Chicago Bears

The **Chicago Bears** are a professional American football team in the National Football League based in Chicago, Illinois. The team is owned by George McCaskey, replacing her mother Virginia Halas McCaskey in 2025. and the general manager is Ryan Pace. The team's current head coach is Ben Johnson since 2025. The team has won nine NFL Championships, with the last being in 1985 (Super Bowl XX). The team is known for their rivalry against the Green Bay Packers.

## History

The Bears were founded in Decatur, Illinois, by George Halas, in 1919. They were first called the Decatur Staleys, after the A.E. Staley Starch Company which owned the team for its first two seasons. The team has won nine NFL Championships, with the last being in 1985 (Super Bowl XX). They also played in Super Bowl XLI in 2006 against the Indianapolis Colts, but they lost 29-17 to Peyton Manning and the Colts.

The Bears play their home games at Soldier Field. They played there from 1974 to 2001 and then 2003-present (Soldier Field was being made new in 2002). The Bears had played at Wrigley Field from 1921 to 1970. Wrigley Field is the home of the Chicago Cubs baseball team, and the Bears were named after the Cubs.

The Bears have retired 14 uniform numbers, more than any NFL team.

Since 2006, the Bears have struggled to find success, going fifteen years in between playoff wins from 2011 to 2026. During that time, the Bears have had 23 different starting quarterbacks and six different head coaches. In September 2025, a sale of a minority stake in the team valued the Bears at $8.9 billion.

## Players

|colspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|**Current Chicago Bears roster** (21 January 2022)|||||||||
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|valign="top"|**Quarterbacks** * 1 Caleb Williams * 9 Nick Foles **Running Backs** * 29 Tarik Cohen * 24 Khalil Herbert * 32 David Montgomery * 35 Ryan Nall * 8 Damien Williams **Wide Receivers** * 15 Rome Odunze * 84 Marquise Goodwin * 11 Darnell Mooney * 83 Dazz Newsome * 12 Allen Robinson **Tight Ends** * 80 Jimmy Graham * 81 J.P. Holtz * 18 Jesse James * 8|width="25"||valign="top"|**Offensive Linemen** * 64 Alex Bars G * 75 Larry Borom T * 68 James Daniels G * 74 Germain Ifedi T * 76 Teven Jenkins T * 67 Sam Mustipher C * 71 Jason Peters T * 73 Lachavious Simmons T * 65 Cody Whitehair G **Defensive Linemen** * 90 Angelo Blackson DE * 97 Mario Edwards Jr. DE * 94 Eddie Goldman NT * 96 Akiem Hicks DE * 93 Margus Hunt DE * 98 Bilal Nichols DE * 95 Khyiris Tonga NT|width="25"||valign="top"|**Linebackers** * 50 Jeremiah Attaochu OLB * 99 Trevis Gipson OLB * 55 Bruce Irvin OLB * 45 Joel Iyiegbuniwe ILB * 92 Caleb Johnson ILB * 57 Christian Jones ILB * 46 Sam Kamara OLB * 52 Khalil Mack OLB * 44 Alec Ogletree ILB * 94 Robert Quinn OLB * 58 Roquan Smith ILB * 6 Danny Trevathan ILB **Defensive Backs** * 25 Artie Burns CB * 26 Deon Bush SS * 23 Marqui Christian FS * 38 Tashaun Gipson SS * 27 Thomas Graham Jr. CB * 4 Eddie Jackson FS * 33 Jaylon Johnson CB * 20 Duke Shelley CB * 22 Kindle Vildor CB **Special Teams** * 16 Pat O'Donnell P * 2 Cairon Santos K|

## Other websites

- Official Website

## Infobox (nfl team)

- **name**: Chicago Bears
- **current**: 2025 Chicago Bears season
- **logo**: Chicago Bears logo.svg
- **wordmark**: Chicago Bears wordmark.svg
- **first season**: 1920 Decatur Staleys season, 1920
- **city**: Soldier Field
Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
- **headquartered**: Halas Hall
Lake Forest, Illinois
- **colors**: Navy blue, orange, white

- **uniform**: Chicago Bears Uniforms 2025.png
- **coach**: Ben Johnson (American football coach), Ben Johnson
- **owner**: George McCaskey
- **chairman**: George McCaskey
- **ceo**: Kevin Warren
- **president**: Kevin Warren
- **general manager**: Ryan Poles
- **mascot**: Staley Da Bear
- **song**: "Bear Down, Chicago Bears"
- **nicknames**: * Bill Swerski's Superfans, Da Bears
* Monsters of the Midway, The Monsters of the Midway
- **hist yr**: 1922
- **hist misc**: * Decatur Staleys (1920)
* Chicago Staleys (1921)
- **nfl start yr**: 1920
- **division hist**: * Western Division (1933–1949)
* National Conference (1950–1952)
* Western Conference (1953–1969)
** NFC North, Central Division (1967–1969)
* **National Football Conference (1970–present)**
** NFC North, NFC Central (1970–2001)
** **NFC North (2002–present)**
- **no league champs**: 9
- **no sb champs**: 1
- **no conf champs**: 4
- **no div champs**: 20
- **league champs**: * **List of NFL champions (1920–1969), NFL championships (pre-1970 AFL–NFL merger) (8)**
1921 Chicago Staleys season, 1921, 1932 Chicago Bears season, 1932, 1933 Chicago Bears season, 1933, 1940 Chicago Bears season, 1940, 1941 Chicago Bears season, 1941, 1943 Chicago Bears season, 1943, 1946 Chicago Bears season, 1946, 1963 Chicago Bears season, 1963
- **sb champs**: 1985 Chicago Bears season, 1985 (Super Bowl XX, XX)
- **conf champs**: * **NFL Western:** 1956 Chicago Bears season, 1956, 1963 Chicago Bears season, 1963
* **NFC Championship Game, NFC:** 1985 Chicago Bears season, 1985, 2006 Chicago Bears season, 2006
- **div champs**: * **NFL Western:** 1933 Chicago Bears season, 1933, 1934 Chicago Bears season, 1934, 1937 Chicago Bears season, 1937, 1940 Chicago Bears season, 1940, 1941 Chicago Bears season, 1941, 1942 Chicago Bears season, 1942, 1943 Chicago Bears season, 1943, 1946 Chicago Bears season, 1946
* **NFC Central:** 1984 Chicago Bears season, 1984, 1985 Chicago Bears season, 1985, 1986 Chicago Bears season, 1986, 1987 Chicago Bears season, 1987, 1988 Chicago Bears season, 1988, 1990 Chicago Bears season, 1990, 2001 Chicago Bears season, 2001
* **NFC North:** 2005 Chicago Bears season, 2005, 2006 Chicago Bears season, 2006, 2010 Chicago Bears season, 2010, 2018 Chicago Bears season, 2018, 2025 Chicago Bears season, 2025
- **stadium years**: * Staley Field (1919 Decatur Staleys season, 1919–)
* Wrigley Field ()
* **Soldier Field (, –present)**

**1970 Chicago Bears season, 1970 due to renovations to Wrigley Field:**
* Dyche Stadium (one game)
**2002 Chicago Bears season, 2002 due to renovations to Soldier Field:**
* Memorial Stadium (University of Illinois), Memorial Stadium
- **team presidents**: * George Halas (1921–1963)
* George Halas Jr. (1963–1979)
* Michael McCaskey (1983–1999)
* Ted Phillips (1999–2022)
* **Kevin Warren (2023–present)**
- **playoff appearances**: * **NFL:** 1932 NFL Playoff Game, 1932, 1933 NFL Championship Game, 1933, 1934 NFL Championship Game, 1934, 1937 NFL Championship Game, 1937, 1940 NFL Championship Game, 1940, 1941 NFL Championship Game, 1941, 1942 NFL Championship Game, 1942, 1943 NFL Championship Game, 1943, 1946 NFL Championship Game, 1946, 1950 NFL playoffs, 1950, 1956 NFL Championship Game, 1956, 1963 NFL Championship Game, 1963, 1977–78 NFL playoffs, 1977, 1979–80 NFL playoffs, 1979, 1984–85 NFL playoffs, 1984, 1985–86 NFL playoffs, 1985, 1986–87 NFL playoffs, 1986, 1987–88 NFL playoffs, 1987, 1988–89 NFL playoffs, 1988, 1990–91 NFL playoffs, 1990, 1991–92 NFL playoffs, 1991, 1994–95 NFL playoffs, 1994, 2001–02 NFL playoffs, 2001, 2005–06 NFL playoffs, 2005, 2006–07 NFL playoffs, 2006, 2010–11 NFL playoffs, 2010, 2018–19 NFL playoffs, 2018, 2020-21 NFL playoffs, 2020, 2025–26 NFL playoffs, 2025
* see **List of NFL playoff games#Chicago Bears, Playoff opponents**
- **no playoff appearances**: 29
- **team owners**: * A. E. Staley (1920–1921)
* George Halas and Edward Sternaman (1921–1931)
* George Halas (1931–1983)
* Virginia Halas McCaskey (1983–2025)
* **George McCaskey (2025–present)**