Every 2022 NFL playoff game, three ways: the season race carried on into the postseason, who beat their seeding, and the bracket.
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The same race these clubs ran all season, carried on through the postseason on one scale and on real dates.
Where each club finished the season against how far it went, ranked on record rather than seed.
Who played whom, round by round, which no line chart can say.
Kansas City Chiefs won the 2022 title from a regular season record of 14-3. 14 teams reached the playoffs and the bracket ran 4 rounds. Every game below is taken from the nflverse open data project; nothing on this page is estimated.
| Round | Won by | Result | Opponent | Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild Card Round | Buffalo Bills | 34-31 | Miami Dolphins | January 15, 2023 |
| Wild Card Round | New York Giants | 31-24 | Minnesota Vikings | January 15, 2023 |
| Wild Card Round | San Francisco 49ers | 41-23 | Seattle Seahawks | January 14, 2023 |
| Wild Card Round | Cincinnati Bengals | 24-17 | Baltimore Ravens | January 15, 2023 |
| Wild Card Round | Dallas Cowboys | 31-14 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | January 16, 2023 |
| Wild Card Round | Jacksonville Jaguars | 31-30 | Los Angeles Chargers | January 14, 2023 |
| Divisional Round | Kansas City Chiefs | 27-20 | Jacksonville Jaguars | January 21, 2023 |
| Divisional Round | Philadelphia Eagles | 38-7 | New York Giants | January 21, 2023 |
| Divisional Round | Cincinnati Bengals | 27-10 | Buffalo Bills | January 22, 2023 |
| Divisional Round | San Francisco 49ers | 19-12 | Dallas Cowboys | January 22, 2023 |
| Conference Championship | Kansas City Chiefs | 23-20 | Cincinnati Bengals | January 29, 2023 |
| Conference Championship | Philadelphia Eagles | 31-7 | San Francisco 49ers | January 29, 2023 |
| Super Bowl | Kansas City Chiefs | 38-35 | Philadelphia Eagles | February 12, 2023 |
The left column ranks this field by regular season record, not by seed number: seeding rules differ by era, so this site uses records everywhere instead. The right column groups clubs by the round they went out in, which is not the same as the number of rounds they won, because a bye carries a club further without it winning anything. The figure beside a name is places moved between the two columns, and part of it is only where a club sat inside its band. Nothing here is a prediction. The data notes carry the whole method.
The races that filled this bracket: AFC Wild Card NFC Wild Card