Founded 1932 · Landover, Maryland · metro pop. ~6.3M
Northwest Stadium, Landover, MD — opened 1997 · 67,617 seats. 5× champions · last 1991.
Landover, Maryland · founded 1932
Super Bowl appearances: 5 (3–2)
Ranked by team-only production — stats accumulated only while with the Washington Commanders (1999–present, the per-category box-stat era).
| # | Player | Pos | Seasons | Team stats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Art Monk | WR | 14 (1980–1993) | 12,026 rec yds · 65 TD |
| 2 | Charley Taylor | WR | 13 (1964–1977) | 1,510 rush yds · 11 TD · 9,110 rec yds · 79 TD |
| 3 | John Riggins | RB | 9 (1976–1985) | 7,472 rush yds · 79 TD · 928 rec yds · 6 TD |
| 4 | Sonny Jurgensen | QB | 11 (1964–1974) |
All-time franchise leaders by category — modern era (1999–present, the per-category box-stat era).
The four greatest players in franchise history by legacy score — all-era, honors-driven, weighted by career share.
Win% by decade since first NFL season. All-time: 50% across 94 seasons.
All-time regular-season dominance (min 10 games).
Ranked by rivalry intensity (volume × competitiveness × recency).
HOF-caliber players whose injury history cut their peak short — on this franchise's roster.
Score-weighted distribution of 25 best players in franchise history, by position group (KV-H basis, 1999+).
Most elite player: London Fletcher (ILB) — top 1% all-time at their position.
Every season since 1932: record, finish, head coach + how it ended. Per-category team stats (passing/rushing/receiving/defense) are filled for 1999+.
| 22,585 pass yds · 179 TD |
| 5 | Santana Moss | WR | 10 (2005–2014) | 7,867 rec yds · 47 TD |
| 6 | Clinton Portis | RB | 7 (2004–2010) | 6,824 rush yds · 46 TD · 1,340 rec yds · 3 TD |
| 7 | Terry McLaurin | WR | 7 (2019–2025) | 6,961 rec yds · 41 TD |
| 8 | Bobby Mitchell | WR | 7 (1962–1968) | 438 rush yds · 2 TD · 6,492 rec yds · 49 TD |
| 9 | Darrell Green | CB | 20 (1983–2002) | 54 INT |
| 10 | Kirk Cousins | QB | 6 (2012–2017) | 16,206 pass yds · 99 TD · 379 rush yds · 13 TD |
| 11 | Stephen Davis | RB | 7 (1996–2002) | 5,725 rush yds · 45 TD · 771 rec yds · 1 TD |
| 12 | Mark Rypien | QB | 6 (1988–1993) | 15,928 pass yds · 101 TD |
| 13 | Chris Cooley | TE | 9 (2004–2012) | 4,711 rec yds · 33 TD |
| 14 | Ryan Kerrigan | DE | 10 (2011–2020) | 95.5 sk · 3 INT |
| 15 | Earnest Byner | RB | 5 (1989–1993) | 3,950 rush yds · 25 TD · 1,577 rec yds · 4 TD |
Score is a transparent production estimate, not the proprietary Knox rating.
| 3,932 |
| 43 |
| 7 |
| Dan Quinn |
| Lost Conference Championship |
| 2023 | 4-13 | 4th | 329 | 518 | 4,174 | 1,592 | 4,174 | 38 | 8 | Ron Rivera | Made Playoffs |
| 2022 | 8-8-1 | 4th | 321 | 343 | 3,783 | 2,143 | 3,783 | 43 | 9 | Ron Rivera | Made Playoffs |
| 2021 | 7-10 | 3rd | 335 | 434 | 3,746 | 2,061 | 3,746 | 37 | 11 | Ron Rivera | Made Playoffs |
| 2020 | 7-9 | 1st | 335 | 329 | 3,796 | 1,611 | 3,796 | 46 | 16 | Ron Rivera | Lost Wild Card |
| 2019 | 3-13 | 4th | 266 | 435 | 3,205 | 1,583 | 3,205 | 46 | 13 | Jay Gruden (0–5)Bill Callahan (3–8) | Made Playoffs |
| 2018 | 7-9 | 3rd | 281 | 359 | 3,287 | 1,774 | 3,287 | 46 | 15 | Jay Gruden | Made Playoffs |
| 2017 | 7-9 | 3rd | 342 | 388 | 4,093 | 1,448 | 4,093 | 41 | 16 | Jay Gruden | Made Playoffs |
| 2016 | 8-7-1 | 3rd | 396 | 383 | 4,948 | 1,696 | 4,948 | 38 | 13 | Jay Gruden | Made Playoffs |
| 2015 | 9-7 | 1st | 388 | 379 | 4,294 | 1,566 | 4,294 | 37 | 11 | Jay Gruden | Lost Wild Card |
| 2014 | 4-12 | 4th | 301 | 438 | 4,461 | 1,691 | 4,461 | 36 | 7 | Jay Gruden | Made Playoffs |
| 2013 | 3-13 | 4th | 334 | 478 | 4,057 | 2,164 | 4,057 | 36 | 16 | Mike Shanahan | Made Playoffs |
| 2012 | 10-6 | 1st | 436 | 388 | 3,666 | 2,709 | 3,666 | 31 | 21 | Mike Shanahan | Lost Wild Card |
| 2011 | 5-11 | 4th | 288 | 367 | 4,058 | 1,585 | 4,056 | 40 | 13 | Mike Shanahan | Made Playoffs |
| 2010 | 6-10 | 4th | 302 | 377 | 4,261 | 1,461 | 4,261 | 29 | 14 | Mike Shanahan | Made Playoffs |
| 2009 | 4-12 | 4th | 266 | 336 | 3,797 | 1,508 | 3,797 | 40 | 11 | Jim Zorn | Made Playoffs |
| 2008 | 8-8 | 4th | 265 | 296 | 3,291 | 2,095 | 3,291 | 24 | 13 | Jim Zorn | Made Playoffs |
| 2007 | 9-7 | 3rd | 334 | 310 | 3,622 | 1,872 | 3,622 | 32 | 14 | Joe Gibbs | Lost Wild Card |
| 2006 | 5-11 | 4th | 307 | 376 | 3,174 | 2,221 | 3,174 | 20 | 6 | Joe Gibbs | Made Playoffs |
| 2005 | 10-6 | 2nd | 359 | 293 | 3,346 | 2,183 | 3,346 | 32 | 16 | Joe Gibbs | Lost Divisional |
| 2004 | 6-10 | 4th | 240 | 265 | 2,874 | 1,765 | 2,874 | 39 | 18 | Joe Gibbs | Made Playoffs |
| 2003 | 5-11 | 3rd | 287 | 372 | 3,276 | 1,647 | 3,276 | 21 | 17 | Steve Spurrier | Made Playoffs |
| 2002 | 7-9 | 3rd | 307 | 365 | 3,523 | 1,889 | 3,523 | 31 | 15 | Steve Spurrier | Made Playoffs |
| 2001 | 8-8 | 2nd | 256 | 303 | 2,716 | 1,948 | 2,707 | 20 | 25 | Marty Schottenheimer | Made Playoffs |
| 2000 | 8-8 | 3rd | 281 | 269 | 3,876 | 1,699 | 3,876 | 34 | 19 | Norv Turner (7–6)Terry Robiskie (1–2) | Made Playoffs |
| 1999 | 10-6 | 1st | 443 | 377 | 4,095 | 1,972 | 4,095 | 39 | 23 | Norv Turner | Lost Divisional |
| 1998 | 6-10 | 4th | — | — | 3,724 | 1,366 | 3,163 | 26 | 9 | Norv Turner | Made Playoffs |
| 1997 | 8-7-1 | 2nd | — | — | 3,581 | 1,416 | 2,944 | 20 | 11 | Norv Turner | Made Playoffs |
| 1996 | 9-7 | 3rd | — | — | 3,453 | 1,605 | 3,144 | 16 | 13 | Norv Turner | Made Playoffs |
| 1995 | 6-10 | 3rd | — | — | 3,496 | 1,563 | 3,006 | 7 | 10 | Norv Turner | Made Playoffs |
| 1994 | 3-13 | 5th | — | — | 3,524 | 1,096 | 3,288 | 1.5 | 11 | Norv Turner | Made Playoffs |
| 1993 | 4-12 | 5th | — | — | 2,218 | 1,461 | 1,800 | 8.5 | 12 | Richie Petitbon | Made Playoffs |
| 1992 | 9-7 | 3rd | — | — | 3,282 | 1,543 | 1,610 | 9 | 7 | Joe Gibbs | Made Playoffs |
| 1991 | 14-2 | 1st | — | — | 3,564 | 1,982 | 1,751 | 8.5 | 13 | Joe Gibbs | 🏆 Won Super Bowl |
| 1990 | 10-6 | 3rd | — | — | 3,085 | 1,913 | 1,590 | 12 | 5 | Joe Gibbs | Made Playoffs |
| 1989 | 10-6 | 3rd | — | — | 3,859 | 1,816 | 1,940 | 4 | 4 | Joe Gibbs | Made Playoffs |
| 1988 | 7-9 | 3rd | — | — | 1,730 | 1,459 | 1,680 | 5 | 4 | Joe Gibbs | Made Playoffs |
| 1987 | 11-4 | 1st | — | — | 1,878 | 1,507 | 1,233 | 0 | 3 | Joe Gibbs | 🏆 Won Super Bowl |
| 1986 | 12-4 | 2nd | — | — | 4,109 | 1,705 | 2,387 | 0 | 5 | Joe Gibbs | Lost Conference Championship |
| 1985 | 10-6 | 3rd | — | — | 1,469 | 2,287 | 2,146 | 0 | 4 | Joe Gibbs | Made Playoffs |
| 1984 | 11-5 | 1st | — | — | 0 | 1,685 | 2,854 | 0 | 5 | Joe Gibbs | Made Playoffs |
| 1983 | 14-2 | 1st | — | — | 5 | 1,448 | 2,208 | 0 | 2 | Joe Gibbs | Lost Super Bowl |
| 1982 | 8-1 | 1st | — | — | 0 | 589 | 1,352 | 0 | 0 | Joe Gibbs | 🏆 Won Super Bowl |
| 1981 | 8-8 | 4th | — | — | 143 | 725 | 1,430 | 0 | 0 | Joe Gibbs | Made Playoffs |
| 1980 | 6-10 | 3rd | — | — | 0 | 0 | 797 | 0 | 0 | Jack Pardee | Made Playoffs |
| 1979 | 10-6 | 3rd | — | — | 0 | 1,153 | 163 | 0 | 0 | Jack Pardee | Made Playoffs |
| 1978 | 8-8 | 3rd | — | — | 0 | 1,014 | 299 | 0 | 0 | Jack Pardee | Made Playoffs |
| 1977 | 9-5 | 2nd | — | — | 0 | 203 | 253 | 0 | 0 | George Allen | Made Playoffs |
| 1976 | 10-4 | 2nd | — | — | 0 | 572 | 172 | 0 | 0 | George Allen | Made Playoffs |
| 1975 | 8-6 | 3rd | — | — | 0 | 0 | 744 | 0 | 0 | George Allen | Made Playoffs |
| 1974 | 10-4 | 2nd | — | — | 1,185 | 1 | 738 | 0 | 0 | George Allen | Made Playoffs |
| 1973 | 10-4 | 2nd | — | — | 904 | 7 | 801 | 0 | 0 | George Allen | Made Playoffs |
| 1972 | 11-3 | 1st | — | — | 633 | 39 | 673 | 0 | 0 | George Allen | Lost Super Bowl |
| 1971 | 9-4-1 | 2nd | — | — | 170 | 0 | 370 | 0 | 0 | George Allen | Made Playoffs |
| 1970 | 6-8 | 4th | — | — | 2,354 | 17 | 593 | 0 | 0 | Bill Austin | Made Playoffs |
| 1969 | 7-5-2 | 2nd | — | — | 3,102 | 24 | 883 | 0 | 0 | Vince Lombardi | Made Playoffs |
| 1968 | 5-9 | 3rd | — | — | 1,980 | 49 | 780 | 0 | 0 | Otto Graham | Made Playoffs |
| 1967 | 5-6-3 | 3rd | — | — | 3,747 | 189 | 1,856 | 0 | 0 | Otto Graham | Made Playoffs |
| 1966 | 7-7 | 5th | — | — | 3,209 | 403 | 2,024 | 0 | 0 | Otto Graham | Made Playoffs |
| 1965 | 6-8 | 4th | — | — | 2,367 | 402 | 1,444 | 0 | 0 | Bill McPeak | Made Playoffs |
| 1964 | 6-8 | T-3rd | — | — | 2,934 | 788 | 1,718 | 0 | 0 | Bill McPeak | Made Playoffs |
| 1963 | 3-11 | 6th | — | — | 0 | 24 | 1,436 | 0 | 0 | Bill McPeak | Made Playoffs |
| 1962 | 5-7-2 | 4th | — | — | 0 | 5 | 1,384 | 0 | 0 | Bill McPeak | Made Playoffs |
| 1961 | 1-12-1 | 7th | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Bill McPeak | Made Playoffs |
| 1960 | 1-9-2 | 6th | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mike Nixon | Made Playoffs |
| 1959 | 3-9 | 5th | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mike Nixon | Made Playoffs |
| 1958 | 4-7-1 | 4th | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Joe Kuharich | Made Playoffs |
| 1957 | 5-6-1 | 4th | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Joe Kuharich | Made Playoffs |
| 1956 | 6-6 | 3rd | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Joe Kuharich | Made Playoffs |
| 1955 | 8-4 | 2nd | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Joe Kuharich | Made Playoffs |
| 1954 | 3-9 | 5th | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Joe Kuharich | Made Playoffs |
| 1953 | 6-5-1 | 3rd | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Curly Lambeau | Made Playoffs |
| 1952 | 4-8 | T-5th | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Curly Lambeau | Made Playoffs |
| 1951 | 5-7 | 3rd | — | — | 0 | 398 | 303 | 0 | 0 | Herman Ball (0–3) Dick Todd (5–4) | Made Playoffs |
| 1950 | 3-9 | 6th | — | — | 0 | 339 | 172 | 0 | 0 | Herman Ball | Made Playoffs |
| 1949 | 4-7-1 | 4th | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | John Whelchel (3–3–1) Herman Ball (1–4) | Made Playoffs |
| 1948 | 7-5 | 2nd | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Turk Edwards | Made Playoffs |
| 1947 | 4-8 | 4th | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Turk Edwards | Made Playoffs |
| 1946 | 5-5-1 | T-3rd | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Turk Edwards | Made Playoffs |
| 1945 | 8-2 | 1st | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dudley DeGroot | Made Playoffs |
| 1944 | 6-3-1 | 3rd | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dudley DeGroot | Made Playoffs |
| 1943 | 6-3-1 | 1st | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dutch Bergman | Made Playoffs |
| 1942 | 10-1 | 1st | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ray Flaherty | Won League Championship |
| 1941 | 6-5 | 3rd | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ray Flaherty | Made Playoffs |
| 1940 | 9-2 | 1st | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ray Flaherty | Made Playoffs |
| 1939 | 8-2-1 | 2nd | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ray Flaherty | Made Playoffs |
| 1938 | 6-3-2 | 2nd | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ray Flaherty | Made Playoffs |
| 1937 | 8-3 | 1st | — | — | 142 | 874 | 81 | 0 | 0 | Ray Flaherty | Won League Championship |
| 1936 | 7-5 | 1st | — | — | 242 | 614 | 103 | 0 | 0 | Ray Flaherty | Made Playoffs |
| 1935 | 2-8-1 | 4th | — | — | 92 | 230 | 22 | 0 | 0 | Eddie Casey | Made Playoffs |
| 1934 | 6-6 | 2nd | — | — | 7 | 480 | 95 | 0 | 0 | Lone Star Dietz | Made Playoffs |
| 1933 | 5-5-2 | 3rd | — | — | 65 | 737 | 185 | 0 | 0 | Lone Star Dietz | Made Playoffs |
| 1932 | 4-4-2 | 4th | — | — | 42 | 576 | 60 | 0 | 0 | Lud Wray | Made Playoffs |
Full-history records + coaches from Wikipedia (facts-only); per-category team stats + points are exact for 1999+ (nflverse). Playoff box-score splits aren't yet in the free corpus.
Stadium, market-population, title and handle data are curated public facts (Wikipedia/Census/official league facts). Fan Interest, Barometer and reach tier are transparently derived from those facts — weighted (market 0.4, venue 0.2, titles 0.25, heritage 0.15), min-max within NFL — derived structural proxy, not a survey. No fan survey, sentiment scrape, or follower count is used.
Every position room Washington Commanders has passed down, steadiest first. The Specialists room is their most stable — 6 holders across 41 years, a new one every 6.8 on average.
+2 more rooms with a shorter average hold.
Room tenures, not starting jobs — the corpus has no per-season depth chart, so holders can overlap (a successor often arrives before his predecessor leaves) and the measure is how often the room changed hands. A holder is a player who produced real value for this club during his years here, which is what separates holding the room from being on the roster. Detected from per-season VAL (1980–2025 here; league coverage is complete from 1999) — rooms the corpus cannot value are not shown.
Every NFL player the encyclopedia attributes to the Washington Commandersfrom profile season records, grouped by position, first season to last. Coverage follows the encyclopedia’s per-era source depth (complete 1999+, legend-era via validated Wikipedia/NFL.com grids).
NFL players who spent their entire encyclopedia-attributed career with the Washington Commanders — ranked by seasons of service. Tenure is the span the corpus attributes (skill rows complete 1999+, legend grids validated).
+156 more one-club men with the franchise.
NFL players who wore the Washington Commanders crest along the way but played for three or more franchises in all — the well-traveled careers this club was one chapter of. The count is distinct canonical franchises (skill rows complete 1999+, legend grids validated).
+418 more well-traveled players who wore the crest.