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MetLife Stadium, the current home stadium of the New York Giants.

The New York Giants are an American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. They are a member of the National Football League (NFL) and play in the NFL's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. In 99 completed seasons, the franchise has won eight NFL championships, including four Super Bowl victories. The Giants have won more than 700 games and appeared in the NFL playoffs 33 times.[1] Though the Giants play home games in East Rutherford, they draw fans from throughout the New York metropolitan area.[2] In 2010, the team began playing in MetLife Stadium, formerly New Meadowlands Stadium.[3][4]

After Tim Mara paid $500 for the franchise,[5] the Giants joined the NFL in the 1925 season and won their first championship two years later. In 1934, the team won its second title, defeating the Chicago Bears in the NFL Championship Game. The Giants won another championship four years later, and made four appearances in the NFL Championship Game from 1939 to 1946, losing each time. New York won its fourth NFL title in 1956, with a 47–7 win over the Bears in the championship game. From 1958 to 1963, the Giants reached the NFL Championship Game five times, but were defeated on each occasion. Following the 1963 season, the franchise did not return to the playoffs until 1981, only finishing .500 or better five times during the postseason drought.

Behind the defensive play of Lawrence Taylor and the coaching of Bill Parcells, the team won Super Bowl XXI at the end of the 1986 season, giving the team its first championship in 30 years.[6][7] The Giants won their second Super Bowl four years later, defeating the Buffalo Bills 20–19 in Super Bowl XXV. In the 2000 season, New York returned to the Super Bowl, but lost to the Baltimore Ravens 34–7. The 2007 season saw the Giants win their seventh NFL championship by defeating the New England Patriots 17–14 in Super Bowl XLII. The victory by the Giants prevented a perfect 19–0 season by the Patriots and is widely regarded as one of the greatest upsets in Super Bowl history.[8][9] After a run of four consecutive appearances in the playoffs from 2005 to 2008, the Giants returned to the Super Bowl in the 2011 playoffs, where they defeated the Patriots 21–17 in a rematch for their eighth title. In the most recent season, 2023, the Giants went 6–11 and did not qualify for the postseason.

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Table key

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A man in a blue shirt with gray, white, and black stripes, wearing a black baseball cap.
Linebacker Lawrence Taylor helped the Giants win two Super Bowls and was the 1986 NFL Most Valuable Player.
BBA Bert Bell Award
Finish Final position in league, division, or conference
Losses Number of regular season losses
NFC POY United Press International NFC Player of the Year
NFL COY National Football League Coach of the Year Award
NFL CPOY National Football League Comeback Player of the Year Award
NFL DPOY National Football League Defensive Player of the Year Award
NFL DROY National Football League Defensive Rookie of the Year Award
NFL MVP National Football League Most Valuable Player Award
NFL OROY National Football League Offensive Rookie of the Year Award
NFL WPMOY Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award
OT Game was decided in overtime
Pro Bowl MVP Pro Bowl Most Valuable Player Award
Season Each year is linked to an article about that particular NFL season
Super Bowl MVP Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award
Team Each year is linked to an article about that particular Giants season
Ties Number of regular season ties
UPI NFC ROY UPI NFL-NFC Rookie of the Year
Wins Number of regular season wins


Seasons

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NFL champions (1920–1969) † Super Bowl champions (1966–present) ‡ Conference champions * Division champions + Wild Card berth # One-game playoff berth ^
New York Giants yearly win–loss records, with division standings, playoff results, award winners, and head coaches
Season Team League Conference Division Regular season Postseason results Awards Head coaches
Finish W L T
1925 1925 NFL — — 4th 8 4 0 — — Bob Folwell
1926 1926 NFL — — 7th 8 4 1 — — Doc Alexander
1927 1927 NFL † — — 1st 11 1 1 Named NFL Champions (1)[A] † — Earl Potteiger
1928 1928 NFL — — 6th 4 7 2 — —
1929 1929 NFL — — 2nd 13 1 1 — — LeRoy Andrews
1930 1930 NFL — — 2nd 13 4 0 — — LeRoy Andrews (11–4)
Benny Friedman & Steve Owen (2–0)
1931 1931 NFL — — 5th 7 6 1 — — Steve Owen
1932 1932 NFL — — 5th 4 6 2 — —
1933 1933 NFL — East[B] + 1st + 11 3 0 Lost NFL Championship (at Bears) 21–23 —
1934 1934 NFL † — East + 1st + 8 5 0 Won NFL Championship (2) (Bears) 30–13 † —
1935 1935 NFL — East + 1st + 9 3 0 Lost NFL Championship (at Lions) 7–26 —
1936 1936 NFL — East 3rd 5 6 1 — —
1937 1937 NFL — East 2nd 6 3 2 — —
1938 1938 NFL † — East + 1st + 8 2 1 Won NFL Championship (3) (Packers) 23–17 † Mel Hein (NFL MVP)[10]
1939 1939 NFL — East + 1st + 9 1 1 Lost NFL Championship (at Packers) 0–27 —
1940 1940 NFL — East 3rd 6 4 1 — —
1941 1941 NFL — East + 1st + 8 3 0 Lost NFL Championship (at Bears) 9–37 —
1942 1942 NFL — East 3rd 5 5 1 — —
1943 1943 NFL — East 2nd ^ 6 3 1 Lost Divisional playoff (Redskins) 0–28 —
1944 1944 NFL — East + 1st + 8 1 1 Lost NFL Championship (Packers) 7–14 —
1945 1945 NFL — East T-3rd 3 6 1 — —
1946 1946 NFL — East + 1st + 7 3 1 Lost NFL Championship (Bears) 14–24 —
1947 1947 NFL — East 5th 2 8 2 — —
1948 1948 NFL — East T-3rd 4 8 0 — —
1949 1949 NFL — East 3rd 6 6 0 — —
1950 1950 NFL American[C] — 2nd ^ 10 2 0 Lost Conference playoff (at Browns) 3–8 —
1951 1951 NFL American — 2nd 9 2 1 — —
1952 1952 NFL American — T-2nd 7 5 0 — —
1953 1953 NFL Eastern — 5th 3 9 0 — —
1954 1954 NFL Eastern — 3rd 7 5 0 — — Jim Lee Howell
1955 1955 NFL Eastern — 3rd 6 5 1 — —
1956 1956 NFL † Eastern * — 1st * 8 3 1 Won NFL Championship (4) (Bears) 47–7 † Frank Gifford (NFL MVP)[11]
1957 1957 NFL Eastern — 2nd 7 5 0 — —
1958 1958 NFL Eastern * — 1st * 9 3 0 Won Conference playoff (Browns) 10–0
Lost NFL Championship (Colts) 17–23 (OT)[12][D] * 		Frank Gifford (Pro Bowl MVP)[13]
1959 1959 NFL Eastern * — 1st * 10 2 0 Lost NFL Championship (at Colts) 16–31 * —
1960 1960 NFL Eastern — 3rd 6 4 2 — Sam Huff (Pro Bowl MVP)[13]
1961 1961 NFL Eastern * — 1st * 10 3 1 Lost NFL Championship (at Packers) 0–37 * Allie Sherman (NFL COY)[14] Allie Sherman
1962 1962 NFL Eastern * — 1st * 12 2 0 Lost NFL Championship (Packers) 7–16 * Y. A. Tittle (NFL MVP)[15]
Allie Sherman (NFL COY)[14]
Andy Robustelli (BBA)[16]
1963 1963 NFL Eastern * — 1st * 11 3 0 Lost NFL Championship (at Bears) 10–14 * Y. A. Tittle (NFL MVP)[15]
1964 1964 NFL Eastern — 7th 2 10 2 — —
1965 1965 NFL Eastern — T-2nd 7 7 0 — —
1966 1966 NFL Eastern — 8th 1 12 1 — —
1967 1967 NFL Eastern Century 2nd 7 7 0 — —
1968 1968 NFL Eastern Capitol 2nd 7 7 0 — —
1969 1969 NFL Eastern Century 2nd 6 8 0 — — Alex Webster
1970 1970 NFL NFC East 2nd 9 5 0 — Alex Webster (NFL COY)[17]
1971 1971 NFL NFC East 5th 4 10 0 — —
1972 1972 NFL NFC East 3rd 8 6 0 — —
1973 1973 NFL NFC East 5th 2 11 1 — —
1974 1974 NFL NFC East 5th 2 12 0 — John Hicks (UPI NFC ROY)[18] Bill Arnsparger
1975 1975 NFL NFC East 4th 5 9 0 — —
1976 1976 NFL NFC East 5th 3 11 0 — — Bill Arnsparger (0–7)
John McVay (3–4)
1977 1977 NFL NFC East 5th 5 9 0 — — John McVay
1978[E] 1978 NFL NFC East 5th 6 10 0 — —
1979 1979 NFL NFC East 4th 6 10 0 — — Ray Perkins
1980 1980 NFL NFC East 5th 4 12 0 — —
1981 1981 NFL NFC East 3rd # 9 7 0 Won Wild Card playoffs (at Eagles) 27–21
Lost Divisional playoffs (at 49ers) 24–38 		Lawrence Taylor (NFL DPOY/NFL DROY)[19]
1982[F] 1982 NFL NFC — 10th 4 5 0 — Lawrence Taylor (NFL DPOY)[19]
1983 1983 NFL NFC East 5th 3 12 1 — Lawrence Taylor (NFC POY)[20] Bill Parcells
1984 1984 NFL NFC East 2nd # 9 7 0 Won Wild Card playoffs (at Rams) 16–13
Lost Divisional playoffs (at 49ers) 10–21 		—
1985 1985 NFL NFC East 2nd[G] # 10 6 0 Won Wild Card playoffs (49ers) 17–3
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Bears) 0–21 		Phil Simms (Pro Bowl MVP)[13]
1986 1986 NFL ‡ NFC * East + 1st + 14 2 0 Won Divisional playoffs (49ers) 49–3
Won NFC Championship (Redskins) 17–0
Won Super Bowl XXI (5) (vs. Broncos) 39–20 ‡ 		Lawrence Taylor (NFL MVP/NFC POY/NFL DPOY/BBA)[19][20]
Bill Parcells (NFL COY)[14]
Phil Simms (Super Bowl XXI MVP)[21]
1987[H] 1987 NFL NFC East 5th 6 9 0 — —
1988 1988 NFL NFC East 2nd[I] 10 6 0 — —
1989 1989 NFL NFC East + 1st + 12 4 0 Lost Divisional playoffs (Rams) 13–19 (OT)[22] Ottis Anderson (NFL CPOY)[23]
1990 1990 NFL ‡ NFC * East + 1st + 13 3 0 Won Divisional playoffs (Bears) 31–3
Won NFC Championship (at 49ers) 15–13
Won Super Bowl XXV (6) (vs. Bills) 20–19 ‡ 		Ottis Anderson (Super Bowl XXV MVP)[24]
1991 1991 NFL NFC East 4th 8 8 0 — — Ray Handley
1992 1992 NFL NFC East 4th 6 10 0 — —
1993 1993 NFL NFC East 2nd # 11 5 0 Won Wild Card playoffs (Vikings) 17–10
Lost Divisional playoffs (at 49ers) 3–44 		Dan Reeves (NFL COY)[14] Dan Reeves
1994 1994 NFL NFC East 2nd 9 7 0 — —
1995 1995 NFL NFC East 4th 5 11 0 — —
1996 1996 NFL NFC East 5th 6 10 0 — —
1997 1997 NFL NFC East + 1st + 10 5 1 Lost Wild Card playoffs (Vikings) 22–23 Jim Fassel (NFL COY)[14] Jim Fassel
1998 1998 NFL NFC East 3rd 8 8 0 — —
1999 1999 NFL NFC East 3rd 7 9 0 — —
2000 2000 NFL NFC * East + 1st + 12 4 0 Won Divisional playoffs (Eagles) 20–10
Won NFC Championship (Vikings) 41–0
Lost Super Bowl XXXV (vs. Ravens) 7–34 * 		—
2001 2001 NFL NFC East 3rd 7 9 0 — Michael Strahan (NFL DPOY)[25]
2002 2002 NFL NFC East 2nd # 10 6 0 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at 49ers) 38–39 —
2003 2003 NFL NFC East 4th 4 12 0 — —
2004 2004 NFL NFC East 2nd 6 10 0 — — Tom Coughlin
2005 2005 NFL NFC East + 1st + 11 5 0 Lost Wild Card playoffs (Panthers) 0–23 —
2006 2006 NFL NFC East 3rd # 8 8 0 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Eagles) 20–23 —
2007 2007 NFL ‡ NFC * East 2nd # 10 6 0 Won Wild Card playoffs (at Buccaneers) 24–14
Won Divisional playoffs (at Cowboys) 21–17
Won NFC Championship (at Packers) 23–20 (OT)[26]
Won Super Bowl XLII (7) (vs. Patriots) 17–14 ‡ 		Eli Manning (Super Bowl XLII MVP)[8]
2008 2008 NFL NFC East + 1st + 12 4 0 Lost Divisional playoffs (Eagles) 11–23 —
2009 2009 NFL NFC East 3rd 8 8 0 — —
2010 2010 NFL NFC East 2nd 10 6 0 — —
2011 2011 NFL ‡ NFC * East + 1st + 9 7 0 Won Wild Card playoffs (Falcons) 24–2
Won Divisional playoffs (at Packers) 37–20
Won NFC Championship (at 49ers) 20–17 (OT)
Won Super Bowl XLVI (8) (vs. Patriots) 21–17 ‡ 		Eli Manning (Super Bowl XLVI MVP)[27]
2012 2012 NFL NFC East 2nd 9 7 0 — —
2013 2013 NFL NFC East 3rd 7 9 0 — —
2014 2014 NFL NFC East 3rd 6 10 0 — Odell Beckham Jr. (NFL OROY)[28]
2015 2015 NFL NFC East 3rd 6 10 0 — —
2016 2016 NFL NFC East 2nd # 11 5 0 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Packers) 13–38 Eli Manning (Co-NFL WPMOY)[29] Ben McAdoo
2017 2017 NFL NFC East 4th 3 13 0 — — Ben McAdoo (2–10)
Steve Spagnuolo (1–3)
2018 2018 NFL NFC East 4th 5 11 0 — Saquon Barkley (NFL OROY)[30] Pat Shurmur
2019 2019 NFL NFC East 3rd 4 12 0 — —
2020 2020 NFL NFC East 2nd 6 10 0 — — Joe Judge
2021 2021 NFL NFC East 4th 4 13 0 — —
2022 2022 NFL NFC East 3rd # 9 7 1 Won Wild Card playoffs (at Vikings) 31–24
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Eagles) 7–38 		Brian Daboll (NFL COY)[31] Brian Daboll
2023 2023 NFL NFC East 3rd 6 11 0 — —

Statistics above are current as of January 7, 2024. An em dash (—) indicates that the category is not applicable.

All-time records

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New York Giants all-time win–loss records
Statistic Wins Losses Ties Win %
New York Giants regular season record 721 649 34 .526
New York Giants postseason record 25 26 — .490
All-time regular and postseason record 746 675 34 .524

Notes

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  • A The NFL did not hold playoff games until 1932. The team that finished with the best regular season record was awarded the league championship.[32]
  • B In 1933, the league split into East and West divisions.[32]
  • C In 1950, the league switched to American and National conferences.[33]
  • D This was the first championship game in NFL history where an overtime period was played, and has been nicknamed "The Greatest Game Ever Played".[12][34]
  • E In 1978, the NFL expanded its regular season schedule, which had been 14 games since 1961, to 16 games.[35]
  • F Due to the 1982 NFL strike, the league was split into two conferences, instead of its usual divisional alignment. The season was shortened to nine games, and the top eight teams in each conference earned berths in an expanded 16-team playoff tournament.[36]
  • G The Giants, Dallas Cowboys, and Washington Redskins finished the 1985 season with identical 10–6 records. Dallas was awarded the NFC East title because they had the best head-to-head record among the three teams. The Giants were awarded a wild card berth because of their record in NFC play, while Washington did not qualify for the playoffs due to a head-to-head loss against the San Francisco 49ers, who also finished 10–6.[37]
  • H The 1987 NFL strike caused the schedule to be reduced to 15 games.[38]
  • I The Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles Rams (NFC West), and New Orleans Saints (NFC West) finished the 1988 season with identical 10–6 records. Philadelphia was awarded the NFC East title due to a head-to-head sweep of the Giants in regular season play, while Los Angeles was awarded a wild card berth based on winning percentage in NFC play. The Giants and Saints did not qualify for the playoffs.[39]

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