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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. Steve Spagnuolo coordinates the defense. The Chiefs have been one of the NFL's dominant forces in recent years, winning three Super Bowls in a five-year span (2019, 2022, 2023) and reaching the championship game again in 2024 with a 15–2 record. Their run of success includes ten consecutive playoff appearances from 2015 through 2024, with only one season in that stretch featuring fewer than ten wins. The roster features quarterback Patrick Mahomes, tight end Travis Kelce, defensive tackle Chris Jones, and center Creed Humphrey among its notable players. After a 6–11 campaign in 2025, the team opened 2026 at 1–0.
The 200 most recent checkable claims, from 85 pundits · 200 settled, averaging 60 out of 100.
The seasons we hold results for, 2009 to 2026.
| Season | Record | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3–0 | — |
| 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 5 of 5 — unsettled claims first, then the settled ones, newest first.
“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.”
| 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 90% of the room, across 4 articles · 17.5 accuracy on this team (2 settled)
more bearish than 87% of the room, across 4 articles · on this team not settled yet
more bearish than 72% of the room, across 3 articles · on this team not settled yet
more bearish than 67% of the room, across 5 articles · 67.0 accuracy on this team (1 settled)
“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”
“So he's got, Mesidore going, one spot ahead of Zion Young, by the way, out of Mizuho.”
“He has he has the Chiefs at 40 taking an edge, who actually is a really interesting player, Akeem Messador.”
“The twenty ninth pick in the twenty twenty six NFL draft, The Kansas City Chiefs have selected defensive tackle, Peter Woods, out of Clemson.”
“with the 96 pick in round three. The Kansas City Chiefs select Donovan, Davidson Igbonos ... out of Ohio State”
“With the twentieth pick ... the Kansas City Chiefs are selecting Blake Miller, the offensive tackle out of Clemson.”
“They send number nine... to the Washington match for pick number seven... They take David Bailey.”
“Kansas City Chiefs ... I want David Bailey to Texas Tech defensive end.”
“You've also got, Peter Woods at 29. It's your original pick at 29.”
“To me, I almost think you have to go with Sonny Styles. / That's that's where I'm at... you plug him in next to Nick Bolton, you have a new duo.”
“Let's just go ahead and take stunning styles at this point... we have got sunny styles, which is not the decision we were expecting to take in the first round”
“And he's got the cheese taking, left tackle, Caden Proctor, who would then switch from left to right tackle.”
“they have the Chiefs taking Jeremiah Love”
“I'm going to go ahead and go DB at this point and add Kilgore to this Chiefs roster”
“So I'm gonna go and take Kamara. So that gets you to pick one nineteen.”
“the Chiefs are on the clock again at 74 ... I think Trigg is the guy that brings the more vertical threat ... Okay. Well, let's take Trigg.”
“I don't think that they would have jumped up to six to to take Bane... So I think it's it's gotta be Reese”
“So but, yeah, we'll gotta be edge rusher. It's gotta be edge rusher. They want Reese... I think it's gotta be Reese. If the Giants don't take him first, that that's my feeling.”
“if I'm trading up, I would assume that it is for Ruben Bayne, Jordan Tyson, or Sonny Styles in that order”
“It's gonna be Ruben Bayne, probably followed by Jordan Tyson.”
“Chiefs rebuild their secondary in one draft at the corner out of Tennessee... I had them just overhauling their secondary with Caleb Downs and Colton Hood with the two picks.”
“With the ninth pick... the Kansas City Chiefs select Reuben Bain Junior, defensive end University of Miami. ... It's the guy who I believe the Chiefs will be taking tonight”
“I think the Chiefs just go to arguably best player in the draft, Caleb Downs... At at number nine.”
“With the twenty ninth overall pick... his Kansas City Chiefs select Denzel Boston, wide receiver Washington.”
“29, Kansas City Chiefs back on the clock. Edge rusher TJ Parker at a Clemson, goes to them.”
“Kansas City Chiefs back on the clock to make their first pick of the draft. Offensive lineman, Caden Proctor”
“with a six round pick, two ten. The Chiefs select Landon Robinson, the defensive tackle, out of Navy.”
“The Kansas City Chiefs are selecting Ruben Bayne junior, the defensive end out of Miami.”
“With the 176 pick in the 2026 ... mock draft, the Chiefs select linebacker Jack Kelly out of BYU.”
“With the fortieth pick ... the Kansas City Chiefs do address the wide receiver position. They take Chris Bell, the pass catcher out of Louisville”
“Pick one forty eight fifth round. The Chiefs grab a tight end. Nate Borkircher from Texas A and M.”
“And I believe it's the Kansas City Chiefs moving up from nine to take Arbel Reese here.”