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List of San Francisco 49ers seasons

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The San Francisco 49ers are an American football franchise representing the San Francisco Bay Area. The 49ers are members of the West division in the National Football Conference (NFC) of the National Football League (NFL).

The 49ers began play in 1946 as charter members of the All-America Football Conference. They joined the NFL in the AAFC-NFL merger in 1950; from then through 1969 they did not win a division or conference title, and only finished as high as second once. After winning three consecutive division titles from 1970 to 1972, they would return to losing in 1973 and achieved only one winning season for the rest of the decade.

From 1981 to 1998, the 49ers had one of the most successful stretches of dominance in NFL history. Armed with Bill Walsh's innovative West Coast offense, Hall of Fame level quarterback play in Joe Montana and later Steve Young, and a dominant defense, the 49ers would win five Super Bowls in 1981, 1984, 1988, 1989, and 1994, and made the playoffs every year but 1982 and 1991.

Another playoff drought lasted from –, a stretch of eight non-winning seasons. This drought came to end under rookie head coach Jim Harbaugh when the 49ers won their division with a 13–3 record in . From 2011 to 2013, they earned three straight berths in the NFC Championship Game, which included a loss to the Baltimore Ravens in Super Bowl XLVII. They would have another stretch of non-winning seasons from – before a 13–3 turnaround season in 2019 under head coach Kyle Shanahan saw them win the NFC, but lose to the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIV. Since then, the 49ers have been to two NFC Conference Championship Games (NFCCG) and another Super Bowl, losing both NFCCGs on the road and losing Super Bowl LVIII once again to the Chiefs.

This list documents the season-by-season record of the 49ers franchise from to present, including postseason records and league awards for individual players or head coaches.

Seasons

NFL champions (1920–1969)§Super Bowl champions (1966–present)†Conference champions*Division champions^Wild Card berth#One-game playoff berth+
SeasonTeamLeagueConferenceDivisionRegular seasonPostseason resultsAwardsHead coachRefs.FinishWLT19461947194819492007
1946AAFCWestern2nd950Buck Shaw
1947AAFCWestern2nd842
1948AAFCWestern2nd1220
1949AAFC2nd#930Won First-Round Playoffs (Yankees) 17–7
Lost AAFC Championship (at Browns) 7–21
1950NFLNational5th390
1951NFLNational3rd741
1952NFLNational3rd750
1953NFLWestern3rd930
1954NFLWestern3rd741
1955NFLWestern5th480Red Strader
1956NFLWestern3rd561Frankie Albert
1957NFLWestern2nd+840Lost Conference Playoff (Lions) 27–31
1958NFLWestern4th660
1959NFLWestern4th750Red Hickey
1960NFLWestern3rd750
1961NFLWestern5th761
1962NFLWestern5th680
1963NFLWestern7th2120Red Hickey (0–3)Jack Christiansen (2–9)
1964NFLWestern7th4100Jack Christiansen
1965NFLWestern4th761
1966NFLWestern4th662
1967NFLWesternCoastal3rd770
1968NFLWesternCoastal3rd761Dick Nolan
1969NFLWesternCoastal4th482
1970NFLNFCWest^1st^1031Won Divisional Playoffs (at Vikings) 17–14
Lost NFC Championship (Cowboys) 10–17John Brodie (MVP)
Bruce Taylor (DROY)
1971NFLNFCWest^1st^950Won Divisional Playoffs (Redskins) 24–20
Lost NFC Championship (at Cowboys) 3–14
1972NFLNFCWest^1st^851Lost Divisional Playoffs (Cowboys) 28–30
1973NFLNFCWest3rd590
1974NFLNFCWest2nd680
1975NFLNFCWest2nd590
1976NFLNFCWest2nd860Monte Clark
1977NFLNFCWest3rd590Ken Meyer
1978NFLNFCWest4th2140Pete McCulley (1–8)Fred O'Connor (1–6)
1979NFLNFCWest4th2140Bill Walsh
1980NFLNFCWest3rd6100
1981NFLNFC*West^1st^1330Won Divisional Playoffs (Giants) 38–24
Won NFC Championship (Cowboys) 28–27
Won Super Bowl XVI (1) (vs. Bengals) 26–21Joe Montana (SB MVP)
Bill Walsh (COY)
1982NFLNFCWest11th1360
1983NFLNFCWest^1st^1060Won Divisional Playoffs (Lions) 24–23
Lost NFC Championship (at Redskins) 21–24
1984NFLNFC*West^1st^1510Won Divisional Playoffs (Giants) 21–10
Won NFC Championship (Bears) 23–0
Won Super Bowl XIX (2) (vs. Dolphins) 38–16Joe Montana (SB MVP)
1985NFLNFCWest2nd#1060Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Giants) 3–17
1986NFLNFCWest^1st^1051Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Giants) 3–49Joe Montana (CBPOY)
1987NFLNFCWest^1st^1320Lost Divisional Playoffs (Vikings) 24–36Jerry Rice (OPOY)
1988NFLNFC*West^1st^1060Won Divisional Playoffs (Vikings) 34–9
Won NFC Championship (at Bears) 28–3
Won Super Bowl XXIII (3) (vs. Bengals) 20–16Jerry Rice (SB MVP)
Roger Craig (OPOY)
1989NFLNFC*West^1st^1420Won Divisional Playoffs (Vikings) 41–13
Won NFC Championship (Rams) 30–3
Won Super Bowl XXIV (4) (vs. Broncos) 55–10Joe Montana (MVP, SB MVP, OPOY)George Seifert
1990NFLNFCWest^1st^1420Won Divisional Playoffs (Redskins) 28–10
Lost NFC Championship (Giants) 13–15Joe Montana (MVP)
1991NFLNFCWest3rd1060
1992NFLNFCWest^1st^1420Won Divisional Playoffs (Redskins) 20–13
Lost NFC Championship (Cowboys) 20–30Steve Young (MVP, OPOY)
1993NFLNFCWest^1st^1060Won Divisional Playoffs (Giants) 44–3
Lost NFC Championship (at Cowboys) 21–38Jerry Rice (OPOY)
Dana Stubblefield (DROY)
1994NFLNFC*West^1st^1330Won Divisional Playoffs (Bears) 44–15
Won NFC Championship (Cowboys) 38–28
Won Super Bowl XXIX (5) (vs. Chargers) 49–26Steve Young (MVP, SB MVP)
Deion Sanders (DPOY)
1995NFLNFCWest^1st^1150Lost Divisional Playoffs (Packers) 17–27Jerry Rice (PB MVP)
1996NFLNFCWest2nd#1240Won Wild Card Playoffs (Eagles) 14–0
Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Packers) 14–35
1997NFLNFCWest^1st^1330Won Divisional Playoffs (Vikings) 38–22
Lost NFC Championship (Packers) 10–23Dana Stubblefield (DPOY)Steve Mariucci
1998NFLNFCWest2nd#1240Won Wild Card Playoffs (Packers) 30–27
Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Falcons) 18–20
1999NFLNFCWest4th4120Bryant Young (CBPOY)
2000NFLNFCWest4th6100
2001NFLNFCWest2nd#1240Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Packers) 15–25Garrison Hearst (CBPOY)
2002NFLNFCWest^1st^1060Won Wild Card Playoffs (Giants) 39–38
Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Buccaneers) 6–31
2003NFLNFCWest3rd790Dennis Erickson
2004NFLNFCWest4th2140
2005NFLNFCWest4th4120Mike Nolan
2006NFLNFCWest3rd790
2007NFLNFCWest3rd5110Patrick Willis (DROY)
2008NFLNFCWest2nd790Mike Nolan (2–5)Mike Singletary (5–4)
2009NFLNFCWest2nd880Mike Singletary
2010NFLNFCWest3rd6100Mike Singletary (5–10)Jim Tomsula (1–0)
2011NFLNFCWest^1st^1330Won Divisional Playoffs (Saints) 36–32
Lost NFC Championship (Giants) 17–20 (OT)Jim Harbaugh (COY)Jim Harbaugh
2012NFLNFC*West^1st^1141Won Divisional Playoffs (Packers) 45–31
Won NFC Championship (at Falcons) 28–24
Lost Super Bowl XLVII (vs. Ravens) 31–34
2013NFLNFCWest2nd#1240Won Wild Card Playoffs (at Packers) 23–20
Won Divisional Playoffs (at Panthers) 23–10
Lost NFC Championship (at Seahawks) 17–23
2014NFLNFCWest3rd880
2015NFLNFCWest4th5110Anquan Boldin (MOY)Jim Tomsula
2016NFLNFCWest4th2140Chip Kelly
2017NFLNFCWest4th6100Kyle Shanahan
2018NFLNFCWest3rd4120
2019NFLNFC*West^1st^1330Won Divisional Playoffs (Vikings) 27–10
Won NFC Championship (Packers) 37–20
Lost Super Bowl LIV (vs. Chiefs) 20–31Nick Bosa (DROY)
2020NFLNFCWest4th6100
2021NFLNFCWest3rd#1070Won Wild Card Playoffs (at Cowboys) 23–17
Won Divisional Playoffs (at Packers) 13–10
Lost NFC Championship (at Rams) 17–20
2022NFLNFCWest^1st^1340Won Wild Card Playoffs (Seahawks) 41–23
Won Divisional Playoffs (Cowboys) 19–12
Lost NFC Championship (at Eagles) 7–31Nick Bosa (DPOY)
2023NFLNFC*West^1st^1250Won Divisional Playoffs (Packers) 24–21
Won NFC Championship (Lions) 34–31
Lost Super Bowl LVIII (vs. Chiefs) 22–25 (OT)Christian McCaffrey (OPOY)
2024NFLNFCWest4th6110
2025NFLNFCWest3rd#1250Won Wild Card Playoffs (at Eagles) 23–19
Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Seahawks) 6–41

Statistics above are current as of January 17, 2026.

All-time records

StatisticWinsLossesTiesWin %All-America Football Conference regular season recordAAFC postseason recordNational Football League regular season recordNFL postseason recordAAFC and NFL regular and postseason record
38142
11
59251214
3925
67055216

1 Due to a strike-shortened season in 1982, all teams were ranked by conference instead of division.

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