay Packers: December 19, 1971-October 29, 1972
Cleveland Browns: December 26, 1987-October 16, 1988
First downs allowed
- Fewest first downs allowed season, 77
- Most first downs allowed season, 415
- Fewest first downs allowed, 16-game season, 206
- Fewest first downs allowed, rushing, season, 35
- Most first downs allowed, rushing, season, 179
- Fewest first downs allowed, passing, season, 33
- Most first downs allowed, passing, season, 253
- Fewest first downs allowed, penalty, season, 1
- Most first downs allowed, penalty, season, 56
Yards allowed
- Most seasons leading league, fewest yards allowed, 8
Chicago Bears: 1942–43, 1948, 1958, 1963, 1984–1986
- Most consecutive seasons leading league, fewest yards allowed, 3
Boston/Washington Redskins: 1935–1937
Chicago Bears: 1984–1986
- Fewest yards allowed, season, 1,539
- Fewest yards allowed, 14-game season, 2,720
- Fewest yards allowed, 16-game season, 3,549
Philadelphia Eagles: 1991
- Most yards allowed, season, 7,042
- Most yards allowed, 14-game season, 5,593
- Most seasons leading league, fewest rushing yards allowed, 11
Chicago Bears: 1937, 1939, 1942, 1946, 1949, 1963, 1984–85, 1987–88, 2018
- Most consecutive seasons leading league, fewest rushing yards allowed, 4
Dallas Cowboys: 1966–1969
- Fewest yards allowed, rushing, season, 519
- Fewest yards allowed, rushing, 14-game season, AFL, 918
- Fewest yards allowed, rushing, 16-game season, 970
- Most yards allowed, rushing, 14-game season, 2,971
- Most yards allowed, rushing, 16-game season, 3,228
- Most seasons leading league, fewest passing yards allowed, 10
Green Bay Packers: 1947–48, 1962, 1964–1968, 1996, 2005
- Most consecutive seasons leading league, fewest passing yards allowed, 5
Green Bay Packers: 1964–1968
- Fewest yards allowed, passing, season, 545
- Fewest yards allowed, passing, 14-game season, 1,290
- Fewest yards allowed, passing, 16-game season, 1,960
- Most yards allowed, passing, 16-game season, 4,796
- Most yards allowed, passing, 14-game season, 3,674
Sacks
- Most seasons leading league sacks, 8
Pittsburgh Steelers: 1994, 2001, 2010, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
- Most consecutive seasons leading league sacks, 5
Pittsburgh Steelers: 2017–2021
- Most sacks, season, 72
- Fewest sacks, season, 10
- Most sacks, single team, game, 12
Dallas Cowboys (vs Pittsburgh Steelers) Nov 20, 1966
St. Louis Cardinals (vs Baltimore Colts) Oct 26, 1980
Chicago Bears (vs Detroit Lions) Dec 16, 1984
Dallas Cowboys (vs Houston Oilers) Sep 29, 1985
New York Giants (vs Philadelphia Eagles) Sep 30, 2007
- Most sacks, single team, half, 9
New York Giants (vs Chicago Bears) Oct 3, 2010
- Most combined sacks (both teams), game, 18
Green Bay Packers (8) vs San Diego Chargers (10), Sep 24, 1978
- Most combined sacks (both teams), half, 11
New York Giants (9) vs Chicago Bears (2), Oct 3, 2010
- Most opponents yards lost attempting to pass, season, 665
- Fewest opponents yards lost attempting to pass, season, 72
- Most sacks allowed, season, 104
- Fewest sacks allowed, season, 7
Special teams
Blocked field goal returns
- Most consecutive games without a blocked field goal return for a touchdown, 1004
Pittsburgh Steelers: November 2, 1952–2021 (ongoing)
- Most consecutive games without allowing a blocked field goal return for a touchdown, 926
Cleveland Browns: October 17, 1948–November 30, 2015
- Most consecutive games blocking a field goal return for a touchdown, 2
- Most blocked field goals returned for a touchdown, season, 2
Kick returns
- Most seasons leading league kick returns (average return), 8
Washington Redskins: 1942, 1947, 1962–63, 1973–74, 1981, 1995
- Most consecutive seasons leading league kick returns (average return), 3
Denver Broncos: 1965–1967
- Most kickoff returns, season, 89
- Fewest kickoff returns, season, 17
- Most kickoff returns, single team, game, 12
New York Giants (vs Washington Redskins) Nov 27, 1966
- Most kickoff returns, both teams, game, 19
New York Giants (12) vs Washington Redskins (7), Nov 27, 1966
- Most yards, kickoff returns, season, 2,296
- Fewest yards, kickoff returns, season, 282
- Most yards, kickoff returns, game, 367
Baltimore Ravens (vs Minnesota Vikings) Dec 13, 1998
- Most yards, kickoff returns, both teams, game, 560
Detroit Lions (362) vs Los Angeles Rams (198), Oct 29, 1950
- Highest average, kickoff returns, season, 29.9
Kansas City Chiefs (44–1,316): 2013
- Lowest average, kickoff returns, season, 14.7
New York Jets (46–675): 1993
- Most touchdowns, kickoff returns, season, 6
- Most touchdowns, kickoff returns, game, 2
Chicago Bears (vs Green Bay Packers) Sep 22, 1940
Chicago Bears (vs Green Bay Packers) Nov 9, 1952
Philadelphia Eagles (vs Dallas Cowboys) Nov 6, 1966
Green Bay Packers (vs Cleveland Browns) Nov 12, 1967
Los Angeles Rams (vs Green Bay Packers) Nov 24, 1985
New Orleans Saints (vs Los Angeles Rams) Oct 23, 1994
Baltimore Ravens (vs Minnesota Vikings) Dec 13, 1998
Chicago Bears (vs St. Louis Rams) Dec 11, 2006
Miami Dolphins (vs New York Jets) Nov 1, 2009
Cleveland Browns (vs Kansas City Chiefs) Dec 20, 2009
Seattle Seahawks (vs San Diego Chargers) Sep 26, 2010
- Most touchdowns, kickoff returns, both teams, game, 3
Baltimore Ravens (2) vs Minnesota Vikings (1), Dec 13, 1998
- Fewest opponents kickoff returns, season, 10
- Most opponents kickoff returns, season, 93
- Fewest yards allowed, kickoff returns, season, 225
- Most yards allowed, kickoff returns, season, 2,115
- Lowest average allowed, kickoff returns, season, 14.3
Cleveland Browns (71 returns, 1,018 yd): 1980
- Highest average allowed, kickoff returns, season, 29.5
New York Jets (47 returns, 1,386 yd): 1972
- Most touchdowns allowed, kickoff returns, season, 4
- Most consecutive games without allowing a kickoff return for a touchdown, 265
Cleveland Browns: September 14, 1986–November 28, 2004 (No Cleveland Browns franchise 1996–98, due to team relocation and renamed to Baltimore Ravens.)
- Most consecutive games without a kickoff return for a touchdown, 498
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: September 12, 1976–December 9, 2007
Punting
- Most seasons leading league punting (average distance), 7
Denver Broncos: 1962–1964, 1966–67, 1982, 1999
- Most consecutive seasons leading league punting (average distance), 4
Washington Redskins: 1940–1943
- Most punts, season, 114
- Fewest punts, season, 23
- Fewest punts, 16-game season, 34
- Most punts, game, 17
Chicago Bears (vs Green Bay Packers) Oct 22, 1933
- Fewest punts, game, 0 (zero)
By Many Teams; Last Time: Seattle Seahawks vs. Dallas Cowboys, Nov 30, 2023 (both teams with 0 punts)
- Most punts, both teams, game, 31
Chicago Bears (17) vs Green Bay Packers (14), Oct 22, 1933
- Fewest punts, both teams, game, 0 (zero)
Buffalo Bills vs. San Francisco 49ers, Sep 13, 1992
Green Bay Packers vs. Chicago Bears, September 28, 2014
New Orleans Saints vs. Green Bay Packers, October 26, 2014
Kansas City Chiefs vs. Philadelphia Eagles, October 3, 2021
Seattle Seahawks vs. Dallas Cowboys, November 30, 2023
- Highest average distance, punting, season, 47.6
Detroit Lions (56 attempts, 2,664 yd): 1961
- Lowest average distance, punting, season, 32.7
Card-Pitt (60 attempts, 1,964 yd): 1944
Punt returns
- Most seasons leading league punt returns (average return), 9
Detroit Lions: 1943–1945, 1951–52, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1991
- Most consecutive seasons leading league (average return), 3
Detroit Lions: 1943–1945
- Most punt returns, season, 71
Pittsburgh Steelers: 1976 (14-game season)
- Fewest punt returns, season, 10
- Most punt returns, single team, game, 12
Philadelphia Eagles (vs Cleveland Browns) Dec 3, 1950
- Most punt returns, both teams, game, 17
Philadelphia Eagles (12) vs Cleveland Browns (5) Dec 3, 1950
- Most fair catches, season, 34
- Fewest fair catches, season, 0
- Most yards, punt returns, season, 875
- Fewest yards, punt returns, season, 27
- Most yards, punt returns, single team, game, 231
Detroit Lions (vs San Francisco 49ers) Oct 6, 1963
- Fewest yards, punt returns, single team, game, −28
Washington Redskins (vs Dallas Cowboys) Dec 11, 1966
- Most yards, punt returns, both teams, game, 282
Los Angeles Rams (219) vs Atlanta Falcons (63), Oct 11, 1981
- Fewest yards, punt returns, both teams, game, −18
Buffalo Bills (−18) vs Pittsburgh Steelers (0), Oct 29, 1972
- Highest average, punt returns, season, 20.2
Chicago Bears (27–546) 1941
- Lowest average, punt returns, season, 1.2
St. Louis Cardinals (23–27) 1965
- Most touchdowns, punt returns, season, 5
- Most touchdowns, punt returns, single team, game, 2
Detroit Lions (vs Los Angeles Rams) Oct 14, 1951
Detroit Lions (vs Green Bay Packers) Nov 22, 1951
Chicago Cardinals (vs Pittsburgh Steelers) Nov 1, 1959
Chicago Cardinals (vs New York Giants) Nov 22, 1959
New York Titans (vs Denver Broncos) Sep 24, 1961
Denver Broncos (vs Cleveland Browns) Sep 26, 1976
Los Angeles Rams (vs Atlanta Falcons) Oct 11, 1981
St. Louis Cardinals (vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers) Dec 21, 1986
Los Angeles Rams (vs Atlanta Falcons) Dec 27, 1992
Cleveland Browns (vs Pittsburgh Steelers) Oct 24, 1993
San Diego Chargers (vs Cincinnati Bengals) Nov 2, 1997
Denver Broncos (vs Carolina Panthers) Nov 9, 1997
Baltimore Ravens (vs Seattle Seahawks) Dec 7, 1997
Baltimore Ravens (vs New York Jets) Dec 24, 2000
New Orleans Saints (vs Minnesota Vikings) Oct 6, 2008
- Most touchdowns, punt returns, both teams, game, 2
Philadelphia Eagles (1) vs Washington Redskins (1), Nov 9, 1952
Kansas City Chiefs (1) vs Buffalo Bills (1), Sep 11, 1966
Baltimore Colts (1) vs New England Patriots (1), Nov 18, 1979
Los Angeles Raiders (1) vs Philadelphia Eagles (1) (OT), Nov 30, 1986
Cincinnati Bengals (1) vs Green Bay Packers (1), Sep 20, 1992
Oakland Raiders (1) vs Seattle Seahawks (1), Nov 15, 1998
Seattle Seahawks (1) vs St. Louis Rams (1), Sep 13, 2015
- Fewest opponents punt returns, season, 7
- Most opponents punt returns, season, 71
- Fewest yards allowed, punt returns, season, 22
- Fewest yards allowed, punt returns, 16-game season, 46
: 2020
- Most yard touchdowns, 34
St. Louis Cardinals: December 11, 1983–December 21, 1985
- Most consecutive games without allowing a passing touchdown, 8
Green Bay Packers: December 19, 1971–October 29, 1972
Cleveland Browns: December 26, 1987–October 16, 1988
Turnovers
- Most turnovers, season, 63
- Most takeaways, season, 63
- Fewest turnovers, season, 8
- Best turnover margin, season, +43
- Worst turnover margin, season, –30
Chicago Rockets: 1948 (AAFC record)
- Most consecutive games without a turnover, 8
- Most consecutive games without a takeaway, 8
- Most turnovers, single team, game, 12
Detroit Lions (vs. Chicago Bears) Nov 22, 1942
Chicago Cardinals (vs. Philadelphia Eagles) Sep 24, 1950
Pittsburgh Steelers (vs. Philadelphia Eagles) Dec 12, 1965
- Most turnovers, both teams, game, 17
Detroit Lions (12) vs. Chicago Bears (5), Nov 22, 1942
Boston Yanks (9) vs. Philadelphia Eagles (8), Dec 8, 1946
- Fewest takeaways (opponents' turnovers), season, 4
- Most takeaways (opponents' turnovers), season, 66
- Most takeaways (opponents' turnovers), game, 12
Chicago Bears (vs Detroit Lions) Nov 22, 1942
Philadelphia Eagles (vs Chicago Cardinals) Sep 24, 1950
Philadelphia Eagles (vs Pittsburgh Steelers) Dec 12, 1965
Fumbles
- Most fumbles, season, 56
- Fewest fumbles, season, 6
- Most fumbles, game, 10
Phil-Pitt Steagles (vs New York Giants) Oct 9, 1943
Detroit Lions (vs Minnesota Vikings) Nov 12, 1967
Kansas City Chiefs (vs Houston Oilers) Oct 12, 1969
San Francisco 49ers (vs Detroit Lions) Dec 17, 1978
- Most fumbles, both teams, game, 14
Washington Redskins (8) vs Pittsburgh Pirates (6), Nov 14, 1937
Chicago Bears (7) vs Cleveland Rams (7), Nov 24, 1940
St. Louis Cardinals (8) vs New York Giants (6), Sep 17, 1961
Kansas City Chiefs (10) vs Houston Oilers (4), Oct 12, 1969
- Most fumble return yards, single team, game, 180
Philadelphia Eagles (vs New York Giants) September 25, 1938
- Most fumbles lost, season, 36
- Fewest fumbles lost, season, 2
- Most fumbles lost, single team, game, 8
St. Louis Cardinals (vs Washington Redskins) Oct 25, 1976
Cleveland Browns (vs Pittsburgh Steelers) Dec 23, 1990
- Most fumbles recovered, own and opponents', season, 58
Minnesota Vikings (27 own, 31 opp): 1963
- Fewest fumbles recovered, own and opponents', season, 8
New Orleans Saints (1 own, 7 opp): 2011
- Most fumbles recovered, own and opponents', game, 10
Denver Broncos (vs Buffalo Bills (5 own, 5 opp)) Dec 13, 1964
Pittsburgh Steelers (vs Houston Oilers (5 own, 5 opp)) Dec 9, 1973
Washington Redskins vs (St. Louis Cardinals (2 own, 8 opp)) Oct 25, 1976
- Most own fumbles recovered, season, 37
- Fewest own fumbles recovered, season, 1
- Most opponents' fumbles recovered, season, 31
- Fewest opponents' fumbles recovered, season, 3
- Most opponents' fumbles recovered, game, 8
Washington Redskins (vs St. Louis Cardinals) Oct 25, 1976
Pittsburgh Steelers (vs Cleveland Browns) Dec 23, 1990
- Most fumbles returned for touchdowns by opponents, season, 6
- Most touchdowns, fumbles recovered, own and opponents', season, 7
Arizona Cardinals (3 own, 4 opp): 2010
- Most touchdowns, own fumbles recovered, season, 3
- Most touchdowns, opponents' fumbles recovered, season, 4
- Most touchdowns, fumbles recovered, own and opponents game, 2
By Many Teams
- Most touchdowns, fumbles recovered, both teams, own and opponents', game, 3
Detroit Lions (2) vs Minnesota Vikings (1) (2 own, 1 opp) Dec 9, 1962
Green Bay Packers (2) vs Dallas Cowboys (1) (3 opp) Nov 28, 1964
Oakland Raiders (2) vs Buffalo Bills (1) (3 opp) Dec 24, 1967
Oakland Raiders (2) vs Philadelphia Eagles (1) (3 opp) Sep 24, 1995
Tennessee Titans (2) vs Pittsburgh Steelers (1), Jan 2, 2000
- Most touchdowns, own fumbles recovered, game, 2
Miami Dolphins (vs New England Patriots) Sep 1, 1996
- Most touchdowns, opponents' fumbles recovered, game, 2
Detroit Lions (vs Cleveland Rams) Nov 7, 1937
Philadelphia Eagles (vs New York Giants) Sep 25, 1938
Chicago Bears (vs Washington Redskins) Nov 28, 1948
New York Giants (vs Pittsburgh Steelers) Sep 17, 1950
Cleveland Browns (vs Dallas Cowboys) Dec 3, 1961
Cleveland Browns (vs New York Giants) Oct 25, 1964
Green Bay Packers (vs Dallas Cowboys) Nov 29, 1964
San Francisco 49ers (vs Detroit Lions) Nov 14, 1965
Oakland Raiders (vs Buffalo Bills) Dec 24, 1967
New York Giants (vs Green Bay Packers) Sep 19, 1971
Washington Redskins (vs San Diego Chargers) Sep 16, 1973
New Orleans Saints (vs San Francisco 49ers) Oct 19, 1975
Cincinnati Bengals (vs Pittsburgh Steelers) Oct 14, 1979
Atlanta Falcons (vs Detroit Lions) Oct 5, 1980
Kansas City Chiefs (vs Oakland Raiders) Oct 5, 1980
New England Patriots (vs Baltimore Colts) Nov 23, 1980
Denver Broncos (vs Green Bay Packers) Oct 15, 1984
Miami Dolphins (vs Kansas City Chiefs) Oct 11, 1987
St. Louis Cardinals (vs New Orleans Saints) Oct 11, 1987
Minnesota Vikings (vs Atlanta Falcons) Dec 10, 1989
Philadelphia Eagles (vs Phoenix Cardinals) Nov 24, 1991
Cincinnati Bengals (vs Seattle Seahawks) Sep 6, 1992
Oakland Raiders (vs Philadelphia Eagles) Sep 24, 1995
Pittsburgh Steelers (vs New England Patriots) Dec 16, 1995
New England Patriots (vs San Diego Chargers) Dec 1, 1996
Tennessee Titans (vs Pittsburgh Steelers) Jan 2, 2000
Chicago Bears (vs Minnesota Viking) Oct 19, 2008
Dallas Cowboys (vs Philadelphia Eagles) Dec 28, 2008
San Francisco 49ers (vs St. Louis Rams) Oct 4, 2009
Arizona Cardinals (vs New Orleans Saints) Oct 10, 2010
Baltimore Ravens (vs New York Jets) Oct 2, 2011
Jacksonville Jaguars (vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers) Dec 11, 2011
New England Patriots (vs New York Jets) Nov 22, 2012
Jacksonville Jaguars (vs New York Giants) Nov 30, 2014
Atlanta Falcons (vs Houston Texans) Oct 4, 2015
Arizona Cardinals (vs Green Bay Packers) Dec 27, 2015
Dallas Cowboys (vs. Buffalo Bills) Jan 31, 1993 (Super Bowl XXVII)
- Most touchdowns, opponents' fumbles recovered, both teams, game, 3
Green Bay Packers (2) vs Dallas Cowboys (1), Nov 29, 1964
Oakland Raiders (2) vs Buffalo Bills (1), Dec 24, 1967
Oakland Raiders (2) vs Philadelphia Eagles (1), Sep 24, 1995
Tennessee Titans (2) vs Pittsburgh Steelers (1), Jan 2, 2000
- Most consecutive games, no fumbles returned for touchdown (by defense), 119
San Francisco 49ers: September 18, 1949–October 25, 1959
- Most consecutive games, without allowing a fumble returned for touchdown, 153
Miami Dolphins: September 7, 2008–October 26, 2017
- Fewest opponents' fumbles, season, 11
- Most opponents' fumbles, season, 50
Interceptions
- Most seasons leading league interceptions, 11
New York Giants: 1933, 1937–1939, 1944, 1948, 1951, 1954, 1961, 1997, 2013
- Most consecutive seasons leading league interceptions, 5
Kansas City Chiefs: 1966–1970
- Most passes intercepted (by defense), season, 49
- Most yards returning interceptions, season, 503
- Fewest passes intercepted (by defense), season, 0
- Most passes intercepted (by defense), single team, game, 9
Green Bay Packers (vs Detroit Lions): October 24, 1943
Philadelphia Eagles (vs Pittsburgh Steelers): Dec 12, 1965
- Most consecutive games, one or more interception returned for touchdown (by defense), 5
Cleveland Browns: December 3, 1946–September 21, 1947
- Most consecutive games, one or more interceptions (by defense), 46
Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers: 1960–63
- Most consecutive games, no interception returned for touchdown (by defense), 118
Houston Oilers: October 16, 1979–September 20, 1987
- Most consecutive games, no interceptions (by defense), 17
New York Jets: September 7, 2025–December 23, 2025
- Most yards returning interceptions, season, 929
- Fewest yards returning interceptions, season, –2
- Most yards returning interceptions, single team, game, 325
Seattle Seahawks (vs Kansas City Chiefs): Nov 4, 1984
- Most yards returning interceptions, both teams, game, 356
Seattle Seahawks (325) vs Kansas City Chiefs (31): Nov 4, 1984
- Most touchdowns, returning interceptions, season, 9
- Most touchdowns returning interceptions, game, 4
Seattle Seahawks (vs Kansas City Chiefs): Nov 4, 1984
- Most touchdowns returning interceptions, both teams, game, 4
Philadelphia Eagles (3) vs Pittsburgh Steelers (1): Dec 12, 1965
Seattle Seahawks (4) vs Kansas City Chiefs (0): Nov 4, 1984
Penalties
- Most seasons leading league, fewest penalties, 13
Miami Dolphins: 1968, 1976–1984, 1986, 1990–91
- Most consecutive seasons leading league, fewest penalties, 9
Miami Dolphins: 1976–1984
- Most seasons leading league, most penalties, 16
Chicago Bears: 1941–1944, 1946–1949, 1951, 1959–1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1976
- Most consecutive seasons leading league, most penalties, 4
Chicago Bears: 1941–1944, 1946–1949
L.A./Oakland Raiders: 1993–1996
- Fewest penalties, season, 19
- Fewest penalties, 14-game season, 36
- Fewest penalties, 16-game season, 55
- Most penalties, season, 163
- Most penalties, both teams, game, 37
Cleveland Browns (21) vs. Chicago Bears (16), Nov 25, 1951
- Most penalties, single team, game, 23
Oakland Raiders, vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Oct 30, 2016
- Most seasons leading league, fewest yards penalized, 13
Miami Dolphins: 1967–68, 1973, 1977–1984, 1990–91
- Most consecutive seasons leading league, fewest yards penalized, 8
Miami Dolphins: 1977–1984
- Most seasons leading league, most yards penalized, 15
Chicago Bears: 1935, 1937, 1939–1944, 1946–47, 1949, 1951, 1961–62, 1968
- Most consecutive seasons leading league, most yards penalized, 6
Chicago Bears: 1939–1944
- Fewest yards penalized, season, 139
- Most yards penalized, season, 1,415
- Most yards penalized, single team, game, 212
Tennessee Titans (vs. Baltimore Ravens) Oct 10, 1999
- Most yards penalized, both teams, game, 374
Cleveland Browns (209) vs. Chicago Bears (165), Nov 25, 1951
Other
- Team with the worst start to win multiple playoff games, 4–7
- Consecutive games without losing by more than 10 points (including the playoffs), 95
Seattle Seahawks, October 30, 2011–December 10, 2016