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2025 NFL Coin Toss Season Report

Data updated daily ยท Regular season & postseason ยท Since 2010

A fresh season means fresh coin toss luck โ€” results from prior years carry no weight into September. This page tracks the 2025 season in isolation: who's winning, who's deferring, and how the week-by-week patterns stack up across all 334 opening tosses recorded so far.

Only opening (regular) tosses per game are counted. Data refreshes daily. Overtime tosses are excluded throughout.

72%
of 2025 toss winners have chosen to defer
Across 334 opening tosses in the 2025 season. The historical trend toward deferring โ€” which began gaining momentum around 2010 โ€” continues.

2025 Season Highlights

Leading the toss this season

Trailing this season

Highest defer rate in 2025

2025 Coin Toss Win Rate โ€” All Teams

Ranked by win rate ยท 2025 season only ยท Updates daily

2025 season ยท Opening tosses only ยท Regular season
RankTeamWin %Wโ€“LDefer %
1LACLos Angeles Chargers77%17โ€“576%
2LVLas Vegas Raiders65%13โ€“792%
3JAXJacksonville Jaguars62%13โ€“846%
4BALBaltimore Ravens60%12โ€“867%
5CINCincinnati Bengals60%12โ€“858%
6BUFBuffalo Bills59%13โ€“9100%
7LARLos Angeles Rams57%13โ€“1085%
8CHIChicago Bears55%12โ€“1050%
9SFSan Francisco 49ers55%12โ€“1083%
10KCKansas City Chiefs55%11โ€“9100%
11MIAMiami Dolphins55%11โ€“936%
12NONew Orleans Saints55%11โ€“973%
13TBTampa Bay Buccaneers55%11โ€“955%
14CARCarolina Panthers52%11โ€“1091%
15INDIndianapolis Colts50%10โ€“1010%
16MINMinnesota Vikings50%10โ€“1050%
17NYJNew York Jets50%10โ€“1060%
18WASWashington Commanders50%10โ€“1090%
19PITPittsburgh Steelers48%10โ€“1180%
20NENew England Patriots46%11โ€“1382%
21DENDenver Broncos45%10โ€“1280%
22HOUHouston Texans45%10โ€“1280%
23ARIArizona Cardinals45%9โ€“1167%
24CLECleveland Browns45%9โ€“1167%
25DALDallas Cowboys45%9โ€“1189%
26SEASeattle Seahawks43%10โ€“13100%
27GBGreen Bay Packers43%9โ€“1267%
28NYGNew York Giants40%8โ€“1275%
29DETDetroit Lions38%8โ€“1375%
30ATLAtlanta Falcons35%7โ€“1314%
31PHIPhiladelphia Eagles33%7โ€“14100%
32TENTennessee Titans25%5โ€“1580%

2025 Week-by-Week Defer Rate

Week 5 saw the highest defer rate (93%) and Week 4 the lowest (58%). Week-to-week variation is normal given small weekly sample sizes.

League-wide defer rate per week ยท 2025 regular season
WeekLeague Defer RateGames
1
87%
23
2
61%
36
3
62%
34
4
58%
33
5
93%
14
6
67%
15
7
73%
15
8
69%
13
9
64%
14
10
79%
14
11
73%
15
12
86%
14
13
75%
16
14
79%
14
15
75%
16
16
88%
16
17
75%
16
18
63%
16

Single-season snapshots are noisy โ€” a team can go 10-for-16 and that tells you almost nothing about their "true" luck. For the more stable all-time rankings across every season since 2010, see: