This is a list of seasons completed by the National Football League (NFL)'s Miami Dolphins, an American football franchise based in the Miami metropolitan area. The list documents the season-by-season records of the Dolphins franchise from to present, including postseason records, and league awards for individual players or head coaches.
Although the Miami Dolphins were not successful before joining the NFL, from 1970 when they played their first season after the AFL–NFL merger until 2001 they were one of the most successful teams in the league, playing in the postseason on 22 occasions over those 32 years, winning 335 and tying two of 527 games for an overall win percentage of 63.75, and suffering a mere two losing seasons out of 32. Early in this period the Dolphins won their only two Super Bowls in consecutive seasons (becoming the second team to do so in the Super Bowl era), in the process achieving the only modern-day perfect season in any major professional sports league during only their third year in the NFL. Much of this success was orchestrated by coach Don Shula who joined the team in 1970 and stayed with them until his retirement in 1995.
After Shula retired in 1995, the Dolphins remained a force for six years under successors Jimmy Johnson and Dave Wannstedt, but since 2002 and especially since 2004 have fallen on harder times, reaching the postseason only twice in the eighteen seasons since, and during the mid-2000s, briefly intensifying the Dolphins–Patriots rivalry, when Nick Saban, a former Bill Belichick assistant, was hired as the Dolphins head coach in 2005; Saban spent two seasons as the head coach of the Dolphins before leaving for Alabama. In 2007, they narrowly avoided an imperfect season by beating the Baltimore Ravens for their first and only win of the year. The next year, the Dolphins became the first team in NFL history to win their division following a 1–15 season; until 2020, it was the last time when the AFC East was not won by the New England Patriots. Since 2000 (the last season they won a playoff game), the Dolphins have made the postseason five times, but never progressed past the Wild Card round.
For complete team history, see History of the Miami Dolphins.
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+ SeasonTeamLeagueConferenceDivisionRegular seasonPostseason resultsAwardsHead coachFinish19661966AFLEastern5th3110George Wilson19671967AFLEastern4th410019681968AFLEastern3rd58119691969AFLEastern5th31011970NFLAFCEast2nd ^1040Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Raiders) 14–21Don Shula1971NFLAFC #East1st1031Won Divisional Playoffs (at Chiefs) 27–24 Won AFC Championship (Colts) 21–0Lost Super Bowl VI (vs. Cowboys) 3–241972NFL *AFC #East1st1400Won Divisional Playoffs (Browns) 20–14Won AFC Championship (at Steelers) 21–17Won Super Bowl VII (vs. Redskins) 14–7Don Shula (COY) Jake Scott (SB MVP) Earl Morrall (CBPOY)1973NFL *AFC #East1st1220Won Divisional Playoffs (Bengals) 34–16Won AFC Championship (Raiders) 27–10Won Super Bowl VIII (vs. Vikings) 24–7Dick Anderson (DPOY) Larry Csonka (SB MVP) Garo Yepremian (PB MVP)1974NFLAFCEast1st1130Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Raiders) 26–281975NFLAFCEast2nd10401976NFLAFCEast3rd6801977NFLAFCEast2nd1040Bob Griese (Bell Awd) A. J. Duhe (DROY) 1978NFLAFCEast2nd ^1150Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Oilers) 9–171979NFLAFCEast1st1060Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Steelers) 14–34Larry Csonka (CBPOY)1980NFLAFCEast3rd8801981NFLAFCEast1st1141Lost Divisional Playoffs (Chargers) 38–41 1982NFLAFC #2nd ^720Won First Round Playoffs (Patriots) 28–13Won Second Round Playoffs (Chargers) 34–13Won AFC Championship (Jets) 14–0Lost Super Bowl XVII (vs. Redskins) 17–271983NFLAFCEast1st1240Lost Divisional Playoffs (Seahawks) 20–27Doug Betters (DPOY)1984NFLAFC #East1st1420Won Divisional Playoffs (Seahawks) 31–10Won AFC Championship (Steelers) 45–28Lost Super Bowl XIX (vs. 49ers) 16–38Dan Marino (MVP, OPOY, Bell Awd)1985NFLAFCEast1st1240Won Divisional Playoffs (Browns) 24–21Lost AFC Championship (Patriots) 14–31Dwight Stephenson (WPMOY)1986NFLAFCEast3rd8801987NFLAFCEast3rd870Troy Stradford (OROY)1988NFLAFCEast5th61001989NFLAFCEast3rd8801990NFLAFCEast2nd ^1240Won Wild Card Playoffs (Chiefs) 17–16Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Bills) 34–441991NFLAFCEast3rd8801992NFLAFCEast1st1150Won Divisional Playoffs (Chargers) 31–0Lost AFC Championship (Bills) 10–291993NFLAFCEast2nd9701994NFLAFCEast1st1060Won Wild Card Playoffs (Chiefs) 27–17Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Chargers) 21–22Tim Bowens (DROY)Dan Marino (CBPOY)1995NFLAFCEast3rd ^970Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Bills) 22–371996NFLAFCEast4th880Jimmy Johnson1997NFLAFCEast2nd ^970Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Patriots) 3–171998NFLAFCEast2nd ^1060Won Wild Card Playoffs (Bills) 24–17Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Broncos) 3–38Dan Marino (WPMOY)1999NFLAFCEast3rd ^970Won Wild Card Playoffs (at Seahawks) 20–17Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Jaguars) 7–622000NFLAFCEast1st1150Won Wild Card Playoffs (Colts) 23–17 Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Raiders) 0–27Dave Wannstedt2001NFLAFCEast2nd ^1150Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Ravens) 3–202002NFLAFCEast3rd970Ricky Williams (PB MVP)2003NFLAFCEast2nd10602004NFLAFCEast4th4120Dave Wannstedt (1–8) Jim Bates (3–4)2005NFLAFCEast2nd970Nick Saban2006NFLAFCEast4th6100Jason Taylor (DPOY)20072007NFLAFCEast4th1150Jason Taylor (WPMOY)Cam Cameron2008NFLAFCEast1st1150Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Ravens) 9–27Chad Pennington (CBPOY)Tony Sparano20092009NFLAFCEast3rd79020102010NFLAFCEast3rd79020112011NFLAFCEast3rd6100Brandon Marshall (PB MVP)Tony Sparano (4–9) Todd Bowles (2–1)20122012NFLAFCEast2nd790Joe Philbin20132013NFLAFCEast3rd88020142014NFLAFCEast3rd88020152015NFLAFCEast4th6100Joe Philbin (1–3) Dan Campbell (5–7)20162016NFLAFCEast2nd ^1060Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Steelers) 12–30Adam Gase20172017NFLAFCEast3rd610020182018NFLAFCEast2nd79020192019NFLAFCEast4th5110 Brian Flores20202020NFLAFCEast2nd106020212021NFLAFCEast3rd98020222022NFLAFCEast2nd ^980Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Bills) 31–34 Mike McDaniel20232023NFLAFCEast2nd ^1160Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Chiefs) 7–2620242024NFLAFCEast2nd89020252025NFLAFCEast3rd71005114184Regular season2023—Postseason5314414Total Note: Records current through the end of the 2025 NFL season
Due to a strike-shortened season in 1982, teams were ranked by conference instead of division
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