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NFC North
ConferenceNational Football Conference
LeagueNational Football League
SportAmerican football
Founded1967 (As NFL Western Conference Central Division)
No. of teams4
CountryUnited States
Most recent
champion(s)
Detroit Lions
(4th title)
Most titlesMinnesota Vikings
(21 titles)
NFC North Teams Location

The National Football Conference – Northern Division or NFC North is one of the four divisions of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). Nicknamed the "Black and Blue Division" for the rough and tough rivalry games between the teams, it currently has four members: the Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, and Minnesota Vikings, with the latter three based within most definitions of the Upper Midwest. The NFC North was previously known as the NFC Central from 1970 to 2001. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were previously members, from 1977, one year after they joined the league as an expansion team, until 2002 when they moved to the NFC South. The division was created in 1967 as the Central Division of the NFL's Western Conference and existed for three seasons before the AFL–NFL merger. After the merger, it was renamed the NFC Central and retained that name until the NFL split into eight divisions in 2002. The four current division teams have been together in the same division or conference since the Vikings joined the league in 1961. The Bears, Lions (known as the Portsmouth Spartans until 1934) and Packers have been in the same division or conference since the NFL began a conference format in 1933. Largely because the four teams have played each other at least twice a year, with the exception of the strike-shortened 1982 season, for more than 60 years (more than 80 years in the case of the Bears, Lions and Packers), the entire division is considered one very large rivalry.

The division has a total of five Super Bowl wins. The Packers have won four and the Bears one, with the most recent happening at the conclusion of the 2010 season. Of the ten NFL teams with the highest winning percentage throughout their respective franchise histories, three of them are in the NFC North (the Packers, the Bears, and the Vikings). Conversely, the Lions have one of the lowest winning percentages in the NFL, including the first winless 16-game season in NFL history, in 2008.[1]

The Packers hold an overall regular season record of 799–598–38 (through the end of the 2023 season) with an overall playoff record of 37–26, four Super Bowl titles in five Super Bowl appearances, and nine pre-Super Bowl league titles. The Bears hold an overall regular season record of 793–634–42 with an overall playoff record of 17–20, one Super Bowl title in two Super Bowl appearances, and eight pre-Super Bowl league titles. The Vikings hold an overall regular season record of 523–435–11 with an overall playoff record of 21–31, no Super Bowl titles in four Super Bowl appearances, and one league title. The Lions hold an overall regular season record of 591–707–34 with an overall playoff record of 9–14, and four pre-Super Bowl league titles. They have yet to appear in a Super Bowl.

In recent years, the division has been less successful in the playoffs compared to others, holding the second-longest active Super Bowl drought (only ahead of the AFC South) and a 1–9 record in conference championships since 2007, with the only win being the Packers over the Bears in 2010. They have clinched two Super Bowl berths in the 21st century, compared to the other NFC divisions which each have six or more.

The division earned the moniker "Black and Blue Division" due to its intense rivalries and physical style of play, and this nickname is still used regularly today. It is also known as the "Frostbite Division" as all teams played home games in late season winter cold until the mid-1970s. The division is also humorously called the "Frozen North", although Detroit has played its home games indoors since 1975, and Minnesota also did so from 1982 to 2013 and returned to indoor home games at U.S. Bank Stadium in 2016.

ESPN sportscaster Chris Berman often refers to this division as the "NFC Norris" because of its grittiness and its geographical similarity to the National Hockey League's former Norris Division, although in a twist of irony the NHL dropped the Norris name in favor of Central almost a decade before the NFL dropped the Central name in favor of North.

Division lineups

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

Years
NFL Western Conference
Central Division
NFC Central Division[B]
1900s 2000s
67[A] 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
Chicago Bears
Detroit Lions
Green Bay Packers
Minnesota Vikings
  Tampa Bay Buccaneers[C]
NFC North Division[D]
2000s
02[D] 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Chicago Bears
Detroit Lions
Green Bay Packers
Minnesota Vikings
  Team not in division   Division Won Super Bowl   Division Won NFC Championship   Division won NFL Championship, Lost Super Bowl
A The NFL Western Conference was divided into the Coastal and Central divisions. The Packers had won Super Bowl I in 1966 in the NFL Western Conference.
B Starting in the 1970 season, the division became the National Football Conference - Central Division (or NFC Central for short), after the AFL–NFL merger.
C Tampa Bay moved from the AFC West in 1977
D For the 2002 season, the league realigned to have 8 four team divisions. Division adopts current name. Tampa Bay moves to the NFC South.

Division champions

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Season Team Record Playoff Results
NFL Central (pre-merger)
1967 Green Bay Packers (1) 9–4–1 Won Conference playoffs (Rams) 28–7
Won NFL Championship (Cowboys) 21–17
Won Super Bowl II (vs. Raiders) 33–14
1968 Minnesota Vikings (1) 8–6 Lost Conference playoffs (at Colts) 14–24
1969 Minnesota Vikings (2) 12–2 Won Conference playoffs (Rams) 23–20
Won NFL Championship (Browns) 27–7
Lost Super Bowl IV (vs. Chiefs) 7–23
NFC Central (post merger)
1970 Minnesota Vikings (3) 12–2 Lost Divisional playoffs (49ers) 14–17
1971 Minnesota Vikings (4) 11–3 Lost Divisional playoffs (Cowboys) 12–20
1972 Green Bay Packers (2) 10–4 Lost Divisional playoffs (at Redskins) 3–16
1973 Minnesota Vikings (5) 12–2 Won Divisional playoffs (Redskins) 27–20
Won NFC Championship (at Cowboys) 27–10
Lost Super Bowl VIII (vs. Dolphins) 7–24
1974 Minnesota Vikings (6) 10–4 Won Divisional playoffs (Cardinals) 30–14
Won NFC Championship (Rams) 14–10
Lost Super Bowl IX (vs. Steelers) 6–16
1975 Minnesota Vikings (7) 12–2 Lost Divisional playoffs (Cowboys) 14–17
1976 Minnesota Vikings (8) 11–2–1 Won Divisional playoffs (Redskins) 35–20
Won NFC Championship (Rams) 24–13
Lost Super Bowl XI (vs. Raiders) 14–32
1977 Minnesota Vikings (9) 9–5 Won Divisional playoffs (at Rams) 14–7
Lost NFC Championship (at Cowboys) 6–23
1978 Minnesota Vikings (10) 8–7–1 Lost Divisional playoffs (at Rams) 10–34
1979 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1) 10–6 Won Divisional playoffs (Eagles) 24–17
Lost NFC Championship (Rams) 0–9
1980 Minnesota Vikings (11) 9–7 Lost Divisional playoffs (at Eagles) 16–31
1981 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2) 9–7 Lost Divisional playoffs (at Cowboys) 0–38
1982+ Green Bay Packers+ 5–3–1 Won First Round playoffs (Cardinals) 41–16
Lost Second Round playoffs (at Cowboys) 26–37
1983 Detroit Lions (1) 9–7 Lost Divisional playoffs (at 49ers) 23–24
1984 Chicago Bears (1) 10–6 Won Divisional playoffs (at Redskins) 23–19
Lost NFC Championship (at 49ers) 0–23
1985 Chicago Bears (2) 15–1 Won Divisional playoffs (Giants) 21–0
Won NFC Championship (Rams) 24–0
Won Super Bowl XX (vs. Patriots) 46–10
1986 Chicago Bears (3) 14–2 Lost Divisional playoffs (Redskins) 13–27
1987 Chicago Bears (4) 11–4 Lost Divisional playoffs (Redskins) 17–21
1988 Chicago Bears (5) 12–4 Won Divisional playoffs (Eagles) 20–12
Lost NFC Championship (49ers) 3–28
1989 Minnesota Vikings (12) 10–6 Lost Divisional playoffs (at 49ers) 13–41
1990 Chicago Bears (6) 11–5 Won Wild Card playoffs (Saints) 16–6
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Giants) 3–31
1991 Detroit Lions (2) 12–4 Won Divisional playoffs (Cowboys) 38–6
Lost NFC Championship (at Redskins) 10–41
1992 Minnesota Vikings (13) 11–5 Lost Wild Card playoffs (Redskins) 7–24
1993 Detroit Lions (3) 10–6 Lost Wild Card playoffs (Packers) 24–28
1994 Minnesota Vikings (14) 10–6 Lost Wild Card playoffs (Bears) 18–35
1995 Green Bay Packers (3) 11–5 Won Wild Card playoffs (Falcons) 37–20
Won Divisional playoffs (at 49ers) 27–17
Lost NFC Championship (at Cowboys) 47–38
1996 Green Bay Packers (4) 13–3 Won Divisional playoffs (49ers) 35–14
Won NFC Championship (Panthers) 30–13
Won Super Bowl XXXI (vs. Patriots) 35–21
1997 Green Bay Packers (5) 13–3 Won Divisional playoffs (Buccaneers) 21–7
Won NFC Championship (at 49ers) 23–10
Lost Super Bowl XXXII (vs. Broncos) 24–31
1998 Minnesota Vikings (15) 15–1 Won Divisional playoffs (Cardinals) 41–21
Lost NFC Championship (Falcons) 27–30 (OT)
1999 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3) 11–5 Won Divisional playoffs (Redskins) 14–13
Lost NFC Championship (at Rams) 6–11
2000 Minnesota Vikings (16) 11–5 Won Divisional playoffs (Saints) 34–16
Lost NFC Championship (at Giants) 0–41
2001 Chicago Bears (7) 13–3 Lost Divisional playoffs (Eagles) 19–33
NFC North
2002 Green Bay Packers (6) 12–4 Lost Wild Card playoffs (Falcons) 7–27
2003 Green Bay Packers (7) 10–6 Won Wild Card playoffs (Seahawks) 33–27 (OT)
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Eagles) 17–20 (OT)
2004 Green Bay Packers (8) 10–6 Lost Wild Card playoffs (Vikings) 17–31
2005 Chicago Bears (8) 11–5 Lost Divisional playoffs (Panthers) 21–29
2006 Chicago Bears (9) 13–3 Won Divisional playoffs (Seahawks) 27–24 (OT)
Won NFC Championship (Saints) 39–14
Lost Super Bowl XLI (vs. Colts) 17–29
2007 Green Bay Packers (9) 13–3 Won Divisional playoffs (Seahawks) 42–20
Lost NFC Championship (Giants) 20–23 (OT)
2008 Minnesota Vikings (17) 10–6 Lost Wild Card playoffs (Eagles) 14–26
2009 Minnesota Vikings (18) 12–4 Won Divisional playoffs (Cowboys) 34–3
Lost NFC Championship (at Saints) 28–31 (OT)
2010 Chicago Bears (10) 11–5 Won Divisional playoffs (Seahawks) 35–24
Lost NFC Championship (Packers) 14–21
2011 Green Bay Packers (10) 15–1 Lost Divisional playoffs (Giants) 20–37
2012 Green Bay Packers (11) 11–5 Won Wild Card playoffs (Vikings) 24–10
Lost Divisional playoffs (at 49ers) 31–45
2013 Green Bay Packers (12) 8–7–1 Lost Wild Card playoffs (49ers) 20–23
2014 Green Bay Packers (13) 12–4 Won Divisional playoffs (Cowboys) 26–21
Lost NFC Championship (at Seahawks) 22–28 (OT)
2015 Minnesota Vikings (19) 11–5 Lost Wild Card playoffs (Seahawks) 9–10
2016 Green Bay Packers (14) 10–6 Won Wild Card playoffs (Giants) 38–13
Won Divisional playoffs (at Cowboys) 34–31
Lost NFC Championship (at Falcons) 21–44
2017 Minnesota Vikings (20) 13–3 Won Divisional playoffs (Saints) 29–24
Lost NFC Championship (at Eagles) 7–38
2018 Chicago Bears (11) 12–4 Lost Wild Card playoffs (Eagles) 15–16
2019 Green Bay Packers (15) 13–3 Won Divisional playoffs (Seahawks) 28–23
Lost NFC Championship (at 49ers) 20–37
2020 Green Bay Packers (16) 13–3 Won Divisional playoffs (Rams) 32–18
Lost NFC Championship (Buccaneers) 26–31
2021 Green Bay Packers (17) 13–4 Lost Divisional playoffs (49ers) 10–13
2022 Minnesota Vikings (21) 13–4 Lost Wild Card playoffs (Giants) 24–31
2023 Detroit Lions (4) 12–5 Won Wild Card playoffs (Rams) 24–23
Won Divisional playoffs (Buccaneers) 31–23
Lost NFC Championship (at 49ers) 31–34

+ A players' strike in 1982 reduced the regular season to nine games, so the league used a special 16-team playoff tournament just for this year. Division standings were ignored; Green Bay had the best record of the division teams.

Wild Card qualifiers

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Season Team Record Playoff Results
NFC Central
1970 Detroit Lions 10–4 Lost Divisional playoffs (at Cowboys) 0–5
1977 Chicago Bears 9–5 Lost Divisional playoffs (at Cowboys) 7–37
1979 Chicago Bears 10–6 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Eagles) 17–27
1982+ Minnesota Vikings 5–4 Won First Round playoffs (Falcons) 30–24
Lost Second Round playoffs (at Redskins) 7–21
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5–4 Lost First Round playoffs (at Cowboys) 17–30
Detroit Lions 4–5 Lost First Round Playoffs (at Redskins) 7–31
1987 Minnesota Vikings 8–7 Won Wild Card playoffs (at Saints) 44–10
Won Divisional playoffs (at 49ers) 36–24
Lost NFC Championship (at Redskins) 10–17
1988 Minnesota Vikings 11–5 Won Wild Card playoffs (Rams) 28–17
Lost Divisional playoffs (at 49ers) 9–34
1991 Chicago Bears 11–5 Lost Wild Card playoffs (Cowboys) 13–17
1993 Minnesota Vikings 9–7 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Giants) 10–17
Green Bay Packers 9–7 Won Wild Card playoffs (at Lions) 28–24
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Cowboys) 17–27
1994 Green Bay Packers 9–7 Won Wild Card playoffs (Lions) 16–12
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Cowboys) 9–35
Detroit Lions 9–7 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Packers) 12–16
Chicago Bears 9–7 Won Wild Card playoffs (at Vikings) 35–18
Lost Divisional playoffs (at 49ers) 15–44
1995 Detroit Lions 10–6 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Eagles) 37–58
1996 Minnesota Vikings 9–7 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Cowboys) 15–40
1997 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10–6 Won Wild Card playoffs (Lions) 20–10
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Packers) 7–21
Detroit Lions 9–7 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Buccaneers) 10–20
Minnesota Vikings 9–7 Won Wild Card playoffs (at Giants) 23–22
Lost Divisional playoffs (at 49ers) 22–38
1998 Green Bay Packers 11–5 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at 49ers) 27–30
1999 Minnesota Vikings 10–6 Won Wild Card playoffs (Cowboys) 27–10
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Rams) 37–49
Detroit Lions 8–8 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Redskins) 13–27
2000 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10–6 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Eagles) 3–21
2001 Green Bay Packers 12–4 Won Wild Card playoffs (49ers) 25–15
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Rams) 17–45
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9–7 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Eagles) 9–31
NFC North
2004 Minnesota Vikings 8–8 Won Wild Card playoffs (at Packers) 31–17
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Eagles) 14–27
2009 Green Bay Packers 11–5 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Cardinals) 45–51 (OT)
2010 Green Bay Packers 10–6 Won Wild Card playoffs (at Eagles) 21–16
Won Divisional playoffs (at Falcons) 48–21
Won NFC Championship (at Bears) 21–14
Won Super Bowl XLV (vs. Steelers) 31–25
2011 Detroit Lions 10–6 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Saints) 28–45
2012 Minnesota Vikings 10–6 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Packers) 10–24
2014 Detroit Lions 11–5 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Cowboys) 20–24
2015 Green Bay Packers 10–6 Won Wild Card playoffs (at Redskins) 35–18
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Cardinals) 26–20 (OT)
2016 Detroit Lions 9–7 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Seahawks) 6–26
2019 Minnesota Vikings 10–6 Won Wild Card playoffs (at Saints) 26–20 (OT)
Lost Divisional playoffs (at 49ers) 10–27
2020 Chicago Bears 8–8 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Saints) 9–21
2023 Green Bay Packers 9–8 Won Wild Card playoffs (at Cowboys) 48–32
Lost Divisional playoffs (at 49ers) 21–24

+ A players' strike in 1982 reduced the regular season to nine games, so the league used a special 16-team playoff tournament just for this year.

Total playoff berths

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Total playoff berths as members of the NFC Central/North

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(1967–2023 seasons)

Team Division
Championships
Playoff
Berths
NFL League
Titles
Super Bowl
Appearances
Super Bowl
Wins
Minnesota Vikings 21 31 1 4 0
Green Bay Packers 17 26 13 5 4
Chicago Bears 11 16 9 2 1
Detroit Lions 4 13 4 0 0
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3 7 0 0 0

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(1)Does not include Green Bay's 1966 season Super Bowl I win

(2)Does not include Tampa Bay's 1976 season (AFC West) and 2002+ seasons (NFC South)

Total playoff berths in team history

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(1920–2023 seasons)

Team Division
Championships
Playoff
Berths
NFL League
Titles
(pre-merger)
Conference
Wins
Super Bowl
Wins
Total (1)
Championships
Chicago Bears 19 28 8 4 1 9
Green Bay Packers 21 36 11 9 4 13
Minnesota Vikings 22 32 1 4 0 0
Detroit Lions 4 19 4 4 0 4

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1 From 1966 to 1969, this means winning both the NFL Championship game AND the Super Bowl. Hence, the Vikings' NFL Championship victory in 1969 isn't counted. The Packers had 2 NFL titles during this time frame and also won Super Bowl I and II.

Season results

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(#) Denotes team that won the Super Bowl
(#) Denotes team that won the NFC Championship
(#) Denotes team that won the NFL Championship
(#) Denotes team that qualified for the NFL Playoffs
Season Team (record)
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
NFL Central (pre-merger)
1967 Green Bay (9–4–1) Chicago (7–6–1) Detroit (5–7–2) Minnesota (3–8–3)
1968 Minnesota (8–6) Chicago (7–7) Green Bay (6–7–1) Detroit (4–8–2)
1969 Minnesota (12–2) Detroit (9–4–1) Green Bay (8–6) Chicago (1–13)
NFC Central (post merger)
1970 Minnesota (12–2) Detroit (10–4) Green Bay (6–8) Chicago (6–8)
1971 Minnesota (11–3) Detroit (7–6–1) Chicago (6–8) Green Bay (4–8–2)
1972 Green Bay (10–4) Detroit (8–5–1) Minnesota (7–7) Chicago (4–9–1)
1973 Minnesota (12–2) Detroit (6–7–1) Green Bay (5–7–2) Chicago (3–11)
1974 Minnesota (10–4) Detroit (7–7) Green Bay (6–8) Chicago (4–10)
1975 (1) Minnesota (12–2) Detroit (7–7) Chicago (4–10) Green Bay (4–10)
1976 (1) Minnesota (11–2–1) Chicago (7–7) Detroit (6–8) Green Bay (5–9)
1977 (3) Minnesota (9–5) (4) Chicago (9–5) Detroit (6–8) Green Bay (4–10) Tampa Bay (2–12)
1978 (3) Minnesota (8–7–1) Green Bay (8–7–1) Detroit (7–9) Chicago (7–9) Tampa Bay (5–11)
1979 (2) Tampa Bay (10–6) (5) Chicago (10–6) Minnesota (7–9) Green Bay (5–11) Detroit (2–14)
1980 (3) Minnesota (9–7) Detroit (9–7) Chicago (7–9) Tampa Bay (5–10–1) Green Bay (5–10–1)
1981 (3) Tampa Bay (9–7) Detroit (8–8) Green Bay (8–8) Minnesota (7–9) Chicago (6–10)
1982^ (3) Green Bay (5–3–1) (4) Minnesota (5–4) (7) Tampa Bay (5–4) (8) Detroit (4–5) Chicago (3–6)
1983 (3) Detroit (9–7) Green Bay (8–8) Chicago (8–8) Minnesota (8–8) Tampa Bay (2–14)
1984 (3) Chicago (10–6) Green Bay (8–8) Tampa Bay (6–10) Detroit (4–11–1) Minnesota (3–13)
1985 (1) Chicago (15–1) Green Bay (8–8) Minnesota (7–9) Detroit (7–9) Tampa Bay (2–14)
1986 (2) Chicago (14–2) Minnesota (9–7) Detroit (5–11) Green Bay (4–12) Tampa Bay (2–14)
1987 (2) Chicago (11–4) (5) Minnesota (8–7) Green Bay (5–9–1) Tampa Bay (4–11) Detroit (4–11)
1988 (1) Chicago (12–4) (4) Minnesota (11–5) Tampa Bay (5–11) Detroit (4–12) Green Bay (4–12)
1989 (3) Minnesota (10–6) Green Bay (10–6) Detroit (7–9) Chicago (6–10) Tampa Bay (5–11)
1990 (3) Chicago (11–5) Tampa Bay (6–10) Detroit (6–10) Green Bay (6–10) Minnesota (6–10)
1991 (2) Detroit (12–4) (4) Chicago (11–5) Minnesota (8–8) Green Bay (4–12) Tampa Bay (3–13)
1992 (3) Minnesota (11–5) Green Bay (9–7) Tampa Bay (5–11) Chicago (5–11) Detroit (5–11)
1993 (3) Detroit (10–6) (5) Minnesota (9–7) (6) Green Bay (9–7) Chicago (7–9) Tampa Bay (5–11)
1994 (3) Minnesota (10–6) (4) Green Bay (9–7) (5) Detroit (9–7) (6) Chicago (9–7) Tampa Bay (6–10)
1995 (3) Green Bay (11–5) (5) Detroit (10–6) Chicago (9–7) Minnesota (8–8) Tampa Bay (7–9)
1996 (1) Green Bay (13–3) (6) Minnesota (9–7) Chicago (7–9) Tampa Bay (6–10) Detroit (5–11)
1997 (2) Green Bay (13–3) (4) Tampa Bay (10–6) (5) Detroit (9–7) (6) Minnesota (9–7) Chicago (4–12)
1998 (1) Minnesota (15–1) (5) Green Bay (11–5) Tampa Bay (8–8) Detroit (5–11) Chicago (4–12)
1999 (2) Tampa Bay (11–5) (4) Minnesota (10–6) (6) Detroit (8–8) Green Bay (8–8) Chicago (6–10)
2000 (2) Minnesota (11–5) (5) Tampa Bay (10–6) Green Bay (9–7) Detroit (9–7) Chicago (5–11)
2001 (2) Chicago (13–3) (4) Green Bay (12–4) (6) Tampa Bay (9–7) Minnesota (5–11) Detroit (2–14)
Season Team (record)
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
NFC North
2002 (3) Green Bay (12–4) Minnesota (6–10) Chicago (4–12) Detroit (3–13)
2003 (4) Green Bay (10–6) Minnesota (9–7) Chicago (7–9) Detroit (5–11)
2004 (3) Green Bay (10–6) (6) Minnesota (8–8) Detroit (6–10) Chicago (5–11)
2005 (2) Chicago (11–5) Minnesota (9–7) Detroit (5–11) Green Bay (4–12)
2006 (1) Chicago (13–3) Green Bay (8–8) Minnesota (6–10) Detroit (3–13)
2007 (2) Green Bay (13–3) Minnesota (8–8) Detroit (7–9) Chicago (7–9)
2008 (3) Minnesota (10–6) Chicago (9–7) Green Bay (6–10) Detroit (0–16)
2009 (2) Minnesota (12–4) (5) Green Bay (11–5) Chicago (7–9) Detroit (2–14)
2010 (2) Chicago (11–5) (6) Green Bay (10–6) Detroit (6–10) Minnesota (6–10)
2011 (1) Green Bay (15–1) (6) Detroit (10–6) Chicago (8–8) Minnesota (3–13)
2012 (3) Green Bay (11–5) (6) Minnesota (10–6) Chicago (10–6) Detroit (4–12)
2013 (4) Green Bay (8–7–1) Chicago (8–8) Detroit (7–9) Minnesota (5–10–1)
2014 (2) Green Bay (12–4) (6) Detroit (11–5) Minnesota (7–9) Chicago (5–11)
2015 (3) Minnesota (11–5) (5) Green Bay (10–6) Detroit (7–9) Chicago (6–10)
2016 (4) Green Bay (10–6) (6) Detroit (9–7) Minnesota (8–8) Chicago (3–13)
2017 (2) Minnesota (13–3) Detroit (9–7) Green Bay (7–9) Chicago (5–11)
2018 (3) Chicago (12–4) Minnesota (8–7–1) Green Bay (6–9–1) Detroit (6–10)
2019 (2) Green Bay (13–3) (6) Minnesota (10–6) Chicago (8–8) Detroit (3–12–1)
2020 (1) Green Bay (13–3) (7) Chicago (8–8) Minnesota (7–9) Detroit (5–11)
2021 (1) Green Bay (13–4) Minnesota (8–9) Chicago (6–11) Detroit (3–13–1)
2022 (3) Minnesota (13–4) Detroit (9–8) Green Bay (8–9) Chicago (3–14)
2023 (3) Detroit (12–5) (7) Green Bay (9–8) Minnesota (7–10) Chicago (7–10)

Schedule assignments

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Year Opponents
Interconf. Intraconf. 17th Opponent
2023 AFC West NFC South AFC North
(away)
2024 AFC South NFC West AFC East
(home)
2025 AFC North NFC East AFC West
(away)
2026 AFC East NFC South AFC South
(home)
2027 AFC West NFC West AFC North
(away)
2028 AFC South NFC East AFC East
(home)
2029 AFC North NFC South AFC West
(away)

See also

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Former member rivalries

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References

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  1. ^ Jenkins, Chris (December 28, 2008). "Lions make history as NFL's first 0-16 team". The Ledger. Associated Press. Retrieved May 16, 2024.