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AFC West
ConferenceAmerican Football Conference
LeagueNational Football League
SportAmerican football
Founded1960 (as the American Football League Western Division)
No. of teams4
CountryUnited States
Most recent
champion(s)
Kansas City Chiefs (16th title)
Most titlesKansas City Chiefs (16 titles)
AFC West Teams Location

The American Football Conference – Western Division or AFC West is one of the four divisions of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The division comprises the Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Las Vegas Raiders, and Los Angeles Chargers.

The division has sent teams to the Super Bowl twenty times beginning with Super Bowl I when the Chiefs played the Green Bay Packers, winning ten times second only to the NFC East. As of the conclusion of the 2023 season, the Chiefs have the most Super Bowl wins of any AFC West team with four Super Bowl victories. The Broncos have appeared in the most Super Bowls in the division with eight, the Chiefs have appeared in six, and the Raiders have appeared in five. The Chargers lost their lone Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl XXIX. Two members of the Division also won back to back Super Bowls. The Broncos in 1997 and 1998 and the Chiefs in 2022 and 2023.

The Chiefs won the most recent, eighth straight, and 16th AFC West title in 2023.[1][2][3] Kansas City's previous title, won in 2022 made the AFC West the only division in the NFL where all 4 teams had the same amount of division titles (15 each).[4][5][6]

History

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The division was formed in 1960 as the American Football League's Western Division. In 1970, as part of the new NFL's two-conference, six-division alignment, the AFL West entered the merged league more or less intact as the AFC West.

The original AFL West had four members – the Dallas Texans (who moved to Kansas City in 1963 as the Chiefs), Denver Broncos, Los Angeles Chargers (who moved to San Diego in 1961, then back to Los Angeles in 2017) and Oakland Raiders (who moved to Los Angeles in 1982, back to Oakland in 1995, and Las Vegas in 2020). These four teams have remained in the AFL/AFC West since its inception, and are currently the only teams in the division. Largely because of this, and the fact they have played each other twice a year for over 60 years, the entire division is considered one very large and very heated rivalry. Given the fact that all four teams have played each other in the same division since 1960, the AFC West could be considered the oldest division (in its present form) in the NFL.

The Cincinnati Bengals played the last two AFL seasons in the AFL West despite being further east than Houston, where the Houston Oilers played at the time and were members of the AFL Eastern Division. The Bengals (along with the Oilers) moved to the AFC Central (formerly the NFL Century Division, now the AFC North) in 1970, forming rivalries with the Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

In 1977, the Seattle Seahawks were added to the AFC West after spending their expansion season in the NFC West; they would move back to the NFC West in 2002. The first-year Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1976 played as a member of the AFC West [7] before being aligned into the NFC Central in 1977.

Each of the four AFC West teams won a division title in the first four years of the realignment – Oakland in 2002, Kansas City in 2003, San Diego in 2004 and Denver in 2005. It is the only one of the eight NFL divisions to have all of its teams win titles in the first four seasons of the North-East-West-South format.[citation needed]

In the early and mid-2000s, the division was often cited as one of the NFL's "Toughest Divisions"[8][9][10] due partially to the home-field advantages of Empower Field at Mile High, Arrowhead Stadium, Qualcomm Stadium and the Oakland Coliseum, although in 2008 the division was the NFL's weakest since the AFC Central in 1985 by sending the San Diego Chargers to the playoffs as division winners with an 8–8 record while the New England Patriots missed out at 11–5 after losing out on tiebreakers for both the AFC East and the wild-card.[citation needed] In 2010, the Raiders swept the entire division, going 6–0, but failed to qualify for the playoffs as they only won two non-divisional games.[citation needed]

The division was very weak in 2011 as well, when a loss by the Raiders in the last game of the season gave the Broncos the division title with only an 8–8 record. Only the NFC West in 2010, the NFC South in 2014 and 2022, and the NFC East in 2020 have historically sent a worse division winner to the playoffs, when the Seahawks (themselves a former AFC West member) won that division with a 7–9 record, the Panthers won the NFC South division with a 7–8–1 record,[citation needed] the Washington Football Team won the NFC East division with a 7–9 record, and the Buccaneers won the NFC South with an 8–9 record. Along with the AFC (formerly AFL) East, the AFC West is the oldest NFL division in terms of creation date (1960).[citation needed]

Division lineups

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Place cursor over year for division champ or Super Bowl team.

AFL Western Division
1900s
60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69
Dallas Texans Kansas City Chiefs [A]
Denver Broncos
LA Chargers San Diego Chargers [B]
Oakland Raiders
  Cincinnati
Bengals
[D]
AFC West Division
1900s 2000s
70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01
Kansas City Chiefs
Denver Broncos
San Diego Chargers
Oakland Raiders Los Angeles Raiders [C] Oakland Raiders
  Tampa
Bay
Buccaneers
[E]
Seattle Seahawks[F]
AFC West Division
2000s
02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Kansas City Chiefs
Denver Broncos
San Diego Chargers Los Angeles Chargers
Oakland Raiders Las Vegas Raiders[G]
  Team not in division   Division Won AFL Championship   Division Won AFL Championship, Lost Super Bowl   Division Won AFC Championship   Division Won Super Bowl
A Dallas Texans moved to Kansas City, Missouri and were subsequently renamed the Kansas City Chiefs (1963 season)
B Los Angeles Chargers moved to San Diego (1961 season) but moved back in 2017.
C Oakland Raiders moved to Los Angeles (1982 season). The team returned to Oakland for the 1995 season.
D Cincinnati Bengals enfranchised (1968 season). After 1970 merger with NFL, the team moved to the AFC Central.
E Tampa Bay was enfranchised in 1976. The Buccaneers moved to the NFC Central after their inaugural season, and departed for the newly formed NFC South after the 2001 season.
F Seattle Seahawks moved from the NFC West division (1977 Season). In 2002 they moved back to the NFC West.
G Oakland Raiders moved to the Las Vegas area (2020 season).

Division champions

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Season Team Record Playoff results
1960 Los Angeles Chargers (1) 10–4 Lost AFL Championship (at Oilers) 16–24
1961 San Diego Chargers (2) 12–2 Lost AFL Championship (Oilers) 3–10
1962 Dallas Texans (1) 11–3 Won AFL Championship (Oilers) 20–17 (2OT)
1963 San Diego Chargers (3) 11–3 Won AFL Championship (Patriots) 51–10
1964 San Diego Chargers (4) 8–5–1 Lost AFL Championship (at Bills) 7–20
1965 San Diego Chargers (5) 9–2–3 Lost AFL Championship (Bills) 0–23
1966 Kansas City Chiefs (2) 11–2–1 Won AFL Championship (Bills) 31–7
Lost Super Bowl I (vs. Packers) 10–35
1967 Oakland Raiders (1) 13–1 Won AFL Championship (Oilers) 40–7
Lost Super Bowl II (vs. Packers) 14–33
1968! Oakland Raiders (2) 12–2 Won Western Division playoff (Chiefs) 41–6
Lost AFL Championship (at Jets) 23–27
1969 Oakland Raiders (3) 12–1–1 Won Divisional playoffs (Oilers) 56–7
Lost AFL Championship (Chiefs) 7–17
1970 Oakland Raiders (4) 8–4–2 Won Divisional playoffs (Dolphins) 21–14
Lost AFC Championship (at Colts) 17–27
1971 Kansas City Chiefs (3) 10–3–1 Lost Divisional playoffs (Dolphins) 24–27 (2OT)
1972 Oakland Raiders (5) 10–3–1 Lost Divisional playoffs (at Steelers) 7–13
1973 Oakland Raiders (6) 9–4 Won Divisional playoffs (Steelers) 33–14
Lost AFC Championship (at Dolphins) 10–27
1974 Oakland Raiders (7) 12–2 Won Divisional playoffs (Dolphins) 28–26
Lost AFC Championship (Steelers) 13–24
1975 Oakland Raiders (8) 11–3 Won Divisional playoffs (Bengals) 31–28
Lost AFC Championship (at Steelers) 10–16
1976 Oakland Raiders (9) 13–1 Won Divisional playoffs (Patriots) 24–21
Won AFC Championship (Steelers) 24–7
Won Super Bowl XI (vs. Vikings) 32–14
1977 Denver Broncos (1) 12–2 Won Divisional playoffs (Steelers) 34–21
Won AFC Championship (Raiders) 20–17
Lost Super Bowl XII (vs. Cowboys) 10–27
1978 Denver Broncos (2) 10–6 Lost Divisional playoffs (at Steelers) 10–33
1979 San Diego Chargers (6) 12–4 Lost Divisional playoffs (Oilers) 14–17
1980 San Diego Chargers (7) 11–5 Won Divisional playoffs (Bills) 20–14
Lost AFC Championship (Raiders) 27–34
1981 San Diego Chargers (8) 10–6 Won Divisional playoffs (at Dolphins) 41–38 (OT)
Lost AFC Championship (at Bengals) 7–27
1982# Los Angeles Raiders# 8–1 Won First Round playoffs (Browns) 27–10
Lost Second Round playoffs (Jets) 14–17
1983 Los Angeles Raiders (10) 12–4 Won Divisional playoffs (Steelers) 38–10
Won AFC Championship (Seahawks) 30–14
Won Super Bowl XVIII (vs. Redskins) 38–9
1984 Denver Broncos (3) 13–3 Lost Divisional playoffs (Steelers) 17–24
1985 Los Angeles Raiders (11) 12–4 Lost Divisional playoffs (Patriots) 20–27
1986 Denver Broncos (4) 11–5 Won Divisional playoffs (Patriots) 22–17
Won AFC Championship (at Browns) 23–20 (OT)
Lost Super Bowl XXI (vs. Giants) 20–39
1987 Denver Broncos (5) 10–4–1 Won Divisional playoffs (Oilers) 34–10
Won AFC Championship (Browns) 38–33
Lost Super Bowl XXII (vs. Redskins) 10–42
1988 Seattle Seahawks (1) 9–7 Lost Divisional playoffs (at Bengals) 13–21
1989 Denver Broncos (6) 11–5 Won Divisional playoffs (Steelers) 24–23
Won AFC Championship (Browns) 37–21
Lost Super Bowl XXIV (vs. 49ers) 10–55
1990 Los Angeles Raiders (12) 12–4 Won Divisional playoffs (Bengals) 20–10
Lost AFC Championship (at Bills) 3–51
1991 Denver Broncos (7) 12–4 Won Divisional playoffs (Oilers) 26–24
Lost AFC Championship (at Bills) 7–10
1992 San Diego Chargers (9) 11–5 Won Wild Card playoffs (Chiefs) 17–0
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Dolphins) 0–31
1993 Kansas City Chiefs (4) 11–5 Won Wild Card playoffs (Steelers) 27–24 (OT)
Won Divisional playoffs (at Oilers) 28–20
Lost AFC Championship (at Bills) 13–30
1994 San Diego Chargers (10) 11–5 Won Divisional playoffs (Dolphins) 22–21
Won AFC Championship (at Steelers) 17–13
Lost Super Bowl XXIX (vs. 49ers) 26–49
1995 Kansas City Chiefs (5) 13–3 Lost Divisional playoffs (Colts) 7–10
1996 Denver Broncos (8) 13–3 Lost Divisional playoffs (Jaguars) 27–30
1997 Kansas City Chiefs (6) 13–3 Lost Divisional playoffs (Broncos) 10–14
1998 Denver Broncos (9) 14–2 Won Divisional playoffs (Dolphins) 38–3
Won AFC Championship (Jets) 23–10
Won Super Bowl XXXIII (vs. Falcons) 34–19
1999 Seattle Seahawks (2) 9–7 Lost Wild Card playoffs (Dolphins) 17–20
2000 Oakland Raiders (13) 12–4 Won Divisional playoffs (Dolphins) 27–0
Lost AFC Championship (Ravens) 3–16
2001 Oakland Raiders (14) 10–6 Won Wild Card playoffs (Jets) 38–24
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Patriots) 13–16 (OT)
2002 Oakland Raiders (15) 11–5 Won Divisional playoffs (Jets) 30–10
Won AFC Championship (Titans) 41–24
Lost Super Bowl XXXVII (vs. Buccaneers) 21–48
2003 Kansas City Chiefs (7) 13–3 Lost Divisional playoffs (Colts) 31–38
2004 San Diego Chargers (11) 12–4 Lost Wild Card playoffs (Jets) 17–20 (OT)
2005 Denver Broncos (10) 13–3 Won Divisional playoffs (Patriots) 27–13
Lost AFC Championship (Steelers) 17–34
2006 San Diego Chargers (12) 14–2 Lost Divisional playoffs (Patriots) 21–24
2007 San Diego Chargers (13) 11–5 Won Wild Card playoffs (Titans) 17–6
Won Divisional playoffs (at Colts) 28–24
Lost AFC Championship (at Patriots) 12–21
2008 San Diego Chargers (14) 8–8 Won Wild Card playoffs (Colts) 23–17 (OT)
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Steelers) 24–35
2009 San Diego Chargers (15) 13–3 Lost Divisional playoffs (Jets) 14–17
2010 Kansas City Chiefs (8) 10–6 Lost Wild Card playoffs (Ravens) 7–30
2011 Denver Broncos (11) 8–8 Won Wild Card playoffs (Steelers) 29–23 (OT)
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Patriots) 10–45
2012 Denver Broncos (12) 13–3 Lost Divisional playoffs (Ravens) 35–38 (2OT)
2013 Denver Broncos (13) 13–3 Won Divisional playoffs (Chargers) 24–17
Won AFC Championship (Patriots) 26–16
Lost Super Bowl XLVIII (vs. Seahawks) 8–43
2014 Denver Broncos (14) 12–4 Lost Divisional playoffs (Colts) 13–24
2015 Denver Broncos (15) 12–4 Won Divisional playoffs (Steelers) 23–16
Won AFC Championship (Patriots) 20–18
Won Super Bowl 50 (vs. Panthers) 24–10
2016 Kansas City Chiefs (9) 12–4 Lost Divisional playoffs (Steelers) 16–18
2017 Kansas City Chiefs (10) 10–6 Lost Wild Card playoffs (Titans) 21–22
2018 Kansas City Chiefs (11) 12–4 Won Divisional playoffs (Colts) 31–13
Lost AFC Championship (Patriots) 31–37 (OT)
2019 Kansas City Chiefs (12) 12–4 Won Divisional playoffs (Texans) 51–31
Won AFC Championship (Titans) 35–24
Won Super Bowl LIV (vs. 49ers) 31–20
2020 Kansas City Chiefs (13) 14–2 Won Divisional playoffs (Browns) 22–17
Won AFC Championship (Bills) 38–24
Lost Super Bowl LV (vs. Buccaneers) 9–31
2021 Kansas City Chiefs (14) 12–5 Won Wild Card playoffs (Steelers) 42–21
Won Divisional playoffs (Bills) 42–36 (OT)
Lost AFC Championship (Bengals) 24–27 (OT)
2022 Kansas City Chiefs (15) 14–3 Won Divisional playoffs (Jaguars) 27–20
Won AFC Championship (Bengals) 23–20
Won Super Bowl LVII (vs. Eagles) 38–35
2023 Kansas City Chiefs (16) 11–6 Won Wild Card playoffs (Dolphins) 26–7
Won Divisional playoffs (at Bills) 27–24
Won AFC Championship (at Ravens) 17–10
Won Super Bowl LVIII (vs. 49ers) 25–22 (OT)
  • !The Oakland Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs tied for the regular season division title at 12–2. The Raiders won the ensuing playoff game to represent the West in the AFL Championship Game.
  • #A players' strike in 1982 reduced the regular season to nine games. Thus, the league used a special 16-team playoff tournament just for this year. Division standings were ignored, the Los Angeles Raiders had the best record of the division teams.

Wild Card qualifiers

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Season Team Record Playoff results
1969# Kansas City Chiefs 11–3 Won Divisional playoffs (Jets) 13–6
Won AFL Championship (Raiders) 17–7
Won Super Bowl IV (vs. Vikings) 23–7
1977 Oakland Raiders 11–3 Won Divisional playoffs (at Colts) 37–31 (2OT)
Lost AFC Championship (at Broncos) 17–20
1979 Denver Broncos 10–6 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Oilers) 7–13
1980 Oakland Raiders 11–5 Won Wild Card playoffs (Oilers) 27–7
Won Divisional playoffs (at Browns) 14–12
Won AFC Championship (at Chargers) 34–27
Won Super Bowl XV (vs. Eagles) 27–10
1982+ San Diego Chargers 6–3 Won First Round playoffs (at Steelers) 31–28
Lost Second Round playoffs (at Dolphins) 13–34
1983 Seattle Seahawks 9–7 Won Wild Card playoffs (Broncos) 31–7
Won Divisional playoffs (at Dolphins) 27–20
Lost AFC Championship (at Raiders) 14–30
Denver Broncos 9–7 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Seahawks) 7–31
1984 Seattle Seahawks 12–4 Won Wild Card playoffs (Raiders) 13–7
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Dolphins) 10–31
Los Angeles Raiders 11–5 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Seahawks) 7–13
1986 Kansas City Chiefs 10–6 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Jets) 15–35
1987 Seattle Seahawks 9–6 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Oilers) 20–23 (OT)
1990 Kansas City Chiefs 11–5 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Dolphins) 16–17
1991 Kansas City Chiefs 10–6 Won Wild Card playoffs (Raiders) 10–6
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Bills) 14–37
Los Angeles Raiders 9–7 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Chiefs) 6–10
1992 Kansas City Chiefs 10–6 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Chargers) 0–17
1993 Los Angeles Raiders 10–6 Won Wild Card playoffs (Broncos) 42–24
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Bills) 23–29
Denver Broncos 9–7 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Raiders) 24–42
1994 Kansas City Chiefs 9–7 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Dolphins) 17–27
1995 San Diego Chargers 9–7 Lost Wild Card playoffs (Colts) 20–35
1997 Denver Broncos 12–4 Won Wild Card playoffs (Jaguars) 42–17
Won Divisional playoffs (at Chiefs) 14–10
Won AFC Championship (at Steelers) 24–21
Won Super Bowl XXXII (vs. Packers) 31–24
2000 Denver Broncos 11–5 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Ravens) 3–21
2003 Denver Broncos 10–6 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Colts) 10–41
2004 Denver Broncos 10–6 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Colts) 24–49
2006 Kansas City Chiefs 9–7 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Colts) 8–23
2013 Kansas City Chiefs 11–5 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Colts) 44–45
San Diego Chargers 9–7 Won Wild Card playoffs (at Bengals) 27–10
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Broncos) 17–24
2015 Kansas City Chiefs 11–5 Won Wild Card playoffs (at Texans) 30–0
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Patriots) 20–27
2016 Oakland Raiders 12–4 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Texans) 14–27
2018 Los Angeles Chargers 12–4 Won Wild Card playoffs (at Ravens) 23–17
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Patriots) 28–41
2021 Las Vegas Raiders 10–7 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Bengals) 19–26
2022 Los Angeles Chargers 10–7 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Jaguars) 30–31

# In 1969, The Western Division 2nd place team played the Eastern Division 1st place team in an Interdivisional game.

  • A players' strike in 1982 reduced the regular season to nine games. Thus, the league used a special 16-team playoff tournament just for this year. Division standings were ignored, the Los Angeles Raiders had the best record of the division teams.

Total playoff berths

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Updated through the 2023–24 NFL playoffs

Team AFL/AFC West Division
Championships
Playoff
Berths
AFC Conference
Championships*
AFL
Championships†
Super Bowl
Championships
Total
Championships‡
Denver Broncos 15 22 8 0 3 3
Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs 16 26 6 1 4 5
Oakland/Los Angeles/Las Vegas Raiders 15 23 5 0 3 3
San Diego/Los Angeles Chargers 15 19 1 1 0 1
Totals 90 20 2 10 12

*Combines AFC Championships and AFL Championships won between 1966 and 1969
†AFL Championships won prior to Super Bowl I (1960–1965)
‡Combined Super Bowl championships and AFL Championships won prior to Super Bowl I in 1967

Former division members

The table below reflects division titles and playoff appearances from former members of the AFL/AFC West while still in the division.

Team Years in
division
AFL/AFC West Division
Championships
Playoff
Berths
AFC Conference
Championships
Super Bowl
Championships
Seattle Seahawks 1977–2001 2 5 0 0
Cincinnati Bengals 1968–1969 0 0 0 0
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1976 0 0 0 0

Season results

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(#) Denotes team that won the Super Bowl
(#) Denotes team that won the AFC Championship
(#) Denotes team that won the AFL Championship
(#) Denotes team that qualified for the NFL Playoffs or AFL Playoffs
Season Team (record)
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
AFL Western
1960 L.A. Chargers (10–4) Dal. Texans (8–6) Oakland (6–8) Denver (4–9–1)
1961 San Diego (12–2) Dal. Texans (6–8) Denver (3–11) Oakland (2–12)
1962 Dal. Texans (11–3) Denver (7–7) San Diego (4–10) Oakland (1–13)
1963 San Diego (11–3) Oakland (10–4) Kansas City (5–7–2) Denver (2–11–1)
1964 San Diego (8–5–1) Kansas City (7–7) Oakland (5–7–2) Denver (2–11–1)
1965 San Diego (9–2–3) Oakland (8–5–1) Kansas City (7–5–2) Denver (4–10)
1966 Kansas City (11–2–1) Oakland (8–5–1) San Diego (7–6–1) Denver (4–10)
1967 Oakland (13–1) Kansas City (9–5) San Diego (8–5–1) Denver (3–11)
1968 Oakland (12–2) Kansas City (12–2) San Diego (9–5) Denver (5–9) Cincinnati (3–11)
1969 Oakland (12–1–1) Kansas City (11–3) San Diego (8–6) Denver (5–8–1) Cincinnati (4–9–1)
AFC West
1970 Oakland (8–4–2) Kansas City (7–5–2) San Diego (5–6–3) Denver (5–8–1)
1971 Kansas City (10–3–1) Oakland (8–4–2) San Diego (6–8) Denver (4–9–1)
1972 Oakland (10–3–1) Kansas City (8–6) Denver (5–9) San Diego (4–9–1)
1973 Oakland (9–4–1) Kansas City (7–5–2) Denver (7–5–2) San Diego (2–11–1)
1974 Oakland (12–2) Denver (7–6–1) Kansas City (5–9) San Diego (5–9)
1975 (2) Oakland (11–3) Denver (6–8) Kansas City (5–9) San Diego (2–12)
1976 (1) Oakland (13–1) Denver (9–5) San Diego (6–8) Kansas City (5–9) Tampa Bay (0–14)
1977 (1) Denver (12–2) (4) Oakland (11–3) San Diego (7–7) Seattle (5–9) Kansas City (2–12)
1978 (3) Denver (10–6) Oakland (9–7) Seattle (9–7) San Diego (9–7) Kansas City (4–12)
1979 (1) San Diego (12–4) (5) Denver (10–6) Seattle (9–7) Oakland (9–7) Kansas City (7–9)
1980 (1) San Diego (11–5) (4) Oakland (11–5) Kansas City (8–8) Denver (8–8) Seattle (4–12)
1981 (3) San Diego (10–6) Denver (10–6) Kansas City (9–7) Oakland (7–9) Seattle (6–10)
1982^ (1) L.A. Raiders (8–1) (5) San Diego (6–3) Seattle (4–5) Kansas City (3–6) Denver (2–7)
1983 (1) L.A. Raiders (12–4) (4) Seattle (9–7) (5) Denver (9–7) San Diego (6–10) Kansas City (6–10)
1984 (2) Denver (13–3) (4) Seattle (12–4) (5) L.A. Raiders (11–5) Kansas City (8–8) San Diego (7–9)
1985 (1) L.A. Raiders (12–4) Denver (11–5) Seattle (8–8) San Diego (8–8) Kansas City (6–10)
1986 (2) Denver (11–5) (5) Kansas City (10–6) Seattle (10–6) L.A. Raiders (8–8) San Diego (4–12)
1987 (1) Denver (10–4–1) (5) Seattle (9–6) San Diego (8–7) L.A. Raiders (5–10) Kansas City (4–11)
1988 (3) Seattle (9–7) Denver (8–8) L.A. Raiders (7–9) San Diego (6–10) Kansas City (4–11–1)
1989 (1) Denver (11–5) Kansas City (8–7–1) L.A. Raiders (8–8) Seattle (7–9) San Diego (6–10)
1990 (2) L.A. Raiders (12–4) (5) Kansas City (11–5) Seattle (9–7) San Diego (6–10) Denver (5–11)
1991 (2) Denver (12–4) (4) Kansas City (10–6) (5) L.A. Raiders (9–7) Seattle (7–9) San Diego (4–12)
1992 (3) San Diego (11–5) (6) Kansas City (10–6) Denver (8–8) L.A. Raiders (7–9) Seattle (2–14)
1993 (3) Kansas City (11–5) (4) L.A. Raiders (10–6) (5) Denver (9–7) San Diego (8–8) Seattle (6–10)
1994 (2) San Diego (11–5) (6) Kansas City (9–7) L.A. Raiders (9–7) Denver (7–9) Seattle (6–10)
1995 (1) Kansas City (13–3) (4) San Diego (9–7) Seattle (8–8) Denver (8–8) Oakland (8–8)
1996 (1) Denver (13–3) Kansas City (9–7) San Diego (8–8) Oakland (7–9) Seattle (7–9)
1997 (1) Kansas City (13–3) (4) Denver (12–4) Seattle (8–8) Oakland (4–12) San Diego (4–12)
1998 (1) Denver (14–2) Oakland (8–8) Seattle (8–8) Kansas City (7–9) San Diego (5–11)
1999 (3) Seattle (9–7) Kansas City (9–7) San Diego (8–8) Oakland (8–8) Denver (6–10)
2000 (2) Oakland (12–4) (5) Denver (11–5) Kansas City (7–9) Seattle (6–10) San Diego (1–15)
2001 (3) Oakland (10–6) Seattle (9–7) Denver (8–8) Kansas City (6–10) San Diego (5–11)
2002 (1) Oakland (11–5) Denver (9–7) San Diego (8–8) Kansas City (8–8)
2003 (2) Kansas City (13–3) (6) Denver (10–6) Oakland (4–12) San Diego (4–12)
2004 (4) San Diego (12–4) (6) Denver (10–6) Kansas City (7–9) Oakland (5–11)
2005 (2) Denver (13–3) Kansas City (10–6) San Diego (9–7) Oakland (4–12)
2006 (1) San Diego (14–2) (6) Kansas City (9–7) Denver (9–7) Oakland (2–14)
2007 (3) San Diego (11–5) Denver (7–9) Kansas City (4–12) Oakland (4–12)
2008 (4) San Diego (8–8) Denver (8–8) Oakland (5–11) Kansas City (2–14)
2009 (2) San Diego (13–3) Denver (8–8) Oakland (5–11) Kansas City (4–12)
2010 (4) Kansas City (10–6) San Diego (9–7) Oakland (8–8) Denver (4–12)
2011 (4) Denver (8–8) San Diego (8–8) Oakland (8–8) Kansas City (7–9)
2012 (1) Denver (13–3) San Diego (7–9) Oakland (4–12) Kansas City (2–14)
2013 (1) Denver (13–3) (5) Kansas City (11–5) (6) San Diego (9–7) Oakland (4–12)
2014 (2) Denver (12–4) Kansas City (9–7) San Diego (9–7) Oakland (3–13)
2015 (1) Denver (12–4) (5) Kansas City (11–5) Oakland (7–9) San Diego (4–12)
2016 (2) Kansas City (12–4) (5) Oakland (12–4) Denver (9–7) San Diego (5–11)
2017 (4) Kansas City (10–6) L.A. Chargers (9–7) Oakland (6–10) Denver (5–11)
2018 (1) Kansas City (12–4) (5) L.A. Chargers (12–4) Denver (6–10) Oakland (4–12)
2019 (2) Kansas City (12–4) Denver (7–9) Oakland (7–9) L.A. Chargers (5–11)
2020 (1) Kansas City (14–2) Las Vegas (8–8) L.A. Chargers (7–9) Denver (5–11)
2021 (2) Kansas City (12–5) (5) Las Vegas (10–7) L.A. Chargers (9–8) Denver (7–10)
2022 (1) Kansas City (14–3) (5) L.A. Chargers (10–7) Las Vegas (6–11) Denver (5–12)
2023 (3) Kansas City (11–6) Las Vegas (8–9) Denver (8–9) L.A. Chargers (5–12)

See also

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Former member rivalries

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References

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