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 
Current Chicago Bears roster (21 January 2022)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 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 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

Notes

References

Other websites
Official Website


Category:1919 establishments in the United States
Category:1910s establishments in Illinois