One NFL team has yet to win in 2026: the Los Angeles Chargers, 0-6 through Week 7, which ended on Monday, October 26 (ESPN). The Miami Dolphins dropped off the list with a 28-25 win at the New York Jets on October 25. No team has gone a season without a win since the 2017 Cleveland Browns, who went 0-16.
ESPN’s NFL futures board, read October 30, has no market on a team going winless in 2026, so this page names no price. It follows the winless teams week by week and keeps the history as the record.
The last winless team and its next game
On September 25 this page listed seven teams at 0-2. Six of them have won since, and the Chargers are left. They had a bye in Week 7.
| Team | Record | Next game |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Chargers | 0-6 | At the Los Angeles Rams, Sunday, November 1, 4:05 p.m. ET |
Three teams have one win each: the Tennessee Titans at 1-6, the Dolphins at 1-5 and the Washington Commanders at 1-4-1. Every Week 8 game is on the NFL Week 8 page.
How rare a winless season is
The Detroit Lions went 0-16 in 2008 and the Cleveland Browns went 0-16 in 2017. In the eight seasons since, every team has won at least once, and the closest was the 2020 Jacksonville Jaguars at 1-15. The regular season is now 17 games, so a winless team would have to lose one more game than the Lions or the Browns did.
An 0-6 start is a long way from 0-17. The Chargers still have 11 games to play.
What this page called in 2024
The 2024 version of this page made two calls on the Carolina Panthers, quoted as published:
| Bet | Result |
|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers to go winless (+2500) | Lost: Carolina’s first win came in Week 3, on September 22, 2024, and it finished 5-12 |
| Carolina Panthers to be the last team to win (+800) | Lost: the Jacksonville Jaguars were last, with their first win in Week 5 on October 6, 2024 |
A +2500 price implied 3.8% and +800 implied 11.1%. The Tennessee Titans and Cincinnati Bengals were the other late starters in 2024, both winning for the first time in Week 4.
How a winless market is priced
When a book posts a winless market, it is a long-odds yes-or-no bet on each team. A price of +2500 implies 3.8%, and +5000 implies 2.0%. Between 2018 and 2025 no team went winless, so a bet on one needs a team that loses all 17 games, from September to January.
Markets on the last team to win, or on a team’s win total, are the more practical way to bet a bad start. They settle sooner and give a winless team more ways to cash. Every game we have called is on the NFL predictions hub.
Records and next games: ESPN’s NFL scoreboards for Weeks 1 to 8 of 2026, final games only, read October 30, 2026 at 00:57 UTC, and checked against ESPN’s standings. Futures: ESPN’s 2026 NFL futures board, read the same day.