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AFC West
Conference	American Football Conference
League	National Football League
Sport	American football
Founded	1960 (as the American Football League Western Division)
No. of teams	4
Country	United States
Most recent; champion(s)	Kansas City Chiefs (17th title)
Most titles	Kansas City Chiefs (17 titles)

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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, ninth straight, and 17th AFC West title in 2024.^[1] Kansas City's win 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).^[2]^[3]^[4]

History

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 ^[5] 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"^[6]^[7]^[8] 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

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

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)
2024	Kansas City Chiefs (17)	15–1	Divisional playoffs (TBD)

^!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

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
1983	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
1984	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
1991	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
1993	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
2013	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
2024	Los Angeles Chargers	10–6	Wild Card playoffs (at TBD)

^# 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

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	17	26	6	1	4	5
Oakland/Los Angeles/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
Seattle Seahawks	1977–2001	2	5
Cincinnati Bengals	1968–1969	0	0
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	1976	0	0

Season results

^(#)	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)
Season	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
AFL Western
1960: The AFL Western division formed with 4 members, the Dallas Texans, Denver Broncos, Los Angeles Chargers, and Oakland Raiders.
1960	L.A. Chargers (10–4)	Dal. Texans (8–6)	Oakland (6–8)	Denver (4–9–1)
1961: The Los Angeles Chargers relocated to San Diego to become the San Diego Chargers.
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: The Dallas Texans relocated to Kansas City to become the Kansas City Chiefs.
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: The Cincinnati Bengals joined as an expansion team.
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: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers joined as an expansion team.
1976	⁽¹⁾ Oakland (13–1)	Denver (9–5)	San Diego (6–8)	Kansas City (5–9)	Tampa Bay (0–14)
1977: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers leave for NFC Central, Seattle Seahawks are moved to AFC West.
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: The Oakland Raiders relocated to Los Angeles to become the Los Angeles Raiders.
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: The Los Angeles Raiders relocated back to Oakland after 13 seasons to become the Oakland Raiders.
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: The AFC West was realigned for 4 members. The Seattle Seahawks left to join the NFC West.
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: The San Diego Chargers relocated back to Los Angeles after 56 seasons to become the Los Angeles Chargers.
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: The Oakland Raiders relocated to Las Vegas to become the Las Vegas Raiders.
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)