NFC West

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One of four divisions in the NFL's National Football Conference

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::summary One of four divisions in the NFL's National Football Conference ::

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Field	Value
title	NFC West
sport	American football
league	National Football League
conference	National Football Conference
founded	1967 (as the NFL Western Conference Coastal Division)
teams	4
country	United States
champion	Seattle Seahawks (10th title)
most_champs	San Francisco 49ers (22 titles)
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The National Football Conference – Western Division or NFC West is one of the four divisions of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). It currently has four members: the Arizona Cardinals, the Los Angeles Rams, the San Francisco 49ers, and the Seattle Seahawks.

History

The division was formed in 1967 as the National Football League Coastal Division, keeping with the theme of having all of the league's divisions starting with the letter "C." The division was so named because its teams were fairly close to the coasts of the United States, although they were on opposite coasts, making for long travel between division rivals. The NFL Coastal Division had four members: Atlanta Falcons, Baltimore Colts, Los Angeles Rams, and San Francisco 49ers. Los Angeles and San Francisco occupied the West Coast, while Baltimore maintained its dominance over the lesser teams that remained in the division. Atlanta was placed in the division instead of the expansion New Orleans Saints despite being further east than three Eastern Conference teams (Cowboys, Cardinals, and the aforementioned Saints).

After the AFL–NFL merger in 1970, the division was renamed the NFC West. The Baltimore Colts moved to the AFC East and were replaced by the Saints, who came from the Eastern Conference (the Saints played in the Capitol Division in 1967 and '69, and the Century Division in 1968). In 1976, the newly formed Seattle Seahawks spent one season in this division (Seattle did not play the other four members of the division home-and-home in 1976, playing each of the other 13 NFC teams and the other expansion team of 1976, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers) before moving to the AFC West. Except for that one year, the division remained the same until 1995 with the addition of the new Carolina Panthers team. The Rams moved to St. Louis before that same season, making the division geographically inaccurate. Ten of the fifteen NFC teams were based west of Atlanta, and twelve of them were based west of Charlotte (all except the Redskins, Eagles and Giants).

The 2002 re-alignment changed the entire look of the NFC West. The Falcons, Panthers, and Saints moved into the NFC South; while the Cardinals moved in from the NFC East and the Seahawks returned from the AFC West. The Rams remained in the West, preserving the historical rivalry with the 49ers that has existed since 1950, and thus had been the only team in the division that was located east of the Rocky Mountains until 2015. Despite this, the re-alignment made the NFC West have all of its teams based west of the Mississippi River. With the Rams' return to Los Angeles in 2016, the entire NFC West is now located west of the Rockies for the first time in its history; all teams except for the Cardinals are based in the Pacific Time Zone (since most of Arizona does not observe daylight saving time, the clocks are the same as Pacific Daylight Time from the second Sunday in March until the first Sunday of November, through at least 2027). The 2016 season marked the first time neither the 49ers nor Seahawks played a division game east of the Rocky Mountains.

The NFC West became the second division since the 2002 realignment (the NFC South was the first) to have each of its teams make a conference championship game appearance: Los Angeles (2018 and 2021), Arizona (2008 and 2015), San Francisco (2011, 2012, 2013, 2019, 2021 and 2023), and Seattle (2005, 2013, and 2014). Also since 2002, each team has won at least three division titles, one of only two divisions in the league to do so. All of its teams have appeared in a Super Bowl at least once since the 2002 realignment (the only other division accomplishing this being the NFC South): Arizona (2008), Los Angeles Rams (2018, 2021), San Francisco (2012, 2019, 2023), and Seattle (2005, 2013, 2014). As of 2024, the NFC West is the only division in the NFC that has not seen at least one of its teams win a Super Bowl when entering that year's playoffs as a wild-card entry (the same historical fact holds true for both the AFC East and AFC South).

In 2010, the NFC West became the first division in NFL history to have a champion with a losing record, after the Seattle Seahawks won the division title with a record of 7–9. They were joined in this distinction in 2014 by the Carolina Panthers, who won the NFC South with a record of 7–8–1, 2020 by the Washington Football Team, who won the NFC East also with a record of 7–9, and 2022 by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who won the NFC South with a record of 8−9.

Since the end of the 2020 NFL regular season, the 49ers lead the division with a record of 589–499–16 (137–166–1 since re-alignment) with five Super Bowl titles and an overall playoff record of 33–22. The Rams hold a record of 586–575–21 (130–173–1 since re-alignment) with five Super Bowl appearances and two wins to go with a 25–26 overall playoff record. The Cardinals hold a 135–167–2 record since joining the NFC West (566–770–41 overall) and a loss in Super Bowl XLIII, currently with a 7–9 playoff record, 5–4 as a member of the NFC West. The Seahawks hold a record of 179–124–1 since joining the NFC West (367–340–1 overall), with three Super Bowl appearances, winning Super Bowl XLVIII to go with a playoff record of 17–18; they are currently 14–13 in the playoffs as a member of the NFC West, having gone 3–5 while in the AFC West. Since re-alignment, the Seahawks have led the division in wins, division titles, and playoff appearances.

The NFC West became the 4th division in NFL history to have three of its teams advance to the Divisional Round in the 2025-26 playoffs. The Seattle Seahawks defeated the 49ers 41-6 to advance to the NFC Championship, where they will face the Rams.

Division lineups

** Place cursor over year for division champ or Super Bowl team.**

::data[format=table] | NFL Western Conference Coastal Division | NFC West Division | 1900s||colspan=2|2000s | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Atlanta Falcons | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Los Angeles Rams | St. Louis Rams | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Baltimore Colts | New Orleans Saints | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | San Francisco 49ers | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Seattle Seahawks | | Carolina Panthers | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ::

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NFC West Division	2000s	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25

Arizona Cardinals
St. Louis Rams	Los Angeles Rams
San Francisco 49ers
Seattle Seahawks
**Team not in division Division Won Super Bowl Division Won NFC Championship
Division Won NFL Championship, Lost Super Bowl III**
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:The Western Conference was divided into the Coastal and Central divisions. Atlanta moved in from the Eastern Conference. Also joining the Coastal Division were Baltimore, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. :The Coastal Division adopts current name after the AFL–NFL merger. Baltimore moved to the AFC East. New Orleans moved in from Capitol Division. :Seattle was enfranchised in 1976. Moved to the AFC West in 1977. :In 1995, Carolina is enfranchised and the Rams move to St. Louis, Missouri. :For the 2002 season, the league realigned to have eight four-team divisions. Seattle returns. Arizona joins from the East. Atlanta, Carolina, and New Orleans moved to the new NFC South. :Prior to the 2016 season, the Rams moved back to Los Angeles.

Division champions

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Season	Team	Record	Playoff Results
NFL Coastal
1967	Los Angeles Rams	year=1967	border=2}}
1968	Baltimore Colts	year=1968	border=2}}
Won NFL Championship (Browns) 34–0
Lost Super Bowl III (Jets) 7–16
1969	Los Angeles Rams	year=1969	border=2}}
NFC West
1970	San Francisco 49ers	year=1970	border=2}}
Lost NFC Championship (Cowboys) 10–17
1971	San Francisco 49ers	year=1971	border=2}}
Lost NFC Championship (at Cowboys) 3–14
1972	San Francisco 49ers	year=1972	border=2}}
1973	Los Angeles Rams	year=1973	border=2}}
1974	Los Angeles Rams	year=1974	border=2}}
Lost NFC Championship (at Vikings) 10–14
1975	Los Angeles Rams	year=1975	border=2}}
Lost NFC Championship (Cowboys) 7–37
1976	Los Angeles Rams	year=1976	border=2}}
Lost NFC Championship (at Vikings) 13–24
1977	Los Angeles Rams	year=1977	border=2}}
1978	Los Angeles Rams	year=1978	border=2}}
Lost NFC Championship (Cowboys) 0–28
1979	Los Angeles Rams	year=1979	border=2}}
Won NFC Championship (at Buccaneers) 9–0
Lost Super Bowl XIV (vs. Steelers) 19–31
1980	Atlanta Falcons	year=1980	border=2}}
1981	San Francisco 49ers	year=1981	border=2}}
Won NFC Championship (Cowboys) 28–27
Won Super Bowl XVI (vs. Bengals) 26–21
1982*	Atlanta Falcons	year=1982	border=2}}
1983	San Francisco 49ers	year=1983	border=2}}
Lost NFC Championship (at Redskins) 21–24
1984	San Francisco 49ers	year=1984	border=2}}
Won NFC Championship (Bears) 23–0
Won Super Bowl XIX (vs. Dolphins) 38–16
1985	Los Angeles Rams	year=1985	border=2}}
Lost NFC Championship (at Bears) 0–24
1986	San Francisco 49ers	year=1986	border=2}}
1987	San Francisco 49ers	year=1987	border=2}}
1988	San Francisco 49ers	year=1988	border=2}}
Won NFC Championship (at Bears) 28–3
Won Super Bowl XXIII (vs. Bengals) 20–16
1989	San Francisco 49ers	year=1989	border=2}}
Won NFC Championship (Rams) 30–3
Won Super Bowl XXIV (vs. Broncos) 55–10
1990	San Francisco 49ers	year=1990	border=2}}
Lost NFC Championship (Giants) 13–15
1991	New Orleans Saints	year=1991	border=2}}
1992	San Francisco 49ers	year=1992	border=2}}
Lost NFC Championship (Cowboys) 20–30
1993	San Francisco 49ers	year=1993	border=2}}
Lost NFC Championship (at Cowboys) 21–38
1994	San Francisco 49ers	year=1994	border=2}}
Won NFC Championship (Cowboys) 38–28
Won Super Bowl XXIX (vs. Chargers) 49–26
1995	San Francisco 49ers	year=1995	border=2}}
1996	Carolina Panthers	year=1996	border=2}}
Lost NFC Championship (at Packers) 13–30
1997	San Francisco 49ers	year=1997	border=2}}
Lost NFC Championship (Packers) 10–23
1998	Atlanta Falcons	year=1998	border=2}}
Won NFC Championship (at Vikings) 30–27 (OT)
Lost Super Bowl XXXIII (vs. Broncos) 19–34
1999	St. Louis Rams	year=1999	border=2}}
Won NFC Championship (Buccaneers) 11–6
Won Super Bowl XXXIV (vs. Titans) 23–16
2000	New Orleans Saints	year=2000	border=2}}
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Vikings) 16–34
2001	St. Louis Rams	year=2001	border=2}}
Won NFC Championship (Eagles) 29–24
Lost Super Bowl XXXVI (vs. Patriots) 17–20
2002	San Francisco 49ers	year=2002	border=2}}
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Buccaneers) 6–31
2003	St. Louis Rams	year=2003	border=2}}
2004	Seattle Seahawks	year=2004	border=2}}
2005	Seattle Seahawks	year=2005	border=2}}
Won NFC Championship (Panthers) 34–14
Lost Super Bowl XL (vs. Steelers) 10–21
2006	Seattle Seahawks	year=2006	border=2}}
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Bears) 24–27 (OT)
2007	Seattle Seahawks	year=2007	border=2}}
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Packers) 20–42
2008	Arizona Cardinals	year=2008	border=2}}
Won Divisional playoffs (at Panthers) 33–13
Won NFC Championship (Eagles) 32–25
Lost Super Bowl XLIII (vs. Steelers) 23–27
2009	Arizona Cardinals	year=2009	border=2}}
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Saints) 14–45
2010	Seattle Seahawks	year=2010	border=2}}
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Bears) 35–24
2011	San Francisco 49ers	year=2011	border=2}}
Lost NFC Championship (Giants) 17–20 (OT)
2012	San Francisco 49ers	year=2012	border=2}}
Won NFC Championship (at Falcons) 28–24
Lost Super Bowl XLVII (vs. Ravens) 31–34
2013	Seattle Seahawks	year=2013	border=2}}
Won NFC Championship (49ers) 23–17
Won Super Bowl XLVIII (vs. Broncos) 43–8
2014	Seattle Seahawks	year=2014	border=2}}
Won NFC Championship (Packers) 28–22 (OT)
Lost Super Bowl XLIX (vs. Patriots) 24–28
2015	Arizona Cardinals	year=2015	border=2}}
Lost NFC Championship (at Panthers) 15–49
2016	Seattle Seahawks	year=2016	border=2}}
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Falcons) 20–36
2017	Los Angeles Rams	year=2017	border=2}}
2018	Los Angeles Rams	year=2018	border=2}}
Won NFC Championship (at Saints) 26–23 (OT)
Lost Super Bowl LIII (vs. Patriots) 3–13
2019	San Francisco 49ers	year=2019	border=2}}
Won NFC Championship (Packers) 37–20
Lost Super Bowl LIV (vs. Chiefs) 20–31
2020	Seattle Seahawks	year=2020	border=2}}
2021	Los Angeles Rams	year=2021	border=2}}
Won Divisional playoffs (at Buccaneers) 30–27
Won NFC Championship (49ers) 20–17
Won Super Bowl LVI (vs. Bengals) 23–20
2022	San Francisco 49ers	year=2022	border=2}}
Won Divisional playoffs (Cowboys) 19–12
Lost NFC Championship (at Eagles) 7–31
2023	San Francisco 49ers	year=2023	border=2}}
Won NFC Championship (Lions) 34–31
Lost Super Bowl LVIII (vs. Chiefs) 22–25 (OT)
2024	Los Angeles Rams	year=2024	border=2}}
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Eagles) 22–28
2025	Seattle Seahawks	year=2025	border=2}}
Won NFC Championship (Rams) 31–27
TBD Super Bowl LX (vs. Patriots)
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*A players' strike in 1982 reduced the regular season to nine games. Thus, the league used a special sixteen-team playoff tournament for that year only. Division standings were ignored, and Atlanta had the best record of the division teams.

Wild Card qualifiers

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Season	Team	Record	Playoff Results
1978	Atlanta Falcons	year=1978	border=2}}
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Cowboys) 20–27
1980	Los Angeles Rams	year=1980	border=2}}
1983	Los Angeles Rams	year=1983	border=2}}
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Redskins) 7–51
1984	Los Angeles Rams	year=1984	border=2}}
1985	San Francisco 49ers	year=1985	border=2}}
1986	Los Angeles Rams	year=1986	border=2}}
1987	New Orleans Saints	year=1987	border=2}}
1988	Los Angeles Rams	year=1988	border=2}}
1989	Los Angeles Rams	year=1989	border=2}}
Won Divisional playoffs (at Giants) 19–13
Lost NFC Championship (at 49ers) 3–30
1990	New Orleans Saints	year=1990	border=2}}
1991	Atlanta Falcons	year=1991	border=2}}
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Redskins) 7–24
1992	New Orleans Saints	year=1992	border=2}}
1995	Atlanta Falcons	year=1995	border=2}}
1996	San Francisco 49ers	year=1996	border=2}}
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Packers) 14–35
1998	San Francisco 49ers	year=1998	border=2}}
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Falcons) 18–20
2000	St. Louis Rams	year=2000	border=2}}
2001	San Francisco 49ers	year=2001	border=2}}
2003	Seattle Seahawks	year=2003	border=2}}
2004	St. Louis Rams	year=2004	border=2}}
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Falcons) 17–47
2012	Seattle Seahawks	year=2012	border=2}}
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Falcons) 28–30
2013	San Francisco 49ers	year=2013	border=2}}
Won Divisional playoffs (at Panthers) 23–10
Lost NFC Championship (at Seahawks) 17–23
2014	Arizona Cardinals	year=2014	border=2}}
2015	Seattle Seahawks	year=2015	border=2}}
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Panthers) 24–31
2018	Seattle Seahawks	year=2018	border=2}}
2019	Seattle Seahawks	year=2019	border=2}}
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Packers) 23–28
2020	Los Angeles Rams	year=2020	border=2}}
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Packers) 18–32
2021	Arizona Cardinals	year=2021	border=2}}
San Francisco 49ers	year=2021	border=2}}
Won Divisional playoffs (at Packers) 13–10
Lost NFC Championship (at Rams) 17–20
2022	Seattle Seahawks	year=2022	border=2}}
2023	Los Angeles Rams	year=2023	border=2}}
2025	Los Angeles Rams	year=2025	border=2}}
Won Divisional playoffs (at Bears) 20–17 (OT)
Lost NFC Championship (at Seahawks) 27–31
San Francisco 49ers	year=2025	border=2}}
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Seahawks) 6–41
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*A players' strike in 1982 reduced the regular season to nine games. Thus, the league used a special sixteen-team playoff tournament for that year only. Division standings were ignored.

Season results

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(#)	Denotes team that qualified for the NFL Playoffs
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::data[format=table] | Season ||colspan="5"| Team (record) | 1st || 2nd || 3rd || 4th || 5th | |---|---| | | | | | Los Angeles (11–1–2) | | | Baltimore (13–1) | | | Los Angeles (11–3) | | The Coastal Division became the NFC West. | | | | | | | San Francisco (10–3–1) | | | San Francisco (9–5) | | | San Francisco (8–5–1) | | | Los Angeles (12–2) | | | Los Angeles (10–4) | | | (2) Los Angeles (12–2) | | | | | | (3) Los Angeles (10–3–1) | | | | | | (2) Los Angeles (10–4) | | | (1) Los Angeles (12–4) | | | (3) Los Angeles (9–7) | | | (1) Atlanta (12–4) | | | (1) San Francisco (13–3) | | ^ | (5) Atlanta (5–4) | | | (2) San Francisco (10–6) | | | (1) San Francisco (15–1) | | | (2) L.A. Rams (11–5) | | | (3) San Francisco (10–5–1) | | | (1) San Francisco (13–2) | | | (2) San Francisco (10–6) | | | (1) San Francisco (14–2) | | | (1) San Francisco (14–2) | | | (3) New Orleans (11–5) | | | (1) San Francisco (14–2) | | | (2) San Francisco (10–6) | | | (1) San Francisco (13–3) | | | | | | (2) San Francisco (11–5) | | | (2) Carolina (12–4) | | | (1) San Francisco (13–3) | | | (2) Atlanta (14–2) | | | (1) St. Louis (13–3) | | | (3) New Orleans (10–6) | | | (1) St. Louis (14–2) | | | | | | (4) San Francisco (10–6) | | | (2) St. Louis (12–4) | | | (4) Seattle (9–7) | | | (1) Seattle (13–3) | | | (4) Seattle (9–7) | | | (3) Seattle (10–6) | | | (4) Arizona (9–7) | | | (4) Arizona (10–6) | | | (4) Seattle (7–9) | | | (2) San Francisco (13–3) | | | (2) San Francisco (11–4–1) | | | (1) Seattle (13–3) | | | (1) Seattle (12–4) | | | (2) Arizona (13–3) | | | | | | (3) Seattle (10–5–1) | | | (3) L.A. Rams (11–5) | | | (2) L.A. Rams (13–3) | | | (1) San Francisco (13–3) | | | (3) Seattle (12–4) | | | (4) L.A. Rams (12–5) | | | (2) San Francisco (13–4) | | | (1) San Francisco (12–5) | | | (4) L.A. Rams (10–7) | | | (1) Seattle (14–3) | ::

;Notes and Tiebreakers

Los Angeles won the Coastal Division based on better point differential in head-to-head games (net 24 points) vs. Baltimore. The Rams and Colts played to a 24–24 tie in Baltimore in October before the Rams won 34–10 on the season's final Sunday at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The result would be the same under the modern tiebreaker, which relies first on head-to-head record (Los Angeles won the head-to-head series, 1–0–1).
The Baltimore Colts won the NFL Championship, but lost to the AFL's New York Jets in Super Bowl III.
Due to player strikes, the league shortened the 1982 season's games and realigned all the teams into conferences. The records for the division teams are based on what it would have looked like if they were still in the division.

Schedule assignments

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Year	Opponents	Interconf.	Intraconf.
2026	AFC West	NFC East	AFC East
(home)
2027	AFC North	NFC North	AFC South
(away)
2028	AFC East	NFC South	AFC West
(home)
2029	AFC South	NFC East	AFC North
(away)
2030	AFC West	NFC North	AFC East
(home)
2031	AFC North	NFC South	AFC South
(away)
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Total playoff berths as members of the NFC Coastal/West

:(1967–2025)

::data[format=table] | Team | Division Championships | Playoff Berths | Super Bowl Appearances | Super Bowl Wins | |---|---|---|---|---| | San Francisco 49ers1 | 22 (6) | 29 (9) | 8 (3) | 5 (0) | | St. Louis/Los Angeles Rams1 | 17 (5) | 28 (9) | 5 (2) | 2 (1) | | Seattle Seahawks2 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | | St. Louis/Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | | Atlanta Falcons2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | | New Orleans Saints2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | | Baltimore Colts2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Carolina Panthers2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ::

:1Numbers since re-alignment in parentheses :2These numbers only reflect the Seahawks, Cardinals, Falcons, Saints, Colts, and Panthers' time as members of the NFC West.

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