plasticman
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Of Course, I am referring to winning percentage, Throughout history, the Cowboys have won their regular season games more frequently than any other team in the NFL at 57.3%. In a 16 game season this means the Cowboys have historically averaged 9.2-6.8.
Team _ PCT
Cowboys _ 57.3%
Packers _ 56.9%
Bears _ 56.7%
Dolphins _ 56.3%
Patriots _ 55.4%
49ers _ 54.7%
Giants _ 54.5%
Broncos _ 54.2%
Vikings _ 54.1%
Ravens _ 54.0%
Steelers _ 53.5%
Colts _ 53.2%
Raiders _ 53.2%
Chiefs _ 52.2%
Browns _ 52.0%
Commanders _ 50.6%
Seahawks _ 50.5%
Chargers _ 49.7%
Rams _ 49.5%
Panthers _ 49.0%
Eagles _ 48.4%
Titans _ 47.9%
Bills _ 46.5%
Bengals _ 45.7%
Jets _ 45.6%
Lions _ 45.6%
Saints _ 44.2%
Texans _ 44.2%
Jaguars _ 44.0%
Falcons _ 43.8%
Cardinals _ 42.7%
Buccaneers _ 38.9%
The Packers have just recently creeped up on the Bears, who was in first place until the 2014 season when the Cowboys regained the spot.
How many games behind are the Packers. In order to calculate this, we must realize that, each new win effects each team differently as a proportion because they have played different amounts of games. Some teams are much older and have been around for almost a hundred years. The more games that have been played, the less impactful a new game result becomes.
Here is an analogy. Suppose we have a bathtub and a swimming pool filled partially with water. If we add five new gallons of water to the bathtub we can see the difference in water level. However, if we add five gallons to the swimming pool it is barely noticeable.
You could think of the Bears as being the swimming pool and the Ravens being the bathtub. A victory by the Ravens is almost 8 times more impactful then a bears victory with respect their overall records.
The trick is to calculate algebraically how many additional victories it would take for a team to reach the same percentage as the Cowboys. The number of games behind represent the number of Team win/Cowboy loss combinations it would take to equal the Cowboys.
Team _ GB
Cowboys _ 0
Packers _ 5
Dolphins _ 8
Ravens _ 11
Bears _ 16
Vikings _ 27
Broncos _ 27
49ers _ 27
Panthers _ 29
Texans _ 32
Patriots _ 32
Giants _ 36
Seahawks _ 43
Jaguars _ 47
Browns _ 52
Raiders _ 70
Colts _ 77
Titans _ 81
Steelers _ 84
Bengals _ 87
Chiefs _ 87
Bills _ 93
Saints _ 100
Falcons _ 105
Buccaneers _ 118
Chargers _ 130
Commanders _ 155
Rams _ 170
Jets _ 202
Eagles _ 203
Lions _ 273
Cardinals _ 370
You can see now the teams that are closest to passing the Cowboys, none should be too much of a surprise.
In the case of the Lions, they would have to go undefeated for 17 consecutive years while the Cowboys would have to lose every game in the same time period.
Team _ PCT
Cowboys _ 57.3%
Packers _ 56.9%
Bears _ 56.7%
Dolphins _ 56.3%
Patriots _ 55.4%
49ers _ 54.7%
Giants _ 54.5%
Broncos _ 54.2%
Vikings _ 54.1%
Ravens _ 54.0%
Steelers _ 53.5%
Colts _ 53.2%
Raiders _ 53.2%
Chiefs _ 52.2%
Browns _ 52.0%
Commanders _ 50.6%
Seahawks _ 50.5%
Chargers _ 49.7%
Rams _ 49.5%
Panthers _ 49.0%
Eagles _ 48.4%
Titans _ 47.9%
Bills _ 46.5%
Bengals _ 45.7%
Jets _ 45.6%
Lions _ 45.6%
Saints _ 44.2%
Texans _ 44.2%
Jaguars _ 44.0%
Falcons _ 43.8%
Cardinals _ 42.7%
Buccaneers _ 38.9%
The Packers have just recently creeped up on the Bears, who was in first place until the 2014 season when the Cowboys regained the spot.
How many games behind are the Packers. In order to calculate this, we must realize that, each new win effects each team differently as a proportion because they have played different amounts of games. Some teams are much older and have been around for almost a hundred years. The more games that have been played, the less impactful a new game result becomes.
Here is an analogy. Suppose we have a bathtub and a swimming pool filled partially with water. If we add five new gallons of water to the bathtub we can see the difference in water level. However, if we add five gallons to the swimming pool it is barely noticeable.
You could think of the Bears as being the swimming pool and the Ravens being the bathtub. A victory by the Ravens is almost 8 times more impactful then a bears victory with respect their overall records.
The trick is to calculate algebraically how many additional victories it would take for a team to reach the same percentage as the Cowboys. The number of games behind represent the number of Team win/Cowboy loss combinations it would take to equal the Cowboys.
Team _ GB
Cowboys _ 0
Packers _ 5
Dolphins _ 8
Ravens _ 11
Bears _ 16
Vikings _ 27
Broncos _ 27
49ers _ 27
Panthers _ 29
Texans _ 32
Patriots _ 32
Giants _ 36
Seahawks _ 43
Jaguars _ 47
Browns _ 52
Raiders _ 70
Colts _ 77
Titans _ 81
Steelers _ 84
Bengals _ 87
Chiefs _ 87
Bills _ 93
Saints _ 100
Falcons _ 105
Buccaneers _ 118
Chargers _ 130
Commanders _ 155
Rams _ 170
Jets _ 202
Eagles _ 203
Lions _ 273
Cardinals _ 370
You can see now the teams that are closest to passing the Cowboys, none should be too much of a surprise.
In the case of the Lions, they would have to go undefeated for 17 consecutive years while the Cowboys would have to lose every game in the same time period.
