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American Football Conference · AFC West · 3 Super Bowls (2023, 2022, 2019)
The Kansas City Chiefs were founded in 1959 in Dallas, Texas, and now play their home games at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. The franchise is owned by Clark Hunt, with Brett Veach serving as general manager and Andy Reid as head coach. The Chiefs have established themselves as one of the NFL's premier franchises in recent years. After a 4–12 campaign in 2009, the team built toward sustained excellence, winning Super Bowls following the 2019, 2022, and 2023 seasons. They also reached the Super Bowl after the 2020 and 2024 campaigns. Between 2015 and 2024, Kansas City made the playoffs in ten consecutive seasons, posting double-digit wins in nine of those years—including a 15–2 record in 2024. The current roster features quarterback Patrick Mahomes, tight end Travis Kelce, defensive tackle Chris Jones, center Creed Humphrey, and guard Trey Smith, among others. The 2025 season has seen a significant step back, with the team posting a 6–11 record.
The 200 most recent checkable claims, from 77 pundits · 200 settled, averaging 55 out of 100.
The seasons we hold results for, 2009 to 2026.
| Season | Record | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1–0 | — |
| 2025 | 6–11 | — |
| 2024 | 15–2 | Reached the Super Bowl |
| 2023 | 11–6 | Won the Super Bowl |
| 2022 | 14–3 | Won the Super Bowl |
| 2021 | 12–5 | Made the playoffs |
| 2020 | 14–2 | Reached the Super Bowl |
| 2019 | 12–4 | Won the Super Bowl |
| 2018 | 12–4 | Made the playoffs |
| 2017 | 10–6 | Made the playoffs |
Each pundit’s standing lean on Kansas City Chiefs, measured against every other pundit who made a comparable call — same kind of claim, same season. +100 would mean the most bullish voice in every room; −100 the most bearish. At least two articles per pundit before a lean is shown, and the accuracy is how that pundit’s settled calls about this team have graded out.
more bullish than 98% of the room, across 2 articles · on this team not settled yet
more bullish than 92% of the room, across 2 articles · 0.0 accuracy on this team (2 settled)
Page 4 of 5 — unsettled claims first, then the settled ones, newest first.
“Chiefs winning the division. I have Harbaugh on the charges finishing second.”
| 2016 | 12–4 | Made the playoffs |
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| 2015 | 11–5 | Made the playoffs |
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| 2010 | 10–6 | Made the playoffs |
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| 2009 | 4–12 | — |
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more bullish than 91% of the room, across 4 articles · 17.5 accuracy on this team (2 settled)
more bearish than 100% of the room, across 2 articles · on this team not settled yet
more bearish than 80% of the room, across 4 articles · on this team not settled yet
more bearish than 74% of the room, across 3 articles · 67.0 accuracy on this team (1 settled)
“not quite as good as Denver, who is not quite as good as Kansas City”
“If the explosiveness can return to the Chiefs offense, I expect them back in the Super Bowl.”
“You're getting minus one ten of the chiefs in that division running to the window to bet that one.”
“Are you taking them to win the AFC this year? I haven't thought about it. But if you're gonna put me on the spot right now, I'm sure. Yes.”
“It's not gonna be the Chiefs without a chair, and it's not gonna be the Chiefs not winning their division.”
“Will they win the AFC West again this year? I think that's more likely than not.”
“They're still, I think, the favorites to win this division.”
“I'm high on the Broncos too, but that's still the Kansas City freaking Chiefs... But that's the Kansas City Chiefs you're talking about, pal. Overreaction.”
“I still think that when it's all said and done, they're gonna be a top four, top five team, top two seed in the AFC next year.”
“But I gotta go with Kansas City. I think Kansas City finds a way to get this done.”
“But I gotta go with Kansas City. I think Kansas City finds a way to get this done. I think there are evenly matched teams. But Andy, Andy Reid and that pedigree”
“I usually agree with a lot of your blazing five and I disagreed with with all of it today, and I disagree with with the Buffalo kc take.”
“the Kansas City Chiefs are going to score twenty eight points and the Buffalo Bills twenty points”
“your projection model has a chiefs to win, but only by one... to me, this is a one point game.”
“I'm going to take Casey given the eighth, I think it's going to be a twenty four to ten game. I think Andy Reid's gonna out coach Dimiko.”
“Steve Cavino, I'm going Chiefs on this well when they oh, hey, chief to five the odds and this is when they play big and they score a lot of points and put the Texans in their place.”
“I will take the Chiefs to win with the Texans plus the points”
“I'm gonna go Kavino. My instinct originally was I'm loving CJ. Stroud, but that's my heart ... they may kill the Texans. So I'm going Chiefs.”
“I'm going to take the Texans to cover. Chiefs win, Texans cover”
“Never bet against the Chiefs. That's how I live my life ... he's focused, he's in the game, he's ready to go for this week cheaps win.”
“With the Chiefs to win but Texans with the points... So I think it's a Chiefs win.”
“In the end, though, to me, this is all about Kansas City and Kansas City being able to do what they typically do... Kansas City knows what they're doing when they get to this point.”
“I ended up with Chiefs, Lions, Eagles, Bills. So I ended up going home team, straight down”
“But the Chiefs, I think, are going to control the game because that's what they do.”
“I might take the Chiefs just to be just to do it... It should be Chiefs and Lions roll”
“I gotta believe Kansas City comes out of this victorious and then, my goodness, we'll see who comes out of the Bills and Ravens game alive”
“And I just think Andy Reid and Spags just are gonna be too much for this team in the end. And they're gonna they're gonna put out a win.”
“But I certainly my preseason pick for the Super Bowl Chiefs Eagles. Feeling pretty good about it right now.”
“What's more likely, Super Bowl champion backup quarterback to get an upset win? Carson Wentz or Jimmy Garoppolo? ... I think I agree with you. I'm gonna go Carson Wentz.”
“What's more likely, Super Bowl champion backup quarterback to get an upset win? Carson Wentz or Jimmy Garoppolo? ... I'm gonna go Carson Wentz. ... And Carson Wentz is gonna use this as an opportunity to just knock the Broncos out of the playoffs”
“So the best team in the AFC is which were you putting your marker on right now? Kansas City... for me, I'm not betting against Kansas City. You're gonna have to go in there and dethrone those guys.”
“But the Chiefs are winning the AFC. ... They're going to the Super Bowl. They're gonna go to New Orleans”
“That's not an overreaction, Chris. I've been saying it since the Tuesday before Labor Day.”
“It's hard to envision the Chiefs not reaching the AFC Championship Game, at minimum, again this year.”
“AFC West Kansas City Chiefs: 12-5 ... 2. Chiefs”
“AFC West: Kansas City Chiefs, Las Vegas Raiders, Los Angeles Chargers, Denver Broncos”
“AFC West: Kansas City Chiefs *, Denver Broncos *, Los Angeles Chargers, Las Vegas Raiders”
“Number 29, Kansas City Chiefs... they get the Trent McDuffie replacement and Chris Johnson, the San Diego State corner.”
“then came back and got two defensive ends in Akin Mesidore and Gabe Yawkes in the second round”