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AFC West

One of four divisions in the NFL's American Football League

Field	Value
title	AFC West
sport	American football
league	National Football League
conference	American Football Conference
founded	1960 (as the American Football League Western Division)
teams	4
country	United States
champion	Denver Broncos (16th title)
most_champs	Kansas City Chiefs (17 titles)

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-one 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 seven, 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 Denver Broncos won the most recent and their 16th AFC West title in 2025. 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).

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 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.

In the early and mid-2000s, the division was often cited as one of the NFL's "Toughest Divisions" 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 conference record tiebreakers for both the AFC East and the wild-card. 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.

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, 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).

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
Denver Broncos
LA Chargers	San Diego Chargers
Oakland Raiders
	Cincinnati
Bengals

AFC West Division	1900s
Kansas City Chiefs
Denver Broncos
San Diego Chargers
Oakland Raiders	Los Angeles Raiders	Oakland Raiders
	Tampa
Bay
Buccaneers	Seattle Seahawks

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
Team not in division Division Won AFL Championship Division Won AFL Championship, Lost Super Bowl Division Won AFC Championship Division Won Super Bowl

:Dallas Texans moved to Kansas City, Missouri and were subsequently renamed the Kansas City Chiefs (1963 season) :Los Angeles Chargers moved to San Diego (1961 season) but moved back in 2017. :Oakland Raiders moved to Los Angeles (1982 season). The team returned to Oakland for the 1995 season. :Cincinnati Bengals enfranchised (1968 season). After 1970 merger with NFL, the team moved to the AFC Central. :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. :Seattle Seahawks moved from the NFC West division (1977 Season). In 2002 they moved back to the NFC West. :Oakland Raiders moved to the Las Vegas area (2020 season).

Division champions

Season	Team	Record	Playoff results
1960	Los Angeles Chargers	year=1960	border=2}}	Los Angeles Chargers (1)	10–4	Lost AFL Championship (at Oilers) 16–24
1961	San Diego Chargers	year=1961	border=2}}	San Diego Chargers (2)	12–2	Lost AFL Championship (Oilers) 3–10
1962	Dallas Texans	year=1962	border=2}}	Dallas Texans (1)	11–3	Won AFL Championship (Oilers) 20–17 (2OT)
1963	San Diego Chargers	year=1963	border=2}}	San Diego Chargers (3)	11–3	Won AFL Championship (Patriots) 51–10
1964	San Diego Chargers	year=1964	border=2}}	San Diego Chargers (4)	8–5–1	Lost AFL Championship (at Bills) 7–20
1965	San Diego Chargers	year=1965	border=2}}	San Diego Chargers (5)	9–2–3	Lost AFL Championship (Bills) 0–23
1966	Kansas City Chiefs	year=1966	border=2}}	Kansas City Chiefs (2)	11–2–1	Won AFL Championship (Bills) 31–7
Lost Super Bowl I (vs. Packers) 10–35
1967	Oakland Raiders	year=1967	border=2}}	Oakland Raiders (1)	13–1	Won AFL Championship (Oilers) 40–7
Lost Super Bowl II (vs. Packers) 14–33
1968!	Oakland Raiders	year=1968	border=2}}	Oakland Raiders (2)	12–2	Won Western Division playoff (Chiefs) 41–6
Lost AFL Championship (at Jets) 23–27
1969	Oakland Raiders	year=1969	border=2}}	Oakland Raiders (3)	12–1–1	Won Divisional playoffs (Oilers) 56–7
Lost AFL Championship (Chiefs) 7–17
1970	Oakland Raiders	year=1970	border=2}}	Oakland Raiders (4)	8–4–2	Won Divisional playoffs (Dolphins) 21–14
Lost AFC Championship (at Colts) 17–27
1971	Kansas City Chiefs	year=1971	border=2}}	Kansas City Chiefs (3)	10–3–1	Lost Divisional playoffs (Dolphins) 24–27 (2OT)
1972	Oakland Raiders	year=1972	border=2}}	Oakland Raiders (5)	10–3–1	Lost Divisional playoffs (at Steelers) 7–13
1973	Oakland Raiders	year=1973	border=2}}	Oakland Raiders (6)	9–4-1	Won Divisional playoffs (Steelers) 33–14
Lost AFC Championship (at Dolphins) 10–27
1974	Oakland Raiders	year=1974	border=2}}	Oakland Raiders (7)	12–2	Won Divisional playoffs (Dolphins) 28–26
Lost AFC Championship (Steelers) 13–24
1975	Oakland Raiders	year=1975	border=2}}	Oakland Raiders (8)	11–3	Won Divisional playoffs (Bengals) 31–28
Lost AFC Championship (at Steelers) 10–16
1976	Oakland Raiders	year=1976	border=2}}	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	year=1977	border=2}}	[](1977-denver-broncos-season)	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	year=1978	border=2}}	[](1978-denver-broncos-season)	10–6	Lost Divisional playoffs (at Steelers) 10–33
1979	San Diego Chargers	year=1979	border=2}}	San Diego Chargers (6)	12–4	Lost Divisional playoffs (Oilers) 14–17
1980	San Diego Chargers	year=1980	border=2}}	San Diego Chargers (7)	11–5	Won Divisional playoffs (Bills) 20–14
Lost AFC Championship (Raiders) 27–34
1981	San Diego Chargers	year=1981	border=2}}	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	year=1982	border=2}}	Los Angeles Raiders#	8–1	Won First Round playoffs (Browns) 27–10
Lost Second Round playoffs (Jets) 14–17
1983	Los Angeles Raiders	year=1983	border=2}}	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	year=1984	border=2}}	[](1984-denver-broncos-season)	13–3	Lost Divisional playoffs (Steelers) 17–24
1985	Los Angeles Raiders	year=1985	border=2}}	Los Angeles Raiders (11)	12–4	Lost Divisional playoffs (Patriots) 20–27
1986	Denver Broncos	year=1986	border=2}}	[](1986-denver-broncos-season)	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	year=1987	border=2}}	[](1987-denver-broncos-season)	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	year=1988	border=2}}	Seattle Seahawks (1)	9–7	Lost Divisional playoffs (at Bengals) 13–21
1989	Denver Broncos	year=1989	border=2}}	[](1989-denver-broncos-season)	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	year=1990	border=2}}	Los Angeles Raiders (12)	12–4	Won Divisional playoffs (Bengals) 20–10
Lost AFC Championship (at Bills) 3–51
1991	Denver Broncos	year=1991	border=2}}	[](1991-denver-broncos-season)	12–4	Won Divisional playoffs (Oilers) 26–24
Lost AFC Championship (at Bills) 7–10
1992	San Diego Chargers	year=1992	border=2}}	San Diego Chargers (9)	11–5	Won Wild Card playoffs (Chiefs) 17–0
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Dolphins) 0–31
1993	Kansas City Chiefs	year=1993	border=2}}	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	year=1994	border=2}}	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	year=1995	border=2}}	Kansas City Chiefs (5)	13–3	Lost Divisional playoffs (Colts) 7–10
1996	Denver Broncos	year=1996	border=2}}	[](1996-denver-broncos-season)	13–3	Lost Divisional playoffs (Jaguars) 27–30
1997	Kansas City Chiefs	year=1997	border=2}}	Kansas City Chiefs (6)	13–3	Lost Divisional playoffs (Broncos) 10–14
1998	Denver Broncos	year=1998	border=2}}	[](1998-denver-broncos-season)	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	year=1999	border=2}}	Seattle Seahawks (2)	9–7	Lost Wild Card playoffs (Dolphins) 17–20
2000	Oakland Raiders	year=2000	border=2}}	Oakland Raiders (13)	12–4	Won Divisional playoffs (Dolphins) 27–0
Lost AFC Championship (Ravens) 3–16
2001	Oakland Raiders	year=2001	border=2}}	Oakland Raiders (14)	10–6	Won Wild Card playoffs (Jets) 38–24
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Patriots) 13–16 (OT)
2002	Oakland Raiders	year=2002	border=2}}	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	year=2003	border=2}}	Kansas City Chiefs (7)	13–3	Lost Divisional playoffs (Colts) 31–38
2004	San Diego Chargers	year=2004	border=2}}	San Diego Chargers (11)	12–4	Lost Wild Card playoffs (Jets) 17–20 (OT)
2005	Denver Broncos	year=2005	border=2}}	[](2005-denver-broncos-season)	13–3	Won Divisional playoffs (Patriots) 27–13
Lost AFC Championship (Steelers) 17–34
2006	San Diego Chargers	year=2006	border=2}}	San Diego Chargers (12)	14–2	Lost Divisional playoffs (Patriots) 21–24
2007	San Diego Chargers	year=2007	border=2}}	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	year=2008	border=2}}	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	year=2009	border=2}}	San Diego Chargers (15)	13–3	Lost Divisional playoffs (Jets) 14–17
2010	Kansas City Chiefs	year=2010	border=2}}	Kansas City Chiefs (8)	10–6	Lost Wild Card playoffs (Ravens) 7–30
2011	Denver Broncos	year=2011	border=2}}	[](2011-denver-broncos-season)	8–8	Won Wild Card playoffs (Steelers) 29–23 (OT)
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Patriots) 10–45
2012	Denver Broncos	year=2012	border=2}}	[](2012-denver-broncos-season)	13–3	Lost Divisional playoffs (Ravens) 35–38 (2OT)
2013	Denver Broncos	year=2013	border=2}}	[](2013-denver-broncos-season)	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	year=2014	border=2}}	[](2014-denver-broncos-season)	12–4	Lost Divisional playoffs (Colts) 13–24
2015	Denver Broncos	year=2015	border=2}}	[](2015-denver-broncos-season)	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	year=2016	border=2}}	Kansas City Chiefs (9)	12–4	Lost Divisional playoffs (Steelers) 16–18
2017	Kansas City Chiefs	year=2017	border=2}}	Kansas City Chiefs (10)	10–6	Lost Wild Card playoffs (Titans) 21–22
2018	Kansas City Chiefs	year=2018	border=2}}	Kansas City Chiefs (11)	12–4	Won Divisional playoffs (Colts) 31–13
Lost AFC Championship (Patriots) 31–37 (OT)
2019	Kansas City Chiefs	year=2019	border=2}}	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	year=2020	border=2}}	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	year=2021	border=2}}	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	year=2022	border=2}}	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	year=2023	border=2}}	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	year=2024	border=2}}	Kansas City Chiefs (17)	15–2	Won Divisional playoffs (Texans) 23–14
Won AFC Championship (Bills) 32–29
Lost Super Bowl LIX (vs. Eagles) 22–40
2025	Denver Broncos	year=2025	border=2}}	[](2025-denver-broncos-season)	14–3		Won Divisional playoffs (Bills) 33–30 (OT)
Lost AFC Championship (Patriots) 7–10

!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	year=1969	border=2}}	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	year=1977	border=2}}	Oakland Raiders	11–3	Won Divisional playoffs (at Colts) 37–31 (2OT)
Lost AFC Championship (at Broncos) 17–20
1979	Denver Broncos	year=1979	border=2}}	[](1979-denver-broncos-season)	10–6	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Oilers) 7–13
1980	Oakland Raiders	year=1980	border=2}}	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	year=1982	border=2}}	San Diego Chargers	6–3	Won First Round playoffs (at Steelers) 31–28
Lost Second Round playoffs (at Dolphins) 13–34
1983	Seattle Seahawks	year=1983	border=2}}	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
Denver Broncos	year=1983	border=2}}	[](1983-denver-broncos-season)	9–7	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Seahawks) 7–31
1984	Seattle Seahawks	year=1984	border=2}}	Seattle Seahawks	12–4	Won Wild Card playoffs (Raiders) 13–7
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Dolphins) 10–31
Los Angeles Raiders	year=1984	border=2}}	Los Angeles Raiders	11–5	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Seahawks) 7–13
1986	Kansas City Chiefs	year=1986	border=2}}	Kansas City Chiefs	10–6	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Jets) 15–35
1987	Seattle Seahawks	year=1987	border=2}}	Seattle Seahawks	9–6	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Oilers) 20–23 (OT)
1990	Kansas City Chiefs	year=1990	border=2}}	Kansas City Chiefs	11–5	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Dolphins) 16–17
1991	Kansas City Chiefs	year=1991	border=2}}	Kansas City Chiefs	10–6	Won Wild Card playoffs (Raiders) 10–6
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Bills) 14–37
Los Angeles Raiders	year=1991	border=2}}	Los Angeles Raiders	9–7	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Chiefs) 6–10
1992	Kansas City Chiefs	year=1992	border=2}}	Kansas City Chiefs	10–6	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Chargers) 0–17
1993	Los Angeles Raiders	year=1993	border=2}}	Los Angeles Raiders	10–6	Won Wild Card playoffs (Broncos) 42–24
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Bills) 23–29
Denver Broncos	year=1993	border=2}}	[](1993-denver-broncos-season)	9–7	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Raiders) 24–42
1994	Kansas City Chiefs	year=1994	border=2}}	Kansas City Chiefs	9–7	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Dolphins) 17–27
1995	San Diego Chargers	year=1995	border=2}}	San Diego Chargers	9–7	Lost Wild Card playoffs (Colts) 20–35
1997	Denver Broncos	year=1997	border=2}}	[](1997-denver-broncos-season)	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	year=2000	border=2}}	[](2000-denver-broncos-season)	11–5	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Ravens) 3–21
2003	Denver Broncos	year=2003	border=2}}	[](2003-denver-broncos-season)	10–6	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Colts) 10–41
2004	Denver Broncos	year=2004	border=2}}	[](2004-denver-broncos-season)	10–6	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Colts) 24–49
2006	Kansas City Chiefs	year=2006	border=2}}	Kansas City Chiefs	9–7	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Colts) 8–23
2013	Kansas City Chiefs	year=2013	border=2}}	Kansas City Chiefs	11–5	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Colts) 44–45
San Diego Chargers	year=2013	border=2}}	San Diego Chargers	9–7	Won Wild Card playoffs (at Bengals) 27–10
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Broncos) 17–24
2015	Kansas City Chiefs	year=2015	border=2}}	Kansas City Chiefs	11–5	Won Wild Card playoffs (at Texans) 30–0
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Patriots) 20–27
2016	Oakland Raiders	year=2016	border=2}}	Oakland Raiders	12–4	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Texans) 14–27
2018	Los Angeles Chargers	year=2018	border=2}}	Los Angeles Chargers	12–4	Won Wild Card playoffs (at Ravens) 23–17
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Patriots) 28–41
2021	Las Vegas Raiders	year=2021	border=2}}	Las Vegas Raiders	10–7	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Bengals) 19–26
2022	Los Angeles Chargers	year=2022	border=2}}	Los Angeles Chargers	10–7	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Jaguars) 30–31
2024	Los Angeles Chargers	year=2024	border=2}}	Los Angeles Chargers	11–6	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Texans) 12–32
Denver Broncos	year=2024	border=2}}	[](2024-denver-broncos-season)	10–7	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Bills) 7–31
2025	Los Angeles Chargers	year=2022	border=2}}	Los Angeles Chargers	11–6	Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Patriots) 3–16

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 2024–25 NFL playoffs

Team	AFL/AFC West Division
Championships	Playoff
Berths	AFC Conference
Championships*	AFL
Championships†	Super Bowl
Championships	Total
Championships‡
Denver Broncos	16	23	8	0	3	3
Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs	17	26	6	1	4	5
Oakland/Los Angeles/Las Vegas 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 #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.

;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	AFC Conference
Championships	Super Bowl
Championships
Seattle Seahawks	1977–2001	2	5	0	0
Cincinnati Bengals	1968–1969	0	0	0	0
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	1976	0	0	0	0

Season results

(#)	Denotes team that qualified for the NFL Playoffs or AFL Playoffs

Season		colspan="5"	Team (record)	1st		2nd		3rd		4th		5th
AFL Western
1960	L.A. Chargers (10–4)
1961	San Diego (12–2)
1962	Dal. Texans (11–3)
1963	San Diego (11–3)
1964	San Diego (8–5–1)
1965	San Diego (9–2–3)
1966	Kansas City (11–2–1)
1967	Oakland (13–1)
1968	Oakland (12–2)
1969	Oakland (12–1–1)
AFC West
	Oakland (8–4–2)
	Kansas City (10–3–1)
	Oakland (10–3–1)
	Oakland (9–4–1)
	Oakland (12–2)
	(2) Oakland (11–3)
	(1) Oakland (13–1)
	(1) Denver (12–2)
	(3) Denver (10–6)
	(1) San Diego (12–4)
	(1) San Diego (11–5)
	(3) San Diego (10–6)
^	(1) L.A. Raiders (8–1)
	(1) L.A. Raiders (12–4)
	(2) Denver (13–3)
	(1) L.A. Raiders (12–4)
	(2) Denver (11–5)
	(1) Denver (10–4–1)
	(3) Seattle (9–7)
	(1) Denver (11–5)
	(2) L.A. Raiders (12–4)
	(2) Denver (12–4)
	(3) San Diego (11–5)
	(3) Kansas City (11–5)
	(2) San Diego (11–5)
	(1) Kansas City (13–3)
	(1) Denver (13–3)
	(1) Kansas City (13–3)
	(1) Denver (14–2)
	(3) Seattle (9–7)
	(2) Oakland (12–4)
	(3) Oakland (10–6)
	(1) Oakland (11–5)
	(2) Kansas City (13–3)
	(4) San Diego (12–4)
	(2) Denver (13–3)
	(1) San Diego (14–2)
	(3) San Diego (11–5)
	(4) San Diego (8–8)
	(2) San Diego (13–3)
	(4) Kansas City (10–6)
	(4) Denver (8–8)
	(1) Denver (13–3)
	(1) Denver (13–3)
	(2) Denver (12–4)
	(1) Denver (12–4)
	(2) Kansas City (12–4)
	(4) Kansas City (10–6)
	(1) Kansas City (12–4)
	(2) Kansas City (12–4)
	(1) Kansas City (14–2)
	(2) Kansas City (12–5)
	(1) Kansas City (14–3)
	(3) Kansas City (11–6)
	(1) Kansas City (15–2)
	(1) Denver (14–3)

References

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Grathoff, Pete. (December 19, 2022). "All 4 AFC West teams have won the division 15 times".
Aspuria, Ray. (February 5, 2024). "Raiders chase to catch the Chiefs is still a marathon, not a sprint".
Teicher, Adam. (December 8, 2022). "A seventh straight AFC West title never looked unlikely to Chiefs".
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