Chicago Bears Franchise Encyclopedia

Team Names: Decatur Staleys, Chicago Staleys, Chicago Bears

Seasons: 106 (1920 to 2025)

Record (W-L-T): 803-649-42

Playoff Record: 17-20

Super Bowls Won: 1 (2 Appearances)

Championships Won*: 9

All-time Passing Leader: Jay Cutler 2,020/3,271, 23,443 yds, 154 TD

All-time Rushing Leader: Walter Payton 3,838 att, 16,726 yds, 110 TD

All-time Receiving Leader: Johnny Morris 356 rec, 5,059 yds, 31 TD

All-time Scoring Leader: Robbie Gould 1,207 points

All-time AV Leader: Walter Payton 167 AV

Winningest Coach: George Halas 318-148-31

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Team Records, Leaders, and League Ranks

* indicate playoff appearances

Team Records, Leaders, and League Ranks Table
								Points				Top Players				Off Rank		Def Rank		Overall Rank				Simple Rating System
Year	Lg	Tm	W	L	T	Div. Finish	Playoffs	PF	PA	PD	Coaches	AV	Passer	Rusher	Receiver	Pts	Yds	Pts	Yds	T/G	Pts±	Yds±	out of	MoV	SoS	SRS	OSRS	DSRS
2025	NFL	Chicago Bears	5	3	0	2nd of 4		215	227	-12	Johnson		Williams	Swift	Odunze	6	4	29	26	1	19	14	32	-1.5	-3.0	-4.5	0.4	-4.8
	310	370	-60	Eberflus,Brown	Williams	Williams	Swift	Moore	28	32	13	27	9	22	30	32	-3.5	1.2	-2.3	-4.8	2.4
	360	379	-19	Eberflus	Moore	Fields	Fields	Moore	18	20	20	12	11	19	15	32	-1.1	-0.9	-2.0	-1.2	-0.9
	326	463	-137	Eberflus	Fields	Fields	Fields	Kmet	23	28	32	29	20	31	31	32	-8.1	1.6	-6.4	-2.5	-4.0
	311	407	-96	Nagy	Smith	Fields	Montgomery	Mooney	27	24	22	6	29	24	20	32	-5.6	0.5	-5.2	-4.9	-0.3
Lost WC	372	370	2	Nagy	Smith	Trubisky	Montgomery	Robinson	22	26	14	11	23	15	20	32	0.1	0.1	0.2	-2.2	2.4
	280	298	-18	Nagy	Mack	Trubisky	Montgomery	Robinson	29	29	4	8	15	19	21	32	-1.1	0.2	-0.9	-5.4	4.5
Lost WC	421	283	138	Nagy	Mack	Trubisky	Howard	Robinson	9	21	1	3	3	4	5	32	8.6	-2.3	6.3	1.5	4.8
	264	320	-56	Fox	Hicks	Trubisky	Howard	Wright	29	30	9	10	15	20	26	32	-3.5	2.2	-1.3	-4.6	3.3
	279	399	-120	Fox	Howard	Barkley	Howard	Meredith	28	15	24	15	31	28	12	32	-7.5	0.0	-7.5	-5.2	-2.3
	335	397	-62	Fox	Cutler	Cutler	Forte	Jeffery	23	21	20	14	19	21	16	32	-3.9	2.6	-1.3	-0.1	-1.2
	319	442	-123	Trestman	Forte	Cutler	Forte	Jeffery	23	21	31	30	22	27	28	32	-7.7	1.0	-6.7	-2.0	-4.7
	445	478	-33	Trestman	Forte	Cutler	Forte	Jeffery	2	8	30	30	11	21	19	32	-2.1	-2.1	-4.1	3.0	-7.1
	375	277	98	Smith	Tillman	Cutler	Forte	Marshall	16	28	3	5	2	6	16	32	6.1	0.8	6.9	1.0	6.0
	353	341	12	Smith	Peppers	Cutler	Forte	Knox	17	24	14	17	11	16	26	32	0.8	0.9	1.7	-1.5	3.1
Lost Conf	334	286	48	Smith	Peppers	Cutler	Forte	Knox	21	30	4	9	11	10	22	32	3.0	1.1	4.1	-0.6	4.7
	327	375	-48	Smith	Cutler	Cutler	Forte	Hester	19	23	21	17	23	21	23	32	-3.0	-0.9	-3.9	-1.9	-2.0
	375	350	25	Smith	Briggs	Orton	Forte	Hester	14	26	16	21	8	17	25	32	1.6	0.5	2.1	1.1	1.0
	334	348	-14	Smith	Urlacher	Griese	Benson	Berrian	18	27	16	28	17	20	30	32	-0.9	2.1	1.2	-0.2	1.4
Lost SB	427	255	172	Smith	Urlacher	Grossman	Jones	Muhammad	2	15	3	5	4	2	10	32	10.8	-2.9	7.9	4.9	3.0
Lost Div	260	202	58	Smith	Briggs	Orton	Jones	Muhammad	26	29	1	2	11	12	25	32	3.6	-2.2	1.4	-5.2	6.6
	231	331	-100	Smith	Briggs	Hutchinson	Jones	Terrell	32	32	13	21	23	28	32	32	-6.3	-2.0	-8.2	-8.5	0.3
	283	346	-63	Jauron	Azumah	Stewart	Thomas	Booker	23	28	22	14	27	23	26	32	-3.9	0.4	-3.5	-4.2	0.7
	281	379	-98	Jauron	Urlacher	Miller	Thomas	Booker	27	29	25	25	23	27	29	32	-6.1	0.9	-5.3	-4.4	-0.9
Lost Div	338	203	135	Jauron	Urlacher	Miller	Thomas	Booker	11	26	1	15	4	3	21	31	8.4	-0.5	7.9	0.9	7.1
	216	355	-139	Jauron	Urlacher	McNown	Allen	Robinson	28	23	20	16	23	26	23	31	-8.7	2.4	-6.3	-6.4	0.1
	272	341	-69	Jauron	Robinson	Matthews	Enis	Robinson	25	8	20	29	17	24	20	31	-4.3	2.3	-2.0	-3.0	1.0
	276	368	-92	Wannstedt	Engram	Kramer	Bennett	Engram	25	21	23	14	22	24	18	30	-5.8	2.0	-3.7	-3.4	-0.3
	263	421	-158	Wannstedt	Minter	Kramer	Harris	Proehl	28	17	29	12	26	29	11	30	-9.9	1.4	-8.5	-3.1	-5.3
	283	305	-22	Wannstedt	Conway	Krieg	Harris	Conway	26	21	12	12	14	19	14	30	-1.4	1.1	-0.2	-1.4	1.2
								Points				Top Players				Off Rank		Def Rank		Overall Rank				Simple Rating System
Year	Lg	Tm	W	L	T	Div. Finish	Playoffs	PF	PA	PD	Coaches	AV	Passer	Rusher	Receiver	Pts	Yds	Pts	Yds	T/G	Pts±	Yds±	out of	MoV	SoS	SRS	OSRS	DSRS
	392	360	32	Wannstedt	Kramer	Kramer	Salaam	Graham	8	9	22	19	9	9	12	30	2.0	0.3	2.3	3.1	-0.8
Lost Div	271	307	-36	Wannstedt	Zorich	Walsh	Tillman	Graham	24	23	10	13	20	18	15	28	-2.3	0.3	-1.9	-3.2	1.3
	234	230	4	Wannstedt	Woolford	Harbaugh	Anderson	Waddle	24	28	3	4	14	14	26	28	0.3	-0.5	-0.2	-4.6	4.3
	295	361	-66	Ditka	Harbaugh	Harbaugh	Anderson	Davis	16	8	22	17	19	18	13	28	-4.1	0.6	-3.5	-0.2	-3.3
Lost WC	299	269	30	Ditka	Singletary	Harbaugh	Anderson	Davis	14	11	9	4	19	11	7	28	1.9	-1.0	0.8	-1.2	2.0
Lost Div	348	280	68	Ditka	Dent	Harbaugh	Anderson	Davis	10	13	9	6	3	10	9	28	4.3	-0.8	3.4	0.1	3.3
	358	377	-19	Ditka	Hilgenberg	Tomczak	Anderson	Morris	10	10	20	25	19	16	19	28	-1.2	1.2	0.0	1.8	-1.8
Lost Conf	312	215	97	Ditka	Singletary	McMahon	Anderson	McKinnon	18	11	1	2	12	4	3	28	6.1	0.5	6.6	0.0	6.6
Lost Div	356	282	74	Ditka	McMichael	McMahon	Anderson	Gault	9	12	4	2	27	6	4	28	4.9	-1.1	3.8	1.5	2.3
Lost Div	352	187	165	Ditka	Marshall	Tomczak	Payton	Gault	13	7	1	1	14	1	1	28	10.3	-2.7	7.6	-0.1	7.7
Won SB	456	198	258	Ditka	Dent	McMahon	Payton	Gault	2	7	1	1	1	1	1	28	16.1	-0.2	15.9	6.5	9.4
Lost Conf	325	248	77	Ditka	Hampton	McMahon	Payton	Gault	16	7	3	1	10	9	1	28	4.8	-0.1	4.7	-1.7	6.4
	311	301	10	Ditka	Singletary	McMahon	Payton	Gault	20	6	5	8	12	12	5	28	0.6	-1.7	-1.1	-2.5	1.5
	141	174	-33	Ditka	Hampton	McMahon	Payton	Moorehead	22	26	13	16	13	22	25	28	-3.7	-1.7	-5.4	-4.2	-1.2
	253	324	-71	Armstrong	Fencik	Evans	Payton	Margerum	27	26	14	19	15	23	25	28	-4.4	1.6	-2.9	-4.4	1.5
	304	264	40	Armstrong	Payton	Evans	Payton	Scott	17	24	4	10	21	12	15	28	2.5	-1.1	1.4	-1.2	2.6
Lost WC	306	249	57	Armstrong	Payton	Phipps	Payton	Baschnagel	18	24	3	6	4	6	11	28	3.6	-3.6	0.0	-2.2	2.1
	253	274	-21	Armstrong	Payton	Avellini	Payton	Scott	20	22	9	12	17	19	18	28	-1.3	-1.1	-2.4	-2.7	0.3
Lost Div	255	253	2	Pardee	Payton	Avellini	Payton	Scott	13	3	19	22	15	16	8	28	0.1	-3.7	-3.6	0.0	-3.6
	253	216	37	Pardee	Payton	Avellini	Payton	Scott	17	20	8	17	1	14	17	28	2.6	1.9	4.6	0.3	4.2
	191	379	-188	Pardee	Chambers	Huff	Payton	Rather	24	24	25	17	21	25	23	26	-13.4	1.9	-11.5	-4.9	-6.6
	152	279	-127	Gibron	Chambers	Huff	Grandberry	Wade	25	25	17	9	19	24	19	26	-9.1	-1.2	-10.3	-7.4	-2.9
	195	334	-139	Gibron	Chambers	Douglass	Garrett	Thomas	24	26	20	17	22	23	23	26	-9.9	1.1	-8.8	-4.4	-4.5
	225	275	-50	Gibron	Douglass	Douglass	Douglass	Farmer	21	23	15	13	12	19	20	26	-3.6	2.2	-1.3	-2.8	1.5
	185	276	-91	Dooley	Butkus	Douglass	Shy	Farmer	25	24	12	23	16	24	25	26	-6.5	3.1	-3.4	-4.4	1.1
	256	261	-5	Dooley	Gordon	Concannon	Montgomery	Gordon	16	25	10	18	18	15	24	26	-0.4	2.6	2.2	0.4	1.8
	210	339	-129	Dooley	Butkus	Concannon	Sayers	Wallace	16	15	12	5	14	15	11	16	-9.2	3.4	-5.9	-3.2	-2.6
	250	333	-83	Dooley	Butkus	Carter	Sayers	Gordon	10	9	12	11	12	12	11	16	-5.9	0.9	-5.0	-1.1	-3.9
	239	218	21	Halas	Petitbon	Concannon	Sayers	Gordon	13	15	4	2	3	6	10	16	1.5	1.5	3.0	-3.6	6.6
	234	272	-38	Halas	Sayers	Bukich	Sayers	Jones	13	12	7	6	6	12	9	15	-2.7	2.5	-0.3	-2.6	2.3
								Points				Top Players				Off Rank		Def Rank		Overall Rank				Simple Rating System
Year	Lg	Tm	W	L	T	Div. Finish	Playoffs	PF	PA	PD	Coaches	AV	Passer	Rusher	Receiver	Pts	Yds	Pts	Yds	T/G	Pts±	Yds±	out of	MoV	SoS	SRS	OSRS	DSRS
	409	275	134	Halas	Sayers	Bukich	Sayers	Morris	2	3	2	8	2	1	2	14	9.6	5.0	14.6	8.6	5.9
	260	379	-119	Halas	Morris	Wade	Arnett	Morris	10	8	13	13	7	13	13	14	-8.5	3.9	-4.6	-0.8	-3.8
Won Champ	301	144	157	Halas	Atkins	Wade	Marconi	Ditka	10	10	1	1	1	3	3	14	11.2	-1.8	9.4	-1.5	10.9
	321	287	34	Halas	Petitbon	Wade	Marconi	Ditka	4	6	5	5	5	4	5	14	2.4	3.6	6.1	2.7	3.4
	326	302	24	Halas	George	Wade	Galimore	Ditka	5	6	9	9	8	6	9	14	1.7	2.5	4.3	2.8	1.5
	194	299	-105	Halas	George	Brown	Casares	Dewveall	11	8	11	2	12	11	5	13	-8.8	0.8	-8.0	-4.9	-3.0
	252	196	56	Halas		Brown	Casares	Dooley	7	8	2	5	4	3	8	12	4.7	0.8	5.4	-0.8	6.2
	298	230	68	Halas		Brown	Casares	McColl	4	9	4	1	7	3	4	12	5.7	0.2	5.9	1.1	4.8
	203	211	-8	Driscoll		Brown	Casares	Dooley	9	8	3	3	12	8	6	12	-0.7	0.1	-0.6	-4.9	4.3
Lost Champ	363	246	117	Driscoll		Brown	Casares	Hill	1	1	7	8	2	1	1	12	9.8	0.3	10.0	8.8	1.3
	294	251	43	Halas		Brown	Casares	Hill	2	1	7	12	9	3	4	12	3.6	-3.6	0.0	2.3	-2.3
	301	279	22	Halas		Blanda	Jagade	Hill	5	4	8	7	9	7	7	12	1.8	2.9	4.7	5.2	-0.5
	218	262	-44	Halas		Blanda	Morrison	Dooley	6	6	7	11	12	7	8	12	-3.7	-0.9	-4.6	-4.5	0.0
	245	326	-81	Halas		Romanik	Morrison	Schroeder	8	9	11	10	10	11	10	12	-6.8	0.0	-6.8	-1.3	-5.5
	286	282	4	Halas		Lujack	Dottley	Schroeder	4	2	8	9	3	6	5	12	0.3	-1.5	-1.2	-0.2	-0.9
Lost Div	279	207	72	Halas		Lujack	Gulyanics	Keane	5	3	5	5	10	5	4	13	6.0	-3.7	2.3	-4.5	6.8
	332	218	114	Halas		Lujack	Gulyanics	Keane	4	1	3	2	7	3	2	10	9.5	0.3	9.8	5.2	4.6
	375	151	224	Halas		Luckman	Gulyanics	Keane	3	5	1	1	3	1	2	10	18.7	-1.3	17.3	6.5	10.9
	363	241	122	Halas		Luckman	Osmanski	Keane	1	1	4	6	10	1	1	10	10.2	1.5	11.6	9.6	2.1
Won Champ	289	193	96	Halas		Luckman	Gallarneau	McLean	1	2	5	3	2	1	1	10	8.7	-0.9	7.8	6.5	1.3
	192	235	-43	Johnsos,Anderson		Luckman	Margarita	Kavanaugh	6	3	10	5	7	7	4	10	-4.3	1.4	-2.9	2.0	-4.9
	258	172	86	Johnsos,Anderson		Luckman	Margarita	McLean	2	1	6	2	6	4	1	11	8.6	-1.6	7.0	5.8	1.2
Won Champ	303	157	146	Johnsos,Anderson		Luckman	Clarke	Clarke	1	1	2	2	4	1	1	10	14.6	-1.7	12.9	10.5	2.4
Lost Champ	376	84	292	Johnsos,Anderson,Halas		Luckman	Famiglietti	McLean	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	10	26.5	-5.2	21.4	16.0	5.3
Won Champ	396	147	249	Halas		Luckman	McAfee	Kavanaugh	1	1	4	4	2	1	1	10	22.6	-2.4	20.3	19.6	0.7
Won Champ	238	152	86	Halas		Luckman	Nolting	Kavanaugh	2	3	4	5	1	2	2	10	7.8	1.2	9.0	6.8	2.2
	298	157	141	Halas		Masterson	Osmanski	Plasman	1	1	5	3	2	2	1	10	12.8	-0.6	12.2	12.3	0.0
	194	148	46	Halas		Masterson	Nolting	Karr	2	3	4	2	3	3	2	10	4.2	-0.1	4.1	3.9	0.1
Lost Champ	201	100	101	Halas		Masterson	Nolting	Manske	2	4	1	5	2	1	4	10	9.2	0.6	9.7	5.6	4.1
	222	94	128	Halas		Masterson	Nagurski	Hewitt	3	2	1	8	1	3	4	9	10.7	0.4	11.0	6.6	4.4
								Points				Top Players				Off Rank		Def Rank		Overall Rank				Simple Rating System
Year	Lg	Tm	W	L	T	Div. Finish	Playoffs	PF	PA	PD	Coaches	AV	Passer	Rusher	Receiver	Pts	Yds	Pts	Yds	T/G	Pts±	Yds±	out of	MoV	SoS	SRS	OSRS	DSRS
	192	106	86	Halas		Masterson	Ronzani	Johnsos	1	1	4	6	1	1	1	9	7.2	1.1	8.3	5.8	2.5
Lost Champ	286	86	200	Halas		Molesworth	Feathers	Feathers	1	1	2	3	4	1	1	11	15.4	-1.0	14.3	10.9	3.4
Won Champ	133	82	51	Halas		Molesworth	Nagurski	Hewitt	4	3	2	3	5	3	3	10	3.9	3.0	6.9	1.9	5.0
Won Champ	160	44	116	Jones		Molesworth	Nagurski	Johnsos	1	3	1	1	2	1	3	8	8.3	-0.5	7.8	2.7	5.1
	145	92	53	Jones					4	1	3	1	1	3	1	10	4.1	1.6	5.6	1.1	4.5
	169	71	98	Jones					5	1	2	1	1	4	1	11	7.0	0.8	7.8	0.9	6.9
	119	227	-108	Halas					7	1	9	1	1	9	1	12	-7.2	1.8	-5.4	-1.5	-3.9
	182	85	97	Halas					2	1	3	1	1	3	1	10	7.5	-4.3	3.1	2.1	1.1
	149	98	51	Halas					4	1	4	1	1	4	1	12	3.6	-1.0	2.7	1.3	1.4
	216	63	153	Halas					2	1	4	1	1	2	1	22	9.6	-1.4	8.1	5.4	2.8
	158	96	62	Halas					7	1	6	1	1	6	1	20	3.6	-0.5	3.2	0.8	2.4
	136	55	81	Halas					3	1	5	1	1	3	1	18	7.4	0.1	7.5	2.7	4.8
	123	35	88	Halas					5	1	2	1	1	4	1	20	7.3	-2.2	5.1	0.5	4.6
	123	44	79	Halas					6	1	2	1	1	3	1	18	6.6	-0.4	6.1	0.0	6.2
Won Champ	128	53	75	Halas					7	1	4	1	1	4	1	21	6.8	-3.9	2.9	0.4	2.6
	164	21	143	Halas					7	1	2	1	1	5	1	14	11.0	-0.3	10.7	0.7	10.0

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