How Often Do 5-0 NFL Teams Win The Championship?

It's only five games, but it’s hard not to believe in the Kansas City Chiefs’ chance of being the first NFL team to “three-peat” as Super Bowl champs. The Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl odds are even more worth watching after some close victories.

On Monday, the Chiefs improved to 5-0 with a 26-13 victory in Kansas City over the Saints. Kansas City also owns wins over AFC rivals in the Ravens and Bengals, so Chiefs fans will take them however they can get them to start the year. This start sets the stage for what could be a historic regular season for coach Andy Reid’s bunch.

At BetKansas.com, where you’ll find the best Kansas sports betting promo codes, we used the Champs or Chumps website to see how teams ended up after starting an NFL season with a 5-0 record since 2019. There have been 9 teams in the past five seasons that started with four victories.

But strangely enough, none have gone on to hoist the Lombardi.

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Season Performance of NFL Teams Starting 5-0

Situation	Number of Teams	Percentage*
Making The Playoffs	9	100%
Advanced Past Wild Card Round	3	33%
Winning Divisional Round	3	33%
Winning Conference Championship	3	33%
Winning Super Bowl	0	0%

*Rounded to nearest whole number

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Can Chiefs Continue NFL’s 5-0 Winning Ways?

Since 2019, all 9 teams that won their first five games went on to make the playoffs. Three of them advanced past the Wild Card round (or 33%), but it's interesting to note that all three won in the Division Round to reach their conference championship games. So, though it's not a guarantee, a 5-0 start is an excellent indicator of teams not only poised to make the postseason, but capable of making a deep run when they get there.

Neither of Reid's Super Bowl champion squads in the past two years started 5-0. However, the 2019 champs and 2020 Super Bowl runnerup team representing KC both started 4-0 before losing in Week 5.

This year, DraftKings Sportsbook Kansas lists Mahomes and the Chiefs as the favorite to win it all, at +500 odds.

USA Today Network photo by Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union

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Christopher Boan

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Christopher Boan is a lead writer at BetKansas.com specializing in covering state issues. He covered sports and sports betting in Arizona for more than seven years.