# List of Atlanta Falcons seasons

The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a member of the South Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The Falcons were founded on June 30, 1965, with the NFL awarding Atlanta a football team to prevent the franchise from joining the rival American Football League. NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle granted ownership of the team to businessman Rankin Smith, beginning play in the 1966 season as an expansion team. The name "Falcons" was suggested by high school teacher Julia Elliott through a 1965 contest. Smith remained as the owner of the Falcons until his death in 1997, with ownership of the team then transferring to his son Taylor. Taylor Smith reached a preliminary agreement with businessman Arthur Blank to purchase the team on December 6, 2001. The sale was finalized on February 2, 2002, following a unanimous vote by NFL owners. Since the team's inception, it has been based in Atlanta, playing their home games at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium since 2017. They previously played home games at the Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium (1966–1991) and the Georgia Dome (1992–2016). The Falcons began play in the Eastern Conference of the NFL, before moving to the Coastal division in the Western Conference. Following the 1970 NFL realignment, the team moved to the NFC West division. The team moved for the third and final time to the NFC South division following the 2002 NFL realignment.
Over their 58 seasons in the NFL, the Falcons have accumulated a record of 390 wins, 503 losses, and 6 ties, which is the fifth-worst all-time regular season record among active franchises in terms of win–loss percentage. They have also made the playoffs fourteen times and have the seventh-worst playoff record in terms of win-loss percentage with 10 wins and 14 losses. The Falcons appeared in two Super Bowl championships—Super Bowl XXXIII and Super Bowl LI—losing to the Denver Broncos and the New England Patriots, respectively. The Falcons have won the NFC Championship twice and a division title six times, winning the NFC West twice (1978 and 1998) and the NFC South four times (2004, 2010, 2012 and 2016). The team currently has seventeen winning seasons, four tied seasons, and thirty-six losing seasons.

## Seasons

Key :
| Super Bowl champions * | Conference champions # | Division champions † | Wild Card berth ^ |
Atlanta Falcons seasonal records :
| Season | Team | League | Conference | Division | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Postseason results | Awards | Head coach | Refs. |
| Season | Team | League | Conference | Division | Finish | W | L | T | Postseason results | Awards | Head coach | Refs. |
| 1966 | 1966 | NFL | Eastern | — | 7th | 3 | 11 | 0 | | Tommy Nobis (DROYTooltip National Football League Defensive Rookie of the Year Award) | Norb Hecker | |
| 1967 | 1967 | NFL | Western | Coastal | 4th | 1 | 12 | 1 | | | Norb Hecker | |
| 1968 | 1968 | NFL | Western | Coastal | 4th | 2 | 12 | 0 | | Claude Humphrey (DROYTooltip National Football League Defensive Rookie of the Year Award) | Norb Hecker (0–3) Norm Van Brocklin (2–9) | |
| 1969 | 1969 | NFL | Western | Coastal | 3rd | 6 | 8 | 0 | | | Norm Van Brocklin | |
| 1970 | 1970 | NFL | NFC | West | 3rd | 4 | 8 | 2 | | | Norm Van Brocklin | |
| 1971 | 1971 | NFL | NFC | West | 3rd | 7 | 6 | 1 | | | Norm Van Brocklin | |
| 1972 | 1972 | NFL | NFC | West | 2nd | 7 | 7 | 0 | | | Norm Van Brocklin | |
| 1973 | 1973 | NFL | NFC | West | 2nd | 9 | 5 | 0 | | | Norm Van Brocklin | |
| 1974 | 1974 | NFL | NFC | West | 4th | 3 | 11 | 0 | | | Norm Van Brocklin (2–6) Marion Campbell (1–5) | |
| 1975 | 1975 | NFL | NFC | West | 3rd | 4 | 10 | 0 | | | Marion Campbell | |
| 1976 | 1976 | NFL | NFC | West | 4th | 4 | 10 | 0 | | | Marion Campbell (1–4) Pat Peppler (3–6) | |
| 1977 | 1977 | NFL | NFC | West | 2nd | 7 | 7 | 0 | | | Leeman Bennett | |
| 1978 | 1978 | NFL | NFC | West | 2nd^ | 9 | 7 | 0 | Won Wild Card playoffs (Eagles) 14–13 Lost Divisional playoffs (at Cowboys) 20–27 | | Leeman Bennett | |
| 1979 | 1979 | NFL | NFC | West | 3rd | 6 | 10 | 0 | | | Leeman Bennett | |
| 1980 | 1980 | NFL | NFC | West† | 1st† | 12 | 4 | 0 | Lost Divisional playoffs (Cowboys) 27–30 | Buddy Curry (Co-DROYTooltip National Football League Defensive Rookie of the Year Award) Al Richardson (Co-DROYTooltip National Football League Defensive Rookie of the Year Award) | Leeman Bennett | |
| 1981 | 1981 | NFL | NFC | West | 2nd | 7 | 9 | 0 | | | Leeman Bennett | |
| 1982 | 1982 | NFL | NFC | — | 5th^ | 5 | 4 | 0 | Lost First Round playoffs (at Vikings) 24–30 | | Leeman Bennett | |
| 1983 | 1983 | NFL | NFC | West | 4th | 7 | 9 | 0 | | | Dan Henning | |
| 1984 | 1984 | NFL | NFC | West | 4th | 4 | 12 | 0 | | | Dan Henning | |
| 1985 | 1985 | NFL | NFC | West | 4th | 4 | 12 | 0 | | | Dan Henning | |
| 1986 | 1986 | NFL | NFC | West | 3rd | 7 | 8 | 1 | | | Dan Henning | |
| 1987 | 1987 | NFL | NFC | West | 4th | 3 | 12 | 0 | | | Marion Campbell | |
| 1988 | 1988 | NFL | NFC | West | 4th | 5 | 11 | 0 | | | Marion Campbell | |
| 1989 | 1989 | NFL | NFC | West | 4th | 3 | 13 | 0 | | | Marion Campbell (3–9) Jim Hanifan (0–4) | |
| 1990 | 1990 | NFL | NFC | West | 4th | 5 | 11 | 0 | | | Jerry Glanville | |
| 1991 | 1991 | NFL | NFC | West | 2nd^ | 10 | 6 | 0 | Won Wild Card playoffs (at Saints) 27–20 Lost Divisional playoffs (at Redskins) 7–24 | | Jerry Glanville | |
| 1992 | 1992 | NFL | NFC | West | 3rd | 6 | 10 | 0 | | | Jerry Glanville | |
| 1993 | 1993 | NFL | NFC | West | 3rd | 6 | 10 | 0 | | | Jerry Glanville | |
| 1994 | 1994 | NFL | NFC | West | 3rd | 7 | 9 | 0 | | | June Jones | |
| 1995 | 1995 | NFL | NFC | West | 2nd^ | 9 | 7 | 0 | Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Packers) 20–37 | | June Jones | |
| 1996 | 1996 | NFL | NFC | West | 4th | 3 | 13 | 0 | | | June Jones | |
| 1997 | 1997 | NFL | NFC | West | 3rd | 7 | 9 | 0 | | | Dan Reeves | |
| 1998 | 1998 | NFL | NFC# | West† | 1st† | 14 | 2 | 0 | Won Divisional playoffs (49ers) 20–18 Won NFC Championship (at Vikings) 30–27 (OT) Lost Super Bowl XXXIII (vs. Broncos) 19–34 | Dan Reeves (COYTooltip National Football League Coach of the Year Award) | Dan Reeves | |
| 1999 | 1999 | NFL | NFC | West | 3rd | 5 | 11 | 0 | | | Dan Reeves | |
| 2000 | 2000 | NFL | NFC | West | 5th | 4 | 12 | 0 | | | Dan Reeves | |
| 2001 | 2001 | NFL | NFC | West | 4th | 7 | 9 | 0 | | | Dan Reeves | |
| 2002 | 2002 | NFL | NFC | South | 2nd^ | 9 | 6 | 1 | Won Wild Card playoffs (at Packers) 27–7 Lost Divisional playoffs (at Eagles) 6–20 | | Dan Reeves | |
| 2003 | 2003 | NFL | NFC | South | 4th | 5 | 11 | 0 | | | Dan Reeves (3–10) Wade Phillips (2–1) | |
| 2004 | 2004 | NFL | NFC | South† | 1st† | 11 | 5 | 0 | Won Divisional playoffs (Rams) 47–17 Lost NFC Championship (at Eagles) 10–27 | | Jim L. Mora | |
| 2005 | 2005 | NFL | NFC | South | 3rd | 8 | 8 | 0 | | | Jim L. Mora | |
| 2006 | 2006 | NFL | NFC | South | 3rd | 7 | 9 | 0 | | | Jim L. Mora | |
| 2007 | 2007 | NFL | NFC | South | 4th | 4 | 12 | 0 | | | Bobby Petrino (3–10) Emmitt Thomas (1–2) | |
| 2008 | 2008 | NFL | NFC | South | 2nd^ | 11 | 5 | 0 | Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Cardinals) 24–30 | Matt Ryan (OROYTooltip National Football League Offensive Rookie of the Year Award) Mike Smith (COYTooltip National Football League Coach of the Year Award) | Mike Smith | |
| 2009 | 2009 | NFL | NFC | South | 2nd | 9 | 7 | 0 | | | Mike Smith | |
| 2010 | 2010 | NFL | NFC | South† | 1st† | 13 | 3 | 0 | Lost Divisional playoffs (Packers) 21–48 | | Mike Smith | |
| 2011 | 2011 | NFL | NFC | South | 2nd^ | 10 | 6 | 0 | Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Giants) 2–24 | | Mike Smith | |
| 2012 | 2012 | NFL | NFC | South† | 1st† | 13 | 3 | 0 | Won Divisional playoffs (Seahawks) 30–28 Lost NFC Championship (49ers) 24–28 | | Mike Smith | |
| 2013 | 2013 | NFL | NFC | South | 3rd | 4 | 12 | 0 | | | Mike Smith | |
| 2014 | 2014 | NFL | NFC | South | 3rd | 6 | 10 | 0 | | | Mike Smith | |
| 2015 | 2015 | NFL | NFC | South | 2nd | 8 | 8 | 0 | | | Dan Quinn | |
| 2016 | 2016 | NFL | NFC# | South† | 1st† | 11 | 5 | 0 | Won Divisional playoffs (Seahawks) 36–20 Won NFC Championship (Packers) 44–21 Lost Super Bowl LI (vs. Patriots) 28–34 (OT) | Matt Ryan (MVPTooltip National Football League Most Valuable Player Award), (OPOYTooltip National Football League Offensive Player of the Year Award) | Dan Quinn | |
| 2017 | 2017 | NFL | NFC | South | 3rd^ | 10 | 6 | 0 | Won Wild Card playoffs (at Rams) 26–13 Lost Divisional playoffs (at Eagles) 10–15 | | Dan Quinn | |
| 2018 | 2018 | NFL | NFC | South | 2nd | 7 | 9 | 0 | | | Dan Quinn | |
| 2019 | 2019 | NFL | NFC | South | 2nd | 7 | 9 | 0 | | | Dan Quinn | |
| 2020 | 2020 | NFL | NFC | South | 4th | 4 | 12 | 0 | | | Dan Quinn (0–5) Raheem Morris (4–7) | |
| 2021 | 2021 | NFL | NFC | South | 3rd | 7 | 10 | 0 | | | Arthur Smith | |
| 2022 | 2022 | NFL | NFC | South | 4th | 7 | 10 | 0 | | | Arthur Smith | |
| 2023 | 2023 | NFL | NFC | South | 3rd | 7 | 10 | 0 | | | Arthur Smith | |
| 2024 | 2024 | NFL | NFC | South | 2nd | 8 | 9 | 0 | | | Raheem Morris | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 398 | 512 | 6 | All-time regular season record (1966–2024) | All-time regular season record (1966–2024) | All-time regular season record (1966–2024) | All-time regular season record (1966–2024) |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 10 | 14 | — | All-time postseason record (1966–2024) | All-time postseason record (1966–2024) | All-time postseason record (1966–2024) | All-time postseason record (1966–2024) |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 408 | 526 | 6 | All-time regular & postseason record (1966–2024) | All-time regular & postseason record (1966–2024) | All-time regular & postseason record (1966–2024) | All-time regular & postseason record (1966–2024) |